On top of the Alliance Center building in Da City, a supervisor in a suit just hurriedly got into a Corviknight taxi and said to the driver, “Something big has happened! Hurry to the Dacheng Research Institute!”
The driver also sensed that something was wrong and immediately replied, “Alright!”
He then disregarded stability and commanded the Corviknight to advance at full speed.
As the Corviknight flew at extreme speed in the sky, the carriage shook wildly, and with each flap of the Corviknight’s wings, the carriage felt as if it were being violently swung by a giant hand.
The supervisor was jostled around inside the carriage, constantly bouncing up and down with the vehicle’s undulations, his head occasionally hitting the roof, making him wince in pain.
Unfortunately, buildings like the Research Institute are usually built in the city’s suburbs, a certain distance from the Alliance Center in the city center.
But with the Research Institute being ‘attacked,’ he had to rush over.
The supervisor could only grip the handrails tightly with both hands, hoping to reach the Research Institute quickly.
The scenery outside the window became blurred due to the bumps, but the supervisor still vaguely saw a white figure—it was a Pidgeot carrying a person.
The supervisor roughly guessed who it was and struggled to open the window to greet him: “Gym Leader Li, is that you?”
The person on the Pidgeot immediately responded, “Oh! Supervisor Zhong!”
Supervisor Zhong asked, “Aren’t you going to hurry over? Something big has happened at the Research Institute!”
Gym Leader Li replied helplessly, “It happened too suddenly, and there wasn’t enough time to install riding gear. This is already the fastest I can go; if I go any faster, I’ll fall off.”
“Then?…” Supervisor Zhong was a little worried about the situation at the Research Institute.
The Dacheng Research Institute was currently the most prominent Research Institute in the country. If there were significant casualties, his tenure as supervisor would be over.
“Don’t worry, they have sufficient security preparations there,” Gym Leader Li said.
Sufficient? Supervisor Zhong hadn’t heard that the security there was very thorough.
“You know the former Gym Leader of Cheng City, right?” Gym Leader Li said.
Supervisor Zhong was puzzled: “Yes, he retired two years ago.”
Gym Leader Li explained, “I saw him working as a chef at the Research Institute.”
The former Gym Leader of Cheng City was nicknamed the ‘Ghost Chef God,’ and his Dark-type Pokémon were incredibly strong. If he hadn’t been too old, he could have even been selected as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Longguo!
Initially, Longguo’s ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ referred to the four strongest Elite-level (Level 70+) trainers, as competition became increasingly fierce.
And now, the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ refers to the four trainers second only to the Champion!
“Ah!” Supervisor Zhong exclaimed, and the worry in his heart eased a little.
Meanwhile, the ‘Ghost Chef God’ they were discussing now had a dark expression, unlike when he was making delicious food; his face was terrifyingly grim.
Outside the cafeteria, alarms blared and smoke filled the air. Security guards were apprehending the Southerners, but there were still researchers working overtime who were being threatened by the Southerners.
He had retired, but the current Four Heavenly Kings, Liang Zhi, sought him out.
He asked him to provide some protection for the Research Institute. Since he was idle after retirement, he came to the Research Institute to apply for a chef position in the cafeteria, incidentally keeping an eye on the Research Institute.
Who knew these people would sneak in while he was finishing dinner and tidying up the kitchen.
Next time, he’d have to ask Xiao Zhao to help install an alarm in the cafeteria.
He threw out a few Poké Balls and issued commands:
“Kingambit! Grimmsnarl, Incineroar, Weavile, Murkrow, don’t worry about the lives of those thugs, go!”
Lin’s Pokémon obeyed his commands.
Grimmsnarl was like a moving hill, exuding an eerie aura. Facing the thugs’ Pokémon, Grimmsnarl remained calm, emitting a pink glow from its body, knocking out one opponent after another with a single punch.
Incineroar was like a burning flame. It roared, and the flames on its body instantly blazed fiercely, spreading and illuminating the darkness of the night. It straightened its back and shot a powerful ‘Flamethrower’ from its waist. The Bug-type Pokémon flying in the sky were engulfed in flames, crying out in pain, and were struck down to the ground.
Weavile was like an assassin in the night. Its footsteps were light, and it moved silently through the enemy ranks. Before the thugs’ Croagunk could react, Weavile had already reached its side, its sharp claws slashing across Croagunk’s body like lightning, leaving streaks of blood. Croagunk’s eyes widened in horror, and it collapsed to the ground.
Murkrow circled in the sky, emitting a sharp ‘Growl,’ its voice carrying a strong sense of oppression. It occasionally released skills in the air, providing support for its teammates.
The thugs watched as their Pokémon fell one by one, expressions of horror on their faces. They tried to organize a new offensive, but Kingambit, like a black lightning bolt, charged into the enemy formation. The twin blades in its hands gleamed with cold light, each swing accompanied by a sharp whoosh. Like cutting vegetables, it broke through the thugs’ Pokémon attacks and simultaneously stunned the opposing Pokémon.
With Lin entering the fray, it was only a matter of time before these thugs were defeated one by one and all apprehended.
At this moment, Weisuo Fu, who was confronting Yelena, instinctively felt that something was amiss outside the Research Institute.
He had always had keen instincts since he was young. He decided to give this damned woman one last lesson, then he would have to find a way to escape.
“Crobat, Cross Poison! Swoobat, Psychic!”
Yelena knew she couldn’t hesitate any longer. She made up her mind:
“Dewott, please help me buy some more time!”
Dewott was a bit weak, but it still forced itself to respond:
“Wott!” (No problem!)
Its Torrent ability made its Water-type moves stronger now.
It exerted all its strength to use Aqua Jet, moving so fast that it was almost imperceptible to the naked eye. Only a blurry streak of water instantly crossed the distance of the battlefield, avoiding Swoobat’s Lock-On.
Every drop of water contained powerful kinetic energy, continuously gathering strength during its high-speed movement, directly breaking through Cross Poison and hitting Crobat.
Unfortunately, Crobat had just used Roost, so this attack couldn’t hit Crobat.
Ultimately, Swoobat’s Psychic re-locked onto Dewott.
The already weakened Dewott, after taking this powerful Psychic attack, immediately lost consciousness.
However, Yelena also took this opportunity to run to Aegislash’s side. Aegislash’s confusion had almost ended, but it hadn’t received a trainer’s command, so it didn’t move.
Weisuo Fu noticed something was wrong and quickly said, “Stop her!”
Crobat flapped its wings, and an Air Slash cut towards Yelena.
Yelena, at this moment, also slapped the Dusk Stone onto Aegislash, and light shone brightly.
Just at this critical moment, a figure like a solid city wall stood firmly in front of Yelena.
It was Aegislash, which had successfully evolved from Doublade, and it quickly adopted its Shield Form, firmly blocking the fatal Air Slash for Yelena.
Yelena didn’t hesitate and immediately issued a command:
“Aegislash! Double-Edge Headbutt!”
“Whoosh—!” Aegislash responded to its trainer, moving the shield in front of it to the side. Its blade emitted a resonant clang, as if gathering strength.
It smashed down on Crobat with immense force.
Weisuo Fu realized something was wrong and hurriedly shouted:
“Crobat, Protect!”
But Crobat had just been too close to Aegislash because it was chasing Yelena, and it had just used Air Slash, so it had no time to use a new move.
“Thud—!”
Aegislash heavily smashed onto Crobat, directly breaking through the floor and raising a cloud of dust.
Yelena pressed her advantage:
“Continue, Double-Edge Headbutt!”
“Swoobat, Protect!”
Something was wrong. Weisuo Fu decisively had Swoobat hold on first, and he directly jumped down through the hole in the floor.
By the time the dust cleared, he had already disappeared with Crobat and Swoobat.
Because Dewott was severely injured and unconscious, Yelena had no way to pursue them.
She could only first feed Dewott an Antidote, then spray it with a Potion.
Finally, she could only angrily punch the ground:
“Darn it, they ran so fast!”