Police sirens wailed through the quiet. As the first light of dawn broke through the gloom, every Team Rocket member who had stolen fruit from the Manor was caught.
Lambda was led into a police car by Officer Jenny, his hands cuffed and his head hanging low. He had put far too much faith in his intelligence network.
If he had known Mingyou could command that many Wild Pokémon, he never would have acted so rashly.
"That's no ordinary kid... He's a Groudon. The kind you mock for not being able to fly, only for him to fly up and bite you."
"Keep quiet!"
"Even as a criminal, I have freedom of speech! Watch it, or I'll sue you!"
"Get in the car and stop yapping. This isn't the Unova Region!"
Officer Jenny impatiently kicked Lambda into the car. The police wanted nothing more than to round up internationally wanted criminals who trafficked Pokémon and lock them away for life!
Watching Lambda get shoved into the car, Mingyou scratched his head and sighed. What a headache. It hadn't even been two months, and the Manor had already been targeted by Pecharunt and Team Rocket. What had he done to deserve this?
Seeing him relax a little, Lance walked over with his arms crossed and said sternly, "Don't assume a remote place like Kitakami is safe. With an Orchard this large, thieves dropping by is perfectly normal."
"True..."
Mingyou knew that too. But the Orchard had only recently been expanded, and its security wasn't in place yet. Many of the Pokémon living nearby were still hibernating. Things would improve once the month was over.
Then he wouldn't need to worry. Any human or unfamiliar Pokémon approaching the Manor would be noticed immediately, and anyone who tried to harm it would be