Leaving aside how Matori returned to Team Rocket's Secret Base to consult Giovanni, and how all of Team Rocket braced for a formidable enemy, Xia You and May checked into the Pokémon Center and washed away their exhaustion and dust. Before dark, Xia You took May for a look around the Pewter Science Museum, helping her digest her meal while broadening her horizons.
Though May did not seem interested.
After spending the night, they ate breakfast, left Pewter City, and headed into the nearby forest.
As for Pewter City's terrain, continuous mountain ranges surrounded it to the northwest, north, and northeast. These mountains were not lush and green, either, but bare rock, with the same dark gray of stone everywhere that gave Pewter City its name.
At the foot of the mountains, however, forests still covered the land, looking full of life.
Entering the forest, the two walked a long way north.
But even as the sun climbed high, they still saw no sign of the Battle Pyramid.
"Xia You, is the Battle Pyramid really here?" May could not help asking. "We've been walking so long without seeing it. Has it already flown away?"
Xia You took out the map Scott had sent him, glanced at it, and shook his head.
"It's still where it was before. If the map is right, we should get there in another ten minutes or so."
As they spoke, a sudden rustling came from the bushes ahead.
At first, May thought a wild Pokémon was about to jump out. Her eyes lit up, and she signaled to her Eevee. Eevee immediately understood and lunged toward the bushes.
Naturally, May had no intention of catching a wild Pokémon. Although her four Pokémon-Combusken, Munchlax, Squirtle, and Eevee-were all still growing, they were already enough for her