chsdbacks Chapter 223 Brutal Creatures in the Everlasting Forest
Chapter 223 Brutal Creatures in the Everlasting Forest
Chapter 223 Brutal Creatures in the Everlasting Forest
"So, that old Deng from the Plasma Team is quite shrewd—" Ze Shu nodded, smiling thoughtfully, "He actually thought of conspiring with you three to cause trouble."
"Chirp chirp!"
"Speaking of which, why don't you want to regain your former status as one of the Three Jewels and enjoy the offerings from Beishang Township, thus cooperating with that old Deng? Instead, you're so pragmatic as to tell me all this?"
Ze Shu looked at Ji Zhi Ji, who had tipped him off.
The pheasant disdainfully raised its exquisite and beautiful head.
"grumble!"
Why did it turn against us?
Hmm, no, I should say ask it why it stands so firmly on Ze Shu's side?
That's because of it, of course...
My admiration for Ze Shu is as boundless as a surging river!
Jiji looked at Zeshu with a slightly fawning expression, emanating sweet pheromones as if they were free.
And what's so special about that old man? He's obviously unreliable. He just takes advantage of his age to treat other Pokémon as normal Pokémon.
His words were full of empty rhetoric and platitudes, riddled with holes.
The pheasant immediately saw through the old man's ill intentions.
Why should it follow that old man to failure, and then suffer the terror of being on the opposite side of Ze Shu again?
"Oh—" Ze Shu nodded in realization, unaffected by the pheromones emanating from Ji Zhiji. Instead, he smiled and said to Ji Zhiji, "So, if a plan and person truly appeared that could turn your three companions around and earn your trust, instead of this flawed old man, you would resolutely choose to betray me, is that what you mean?"
"Chirp, chirp—"
The pheasant's expression froze.
But before it could continue its fawning and utter words of loyalty, Ze Shu said with a smile, "No matter what, you did a great job this time!"
"Okay, then I'll make an exception and let you keep 20% of the profits from your pheromone shop!"
"Also, after this is done, I'll give you a gift. Hmm, I think you'll really like it."
After being suspected by Sawaki, Yoshikichi was suddenly rewarded and left somewhat bewildered; its pheromones also dissipated in a daze.
"Chirp chirp!"
Finally, it could only offer its thanks with a slightly bewildered expression.
"You're welcome."
This pheasant should thank us.
Ze Shu chuckled.
Compared to the pheasant that always wears a fawning expression and whose beautiful face practically screams "scheming," Zeki much prefers to see its sudden, hateful expression.
He naturally didn't have much faith in Baoban's loyalty.
Even though they are "Merchant Pokémon", the target they follow, "Momoshiro", is able to turn them into "Merchant Pokémon" by using "Chain Sticky" which can control others.
This also implies that to gain their willing following and loyalty—
There must be at least a binding interest and a certain degree of intimidation.
In this respect, neither of the seven sages of the Plasma Team could achieve this, while Ze Shu at least managed to "intimidate" him and bind him with some interests. That's why Ji Zhi Ji firmly sided with him, decisively betrayed the old man, and informed him of the situation.
"Alright, you can go back now. I'll tell you what to do when he makes his move."
"Chirp chirp!"
The pheasant left.
A voice came from the darkness behind her. She held a pen and paper, pondering.
"So, Investigator, what should we do?"
"Should we arrest that old man from the Plasma Team directly, or wait until they've angered the 'Bear' in the Everlasting Forest before we..."
Well, how should I put it? A case of reaping the benefits without lifting a finger?
In this atmosphere, why did Ze Shu feel that he and Xiao Lan were so much like Giovanni and his secretary from Team Rocket?
It's just that he didn't get to be petted by the cat boss.
After thinking for a moment, he summoned the silly Psyduck to his side, stroked the three tufts of hair on its head, and said, "If we go to catch them now, there will inevitably be some that slip through the net, and they will notice."
"Furthermore, when arresting one of the Seven Sages of the Pokémon Protection Organization, which enjoys a high reputation and has a large following in Unova, it's necessary to record some evidence. Arresting him directly like this is hardly appropriate."
"Of course, we should wait until Team Plasma is at its weakest to wipe them out in one fell swoop."
Sawaki will certainly not show any mercy to the plasma team.
This entire organization is mostly made up of hypocritical and disgusting individuals, a rarity in the Pokémon world.
They publicly proclaim to "liberate Pokémon," but secretly they forcibly seize other people's Pokémon, hoping to control all Pokémon and ultimately the world—truly a wicked organization inspired by the medieval patriarchal system of wanting both worlds and power.
Xiao Lan laughed and said, "Okay! I'll do whatever our investigator says!"
A moment later.
They appeared at "Momozawa Store" in Kitakami-go.
"Haha, it's you guys!" Shop manager Momozawa recognized Sawaki and Koran immediately. "Come on in! Because of the booming business in Kitakami Township lately, I've stocked up on a lot of stuff we didn't have before!"
Xiao Lan blinked and smiled, "The boss recognizes us?"
She remembered that they had only visited this store once before leaving Beishang Township on their first visit, but the owner recognized them at a glance.
Momozawa laughed heartily, "My memory is pretty good! Besides, even if others don't remember, how could I possibly forget you all?"
"Madam, I remember you bought quite a few clothes and masks from our Beishang Township back then. And you, young man, um... I think you bought... a peach shell pendant that nobody wanted?"
Ze Shu smiled and said, "Yes."
That peach-shell pendant contains the sleeping Momonga, who manipulated the three companions with "Chain Sticky Rice" and turned them into "Merchant Pokémon." He can be said to be the culprit who caused the tragedy in Kitakami Village.
It is a dangerous aggregate of potent poison, forever hoping for a chance to revive within the peach shell. Even if it fails to revive, the poisonous gas it emits can render people unable to control their bodies, causing them to unconsciously dance the bewitching "Chibe Chibe Dance."
But after he bought it, Ze Shu locked the peach shell pendant inside a small soccer ball made by the Shilf Corporation that could trap poison gas.
We put it on the spaceship and let the Pokémon kick it—although everyone was interested for a few kicks before losing interest.
Perhaps it should be somewhere on the deck of the spaceship right now.
Only when the old Röntgen cat got tired of sunbathing would it come out to play for a little while.
So perhaps Tao Lielang was too stunned by the kicks, or perhaps the football blocking function made by the Shiluff Group was too strong, so he never showed himself and just kept waiting to be kicked.
"What is this?"
While browsing through Momozawa Store, Zeki casually touched one of the round, stick-like items.
Momozawa said, "Hey bro, that's a stun gun!"
Ze Shu snapped open the stun gun, staring at the crackling electricity on it: "Stun gun? They sell these?"
Momozawa laughed heartily: "Thanks to you, Kitakami Township has become prosperous! But with prosperity comes crowds, and with crowds come dangers, so I stocked up on some self-defense supplies!"
"But strangely enough, after I stocked up on these self-defense items, the number of assault cases in Beishang Township actually increased."
Momozawa looked troubled.
Ze Shu:
"...—."
Is it possible that people started with minor frictions, without needing to use Pokémon to attack each other? They could have simply tolerated each other and compromised to resolve the conflict.
But the "self-defense items" you stocked up on are here, directly filling the gap in offensive firepower between "not attacking" and "using Pokémon to attack each other"—now there's a contradiction, trainers will just pick up their weapons and fight without using Pokémon.
"...I bought it."
Ze Shu weighed the stun gun in his hand. The crackling sound of electricity on it was quite pleasant, and it felt good in his hand as well.
He remembered that he had once bought a baseball bat, which he intended to use specifically to hit Yulongdu on the back of the head.
Now there's one more stun gun...
Well, although "dragons" are resistant to electricity, "flying" is extremely vulnerable to electric effects!
At this time.
Higana, who was browsing in the store, came over:
"Ze Shu, why did you buy this? I think it's not as good as one of my fists... Ahhh, don't come any closer!"
It's sizzling!
Startled, Higana bristled and immediately grabbed a cherry from the store and started eating it.
Ze Shu said speechlessly, "I only brought this stun gun close to you, I didn't even touch you, why are you so scared..."
"Also, you'll have to pay for these cherry fruits yourself."
Higanbana: "I...I!"
She hesitated a few times but couldn't come up with a coherent explanation in a short time.
"I'm not paying for the cherry fruits!"
"Because I have no money!"
She finally said this, though her argument was flawed, she was still quite assertive.
"I'll just give you a super stone if necessary!"
"Hey! Brother Zeshu!!"
Just then, a joyful voice rang out from outside the store.
Ze Shu turned his head and saw two siblings who looked alike, Dan Yu and Wu Li.
Danyu remained the same as before, with the appearance of a sharp young girl, while Wuli's appearance was quite different. He no longer dressed in an introverted manner, covering his eyes with his hair, but instead tied his hair up, revealing his delicate face.
"Long time no see," Ze Shu greeted. "Wu Li has changed a lot."
"Yes, it was Lord Demon's strength and courage that gave me the courage to transform!" Uri clenched her fists and said, "Lord Demon is brave and fearless in the dark; he is my role model. Naturally, I cannot appear cowardly!"
Once Wu Li started praising the "evil spirit," he couldn't stop, using the same words of praise without repeating himself.
Ze Shu stared in disbelief, wondering what Wu Li had gone through in the past six months.
"Bonnie..."
At this moment, Ergui, who was pursing his fangs and hesitatingly choosing pink gummy candies in the store, was stunned. He turned to look at Wuli, who was rambling on about "inaccurate statements," and stared blankly into his bright golden eyes.
Is it really that amazing?
The Eternal Forest, Night.
This is the northeast corner of Beishang Township, a dangerous area that people from Beishang Township almost never enter.
Not only because the Pokémon here are extremely wild and it is difficult for ordinary people to survive, but also because the barbaric and furious roars of bears are frequently heard here, which are enough to make people fear them, especially on the night of a full moon, when the roars will be even more frequent.
It is a dangerous rumor in Beishang Township, second only to the "evil spirits".
At this moment, in the forest.
"My lord, our initial prediction is that the so-called ferocious bear Pokémon in the forest might actually be a special Ursaring." A member dressed in Team Plasma uniform reported to Vio beside him with a strange expression, holding a detector.
Because the Seven Sages of Team Plasma beside him is...
Wearing perfume?
"This pheromone perfume is quite effective." As if noticing his subordinate's strange gaze, Vio explained, "Haven't you noticed? Ever since I sprayed this perfume, we haven't encountered any attacks from wild Pokémon in this eternal forest."
"Hmm, it seems so..."
"The wise man is truly insightful!"
The pheromones from the pheasant released a rich aroma, and just smelling it made Vio feel happy on another level. Coupled with the compliments from his subordinates, he couldn't help but feel like he was floating on air.
He looked at the silly-looking Yuan Zeng Yuan and Gou Zan Gou leading the way ahead and chuckled contentedly.
"Alright! Quickly find that 'Bear' Pokémon! Catch it and release it from the city!"
"Yes, yes!"
"We need to finish this quickly! These mere circle bears aren't worth our time!"
"Roar!!!"
Before the members of Team Plasma could respond, a bear's roar suddenly rang out from the darkness ahead.
But all that could be heard was the brutal clanging sound of something colliding.
In Vio's view, the Yuanzeng Ape and Gouzan Dog, who should have been walking carefree ahead, flew backward like broken bags and rolled to its feet, looking like they were bravely sacrificing themselves with their tongues sticking out.
The forest ahead was shrouded in darkness and shrouded in night, making it difficult to see with the naked eye.
Vio could only hear the other party's brutal, heavy breathing, and the crimson glow that peeked out from the darkness, like a blood-red full moon.
"What...what is this?!"
But no one answered, and all the members of the plasma team were stunned.
"The plasma team moves pretty quickly."
On the outskirts of Beishang Township, aboard the spaceship, gazing at the moonlit Eternal Forest below and smelling the night wind high in the sky, Ze Shu sighed.
A pheasant stood beside him, its posture one of fawning and seeking credit.
Its pheromones have been trained to attract powerful enemies, definitely enough to lure out the bears in this forest and make them attack the person who sprayed the perfume. So, that Plasma Team got screwed over by it!
The pheasant raised its beautiful head and chirped, "Chirp chirp!"
At that moment, a faint sound seemed to reach their ears.
Ze Shu leaned against the deck, casually flicking the stun gun he had just bought, and then kicked the soccer ball-shaped Momoiro, which he had moved to his feet.
He said, "It seems they've already started fighting."
Little Blue rubbed the yawning Espeon in his arms and laughed, "So when do we go in and arrest them?"
"Anytime is fine, but the plasma team might not be the problem—" Ze Shu thought about the details, "That 'bear' is the problem. When arresting them, we also need to avoid attacks from that bear. We need someone to hold them back and act as a punching bag."
Xiao Lan: "Mmm."
They all looked toward Higana on the other side of the deck.
"Wahahaha!"
"I've been interested in this bear you call brutal for a long time."
Higana heard nothing; she just laughed and muttered to herself:
"Let me, Queen Higana, take it on!"
Then she suddenly noticed two reassuring gazes from the other side.
"Huh? I... I was just saying, why are you all staring at me like that!"
You...you guys won't leave me to fight alone, will you?