There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

Ten minutes before the noise starts at the Pokémon Center

Kitazawa Lingyou lowered his eyes to look at his cell phone, and suddenly stood up when he saw Fujino Sakura looking sleepy.

"bathroom."

Fujino Sakura nodded in understanding, closed her eyes and leaned on the shoulder of Sakutani Ye who had transformed from Ditto.

In order to make herself more comfortable, the girl used some clever tricks to lure Ditto with snacks, making its shoulders soft so that it could sleep more easily.

Ayaya paced anxiously between the trainers, looking up at the time from time to time.

Almost two hours have passed, why is there no news from my brother?

She looked worriedly at Miss Joy, who was surrounded by many trainers and asked when they could leave the Pokémon Center.

In order to protect Joy, most of the Chanseys and Happins gathered around her in a semicircle, and stretched out their hands to prevent the annoyed trainers from approaching.

Ayaya's eyes were blank and an inexplicable panic suddenly enveloped her.

It's like a drowning person struggling hopelessly in the vast ocean.

After just a few seconds, Ayaya broke out in a cold sweat.

Her breathing became faster and faster, and her eyes kept looking around the seemingly calm surroundings.

What is——!

There must be something!!

The voices of the people around her seemed unreal as if separated by a layer of bubbles, and Ayaya wandered around the Pokémon Center in a daze.

----

"Shut up--!"

A sharp female voice awakens the trainers who are gradually losing their minds and even starting to attack Joey and Chansey.

They all looked back at the same time.

A woman with long dark green hair and wearing a ninja costume stared at the large speaker in the center of the Pokémon Center.

Zi La——Zi La——

The slight sound that was masked by the noisy voices was completely revealed at this moment.

Ayaya's pupils suddenly shrank and she quickly ran towards Joey.

"The speaker is connected--"

Before she could finish her words, a deafening noise rang out in the Pokémon Center, completely drowning out her voice.

Everyone uncontrollably raised their hands to cover their ears, with pain evident on their faces.

Even the drowsy Fujino Sakura was awakened by the noise, and she quickly raised her hands to cover her ears before she even had time to open her eyes.

"What are you doing?!"

Fujino Sakura, whose head was aching from the shock, muttered, "Are the equipment in the Pokémon Center not inspected? How could it break down?"

The moment she opened her eyes in dissatisfaction, the soft shoulder she was resting her head on became stiff in an instant.

The iron-like touch made his heart tremble.

She quickly straightened up and looked to her side.

An arm whipped up towards her face.

Fujino Sakura let out a short scream and reflexively fell to the ground, barely avoiding the attack.

She had no time to pay attention to her wrist that was in pain as it supported itself on the ground. She looked at Ditto in disbelief, his eyes unfocused and the muscles on his face twitching constantly.

"Ditto, you——!"

It’s better that Fujino Sakura didn’t say anything.

As soon as the voice came out, Ditto, who was still maintaining the appearance of Sakuya Ye, suddenly turned his head at an angle that was beyond the limits of the human body, and his pupils were full of murderous light.

Fujino Sakura, who had never seen such a strange scene, was almost frightened to the point of standing still, her muscles trembling but unable to move a step.

He could only watch helplessly as the hand that was embedded in the wall due to the sudden swing was suddenly pulled out, and continued to stretch and grow bigger.

Until the shadow formed was able to completely cover the girl.

The flesh-colored skin texture gradually fades, and is covered with a cold metallic luster.

Hit it hard!

The expected pain did not occur.

Fujino Sakura, who had her eyes closed, slowly opened her eyes amid the sound of rapid breathing beside her ears.

What came into view was a face with half of its face covered by a mask, but its pupils were extremely clear.

"Quick! Get up and run!"

Ayaya yanked the girl's arm upwards and shouted, "Go to the treatment room! Miss Joy has already opened the door!"

Fujino Sakura, who had already lost her mind, subconsciously followed the instructions of the female ninja, climbed up from the ground using her hands and feet, and hurriedly ran along a passage in front of her that had been cleared by the female ninja.

Behind the girl, Ayaya's eyes were sharp.

She placed her five fingers across her chest and moved them slightly, and several kunai were caught between her fingers.

"As expected, you are not the real Sakuya."

Ayaya's eyes flickered slightly, and he swung his arm out quickly and powerfully.

An almost invisible cold light, accompanied by a whistling sound, scratched Ditto's skin, and blood oozed out from the gap.

As Ditto's body gradually softened and fell, Aya's ears twitched slightly, and he rolled on the ground to avoid the oncoming flames.

Then another cold light flew out from her hand.

"The Crimson Gym is an expert at using poison."

Ayaya, who had stepped over Charmander, saw a trainer next to him suddenly stop and explained with a panicked look on his face while shaking his hands.

"No, no no! It's just a strong anesthetic."

"Don't worry, the poison of the Crimson Gym will only target the evildoers!"

----

It was not until she was stumbled and pulled into the treatment room by Joey that Fujino Sakura, who sat against the wall for a long time, recovered from the shock.

Suddenly, she remembered something.

His eyes swept over the trainers around him, and with trembling hands he pulled out his phone from his pocket.

As the beeping continued, her heart gradually sank to the bottom.

Could it be that Lingyou...

At the moment when the phone call was automatically hung up because it could not be dialed for a long time, a message popped up from the top.

Fujino Sakura quickly clicked it.

The sender was none other than Kitazawa Reisuke.

- Find Joey and go to the pharmacy.

-Muscle relaxants, myotonics, anesthetics...these will have some effect on them.

-I'm going out, protect Ditto.

The three short text messages immediately gave the panicked Fujino Sakura some direction.

She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

Holding the phone tightly, he took a last look at the instructions sent by Kitazawa Lingyou and ran towards Joey.

----

On the top of the mountain, the young man clenched his right fist and looked at the man holding the "shovel" with a vigilant look, backing away step by step.

The man slowly approached the boy with interest.

Only when he was completely close to the edge of the cliff and had no way to retreat did he slowly force a smile and shook the drone in his hand that was emitting black smoke.

"The little Rattata, who hid here and there, couldn't escape his fate of death in the end."

As Shuoya Ye's expression became increasingly ugly, he took another big step forward and looked meaningfully at the Poké Ball on his waist.

"Even if you are a trainer, so what? Without your Pokémon, you are just bugs that can be easily crushed—"

Before he finished speaking, a strong wind suddenly swept towards the man.

"Lower your head."

Following a familiar voice, Shuo Gu Ye lowered his head subconsciously.

After a light sound, a dull plop sounded in Shuo Gu Ye's ears.

The dust blown up by the strong wind made it impossible for him to open his eyes, but he still called out the name of the owner of the voice.

“Lingyou——!?”

The strong wind suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Shuo Gu Ye staggered forward two or three steps and turned to look.

The remaining wind blew up the strands of hair in front of his eyebrows, and a figure fell from the sky.

but...

The first thing the strange man looked at after landing was the bleeding Team Rocket member.

After confirming that he was dead from the fatal gunshot wound, he slowly turned his head and looked at the boy who was standing there in a daze.

"Pokémon Investigator, Takumi."

The man took out his ID from his denim jacket and walked quickly towards Sakuya Ye. "I'm verifying your identity. Sakuya Ye from Pallet Town, one of the trainers in the Seedling Program, sent a distress signal to the Alliance an hour ago, is that correct?"

"...Um."

Shuo Gu Ye blinked as if he had lost his soul, turned his head and took one last look at the empty sky before replying, "It's me."

"very good."

Takumi briefly checked Sakuya Ye's injuries, and after confirming that they were only superficial skin injuries, he straightened his expression and stretched out his hand with a serious face.

Sakuya Ye:......?

Seeing the confused look on the handsome boy's face, he frowned and asked, "Where did you get the gun?"

"What gun?"

Takumi didn't expect that the trainer in front of him would be even more confused.

His tone became heavier. “Don’t even think about hiding guns! Guns are not good things for people who haven’t received professional training.”

Shuo Guye looked at the man bleeding all over the ground unconsciously and murmured, "I don't know..."

"you have not?"

As an investigator, Takumi has naturally seen the expressions of many people when facing questioning.

From what he could judge, the confusion in the boy's eyes did not seem to be fake.

That means there are still people lurking in the dark with dangerous guns!

So he immediately became alert and quickly pulled the boy to hide behind a boulder, "How many people did you see?"

"...Five?"

Takumi nodded, watching with bated breath.

After two or three minutes, no figure appeared, but Takumi remained calm and listened carefully for the sound of footsteps.

Until the footsteps stopped at a distance from him and did not move again for half a minute.

Takumi seized the opportunity and immediately jumped out from behind the boulder.

His body moved faster than his thoughts before his eyes even focused on the person in front of him.

"Mr. Takumi?"

The gentle voice interrupted Takumi's arms that had already fallen on his fragile neck.

If he used a little more force, the boy might suffocate and completely lose the ability to move.

“There’s no one here anymore.”

Shuoya Ye bent down and took the "shovel" from the lifeless man, then smashed it hard at the E-type machine that was thrown on the ground and kept making noise.

"earthquake!"

Seeing that nothing happened, he kept his hands on the shovel handle and smiled awkwardly.

Takumi who witnessed the whole thing: ...Is this kid sick?

Shuoya Ye hurriedly raised the shovel and felt around for something.

"Strange, I remember doing that..."

Takumi, who could no longer bear it, finally asked, "Didn't I tell you to hide? Why did you jump out? What if there are other people from Team Rocket here?!"

"There won't be anyone."

Shuoya Ye's fingertips touched a bulge on the shovel handle. "The remaining four people have already left. I saw it with my own eyes."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Takumi almost fainted from anger after hearing this.

The young man did not respond immediately, his eyes swept over the male corpse on the ground.

After a long while, he slowly said, "I'm sorry, I was so scared that I forgot..."

"never mind."

Thinking he was unlucky, Takumi had to pinch his nose and said, "The helicopter can't get close to this area. I'll ask the pilot to stop at the edge of area B8. I'll take you--"

"earthquake!"

Seeing the young man raise the shovel and smash it down again, the man with a slight twitch in the corner of his mouth was too lazy to even speak, and reached out to pull Shuo Gu Ye away.

But the next moment, the ground actually began to tremble slightly!

Takumi paused and looked in disbelief at the E-type machine that the shovel tip was touching.

As countless electronic components popped out, the noise that had been ringing in my ears for a long time completely disappeared.

"I'm going to find Master Aju."

Shuoya Ye turned her head and looked at the stunned man. Her soft facial lines tightened slightly and she spoke in a serious tone.

"The situation in the forest is more serious than expected! We must immediately have the Crimson City Pokémon Center send medical resources!"

"The lives of Pokémon are more important than anything else. I won't leave until they are completely rescued."

But the man's attention was all on the person mentioned by Shuoya Ye.

Takumi's face gradually became distorted, and veins appeared on his forehead.

"Damn traitor!? How can he be the gym leader?!"