Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

News suddenly came around noon today that a secret realm had appeared outside Chang'an City, and dozens of people had already been sucked in by the powerful suction.

In fact, every time a secret realm descends, it brings a huge impact to human society, and a secret realm that descends on the outskirts of a city or even inside the city is an even greater disaster.

Not everyone can be a Trainer. Due to historical reasons, the percentage of people who become Trainers is actually quite small.

Therefore, if the secret realms that ordinary people accidentally enter are relatively safe, that's fine. But if the spirits inside are extremely dangerous, then it's almost a matter of life and death.

Upon receiving the order, Wang Chengzhou immediately assembled and, led by Zhu Qianwei, the head of the Chang'an Martial Arts Academy, entered the secret realm to search for disaster victims.

He didn't consider his own safety; he only knew that dozens of people were in a life-or-death situation. If he acted quickly, they might survive, but if he was slow, they might be just a little bit short of life.

Wang Chengzhou is quite strong, ranking among the top investigators. His main trump cards are five veteran-level Pokémon and one advanced-level Pokémon.

Therefore, he was appointed as the vice-captain of a team, leading a small squad to search in the secret realm.

During their long search, they finally found the first human, lying motionless on the ground; it was a corpse.

This made them speed up their search even further, sometimes even neglecting to investigate the situation.

"Lieutenant, we've found a tattered piece of cloth here."

Wang Chengzhou walked over and took a look; it was indeed a human-made product.

"Good, Daming. You've got sharp eyes, kid. I'll report to the captain right away."

Upon receiving the information, a team of investigators immediately determined the direction the owner of the cloth had traveled based on the traces, and then quickly followed the traces.

In the group, Da Ming quietly approached Wang Chengzhou and said, "Vice Captain, I feel colder and colder. It's not that the temperature is getting colder, but I feel a chill in my heart."

“I had a feeling too, but it’s probably just psychological because it’s dark. Don’t overthink it,” Wang Chengzhou said, patting Da Ming on the head.

Da Ming and he came from the same village, so Da Ming was essentially his junior, which is why they were the closest in the team.

In order to find the person as soon as possible, this time the team did not follow the rule of first using various equipment to explore the situation ahead before going deeper.

After about ten minutes, Wang Chengzhou's unease grew stronger, as if there was a pair of eyes watching him and his group from the shadows.

Finally, he found the captain and said:

"Captain, I have a feeling something's not right, but I can't quite put my finger on it. How about we investigate first before going any deeper, or should I go ahead and scout ahead?"

It wasn't that he didn't care about the safety of those who were sucked into the secret realm, nor was it that he was afraid of dying himself; rather, he was afraid that the entire team would die without knowing why.

The captain's rough hands rubbed the surface of the Poké Ball, his voice low and calm.

"It's quiet. It's been too quiet on our way here."

Wang Chengzhou suddenly realized, "That's right! Although there are very few elves in this secret realm, it's too unusual that there aren't any elves at all in such a large area!"

There is only one possibility: they have entered the territory of an extremely powerful elf, which may even be a dominant force in the secret realm!

"Since you know why, Captain..."

The captain gave a wry smile and said, "I only realized this recently. By then, it was no longer realistic for us to evacuate. We could only try to stick together as a group. In addition, I had already sent our location to Master Zhu."

"That's all we can do for now. But what dangerous secret realms haven't we been through and we've still made it through? I believe this time will be no exception."

At this moment, someone below reported that a figure dressed in human clothes had been spotted sitting on the ground leaning against a tree, and that investigators had already gone to check the situation.

Wang Chengzhou and the captain exchanged a glance, their expressions changing drastically.

"Bring him back immediately!"

The two ran ahead and saw the investigator approach the person sitting down and gently touch the person's body with his hand.

As if without any support, the person's body collapsed to the ground.

The investigators quickly placed their hands on the man's neck and then received the devastating news that he was dead.

Then the investigator seemed to hear someone calling his voice from behind, and he looked over.

The captain and vice-captain were shouting anxiously, and their Pokémon were rushing towards him. Then a dark shadow flashed before his eyes.

With a sharp pain, the investigator collapsed to the ground, clutching his neck with both hands, but could not stop the gushing of hot blood.

Watching the investigator being ambushed and killed by the shadowy figure, Wang Chengzhou and the captain were filled with grief, but there was nothing they could do.

The dark figure vanished again after killing the investigator, the pitch-black night and dense forest serving as its natural shield.

"Everyone, release all your Pokémon, form a circle, and be on high alert!"

The captain shouted and summoned his Pokémon back.

The other investigators also obeyed the order and released their Pokémon. In an instant, dozens of powerful Pokémon formed a circle, protecting the investigators in the middle.

However, the dark figure did not stop attacking. It appeared from time to time in various directions of the protective circle, and each time it appeared, it rendered at least one elf unable to fight.

Its speed is so fast, and combined with the weather and terrain, it can appear and disappear unpredictably, making it impossible for anyone to pinpoint its location.

"There's no way this can go on, Captain!" Wang Chengzhou stared intently at his surroundings. Every time a dark shadow appeared, some of the elves would fall to the ground, while the shadow itself remained unharmed.

The captain looked solemnly at Alakazam, one of his main Pokémon.

His formidable strength as a senior-level expert, coupled with his bizarre and omnipotent superpowers, are key reasons why he has been able to survive numerous perilous situations.

However, Hudi gently shook his head.

"Still can't lock onto it?" the captain shouted. "Have you contacted Gym Leader Zhu yet? This Pokémon is at least Gym Leader level!"

Da Ming quickly replied, "The radio interference here is too strong; I'm still trying."

Chapter Forty-One: The Night Hawk!

As the "hissing" sound in the headset faded, reports from various squads could be heard coming through.

Da Ming exclaimed with delight, "Captain! It's connected! I've been connected!"

While directing his Pokémon to put out fires in various parts of the encirclement, the captain quickly said:

"Alright, immediately inform Gym Leader Zhu that a Gym Leader-level Pokémon has been discovered, the danger level of the Secret Realm has increased, and one team has suffered heavy casualties!"

However, as the number of elves gradually decreased, the encirclement slowly opened up, despite the captain and Wang Chengzhou constantly directing the elves to put out fires and reduce the pressure on the other elves.

The dark figure seized the fleeting opportunity, tearing open a gap in the weakest point and rushing into the protective circle!

The target is the trainer himself, who has weak combat abilities!

It had long realized that these elves were not individually strong, but under the command of these humans, they had managed to hold their own against it for so long.

So it set its sights on one of the two most conspicuous people who were constantly directing the Pokémon to defend.

At this moment, Wang Chengzhou had his back to the shadowy figure, and naturally became the shadowy figure's target.

Sharp claws gleamed coldly in the darkness.

"careful!"

The captain roared and pounced on Wang Chengzhou, but he himself was swept away by a dark shadow, leaving a trail of blood.

Wang Chengzhou reacted, turned over to look at the captain, and saw that his face was pale, with three scratch marks on his back, the wounds were so deep that bone was visible and blood was flowing out, but there was a smile on his lips.

"Alakazam, now's the time!"

"Hu Di!" Hu Di shouted, and a pale purple energy beam appeared out of thin air, shooting straight at the dark figure. It was so fast that it seemed to have known it was coming and had prepared in advance.

The shadowy figure couldn't dodge this attack; the captain was very confident!

Foresight, one of the ultimate moves of the psychic type, allows one to hide energy in the void and then unleash it from the void to attack the enemy after a certain period of time, with extremely strong power!

The captain knew that things couldn't continue like this, so he had Alakazam use Foresight early on.

He used himself as bait!

This is the moment you have been waiting for!

As the energy beam struck the shadowy figure, the captain's smile froze.

"How...is this possible? It's ineffective..."

The dark figure seemed unaffected by the attack, and instead of relying on speed to move quickly, it flapped its wings and landed above everyone's heads. Only then did everyone truly see what it looked like.

With its crest-like "V"-shaped feathers on its head and scarlet eyes, it resembles an owl nightjar, yet has many differences in details.

It opened its mouth and spat out a ball of dark energy, its target the center of the spirit's protective circle, where all the investigators were gathered.

In that critical moment, Wang Chengzhou shouted, "Nine-Tailed Fox, protect!"

The Nine-Tails, which arrived fastest, mobilized all its power and unleashed its largest protective attack in history!

The powerful Dark Pulse collided with the protective move, creating a massive shockwave that spread outwards.

Although the Nine-Tails used a protective move in time, the overall protective strength was inevitably insufficient because the range was too large!

While Da Ming was reporting on the situation they had encountered, a sudden shockwave sent him flying, tumbling to the ground countless times.

This extremely powerful shockwave not only blasted everyone and the elves away, but also caused all the precision instruments to malfunction and become unusable.

Da Ming looked at the communicator, now completely destroyed, and felt utterly hopeless!

The captain was also thrown into the air, his head hitting a tree. Already seriously injured, he was completely knocked unconscious.

Others were also seriously injured to varying degrees, some unable to get up, others unconscious.

Because Wang Chengzhou was closest to the blast radius, he was hit by a greater force and was thrown dozens of meters away before crashing into a tree trunk and coming to a stop.

Blood flowed into his eyes, blurring his vision and turning the world into a blood-red mess!