In the end, Zinnia couldn't hold back.
After going silent on LINE for half an hour, she sent a message saying she planned to head to Rustboro City and find out why Hoenn Rayquaza was chasing the Legendary Stone.
While she was at it, she intended to keep an eye on who ended up with the Legendary Stone and how they used it.
The Legendary Stone had been missing for so many years that, strictly speaking, it no longer had anything to do with the Draconids. But the innate sense of justice the original anime world had given her, combined with someone's subtle nudges between the lines, led her to "meddle."
Which was exactly what Baimu wanted.
Destroying an evil organization was nowhere near as simple as it was in the games. Charging into its base alone to challenge the executives and boss was a Pokémon tradition, but it also made it easy for the boss and most of the members to escape—and perhaps even carry on into the next installment.
Baimu's idea for taking down Team Flare thoroughly was to gather as many allies as possible, then drown Lion Head and his gang of red-suited weirdos in a sea of righteous people.
For now, it was only an idea.
"Too bad I don't have a shred of evidence..."
Baimu had to admit Team Flare was meticulous. So meticulous that Steven only realized something was wrong with the organization at the very end. The International Police had been none the wiser from start to finish and hadn't even shown their faces.
Looker had been involved in the games, and he had even appeared in the previous series, Pokémon the Series: Black & White. Yet here, there wasn't a trace of him.
Lysandre's refined facade had simply been too convincing.
So