After listening to Xie Yu's explanation, Ye Qing roughly understood how the whole thing had unfolded.
At first, Xie Yu's trio had been hired by Granny Minghua, the Ghost-type Elite Four, to take care of something for her. When they returned to collect their payment, however, they discovered that she was not at the Gym but at Pokémon League headquarters.
Later, Granny Minghua said she could not leave the Pokémon League and told the three of them to come to headquarters to find her.
The three brothers had not thought anything of it. First, they had never done anything illegal, and second, their employer was one of the Four Elite Four Members. Someone of that standing would not deceive them, so the three of them went.
In the end, shortly after collecting their money and items and leaving Pokémon League headquarters, they saw a wanted notice issued by the Pokémon League!
It accused the three of them of stealing a Lucario Mega Stone from the Pokémon League.
Having sorted out the sequence of events, Ye Qing asked, "Then did you find the Mega Stone on Lucario yourselves?"
Xie Yu nodded. "Yes. We already had this Mega Stone before taking that job."
Ye Qing asked again, "Did anyone see you at the time?"
Zhu Yuanhao recalled for a moment before answering, "Of course. We took it from others in some ruins."
Ye Qing asked another question. "What about your Key Stone? Where did you get that?"
"Well..."
The three brothers exchanged a few looks, none of them knowing what to say for a moment.
"Is there something you can't tell us?"
Wangchen spoke up then as well. In truth, he had no interest in whether Xie Yu and the others had stolen anything. He was only following orders, and if they