As Ace landed on Poni Island, at Aether Paradise:
"It appears the other party failed."
Lusamine tossed the files she was holding onto the desk. On the open document, the failure of Team Plasma was clearly recorded.
"That person named N has vanished now, likely fleeing for their life."
The secretary spoke to Lusamine, a hint of disdain in her tone.
"A pity, but it doesn't matter. Our plan can proceed as scheduled."
Lusamine was indifferent to these matters. All she cared about were those beautiful beings.
"The plan is currently proceeding normally, but that creature is being uncooperative."
The secretary reported the current situation to Lusamine, but she knew very well that the President before her was definitely going to be angry.
"Uncooperative?"
Lusamine sneered slightly, "I'll go take a look."
With that, Lusamine stood up and walked out of the office.
Seeing this, the secretary immediately followed in Lusamine's footsteps.
The two took the private elevator, quickly descending all the way to the second basement level of the Aether Foundation.
The arrival of Lusamine, the President, instantly drew salutes from the surrounding researchers.
Lusamine paid no attention, moving her long legs. The sound of her high heels echoed far down the slightly silent corridor.
Arriving at a metal door, Lusamine placed her hand on the scanning area.
Her entire palm's fingerprints were scanned, the metal door opened, and Lusamine entered the room with her secretary.
Inside this large room, there was a giant metal pillar in the center. On that metal pillar, one could see densely packed buttons, wires, and various somewhat inexplicable devices.
Besides this apparatus, in a metal cage nearby, a Cosmog saw Lusamine's arrival and began to tremble all over.
Lusamine walked over to the cage, crouched down, and looked at the Cosmog inside. She wore a gentle and kind smile. "Little one, why won't you cooperate with us? If you keep this up, I'll get angry, you know."
Hearing Lusamine's words, Cosmog trembled even more violently.
It was obvious that Cosmog was well aware of the methods of the woman before it. If it weren't for this specially constructed room hindering the use of its abilities, Cosmog would have probably fled from here long ago.
Lusamine watched as Cosmog merely trembled and completely ignored her, and the smile on her face gradually faded.
The Aether Foundation had gone to great lengths to capture this little creature, hoping to use its power to open the Ultra Wormhole and search for the Ultra Beasts within the Ultra Wormhole.
But this little creature had been very uncooperative.
It had helped them open the Ultra Wormhole a few times during this period, but the Ultra Wormholes that were opened were very unstable.
The probes sent into them were quickly torn apart, making it impossible to conduct many experiments.
Coupled with the little creature's subsequent lack of cooperation, which prevented the Ultra Wormhole from being opened repeatedly for research, the Aether Foundation's research projects struggled to advance.
"Sybelle, give it a lesson."
Lusamine stood up and instructed the secretary behind her.
Sybelle smiled and nodded, then took two electric wires from a nearby laboratory bench and clipped the ends onto the iron cage.
The power was turned on, and instantly current passed from the wires onto the iron cage.
Sparks flew. Cosmog was instantly engulfed by the electricity, and a look of pain appeared on Cosmog's face.
"Wait a moment."
Lusamine suddenly stopped Sybelle, looking into the cage with some confusion.
Sybelle immediately turned off the power, also looking into the cage.
The iron cage was very large compared to Cosmog's body, but even when being electrocuted, Cosmog had not moved away from the corner. This strange detail instantly caught the attention of both women.
Cosmog glanced tiredly at the two people who were gradually approaching it, and a look of success suddenly appeared on its face.
"No good!"
Lusamine sensed something was wrong and immediately retreated without hesitation.
Sybelle was slightly confused, but this very confusion caused her to slow down a little.
The next moment, Cosmog moved its body, and as Cosmog moved, a pitch-black Shadow Ball was exposed.
"Shadow Ball?"
Sybelle's mind hadn't fully processed it, but the next moment, she saw the Shadow Ball rapidly smashing toward her.
"Kacha!"
The iron cage could not withstand the power of the Shadow Ball. In an instant, the cage was broken through by the Shadow Ball, which then hurtled toward Sybelle.
Sybelle immediately ducked instinctively. The Shadow Ball grazed past her scalp, not hitting Sybelle.
However, not hitting Sybelle didn't matter, because the Shadow Ball's original target was not her at all.
"Boom!"
A loud noise rang out. Lusamine and Sybelle looked stiffly toward the center of the room.
There, the Shadow Ball had directly shattered a portion of the metal pillar.
And it was precisely this part that played the crucial role of suppressing Cosmog's power!
Cosmog saw the machinery destroyed and its own power no longer suppressed.
It laughed, because it was free!
In the next instant, Cosmog used Teleport and vanished from the spot.
Lusamine looked at the now-shattered iron cage with a grim expression, saying with extreme gloom, "Chase after it! Bring that creature back! Also, find out what is going on with this Shadow Ball! With that little creature's ability, it shouldn't be able to use Shadow Ball!"
"Y-yes…"
Sybelle was also filled with lingering fear. She immediately took out her communication device, intending to mobilize Aether Foundation members to action.
But before she could dial out, her communication device rang immediately.
Upon connecting, an anxious voice spoke: "Sybelle! Notify the President! The Ultra Beasts are rioting collectively, and we can't suppress them any longer… Oh no!"
A sound of shattering came from the other end of the communication device. It was clear that the imprisoned Ultra Beasts had broken their restraints!
"Good! Very good!"
Lusamine laughed out of extreme anger. "I never thought I would have a day when I failed. Pass on the order: directly terminate the Ultra Beasts, and reallocate personnel to fully track down the little creature's whereabouts."
"Understood!"
Sybelle immediately ran out after hearing this. She knew that if she didn't act now, she would surely be the one to suffer the consequences.
Standing alone in the room, Lusamine took a deep breath, suppressing the fury in her heart.
She had to remain calm. Once angry, the loss of rationality would easily lead her to view things one-sidedly and handle matters without enough care.
"Since you want to play, I'll gladly play with you!"
After saying that, Lusamine, wearing her high heels, walked out of the room.
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