Since Professor Oak could see them on television, then, unless they were mistaken, Xiaomei could surely also discover through the live news broadcast that they had entered the Petal Tower!
Honestly...
They had never expected that, after traveling so cautiously for so long, they would end up exposed by the TV station! All their efforts had come to nothing at the last moment!
At that moment, Professor Oak seemed to take the phone on the other end, and they heard him complain, "You lot actually sneaked over there without saying a word! Why couldn't you wait until tonight to act!?"
Hearing the reproach in his voice, Ash looked embarrassed and hurriedly apologized. "Sorry, Professor. This was all my idea. It had nothing to do with Xia You and the others! They all came to stop me. It was only because I insisted that they came along and took the risk with me..."
Fortunately, Professor Oak did not dwell on the matter. In fact, even if Ash had brought the sky crashing down, Professor Oak would not have held him accountable. He had merely been angry that they had not informed him before taking action!
They were treating him like a complete outsider!!
Besides, leaving this matter to Xia You and the others had been his plan from the start. Why did they have to be in such a hurry!?
But blaming Ash now would accomplish nothing. He sighed and said helplessly, "All right. Since you're already there, I'm not going to tell you to come back. We're counting on you from here on! Make sure you bring Delia back!"
No sooner had he finished than John suddenly cut in from beside him. "After you got there, did you find any Unown!?"
"Unown? No!"
"I see..." Hearing their answer, Professor Oak