Chapter 204: Scary... Stripped Naked?
The next day, An Jue didn't go with Feng to dig for fossils anymore. Experiencing it once was enough; there was no need to become obsessed.
In the morning, he leisurely sat in a dessert shop, sipping coffee while admiring the lively street scene outside the window.
Little Munchlax sat next to him, devouring a super-sized parfait, the happiness brought by the sweets making it squint its eyes involuntarily.
Magearna sat opposite him, also carefully savoring a tiramisu.
As for Baby Tyrunt, it gnawed on a large beef bone that had long been picked clean.
Just then, a familiar figure appeared in An Jue's sight.
Ayaka?
Ayaka had already come to Parfum Palace?
Not only that, Ayaka also had an Amaura with her, so she had also gone to dig for fossils?
Ayaka also saw An Jue, and she also looked surprised.
An Jue waved at her, and she quickly walked towards the dessert shop.
"An Jue, when did you come?" Ayaka sat down opposite An Jue and asked.
An Jue replied, "I came the day before yesterday. What about you?"
"I came yesterday, thinking you hadn't arrived yet, so I went to dig for fossils outside the town. I didn't expect to actually find one." As she spoke, she gently patted the Amaura next to her, "Look, this child was just revived from the fossil at the research institute."
"Luce~~" Amaura affectionately nuzzled Ayaka's palm.
It had just been revived from the fossil and was completely unfamiliar with this world, instinctively becoming close to Ayaka, who was the kindest to it.
An Jue was surprised to hear this, "What a coincidence, I also went to dig for fossils yesterday, but I didn't see you."
Ayaka smiled, "There are so many people digging for fossils, and the fossil cave environment is complex, it's normal not to meet."
An Jue looked at Baby Tyrunt and said, "I wasn't as lucky as you, I didn't get anything."
Ayaka looked at Baby Tyrunt in confusion and asked, "Then where did this Baby Tyrunt come from?"
An Jue smiled, "I got it by chance, it might have been revived from a fossil by someone else."
Ayaka understood. She glanced at Magearna and Little Munchlax, and when she saw that Magearna was a Pokémon she had never seen before, she couldn't help but feel surprised.
"Didn't Ninetales come?" Ayaka asked in confusion.
An Jue explained, "Ninetales is not my Pokémon, it just traveled with me for a while."
"So that's how it is." Ayaka was very impressed by Ninetales' strength.
"Now that we're both here, how about we set off early?" An Jue asked.
"Okay!" Ayaka was just about to say that.
Hearing An Jue and Ayaka's words, Little Munchlax immediately began to speed up eating the parfait.
Seeing this, An Jue patted Little Munchlax's head and said, "Eat slowly, don't rush, we'll set off after you finish."
"Gang~~" Little Munchlax slowed down its eating speed after hearing this.
Seeing that its mouth was covered with cream, An Jue quickly wiped it with a tissue.
"Gang~~" Little Munchlax raised its smiling face and moved its head closer to An Jue, making it easier for him to wipe.
After wiping Little Munchlax's cheeks, An Jue asked Ayaka, "Ayaka, would you and your Pokémon like to order a dessert? We'll leave after we finish eating, it won't take up much time anyway."
"Okay!"
These two Pokémon were temporary flying mounts they had rented in town, equipped with saddles, and were specialized riding Pokémon.
Most of the Pokémon world has this kind of riding Pokémon rental service, which is operated by specialized Pokémon riding companies.
After the two rode on Braviary and Mandibuzz, they patted the Pokémon's necks, and they took off with a cry.
Braviary and Mandibuzz were indeed professionally trained riding Pokémon, flying quickly and steadily. In almost the blink of an eye, Parfum Palace gradually disappeared from An Jue and the others' sight.
Before long, the two arrived at their destination.
An Jue pulled Little Munchlax down from Braviary's back. After returning Braviary to its Poké Ball, he looked at the deep cave in front of him and said:
"Is this Reflection Cave?"
Ayaka returned Mandibuzz to its Poké Ball and said, "That's right, the ruins I mentioned were discovered inside."
An Jue: "Then let's go in."
"Okay." As she spoke, Ayaka released her Absol.
Many Pokémon live in Reflection Cave. If they accidentally disturbed them, they might be attacked.
Immediately, An Jue and Ayaka, each with Little Munchlax, entered Reflection Cave one after the other.
The passage inside Reflection Cave was very spacious, and it didn't feel crowded even with An Jue and the two Pokémon walking side by side.
Although the light inside was dim, it didn't greatly affect vision, because many luminous mosses grew on the walls of the cave, which could emit a faint green light.
These mosses were the raw materials used to make the held item, Luminous Moss. (Luminous Moss: If the Pokémon holding this item is hit by a Water-type attack, its Special Defense increases by 1 stage.)
An Jue observed the surroundings while walking, and at the same time, he activated his Aura Perception.
As they walked, a look of doubt appeared on Ayaka's face.
"Strange!"
An Jue: "What's wrong?"
Ayaka replied, "It's too quiet! When I came last time, there were clearly many Pokémon, but now I can't see a single one."
"It is indeed strange!" An Jue couldn't help but frown. He also didn't sense the presence of any Pokémon's Aura around him.
"Let's go further in and take a look," Ayaka suggested.
An Jue nodded.
After an unknown amount of time, a fork appeared in front of An Jue and the others, and at the same time, a wave of Aura appeared in An Jue's perception.
An Jue stopped and said, "Let's find a Pokémon and ask about the situation."
"But the Pokémon have all disappeared," Ayaka frowned.
Ayaka already knew that An Jue could understand Pokémon language.
"Follow me." As he spoke, An Jue turned and walked towards the fork on the right front.
After walking not far, the two heard faint moans. They looked at each other and instantly understood: a Pokémon was injured.
They quickly quickened their pace and followed the direction of the moans. Soon, they saw an injured Mawile in a corner.
The injured part of Mawile should be its foot. When An Jue and the others arrived, it was sitting on the ground, holding its foot and groaning in pain.
Seeing this, Ayaka quickly stepped forward, wanting to check Mawile's injury. However, Mawile was very alert. Seeing Ayaka coming over, it quickly raised the large mouth behind its head to intimidate her, telling her not to approach.
Ayaka quickly spoke to comfort it, "Mawile, calm down, we're not bad people, we just want to see the injury on your foot."
"Absol~ Absol~" Absol also helped his trainer persuade Mawile.
"Koki~ Koki~"
Mawile's large mouth opened and closed, obviously not relaxing its vigilance.
An Jue explained, "We just came to Reflection Cave and found that the Pokémon here have all disappeared, so we wanted to come and ask you about the situation."
Hearing this, the hostility in Mawile's eyes lessened a little, but it still didn't allow Ayaka to approach.
In this way, Mawile and An Jue and the others confronted each other for more than ten minutes.
Just then, Mawile softened all over and collapsed to the ground, losing consciousness.
"Mawile?" Ayaka exclaimed and quickly picked up Mawile.
An Jue also hurried forward to help check Mawile's condition.
"Don't worry, it's not a big deal, it just fainted from exhaustion." After a check, An Jue said to Ayaka.
Ayaka breathed a sigh of relief, took out some medicine to treat Mawile's injury, and fed it some Pecha Berry juice that could replenish its strength.
As a trainer who was always traveling outside, Ayaka always had medicine and strength-restoring juice on hand.
Before long, Mawile reopened its eyes. When it saw that An Jue and Ayaka were so close to it, it was so frightened that it wanted to retreat.
However, there was a wall behind it, and it had nowhere to retreat.
Seeing this, Ayaka said, "Mawile, we really aren't bad people."
Feeling that its body had regained its strength and the injury on its foot didn't hurt anymore, Mawile stared at Ayaka and An Jue for a while, and finally no longer had hostility towards the two.
Anjay asked, "Mawile, can you tell us what happened in Glittering Cave? Where are the other Pokémon here?"
Hearing Anjay's question, Mawile's face showed anger.
"Maw! Maw!" Bad people, there are bad people!
After sorting out Mawile's chaotic words, Anjay quickly understood the general situation.
Glittering Cave was occupied by a group of strange people, who captured all the Pokémon here. Mawile barely escaped with the help of its companions.
After understanding what happened, Anjay asked Xiangxun, "What should we do?"
Xiangxun thought for a while and said, "Let's take a look at the situation first. I don't know who occupied Glittering Cave and did such a terrible thing."
As she spoke, Xiangxun's face showed anger.
Anjay asked Mawile, "Mawile, are you the only one who escaped?"
"Maw! Maw!" There are also Solrock and Lunatone.
Mawile replied.
Unfortunately, Solrock and Lunatone got separated from it in the chaos.
Anjay said, "Then let's look for Solrock and Lunatone first, and then see if we can find an opportunity to rescue the other Pokémon."
"Maw! Maw!" Mawile thanked Anjay and Xiangxun gratefully.
Then, Anjay took out his phone, intending to report the situation here to Officer Jenny in Cyllage City, but found that he couldn't make a call at all.
Xiangxun said, "It seems the signal is blocked."
Anjay sighed deeply, "We have to figure out a solution ourselves."
Xiangxun nodded.
Anjay suddenly had an idea, and immediately took out a Poké Ball, released Braviary, and then took out a pen and paper and wrote a note to it.
"Braviary, could you please deliver this note to Officer Jenny at the Cyllage City police station?"
"Goo!" Braviary took the note, nodded to Anjay, and then flapped its wings and flew back the way it came.
"That's a good move!" Xiangxun said in surprise.
"There are always more solutions than difficulties," Anjay smiled. "Okay, let's go find Solrock and Lunatone first."
Mawile wanted to get up and look for its companions with Anjay and the others, but its injured foot hadn't fully recovered, and it almost fell.
Seeing this, Xiangxun quickly picked it up.
Although Mawile is small, as a Steel-type Pokémon, it is actually quite heavy, at least twenty or thirty pounds.
Anjay was about to show his gentlemanly demeanor and ask Xiangxun if she needed his help, but saw Xiangxun shaking her head at him and winking playfully.
Anjay immediately understood that she had taken a liking to Mawile, so he silently closed his mouth.
Then, the two began to search the cave for traces of Solrock and Lunatone, and Anjay turned his Aura Perception to the maximum.
When passing a corner, Anjay suddenly sensed two Auras approaching them.
It's human Aura!
Anjay quickly stopped Xiangxun with his hand.
Xiangxun immediately understood, and stopped silently against the wall with Anjay, while giving Absol a look.
Sure enough, after a while, two people walked out of the corner, a man and a woman, wearing red uniforms, red sunglasses, and even their hair was dyed red.
The man was accompanied by a Houndour.
The woman was accompanied by a Manectric.
It's Team Flare!
Anjay recognized the identities of the two at once! This outfit is too iconic!
Anjay finally understood who occupied Glittering Cave. It turned out to be Team Flare, who was trying to change the world.
Team Flare's BOSS is Lysandre, who is disappointed with the current world and feels that the world is full of evil and that human beings are ugly.
So he wants to destroy the old world and create a new world.
Team Flare is what he created to achieve his wish.
The moment the two Team Flare members walked past the corner, Absol and Snorlax jumped out at the same time.
Absol used Assurance, and Snorlax used Thunder Punch. The two Pokémon acted with lightning speed, defeating Manectric and Houndour with one move.
At the same time, Anjay flashed behind the two, and before they could react, Anjay knocked them both unconscious with a chop to the neck.
Xiangxun looked at Anjay with amazement on her face and said, "Anjay, you are so amazing!"
Anjay said modestly, "It's just so-so!"
Xiangxun looked at the two Team Flare members and said, "What should we do with them?"
Anjay thought for a while: "Let's strip them of their clothes first!"
Xiangxun looked terrified, "Strip off their clothes?" So you have this hobby?
Looking at Xiangxun's expression, Anjay couldn't laugh or cry, "What are you thinking? I mean, let's change into their clothes, so it's easier to move around."
Xiangxun suddenly realized, "So that's how it is, you scared me."
Anjay found Poké Balls from the two of them, took back their Houndour and Manectric, and then took off their clothes and put them on himself and Xiangxun.
Finally, he took out a rope, tied the two of them up, stuffed their mouths, and hid them in a hidden corner.
After doing all this, Anjay said, "Let's go."
Xiangxun pushed the sunglasses on her eyes and said, "Will we really not be seen through like this?"
"Um~~" Anjay stared at Xiangxun for a few times, "It really doesn't look like it!"
Then he pretended to rummage through his backpack, but actually bought two red hats from the system store.
He put one on his head and threw the other to Xiangxun.
"It looks more like it this way."
Xiangxun was surprised, "You even have this."
Anjay explained, "When you're out, you have to prepare a little bit of everything."
Xiangxun: You are too well prepared, aren't you?
After disguising themselves, the two continued to search for Solrock and Lunatone.
When passing another fork in the road, Anjay suddenly sensed two Auras belonging to Pokémon.
He was about to go over with Xiangxun, but saw two other Team Flare members jogging over, and one of them said:
"Solrock and Lunatone seem to be over there."
Hearing this, Anjay quickly came out of the corner and shouted loudly, "Hey, you two!"
The two Team Flare members stopped and looked at Anjay suspiciously, "You are…"
Anjay said, "Did you two find Solrock and Lunatone? Why don't you let me catch them!"
One of the Team Flare members said, "It's okay, but why do you look so unfamiliar!"
Anjay quickly explained with a smile, "I just joined the organization."
The two suddenly understood, and then said readily, "Okay, then I'll leave it to you."
Anyway, catching Solrock and Lunatone is not a big deal, and it would be great if someone else did it for them.
As they spoke, the two turned around and prepared to leave?
However, as soon as they turned around, Anjay gave each of them a chop to the neck.
Grimer and Croagunk, who were following them, were about to attack Anjay, but Anjay kicked them away.
Before they could get up from the ground, Snorlax and Absol jumped out of the darkness and defeated them with Assurance and Fire Punch respectively.
Xiangxun followed out of the darkness and once again exclaimed, "Anjay, you are as powerful as a Pokémon!"
Anjay modestly cupped his hands: "You flatter me!"
Afterwards, Anjay tied up the two Team Flare members again and hid them in the corner, not forgetting to stuff their mouths with the rag he usually used to clean the stove.
They got off easy!
In the corner past the bend, Anjay and Xiangxun indeed found Solrock and Lunatone.
Seeing Anjay and Xiangxun wearing Team Flare uniforms, Solrock and Lunatone panicked and immediately launched Rock Throw and Psychic attacks on the two.
Absol leaped forward, blocking Lunatone's Psychic for Xiangxun. It is a Dark-type Pokémon, and Lunatone's Psychic is ineffective against it.
At the same time, Snorlax also stood in front of Anjay, with cold air overflowing from his fist, shattering the oncoming Rock Throw with one punch.
Solrock and Lunatone wanted to continue attacking, but Mawile in Xiangxun's arms quickly jumped out to explain.
"Maw! Maw!"
Seeing Mawile, the two Pokémon hesitated and stopped their attacks.
Anjay also explained, "Solrock, Lunatone, we are here to help you. We are wearing these clothes to hide our identities."
"Maw! Maw!" Mawile quickly nodded to indicate that what Anjay said was true.
With Mawile's proof, Lunatone and Solrock finally believed Anjay and Xiangxun.
