Alola Region.
Li Wei had still made a mistake.
Li Wei had thought Faba had no real ambitions.
In fact, he did.
As a scientist, Faba also wanted to leave a dazzling mark and go down in history.
It had begun the night before last.
First, Ash had accidentally let Cosmog take Lillie
to see Silvally again, bringing back some of Lillie's memories and leaving her unable to touch Pokémon once more.
Then, while Li Wei and Ash were competing in the Master League Points Tournament,
Faba had gone to the roadside motel.
That was where Gladion was staying.
Faba's demand was simple: Gladion was to return Type: Null to him.
Gladion frowned. "I refuse!"
Faba had overseen Type: Null's creation, so he had always considered himself Type: Null's owner.
"You took it away without permission, yet you certainly seem to think you were justified!"
Gladion challenged him. "And what did you do?!"
After Nihilego had attacked Lillie and Silvally had saved the siblings,
Faba had told Gladion that he would protect Silvally, only to put a helmet on it to restrict its power without permission.
It was precisely because Gladion had discovered this that he had secretly taken Silvally away.
"You're mistaken about one thing, young master. Restricting Silvally wasn't my decision."
"I want Type: Null to return to the Aether Foundation, and the president wants the same."
Of course, all of this depended on Lusamine remaining unaware of what had happened four years ago.
Lusamine also knew nothing about Nihilego's attack on Lillie four years earlier.
Faba had long since suppressed all information about it.
He knew that once Lusamine learned about it, all his research and preparations would go to waste.
Besides, as far as Lusamine knew, the Type: Null project had ended in failure.
So Lusamine