Just a Beedrill

Xia Yan slowly opened his eyes, his face grim.

Lance and Cynthia, waiting beside him, felt their hearts sink even further when they saw his expression.

Xia Yan shook his head.

"I can't sense them."

Normally, Aura was especially sensitive to emotions.

And the Lake Guardians were such distinct presences that even if they had been controlled or imprisoned, there should not have been no trace of fluctuation at all.

It was highly unreasonable.

Yet they had already searched many rooms in this Team Galactic underground base.

They had not even caught a glimpse of the Lake Guardians, much less gathered any information about them.

They had, however, swept through many Team Galactic members with thunderous force.

There had even been some executive-level members among them.

But unfortunately.

Even the executives knew nothing about the Lake Guardians.

"Could they have been moved?" Lance asked with a frown.

"It's not impossible."

After thinking for a while, Xia Yan acknowledged the possibility.

If—

He were Cyrus.

If he viewed things from Cyrus's perspective and simulated his way of thinking.

There was no way Cyrus could have been unaware of Darkrai's approach.

Though Darkrai had been affected by emotions, the threat it posed still remained.

Team Galactic might have been able to deal with Darkrai, but the cost would have been too great, and they would gain nothing from it. It was not worth the loss.

Therefore.

Moving the Lake Guardians was a very good choice.

But if that was the case.

Things would become troublesome for Xia Yan and the others.

Having already experienced Darkrai's appearance once, Team Galactic would definitely guard the Lake Guardians even more tightly.

Alamos Town was neither particularly large nor particularly small.

With Dialga and Palkia liable to descend at any moment, finding the Lake Guardians within