Although he wanted to backpedal, unfortunately, he had already let it slip.
Even though this wasn't a police interrogation room, Officer Jenny had recording equipment on her, and she hadn't forgotten to take off the lens cap.
Xin Mu had called the police because someone was trying to steal Regirock.
After all, he genuinely didn't know why these people had come, so it hardly counted as a false report. Nobody could say for certain what a thief had come to steal from their home.
Sometimes, when thieves broke into a bank's or a company's safe, exactly how much money had gone missing became one of the world's unsolved mysteries.
For now, Officer Jenny was more interested in uncovering their sales channels. Simple theft wasn't a particularly serious offense; finding a channel for illegally selling Pokémon and taking down a black-market organization would mean much more.
Under separate questioning, holes soon appeared in the three suspects' stories. Officer Jenny really did follow the trail to a thieves' hideout and rescue several Ambipom.
According to Officer Jenny's later announcement, the group did have a boss, but they had all been arrested, so Xin Mu had nothing to worry about.
Or rather, he hadn't needed to worry in the first place. This wasn't a huge organization like Team Rocket, whose reach extended across an entire region. With so few people, they wouldn't even be a challenge for Regirock.
The house was soon cleaned up too. Aside from some dust, there hadn't really been any major problems. By evening, Xin Mu even went for a stroll in a nearby park.
It was actually a forest park, and a sizable one. A shuttle would need two hours to cover the whole place, and that was only the area open to the public.
Still, walking around