Seeing that the Prosecutor and the Pokémon League Police had taken over, Roy headed straight for the ruins. He still needed to lift the restriction inside Golurk.
When Roy reached the entrance to the ruins, Officer Jenny and Arcanine were still standing guard.
It was almost past midnight. The sky was dark, and the night breeze carried a damp chill.
But Officer Jenny, leaning against Arcanine's fluffy body, felt no cold at all. A few tiny beads of sweat even trickled down her face.
Officer Jenny grew wary when she saw someone approaching, but once she recognized Roy, she made no move to stop him and watched him enter the ruins.
"This mural must date back two thousand years!"
"Two thousand years? I think your brain dates back two thousand years! There's no way this kind of material could have existed back then!"
"Whose brain are you calling two thousand years old?"
"Mightyena (Suicune)."
As soon as Roy entered the passage, he heard the researchers' discussions coming from the Stone Chamber.
Damn!
He had almost forgotten that the researchers had all come inside that afternoon.
With so many people here, there was no way he could activate the ruins' restrictions. He had to find a way to get the researchers outside first.
Roy pondered his options as he walked toward the entrance to the Stone Chamber.
The researchers watching Roy enter the passage had already come to recognize him when he exchanged five hundred thousand points for Golurk earlier.
Someone with Professor Oak's firm backing was not a person they could afford to provoke, so they all turned back to their own work.
Roy reached the edge of the Stone Chamber and found even more researchers inside. Professor Oak was discussing something with Professor Iwaizumi from Johto.
They looked