“Mudkip, Water Gun!”
Mudkip heard Zhang Heng’s command and rapidly gathered Water-type energy in its mouth.
Pffft~ With a soft sound, a water pillar as thick as a bowl’s mouth shot out from Mudkip’s mouth, striking towards the figure slowly moving along the wall.
Just as the Water Gun was about to hit, a black and red box, emanating eerie Ghost-type energy fluctuations, instantly emerged from the shadow beneath the figure’s feet, blocking in front of the person.
Splat~ The Water Gun hit its target, and the full power of the Water Gun, compressed from dense Water-type energy, was unleashed onto this box.
Zhang Heng had witnessed the wonders of Ghost-type Pokémon many times, knowing that a common characteristic of Ghost-type Pokémon was their ability to hide and parasitize in the shadows of living beings. If they hid in the shadows with malicious intent, the host’s bio-energy would be absorbed, eventually leading to a controlled state.
In his original body’s memory, there were many cases in the Affiliated Hospital under the Zhang Corporation where patients, after being parasitized by Ghost-type Pokémon, eventually became like walking corpses.
Zhang Heng looked at the black and red box, finding it a bit familiar. He immediately narrowed his eyes, used his system ability to check the Pokémon’s attribute panel, confirm its species, and know himself and his opponent, so as not to be in danger.
Pokémon Name: Gimmighoul
Status: Minor Injury
Type: Ghost-type
Level: 40 (Lord-level combat power)
Potential: Elite Four
Tera Type: Ghost-type
Ability: Cowardice
Held Item: A-rank item - Assault Vest
Learned Skills: Astonish, Tackle
TM Moves: Shadow Ball, Reflect, Light Screen
He murmured, “Hmm? Is it really a Gimmighoul?! What’s going on? Isn’t this Pokémon only owned by the Southwest Champion?!”
Zhang Heng was surprised. Combining Dr. Qiu’s previous account of the first Southwest Champion’s heroic deeds, he knew that Gholdengo was one of the powerful Steel-type Pokémon representing the first Champion of the Southwest region. In China, only the deceased Champion Jiang and his descendants possessed Gimmighoul and knew the secret of Gimmighoul’s evolution.
“Who are you? The hospital backyard is off-limits!”
Zhang Heng did not attack rashly. Although Gholdengo is a very powerful Pokémon, its devolved form, Gimmighoul, is frankly quite weak, with only Astonish and Tackle in its self-learnable move pool.
Although only the Southwest Champion in China possesses it, it also has habitats abroad. However, without sufficient financial resources to equip it with TMs, training it is truly not cost-effective. Furthermore, no one knows the secret of how Gimmighoul evolves to this day, so no one abroad even trains Gimmighoul.
However, its level is 40, while Mudkip is only level 18, a difference of 22 levels, which is still not enough.
The figure also walked out from the wall of the backyard, saying as he walked, “Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I am a security guard here to strengthen the defenses of the prison Affiliated Hospital.”
Shiny Mudkip watched the approaching person, its muscles tensed, ready for battle.
Zhang Heng looked at the person’s face, feeling somewhat familiar, and said, “You are? The guard at the entrance of Goose City Prison?”
“Ah, that’s right. I’m the security guard who escorted you into the prison and registered you.”
Zhang Heng recalled this person’s information. It was indeed the gate guard who, after he entered the prison, approached him without reason and tried to pry information out of him on the way to the hospital.
Previously, the water scroll had been continuously activating on its own, emitting Water-type energy to resist something. It must have been this Gimmighoul causing trouble.
Zhang Heng was not in a hurry. After all, the other party was now caught red-handed. He said, “I remember you. You said your name was Zhu Zi, right? prison security does not rotate guards, nor do they transfer people to the hospital. Tell me, what is your purpose?”
Zhang Heng was still probing the other party, unsure if he came here after being controlled by Gimmighoul, or if he was Gimmighoul’s Trainer? If he was Gimmighoul’s Trainer, then he might be a descendant of the first Champion of the South China region.
The security guard named Zhu Zi frowned slightly, not expecting this young, underage doctor to be not the bookworm he imagined, but a person with a meticulous mind.
So he currently had only two options: the first was to confess what happened to Zhang Heng, and the second was to quickly defeat Zhang Heng, then control Zhang Heng with Gimmighoul, complete his task, and then let Zhang Heng regain consciousness.
Bang~ A flash of white light, and a humanoid Pokémon appeared, wearing armor like that of a Japanese samurai. Its head, limbs, and abdomen all had sharp blades, and the blade on its head was yellow.
Zhang Heng looked at the appearing Pokémon and said, “Bisharp? Another Steel-type Pokémon. I’m very curious about your identity, so attacking me, is this your choice?”
Zhu Zi narrowed his eyes, looking at Zhang Heng, thinking, “Could he have guessed my identity?! It doesn’t matter. It’s rare to have this opportunity when the defenses are weak.”
He directly gave the command to Bisharp: “Then I apologize, Bisharp, Feint.”
Feint is a Normal-type physical attack move, with 40 power in the games. It deals damage to the target, but the target will always be left with at least one HP, so there is no life-threatening danger. It is normally a move used during the capture process.
So Zhu Zi’s intention was not to harm Zhang Heng or Mudkip, but to stun them so he could continue to achieve his goal.
Buzz buzz buzz~ A mechanical starting roar came from behind Zhang Heng.
It turned out that on the lawn in the hospital’s recuperation backyard, there was an old lawnmower that eerily started itself. Its previously worn metal exterior was coated with an orange layer, and the front of the lawnmower had jagged white teeth and green pupils.
Zhang Heng looked at the charging Bisharp and said, “Cutting Rotom, Thunder Wave.”
It turned out that the orange lawnmower was precisely the state of Rotom after possessing it, which Uncle Luo had given to Zhang Heng when he entered the prison to help him find the Ampharosite.
Cutting Rotom emitted waves of surging electric-type energy, transforming into electromagnetic waves that spread in the direction Bisharp was attacking from.
Sizzle sizzle~ The sound of electricity came. Bisharp was hit by the Thunder Wave move and its body stiffened. Immediately after, bang~ a solid thud came. Bisharp fell into a paralyzed state, with a twenty-five percent chance of not being able to use its moves. Bisharp’s entire body, from its diving state, directly crashed to the ground.
Since this security guard Zhu Zi had no ill intentions, only using Feint, Zhang Heng returned the courtesy by using a non-damaging status move to paralyze the opponent.
“Can we talk now, Officer Zhu? Or should I call you Officer Jiang?”