“…………”
“Spirit?”
Wind Spirit tilted its head, watching Yin Xing frantically pack his belongings.
In Wind Spirit’s memory, Yin Xing had always been calm and composed; this was one of the few times he had shown such panic.
“Found it!”
Yin Xing pulled a handgun from a small box, then carefully began to load it, firing a shot into the bushes outside.
After a gunshot, a dull thud echoed from the bushes.
“Great, it still works!”
Yin Xing then slung a large travel bag over his shoulder, filled with food and medicine.
“Let’s go! Wind Spirit!”
“Spirit?”
“To find that idiot, of course!”
“Spirit?! Spirit! Spirit!”
Wind Spirit didn’t understand. It had followed Yin Xing for 11 years, and in those 11 years, Yin Xing had never left this forest cabin. And it had even promised…
“Wind Spirit…”
Yin Xing stroked Wind Spirit’s head, his gaze complex as he looked at the sea of flowers beside the cabin.
“Did you promise Mom something before?”
“Spirit?”
“Many Pokémon who follow Trainers they like all want to go on adventures. But you’ve stayed with me in this wooden cabin for 11 years without any complaints. Mom must have said something to you before she left.”
“Spirit…”
Yin Xing smiled, took out the photo from his backpack, and gently caressed it.
“I hate goodbyes, I always have, and I still do. So… let me be selfish just this once.”
Before Wind Spirit could react, Yin Xing directly picked up Wind Spirit and placed it on his backpack, then, carrying the heavy backpack, he left the forest cabin.
Passing through the wooden fence near the cabin, countless golden ginkgo trees came into view.
“The ginkgo trees have grown again this year, but today is not a good day.”
…………
“This direction should be correct, right?”
Ruo Xi looked at the invalid GPS map in his hand, sighed, and continued walking forward.
“The signal in the mountains is really bad; it won’t even load. I don’t know how Gui Ling managed to live in the forest for so long.”
Still complaining, Ruo Xi saw wooden stakes blocking the road ahead and threw out two Poké Balls.
“Oh no, blocked by wooden stakes? Togekiss, Air Slash! Urshifu, Surging Strikes!”
Boom!
Looking at the shattered wooden stakes, Ruo Xi felt an inexplicable bad premonition.
“Why does it feel like I’ve experienced this somewhere before?”
“Manectric, use Thunder!”
As soon as the words fell, Togekiss was caught off guard and struck by a bolt of lightning, almost losing its ability to battle. Urshifu reacted first, coming in front of Ruo Xi and using Surging Strikes to pull down the Seviper that was preparing to ambush.
“First-level researcher Ruo Zhe! You are suspected of stealing ancient Pokémon fossils, please come with us!”
As soon as the words fell, dozens of Jenny, accompanied by their Pokémon, emerged from the surrounding bushes and surrounded Ruo Xi.
“Why is it this line again? And aren’t there dozens more of you than last time?!”
“You won’t escape this time!”
“Damn it! Urshifu! Togekiss!”
“Everyone! Prepare for battle!”
Just as the Jenny were preparing for a fierce battle with Ruo Xi, Ruo Xi directly mounted the injured Togekiss, turned his head, and flew away.
“Would I be an idiot not to run? Goodbye, kids~”
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“Chase!”
…………
“Gengar?”
Gengar and the others had been following the positioning signal on their headphones to find Ruo Xi, but for some reason, when they reached the forest, the headphones emitted static, and then were completely jammed.
“Dangdang?”
“Split up and search! Marshadow go left, Gengar and Banette go right, I’ll go straight ahead. If you find him, use your signature move towards the sky!”
…………
“Ha… ha…”
Ruo Xi recalled the fainted Togekiss and Urshifu. He had let Genesect and the others nest inside the laboratory’s internal space.
Ruo Xi had thought about using the communication system to send messages to Genesect while escaping, but it was interfered with by a strange signal.
“Damn it! Isn’t it too much for 90 of you to fight just one of me?!”
Ruo Xi looked left and right, casually picked up a nearby stone, and still refused to surrender.
Because Togekiss kept evading in the dim forest, the Jenny had split into several teams to search, and now only 11 were left.
“My goal hasn’t been achieved yet! I’ll remember this day! You all just wait for me!”
“You can say whatever you want at the police station.”
Jenny was about to handcuff Ruo Xi when she was suddenly stopped by a bullet.
“Who’s there?!”
“Wind Spirit, Leech Seed!”
When the attacked Jenny were about to call for backup, they found their walkie-talkies were being interfered with by a strange signal, and even their phones had no signal.
“Well done, Ruo Xi.”
“Yin Xing? You’re not…”
Yin Xing rolled his eyes at Ruo Xi’s words, then pointed his gun at the Jenny, who watched in shock.
The Jenny, of course, knew Yin Xing, the electronic genius. Many previously unsolvable cases had been resolved thanks to Yin Xing’s extensive electronic searches.
The police station had tried to recruit this genius many times, but he had refused them all. In the end, Yin Xing even became impatient and locked all the police out.
“Sorry, you can’t take this idiot.”