The Golden Finger That Allows You to Walk Through Walls! Open it for me!

Chapter 355 The Golden Finger That Allows You to Walk Through Walls! Open it for me!

Bai Zhou's wonderful lunch break plan has been completely ruined.

The mission prompt from Xiao A has confirmed that Team Rainbow Rocket has indeed taken action, and their actions may be even faster than he expected.

He cannot sit idly by and wait for his doom; he must seize the initiative.

The key is to quickly obtain information about the stone tablet, and even to take control of the stone tablet itself.

He located the special communicator in the system space and dialed it.

It was answered almost instantly.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely noisy background sound came through the receiver, mixed with familiar arguing.

"Hey! My communicator's ringing! It's the boss's personal communicator! Musashi, answer it right away!"

"Okay, okay! Don't rush me! The food carts here are almost overwhelmed! The heat of this stir-fried noodle dish is very important!"

"Stop arguing, all of you! I've connected the communication, meow! Can Boss hear meow?! Oh no, Boss heard everything we were saying, meow!"

In the background noise, you can faintly hear shouts like "Boss, another one!" and "Pay up, pay up!" It's just like the scene at a bustling food stall.

Bai Zhou silently moved the communicator a little further away and waited for a while before the noise on the other end subsided somewhat.

"Reporting, Boss! This is your loyal subordinate, Meow Meow! Please, please give me instructions, Meow!"

The meowing sounded a little breathless and somewhat guilty.

"Forehead----"

Bai Zhou organized his thoughts, then asked with a hint of helplessness, "Meow Meow, tell me the truth, are the three of you setting up a stall right now?"

Judging from the background noise, this trio isn't on any mission at all; they're clearly starting a restaurant business in the bustling city!

Silence fell instantly on the other end of the communicator.

A few seconds later, a panicked scream came from the cat.

"Meow--!!!"

"As expected of the Boss! He guessed it right away, meow!"

"We...we're doing this as a strategic disguise to raise funds for our event, meow!"

Bai Zhou could already picture the trio on the other side sweating profusely.

It seems there's no hope of clarifying things directly using a communicator; he'll have to make the trip in person.

Send me the address.

Bai Zhou's words were concise and to the point.

"I'm coming over now."

After saying that, he hung up the call without waiting for a response from the other end.

A corner of a bustling commercial street in Fenglai City.

Beside a brightly decorated mobile food truck, Meow Meow is holding a communicator, and the whole cat is frozen in place.

"Oh no, I'm doomed, meow! What do I do, meow! The boss is coming to find me in person, meow!"

"If the boss sees us like this, he'll definitely think we're not doing our jobs properly!"

It mechanically turned its head to look at Musashi and Kojiro, who were equally stunned.

"You idiot, Meow! What are you standing there for! This isn't the time to talk about this!"

While handing out fresh-cut berry platters to the customers in line, Musashi turned and hissed at Meowth, in a moment of urgency.

I even gave it a flick on the forehead.

"Quickly send our current location to the boss! Otherwise, if the boss can't find us, we're really doomed!"

Meow Meow, in pain, snapped out of her daze and frantically began operating the communicator to send location information.

Kojiro, who was standing nearby, reacted quickly and immediately put up a "Temporarily Closed" sign.

Then he repeatedly bowed and apologized to the customers who were still queuing and looking dissatisfied, his face full of a business smile, and he finally managed to disperse the crowd after much persuasion.

When Bai Zhou finally found them by taking a leisurely stroll based on the location, this was the scene he saw.

The food cart was fairly clean, but it was obvious that they had just finished packing up in a hurry.

Under the parasol, Musashi, Kojiro, and Meowth were sprawled on chairs, wearing sunglasses, sleeping peacefully.

Musashi even let out a slight snore.

Bai Zhou: "————"

He walked over to the recliner and gently patted its head.

"Meow, wake up."

"Mmm...so sleepy, meow...business was so good today, meow...let meow sleep a little longer, meow..."

Meow meowed sleepily, rolled over, and buried her face in her paws.

Bai Zhou raised an eyebrow, bent down, and whispered in Miao Miao's ear, "The Boss is here."

"Zzz——BsBs?!!"

Meow's ears suddenly perked up, and the whole cat sprang up from the chair, instantly standing at attention, all sleepiness gone!

Upon seeing the smiling white boat before it, it immediately realized what had happened.

In a panic, it slashed at Musashi and Kojiro, who were still fast asleep on either side of it!

"Get up, you two idiots! The boss is here, meow!!!"

"Ouch! What are you doing! That hurts so much! My sweet dream—"

Musashi covered his reddened cheek and complained sleepily.

But when she saw who it was, she jumped up instantly, almost tipping the recliner over.

"B, Boss! Good morning! No, good afternoon!"

"We are so sorry, Boss! It's a serious oversight on our part! We didn't even greet you in advance!"

Kojiro bowed deeply at a 90-degree angle, his forehead almost touching his knees, his voice filled with fear.

"Alright, alright, don't be nervous."

Bai Zhou looked at the three clowns in front of him and waved his hand helplessly.

He dragged a small stool over from the side, sat down by himself, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Hey—I remember before, didn't Sakaki promote all three of you to executive positions?"

"Their salaries and funding should have been increased; they shouldn't be so destitute that they need to work odd jobs and set up stalls to make a living, right?"

Upon hearing this, Musashi, Kojiro, and Meowth were taken aback, and their eyes visibly reddened.

The next second, tears welled up in my eyes!

"Boss—!!!"

"You're so kind to us!!! You're even thinking about how we're treated!"

Kojiro's voice choked with emotion, filled with gratitude for the care he received.

"We have no way to repay you in this life, we will definitely go through fire and water for you, sob sob sob————"

Musashi was even more agitated, and opened his arms as if to rush forward and hug his leg.

Shirashu reacted extremely quickly, anticipating Musashi's movements before Kojiro could finish speaking, and nimbly dodged the "enthusiastic embrace" with a sidestep.

He didn't want a suspicious mixture of snot and tears on his brand-new trousers.

"Meow, you tell us."

Bai Zhou decisively handed over the right of interpretation to Miao Miao, who seemed relatively calmer.

"Okay, okay, meow!"

Meow Meow tried to calm her agitated emotions, hastily wiping away her tears with her paws, and puffed out her chest to report to her superior: "We received orders from Boss Sakaki that we must maintain organizational silence before contacting you, so as not to expose our whereabouts, Meow!"

Shirashu nodded; this was in line with Sakaki's cautious style.

But—what does this have to do with setting up a street stall?

The cat licked its paws.

"So our activity funds are temporarily frozen, meow! We can only rely on our own abilities to earn our daily expenses and—and realize our dreams, meow!"

"dream?"

Bai Zhou captured the key words.

"That's right, meow! It's to repay your kindness, Boss!"

Meow Meow wanted to come closer too, but this time Bai Zhou didn't dodge.

Instead, he reached out and gently stroked its fluffy head.

This petting had a jolt; the cat was put on pause and entered a blissful fantasy.

He instantly forgot all the words he had just prepared, squinted his eyes, made gurgling sounds in his throat, and kept laughing like an idiot.

"Meow! You spineless coward! Ugh—I'm so envious!!!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Musashi was consumed by jealousy and flew into a rage.

She was about to rush over and drag Meow Meow away from Shiraishu when she was stopped by Kojiro, who was a little calmer.

Kojiro stepped forward, his eyes gleaming with an almost divine, fanatical light.

"Thanks to your promotion and trust, Boss, the three of us have temporarily become the chief coordinators for the Wind City operation! To repay your immense kindness, we have decided..."

He took a deep breath.

"I want to present you, Boss, with a one-of-a-kind, super-sized Meow Meow combat mech!!!"

Kojiro sniffed, his tone suddenly becoming somewhat shy and embarrassed, and his voice lowered.

"but----"

"Currently, due to a severe shortage of independent research and development funding, the mecha is still at the stage of blueprints and partial parts procurement —"

So, we're working hard to earn money —

Bai Zhou: ".

His lips twitched uncontrollably.

So, these three people were so "miserable" that they had to set up a stall, all because of him?

And it's all to build him a—Meow Mech?!

His first reaction was that it was absurd.

But—for some reason, a scene suddenly flashed through my mind.

A massive, heavily armed Meow Mech swept across the battlefield, unleashing devastating firepower.

Tsk.

Bai Zhou suddenly felt as if something had gently scratched his heart.

I'm actually a little... tempted?

No, stop! We can't let them lead us astray!

"cough."

Bai Zhou cleared his throat, trying to suppress his inappropriate expectations, and adopted the demeanor of a composed leader, reassuringly saying, "I appreciate your kind intentions."

"But I won't keep this loyalty to myself!"

"As for external things—there's no need to spend so much money; let's put the funds into more important tasks."

First, offer them a rosy picture to reassure them.

Mechs and stuff — we'll talk about that later, later.

The trio immediately perked up and shouted in unison, "Yes, Boss! We'll finish the mecha as soon as possible and present it to you!"

Bai Zhou wisely decided to stop dwelling on this topic that could damage his reputation and steered the conversation back on track.

"Alright, let's get down to business. How's the gathering of clues and information about the Wind City stone slab going? Any progress?"

When the mission was mentioned, the trio immediately became serious.

Kojiro stood up straight and reported.

"Reporting, Boss! After reconnaissance and intelligence gathering, we have pinpointed the exact location of the stone tablet! It's deep within the primeval forest east of Wind City!"

He paused, his tone tinged with frustration.

"However—in our attempt to obtain the stone tablets, we encountered an obstacle; it appears that the tablets were stored in an ancient underground ruin."

"The ruins are extremely well-sealed. We tried many conventional methods, but none of them could open the entrance."

Bai Zhou frowned slightly.

The city of Wind City only appeared in the theatrical version, but he clearly remembered that there were no underground ruins here.

Is it a difference in timeline, or a hidden setting?

"Take me to the scene."

Bai Zhou made a decisive decision.

"yes!"

Kojiro, Musashi, and the still somewhat dizzy Meow Meow responded in unison, instantly getting into work mode.

They stood at attention and saluted, their movements perfectly synchronized.

Sure enough, Weng also popped up automatically, his tone excited.

"So~Nans—"

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Led by the Rocket Team trio, Bai Zhou traversed the city of Fenglai and entered the primeval forest.

He discovered that there were many small wooden cabins scattered around the outer edge of the forest, and people in plain clothes were walking around or carrying out "forest protection work" from time to time.

These were all elite members of the organization that Sakaki had deployed in advance to be responsible for perimeter security and intelligence screening.

According to Meow Meow's whispered report, any unregistered person entering this forest will be secretly marked and continuously monitored.

Until it is confirmed that there is no threat and then leave.

The area appears loose, but it is actually under tight control.

Bai Zhou nodded, feeling somewhat relieved.

At least for now, it seems that the Rainbow Rockets haven't discovered the existence of this ruin yet.

This is good news.

Upon arriving at their destination, Bai Zhou was somewhat surprised by what he saw.

Rather than a magnificent "relic," it is more like a severely damaged ancient stone formation that has almost blended into its surroundings.

Several stone pillars covered with moss and vines stood crookedly, with a relatively flat open space in the center.

The surface was covered with huge square stone slabs, making it impossible to discern any entrance to the underground structure.

Bai Zhou approached and observed carefully, only to discover several severely weathered unknown totem carvings in an inconspicuous corner of those broken stone pillars.

If my guess is correct, that huge stone slab in the center should be the entrance to the downward-extending passage.

The stone slab is very likely stored underneath.

"Boss! This is it, meow!"

Meow Meow jumped to the edge of the stone slab and pointed to the ground.

"We've tried so many methods, but we can't budge or open this stone brick, meow! It's much sturdier than it looks, meow!"

Kojiro nodded in agreement, his brow furrowed.

"Furthermore, if you use the power of Pokémon to forcibly destroy something, the attack will be completely reflected back by a peculiar force field!"

"Therefore, we deduced that to get in, we definitely needed to find a hidden, specific activation mechanism—"

Musashi crossed his arms, looking like he'd already thought of that.

"We've mobilized our manpower and searched most of the forest! We believe we'll find the hidden mechanism soon and open this broken stone lid!"

Bai Zhou glanced at them but didn't say anything more.

Go to the authorities? That's too much trouble.

He doesn't have the patience or time to play this "find hidden mechanisms" adventure game here.

Even in Pokémon, he doesn't play like that!

A cheat code that lets you walk through walls! Open it for me!

Bai Zhou, too lazy to waste time, simply closed his eyes and focused his mind.

A pure, pale golden light emerged from his body, radiating a soft, divine aura.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire ruins!