Undella Town, Cynthia's villa.
Dawn had grown quite accustomed to Pokémon battles while traveling through Sinnoh with Ash.
When they met again after more than four months, the two once again launched into a battle on their journey.
The Pokémon facing off were Piplup and Oshawott, both of whom had fallen for Meloetta.
Meanwhile, Iris was challenging Cynthia with her Excadrill.
Li Wei had wanted to watch that match, but unfortunately, a call from Lance put an end to that plan.
"I'm going to take this call. It's Lance."
Li Wei waved his phone at Lorelei and Brock.
Although Lorelei was one of Kanto's Elite Four,
she wasn't a Pokémon League Investigator.
Li Wei, on the other hand, was.
Of course, Lance had a reason for calling Li Wei specifically: Li Wei had asked him to look into something.
"I've got results on what you asked me to investigate."
Li Wei sounded a little surprised. "That fast?"
It was hardly surprising that Li Wei was taken aback.
He had only asked Lance to help investigate after getting off the plane, just over an hour ago.
"Don't underestimate my inside sources!"
Li Wei quipped, "You've even infiltrated Unova? Just what are you trying to do?"
Lance could only give in and tell the truth. "Fine. Team Rainbow Rocket helped, actually."
Starting last year, Team Rainbow Rocket had made a deliberate effort to establish a presence in the Unova Region.
The Matori Matrix, led by Matori, had already successfully established itself there.
This was part of the Storm Plan Giovanni intended to carry out.
As for this so-called Storm Plan,
Lance had looked into it.
All he could say was that Giovanni was pretty bold.
Setting aside the Storm Plan, which was Giovanni's undertaking, the Matori Matrix's successful entry
had given Lance