“Elite…Elite…!?!?”
The poacher boss let out an incredulous sound.
In his understanding, Chen Kai looked at most like a college student. To have combat power comparable to a professional level would make him a genius among geniuses. How could he possibly have an Elite (level 70+) Pokémon that obeyed him!
Moreover, this strangely shaped Hariyama seemed even more formidable than his Tyranitar. He hadn’t even seen how the opponent attacked, and Tyranitar’s collar had already been destroyed.
He swallowed hard.
The reason he was able to collar this Tyranitar was because he was lucky enough to first encounter its child, Larvitar, in Daliang Mountain.
Then he used Larvitar as a ‘hostage’ to coerce Tyranitar into wearing the collar.
He had bought this collar at a high price abroad. It could be embedded with precious Fairy Gems, generating Fairy-type energy to control some Pokémon.
His original plan was to encounter and control a powerful Dragon-type Pokémon in the wild. Who knew he would be so lucky? Right after buying this item, he encountered this Elite (level 70+) Tyranitar.
He felt his life was about to take off, but now, after only a few days of flying, he seemed to be about to crash.
These past few days, relying on Larvitar and the collar, he had not mistreated Tyranitar any less.
At this moment, Tyranitar slowly turned around, its eyes blood-red, staring fiercely at him.
Although he still had other Pokémon, he knew in his heart that none of them were a match for Tyranitar, not to mention the even stronger Hariyama standing by, eyeing him menacingly.
The poacher boss only pondered for a brief second, then with a “thud,” he heavily knelt down.
“Young man, you are a magnanimous person—no, *you* are a magnanimous person. I was just joking with you. That blond-haired guy is still perfectly fine in the cave. I absolutely didn’t even touch him. He’s completely unharmed.”
At this moment, his chest, as thick as a city wall, had collapsed, and his arms, as stout as tree trunks, hung limply at his sides.
His eyes, which were originally full of fierce malevolence, were now bloodshot, filled with fear and deep remorse.
The poacher boss was now desperately hoping that Smoker had truly kept his promise and not harmed the blond-haired guy.
Chen Kai couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, this person was truly “pure” to an extent, consistently the same, making one speechless.
If you are stronger than him, he immediately submits and gives in; if you are weaker than him, he will definitely go all out to destroy you.
And just now, he was like a parvenu who had won the lottery. Having obtained the powerful force of Tyranitar, he completely lost himself in it.
It wasn’t that he controlled the power; instead, the power completely controlled him.
It was like someone who won the lottery being blinded by wealth; once the power vanished, it was like money being squandered, leaving them more destitute and helpless than ordinary people.
Chen Kai said uninterestingly, “You don’t have to be like this. I’m not like you; I won’t do anything to you.”
The boss felt as if he had been granted a great pardon and excitedly shouted, “Oh!!! Thank you so much!”
But Chen Kai didn’t even have the interest to look down at him again, only saying to Iron Bundle:
“Iron Bundle, do me a favor, freeze his Poké Balls.”
A slight cold wind blew, and the five Poké Balls at the boss’s waist, as well as his feet, were frozen, rendering him unable to move for a short time. However, he didn’t notice it immediately and continued to thank Chen Kai profusely.
Chen Kai naturally didn’t want to dirty his hands for such a person.
When the boss tried to get up and follow Chen Kai to escape Tyranitar’s attack, he found he couldn’t move!
He was about to say something else, but Tyranitar was already standing behind him, its shadow covering him.
Cold sweat continuously beaded on his forehead, sliding down his cheeks and dripping onto the ground, making faint sounds. His heart pounded wildly in his chest, as if it wanted to burst through.
He only heard Chen Kai say one last thing: “Tyranitar, do as you please. I’m going to find my friend.”
Tyranitar, which had been wary of Chen Kai, now had no more reservations and directly slapped him down.
Chen Kai walked into the cave, shaking his head. Both this Crawdaunt’s trainer’s treatment of Tyranitar and Xu Wei’s treatment of his own Pokémon were exactly the same.
They didn’t regard Pokémon as independent intelligent beings; they only regarded Pokémon as weapons or tools for making money.
For some reason, Chen Kai couldn’t help but think of himself.
He suddenly realized that he had, at some point, started to think that buying and selling Pokémon was a perfectly normal thing, which was why he had gone to queue up to order Cottonee and Foongus.
Even yesterday, when Dong Gang dug up a ‘fish fossil,’ he actually felt envious and thought he absolutely had to get that fossil, even feeling internally that since Dong Gang didn’t know its worth, he should get it even by deception!
Just like the Crawdaunt’s trainer pursued power, he didn’t know when he started to fear not having enough firepower.
Was it when Iron Hands attacked him? Or when Iron Valiant held a sword to his neck? Or even earlier, when he was chased by Hydreigon?
He wasn’t sure. He just felt that recently, he absolutely had to win Pokémon battles, and to win, he felt he had to acquire powerful Pokémon.
But this wasn’t a Pokémon game; for Chen Kai, this was the real world.
Pokémon were living beings, not just data.
Chen Kai felt that something was off with him lately. Had he been led astray by the people of Blue Star?
“Xiao Mei, have I changed?” Chen Kai asked worriedly.
Xiao Mei, however, asked with a confused look:
“Roo~? Roo~?” (What’s wrong with you? Did you hit your head?)
“Nothing, just reflecting,” Chen Kai scratched his head.
Miraidon, perhaps sensing Chen Kai’s concerns, comforted him, saying, “You are still different from that flattened person.”
Chen Kai nodded, knowing that Miraidon was comforting him. He felt that he really needed to adjust his mindset.
He decided that as soon as he returned to Qu County, he would cancel the orders for Cottonee and Foongus.
There wasn’t much he could do now, but at least he could stop buying and selling Pokémon, which would prevent harm to these intelligent creatures.
His current Xiao Mei, Hydrapple, Grovyle, and the soon-to-be-hatched Exeggcute were enough for him to worry about. He didn’t need to spend money to buy another intelligent creature.
As he walked and thought, a stone bounced out behind him as he entered the cave and rolled to his feet.
Chen Kai curiously picked up the stone and examined it.
It was actually a fossil.
Chen Kai could only roughly tell that it seemed to be a plant fossil.
He glanced back slightly. This fossil was most likely dropped by the Crawdaunt’s trainer, wasn’t it…
It was normal for monsters to drop equipment, so Chen Kai complained to himself while silently putting it away.