Ariana only had so much manpower available. If she suffered any more major losses, Team Rocket might be reduced to the size of a college anime club.
"Do you know Mt. Pyre?"
"Mt. Pyre... how did that come into this?"
"The night before last, Mt. Pyre was attacked. A mysterious figure stole the orbs enshrined at the summit."
?!
Shen Qi's heart lurched, and he immediately thought of Zinnia.
Given Zinnia's personality in the games, she really might act on a whim.
But after interacting with her in Fallarbor Town, Shen Qi hadn't felt that Zinnia was the mischievous, willful, and headstrong type.
However surprised he was, there was no need to show it.
"Are there no leads on the attacker?"
"All we know is that the attacker was strong. They went up to the summit of Mt. Pyre alone late at night to seize the orbs."
The elderly tomb guardian couple were completely outmatched. Fortunately, Pheobe was there too.
Pheobe, the Ghost-type specialist of Hoenn's Elite Four, was the elderly couple's granddaughter.
The Elite Four-level granddaughter and the elderly couple successfully held off the attacker, but the orbs were stolen without anyone noticing during the battle, and they failed to stop the enemy from escaping.
Zinnia's strength... should have reached that level. After all, her Pokémon might be capable of Mega Evolution in the Ordinary Timeline.
"What Pokémon did they use?"
"Starmie, Banette, Houndoom, Sharpedo..."
As Officer Jenny listed the attacker's Pokémon from the intelligence reports, Shen Qi felt that something was increasingly off.
This shouldn't have been Zinnia's Pokémon lineup. It looked more like an evil organization's roster.
Houndoom and Sharpedo in particular appeared quite frequently among villains.
Chapter 413: Zinnia vs. Lorelei
In the games, Dark-types had an advantage over Ghost-types and were immune to Psychic-type attacks.