On the fastest helicopter available.
Leaning against the doorframe and looking down, Blue spotted the familiar great bird from afar—and Heiduo beside it, smiling as he waved in greeting. Tears immediately welled up in her eyes.
"Heiduo!"
She cried out joyfully, her tender lotus-root-like arms waving in response. Then, amid the cries of alarm from those around her, she jumped straight out of the helicopter.
The instant she began falling, however, the little red pouch at her waist transformed into a parachute, catching her body and slowly lowering her from the sky.
Fortunately, the girl had changed into tight athletic pants and a T-shirt suitable for exercise. She was no longer wearing the casual outfit Silver had given her, or she would have exposed herself for sure.
Inside the helicopter.
The three young trainers who had failed to stop Blue glanced at one another, then jumped down in unison despite Jenny's loud attempts to stop them. They promptly opened their Poké Balls midair and released Flying-type Pokémon to carry them down.
"Why are kids these days so determined to get themselves killed?"
Having failed to stop them in time, she waved a fist in embarrassment and irritation. The helicopter pilot merely chuckled, looking thoroughly unsurprised.
As a pilot for a high-end resort, he had long grown accustomed to Trainers who enjoyed high-altitude "parachuting."
They liked chasing thrills, after all.
Naturally, he himself would never dare do that. He was not done living yet.
Below.
Heiduo watched Blue, Red, and the others descend, but he did not rush to catch them. Instead, he turned to Giovanni and said, "Did you see that?"
Giovanni's face darkened. Heiduo's reinforcements had arrived, which meant his Secret Bases would most likely all be destroyed!
The key was that he had no way to contact the