Before long, the blonde man followed the trail and found the cave where the poachers were hiding.
He hid far away behind a tree, looking at the cave, and even he realized something was wrong.
Who would live in a cave like a normal person!
He prepared to retreat, return to the guesthouse, and ask Wang Yi and Chen Kai.
They were smarter than him and should be able to figure something out.
But when he turned around, he saw a man with a Scarface standing behind him.
“Hello there, young man, what did you see?”
The blonde man quickly waved his hand: “I was just passing by, I didn’t see anything.”
Seeing that this Scarface was not someone to be trifled with, the blonde man tried to move away from him as he spoke.
Suddenly, the blonde man felt his foot being tightly pulled by something, and he stumbled, falling heavily forward.
His palm scraped against the rough ground, causing a burning pain.
“Ouch!”
The blonde man screamed, a little flustered in his heart, he struggled to stand up, but the pulling force still dragged him.
He looked down and saw his foot tightly bound by a translucent but tough silk thread, the other end of which disappeared into the dense grass.
He used all his strength to break the thread.
But at the same time, not far from him, a dark, hairy thing came into his sight.
The outline of the thing was faintly visible in the morning mist, and at first glance, it looked like a ferocious ghost face, staring at him fiercely.
“Ghost!”
He shouted hoarsely, his voice echoing in the silent forest, startling a few birds perched on the trees.
The blonde man’s appearance made the Scarface beside him laugh loudly: “Lao Tian was actually tracked by someone like you, it’s hilarious.”
As the blonde man’s eyes gradually adjusted to the scene before him, he calmed down and looked closely, only to find that the so-called “ghost face” was actually a spider.
It was a Spinarak.
Seeing that it was a Pokémon, the blonde man was not so afraid, and at the same time, he probably guessed that the Scarface in front of him was an accomplice of the criminals, and he was alone, in a disadvantageous situation, so he turned his head and tried to run with all his might.
“Want to run now? Too late.”
Scarface recognized a Poké Ball, and at this moment, a ghost face really emerged from the Poké Ball—it was a Gastly.
“Use Lock-On on that person!”
As Gastly’s big eyes emitted a black light, the blonde man’s body was suddenly fixed.
He tried his best to lift his feet, but the black light prevented him from moving forward even an inch.
Smoker shook his head, Lock-On could only prevent people from running, they could still move if they didn't run, but this simpleton wanted to run backward, which made Lock-On turn into a binding spell.
He felt a bit bored:
“Hypnosis.”
Gastly changed the black light into a pink light.
The blonde man failed to dodge and was directly hit, fainting again.
Scarface directed Gastly and Spinarak to drag the blonde man into the cave.
However, Dwebble and Geodude would not run out of their Poké Balls on their own, so they could only worry.
“Boss, Lao Tian. This guy was wandering outside, I caught him.”
Smoker yelled, calling everyone over.
Lao Tian had just laid down to rest for a while, but he had to get up quickly again, and face the boss’s gloomy face.
“Lao Tian, didn’t you say no one found you? When was this?”
The boss pointed at Lao Tian’s nose and asked.
Lao Tian was so anxious that his back was almost soaked, he said:
“Boss, actually, I dug all night and didn’t find it. That fossil was snatched from him.
I didn’t expect this kid to be so bold as to dare to follow.”
The boss stared at Lao Tian sinisterly for a while, then slowly said:
“Alright, Lao Tian, you go rest first, we’ll be busy with the handover later.”
“Okay, okay, thank you, Boss.” Lao Tian was as if granted amnesty, nodded, and left.
Seeing this, Smoker asked: “Boss, what should we do with this kid?”
“What else can we do?” The boss released a Crawdaunt from his Poké Ball.
“Crawdaunt, Crabhammer.”
And Smoker, seeing the boss act like this, also panicked a bit: “Boss, we have to make the handover this afternoon, there’s no need to cause trouble, right.
We just need to keep him unconscious until night, that’s enough.”
Poaching Pokémon only gets you a few years in prison, but harming people, according to Dragon Country law, is not a matter of a few years, it’s a life for a life!
And this blonde man looks like a student, which would make the crime even worse.
To seek wealth without harming lives, Smoker still had this basic morality.
The boss gave Smoker a look similar to the one he gave Lao Tian.
“Tsk, suit yourself.” The boss recalled Crawdaunt and turned to leave directly.
Smoker finally breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn’t help but think:
Why has the boss become like this now?
At the guesthouse, Chen Kai slowly woke up and looked around, but still did not see the blonde man.
A hint of doubt arose in his heart, he took out his phone and sent a few messages to the blonde man, but after waiting for a while, he received no reply.
A feeling of unease surged in his heart, Chen Kai dared not delay, and hurriedly ran to Wang Yi’s room.
Wang Yi was half-asleep when she was woken up by Chen Kai’s knock on the door, she came out and heard Chen Kai’s urgent narration, instantly sobered up, her sleepiness disappearing without a trace.
She took out her phone and dialed the blonde man’s number, but only heard the cold prompt “The number you have dialed is not answering” from the receiver.
Wang Yi’s face turned pale, her eyes filled with worry, and she said with a trembling voice: “He’s such a big person, nothing could have happened to him, could it? Why isn’t he back yet, and his phone can’t be reached.”
Bai Jin, who was in the same room, comforted her: “Isn’t Wang Tianxiang with Director Dong? Nothing will happen, let’s not scare ourselves, we can call Director Dong.”
Chen Kai thought it made sense and immediately asked Zhao Jie in the next room for Dong Gang’s contact information. However, when he dialed the number, it also went unanswered; Dong Gang couldn’t be reached either.
Zhao Jie even couldn’t help but complain: “This Dong Gang has never been reliable.”
At this point, things became tricky. The blonde man, along with a Gym Leader from the Kyoto Gym, were both missing, and the situation seemed to be getting more and more serious.
Wang Yi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth restlessly.
Bai Jin, who had just tried to comfort Wang Yi, was also at a loss at this moment, not knowing what to say.
Chen Kai decisively chose to call the police. The police quickly took action and, by checking surveillance, found that the blonde man and Dong Gang had gotten into a car outside the museum.
Following this clue, the police quickly located and found the black intermediary’s residence based on the license plate number.
However, the black intermediary was stubborn, refusing to admit his guilt, insisting that he was just an ordinary worker and had nothing to do with illegal mining.
No matter how the police persuaded and questioned him, he gritted his teeth and refused to utter a single word.
Helpless, the police had no choice but to take the black intermediary back to the police station for further investigation.
At the police station, the unfamiliar and serious environment, as well as the police’s stern gaze, made the black intermediary’s heart pound. His demeanor was no longer as confident, his legs trembled slightly uncontrollably, and beads of sweat densely appeared on his forehead.
The police said: “Confess and be lenient, resist and be severe.”
He hesitated repeatedly, but still confessed: “I… I’ll tell you, I did take people to dig for fossils.
The address is near Longtan Town…”