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The Aether Foundation's base is located on an artificial island in the southern part of Akala Island, where Lillie was brought by Lusamine and the others.

Upon landing, they were greeted by local staff. The first person to speak was a voluptuous, bespectacled beauty, Biko.

The branch manager of the Ether Foundation is admired by many employees because of his considerate personality and gentleness towards many people.

"Hmm, Biko, did the Ether Foundation do anything unusual while I was away?"

Rosamina nodded and asked a formulaic question.

"Nothing unusual has happened. Also, we have completed the task of dismissing the visiting guests as you instructed, Chairman."

Bike shook her head and reported on the task that Lusamine had previously issued, because the Foundation had an important matter to attend to.

Therefore, the visiting guests needed to be dismissed. However, she didn't quite understand the important matter, since the chairman had become increasingly unpredictable to her lately.

“Very well, then Biko, take Lillie back to her room and go about your business.”

"Zaobo, come with me to the lower-level laboratory,"

At this moment, Lusamine also made her own arrangements, while turning her attention to another middle-aged man.

Wearing huge green sunglasses and with a sinister appearance, this is Zaobo, an executive of the Ether Foundation.

"OK,"

Zaobo nodded, secretly pleased, because the chairman's words meant that something big was coming.

—They will use the power of the Cosmog to open the Ultra Void!

“Lillie, although you were a bit disobedient and took Cosmog out, I can forgive your recklessness now that you're back.”

"After all, you obediently handed over the Cosmog to us for safekeeping, so now you can get some rest."

Lusamine turned her attention to Lillie and made arrangements for her. At this moment, Lillie, who had been silent all along, spoke up.

"So you're not planning to give up on opening the Ultimate Cave?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Seeing Lillie's questioning expression, Lusamine suddenly froze, revealing a surprised look.

"Do you still have a rebellious phase? Opening the Ultimate Void is something I have to do, and I won't forgive anyone who tries to stop me."

"Even if it's Lillie, it's strange. You were so obedient just now, why do you dare to question your mother in this way now?"

"Was your behavior just now really just a pretense of obedience to keep others from getting hurt, rather than finally showing you're being sensible and listening to your mother?"

Lusamine had always known that her children were quite rebellious, after all, one of her sons had run away before, taking with him their family's important experimental Pokémon.

So it's not surprising that his daughter is rebellious, but she was very well-behaved when he took people to Akara Island to find her.

She considered two possibilities: Lillie was just being rebellious occasionally, or she was worried that she and her people would fight with the people from the Space Research Institute and didn't want to see that scene, so she pretended to be well-behaved.

"You're really hurting me,"

But judging from his stubborn demeanor now, it's clear that it's the latter.

"...I am not a toy that my mother can play with at will. If I feel something is wrong, I will naturally argue back."

Seeing Lusamine's arrogant expression, Lillie also showed an extremely angry expression.

"Little Nebula is suffering from your manipulation, and using its power to open the Ultimate Void will cause it serious damage!"

“I can’t just leave it alone, and the Ultimate Cave is a very dangerous place. That’s why my father disappeared.”

"That's why I tried every possible way to open the Ultimate Void and find him!"

Lillie's excited demeanor also irritated Lusamine, making her irritated as well.

Because she felt that as her daughter, she shouldn't defy her! And wasn't talking back in front of so many people just asking for trouble?!

"But why a small nebula?! There must be other methods!"

Lillie continued to argue, her expression showing great difficulty.

"Isn't the Space Research Institute also researching exploring ultimate cavities? We can collaborate with them, right?"

"cooperate?"

Lusamine's face suddenly darkened. "Guess what? She's been hanging out with those people for only a short time now?"

"No wonder he's so rebellious, and this kind of thing really happens very quickly."

"It's Mom who's rebelling! Why would she choose such an extreme method to open the ultimate hole?!"

"If you want to find your father, then it's okay to ask for help from others, right? Could there be some other unspeakable secret behind opening the Ultimate Void by yourself?!"

"shut up!"

Lusamine's face suddenly contorted, and she raised her hand to slap Lillie.

However, she was shocked to find that Lillie had suddenly vanished into thin air, as were those around her.

But they soon discovered Lillie's presence; she appeared nearby as if a Pokémon had used Teleport.

"Miss Lillie...!"

Biko spoke up instinctively because she sensed that something was off about Lillie.

And what was that she just said? The chairman wants to use the power of Pokémon to open the Ultra Sluice Gate?!

"There's a superpower aura about her. Is Miss Lillie a superpowered person after all?"

Zaobo couldn't help but speak at this moment.

As a trainer specializing in Psychic-type Pokémon, he is very sensitive to this aura, but unlike other Psychic-type Pokémon trainers, he does not possess psychic powers.

But now Lillie has displayed the power of teleportation, which makes his heart somewhat complicated.

"...This is not the kind of power my daughter should possess,"

Rosamune's face darkened. "You're not Lillie! Who are you?!"

brush--!!!

As soon as Rosamune finished speaking, the metal box that one of the Ether employees next to her was holding suddenly disappeared and appeared in Lillie's hand.

"Disguising myself as a young girl is indeed quite difficult for me,"

Lillie suddenly changed her voice, which made everyone around her pause.

Then they saw Lillie grab her sun hat, throw it into the air, and transform into another person.

"You are... Yang Xiying?!"

Upon seeing the transformed person, everyone showed expressions of astonishment, not only because it wasn't Lillie, but also because they recognized this person!

Uniting alliances across regions to resolve various crises and spreading knowledge about Pokémon battle ecology online—this is Teacher Pigeon, Yang Xiying!

"Oh, it's my honor to have your names remembered by such important figures,"

Yang Xiying responded cheerfully to the person opposite her.

"Why are you here?! And give me back my Cosmog!"

Rosamina looked extremely annoyed.

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Chapter 559 Alone with Lusamine!

"Huh? You clearly see that your own daughter is someone else in disguise, but you don't care about her at all and are more concerned about the Cosmog in my hand?"

Faced with Lusamine's reprimand, Yang Xiying immediately revealed a playful expression, which made Lusamine's face darken slightly.

"Why have you transformed into Miss Lillie? Where is Miss Lillie?"

But then Biko spoke up.

"Hey, this tastes right,"

Yang Xiying smiled lightly, "You can rest assured about Lillie, she is safe now."

"But I heard something interesting from her, which is what I just mentioned: she's willing to sacrifice Cosmog to open the Ultimate Cave."

"Because she couldn't stand this, Lillie ran away with Cosmog. Then, her brother Gladio also ran away because the Aether Foundation was conducting inhumane experiments."

"...Do you really believe a child's one-sided account?"

Lusamine felt many eyes on her, among which were Biko's puzzled gaze.

—This woman is too innocent; she only needs to be a mascot and doesn't need to know too much.

"Of course I won't believe you without evidence, but you can't provide any evidence that you didn't use Pokémon to conduct inhumane experiments."

Yang Xiying shrugged in response.

"...I came here just to confirm these things. Why would someone want to take such an extreme approach as using the power of young Pokémon to explore the ultimate insight?"

"The Aether Foundation is supposed to be an organization that protects Pokémon from getting hurt, so why doesn't it care about the health of even one Pokémon?"

"Our space research institute clearly doesn't mind cooperating with you."

"cooperate?"

Lusamine paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sure, if it's Yang Xiying, I wouldn't mind cooperating."

"Oh, you agreed so readily?"

Yang Xiying raised an eyebrow slightly, as if this made the other side compromise for her sake.

Although there's nothing wrong with it, Yang Xiying wasn't sure about Lusamine's sincerity since the other party agreed too quickly.

After all, he could sense that the other person's mental state was slightly unstable, and in the Ultimate Sun and Moon version of the game, this person had a history of betraying his collaborators.

Yes, it refers to the Ultimate Research Team. They are humans from another world who came to the Alola region to save their own world and eventually made contact with the Aether Foundation.

But in the end, Lusamine only used them as pawns. However, she doesn't sense any trace of the Ultimate Investigation Team around her now.

It's like the Alola region events in this world are a standard Sun and Moon version, but Lusamine's character design here is completely out of the ordinary!

Then he used his superpowers to sense the room where Lusamine's living frozen Pokémon was, and he didn't trust the person in front of him.

"After all, we've heard about how you opened the Ultra Void and captured Ultra Beasts,"

Lusamine spoke at this moment.

She found out Lillie's location so quickly because she had planted an undercover agent in the Space Research Institute.

Then, because of her undercover work, she learned about Yang Xiying, such an interesting person, but she didn't get to meet her when she went to see her in person.

—But there's nothing wrong with meeting like this now.

"Then, you still cooperated with me even when I was acting impulsively, so what reason do I have not to agree?"

"So you can have Cosmog."

As she spoke, Rosamund revealed an incredibly charming smile.

"Chairman, you...?!"

Zaobo suddenly got anxious. After all, he didn't like Yang Xiying's lecturing tone and arrogant manner.

Cooperation is out of the question, and this woman changes her tune way too fast! If we cooperate with her, all the efforts we've made on our side...!

For Zaobo, who has an extremely strong sense of pride, the Ultra Beasts in the Ultra Cave hold a great deal of mystery for humanity.

He can gain more admiration and respect from others by solving the puzzle, so the number of people who can solve the puzzle will naturally decrease.

"Zaobo, do you have any objections to my decision?"

Lusamine's expression grew cold as she glanced sideways at Zaobo.

"...No, no,"

Zaobo was startled by Lusamine's cold gaze and gradually emanating aura, and immediately fell silent.

He couldn't afford to mess with a menopausal widow.

"I'm glad you understand and cooperate; I also don't like solving problems with violence."

Yang Xiying took a deep breath in response.

"If you want to cooperate, contact the people at the Space Research Institute. However, I have some requests that I hope Miss Rosamune can grant."