Early the next morning, on Mount Coronet, outside the entrance to the Internet Café Courtyard.
Day had barely broken when a white light suddenly flashed, and Lance and Dragonite appeared right outside the Internet Café.
Although he did not look particularly well rested, with dark circles under both eyes, he wore an unmistakable smile. Clearly, he was in quite a good mood.
Last night, the personnel stationed in Slateport City in the Hoenn region had immediately spotted Team Aqua members sneaking into the Slateport Shipyard. They had arrested every last one of them in one fell swoop, catching them completely off guard.
This had made him even more certain that Team Aqua would attack the Museum just as they had in the game. Without hesitation, he had sent another batch of personnel into the Museum, leading to last night's events.
The only unfortunate thing was...
Even after a night of interrogation, those Team Aqua members had proved tough to crack and had not revealed much. They had only told the Pokémon League that they had come to steal the plans for building a Submarine, which was exactly the same as in the game.
Of course, Lance also considered it possible that these Team Aqua members did not know what their superiors' actual objective was.
Regardless, successfully thwarting Team Aqua's operation and capturing more than thirty of its members in one sweep was a major achievement by any measure.
The Pokémon League had even issued an urgent commendation for him last night.
Although Lance did not care about accolades and such, with this achievement under his belt, the Pokémon League councilor who had threatened him yesterday, claiming he would move to impeach him at the meeting the day after tomorrow, probably would not dare say another word.
He would also have