As evening fell, Roy and Cynthia returned to the Ruins of Alph, bathed in the last rays of the setting sun.
Roy had just jumped off Dragapult when he saw two Prosecutors riding Charizard staring at him with serious expressions.
"Hello? Koni jiwa? Sawadika? Hello?"
Are these two people mute?
Roy was somewhat confused.
At that moment, Officer Jenny came over and persuaded the two Prosecutors to leave.
Even as they left, the two were still grumbling and cursing. Roy had taken Professor Carolina away without even saying goodbye to them; it was really too much.
"Officer Jenny, those two people..."
"You have the nerve to ask? You went to pick up Professor Carolina without even saying a word, making them wait for you at the port of Goldenrod City from morning until evening. They're being lenient by not kicking you."
"Forehead."
Roy had nothing to say, after all, he was in the wrong.
However, he was unaware that someone else besides himself had gone to pick up Professor Carolina.
"What do you think? Professor Carolina is a renowned Mythology and historical scholar in the Sinnoh Region. The Indigo League takes him very seriously. How could they not have made preparations in advance?"
"Okay, my bad."
Seeing Roy's discomfiture, Cynthia chuckled to herself, then pulled Roy into the Ruins.
At that moment, Professor Carolina was writing something in that thick notebook. Even when Cynthia returned, she didn't look up and only said one sentence.
"You're back from your date?"
"Grandmother!"
Despite Cynthia's best efforts to explain, Professor Carolina simply wouldn't listen.
Roy searched everywhere for Professor Oak, only to be told by Professor Shuli that Professor Oak had already returned to his lab.
Did you go back to Kanto?
"It's all because of you."
"Me? What does that have to do with me?"
Roy looked at Professor Shuli with a puzzled expression, waiting for an explanation.
"Today, more than a dozen Researchers specifically asked the teacher how to revive the Golurk and whether the teacher could create another Golurk."
The teacher, annoyed by the questions, made an excuse that something urgent had come up and returned to the Pallet Town research institute to avoid everyone's inquiries.
Roy:...
Um... it seems he won't be able to go to Oak Research Lab for a while.
Even though Professor Oak has a good temper, he can still kick people.
After Professor Oak left, only Professor Iwaizumi and Professor Carolina from the Johto remained to Analytic the Ruins.
Cynthia handed the small cake she hadn't finished eating to Roy, and then went to the Researcher camp outside to change her clothes.
A short while later, when Cynthia returned to the Ruins, she was wearing a white lab coat and gold-rimmed glasses, transforming from a mature woman into a female scholar.
How come it has even more charm?
This sight left Roy completely stunned.
It is said that women dress up for those who appreciate them.
Cynthia was pleased with Roy's expression and took small, quick steps to Professor Carolina, asking:
"Grandma, have you found anything?"
"Hmm, take a look at this."
Professor Carolina laid out her day's work before everyone; she had deciphered the inscriptions on the various murals in the Ruins of Alph.
It is true that the group of Ancient Sinnoh immigrants who set off from Celestic Town did indeed arrive in the Johto and even helped establish the Alforf Kingdom.
Furthermore, after helping the Alforf Kingdom establish itself, this group of Ancient Sinnoh immigrants went on an expedition to the northern Snowfields of the Johto.
Moreover, according to the group of people depicted in the murals, the Arceus Arceus once appeared in the Snowfield plains north of the Johto.
"The Arceus!"
Cynthia was startled when she heard those three words.
"That's right, it's Arceus, the Arceus."
Professor Carolina was just as surprised as Cynthia when she first translated the text on the mural.
"To express their longing for their homeland, the Ancient Sinnoh, after communicating with the people of Johto, went to the northern Snowfields of Johto and built a Ruins in the land of Arceus."
The Ruins are named after the combination of the word "God" from Ancient Sinnoh and the word "Tokyo" from Johto, hence the name Sinjoh Ruins.
A statue of Arceus was also built within the Sinjoh Ruins.
This major discovery greatly inspired Professor Carolina, who didn't rest for a second and spent the entire day in the Ruins.
It only stopped now that Cynthia has returned.
Cynthia quickly inquired about the exact location of the Sinjoh Ruins, as she also wanted to see the statue of Arceus with her own eyes.
"At noon, the Prosecutors from the Johto led a team to the Snowfield in the north to search for the Sinjoh Ruins."
"Grandma, is there any news yet?"
"It's impossible to detect."
Professor Carolina's mood soured as she spoke of this, and Knob. This was also a headache for her; the Johto had dispatched hundreds of Prosecutors deep into the northern Snowfields.
There is still not a single clue.
Why can't we detect it?
"Little girl, you're not from Johto, so you don't know about the Snowfield north of Johto."
The northern Snowfields of the Johto are about a third the size of the Johto, covered in snow year-round. The Prosecutors who went to investigate were completely at a loss when faced with such a vast expanse of white snow.
Not to mention finding any Ruins in a vast expanse of white snow.
Professor Iwaizumi from the Johto, offered some explanations to Cynthia.
Cynthia, having lived in the northern Sinnoh Region and ventured deep into Mt. Coronet, certainly knew what year-round snow meant, so it's no wonder her grandmother was so disappointed.
Seeing that Cynthia was still thinking, Professor Iwaizumi added:
"Moreover, based on the era in which the Ruins of Alph were built, the Sinjoh Ruins and the Ruins of Alph were built at the same time, so they are at least 1,500 years Ruins."
1500 years! After 1500 years of layers of ice and snow, even the tallest Ruins would be buried by ice and snow.
When Professor Iwaizumi said this, he himself did not realize that his mood had become depressed.
"Does that mean we'll never find the Sinjoh Ruins?"