Chapter 449 (Bonus Chapter)
Ditto, in his Golem form, took the lead.
Each heavy step sent faint vibrations through the ground, feeding him information no ordinary scout could gather. Mineral density. Hollow pockets. Buried veins. The subtle difference between ordinary stone and something worth stopping for.
Alex followed a few steps behind, eyes half-focused, mentally comparing Ditto's findings with the Team Rocket map burned into his memory.
"Left fork," Alex said quietly.
Ditto adjusted without question. They moved deeper.
Whenever Ditto detected a stone within the required parameters—similar size and structure to a Mega Stone or Key Stone—he marked it. Scizor or Ditto would crack it open efficiently to it. Most of the time, it revealed nothing more than ordinary minerals.
False positive. Again. And again.
Although Ditto filtered by shape and size, Meteor Falls was filled with naturally rounded stones formed by centuries of water erosion. The cave itself was working against them.
Still, Alex didn't show frustration.