Hearing that it was temporarily impossible to venture deeper into Mt. Chimney, Xinhai felt somewhat helpless. After all, it meant his original training plan would need to be adjusted.
"Then... has the League figured out what caused the incident?" Xinhai asked tentatively, watching Flannery's reaction.
Flannery paused slightly at his words. She looked around, confirming that no one else was in the quiet side corridor before lowering her voice to almost a whisper:
"I heard from Grandpa that Team Magma was very likely behind this disturbance. Although the scene was thoroughly destroyed, the technical style really does resemble Team Magma's handiwork."
Xinhai understood. So it really was Team Magma? Still, aside from that underground organization, no one else was researching matters related to volcanoes.
"Oh, right!" Flannery suddenly remembered something. She stopped and turned toward Xinhai, the exhaustion in her eyes replaced by curiosity. "Xinhai, didn't you say you needed my help with something? What was it? Is it related to yesterday?"
Xinhai remembered the matter at hand as well and nodded. "After the battle yesterday, I returned to the mountainside of Mt. Chimney and found eleven Pokémon Eggs in the nest of a Beedrill colony that had been almost completely wiped out."
"Four of them looked rather special, while the other seven were ordinary Beedrill Eggs. I'd like to borrow the Gym's Pokémon Egg testing equipment to check their exact condition and potential, so I can decide how to handle them afterward."
"Beedrill Pokémon Eggs?" Flannery's eyes widened in surprise before she immediately realized something. "Xinhai, you've got some nerve! You actually raided a Beedrill colony's nest in the middle of all that chaos."
She paused, understanding appearing on her face. "Still, if the eggs were unattended, it would be a shame to leave them there. It would be