Even Mu Li, who was somewhat bewildered, reacted, "You suspect that I intended to pocket those items?
You can check the surveillance! I fought against that Ice-type expert!"
Vine snorted coldly, "You clearly know that I always bring Rotom on missions, so there's no surveillance at the battle site!
But you never expected this, did you? Gym Leader Bai is my informant; he went back and tested, and there's no Flying-type Pokemon energy residue at the scene! Only Water-Ice dual-type! And your Cloyster is a Water-Ice dual-type!
You used a Delibird as a cover, thinking you could fool us?
Speak, where did you put the items?"
Mu Li cried out in injustice, "I didn't take them! And I have no reason to deceive you! What would I do with those things?"
"No reason?" Vine threw out a photo, which showed Mu Li meeting another man.
"According to our information, you've been in contact with a North American spy recently."
"You! You've been following me all along?" Mu Li said angrily, "Vine, as a fellow spy, you should know that sometimes we gather other intelligence through our colleagues."
Vine was noncommittal, "But it's also possible that the North American spy organization learned our intelligence through you, isn't it?
Or you can tell me what intelligence you've gathered through the North American spy organization?
As a colleague, a friendly reminder, don't mention any irrelevant intelligence!"
Mu Li panicked. The organization he was currently in was truly too tough and tiring; low pay, too much work, and dangerous. Just like Vine wanted to retire, he indeed felt like switching jobs, and North America had offered him a generous reward, which was why he had contacted them.
He had indeed prepared a piece of intelligence to deal with the organization, but the current situation was not good. Still, he bit the bullet and said, "North America... North America discovered strange energy on an island!"
"Thud!" Vine suddenly exploded, kicking Mu Li hard in the stomach. Mu Li slammed into the carriage with a loud bang.
"Ah!" He couldn't help but cry out in pain, his body instinctively curling up, lying on the ground.
"Do you take me for a fool? We're in the Dragon Kingdom right now, and you're telling me about an island in North America!" Vine was almost deranged with anger, and she released Brambleghast.
"Hurry up and tell the truth, otherwise, you've caused one of its companions to be caught by the Dragon Kingdom police, and it's very angry right now, it will make you feel like you're in heaven!!"
But Mu Li really didn't know where the items were! Communication was fruitless, so Vine directly used Brambleghast.
As a Grass-type and Ghost-type dual Pokemon, Brambleghast naturally knows many Ghost-type moves. These moves are powerful in battles against Pokemon, let alone directly against people.
After Brambleghast was trained by Vine, a person's brain would turn into a mush after less than half an hour of interrogation.
Mu Li endured for more than ten minutes, but still didn't say where the items were.
Meanwhile, Bai Ling, the Gym Leader of the Kyoto Dragon-type Gym, was already gritting his teeth!
He didn't know why, but he, a powerful and prestigious Gym Leader of the Kyoto Dragon-type Gym, had become an accomplice helping foreign spies.
Originally, the position of the next Bai Family Chieftain, in terms of strength and status, was undoubtedly his.
But in recent years, a junior named Bai Zhuo suddenly emerged, surpassing him in just a few years and becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings, a position he had longed for!
Many people in the family turned to support Bai Zhuo!
He was under immense pressure. At a drinking party, he somehow, confusedly, accepted something from a stranger!
Later, he found out that the stranger was Vine, a foreign spy.
He wanted to return the items, but Vine gave him Archaludon and Frigibax, which were rare in the Dragon Kingdom! She even gave him a large batch of the composite metal needed for Archaludon!
Lacking power, he simply couldn't refuse this offer.
Subsequently, things spiraled out of control. He provided more and more intelligence, but in return, he also received generous rewards. Through Vine, he obtained many Pokemon and items not available in the Dragon Kingdom, and his strength grew stronger and stronger.
He had no turning back, but he had always been careful and cautious, only providing intelligence and never getting directly involved. As long as Vine wasn't caught, he could rest easy.
Fortunately, as time passed, Archaludon evolved into Duraludon, and Frigibax evolved into Baxcalibur. He felt hopeful of defeating his junior this year and achieving the position of one of the Four Heavenly Kings!
The Bai family had these Dragon-type energy beads, and this intelligence was also provided by him.
When Vine told him that she needed some beads from the Bai family, he directly gave Vine the Bai family's map and warehouse password, and then arranged for an instrument to leave the secret realm in the warehouse, telling her to arrange for someone to pick them up.
That day, he found another matter to occupy most of the Bai family's mainstays, so he wouldn't have to be present.
Only some children who needed to compete and old men watching the competition were left. Wouldn't anyone with hands be able to get them?
But he didn't expect that even with all this, Vine's subordinate would still mess up! And things were getting bigger and bigger, and Vine was acting like a madwoman, vowing not to stop until she got those broken beads.
He just went to the police station to ask for an explanation, but that idiotic chief actually made him come along to escort the prisoner, speaking so grandiosely that he couldn't refuse.
He then told Vine this information, hoping she wouldn't be foolish enough to come.
It turned out she was truly insane; she made a fake ID and forced him to come to the detention center with her to pick up Mu Li!
If he didn't come, she would expose him! She would reveal everything he had done in recent years!
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and go along to pick up Mu Li.
He now only hoped that Vine would quickly leave Kyoto. To this end, he even used his power to prematurely block the road from the detention center to the Rock-type Gym.
As for those broken beads, as long as Vine told him their location, he guaranteed to give them to Vine afterward. As long as Vine left Kyoto from that side, he would have no worries.
Afterward, he would just say that the spy used Ditto to impersonate the police chief and tricked him, and he would deny everything else to the death. At most, he would be guilty of dereliction of duty, and the worst that could happen was losing his Gym Leader position!
Then in a year, no! In half a year, the new Dragon-type Pokemon he trained would be able to defeat Bai Zhuo! He would become the new Elite!
Then he wouldn't even care about this Gym Leader position!
He was dreaming such a beautiful dream, unaware that with so many foreign-exclusive Pokemon and items, the police had already targeted him and were just waiting to catch him red-handed.
At this moment, Mu Li was only conscious for a short period. Vine asked him where the items were, and he still insisted that he didn't get them, and that a Delibird had taken them.
Vine was so angry that she pulled out a Brambleghast thorn and whipped him wildly.
For most of the time, he was confused, mumbling unintelligible words. His eyes became dull and empty, as if his soul had been pulled out. His mouth hung open unconsciously, and saliva flowed uncontrollably, forming long silver threads.
"Vine, we're almost at the Rock Gym! You need to speed up!" Bai Ling urged impatiently. She still hadn't gotten the whereabouts of those broken beads. Could it be that Vine wouldn't leave?
"I know!" Vine said fiercely, "Brambleghast! Don't worry about his life! Use all your Ghost-type energy to control his mind! Make him speak!"
Brambleghast responded sinisterly:
"Bramble!" (Okay!)
A massive surge of purple energy poured into Mu Li's mind, and his body began to convulse.
At this moment, with a "boom," their minivan was attacked on the blocked Fifth Ring Road.