"The biggest base is underneath Goldenrod City." May settled her phone back into her palm and looked up at Lin Hao. He leaned against a waiting-room chair, toying with the Communicator he had lifted from the Team Rocket scout. Its screen lit up, then went dark.
"What are you thinking about?"
"What to eat tonight."
May nudged the toe of his shoe with hers. "Can you come up with a different answer?"
Lin Hao slipped the Communicator into his pocket and sat up. "I'm wondering just how much stuff Team Rocket has hidden down there, if they dared put their biggest base underneath Goldenrod City."
May unfolded the map Morty had sent. "Then let's go look."
"We can look, but we can't go marching in with a fanfare."
"I'm coming too."
"You stay here and wait for news."
"No." May swung her backpack onto her shoulder. "You said that last time too. I ended up waiting at the hotel until midnight while you nearly tore the street apart outside."
Pikachu lay on Lin Hao's shoulder and swung its tail toward May. Lin Hao looked down at it. "You're on her side now?"
"Pika." Pikachu buried its face in his scarf, pretending not to hear.
May held the map in front of him. "The last bus to Goldenrod City leaves at nine. We can still catch it if we leave now."
"Food first."
"Team Rocket's base is right underground, and you're still thinking about food?"
"If we sneak into a base on empty stomachs, we won't even be able to run fast." Lin Hao picked up his backpack and headed toward a lit roadside food stall. "This is called pre-battle provisioning."
"Fine, pre-battle provisioning. We leave as soon as we're done." May watched him walk away. The night breeze lifted a