“Soruoya was kidnapped by that masked person. How are we going to investigate? That guy can fly, and Houndoom's nose probably can't track him…”
Lihua anxiously furrowed her brows.
“It's not difficult to find Soruoya.”
Su Sheng gave Yishu a look.
The latter opened the backpack he was carrying.
Su Sheng took out a small glass bottle from it.
The words “Soruoya” were written on the bottle with a marker.
“This is……”
Lihua leaned closer and found that it contained several fingernails.
“I never thought I would use it one day.”
Su Sheng held the bottle and said to the two:
“Let’s split up. Lihua and I will go back to Azur City to use the equipment there to create something to track Soruoya. Yishu, please go to Kaji Town and keep an eye on Yubari.”
“Yubari, the Gym Leader nicknamed [Permanent Ice Wall]? Are you suspecting him, A Sheng?”
Yishu asked, stunned.
Lihua interjected: “In the minds of the people of Chengdu, Yubari's strength is second only to Ertes of Asagi Gym and Yulongxiong of Yanos Gym. He is the third strongest trainer in the Chengdu area. He does have the strength, and his specialty is ice, but the gap between him and that masked man is too big, right?”
Su Sheng couldn't say that he knew the masked man's true identity because he was a time-traveler, so he勉强 gave a passable reason:
“It’s just a suspicion at the moment. After all, in Chengdu, there shouldn’t be anyone stronger than him in using ice. Yishu, you only need to secretly monitor Kaji Gym's movements, and you don't need to do anything else.”
Even knowing the masked man's identity, Su Sheng didn't dare to act rashly.
Knowing the other party's identity is one thing; being able to defeat him is another.
“If you dare to do anything to Soruoya, I don’t care if you’re a master or whatever. You have a death wish.”
Su · Tang · Sheng · San clenched his fists and secretly vowed.
So far, Su Sheng's attitude towards Yubari is mainly “avoidance” because the other party's strength is indeed terrifying.
If Su Sheng were to evaluate Yubari as a person, regardless of strength.
Then his view is the same as before, which is “half angel, half devil”, and also has a bit of that Uchiha Tuzi vibe.
In order to allow his Lapras to travel back to his parents' side, it can be said that he turned the Kanto and Chengdu regions upside down.
He also ruined the childhoods of many innocent children such as Xiaolan and Xiaoyin.
But Su Sheng is not a person who likes to meddle in other people's business. Just like in his previous life, if the World Government hadn't set its sights on him after Vegapunk's death.
Su Sheng wouldn't have bothered to ally with the Revolutionary Army to deal with Imu.
Su Sheng has no interest in wading into the muddy water if Yubari wants to cause trouble.
But now that you've dragged my companion into it, then I'm sorry.
……
On the other side, Mount Ibuki in the western part of Kaji Town.
In this deep mountain located between Kaji Town and Enju City, no one knows that there is also a secret base hidden here.
“Yi——”
Hearing the cries of birds and beasts coming from the sky above, dozens of children between the ages of 5 and 12, wearing the same ice masks as the masked man, gathered in the base.
Some looked up at Ho-Oh descending from the sky, but because they were wearing masks, their expressions could not be seen.
Some continued to study with their heads down, as if they were used to it.
Among them were Xiaolan, 7 years old, and Xiaoyin, 5 years old, both wearing masks.
Both of them had indifferent attitudes. They had been abducted here for more than two years.
They were all kidnapped by Ho-Oh.
And every once in a while, that big bird would kidnap new children to join this “child army”.
Xiaolan and Xiaoyin were already tired of seeing it.
“I wonder which unlucky person it is this time.”
Xiaolan continued to read books related to evolution and muttered in a low voice.
The children who were kidnapped here all received the masked man's teachings.
Their learning directions were also different. Some learned tactics, some learned about the ecology of Pokémon, and some learned about Pokémon hatching and breeding.
And the learning direction given to Xiaolan by the masked man was evolution.
Finally, Ho-Oh put down “Joker”.
Although some of the masked children cast curious glances in this direction.
None of them recognized this young criminal who had turned Chengdu and even half of the Elf Continent upside down in the past two years.
Because the place they were in was isolated from the world.
They didn't know what was happening outside at all, and of course they didn't know who “Joker” was.
“Hehe, a Rocket Team genius scientist? I didn’t expect that after getting Sakaki's son, I found another good seedling.”
At this time, Yubari, wearing an ice mask, walked out of the base.
If Wataru and Lorelei saw it, they would definitely be shocked.
How could there be two masked men!?
Yubari flicked his hand, and Delibird shook his body. The “masked man” on his back fell directly to the ground and shattered into pieces.
It was just an ice sculpture!?
And under Yubari's signal, Ho-Oh's claws also released “Joker”.
“Rocket Team's genius boy, I hope you can work for me in the future.”
Yubari walked up to “Joker”, his tone as cold and intimidating as his specialty attribute.
“Joker”, who was趴 on the ground, gritted his teeth and looked up.
Damn it, I'm out of strength. I can't maintain the transformation…
In the next second, the “Joker” on the ground seemed to解除 the transformation technique in the Naruto world, and a burst of white mist overflowed from his body.
Yubari's face changed drastically, and he凝目望去 again.
Where was Joker on the ground?
Only a dying black fox was left!
“Sister Xiaolan!”
Xiaoyin pulled on Xiaolan's sleeve and pointed at Soruoya with the other hand.
Xiaolan, who had been ignoring everything outside the window and only wanted to escape, also noticed the situation in the distance and was completely stunned.
What, what is going on?
And the eyes behind Yubari's mask also widened.
Seconds later, Yubari remembered.
His old friend Professor Oak had mentioned in a Pokémon lecture a few days ago.
Recently, a new breed of Dark-type Pokémon was discovered in the Unova region.
It can transform into other Pokémon or humans like Ditto.
Combining this with Joker's actions in Unova some time ago.
That is to say……
In less than half a minute, Yubari guessed the whole story.
“You are Joker’s Pokémon? Where is Joker himself!?”
Yubari's tone was stern and harsh, and even 질타 with rage.
Having broken through the Champion level for many years, he claimed to be invincible in the world, but this time he had suffered such a big loss!?
Soruoya stubbornly turned his face to the other side, and a loli voice sounded in Yubari's mind:
[I won't say it even if you kill me!]
Yubari was stunned again.
It can also use telepathy?
A bit special, no wonder that kid Joker would capture it.
Yubari眯着 his eyes and suddenly smiled, “Heh, it’s convenient if you can talk.”
[Hmm?]
Soruoya turned his head when he heard this, and a bad feeling welled up in his heart.
As soon as Soruoya turned his head, he saw the masked man in front of him throwing out a new Poké Ball.
A Gastly jumped out of it.
Although it wasn't an Ice-type, this Gastly was also Yubari's Pokémon.
In fact, when acting as the “masked man”, Yubari would not use Ice-type Pokémon unless absolutely necessary, let alone send out his main force.
This was to avoid anyone suspecting that he, an Ice-type expert, was the masked man.
Usually, Yubari used Gastly, Ariados, Zubat, and other common monsters that he caught on the roadside.
In fact, dealing with most opponents with these Pokémon was enough.
As a master-level, or rather,掌门-level powerhouse, even these Pokémon that were as rampant as stray dogs could exert power beyond that of elite trainers in Yubari's hands!
However, in the battle at Oak Forest before, many experts gathered, so Yubari had no choice but to take out his main force, Delibird, and even Ho-Oh.
Because Joker was a talent he had always wanted to obtain.
Yubari even felt that as long as he got Joker, the group of children under him would lose their value.
“Gastly, Hypnosis.”
Yubari gave an order.
Under Gastly's hypnosis, Soruoya's eyes gradually became blurred, as if he were a puppet without a soul.
“Tell me, why did Joker ask you to pretend to be him?”
Yubari asked straight to the point.
Based on his observation, he would never have played such a trick after he joined the battle.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to escape his eyes.
Then there was only one possibility—the Joker who appeared from the beginning of the battle was already this little fox pretending!
But, why did he do this?
Why did he have to find a substitute in that situation?
Was he trying to hide something?
[Because the master……]
Under hypnosis, Soruoya told Yubari everything he knew through telepathy.
After learning the truth, the eyes behind Yubari's mask widened.
玛德, what a shocking revelation!
Joker, the Rocket Team supernova who had turned half of the alliance upside down, and Su Sheng, the Pokémon research world genius who was highly regarded by the alliance and invented the TM.
Are actually the same person!?
“Heh…hehe……”
After being stunned for a while, Yubari gradually regained his composure and even couldn't help but laugh, and the laughter became louder and louder.
The children in the base in the distance, such as Xiaolan and Xiaoyin, looked at each other.
They thought that the old man must be crazy, right?
“Hahaha!”
After laughing, Yubari completely calmed down.
Great joy, great joy!
Originally, when he arrived at Oak Forest and saw Joker and Su Sheng, he was still struggling with which of these two young geniuses he should catch.
After considering for a while at the time, Yubari finally chose Joker.
Because he felt that Su Sheng was a genius that the alliance valued extremely.
If he kidnapped him, the huge Pokémon Alliance would definitely search the world for him.
And although Joker was also a wanted criminal, he was just a Rocket Team executive after all.
If he caught him, he would at most offend the Rocket Team.
Offending the alliance and offending the Rocket Team.
Yubari still knew which of the two was more important.
What's more, he had already kidnapped the son of the Rocket Team leader, so why would he care about a mere executive?
But now, he knew that these two geniuses were actually the same person, so he no longer had any scruples.
He could even use this secret to threaten Su Sheng to work for him.
Thinking of this, Yubari was in a great mood.
Su Sheng, you don't want your identity to be known by the alliance, do you?
……
……
On the other side, after arranging for Wataru, who was frozen into an ice sculpture by Yubari, and learning about the history of Koutei's rise through interrogating Guen.
Lorelei immediately rushed back to the League Headquarters in Indigo Plateau and reported the whole story to Damaracchi.
“Such a thing actually happened!?”
After reading the report file submitted by Lorelei, Damaracchi, who was still dreaming of pairing Su Sheng and Lorelei together and拐 over the other party, was stunned.
Koutei actually possessed the power to foresee the future, and the source of this power was Celebi!
Moreover, according to the description of Koutei's number one lackey, Guen, the Crown City tragedy that occurred in the Sinnoh region ten years ago was caused by Koutei.
Back then, he discovered the time ripples left by Celebi there and absorbed this power.
It was precisely because of this that the balance of time and space was disturbed, causing the entire Crown City to be barren and almost destroyed.
That incident had passed for more than ten years, and Crown City was still under reconstruction.
Damaracchi never imagined that the cause of that tragedy was actually like this!
“Chairman, he deserved to die.”
Lorelei said indignantly.
According to Guen's confession, Koutei came to Chengdu from Unova this time also for the time ripples.
If he succeeded, then the entire Oak Forest, no, even the Hinoki Town adjacent to Oak Forest, would inevitably suffer a devastating disaster.
This Clinx Koutei really deserved to die, deserved to die!
This time, Damaracchi, who was always soft-hearted, did not refute.
He really deserved to die.
“Joker was captured by a masked man? Is this masked man very strong?”
Damaracchi grabbed another key point and asked.
“Strong, very strong, unbelievably strong.”
The anger in Lorelei's tone suddenly turned into extreme caution.
As an Ice Elite Four, she couldn't help but shiver when she thought of this incident.
Damaracchi rubbed his temples to relieve his headache.
After a long time, Damaracchi decided:
“I will contact the media to announce the truth about Koutei to the public. The credit will be recorded in your and Wataru's names. As for the masked man…let's hide it for the time being.”
A super powerhouse who surpassed the Champion level, kidnapped Joker, and秒杀 the Dragon Elite Four was born out of nowhere.
Moreover, this powerhouse didn't seem like a good person.
If this news was announced, Damaracchi felt that nothing good would happen.
Let's hide it first.
“Okay.”
Lorelei had no objection to putting the credit on her and Wataru.
She was not the kind of person who was fond of fame and fortune, but there was really no solution at the moment.
……
……
Two days later, Johto region's Goldenrod TV station reported: "Today, our channel will bring viewers the truth about the Crown City tragedy ten years ago. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Indigo League Elite Four member Lance and Lorelei, we have learned that the culprit behind that tragedy was none other than the well-known Unova entrepreneur, Chairman of Colress Network, Colress..."
The Goldenrod Channel, with the highest ratings in the Johto region, focused its news reports on Colress-related news.
However, key points such as the Shiny Celebi, time distortions, the Masked Ice user, Joker's capture, and Lance's instant defeat were not mentioned at all.
It was just endless praise for Lance and Lorelei's achievements.
"How hypocritical, their proud Dragon Master was instantly defeated," Erika sneered in the Cerulean City beach house.
So many reportable things from the battle in Ilex Forest, yet they only broadcasted the insignificant news about Colress.
Su Sheng smiled and said:
"That's normal, after all, reporting other things would cause problems."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Sheng picked up a palm-sized piece of white paper from the experiment table.
"It's done."
"What's this?"
Erika curiously approached.
The next moment, Erika noticed that this paper placed on the table by Su Sheng was moving little by little towards the northeast without any wind or anyone touching it.
"This is called a 'Life Card,' it's a paper that can represent the owner's life force."
Su Sheng wrote the three characters "Zorua" on the paper, "With this, we can locate Zorua's position."
Erika didn't quite understand the function of the Life Card, she just nodded as if she understood, and immediately thought of a question: "Then, Su Sheng, how do we rescue Zorua? Steal it?"
There was absolutely no chance of fighting that Masked person head-on, Erika thought about it and felt that she could only steal it.
Su Sheng shook his head and asked:
"Why do we wear masks when we act?"
Erika was stunned, not knowing why Su Sheng would ask such a question at this time, but she still thought for a second and immediately replied:
"Because we don't want to expose our true identities... Huh?!"
As soon as Erika finished speaking, she immediately reacted.
"In other words, that guy's true face is also something he can't show people!"
People like Ariana of Team Shadow, Gulikan, and Apollo and Athena of Team Rocket are already wanted criminals by the League, so they don't bother to use masks to cover their faces.
But people like Giovanni, who don't want to be exposed yet, have to find ways to cover their faces every time they act.
In other words, that Masked person, for some reason, doesn't want to reveal his true identity, just like Giovanni.
Su Sheng smiled and nodded, "As long as we find out his identity, we can use this to threaten him in return."
Pryce, you wouldn't want your identity to be known by the League, would you?
At this time, Will's phone rang.
"Su Sheng, I don't think Pryce is the Masked person."
Su Sheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh? What's the reason?"
Will replied: "I asked the townspeople of Mahogany Town, and Pryce has been staying in the Mahogany Gym for the past week and hasn't gone out. Many citizens have seen his Jynx helping him push his wheelchair to the market to buy groceries."
"Will, eyes can deceive you,"
Su Sheng reminded.
Finding a substitute is not a big deal.
Didn't I use it myself in Ilex Forest before?
Su Sheng asked again: "Pryce is in Mahogany Town now, right?"
"Yes, yes, I'm watching him now."
Will, sitting on a public bench, secretly glanced at Pryce in the distance, who was being pushed in a wheelchair by Jynx, returning to the Mahogany Gym.
"Watch him!"
Su Sheng emphasized.
I have something to tell everyone, because I estimate that I will be going back to my hometown to visit my grandparents in a few days, and I won’t be able to write there, so I have to save some manuscripts to post at that time, so recent updates have been reduced, I am very sorry.
But please rest assured, five to six thousand words a day can still be guaranteed, this number of words is considered qualified at the starting point.
This book cannot be an eunuch, this is my first book to start, no matter how bad the results are, I have to lay a good foundation for my future, so please rest assured about this.
Also, I picked up some medicine from the clinic, and I have been taking it for two days now, and it has improved, but not much, continue to take it to see if it can be completely cured.
If it is completely cured, I will notify everyone, and then come to a small outbreak to celebrate (there is no manuscript to play a big outbreak)
If it hasn't gotten better... then I can only register at a tertiary hospital, but it happens to be a long holiday for the National Day, and I can only register on the 8th, but I may be in my hometown on the 8th, and I don’t dare to see it in my hometown, lest my grandparents find out, my grandfather is already sick.
There are too many bad things, so please forgive me.
Although many eunuch authors will say that they are sick and cannot write, but I am really sick, the clinic doctor said that it should be psychological, it should not be serious, but I am still afraid.
But I can guarantee that this book will definitely be finished, please rest assured.
