Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Chapter 58 Bamboo Orchid: I Need You — Taken out of context.

morning.

Yawning, Ze Shu sat in the Sinnoh League's "cafeteria".

He had originally intended to look for Cynthia, but upon learning that she was busy with the Pokémon hunters he had brought the previous night and various other matters, and was not in the Champion's office, Zeki returned empty-handed.

It can only be said that being a champion is a busy responsibility, not just about protecting the region with your strength.

Thinking this, Zeki saw the Bollywood movie starring Carlos champion Karuno playing on the cafeteria's display screen, and couldn't help but question his previous thoughts.

"Ooh~"

Liuwei was engrossed in eating, her pink lips smeared with juice.

On the other side, Paras had already finished creating three pots of tree berries and was about to collect the fourth when Ze Shu suddenly grabbed him: "Still eating? Still eating? Do you want to evolve again?"

Paras flailed in the air, his expression utterly innocent: "Pai, Pai—"

It's just a little Paras, what's wrong with it liking to eat...

Ze Shu shook his head helplessly, then said, "I'll send you back to Miko's today. So... are you feeling better?"

Upon hearing this, Paras beamed with delight: "Pai!"

I can finally go back to Miko's place! And this devil who destroyed my mushrooms actually cares about me?

This made Paras somewhat flattered.

"Now that your body is healed..." But then Ze Shu took out a reagent-like bottle, "Fill this bottle with spores. Give me a lot, I've found your spores to be quite useful."

Paras's eyes widened: "Par...Par..."

Because this bottle is extra large!

……

in the afternoon.

Sinnoh League Training Grounds.

"Buee—!!"

As a beam of icy light suddenly shot out, the Swamp King statue used for testing strength in the training ground was instantly blasted apart, shattering into pieces on the ground.

Amidst the bright, excited gaze of the Ice Six-Tails and the astonished look in Snow Child's eyes, who was earnestly eager to learn.

Glaceon shuffled up to Ze Shu, tilted its head back, and asked for praise, "Eee~"

Ze Shu gently rubbed it, saying, "Our Eevee is just too strong..."

He looked at the Swamp King statue, and this wasn't just a false compliment; it was his genuine feeling. According to the handbook given when he entered the training grounds, even among the Sinnoh Elite Four, there were those who couldn't break this statue…

However, Glaceon's Ice Beam easily shattered it.

This made Ze Shu somewhat doubt the strength of Glaceon. Its level hadn't increased much; it was only level 68 on his system panel, yet its strength was so formidable—

Zeshu still remembers that Liu Bo clearly rated Eevee as being at the level of a typical Gym Leader's main Pokémon.

Does Uncle Liu think a normal museum owner has this level of skill?

But after leaving the Masked Base and truly understanding this world, Zeki always felt that ordinary Gym Leaders simply couldn't mess with his Glaceon.

The two Pokémon hunters, one tall and one thin, whom Sawaki encountered in the Sand Forest, were initially thought to be low-level minions, easily defeated. However, Officer Jenny discovered that they were actually quite formidable among Pokémon hunters.

From that moment on, Ze Shu began to doubt that his understanding of strength was flawed—or rather, that the understanding of strength that Liu Bo had instilled in him was different from the reality of the outside world.

Now that we've tried it, it's true.

No wonder he was so successful in dealing with all sorts of enemies, including Hunter J, along the way.

It turns out his Glaceon is stronger than he thought!

But perhaps, just maybe, the 'icicle slabs' also deserve some credit.

As Glaceon began its trial shooting again, the azure "Ice Pillar Slab" surrounded it, making its Ice Beam noticeably thicker than before. The Quagsire ice sculpture was once again shattered, this time leaving not even a trace.

Ze Shu smiled, and amidst the sound of Komato Koubei sharpening his sword, he began training and instructing the Six-Tails and Yukidouji.

The Six-Tails and Yukidouji took Sawaki's teaching very seriously.

Previously, whether it was the power plant incident or the battle with Sabu, Vulpix and Snow Child could not help Sawaki as the main force, and could only watch Glaceon perform, which made them very disappointed, so they trained very seriously.

Time passed quietly during an afternoon of training.

A sliver of yellow light shone through the glass windows above the training field onto his face, causing Ze Shu to yawn as he prepared to end his training for the day.

But suddenly a voice rang out from the side: "I heard you came looking for me this morning? What's up?"

Turning my head, I saw it was Cynthia, the Sinnoh champion, still wearing that black coat, her blonde hair still dazzling in the slightly yellow sunlight.

Beside her stood a burly Garchomp, staring at the Ice Beam shot from Glaceon, a look of utter astonishment clearly visible on its face.

"Hmm," Ze Shu said, "but thinking about it, it's not that important."

Zhu Lan tilted her head: "What is it?"

Ze Shu hugged the Glaceon that had run back and said, "I learned from Team Galactic that there's a temporary Team Galactic base on Mt. Coronet, and they have a key there. There might be some unspeakable secrets there. Hmm, you know, right? The Valley Power Plant incident was also orchestrated by Team Galactic."

Hearing this, Zhu Lan was stunned: "Is this something unimportant?!"

Ze Shu stopped, saying, "But it's been four days since the power plant was attacked until I arrived here in my spaceship. If the Galactic Team had acted faster, they would have moved on the very first day they received the news, right?"

Zhu Lan remained silent: "Why didn't you say so sooner?"

Ze Shu: "Is it my fault?"

At the time, all I was thinking about was resolving the power plant incident. I didn't care about something as far away as Tianguan Mountain. Besides, the Galaxy Team base didn't have an address, so how could I find it in a short time?

We can only ignore it for now.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Cynthia suddenly said, "Do you know the two people in our ancient Sinnoh legends who were mistakenly referred to as 'Sinnoh Grandmaster'?"

Ze Shu: "I know."

"I've heard... um? You know about it?"

"Who doesn't know Palkia and Dialga?"

"Since you know... I suspect Team Galaxy, that they're trying to create chaos at Lake Heartbeat and Lake Ambition, which I previously stopped, and that their goal is these places! And establishing a temporary base on Mount Tenguan might be related to this..."

Zhu Lan analyzed, "Whether it's Lake Wisdom or the Sinnoh Temple where the two gods appeared in the Sinnoh legend, they are both on Mt. Crown."

To be able to analyze so much in such a short time truly demonstrates the intellect and intuition of a Sinnoh champion, as well as the profound knowledge of a mythologist.

Zeqi: "So?"

Zhu Lan declared firmly, "We must go to Mount Tianguan to investigate! Even if Team Galaxy might withdraw."

Ze Shu: "Us?"

Zhu Lan said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Of course! Investigator Ze Shu, I need you for this."