Mad Fire?

The Masked Base is located in a secluded corner next to the Shuo Forest in the Chengdu area, near the sea to the south of Chengdu. This forest is so dense and lush that it blocks out the sun, making it as dark as night even during the day.

But a small, golden flame gradually lit up where the eyes of Ze Shu's pale mask were.

This allowed him to see many details within the shimmering forest.

This is a special ability that Zeki developed after arriving in the Pokémon world, which may be somewhat similar to the superpowers and Viridian Power of this world.

When he first used this ability, a name came to mind.

—Mad Fire.

Perhaps it was because he was fighting in the magic ring before he transmigrated... that was roughly the mad fire in the broken borderland that Ze Shu remembered, wanting to destroy everything.

This gave him the potential to become a "humanoid Pokémon".

Besides.

There's another system.

Perhaps this system could be called the "Do Good Deeds System".

The function is very simple.

In addition to being able to view Pokémon status using the game panel that Zeju remembers and understand Pokémon language.

It can accumulate the good deeds that Ze Shu does, and for each good deed, it can bring Ze Shu a little "reward" from the void, just like opening a treasure chest.

Whether it's a unique item related to Pokémon or a Pokémon-owned item, Sawaki wasn't entirely sure.

After all, within this masked army, the number of times he did good deeds was extremely limited.

The only good thing he could consistently do was—

Stop training.

Yes, lazy training, slowing down his progress. That's doing a good deed for the world.

In this way, he can receive rewards from time to time.

but.

Ze Shu did not stop training.

Since we're already deeply involved with an evil organization, it's more important to strengthen ourselves than to pin our hopes on that uncertain reward.

He doesn't do things that put the cart before the horse.

Moreover, slacking off during training will result in severe punishment from Uncle Liu...

This fiery ability made Uncle Liu have high hopes for Ze Shu, so he tried his best to help him grow faster!

Compared to the other three "masked children" who are still training, his training intensity is doubled!

However, this also greatly improved Zeki's combat skills, and his understanding of Pokémon gradually deepened under this oppressive "teaching".

In the real world of Pokémon, it's not as simple as using just one move in the game, and there's no limit to four moves.

Trying to use "Poison Replacement", "71 Reckless Action", and "Spreading Nails and Blowing Away" as a matter of course is extremely difficult.

With occasional guidance from Luffy, the "ceiling of Ice-type trainers," Glaceon was evaluated by him as having reached the level of a normal Gym Leader's main Pokémon in just two years.

The Gym Leader's main Pokémon, which bear the responsibility of protecting the city, are quite powerful.

As for why the qualifier "normal curator" is added:

Of course, among the hall masters, some are ridiculously weak, while others are ridiculously strong...

While pondering in his heart, he did not slow his pace.

Ze Shu gradually walked from his relatively secluded hut to the center of the Masked Base.

Ice Eevee, shaking its brown Eevee plushie, followed silently and closely at Ze Shu's feet.

The entire surface of the Masked Base is shrouded in a protective barrier erected by Psychic Pokémon. Forcibly breaking through it with an ability would likely attract the attention of the entire Masked Base.

At the Masked Base stood several square buildings, which were the dormitories for ordinary Masked soldiers within the Masked Legion. Several large beams of light hovered and shot from the rooftops, used for patrol and defense.

The alarm will be sounded once anyone is detected moving or fleeing.

Escaping will be quite difficult.

Fortunately.

Ze Shu had been preparing for this moment for a long time.

His gaze fell upon a tree to the side, where a small green bird perched on a low branch. Its wings were adorned with mysterious patterns, and its tiny, yellow beak, the size of a rice bean, bobbed up and down as if it were about to fall asleep.

Natural bird.

The psychic-type flying bird is the Pokémon of Ichiju, one of the "Masked Children" along with Sawaki. It serves as a "surveillance" unit here.

Upon seeing Ze Shu finally arrive, its eyes revealed a resentful glint. It hopped a few times on the branches, raised its head, and let out a small, clear chirp.

Chirp—

immediately.

Snap, snap, snap, snap—

The beams of light that had been sweeping across the ground from the high-rise buildings suddenly vanished, accompanied by shouts from members of the Masked Legion using spotlights: "What's going on... another power outage?!"

"Buyi—!"

In the darkness, Glaceon gave a warning.

Let's go!

Ze Shu's fiery eyes swept across the area, his steps unwavering as he headed straight for a certain direction within the Masked Base. Passing an intersection, he grabbed a hidden figure and continued forward.

……

……

ka ka ka-

As the spotlights on the rooftop came on again and began scanning the ground and the surroundings, the members of the Masked Legion, now that the power had been restored, had few doubts.

After all, there have been countless power outages in the past month without any incidents.

This was just a normal, everyday power outage.

at this time.

The underground passage of the masquerade base.

"Huff, huff..." The slender figure, also wearing a white mask, propped herself up on her knees, panting. Despite this, her voice trembled with disbelief, "Ze Shu, we... we did it! We've made it through the hardest part!"

"Um."

Ze Shu responded and looked around at his surroundings.

This underground passage was not filthy and smelly like a sewer; on the contrary, it was relatively clean, with its hexagonal mud walls gleaming white.

The only way to leave discreetly without alerting anyone is through this underground passage that serves as an "emergency exit".

Although getting here was somewhat troublesome, and the situation inside was too complicated for him to investigate thoroughly.

"Little Blue, let's go. The sooner we leave, the better. We don't know much about this place."

As he spoke, he lifted his leg and walked inside first.

The Masked Legion's "Children of the Mask" operate in pairs. Ze Shu is the fifth "Child of the Mask," and his partner is Xiao Lan, who is known as the "Evolved One."

As for Silver, who should have been the "Sixth Masked Child," it seems he wasn't captured by Ho-Oh and didn't have to endure five years of "imprisonment."

Ze Shu was very envious.

"etc!"

Little Blue called out from behind, "Before we run away, let's take off this mask! Let's remove this shackle that's been on our faces all this time!"

"that's all……"

After saying that, she reached up with both hands and struggled to remove the masked army mask from her face.

Her fair face was revealed, her cheeks flushed, whether from excitement or from running so fast earlier, it was hard to tell.

She looked at Ze Shu with an expectant expression.

"I haven't even seen Zeqi's face yet..."

Ze Shu was stunned for a moment.

He then wiped his face and removed the mask.

"Hmm!" Xiao Lan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she took a few steps to Ze Shu. Her slender, smooth fingers climbed up his cheek and touched it with some curiosity.

Even the Glaceon that had been following closely behind Zeju could only be helplessly pushed aside.

"So this is what your face looks like, Ze Shu! It's even more handsome than I imagined!" Xiao Lan said with a smile, her eyes crinkling.

"..."

Feeling uncomfortable being touched like that, Ze Shu tilted his head back and said with a straight face, "Let's go!"

He felt that the expression on Xiao Lan's face when she touched him was very similar to the expression of enjoyment he had when he rubbed Ice Eevee not long ago.

"Hehe..." Xiao Lan laughed without any restraint, and took out a Poké Ball. "Ze Shu, Ze Shu, after we go out, could you... become my Pokémon? I'll take you on an adventure!"

"don't want!"

Ze Shu kept a straight face, refusing to let Xiao Lan touch him any further, and walked out first.

"Hey... Zeki, please think about it, don't be angry..."

Xiao Lan pretended to be disappointed, put away the Poké Ball, and chased after Ze Shu's retreating figure.