At night, the lights of Kyoto's skyscrapers sparkled like stars, reflecting the sparse stars in the sky. The colors of the neon lights intertwined and flowed in the night sky, outlining the city.
Chen Kai and Miraidon stood on the rooftop of their residential complex.
Those who didn't know might have thought they wanted to end their lives, but fortunately, it was midnight, and no one noticed.
“I’m ready, let’s give it a try!” Chen Kai said.
But Miraidon hesitated a bit: “I haven’t flown in so long, I’m actually a little nervous.”
“It’s fine, Iron Bundle has our backs!” Chen Kai patted the invisibility cloak he was already wearing. “Now that I’m wearing the clothes, I can call out Iron Bundle anytime.”
“Alright! Let’s go!” Miraidon gritted its teeth and jumped from the 20-plus story building.
Then, it immediately opened a pair of huge, yellow, purple, and white intertwined light wings from its eyebrows.
It successfully stabilized its figure in the air!
The moon hung high, casting a silvery Radiance that illuminated the path ahead. The whooshing of the wind filled their ears as Miraidon carried Chen Kai smoothly forward, seemingly merging with the tranquil night sky.
“Oh!!!” Chen Kai shouted excitedly!
Miraidon also sighed inwardly, it had been so long since it had glided like this, and now, soaring through the night sky again, made it look forward to a full recovery even more.
“But it seems I can only glide right now,” Miraidon tried to fly up, but it could only accelerate forward.
“It’s okay, once you’re fully recovered, you’ll be able to fly! For now, we can think of a temporary solution.” Chen Kai thought, could Iron Bundle use Hydro Pump to fly using the recoil force?
Or arrange for a Flying-type Pokémon to use the ‘Use Wind’ move, which would allow them to fly perfectly!
Xiao Mei and Dipplin also emerged from their Poké Balls, enjoying the gentle breeze of the summer night sky.
Xiao Mei happily patted Miraidon’s back:
“Mei!” (Awesome!)
“Stop patting! I feel like I’m descending faster,” Miraidon complained.
“Huh! Is that the 5th Ring Road over there? Why are there no lights on the road?” Chen Kai asked in confusion.
His home was originally located on the edge of the 5th Ring Road, and for some reason tonight, there were no lights at all. As Miraidon glided, it ended up above the 5th Ring Road.
The two Dipplin were again vying for the head position, swaying on Miraidon's back, and Iron Bundle suddenly appeared on its back.
At this moment, a gentle breeze suddenly blew, and Miraidon, having not flown for a long time, was rusty.
It lost control for a moment and slid onto the 5th Ring Road.
“Hey, hey, hey!” Chen Kai shouted!
But it was no use, Miraidon was wobbling and about to crash into a van.
At this moment, Iron Bundle suddenly fired a Hydro Pump, hitting the van, but also helping Miraidon stabilize its posture.
“Iron Bundle, Iron Leaves told you to protect me, you can’t suddenly attack people!” Chen Kai scolded when he saw Iron Bundle suddenly attacking a car.
Fortunately, there was only this one van on the 5th Ring Road in the middle of the night, and no chain accident occurred. Chen Kai could only pray that the people inside were not seriously injured.
But Iron Bundle still maintained an attacking stance, pointing its red ‘wings’ at the van: “There, the creature that attacked you last time, there are still many energy reactions inside, and this time it’s going to hit you again, be careful.”
Chen Kai quickly recalled Miraidon, Xiao Mei, and Dipplin into their Poké Balls, activated his invisibility cloak, and thought rapidly:
The one who attacked me last time, wasn’t it that spy? Wasn’t he arrested?
Did he call people to get revenge on me this time? I was invisible the whole time at the Bai Family Main House, how did they find me?
But no matter what, Chen Kai wouldn't let him go easily this time.
— — — —
Time rewinds half an hour.
At a certain detention center in Kyoto, the main gate was tightly shut, its heavy iron door like a merciless barrier, blocking all illegal entry and exit.
On the guard tower, fully armed sentries stared intently, constantly scanning the surroundings, not missing any subtle movement.
A van appeared at the entrance of the detention center.
The guard stepped forward and stopped him: “Stop! Please show your identification!”
A person in the car took out a document, which was a document from the Kyoto Police Department.
The document showed that the spy ‘Mu Li’, who was supposed to be transferred in a few days, would be transferred early tonight by Bai Ling, the Gym Leader of the Kyoto Dragon-type Gym.
The window in the back of the compartment rolled down, and a voice said: “This is your director’s plan.”
The guard looked at the person speaking, it was indeed Bai Ling, the Gym Leader of the Kyoto Dragon-type Gym!
He had long heard from his superiors that the facility had indeed arranged for Gym Leader Bai to escort Mu Li. Seeing that both the person and the document were correct, the guard immediately let them pass.
The prison guards at the detention center helped escort the bound Mu Li into the car.
The vehicle slowly drove out of the detention center.
At the same time, the director of the Kyoto Police Department leaned out from behind a window.
He said to someone next to him:
“Look, they’re so impatient, what do you plan to do?”
Next to the director was Bai Zhuo, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, whom Chen Kai had seen on TV before.
Bai Zhuo said sadly:
“Sigh… They’ll probably try to leave from the side of the Rock-type Gym, since the Rock-type Gym Leader isn’t in Kyoto, and Bai Ling knows I’ll be blocking the back of the Gym.
You’ve seen me make a fool of myself, Director.”
“The other three Elite have also returned. If you can’t bring yourself to do it, they will,” the director said.
“I will clean house,” Bai Zhuo said, summoning a Dragonite from a Poké Ball, mounting its back, and then continued, “Afterward, I will propose that the Bai Family Main House be disbanded.”
With that, Dragonite carried him, quickly disappearing into the sky.
Only the director was left standing there, sighing: “Sigh… What a sin!”
In the van, the hood on Mu Li’s head was suddenly removed.
A familiar voice rang out: “Didn’t you say to ‘just mind my own business,’ so why are you so pathetic and caught now?”
It took Mu Li a long time to react: “You? You’re Vine?”
“Yes! Your dad here got you out! Have you said anything these past few days?” Vine asked.
“I haven’t been caught for many days, they haven’t started yet,” Mu Li said.
“Then tell me quickly, what happened that day? Where did you put the item?” Vine asked urgently.
Mu Li slowly recalled: “That day… I encountered an Ice-type expert at the Bai Family Main House. He was very strong, and for some reason, he could become invisible. I was no match for him. I used all my Pokémon to escape from him.
The item, I estimate that person took it!”
Vine looked at him like he was an idiot, while Bai Ling, next to Vine, was already furious. He grabbed Mu Li and slammed him against the side of the van: “You’re still trying to lie! Even if Kecleon is invisible, it still shows a stripe! Confess honestly! Where exactly did you hide the item?!”
Mu Li’s head became even dizzier from the impact.
Vine persuaded from the side: “Gym Leader Bai, let me ask. For spies like us, physical force isn’t very effective.”
Only then did the person release his grip.
Mu Li’s dizzy head became even more muddled.
“As you can see, this person beside me is Bai Ling, the Gym Leader of the Kyoto Dragon-type Gym.
This is also why our people could easily infiltrate the Bai Family Main House and even know the password to the Bai Family Main House’s warehouse.
As a candidate for the next Bai Family Chieftain, he very clearly told you that the Bai Family Main House does not train Ice-type Pokémon experts.
And on that day, in the Bai Family Main House’s surveillance, besides Section Chief Hu and his group, the next person to enter the Bai Family Main House’s warehouse was you!
And your ace is precisely the Water/Ice dual-type Cloyster!”