Every second counted on the way back to the airship.
Everyone knew that word of their successful escape from Demon Island could not be kept secret for long.
Once the Pokémon League reacted, they would face endless pursuit by its entire fleet.
When Ye Li returned to the airship with the old Gym Leader, who was already at death's door, the airship's entire medical team faced an unprecedented challenge.
"There's nothing we can do..."
After a round of emergency treatment, Dr. Anya finally shook her head helplessly.
"His prolonged imprisonment and inhuman torture have pushed all his organs to the very limits of failure. The only thing keeping him breathing now is sheer willpower."
"He could... die at any moment."
Ye Li looked at the old man lying on the hospital bed, his eyes tightly shut and his face ashen, seemingly about to draw his last breath at any moment. An indescribable sorrow welled up in his heart.
He fell silent for a moment, then finally made a decision.
"Take him to Titan."
The decision puzzled everyone present.
That Tyranitar's mental state was still extremely unstable. Though it had been temporarily subdued, it was like a bomb that could go off at any moment.
Bringing a dying old man before it was undoubtedly an extremely dangerous move.
But Ye Li's gaze held an unquestionable resolve.
Inside the enormous restraint chamber.
Tyranitar was still secured by several makeshift chains, but it was much calmer than before.
It merely sat there quietly, its crimson electronic eyes fixed motionlessly on the tiny Gym Badge on the floor, as though lost in some distant memory.
When the wheeled hospital bed was slowly pushed into the restraint chamber.
Tyranitar seemed to sense something.
It slowly raised its head, shifting its gaze from the badge to