In the secret passage beneath Team Flare's Northeast Base, a faint light seeped through the gap around the records room door.
A long-haired man sat at a wooden desk covered in scattered files, with a small lantern beside him.
"Lord Nord, weren't we supposed to go for a walk? Why did we come somewhere like this?" Lulu carried a thick stack of files over to Nord, complaining all the while.
"There's someone I want to investigate." Nord took the files from Lulu, arranged them neatly in front of him, and began examining them carefully. These were the files on this year's recruits, with everyone's information clearly recorded. Nord pulled out one file and set it aside, then handed the rest to Lulu to put away.
"Let me see..." Nord picked up the file and began reading. Attached to it was a photograph of Xiao Yan wearing a Team Flare grunt's uniform.
The moment Nord opened the first page, his expression turned grave.
Registration date: XXX/8/9 Name: Xiao Yan Gender: Male Age: 13 Birthday: ??? Blood type: ??? Birthplace: ??? Pokémon owned: Sceptile
"Hmm? Why is so much of this person's information blank?" Nord frowned. Normally, every detail about Team Flare's recruits would be recorded, but this person's file was incomplete.
Nord picked up the other files and flipped through them. Everyone else's information was complete, including that of Xiao Yan's friends.
"Wow! His information really is all blank!" Lulu leaned her head closer to Nord and exclaimed as she looked at the file in his hands.
Nord had already suspected there was more to Xiao Yan than met the eye. During the entrance exam, the higher-ups had given him an exceptionally talented Sceptile as his starter Pokémon. Then, during the squad leader selection tournament, Nord had noticed that