Pokémon: From Magikarp

Thunder Canyon was dark at night, with only the bright moon shining its light on the earth. A figure holding a flashlight walked out of the passage, step by step.

Coming to a low-lying area, the figure muttered to himself:

"What's going on? Didn't Lao Wang say he would gather? Why haven't they come yet?"

Yu Hong looked around with a flashlight, but did not see any other people. He had an appointment with Wang Shoucai to meet in the evening. He heard that Wang Shoucai had found something good nearby, so they wanted to go and explore together.

"Zizi..."

Suddenly, a yellow light flashed across the night, like a sharp arrow, cutting through the darkness and piercing Yu Hong.

"what?!"

Yu Hong's eyes widened in shock and anger. Before he could react, a flash of lightning appeared before his eyes.

"Boom."

The lightning hit the target, causing a cloud of smoke and dust to sweep across the ground.

After observing for a while and finding no movement, Lao Wang slowly poked his head out from above the low-lying area and stared in the direction of Yu Hong with an expressionless face. There was no longer the kindness in his eyes as during the day, and his whole body revealed a sinister and cruel aura.

"Old Yu, Old Yu, if you want to blame someone, you can only blame yourself for knowing too much. You shouldn't have come here..."

Wang Shoucai murmured, and a tall figure appeared behind him. Wang Shoucai immediately lowered his head and said respectfully:

"Brother Zhong, it has been resolved. The matter will not be exposed. As for the other little guys, how do you think we should deal with them?"

Although he said this, Wang Shoucai's heart was already filled with murderous intent, and none of these people could escape!

"What won't be exposed?"

At this moment, a faint male voice came from the darkness, like a cold winter wind rushing straight into Wang Shoucai's forehead.

"who!?"

Wang Shoucai asked loudly into the darkness in a sharp tone.

"Uncle Wang, why are you so panicked?" Lin Shi slowly walked out from the darkness and looked at Wang Shoucai and Wang Zhong with a playful expression.

Behind him, Yu Hong, who had escaped death, followed Lin Shi with a grim face, staring at Wang Shoucai.

"Wang Shoucai, you bastard, you actually want to kill me. Are you tired of living?" Yu Hong was naturally furious and started to scold Wang Shoucai.

Looking at Yu Hong's appearance, Wang Shoucai swallowed and took a step back unconsciously. He knew about Yu Hong's strength and he was definitely not his opponent.

"Boy, did you see everything?"

The person who spoke was Wang Zhong. His voice was a little hoarse, giving people an extremely uncomfortable feeling. He stared at Lin Shi like a ferocious beast, with a fierce light in his eyes.

"Tsk tsk, I wish I couldn't see, but I'm not blind yet." Lin Shi crossed his arms, ignoring the other party's unfriendly look.

Then he raised the corner of his mouth, looked at the father and son and said:

"It seems that you two are the culprits of the multiple lightning strikes in Leisheng Town."

"Lin Shi, don't talk nonsense. We don't know what you are talking about at all." Wang Shoucai frowned and said in a stern voice.

"Heh...what's the point of pretending at this time?" Lin Shi shook his head and smiled contemptuously.

"When I got the information about the deaths in lightning accidents, I felt that something was not right."

"From the canyon entrance to the area near Leisheng Town, the lightning strike was too wide. Moreover, the extent of injuries to many people was different. Some were charred all over, with no remains left, while others only had large areas of burns, and their bodies were well preserved."

"Most importantly, I found that among those who died in lightning strikes, there were many experienced trainers. However, not only did they enter and exit Thunder Canyon alone, but they were also killed when they were leaving the valley."

Speaking of this, Lin Shi smiled.

"Then here comes the interesting part. I have carefully checked the belongings of these trainers who were killed. Although everything seems to be normal, there is no sign of missing items or money."

"But it seems that these trainers didn't get much out of the canyon. Apart from some worthless junk, they didn't bring out anything valuable. Even though they were in good condition, some of them even left the canyon early!"

"call……"

Lin Shi slowly exhaled and looked at Wang Shoucai and Wang Zhong.

"So, is it possible that these trainers did not die from natural lightning strikes, but were deliberately killed for money, and the target was the precious resources they found in the canyon."

"Because the power of lightning used by their elves is far less powerful than natural lightning, it caused the serious difference in the injuries of the dead. They just used natural accidents as a cover to carry out hitchhiking murders and robberies."

Every word of Lin Shi's words hit Wang Shoucai's heart, and cold sweat slowly slid down his forehead, but Lin Shi had not finished speaking.

"Zhao Lei, you must be familiar with this person. The official investigation data shows that he entered the Thunder Canyon alone and was killed by lightning after leaving the valley."

"But coincidentally, the old man next to me is the only one who knows the inside story. He knows that there were several tour guides who entered the valley with Zhao Lei that day, and those so-called tour guides were you two!"

"You should have used the same trick to catch him earlier, but who knew that Old Yu would enter the canyon on the same day as Zhao Lei was murdered, and has not come out since then."

"This made you very worried, and at this time we happened to be investigating this matter and needed to find a guide to help us enter the mountain, so you came up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone."

"He volunteered to be our guide on purpose. First, he could monitor us and learn about the progress of our investigation. Second, he could go into the valley and find out about Yu Hong's whereabouts."

Having said that, Lin Shi sneered.

"Otherwise, don't tell me that you, an old tour guide who has been working here for so many years, would actually lead people into the area where you know there are Magnetrons gathering."

"They just want to take advantage of this opportunity to find Yu Hong's whereabouts and disrupt our investigation!"

Lin Shi's voice was cold. Yu Hong on the side widened his eyes and looked at Wang Shoucai in disbelief.

"Is what he said true? Zhao Lei and so many other trainers were killed by you and your son?"

"I..." Wang Shoucai was about to speak but was interrupted by Lin Shi.

"Father and son? Where are the father and son?"

"From my perspective, Mr. Wang Zhong's status is even higher. I'm afraid the father and son's identities are also disguised, right? They have been pretending for three or four years, which is not easy."

Lin Shi put his hands behind his head and said playfully.

“Three or four years? It seems like you’ve suspected us for a long time.” Wang Zhong said in a hoarse voice, as if not speaking for a long time had caused his language function to degenerate.

"I'm not that amazing." Lin Shi shook his head.

"I just checked a little bit while investigating the victim. If I really suspected you, I wouldn't have let you take us to such a dangerous place."

"However, when we first entered the valley and encountered the Magneto swarm, Li Fan and I were all affected by the infrasound waves emitted by the Magneto swarm, and we all felt dizzy and had headaches."

"But you two didn't show any abnormality. This is because as people age, their sensitivity to sound decreases. Uncle Wang is fine, but is your son, who just turned 18, also so insensitive?"

Lin Shi continued to talk.

"But..." Lin Shi curled the corners of his mouth and sneered, then changed the subject.

"From what you said, you have admitted it?"

“Haha…” Wang Zhong laughed. His already rough face looked even more creepy with this laugh.

"Now that we've come to this, what's the point of pretending?"

"That's right, we are not father and son. Four years ago, we both committed some crime and were forced to change our identities and come here. In order to support our family, we became tour guides."

"To be honest, we really plan to retire and not commit crimes again."

Wang Zhong shook his head, his tone slightly sad, but suddenly he lowered his head and looked at his hands, his eyes full of heat.

"But...but I really can't control it."

"They should just blame their bad luck."

Then he raised his head and looked at Lin Shi and Yu Hong with sinister eyes.

"I will take you to see them now..."

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