"Me too! I never thought anyone besides my friends would be on my side," Xiao Yan said excitedly. He had joined Team Flare to rescue the legendary Pokémon more than half a year ago, but in all that time, he had failed to gather any useful information or even put together a decent plan. He had never known where to begin. Only when Red suddenly appeared and rescued the Zygarde Core Cell had Xiao Yan finally glimpsed a chance of bringing down all of Team Flare.
In Xiao Yan's eyes, Red shone as brightly as the sun. He dreamed of becoming just as strong someday. Red was someone he could not do without.
Red pulled a canister of something unknown from his waist pouch. "But we have to part ways here."
He scattered the silvery-white powder from the canister, letting it drift through the air for Xiao Yan to inhale.
"What are you talking about...?" Before Xiao Yan could understand what Red meant, his eyelids had already fallen shut, plunging him into darkness...
If that ancient legend is true, that old fox has probably already taken control of your legendary Pokémon friends. When the time comes, you won't have the heart to fight them with everything you've got.
"Even if you complain about it afterward, that's fine. For your safety, I have to do this!"
"It's almost time. Notify every group to begin the operation immediately. Don't alert the civilians yet, or things might get out of hand. Our main objective is to capture the senior officials."
Aliana and Bryony looked over the operational map their leader had prepared and gave their orders to the squad leaders. The operation began, and the fully armed Team Flare groups stationed around the city's intersections launched their assault.
Their target was the