While the two inspectors were leaving, Roy had Dragapult accelerate straight into the outer reaches of the Ruins of Alph.
He had not forced his way through the checkpoint.
From the air, Roy could see that the Ruins of Alph consisted of numerous stone chambers, with the largest one at the very center.
The sheer number of chambers below left Roy a little bewildered. The newspaper had only said there was a Golurk in the ruins, not which chamber it was in.
Just as Roy was about to enter the Ruins of Alph and search them one by one, something stopped him.
Marshadow warned him from within his shadow not to act rashly. There was a fairly powerful Pokémon down in the ruins.
If he went any farther, he could easily be spotted.
Roy looked down and, sure enough, spotted an Officer Jenny and an Arcanine radiating a powerful aura guarding the entrance to the largest stone chamber.
System Scan Pokémon: Arcanine Level: 80 Gender: Female Ability: Justified (When hit by a Dark-type move, her sense of justice raises her Attack.) Moves: Tackle, Fire Fang, Flare Blitz, Helping Hand, Crunch, Payback, Agility, Ember, Roar, Bite, Leer, Flame Wheel, Take Down, Flamethrower, Extreme Speed, Play Rough Held item: Charcoal Egg Moves: Double Kick, Double-Edge, Covet Individual value: 26 Technical Machines/Move Tutors: Protect, Dig, Endure, Outrage, Iron Tail, Helping Hand, Hyper Voice, Thunder Fang, Psychic Fangs, Bulldoze
A High-level Elite Four Arcanine?
I'd better not mess with an Arcanine at that level.
Besides, that was not the only Officer Jenny in the ruins. Inspectors and Pokémon League police guarded the entrance to every stone chamber. Security was tight.
Arcanine had a particularly keen sense of smell. If he barged in recklessly, she would easily sniff him out.
It seemed the