chsdbacks Chapter 203 Adoption
Chapter 203 Adoption
Chapter 203 Adoption
On television, the news anchor for the midday news in Nyang Kwang City was very emotional:
"This afternoon, a violent explosion occurred at the Yuemeng Company's residence in Niangguang City! Half of the Yuemeng Company's building was severely destroyed. There were only a few victims, and their injuries were not too serious, but the most seriously injured was a man located at the center of the explosion who is currently in a coma."
"We don't know exactly what happened or how the explosion was caused. All we found at the scene was an unconscious Ice Ghost Guardian."
"And the owner of the Qishu Pavilion in Niangguang City was 'checking out' the Yue Meng Company at the scene of the explosion:..."
Snapped!
Qi Shu slapped his cheek in frustration, making it slightly red, before complaining, "Ugh~ after this incident, the viewers in the live stream all gave Qi Shu a nickname, something like 'The Living Yama of Restaurant Exploration'!"
"I didn't expect the commotion to get this big!"
Xiao Lan chimed in, "The internal situation of Yue Meng Company is so dire that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to bomb them seven or eight times over! Besides, it wasn't us who bombed them, but their own 'insiders'."
Qi Shu asked curiously, "What exactly is going on? I don't know yet!"
"Want to know what's going on? Keep reading."
Ze Shu then threw two things to Qi Shu.
"Ugh!" Qi Shu hurriedly caught them, only to find that they were two ordinary red and white spheres, with a little purple mist on the inner walls.
She couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
Zeshu said, "They are two Glowing Slugs. I remember your ace Pokémon is a Froakie, right? You must have experience with this kind of Pokémon, so I'll put them in your care."
"And what you want to know is what happened...: ...Well, you should be able to find out by observing these two little slugs."
Luminous is one of the twelve Pokémon that were infected by Raku Element and rescued by Sawa.
Zeshu certainly can't take care of so many Pokémon on his own, so finding some 'adoptions' for them is a must.
Qishu held the Poké Ball, dazed, and said, "Okay...okay."
She found a spot and released one of the Gym Leaders. As the Electric-type Gym Leader, she immediately noticed that the Gym Leader was acting strangely.
Slug is the "Electric Tadpole Pokémon".
It looks like a tadpole that resembles a light bulb, and it can float in the air by shaking its tail to generate electricity.
But this little lepidopter couldn't float in the air, and even its wagging tail was twitching, so it seemed unable to control its body properly. There was also some abnormal purple tinge on its "light bulb".
The strange tree testified to the divine: "This..."
Ze Shu said, "This should be a side effect of the Laku element."
To be precise, it should be the outward manifestation of the remaining effects of the Raku element after it has been reduced. It's neither the berserk state of being fully equipped with Raku element, nor the normal state of being without Raku element.
Qi Shu murmured, "Laku Element...: Side effects?"
She didn't understand what the word "百" meant.
Ze Shu sighed, "We haven't found a way to purify this Laku element yet, so I need to ask you to take care of this weak and immobile animal."
A spherical creature that cannot fully control its body.
The only solution Zeki could think of was the phrase "Laku Element is the exact opposite of Talebagas"—perhaps finding Talebagas could resolve the hidden injuries of these twelve Pokémon.
Before that, Zeki himself was really too distracted to take care of the twelve Pokémon affected by the Raku element; he could only take care of one or two at most.
"However, be careful, perhaps due to the influence of the Laku element, this light scorpion is more powerful than usual."
Qi Shu silently hummed in agreement before saying, "This glowing slug has even more electricity than the ordinary glowing slugs."
Ze Shu nodded knowingly:
"It seems that this Laku element not only has side effects, but also has positive enhancements for Pokémon. Perhaps after they are purified and restored to normal, they will be even stronger than ordinary Pokémon."
Qishu: "I will take good care of it!"
Suddenly, Xijiana shouted from the side, "What about me? What about me? I can help take care of things too! You and Xiaolan sneaked into the company to do such impressive things without telling me! Now it's my turn to participate! I'm part of it too, okay!"
"I finally understand! Zeki, you made me a guest on Qishu's show just to get rid of me, didn't you!"
Ze Shu glanced at her and said, "You only just realized that now? Hmm, Xi Jiana's gotten smart."
"Infiltrating with Higanbana is just a side effect, isn't it?"
Higanbana glared at him angrily: "You!!!"
Ze Shu asked, "As for what you want to take care of, well, what can you take care of?"
Faced with Ze Shu's doubts.
"Ugh!" Higana puffed up her cheeks in anger, still feeling resentful. She raised her hand and released her Salamence, poking its goofy face and saying repeatedly, "Look, look—"
"That chubby face, that strong and agile body, and this, this...."
Higana stopped talking after a couple of sentences, not because she hadn't raised the Salamence well, but because she couldn't think of enough things to praise it for in a short time.
"Salamander, you... tell me yourself, what else about you has I kept you well?"
The Salamence looked at him with disgust: "Huh?"
You want me to think about it?
Xiao Lan joked, "And there's another brain that's not very smart either."
Higanbana: "Ugh!!!"
She snorted and said nonchalantly, "Whatever! Anyway, look how well I've raised the Salamence! I'd have no problem raising it."
Zeshu, please don't despise me! I'm absolutely capable of taking care of you!
Ze Shu said innocently, "I didn't look down on you, nor did I doubt your abilities. I just asked you what Pokémon you could take care of. I was asking sincerely, why are you reacting so strongly?"
"I'd rather you take care of it; after all, it'll be right under my nose."
Higana was shocked: "?!"
So, she misunderstood?!
Could it be, as Xiao Lan said, that she's really not that smart? That can't be!
"Dragon, dragon-type!" Higana said, forcing a smile. "Maybe I'm really not smart. Just give me one to take care of."
"Here you are."
Ze Shu knew that Xi Jiana would say that, so he threw three red and white balls at her in advance.
Higanbana: "Three...three?!"
Zeshu said, "Three 'identical' dragon Pokémon."
Higanbana, still somewhat skeptical, released all three Pokémon.
Upon seeing their appearance, her eyes widened in confusion.
"Three...different colored ribbonfish sushi? This...this is a Dragon Pokémon?"
As Higanbana said, these three Pokémon are like sushi balls, with three small fish of different colors "tied" on top of each sushi ball, and white rice balls underneath.
Orange, yellow, and vermilion.
"They're called Millipods. That rice-like clump underneath is their air sac," Ze Shu said at the right moment. "Just in case you don't recognize this Pokémon, I'm mentioning it to you."
Higana immediately puffed up her cheeks in anger: "Who doesn't know me! Don't doubt my 'knowledge'!"
She emphasized the word "knowledge" very much.
But she had just realized that she wasn't smart.
Ze Shu said, "Okay, okay, you know him."
Higana gave a soft hum, then turned to look at Mi Lilong again, saying, "These... these rice... rice..."
Ze Shu reminded him, "Mi Lilong."
Higana blushed: "Yes! Mililong doesn't seem to be feeling very well..."
The three Milion dragons all had slightly red and swollen foreheads, and their tails were arranged in three different ways: one was upturned, one was flat, and one was drooping. They all looked like they were about to die at any moment, and they didn't seem very smart.
Xiao Lan said, "Miriam is an extremely cunning and treacherous 'Mimic Pokémon.' It will disguise itself as not being very smart and team up with other Pokémon to attack its prey. For example, Groudon is one of its frequent partners."
Ze Shu said, "But now, due to the influence of the Laku element, these three Mili Dragons are truly 'not smart' anymore. It's actually quite suitable for you, Xijiana, to take care of them."
Higana poked the yellow Milion's head, finding it soft and squishy: "Okay! Let me take care of them!"
Ze Shu took out half a wooden bucket and put the three 'sushi' pieces inside: "Here, take care of them like this, so they don't move around."
Kiju exclaimed, "It looks even more like sushi now!"
In the darkness, the albino Doberman sat upright on the ground. If someone recognized it, they would be surprised to find that it was Zygarde's 10% form, a different color.
Beside it, a white-haired man asked another man who appeared to be a butler:
"Humbert, how is it?"
Humbert paused for a moment before saying, "Mr. Gibing, the situation is not good."
"Our laboratory for testing Lakollite was destroyed in the explosion, and all data from that period was lost without backup. More importantly, the Lakollite sample itself vanished without a trace."
"These are the only few we have left."
Ji Bing remained silent.
And Humbert continued:
"As for Spinner, he was unconscious. According to my analysis, he was swiftly and decisively killed without any fighting, and then suffered severe injuries from the Coral's explosion."
"Coral has also been captured and will likely be interrogated."
"But based on the information Coral knows, it's no big deal for our exploration team."
"All of this must have been caused by that trainer who piloted Articuno... He's really something. I'll investigate his background thoroughly, hoping it will be of some use."
"The only good news amidst this misfortune is that 'important data was destroyed in the explosion, and we can no longer obtain it. Therefore, the Alliance will also be unable to find out. The Coral explosion has also completely destroyed our 'evidence' of wrongdoing at YueMeng Company."
"This might be the only positive effect she achieved."
"And the only evidence that could be used to prove our guilt is that the Pokémon used in the experiments were mentally confused and did not appear abnormal. Therefore, it cannot be used as evidence that the League arrested us."
"Mr. Ji Bing, what should we do next?"
Ji Bing subconsciously rubbed the Shining Zygarde beside him and sighed:
"Since the alliance has no evidence, we will proceed as usual. YueMeng Company will continue its 'post-disaster operations' as normal and strive to prove our innocence to the alliance."
"evidence?"
Facing the Padia Champion, Yaji, who rushed over from the other side of Padia just three hours after the incident, Sawaki looked at the Pokémon around him affected by the Laku Element and said, "How come there aren't any?"
He also said with a kind smile, "As the champion, you must act fairly. Mr. Zeshu, you may be able to act without evidence, but we... it's difficult for the League to make a judgment based solely on these Pokémon that don't appear abnormal..."
"Just now, Yuemeng Company requested 'disaster relief funds' from the Alliance and demanded that the Alliance thoroughly investigate the culprits who bombed their company!"
Ze Shu smiled and said, "Who said there's only this much evidence?"
"To legitimize the infiltration operation, we have body cameras, and the entire process is recorded."
"The evidence that would have been enough to destroy Yuemeng Company is also in there."
Xiao Lan handed over a storage chip at just the right moment.
Ye Ci paused for a moment, then inserted the chip into the Rotom phone to play it.
When the video showed the specific situation in the laboratory that Ze Shu had seen, Ye Ci's brows furrowed immediately, and she exuded a cold and stern aura. This remained until the video finished playing before she solemnly said to Ze Shu, "I understand about this matter—"
"Yue Meng Company will absolutely face sanctions from the Padia Alliance from top to bottom, inside and out!"
Ze Shu smiled and said, "I'll be waiting for your good news."
Ye Ci nodded and said, "Wait for my good news."
She acted swiftly and decisively, grabbing the storage chip and jumping off the "temporary base"—Sawaki's spaceship—without relying on any flying Pokémon, leaving Kiju stunned.
The advantage of a league having capable leaders, strong champions, and competent presidents is this: as long as the evidence is handed over to the league, there's no need to worry about the rest.
Thinking of this, Zeki couldn't help but feel speechless once again at the chaos of the Kanto Alliance.
"This is the first time I've ever seen President Yaji so angry!" Kiju muttered to himself.
"Normally, she always had a 'warm and welcoming' smile on her face, making us work for free and 'exploiting' us like crazy!"
And this time.
Yeci's voice came from Rotom's phone, which had remained in the same spot:
"Qishi, you're coming too. You'll naturally have to participate in taking action against Yue Meng Company in Niangguang City."
Strange Tree: !!!
She froze as if solidified into a fossil by resin, unsure whether Ci had heard her complaints. After a long pause, she finally said:
"well!"
"And while you're at it, bring me my Rotom phone with its excellent radio reception."
"Hmm...okay!"
Kiki left in a nervous and hurried manner. Having spoken ill of Yaji, she was afraid that Yaji would make things difficult for her and that she would end up like Aoki. Sawaki learned that Aoki's situation was a taboo topic that the other lords of Padia were afraid to discuss.
"throat."
Ze Shu shook his head with amusement.
He then poked the miniature Fu and Salt Stone Treasure at his feet.
During the handover with Yeci, he handed over some of his remaining Pokémon to Yeci, meaning they were entrusted to the League for care, while he personally kept only these two Pokémon to look after.
Fortunately, Minifox can produce olive oil, and Saltstone can provide "cleaning salt," making them great living Pokémon.
Moreover, these two little ones have great personalities, but they are affected by the Laku element and walk a bit unsteadily, somewhat like Spinny.
His body was also somewhat out of control, and the salt stone treasure often slammed and smashed left and right, leaving chunks of salt on the ground from the impact of the spaceship's deck.
Seeing their condition, Ze Shu sighed. "After this, perhaps we'll have to go check out Sector Zero. Coincidentally, the doctors said their 'barriers' are almost complete, and we can enter now."
He remembered that the Talebages, which could purify the Pokémon affected by the Raku element, was hidden deep within the Zero Zone.