chsdbacks Chapter 249 Gengar's New Weapon
Chapter 249 Gengar's New Weapon
Chapter 249 Gengar's New Weapon
"I can do it?" Ze Shu smirked, glancing at the four pathetic Pokémon hunters being carried away by Cyndaquil Lucario. "What do they have to do with me? Did I force them to hunt Pokémon?"
Zhu Lan shook her head: "It's really alright."
Ze Shu: "That..."
"But it's related to the Galaxy Team and Hunter J that you took down." Rin smiled, picked up the ice cream she had put down during the battle, took an elegant lick, and said, "My most capable investigator, don't be so aggrieved. You're capable, that's a compliment."
"And these Pokémon hunters have appeared in large numbers..."
"It's just some of the aftermath of your taking down Team Galactic and Hunter J."
Sawaki sighed, watching as Cynthia and Lucario, carrying the Pokémon Hunter, handed over the Pokémon to the League members who had poured out and the Nohara City Gym Leader Yoshinobu who had arrived. He then quietly leaned to one side.
It seems that what Cynthia mentioned earlier about the large number of Pokémon hunters appearing must be the reason she came looking for him. Cynthia is really making the most of his return.
Just then, a slightly gloomy voice came from beside Ze Shu: "Crack, crack!"
Ze Shu glanced at it and found it to be a gaseous object dotted with green substances.
This is the Rockruff, commonly known as the "Ghost Bonsai" in the Pokémon world. It is approaching, its eyes and mouth made of green material displaying a playful expression as it sniffs the shadow of the Zephyr.
After sniffing it, it still wouldn't stop. Shadow tentacles formed in the Ghost Mist Bonsai, trying to reach into the shadow of the Swamp Tree!
But its tentacles have not yet reached the shadow of the Zeshu tree.
Suddenly, a chubby, dark purple arm wearing a boxing glove appeared out of Ze Shu's shadow.
Then, with a "smack," the arm slapped away the tentacles that the Flower Rock Monster was trying to invade!
After swatting away the tentacles, a pair of red eyes peeked out from the shadows, glaring at the Flower Rock Monster, and a somewhat annoyed growl escaped:
Hehehe!
Gengar thought this ghost plant was really offensive!
It puffed out, its short, chubby arms awkwardly clasped on its hips, its red eyes fixed on the Flower Rock Monster, and said with some annoyance, "You scoundrel!"
Ze Shu's shadow is its private territory, you know? It's a private place. What's the point of you sticking out a tentacle? It's like sticking your hand into... into Ze Shu's crotch!
Gengar was pointing fingers at Rockruff.
Ze Shu:
If you can't use a metaphor for Gengar, you don't have to.
Ze Shu hadn't expected that Gengar would be so protective of his shadow; it was even breathing on it.
Moreover, wouldn't it be even more dumbfounded if Gengar knew that a "working class" was secretly sleeping in its shadow all year round without it noticing?
The Flower Rock Monster looked a little aggrieved: "Kay!"
By this time, Cynthia had finished handing over the duties with the League. They had already taken away the four Pokémon hunters who were screaming in agony, so she walked over and, seeing this scene, couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
Ze Shu had not yet spoken.
Gengar puffed out its cheeks, pointed at Rockruff, and tattled on its "parent" right there: "Hehehe!!"
The Flower Rock Monster felt even more aggrieved: "Kaya..."
Cynthia couldn't understand what Gengar was saying either, but seeing the situation, she couldn't help but sigh and say, "Rockpie likes to play around, so it must have been looking for playful friends and accidentally offended Gengar..."
"Hehehe!"
Gengar nodded vigorously, as if it was about to say something.
But Ze Shu pinched its cheek and pulled it back.
"We're talking about serious business, so don't get in the way."
Gengar looked aggrieved, and although it was being pinched by Zeju, it obediently lowered its head and said, "Gengar..."
But in its despondency, it heard Ze Shu whisper to it:
"What kind of revenge is it to tell your parents? Do you think they'll help you punish their own Pokémon?"
"Kou Jie...?"
"See those tentacles of the Flower Rock Monster? They sway back and forth, and they're so fleshy and bouncy. They look very agile and would feel great to hit, right? Wouldn't that make them the perfect target for your boxing practice?"
"Use all those Flame Punch, Thunder Punch, Pegasus Meteor Punch, and Friendship Punch, don't worry about the consequences. I'll tell its trainer that you're practicing moves, and getting hurt is inevitable. Use normal behavior to secretly retaliate... that's the true essence of revenge."
Gengar: "Kouja...?!"
Its eyes gradually brightened as it looked at Ze Shu.
Ze Shu's words seemed to awaken it like some kind of "wise warning".
It was indeed too naive, still at the level of "telling on its parents," but Ze Shu's words were like a sudden enlightenment, making it burst into tears!
"Goblin!!"
Zhu Lan glanced at Ze Shu speechlessly.
Although the "whisper" was deliberately kept low, she heard every single word.
Well, Gengar's "punch" moves won't do much damage anyway.
"Granora, hmm, you should practice with Gengar... practice dodging its tentacles, the kind where you only dodge and don't attack."
Flower Rock Monster: (°一。〃)?
Trainer, are you sure you're not mistaken?
This is the one that got beaten up!
In the reception hall of the Great Wetlands Safari Zone, Gengar and Rockruff were not brought in—they were "training" in the Great Wetlands. Cynthia poured a cup of tea and placed it on the table in front of Zephyr, then chuckled and said:
"Is that how you teach Gengar?"
"Gengar is too naive, which is not good. It's easily fooled. Besides, Gengar's lifespan is almost infinite."
"And if I were to die a hundred years from now, it's not impossible that I, this Gengar, would be tricked into working in a shady factory, happily tightening screws for the rest of my life."
Ze Shu took a sip of water.
Cynthia couldn't help but twitch her lips in exasperation. Who would make up stories about themselves and their Pokémon like that?!
Zeshu then said, "Tell me, why are so many Pokémon hunters appearing... and what should I do about it?"
Upon hearing this, Cynthia rubbed her temples in frustration: "Naturally, we need to stop these frequent Pokémon hunters. To be honest, I wasn't planning to ask you to solve this problem, but we've really made no progress."
She paused, then continued:
"Since you arrested Red Sun and the Hunter, Team Galactic of Sinnoh and the elite Pokémon Hunters under the Hunter's command have either fled or been captured."
"Isn't this a good thing?"
"Yes, this is all your doing."
Zhu Lan said with amusement.
But Ze Shu felt that there was something wrong with how he interpreted Zhu Lan's words. Was it intentional?
"But after they were captured, a niche in the Sinnoh Black Zone, which was controlled by Team Galactic and Hunter J, became vacant. Various Sharpedoes, drawn by the scent, came to the area, including Team Rocket and various unorganized Pokémon hunters..."
"So this dark zone in Sinnoh was in chaos for a while."
"At first, these were not a big deal. After all, you had already captured Team Galactic and Hunter J's elite Pokémon hunters. The League could have easily dealt with and arrested them for the rest of the minor issues."
"It went smoothly; despite the league's resistance, all the initial Rockets members who arrived were arrested, and the Rockets haven't made any further moves..."
Ze Shu: "And what about the turning point?"
Cynthia said with distress, "I don't know exactly what the turning point was. I only know that at a certain point in time, the number of Pokémon hunters suddenly increased, and they can be said to have appeared everywhere in Sinnoh."
Trainers' Pokémon were stolen, docile wild Pokémon were being hunted on a large scale, Pokémon research labs across the country were attacked, and several starter Pokémon were captured...
"They even went after that big-toothed raccoon dog that loves building dams and is well-liked by the residents of Nohara City!"
"And after arresting many of these Pokémon hunters who committed these crimes."
"We've roughly figured out the reason..."
At this point, Zhu Lan took a sip of tea from the table, looking slightly annoyed.
Ze Shu's gaze was slightly strange.
But then her voice turned cold as she said:
"It's the black market, the black market where Pokémon hunters settle accounts."
"Team Galactic and Hunter J were wiped out, but the black market where they settled accounts still exists!"
"Perhaps it's because Hunter J and her elite Pokémon hunters were arrested that Sinnoh is experiencing a Pokémon shortage."
Increased demand; or perhaps some individuals have placed large orders, with profits to be made...
"This caused Pokémon hunters to flock here like a gold rush!"
"Most of these Pokémon hunters are not as strong as they were when Hunter J was still around, and their movements are not as secretive as before, so we can detect their actions very effectively. But there are too many of them, and Officer Jenny in various places has been on alert, but quite a few have still slipped through the net."
"We've only captured a handful of Pokémon hunters, and in such a short time, there have been over twenty groups, totaling over a hundred people."
Ze Shu nodded, indicating that he understood.
"How much do we know about this 'black market'? Do we know its location?"
Zhu Lan looked at him and said helplessly, "If I knew the location, why would I be so troubled?"
Ze Shu: "So secretive?"
Cynthia said, "Yes. We interrogated the Pokémon hunters we arrested. These Pokémon hunters, in order to reduce their punishment after being caught, naturally lacked professional ethics and revealed a lot of what they knew."
"But we still don't know where this 'money pit' is."
All we know is that this black market's supply chain consists of "black market bosses," "agents," and "Pokémon hunters" who capture Pokémon.
"Black market bosses and Pokémon hunters go without saying."
"These agents, acting as intermediaries, are experienced individuals in the black market. They are responsible for bringing the Pokémon captured by Pokémon hunters to the black market for sale."
"After capturing a Pokémon, the Pokémon hunters hand it over to an agent, thus completing their process. Therefore, these hunters have never been to the black market themselves, and we cannot obtain their location from them."
Ze Shu: "This black market is pretty well-regulated."
Zhu Lan sighed, "Yes."
"Our only hope is to capture these 'agents' in order to find out the location of this black market. But they seem to have sensed our 'hope' and are hiding it very well."
So...
"Progress has stalled here."
"But we can't let these Pokémon hunters continue their rampant activities..."
"This will not only lead to more and more victims."
"And driven by profit,... more and more trainers will be misled into trying to take shortcuts and become Pokémon hunters. Many of the Pokémon hunters we've arrested... were originally normal trainers, but they started doing this..."
Zhu Lan took another sip of tea, her fair face showing some distress.
"The situation has been explained. So... Special Investigator Ze Shu, do you... have any leads...?"
Ze Shu paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "Actually, the most crucial point in this matter is just one thing: knowing the location of the black market."
Then destroy it, and that's it, right?
Zhu Lan said angrily, "Yes! But I just don't know the location! This black market is hidden very well!"
Ze Shu: "There must be a way."
Zhu Lan pressed, "What method?"
Ze Shu: "Ask someone."
Zhu Lan frowned: "Who else can we ask? We've already questioned everyone we arrested..."
Ze Shu replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, you should ask my old friend..."
"Red Sun and Hunter J!"
"As the leaders of the evil organization in the Sinnoh region's black area and the Sinnoh Pokémon Hunters, Red Sun and Hunter J can't possibly not even know where Pokémon Hunters sell their products or how to contact them, right? If they do, then they're really failing."
Zhu Lan's expression froze.
Ze Shu frowned and asked, "What? Have you questioned them?"
Cynthia turned her head, her face slightly flushed: "N-no. I've been so busy keeping an eye on Pokémon hunters all over the place, I... I really didn't think of questioning them about that..."
"But would Akari and the Hunters be willing to provide information?"
After all, Akari and Hunter J have already been arrested and convicted of sewing machine malfunctions, would they still be thinking of providing information?
Ze Shu pondered, "I'm not sure. But I've known Akari and Hunter J for a long time, so I should probably... ask them to provide it, right? Even if they can't... well, as a friend, I should go and visit them."
Bamboo Orchid:
"
How shameless!
What old friendship... Zhu Lan thought, if Chi Ri and Hunter J saw this investigator, they would probably be so shocked that they would want to strangle him on the spot!
But Zhu Lan could only believe that Ze Shu would be able to get the answer.
"Red Sun and Hunter, as serious offenders, are imprisoned in a jail near the Pokémon League." She took another sip of tea.
Somehow, with Ze Shu here and offering a solution, her worries finally eased a little. "I will issue the approval for your imprisonment soon. Please, Investigator Ze Shu, please..."
"Kaka ya ya ya ya kou jie kou jie kou jie!!!"
At this moment, the Flower Rock Monster, with a mournful face, rushed through the wall into the reception room where Ze Shu and Zhu Lan were talking. Then, it pitifully pounced on Zhu Lan. Its ghostly tentacles were now "swollen and shrunken," looking as if it had been severely injured.
At this moment, it was crying and complaining to the bamboo orchid.
That Gengar is so awful! It hurts so much!
Zhu Lan had no choice but to ask, "Did it attack you with a move like Shadow Ball?"
The Flower Rock Monster hesitated for a moment, then shook its head: "Kaye!"
That Gengar was quite rule-abiding.
They all use "physical attacks".
But this physical attack...
"☐Jie!!"
Nearby, Gengar came through the wall and proudly showed Ze Shu its newly found super weapon, a brick.
Cyan-red, thick, with sharp edges and corners that deliver fatal blows—these are bricks.
The bricks were still covered in residual ghostly mist from the Flower Rock Monster, suggesting they had been enchanted.
Gengar exclaimed gleefully, "Hehehe!!"
From now on, if anyone bullies Ze Shu, we'll just use this new weapon to slap them on the back of the head! It's absolutely super effective!
It had originally intended to tear off the tentacles of the flower rock monster to use as a "whip," but unfortunately, it couldn't.
Ze Shu gave a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.
What "Weapon Master" Gengar?
However, if a brick can knock out a ghost, then a slap on the back of a person's head must be an even more effective "hypnotic." After his explanation, the Gengar finally "got it."
He patted Gengar's cheek and encouraged him:
"Not bad, that's more like Gengar's true nature! Keep it up!"
"Hehehe!!"
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