July 1, Jubilife Breeding Center.
It was another ordinary day.
Though Li Wei had already learned of Hunter J's plan in the Chat Group.
Hunter X had confessed the night before.
Judging by the testimony of Hunter J's trusted subordinate, Hunter X had not lied.
Lance had posted the news in the Special Investigators' group chat last night, and Li Wei read through it over breakfast.
Lance: "Hunter J happened to obtain the notes of Pluto, a former Team Galactic scientist.
"They contain a detailed account of Team Galactic's plan to capture the Space-Time Deities and create a new world."
"That includes extracting the energy contained within the meteorites in Veilstone City..."
Unbeknownst to Li Wei and the others, Hunter J had actually already carried out that part in secret and succeeded.
Hunter X had secretly completed the operation with two of Hunter J's team members, so Lance had not received any word of it.
According to Pluto's notes, there was no strict order to the process.
Only the final step was set: ascend Spear Pillar, use the Lake Guardians to open a passage to Dialga and Palkia's dimensions, then control the Space-Time Deities with the Red Chain.
But the preceding steps, whether obtaining the Lustrous Orb and Adamant Orb or capturing the Lake Guardians... had no particularly clear requirements.
Hunter J clearly had not followed the steps in order either. Perhaps she had prioritized them by difficulty.
Had Lance not planted a mole in Hunter J's team, her plan might very well have succeeded.
The Solaceon Ruins were unguarded. All she needed to do was slip in when few people were around, then slip away again.
If she had not run into Ash and the others, along with the true protagonists, the Team Rocket Trio,
and if the Spear