The Newcomer's Own Fear

Chapter 77 The Newcomer's Fear (4k)

The night is already deep.

However, Ze Shu could notice that there were still quite a few Alliance members moving around in secluded corners around the Wise Lake.

And "Wake up."

Ze Shu patted the drowsy Xiao Song.

She was still at the spot where Ze Shu had just met her, diligently guarding Wisdom Lake.

"Hmm—" Xiaosong opened her eyes blankly, "Zawaki, Investigator Zawaki—"

Ze Shu smiled and said, "You won't have to work so hard guarding this Wise Lake anymore. You can go back and rest earlier."

Team Galactic's primary objective in spying on the "Three Great Lakes"—the Claw of Uxie—has already been obtained. After that, even if Team Galactic were to dig out the Uxie body buried beneath the Lake of Wisdom, they would not be able to extract the materials needed to make the true Red Chain.

Xiao Song, still dazed after being woken up, asked, "What—"

"Where's the Galaxy member I captured?" Ze Shu simply said, "I've come to find him."

"Oh, oh." Xiao Song suddenly realized, pointing to the area under the Snow King, "Here—as the Snow King's chubby body slowly stood up, what appeared below it was the Galaxy Team member who was almost flattened."

How much does Abomasnow weigh? The most normal weight listed in the Pokédex is 135kg! But this Abomasnow from Xiaosong is even larger than a normal Abomasnow...

Even so, this Galaxy member was not on the verge of death. Instead, he stared at the sky with his eyes wide open, his body occasionally twitching and stiffening. At least he was still quite energetic. After leaving the Blizzard Queen, he straightened his body and then passed out.

It's okay, as long as you're not dead.

"It's alright," Ze Shu said, casually pulling the Galaxy team member up with him. "I'll be going now."

But as he walked, he seemed to remember something and turned back to ask, "Is Master Xiaosong still willing to accept challenges?"

Xiao Song asked in confusion, "What?"

Zeshu said, "Gym Challenger."

Xiao Song: "You?! Investigator?!"

When she heard that the investigators were going to challenge her dojo, her heart jumped and she panicked.

Don't underestimate her just because she's a new club owner; she still gets inside information from various senior members!

Some investigators actually have the duties of "dojo inspectors." If they find that you, as the dojo master, have neglected your duties, just one report will set in motion a nightmare of rectification, further training, and memorizing all sorts of rules and regulations for the dojo master.

The new owner of the museum, Xiao Song, shivered.

Could it be that her performance recently has been unsatisfactory in the eyes of the league?

So, this is really the league testing her because they think her "performance" is bad?

Xiao Song stared wide-eyed at Ze Shu, her mouth agape as if fighting amongst herself: "I...I...I..."

Seeing Xiaosong looking so nervous, Zeshu was a little puzzled.

"That's true, it's too late tonight." Then he looked at the pitch-black sky and dragged the Galaxy team members outside. "Master Xiaosong, I was just saying it casually, don't mind it."

Hearing these words, Xiao Song was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

But her sensitive little ears overheard the investigator muttering to himself as he walked away, "I was stupid too. Who would accept a challenge this late at night? A challenge should be given during the day."

Xiao Song: "?!"

The hope she had raised finally died.

I'm completely unable to sleep tonight.

The spaceship is parked on the outskirts of Xuefeng City.

Boom!

Psyduck, clutching its head, and Leymede, perched on the ground, appeared on the deck.

"Let's get to know each other; you'll be working together in the future."

"Huh?"

"Yi Yi Yang and Psyduck stared at each other, their eyes wide open, and froze for a moment."

In the end, it was the Six-Tailed Fox that joined in, pawing at each of them until they were on the same side—on the side being pawed by the Six-Tailed Fox.

the other side.

At the very bottom of the spaceship, in a corner, lies the spaceship's "prison."

It was a room that Zeki had just discovered not long ago. It was a room locked with four iron bars, and it seemed to be where Hunter J imprisoned the Pokémon he had captured.

The site was not cleaned up much.

There was a sturdy iron mesh made of some unknown alloy, crooked and twisted, probably formed by some huge Pokémon resisting and crashing into it; underneath, there were also many fragments of Pokémon fur and keratin, which may have been left behind by their struggle.

There were also many devices used to restrain Pokémon scattered around the wall.

Although this place may have been used to imprison many Pokémon, it has now been transformed by Sawa into a prison for criminals.

Using a device that restrains Pokémon to restrain people is even more powerful.

Many of the props are almost broken, and we'll have to buy them all again to reuse them.

The cold water, specially frozen by the Snow Fairy, was ironically splashed onto the Galactic Team members.

"Meow-a ...

He screamed instantly, his pupils shrinking to tiny sizes in panic, and his mouth instinctively shouting:

"I'll tell you everything, I'll tell you everything, please don't kill me, I don't want to sink to the bottom of the lake!"—Sawaki, who was studying the torture instruments left behind by Hunter J, said, ".—"

I didn't expect this person to be so soft-hearted.

"I ask, you answer."

"I will speak my mind without reservation."

To the west of Baidai Forest is the Totoro Steel Plant.

This used to be an abandoned factory, but now Team Galactic has put it back into operation.

The Galactic team members, dressed in researcher's attire, were doing the work of engineers. Various precious metals were refined and compressed, and finally transported on conveyor belts to their final destination: around a meteorite, to be used as materials to form the red chains.

Chi Ri stood there, expressionless.

Jupiter beside him tattled, "Boss Crimson Sun, your strategy was clearly to steadily manufacture these red chains! But that guy Sachi keeps disobeying your orders and causing all sorts of trouble within the Galactic Team..."

"I also heard that she's recently set her sights on Heart Lake, the last mission for the Huoxing team! That's the most heavily guarded place in the Alliance right now! That guy Sachi will wipe out the last remaining members of our Galaxy team!"

"Boss Red Sun, aren't you going to do anything about this?"

Jupiter looked indignant.

But Chi Ri remained expressionless: "Ignore it."

His eyes were fixed on the Veil meteorite, which his Galactic team considered their 'only hope'.

Spaceship, prison.

"A new executive has emerged within Team Galactic? And he's quite active, constantly recruiting people throughout the team?"

It seems they're not following the Red Sun's strategy of seeking stability and are instead planning a major undertaking? Have they already won over the vast majority of Team Galactic's members?

"Isn't your boss going to do anything about this?"

"I heard that the other officers have opposed her to the boss many times, but the boss didn't care." The Galaxy member trembled, but spoke frankly. "She seems to have the boss's deep trust, and I also heard that she has an incredibly powerful Pokémon by her side."

Unfortunately, he was just a nobody in Team Galactic and didn't really know much.

However, this did not prevent Zeki from learning about the latest situation within Team Galaxy.

Sachi did indeed appear.

"As for why Akari lets her develop like this?" Ze Shu narrowed his eyes, "There's only one possibility..."

He hasn't given up on his ambitions for the Three Great Lakes, to put it another way—

"Ha." He chuckled. "Chi Ri, you're really conflicted."

"Then it seems I'd better hurry."

"Sachi is targeting either Xinqi Lake or Lizhi Lake. I shouldn't stay in Xuefeng City any longer."

Feeling the Ice-type Eevee yawn while nestled in my arms: "Eee~"

Zeshu then realized that it was already very late.

"Alright." Ze Shu stood up, smiling as he patted the Galaxy team member on the shoulder. "You did a good job, and you have few charges."

The league will reduce your sentence. But don't go hanging out with the Galaxy after you get out.

"Honestly, sometimes I don't understand why people would join Team Galactic. Team Galactic isn't going to give you legendary Pokémon."

In the early morning, the sunlight streamed down.

Spaceship, room, Ze Shu opens his eyes.

It was another morning surrounded by Pokémon, but this time, the one nestled on his chest was Froslass, rising and falling quietly with his breath.

You can feel Glaceon rubbing against your cheek unconsciously in its sleep, while Vulpix is ​​sprawled out on the side, fast asleep.

Zeshu opened his eyes and could see many photos hanging on the opposite side—a group photo of him winning the Black Gold Mine Cup in Black Gold City with the miners, a group photo of him in the Sand Forest with the Bubble Squirrel and the others, and some snapshots of his Pokémon's daily life.

"If only there wasn't Team Galactic..." Sawaki murmured, "Then we could go wherever we wanted."

Relax whenever you want.

But this is not possible.

We can't stop.

Not only Team Galactic, but also Team Aqua and Team Magma, the "environmental protection organizations" of the neighboring Hoenn region, are still active; Team Rocket in the Kanto region is still trying to conquer the world; and even further away, there is Team Flare, the "human extermination plan".

At the very least, right next door, there's the Masked Army; Uncle Liu wants to revive his "lover."

The Pokémon world is teeming with talented individuals!

To be honest, thinking about all this gives Ze Shu a headache—he doesn't know why such an evil organization would appear in such an affluent Pokémon world.

After much thought, I still find the so-called "evil organization" Celestial Team from Padia more pleasing to the eye. Even the AI ​​doctor is quite handsome.

Fortunately, he couldn't possibly bear the brunt of all these evil organizations by himself, could he?

"Ugh."

After shaking the Pokémon beside him awake and washing up, Ze Shu went up to the deck.

The two early-rising crew members could already be seen staring at each other.

The three feathers on Psyduck's head twitched: "Quack?"

Li Yang didn't want to pay attention to this idiot: "Yi Yi"

It hopped and skipped to the edge of the deck, propped itself up on the deck edge, and looked down at the different scenery with sparkling eyes.

Despite being surrounded by snow around Tianguan Mountain, Li Yang always manages to discover many beautiful details.

It intends to be a sheep that isn't so superficial.

It enjoys traveling around the world with this spaceship and seeing the scenery of the entire world.

"Huh?"

It's just that silly duck that followed us is a bit annoying.

"Ooh!"

And this fox that keeps poking at it every day is also getting a bit annoying.

Ze Shu set up a simple wooden table in the center of the spaceship deck and ate his breakfast.

There's a new reply to the message I sent to Zhulan late last night on my phone.

[Zhu Lan: Okay. I will personally guard Lizhi Lake and look forward to your arrival.]

[Zhu Lan: This trip must have been tough.]

Seeing this, Ze Shu smiled. Seeing that Liuwei was bullying Li Yang again, he called out, "Lieutenant Liuwei!"

The spaceship is about to launch; aren't you going to take command yourself?

"Ooming!"

As expected, the Six-Tails stopped scratching and happily pounced on Sawaki.

Hōrō Izawa planned to directly obtain the materials for crafting the Red Chain from Emrito.

The spaceship left Snowpeak City and headed straight for Masago Town, southwest of Sinnoh.

The scenery below began to flow slowly, and Li Yang, who was propped up on the deck, had an incredibly bright look in his eyes: "It can enjoy the scenery here all day!"

But some people also stared at the ceiling all day.

Xiao Song stared blankly at the ceiling with her eyes, which already had some dark circles.

Ever since she learned last night that Investigator Ze Shu said he was coming to "test" her, she had spent the whole night anticipating all sorts of questions the investigator might ask, as well as all sorts of terrible rectification regulations that would come if the investigator found her "negligent".

She even anticipated how she would compromise if the investigator said, "Gym Leader Kosuke, you don't want your gym to be shut down for rectification, do you?"

With these worries in her heart, she didn't dare to sleep all night!

But...

Xiao Song's listless eyes turned to the dojo gate that was welcoming challengers:

"Why hasn't the investigator arrived yet? — Could it be that my performance last night was a failure in the investigator's eyes? —"

Zhensha Town.

At this moment, Masago Town seemed incredibly strange.

Even during the day, Sand Town is as quiet as night, with Sand Lab, Staraptor Doll Shop, and Pokémon School all in one place.

On the west side, the usually calm waters of Xinqi Lake were eerily still at this moment.

The Alliance personnel stationed there all fell to the ground, sprawled out, their bodies struggling and twitching unnaturally. Some even twitched so hard that they created small puddles in the soil beneath them.

"Hahahaha—this is the power of nightmares! The power of Darkrai!"

Sachi stood in the center, and beside her, a nightmarish, jet-black Pokémon floated and swayed.

"If you had my power, how could you have ended up like this by that investigator?" Her ego swelled, and she mocked the armored man beside her. "If that investigator came here, he would be trapped in a nightmare just like these people, unable to escape."

"Hmph!"

Hunter J, clad in armor, merely snorted.

Because she also had to admit that the Pokémon around Sachi were ridiculously strong.

She moved her numb legs, suppressing her hatred, and said:

"How can you be so sure that the investigator will come to Xinqi Lake? That he would just happen to be here?"

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"Your nightmares mean that the situation here must not be allowed to get out."

"I'm not sure," Sachi said.

"But if that investigator is truly hated by Boss Red Sun that much, and his actions are so extraordinary, then he could definitely be here, for whatever reason."

"And if he didn't show up here, it means—'that investigator is just a figurehead; those so-called achievements? Just luck!'"

"Then I can completely advise Boss Red Sun not to be so suspicious, because I, Lord Sachi, will be returning to Team Galactic and will lead Team Galactic to another peak!"

"No longer fixated on the so-called 'new world's' pinnacle!"

"We, Team Galaxy, will bring nightmares to the whole world!"

After infiltrating the Rockets and witnessing the true scale of "Boss Sakaki," Sachs also harbored his own ambitions.