Dense vegetation screened them from above, so even the Flying-type Pokémon Team Rocket sent out could not see what was below. Shinichi confirmed no one was following them, and the Security Bureau confirmed there were no lookouts nearby.
The switch went very smoothly.
Chapter 227: Aerodactyl
"Something's happening. Something's happening."
Inside the imitation Flower Crown, the Security Guard posing as Shen Qi contacted the others through his communications earpiece.
"Go ahead."
"There's quite a bit of movement in the surrounding woods, heading back along the route behind me."
If Team Rocket members were lying in ambush in the forest, they ought to be attacking the imitation Flower Crown about now.
"Prepare to move."
The commander leading the nearby team gave the order and also told Mizuki's side to stay alert.
"We should be careful too."
Mizuki warned them.
Before they set out, she had already said that intercepting Team Rocket's recording was not necessarily a good thing. It might instead be a trap they had laid.
That was because the voices probably belonged to Ariana and Apollo, and the chances of them personally coming to the T3 Main Race venue to observe Shen Qi were relatively low.
Even if they had come in person, why use a walkie-talkie or communications equipment to exchange important information? Wouldn't it be better to discuss it face-to-face once they met?
They could not rule out the possibility that Team Rocket had deliberately let the Security Bureau intercept the recording and had something else planned.
As such, a dozen or so Security Guards were also lying in ambush near Shen Qi's current hiding place, just in case...
Boom-
They had only just finished discussing that possibility when some destructive move blasted open the surrounding forest. The attack came fiercely and struck with tremendous force.
"It's