Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

Since it's a visit to a neighbor, bringing a small gift makes things look better for everyone.

Ye Chen hailed a taxi and gave the driver his address.

"Aster City".

"Okay," the driver replied.

The driver was a middle-aged man who seemed to be quite talkative. After getting in the car, he kept trying to make conversation with Ye Chen.

However, Ye Chen was thinking about how to deal with his "new neighbor" when the taxi driver saw that Ye Chen didn't want to say more, so he gradually stopped talking.

Ye Chen glanced out the window, frowned slightly, but quickly regained his composure.

This is not the way back.

Logically speaking, Ye Chen's senses should have given him a warning the moment he saw the driver. The driver was radiating intense malice towards him, and his demeanor was cold and bloodthirsty, suggesting that he had probably taken many lives on his hands!

However, with my mind preoccupied, I didn't notice anything amiss with the driver.

The surrounding environment is becoming increasingly remote, and there are fewer and fewer passersby.

Ye Chen pretended not to notice the changes outside the window, and even closed his eyes to doze off, but his amazing senses allowed him to detect everything that was happening inside the car!

The driver glanced coldly at Ye Chen through the rearview mirror. Seeing Ye Chen resting with his eyes closed, he sneered inwardly: Go to sleep. You won't be able to sleep even if you want to later!

For a moment, the car was eerily silent.

Both sides had their own considerations.

Soon, the taxi arrived at an abandoned construction site.

Originally, construction could have proceeded normally here, but as the secret realm continued to descend and elves kept appearing in the real world, they gradually suppressed the living space of humans, and this remote construction site, which was far from the city, was slowly abandoned.

The driver glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that Ye Chen seemed to be still half asleep, and gave a disdainful smile.

Unseen by him, Ye Chen's hand had already slowly gripped the Poké Ball at his waist.

The driver got out of the car and went to the back seat, opening the back door to drag Ye Chen out.

Suddenly, the moment the door opened, a hypnotic spell struck!

Even if the elf is very powerful, the middle-aged man is still just an ordinary human. If he is hit head-on by hypnosis, he will still fall down!

"Chiru!" Chirulian jumped out of the car and looked curiously at the driver lying on the ground.

"Well done." Ye Chen patted Kirlia's head.

Then, all the Poké Balls were taken out of the driver and placed aside. A rope was then found in the car and used to tie him up, making sure he couldn't break free.

After making all the necessary preparations and ensuring the driver was unable to resist, Ye Chen had Kirulian wake the driver up.

"Uh..." The driver slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was a boy sitting on the stool in front of him with his eyes lowered.

His memory was still stuck on bringing Ye Chen to the abandoned construction site. When he saw Ye Chen preparing to make a move, he found himself inexplicably tied up with ropes and unable to move at all.

"Tell me, why did you attack me?" The boy's voice was light and casual.

The driver, looking terrified, said, "I'm so sorry! I was tempted by your money. When I saw the Poké Ball on you, I couldn't resist the temptation to steal it and sell it on the black market. I didn't mean to kill you!"

Meanwhile, his hands, which were behind his back, secretly reached into his sleeves, but after groping around for a while, he couldn't find anything. Just as he was wondering what was going on...

Ye Chen glanced at the six Poké Balls on the ground beside him. "Are you looking for those? If you don't behave, you'll face my unimaginable methods: human pig, dismemberment, sky lanterns..."

Following Ye Chen's gaze, the driver realized that all of his Poké Balls had been taken away at some point, meaning he was now powerless to fight back!

I'm a seasoned trainer, yet I've been defeated by a mere kid!

Kirlian cooperated by using Magic Leaf, the sharp blade piercing through the driver's face and embedding itself in the ground, leaving several bloody marks.

"Gulp!" The driver swallowed hard.

Despite feeling incredibly frustrated, he knew that preserving his life was the most important thing at the moment. As long as he was alive, he could always make a comeback!

"This is the last chance. As for the purpose and the people behind it, you know no one will come here."

Ye Chen's words, like the whispers of a demon, lingered in his ears, causing him to struggle internally. Finally, after a moment of silence, he spoke.

"It's the Genesis Society. All I know is that they want you to join, and if you don't agree... I really don't know anything else."

He didn't say what would happen if he disagreed, but the meaning was self-evident.

Chapter Fifty-One: The King's Bodyguard!

Ye Chen had some understanding of the name Genesis Society; it was an internationally notorious terrorist organization!

It is said that this organization was established when the Elf Realm descended and has not been eradicated to this day. No one even knows who is behind them or where their headquarters are.

This is a terrorist organization with religious characteristics. The church's goal is to overthrow the Elf Alliance and even destroy all of humanity in order to create a new world.

In their early years, they remained hidden from the League's sights, and few knew of them.

It wasn't until a terrorist incident fifteen years ago that they were brought into the public eye. The Alliance has been working to combat the Genesis Society, but unfortunately, the results have been consistently poor.

All official members of the Genesis Society were brainwashed and treated like suicide squads. If they were captured, they would immediately commit suicide so that the Alliance could not get any information from them.

Capturing more unbrainwashed peripheral members is pointless, because they always maintain single-line communication, making it impossible for the alliance to trace them back to their source.

The driver who attacked Ye Chen this time was one of the peripheral members in Rongcheng, which is why Ye Chen was able to interrogate him and find out his purpose.

Ye Chen suddenly asked, "Did you also send a very powerful woman to monitor me?"

The driver was taken aback, then honestly replied, "I'm the only one on this mission; there are no women involved."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen lowered his eyes and pondered, his expression remaining unchanged as he did not say anything further.

The driver carefully observed the boy in front of him, trying to discern his thoughts.

The Creation Society is so powerful that even the Elf Alliance couldn't do anything about them, allowing them to run rampant in the dark world for decades. He shouldn't refuse an invitation from such a behemoth!

"The Creation Society is too powerful; it's not something people like us can fight against. Besides, you've already come into their sights, so perhaps..."

The driver reassured himself, "If that's the case, then I'm safe!"

But Ye Chen's eyes were deep, like an unfathomable abyss, and no matter how hard one looked, one could not find a trace of them!

He dared not look any longer and quickly lowered his head, but then a cold voice rang out.

"Are you threatening me? You think this will save your life?"

The driver looked up in horror: "Are you really going to completely offend the Genesis Society? They will keep hunting you down, and they won't let any of your relatives or friends go!"

Ye Chen continued in a cold voice, "What if I don't join? What if I do join? With my abilities, I'll at least be a core researcher after joining. Do you think they'll come after me for some insignificant peripheral member? In other words, you're going to die today no matter what!"

"This is what happens when you use the people around me to threaten me!"

Before the words were even finished, in the driver's terrified eyes, a terrifying psychic force had already shattered his brain.

That's the truth. From the moment he accepted this mission, his death was already sealed. Even if Ye Chen was forced to agree to join the Genesis Society, he would still find an opportunity to kill him later!

However, by now completely rejecting the Genesis Society's invitation, it's likely that the Genesis Society will launch an assassination attempt soon, with Mom and Jiang Shuyun becoming their targets.

It seems I have no choice but to seek help from the Alliance. Once I publish my research findings on the Fairy type, the Alliance's level of attention towards me will definitely rise to an unimaginable level. With their protection, the Genesis Society won't be able to cause any trouble.

Ye Chen always plans ahead before acting; terms like "hot-blooded idiot" would never describe him!

This was his first time killing someone, but he felt no discomfort; he had been prepared for this when he came into this world.

This is a world where the strong prey on the weak, far more cruel than the bloodless killings of my previous life!

Just as Ye Chen finished disposing of the body and was preparing to leave.

"Clap clap clap!"

Turning my head, I saw a tall woman wearing sunglasses walking over while clapping.

Ye Chen frowned slightly. He was very familiar with this person; he was the mysterious and powerful man next door whose identity was unknown, and the source of his great unease.

"Sharp perception, extreme composure, a quick mind, and ruthless methods—it was truly a perfect counterattack!"

"Have you been following me since this morning?"

"Otherwise, how could we have witnessed such a spectacular scene? Who would have thought that an 18-year-old genius researcher, with not only formidable elven strength but also decisive and ruthless side! I'm truly growing to admire you more and more, so I've decided to give you another chance. Join our Creation Society, and you'll see a different world!" The woman revealed a sly smile, her tone filled with fervor.

Ye Chen remained unfazed. "Stop joking around. You're from the Alliance, aren't you?"

Mu Xue's stunningly beautiful face froze instantly, then regained its usual intellectual charm: "I didn't fool you. How did you guess my identity?"

"I knew it."

Mu Xue, who had been deliberately maintaining a confident and self-assured demeanor, finally couldn't hold back anymore. She had originally wanted to scare the kid and see how he would make a fool of himself, but unexpectedly, she ended up being tricked into revealing her true identity!

Ye Chen couldn't be sure at first that this woman wasn't a member of the Genesis Society. Information provided by an outer member wasn't very credible, so he tried to bluff her identity.

“That person from the Creation Society said they had already sent two people before, and you were the one who handled those two people, right?”

"That's right, I just did it on the spur of the moment."

"So you were specially sent by the Alliance to protect me?"

Mu Xue smiled and said, "I belong to the Elf League, but that doesn't mean I'm here to protect you. Besides, the League doesn't pay me for protecting you. If you want my protection, then you'll have to pay for it yourself."

Ye Chen was immediately tempted. He had offended the Creation Society, and their assassination attempts would definitely continue. He wouldn't have to worry after submitting his new research results, but the danger level was obviously extremely high before that.

This woman is the strongest trainer he has ever met. With her protection, the safety of himself and his family will be raised to an extremely high level!

"As you can see, I'm just a poor 18-year-old student and I don't have anything to pay you."