The door to the alloy cell slid open silently.
Ye Li was escorted out by two stern-faced agents and changed into a white, heat-resistant protective suit specially made by the Pokémon League.
A pair of silver-gray shackles integrated into the protective suit was fastened around his ankles.
These were no ordinary shackles.
According to the technician beside him, these were the Hermes V-Type energy-suppressing shackles, newly developed by the Pokémon League Academy of Sciences.
They contained a miniature generator and a high-precision positioning system. If Ye Li moved more than ten meters away from the personnel monitoring him, or if the shackles detected any abnormal energy fluctuations, they would immediately discharge a high-voltage current powerful enough to paralyze even a Snorlax on the spot.
At the same time, they could continuously inject a special energy wave into Ye Li's body, suppressing any possibility of him establishing a mental link with Pokémon.
This meant he could not summon his Umbreon.
Right now, he was nothing more than a "technical consultant" in shackles.
Ye Li did not care in the slightest. He even examined the shackles' construction with interest.
To him, these restraints were all temporary.
On the way to the airfield, he passed a huge glass window and saw the scene outside.
A silver-white Pokémon League special transport aircraft with a futuristic design stood quietly there, waiting to take off.
Around the aircraft were dozens of fully armed Pokémon League elites, ready to deploy.
And a figure he knew all too well, yet regarded with extreme wariness.
Lorelei.
She had also changed into a blue-and-white special operations uniform, with her long, fiery-red hair neatly tied back. She looked dashing, yet radiated an icy aura that kept strangers at bay.
When Ye Li was escorted up to the transport aircraft, his gaze