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Chapter 153 Cynthia's New Discovery, Wataru's Alertness! (4k)

Seeing the anxiety and admiration in the chat box from "Electric is the best," which could almost be felt through the screen, Cynthia couldn't help but smile again and let out a barely audible chuckle.

This kid seems to be really suffering from the Flying Dojo...

However, it seems that we really can't blame her.

I should help her.

Her slender fingers tapped lightly on the keyboard in response.

[Strawberry Ice Cream: Just finished watching the strategy video and learned a few tricks. The Gym Leader's team composition is indeed very unique, especially that Scorpion King.]

[Strawberry Ice Cream: Do you need to watch that video? It might give you some inspiration.]

The message was sent and she received a reply almost instantly, incredibly fast, as if the other person had been sitting in front of the computer constantly refreshing her status.

[Electric Department is the best: Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, Sister Zhulan! You saved my life! (*≧ω≦)]

[Electric type is the best: That Swellow was terrifying from the start, so fast and high damage... I finally managed to take it down, but I couldn't even scratch that Gliscor afterward! Protect, Substitute, Toxic... My attacks either missed or were blocked, and it kept healing itself... This is just too weird.]

Even through the screen, Cynthia could imagine the other person's frantic state.

She recalled how amazed she was when she first saw the tactic in the video, and how easily she responded after understanding it. She could indeed understand this feeling of going from despair to sudden enlightenment.

She skillfully sent the link to the strategy video she had saved earlier, along with a simple tip.

[Strawberry Ice Cream: Link Sharing: [A "Random" Streamer's Guide to Conquering the Flying Dojo]]

[Strawberry Ice Cream: Aside from Mega Altaria, the key is dealing with Swellow's Brave Bird counter-attack and using status moves to break Gliscor's cycle. Do you have any Pokémon in your team that can learn moves like 'Taunt' or 'Another Round'?]

[Strawberry Ice Cream: As long as your team is in good overall condition, defeating the Tanabata Bluebird is only a matter of time.]

[Electric type is the best: Ahhh! There it is! My Raichu can learn Taunt! So that's how it's used! I'm going to go check it out right now! Cynthia, wait for me, I'll catch up with you right away!]

Cynthia could almost picture a vibrant trainer rekindling their fighting spirit, diving headfirst into the strategy video.

[Zhu Lan: Okay, no need to rush, let's proceed steadily. I'll continue on my way and wait for you near Green Ridge City.]

As she controlled her character, she took one last look at the desolate group of tombstones atop Mount Songshen.

The rain had long since stopped, and sunlight pierced through the thin clouds, casting shimmering waves on the sea.

Her next target was very clear—the space center located in the southeast corner of the Hoenn region, Mori City—a city she had visited before and knew quite well.

The answer might be found there in the newly acquired "cosmic meteorite," as well as in the similar stone obtained from the Lava Team earlier.

The potential crisis that Team Aqua and Team Magma might trigger after stealing the orb looms over the road ahead like a dark cloud.

Just as she was preparing to descend the mountain to the next city, Cynthia's gaze inadvertently swept over her backpack, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. She remembered that earlier, on the chaotic summit of Mount Okami, she seemed to have glimpsed similar research documents scattered around when two officers from Team Aqua and Team Magma were arguing.

She turned her character around, and sure enough, a previously overlooked pixel suddenly became clear near the character's feet in the game screen—it was a brown file folder.

"This really is... something those people dropped earlier?"

She recalled that this might have been a fleeting detail during the CG cutscene.

Adhering to the principle of returning the item to its rightful owner, she immediately turned back and returned to the location of the old woman she had encountered on the road earlier.

She handed the file bag back to the old lady, who was extremely grateful.

"Thank you so much, kind trainer! This contains some ancient legends about Mt. Pyre and the Orb. It would be terrible if bad people used it."

The old lady put away the file bag and sighed.

"The legend of the precious pearl? Do you know anything about the precious pearl?"

"Now that those two jewels have been stolen, I need to find out what they are for."

Cynthia was taken aback, her gaze sharpened, and she pressed for an answer.

"The precious pearl has been stolen?"

The old lady also seemed startled and immediately inquired about the details of how the pearl had been taken away.

Soon, Cynthia briefly recounted how Team Aqua and Team Magma withdrew after taking the Indigo and Crimson Orbs respectively.

Upon hearing this, the old woman's wrinkled face showed deep worry: "I see... Listen carefully, these are two orbs that can summon ancient Pokémon and alter the natural order, and now they've fallen into the hands of ambitious people... Trainer, if you want to stop them, perhaps you could go to the Weather Research Institute. Those two orbs contain extreme and enormous natural energy, and their location will inevitably cause large-scale climate anomalies. The institute's instruments might be able to detect these abnormal fluctuations and help you locate them."

After delivering this crucial information, before Cynthia could even express her gratitude, the old woman's figure faded away like smoke, eventually disappearing into the tranquil air of Mount Okami, leaving only a few enigmatic words echoing in the air.

While the old man's sudden and mysterious disappearance was indeed surprising, the value of this information was undeniable. She immediately changed her plan to head straight to Green Ridge City and decided to return to the weather research institute near Violet City first.

Since she had turned back, she was no longer in a hurry to get on her way, but instead began to carefully explore the corners that she might have missed when she was focused on the plot on the way there.

Sure enough, upon returning to Greenwood Town, at the foot of the bridge, in an inconspicuous cave, after Cynthia used Surf to reach the depths of the cave, she used Flash to illuminate the darkness and discovered an item quietly lying in a corner, shimmering with a faint light.

Upon picking it up, the item information pops up instantly—[Mega Stone (Charizard Y)].

"Another Mega Stone?" Cynthia was slightly taken aback. She put the stone, whose pattern was completely different from the other Mega Stones she had obtained before, into her backpack, feeling a little strange.

"And why is there an extra 'Y'?"

She recalled the three starter Mega Stones she had obtained along the way—Sceptile, Swampert, and now Charizard Y—this was her third. Did starter Pokémon inherently possess greater Mega Evolution potential, or a wider range of evolutionary possibilities?

The thought flashed through her mind, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this possibility existed, otherwise the current situation could not be explained.

With new insights and questions in mind, Cynthia quickly returned to the Weather Institute after leaving the cave.

Because she had previously helped them repel the Magma Team's invasion, the researchers warmly welcomed her. Upon hearing the purpose of her visit, the institute's director immediately came to the machine and retrieved global weather monitoring data.

On the huge screen, countless data scrolled rapidly, and soon, two exceptionally conspicuous huge energy reaction points were precisely locked in.

"Found it!" The director pointed to the screen. "An unusually hot and dry energy source appeared in the Chimney Mountain area above Fuyan Town. The heat was extremely unusual! The other energy source is very peculiar, containing a huge amount of life energy, but the fluctuations are extremely unstable. Its location is... um? To the right of your next destination, Rainbow City, in the sea area, it seems to be near a small island."

Chimney Hill?
Upon hearing the name, Cynthia paused for a moment.

It seems the Lava Clan had some activity on this volcano back then...

Could their purpose in obtaining this precious pearl be related to this volcano?
This result makes some sense. However, another anomaly near Rainbow City gave Cynthia some clues.

"Thank you very much, this information has been a great help." Cynthia still expressed her gratitude sincerely.

"You're welcome. Feel free to contact us anytime if you need anything. By the way, our research institute has a Pokémon called Float Bubble. If you're interested, you can take one with you."

The director replied.

Cynthia was naturally aware of the Pokémon Floating Bubble, but she wasn't really interested in it, so she turned and left the Weather Lab.

After leaving the house, Cynthia did not hesitate at all and immediately decided to change her itinerary and head towards Rainbow City first.

The indigo orb stolen by the Aqua Team is related to ocean expansion, and the anomalies it caused are located in the sea near the Path of Champions, a connection that intrigues her.

At the same time, a more realistic and serious thought began to emerge in her mind.

In the game, the actions of Team Magma and Team Aqua are so clear... So, in the real world, are these two massive villainous organizations also secretly plotting similar or even more dangerous schemes?
This thought sent a chill down her spine, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt a vague sense of crisis.

Since everything in this game is terrifyingly realistic, it has proven in various ways that this is not just a simple virtual game... but something that corresponds entirely to the real world.

Therefore, the ambitions and plans displayed by these dark organizations in the game are probably not fake!
"This is really... not good."

Cynthia muttered to herself, a sharp and serious glint in her eyes.

In that case, to avoid arousing their suspicion in the real world or unintentionally leaking any information... perhaps it's time to temporarily stop streaming this game.

She decided that until she had a clear understanding of the true nature of these two organizations, she would no longer share any form of live stream of her upcoming adventure.

At the same time, Cynthia opened her phone, selected a contact, and made a call.

And this person was none other than Du.

If we're talking about who's the most suitable person to share this information with right now, it's undoubtedly him.

The phone rang a few times, but the call didn't connect.

Unbeknownst to Cynthia, at the same time, in the Kanto region, in Wataru's room, his phone had been silenced and tossed aside, while he sat in front of the computer screen, intently watching the arcade game in front of him.

Since obtaining clues here last time, which drew the League's attention to arcades all over the world, and successfully found many of Team Rocket's secret experimental bases, this should have been a very good thing. However, the reality is not so.

The League did discover many of Team Rocket's hidden underground spaces after the sweep and completely destroyed them. However, Team Rocket seemed to be quite vigilant. Before the League arrived, they destroyed all the research content and equipment in all the underground bases, leaving only some shocking traces and Pokémon covered in wounds.

Although the league successfully destroyed these locations, it did not obtain any clues or information from them. In other words, the Rockets are still hiding in the shadows, carrying out their own plans, and have remained in the dark.

Perhaps one day they will suddenly bare their fangs and unleash the power they have been accumulating for so long upon the alliance.

By then it would be too late, and their plan had to be nipped in the bud.

Despite his tireless efforts, he found nothing. The Rockets were as wary as cunning foxes, and their discipline was exceptionally strict. Even police interrogation couldn't extract any information from them.

Or perhaps these low-level personnel who could be arrested simply didn't know Team Rocket's real plan and could only provide some scattered and meaningless clues.

This situation made Tou increasingly irritable. As the chief law enforcement officer of the Kanto region, fighting Team Rocket had always been his goal and mission.

However, recent progress has been quite unsuccessful, or rather, the situation has been very bad in recent years.

If it weren't for the information provided by Pokémon Emerald, he probably wouldn't have been able to even search for and destroy Team Rocket's hideouts. After all, who could imagine that they would set up their base in a place like the basement of an arcade?
And it was precisely because of this that, in his anxiety, Wataru suddenly recalled something: when he first arrived at the arcade in the game, he encountered a Team Rocket NPC with a level 50 Pokémon deep in the corridor.

For him at that time, an opponent of that caliber was naturally impossible to defeat.

But now the situation is completely different. As the game progresses and time goes by, his Pokémon's level has long since broken through the level 50 threshold and is heading towards level 60.

Under these circumstances, Wataru felt it was time for him to visit the secret underground passage hidden in the arcade in Mauville City and see what Team Rocket was up to.

In the real world, the Rockets might be able to keep everything a secret.

But in the game, they don't get to decide anything.

"Let me see... what exactly you've been hiding underground?"

With this thought in mind, Du took a deep breath, controlled his character, stepped into the arcade, and headed directly towards the secret passage.

(End of this chapter)