I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

"This time, let me see your true form," Ye Feng murmured.

"Gardevoir, Gengar." Ye Feng released Gardevoir and Gengar. "Catch it."

The two elves nodded, and their telekinetic powers spread out to search for the mysterious elf.

Gardevoir quickly spotted the Pokémon, gave Gengar a wink, and then both Pokémon vanished from the spot.

A scream suddenly came from a corner, followed by the sounds of fighting and the scream of a Pokémon—Ye Feng was certain that the scream was not from Gardevoir or Gengar.

A short while later, Gardevoir and Gengar returned, each carrying a Pokémon with their psychic powers.

This elf is small in size, its whole body seems to be made of gray smoke, with orange-red eyes and a small horn on its head that looks like a cloud.

"This is..." Ye Feng was stunned. What kind of spirit is this?

"Damn humans, let me go!" A telepathic voice rang in Ye Feng's mind.

"Uh, I didn't arrest you," Ye Feng said. He can even read minds? That's unusual.

"You! Aren't you the trainer of these two Pokémon?" the mysterious Pokémon roared.

"Yes." Ye Feng nodded.

"Then tell them to let me go!"

"But I'm the one who arrested you," Ye Feng said, feigning ignorance.

Ye Feng tried to stall for time while carefully trying to remember who the elf was, but he still couldn't recall it after thinking for a long time.

He had never seen this elf before!

This Pokémon must have appeared after he traveled through time; it's a seventh-generation Pokémon.

As for the seventh generation Pokémon, Ye Feng knew about a few of the Pokémon revealed in the early stages, such as Kotori... no, Rowlet, but he didn't know about the ones after that.

This Pokémon, like the one in the shadowy figure, is probably one of the later-numbered Pokémon.

Could there be some connection between them? Ye Feng couldn't help but speculate, vaguely sensing that this elf might have a wicked side.

Judging from its strength, this mysterious Pokémon is no ordinary high-level Pokémon. If Gengar and Gardevoir hadn't worked together, they might not have been able to catch it so easily.

"You wretched human, Ho-Oh will not let you get away with this!" the mysterious spirit shouted.

"Ho-Oh? You know Ho-Oh?" Ye Feng was a little surprised. This Pokémon actually knew Ho-Oh?

How did they get to know each other when they appeared from such different generations?

"That's right! My name is Marshadow, and I am Ho-Oh's most loyal subordinate!" Marshadow wanted to puff out his chest and introduce himself, but he found himself bound by psychic powers and unable to move at all. He became even angrier, "Damn humans, let me go!"

"Mashad?" Ye Feng murmured the name, confirming that he had never heard of it before.

"Do you really know Phoenix King?" Ye Feng asked.

"Didn't I tell you? I'm Ho-Oh's most loyal subordinate!" Marshado was angry, really angry. This human clearly knew Ho-Oh, yet he still wouldn't let go even after hearing that she was Ho-Oh's subordinate.

"Is that so..." Ye Feng pondered for a few seconds, then winked at Gardevoir and Gengar.

Gardevoir blinked, nodded, and released its psychic power.

Gengar withdrew its psychic power upon seeing this, but it didn't notice that Gardevoir had only released its power, but hadn't withdrawn it.

Marshado felt a release, realizing his restraints were gone. His eyes darted around, and he burst into laughter: "Haha, foolish humans, goodbye!"

After shouting, Marshall disappeared into the shadows in a flash.

"Kuja!" Gengar exclaimed in surprise.

Gardevoir, however, remained completely unfazed. With a flick of its little hand, it extended its psychic power into the shadows and pulled out a lump of darkness.

"···"

"···"

"what happened?"

Marshall, now back to normal, was completely bewildered. Hadn't he successfully escaped? How did he end up back?

"Gengar!" Gengar said with a gloomy face, looking at Marshadow with hostility.

This guy actually dared to run away?

"What?! What are you going to do?!" Marshall was startled by the terrifying aura emanating from Gengar and couldn't help but scream.

"No! Don't come any closer! Ah!!"

"Kou Jie!"

A series of loud, cracking sounds of beatings followed.

Ye Feng couldn't bear to look and quickly covered his eyes with his hands.

"Tsk tsk, that sound is so crisp... no, this Marshall is really pitiful."

Chapter 265 Marshall

"An elf I've never seen before! An elf I've never seen before! Record the data! Record the data!" After Marshadow calmed down, Rotom was the first to rush over and frantically took pictures from all angles, scaring Marshadow so much that he almost ran away again.

"Tell me, why were you sneaking around in the incubation room?"

Ye Feng realized that Marshadow was definitely not a newborn elf. Not only did it have telepathy, but it was also quite powerful and had a very clever way of hiding itself, able to easily slip into the shadows.

No wonder I couldn't find it before.

"Damn humans!" Marshall sat on the ground, clutching his head, his whole body radiating grievance.

It tried to escape a few more times, but each time it was caught by Gardevoir. Then Gengar simply sealed off the shadows around it, so it couldn't even burrow in anymore.

When it comes to playing with shadows, Ye Feng's Master Gengar is far superior to Marsha, who is only at a high level.

"Ok?"

Ye Feng grunted through his nose, which startled Marcia—how could this be done to the innocent and kind Marcia? This human and his elf were too evil!

“I, I just…” Marcia stammered.

"Just what? Hurry up and tell me, I don't have that much patience." Ye Feng knew from Marcia's darting eyes that it was thinking about escaping again, so he pretended to intimidate it.

“Hmm!” Marshadow shrank his head. “Marshadow originally wanted to find Ho-Oh, but he couldn’t find it no matter how hard he looked. He was hungry and tired, and he accidentally discovered this nice place. There was comfortable accommodation and free food every day, so… so he stayed here.”

"That's it?"

"That's it."

Can't find Ho-Oh? Of course not, Ho-Oh was only born recently, it would be strange to find it.

But how exactly did you find it, ending up in the Imperial University's breeding center? Do you really think Ho-Oh would appear in a place where Pokémon live?

Moreover, the food was free, and there was no record of the nursery raising Marshall. Was that food stolen?

Ye Feng always felt that Marchado was not telling the truth, but no matter how he asked, Marchado always stuck to this story.

"Of course you can't find the Phoenix King. It only came out of the secret realm not long ago," Ye Feng had no choice but to say.

But why doesn't Ho-Oh live in a secret realm like the other Pokémon? Could something have happened to its secret realm?

So much happened at the time that Ye Feng was busy dealing with it all and forgot about this incident.

What's strange is that since Ho-Oh's birth, the frequency of Secret Realm descents caused by battles has been decreasing rapidly. According to the association's prediction, even if there is another Master-level battle in two months, it will not cause Secret Realm descents.

Could it be that something's wrong with Ho-Oh's secret realm? Perhaps it's related to the frequent appearances of secret realms?

Could it be that the shadowy figure intended to destroy the secret realm where Ho-Oh was sleeping, and to ambush and control Ho-Oh, but unexpectedly Ho-Oh's power had been restored, and the shadowy figure, whose power was incomplete, was no match for it, so it did not continue?

But that doesn't make sense. Ho-Oh was released with the help of the three legendary beasts, so it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the shadowy figure. It's impossible that the shadowy figure has already controlled the three legendary beasts, right? Ho-Oh should have been able to detect that too.

Furthermore, what is the connection between the birth of Ho-Oh and the frequent appearances of secret realms?

Ye Feng felt a terrible headache. There was too little information to deduce anything; the above was just his own wild guess.

"What did you say?" Marcia looked up at Ye Feng in astonishment.

“I said, Phoenix King has been in the secret realm... recovering its strength. It only recently appeared, so of course you couldn’t find it before,” Ye Feng said, coming back to his senses.

“How could this be… It clearly told me…” Marshall muttered to himself, his head bowed, his face filled with shock, “Why did it lie to me?”

"What did you say?" Marshall muttered to himself. Ye Feng, of course, couldn't understand him, so he had to ask.

“Nothing. Where is Ho-Oh now? I’m going to find it!” Marshadow stood up, his eyes filled with fervor.

"Oh ho, a die-hard fan of Phoenix King." Ye Feng chuckled inwardly.

"I don't know about that," Ye Feng shrugged.

After leaving the World Tree Secret Realm, Ho-Oh flew away on its own, and Ye Feng really didn't know where it was going.

He initially guessed it was either Mount Tianqing or the Bell Tower, but no such building exists in this world, so Ho-Oh's whereabouts became a mystery.

Maybe he'll be a photographer somewhere? *cough cough*

"How could this happen..." Marshall sat back down on the ground in despair, the entire elf utterly dejected.

"Speaking of which, aren't the three legendary beasts under Phoenix King's command? Where did you come from?" Ye Feng poked Marshadow's head with his finger.

Marshado angrily slapped Ye Feng's hand away, put his hands on his hips and said, "What are the Three Holy Beasts? They were just resurrected by the Phoenix King out of pity. Our Marshado clan is the Phoenix King's most loyal subordinate."

"A clan? You have clans?" Ye Feng asked.