Fortunately, not long after, Wang Yi received a call from Chen Kai:
“I found Huang Mao and am taking him to the town hospital now.”
Wang Yi’s previously tense nerves instantly relaxed, and tears welled up again, but this time they were tears of joy.
She said with a trembling voice, “That’s great, thank you so much, Chen Kai. We’ll be right there.”
After hanging up, Wang Yi quickly told her friends the good news, and everyone cheered.
Then, led by Wang Yi, everyone hurried towards the town.
Only Su Yuexi was still a beat behind. She had always been a slow runner, following behind, trying to shout loudly, “Wait for me!”
However, as she ran and spoke, her voice was too faint. Not only Wang Yi and the others couldn't hear her, but even the Gloom beside her didn't hear clearly.
But Su Yuexi didn't forget to wave to Hoppip to thank it: “Thank you, Hoppip, he’s been found, you’ve been a great help!”
“Hop?” (Huh?)
Hoppip floated in mid-air, unable to hear what Su Yuexi was saying.
It saw Su Yuexi waving and thought she was asking it to follow.
Hoppip hesitated for a long time. This human is so annoying! Giving me a little food and then wanting me to follow her.
But it eventually succumbed to its appetite.
There was no other way; the food Su Yuexi gave it was simply too delicious. Hoppip usually never ate its fill, so it had no choice but to try and follow Su Yuexi.
Meanwhile, Su Yuexi was solely focused on catching up with Wang Yi and the others. However, her poor physical condition meant she could only rush forward, completely oblivious to the Hoppip following behind her.
Huang Mao slowly regained consciousness, seeing white walls and sheets.
He weakly called out, “Water…”
He hadn't had water for nearly 24 hours.
At this moment, a bottle of water was brought to his lips, feeding him water, which almost made Huang Mao choke. He turned his head to see that it was Wang Yi.
“Sister Yi, can you be less rough! I think I’m injured.”
Wang Yi said crossly, “You still know you’re injured? If you were any later, you’d be dead. The doctor said you suffered several Ghost-type move attacks and were directly hit by a Ground-type move, hitting your head. If you had been sent half an hour later, there would have been no need to send you to the hospital at all!”
Huang Mao gave an awkward laugh, “Haha, is that so.”
Wang Yi was practically fuming at Huang Mao: “You can still laugh. You really need to thank Chen Kai. He found you in the cave immediately and sent you to the hospital, which is why you’re fine.”
Huang Mao turned his head to look at the other side, where Chen Kai was wiping Miraidon’s back. He struggled to give a thumbs-up and said:
“Kai Ge! If it weren’t for you today, I would have lost my life! No words can express it, everything is in my heart, brother. From now on, whatever happens, just call me!”
Chen Kai smiled and waved his hand, “It’s a small matter. Just buy Miraidon some delicious food. It carried you here with all its might.”
Miraidon quickly nodded.
Actually, although Huang Mao had pretended to leave in a cool manner earlier, he had fainted from excessive blood loss after only a couple of steps.
Fortunately, Chen Kai arrived in time. On his way to the cave, he only encountered one rude fellow who tried to ambush him with a Gastly.
But Chen Kai's reliable bodyguard, Iron Bundle, directly froze the ambusher with a single Ice Beam, teaching him a good lesson.
Not long after, Chen Kai found Huang Mao lying unconscious on the ground. He leaned closer and saw that Huang Mao still had a breath in him, so he quickly had Miraidon carry Huang Mao to the hospital.
Miraidon was actually quite disgusted by how dirty Huang Mao was, but it also understood that saving a life was paramount, so it pretended not to see Huang Mao's filth and sped up to the hospital.
After settling Huang Mao at the hospital, Miraidon immediately asked Chen Kai to clean its back.
Miraidon's back could carry people, but it absolutely couldn't get dirty. Chen Kai then realized that Miraidon seemed to have a slight case of mysophobia.
Huang Mao looked around again and found Dwebble also lying on the bed next to him.
Even while resting on its stomach, Dwebble excitedly waved its claws, greeting Huang Mao.
Since it was young and followed Huang Mao, it rarely won. It was either beaten badly by Chen Kai's Pokemon or pummeled by Wang Yi's Wooloo.
This time, it won against a stronger opponent, which made it feel incredibly good.
Huang Mao also gave a thumbs-up to his good partner: “Well done, Dwebble!”
Unlike the peaceful atmosphere in the ward, people outside were frantically busy.
Chen Kai naturally called Zhao Jie to inform her of the cave's location where Huang Mao was kidnapped.
When Zhao Jie and the police arrived, they discovered that this was a group of wanted poachers who had been active for several years.
Smoker and Lao Tian in the cave were all arrested and brought to justice, though they might need to be treated at the hospital first before being sent to the police station.
And their gang leader was even more miserable, having been tormented by the enraged Tyranitar... he was not quite intact.
The police could only detain Pokemon like Crawdaunt for rehabilitation. If they showed good behavior, they would be sent to a Pokemon sanctuary years later.
As for the two novice poachers who escaped, their arrest was only a matter of time.
Xu Wei, as a streamer, would definitely be exposed by Smoker and Lao Tian later. Xu Wei might not go to jail, but his streaming career was completely over.
Meanwhile, Tyranitar, with Larvitar, was preparing to return to Daliang Mountain but was stopped by the Zigong Alliance Center en route, as the case involved human lives.
However, the Alliance Center stated that Tyranitar's actions were self-defense. As for whether it was legitimate self-defense or excessive force, further judgment was needed. But no matter what, it made little difference to Tyranitar; its treatment would certainly not be the same as Crawdaunt's.
Larvitar told its mother that there were good people among humans like Huang Mao, and Tyranitar, considering there were powerful trainers like Chen Kai, deliberated repeatedly. They decided to cooperate with the Zigong Alliance Center.
And how to properly place an Elite-level wild Tyranitar became a headache for the Alliance Center. Fortunately, Dong Gang was there, which could be considered him doing something proper for once.
Thus, all government departments in Zigong were frantically busy.
At the same time, at the entrance of Huang Mao's hospital room, Hoppip's two small leaves on its head trembled with anxiety. It raised its tiny fists and gently pounded Su Yuexi.
“Hop! Hop, hop!” (You bad woman! You tricked me into coming here, and now you don't care about me!)
Su Yuexi quickly shielded herself with her hands, her eyes filled with panic. Although the fists were small and the force light, each hit on her leg still left her somewhat at a loss.
She whispered, “Stop hitting, stop hitting.”
But Hoppip seemed not to understand, still relentlessly pounding her with its tiny fists.
Although Su Yuexi didn't understand what she had done wrong, filled with confusion and helplessness, she still took out food and shared it with Hoppip, trying to escape the situation.
Upon seeing the food, Hoppip immediately stopped its actions and focused entirely on the food.
Su Yuexi squatted down and gently stroked Hoppip’s head.
“So you wanted to eat, you should have said so earlier, no need to hit me.”
Hoppip's green face blushed slightly upon hearing that:
“Hop… Hop!” (I… I didn’t follow you because I wanted to eat!)