If they used Jirachi's power to grant a wish, there would be no problem launching a rocket that was fully prepared for liftoff without any other operators.
Losing one rocket to stop an alien fleet from invading Earth was a bargain by any measure. Wallace agreed to the plan without hesitation and took responsibility for everything else.
"Go ahead and give it everything you've got!"
"Leave it to me!"
Mingyou planned to head straight for the Rocket Launch Center. He had never been to space, but he had personally ventured into a place as dangerous as a Space-Time Rift. Outer space? He could handle that.
Seeing that he was going into space himself, Akari held the recovering Meloetta in her arms. Her eyes flickered as she smiled and said, "Make sure you come back!"
"I still have so much left to do. I'm not about to spend the rest of my life drifting through space."
Mingyou answered with a soft laugh, then looked at Meloetta. "You too. Focus on recovering. I'll be back with Jirachi soon, so don't worry too much."
"Melo..."
Meloetta trusted Mingyou's words without reservation. But when it looked at Jirachi, its eyes filled with surprise.
It had never expected such an innocent child to volunteer to bring this whole incident to an end...
"Jira!"
Jirachi didn't want to keep causing trouble for everyone. Meloetta had been hurt by the aliens while saving Jirachi, and Jirachi never wanted to see that happen again. So before falling asleep, Jirachi would do what needed to be done!
"Melo?"
Asleep?
Meloetta was the only one still in the dark. It didn't know that Jirachi woke for only a few days every thousand years before falling asleep again. But now was hardly the time to tell it.
"Let's go!"
"Jira!"
Watching