"That's all right."
After putting the last bandage on Eevee's furry calf, Qianye stood up and clapped his hands, looking at his work with great satisfaction. The pointed ears no longer drooped, and the brown fur had regained some of its luster.
"Bu~Eh~"
After shaking his front legs wrapped in white tape to make sure it was fine, Ibrahimovic raised his head and looked at the boy with a gentle smile with his clear eyes.
"You said you would repay me one day? There's no need. I just did some insignificant things."
After rubbing Eevee's head and smoothing the fur on his neck, Qianye squatted down, looked into his eyes seriously, and said:
"I won't stop you from finding the person who abandoned you, but trainers and Pokémon are family members who recognize and cherish each other... The bond formed by fate, and because of this bond, they tolerate each other and face the future together."
"For your trainer, perhaps winning is the greatest wish, and those actions are not completely incomprehensible. I just hope that you can think clearly about what you want most, instead of living as a vassal of someone else's dream."
What do I really want...?
Confusion appeared in Yuanyuan's eyes. Ibrahimovic had never thought about this question before, so naturally she couldn't come up with an answer, but she still kept Qianye's words firmly in her heart.
"He's a good kid, what a pity..."
Qianye waved goodbye to Ibrahimovic who kept looking back at him, and watched the other party's figure gradually disappear into the depths of the cave. He couldn't help but sigh.
"Coco~"
If you like her so much, why not just conquer her and keep her? Why are you talking so much nonsense?
Kokodora, who was lying on his shoulder, expressed her contempt for the boy's inconsistent behavior, but there was an inexplicable sour taste in her words.
Qianye shook his head. "I don't like to force others. It was her own choice. It's just a pity that we are not destined to be together..."
"Squeak? Squeak!"
The other Zubat suddenly cried out urgently. Looking sideways, the little fellow's two purple ears stood up and trembled as if receiving some information.
"Squeak! Squeak!"
Qianye, who wanted to comfort Zubat's restless mood, straightened his neck instantly when he saw Zubat frantically gesticulating with his hands and telling him what he had heard:
"What did you say?!"
…
A purple bat with a big mouth was flying very fast in the cave. Its body was covered with bruises and scars, and its trembling wings looked like it would crash at any time during the flight. But it still gritted its teeth and persisted until it saw the golden arc of electricity.
Zubat tried to adjust its body to dodge, but the injuries on its body did not allow it to do so. The electric current instantly spread throughout its body, and its charred body fell down after a scream.
"Magneton, come back."
The red light took back the Pokémon that had just sent out an electric shock, and a man with a hideous scar on his forehead walked out of the shadows, playing with the Poké Ball in his hand.
"You can really run... huh? Why don't you run now?"
He kicked the unconscious Gulp, and the bat rolled and hit a rock. The cruelty in the man's eyes did not disappear, and it seemed that he had to kick it a few more times to vent his anger. However, a cold voice stopped him:
"Take it easy, Yamada. A corpse won't sell for much money."
A man wearing square-framed glasses appeared from behind. He was well-dressed and wore a ring with a golden cross pattern on his left ring finger. However, the cold temperament emanating from him torn apart his well-dressed disguise.
"Kuro, mind your own business! It's been so long, where is the shadow of the Moon Stone?"
Yamada opened his mouth wide and sneered, revealing two rows of dirty yellow teeth, which made people feel disgusted.
"The detector has already responded. Also... you'd better be careful. Don't forget that Takino has overturned his car here."
"Takino? You mean the idiot who was apparently killed by a little kid? Hahahaha! For a Pokémon hunter to be this far is quite a talent. Please don't lump me in with that kind of trash."
He walked over, picked up the Gulp on the ground, and threw it into a cage on a cart. The iron fence was almost full of Pokémon, not only Bat Pokémon... but also a few Geodudes and Arbok.
Yamada pressed Zubat's body into the cage and closed it with his hands. "With these, the trip is worthwhile. Let me make it clear first, when we get to our old customers in Tokiwa City, don't expect to get more money."
"Alright, alright, I'm not going to compete with you for it…" Mitsuro was a little irritated by Yamada's nagging, so he pushed his glasses and replied impatiently, "Don't sell them all, remember to leave some for the association."
"Of course." Yamada pulled at his collar, which was stained with sweat, and a round seal tied around his neck slipped out from his clothes. It was engraved with the same cross star pattern as the man with the eye ring, as well as a few large characters -
Evolution Society.
…
Qianye lay down behind a rock peak, holding his breath as hard as he could, with his ears pressed against the rocks, trying to hear some useful information.
Bat Pokémon can rely on ultrasonic waves that are indiscernible to human ears to transmit information to its companions remotely. With this talent, Zubat learned that there were two bad guys in the Moonlight Cave who were unscrupulously capturing its own people.
Under the guidance of Zubat, they successfully found the two Pokémon hunters and the sturdy cages that held a large number of Pokémon, but Qianye was troubled about how to rescue them.
The victory over the Pokémon hunter last time was the result of many factors, and it was not something that could be replicated just by wanting to. In a head-on battle, I would definitely not be a match for those bloodthirsty guys, not to mention there were two of them.
Too far away...I can't hear what they are saying.
The plan to eavesdrop on the intelligence failed. Qianye calmed his heartbeat, turned over and leaned against the stone surface. The accelerated breathing did not affect the calmness of his brain, and his mind began to work rapidly -
I'm afraid Miss Junsha won't arrive so soon. If I want to delay them, what do I have now... Kokodora may be able to bite open the cage, but the Pokémon inside are all seriously injured and will not be able to help even if they are released. As for the terrain...
"Squeak!"
The cry that was suppressed to an extremely low level was able to reach Qianye's ears due to the close contact, and his thoughts were interrupted.
"They separated?"
Hearing Zubat's reminder, the boy carefully poked his head out from behind the rock and saw the man with glasses going deep into the cave alone, leaving the scarred man behind to guard the cage.
After the footsteps completely disappeared, I waited patiently for a while and it seemed that they had indeed gone far away.
If there is only one person... maybe there is a chance, do you want to go?
Qianye doesn't know how long the man with glasses will be gone, so he must make a decision now!
"Zubat, listen to me..."
…
Mitsuro had been looking for the Moon Stone for a while. Next to the iron cage, Yamada rubbed his eyes, yawned, and couldn't help complaining about his companion's procrastination. Then he turned over and tried to change to a more comfortable position.
There was a sound of breaking air, and the coolness on the back of his neck made him sober instantly. He quickly reached into his pocket and took out the Poké Ball with one hand, and with the other hand he picked up the iron rod at his side for protection and swung it backwards.
A crescent-shaped air blade struck directly on the iron rod, leaving a shallow white mark on the surface.
"Air blade?" Yamada looked up in the direction where the attack came from. A Zubat was hanging in the air, its fangs showing its ferocity.
But this level of deterrence is obviously not enough to scare off a Pokémon hunter. Yamada's face showed a smile that looked particularly ferocious with the scar on it:
"I thought all the nearby Pokémon had been wiped out, but I didn't expect there was still one that slipped through the net... Magneto 3-in-1."
The strange creature that had just been released, which was held together by magnets and screws, slowly floated up, and its eyes distributed on three spherical bodies gathered at the location of the enemy.
"Aim at it and use electricity..."
"Heizi, bite it!"
What... Yamada was startled and turned around immediately, only to see a small black dog rushing towards him from a distance.
"Magneton 3-in-1! Electric shock that location!"
The magnet on Magneto's body flashed with electric sparks, and then emitted a golden arc of light, but Black Dog seemed to have been prepared. He immediately turned around and hid behind a rock nearby, and the electric current hit nothing.
"The coyote dogs in the Hoenn region... Hmph, I wonder which friend is causing trouble for me."
Yamada was not stupid enough to treat the voice just now as an illusion. He looked sideways at the layers of stone peaks where the voice came from. He didn't know where the trainer who issued the order was hiding.
Unable to find it for a moment, he glanced to the other side and saw that the Zubat had already flapped its wings and moved back a long distance. In this situation, it was difficult for Magneto's attack to ensure that it would hit the opponent.
Are they also in the same group? So the shouting just now was just to divert my attention and help Zubat escape. After all, the first round of sneak attacks has already tested my vigilance. Don't you think it can sneak up close enough to me?
"Interesting." Although the enemy's true identity was still unknown, his style of doing things was obviously not like those of the pampered theoretical trainers. Instead, he was more like the hounds of the alliance and his own peers.
"Then come out!"
Yamada's brain was not as strong as his muscles. Without any hesitation, he threw all the Pokémon on his body.
A red light flashed, and three more Pokémon revealed their figures.
"Besides Magneto, there are also Toucans, Beedrill, and Bellsprout... All Pokémon other than Bellsprout have evolved, please."
In order not to expose his position, Qianye did not stick his head out from behind the stone. He just relied on Zubat, who had an overview of the entire situation, to tell him the current situation. He did not expect that his ability to understand the Pokémon language could be used in such a place.
But knowing this information did not make the situation much more favorable. Including Zubat, they only had four against five. They were inferior in both hard power and numbers. What was worse was that the Pokémon hunter was walking towards his hiding place, and it seemed that he wanted to find him actively.
And right now, the only way to reverse the situation...
Yamada suddenly stopped and looked around with a frown. Countless rustling noises, like the flapping of wings, were gradually gathering here.