Dian extended his left hand to soothe the startled Meloetta, then put down his newspaper. "Since when did Team Rocket ditch rockets for an airship?"
He leisurely finished the coffee in his cup. After all, his family wasn't wealthy, so he couldn't afford to be wasteful.
"Sir, hand over Meloetta."
The speaker was a male with a gloomy gaze and a dark expression, clad in pitch-black tight-fitting clothes that revealed no signs of affiliation.
"In exchange..."
The female beside him pointed to her side. "This little girl..."
Dian cast a peculiar look at the blue-haired little girl held hostage by a Zangoose.
Tender features, aqua-blue eyes—she certainly was a little girl...
However, one thing was very important: in his eyes, this wasn't a human, but a Ditto.
He pondered for a moment. No, these people weren't Team Rocket; if Team Rocket wanted to send people to capture Meloetta, they wouldn't come without high-tech search equipment.
So... Pokémon hunters, then.
Since they were hunters, there was no need to probe for information; the employer was undoubtedly Team Rocket. It was truly fitting for Team Rocket's style... Dian closed his eyes and leaned back, snapping his fingers.
Snap!
The black-clad man and woman frowned in unison, and just as they prepared to move, they found their entire bodies rigid and completely unable to move... Crimson, enormous twin pupils gazed at the two people before them.
"Misdreavus!"
Misdreavus poked the cheeks of the two people in front of it, then brought all three of them right through the bulkhead...
At that moment, dense footsteps came from the ordinary cabin as well.
Two blue-clad flight attendants and a twintailed girl hurried over.
"Little Blue!"
"Ditto!"
The twintailed girl embraced the Ditto, which had returned to its original form.
Meanwhile, the blue-collared flight attendant bowed