Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Chapter 194 That despicable Ze Shu, those pitiful iron tracks

The troublemaker, Hoopa the Great Demon King, usually uses his space-twisting ring to knock away anything he dislikes. And as for things Hoopa likes, he will naturally use his disc to steal... no, scoop them up!

As Ze Shu threw out the brilliant golden ring, it transformed into a golden streak of light and swept towards the iron tracks.

But then there was a "whoosh" sound.

The ring traversed the spatial distance and suddenly appeared directly in the gap of the iron rut's open mouth, covering the glowing plant it was about to devour.

Under the gleaming golden halo of the Hubalao Laoluo ring, the secret seasonings looked even more mouthwatering.

Iron Tracks' eyes swirled with data, unable to analyze what this ring actually was.

But in this life-or-death moment, it hardened its heart and tried to bite off the secret seasoning along with the gleaming golden ring.

Then, there was another "clang" sound.

The elephant's beak struck the iron tracks with a sharp, metallic clang.

But it felt like it had bitten nothing at all.

Turning around in bewilderment, the golden ring that had suddenly appeared in its mouth, along with the secret seasoning, had returned to the human riding the ice-blue bird in the sky!

"This 'Nezha's' 'Universe Ring' is actually quite useful..."

Ze Shu looked at the ring in his hand and sighed.

After all, he wasn't the actual user of the Hoopa Ring, yet he could still make such a wonderful use of it, which was truly rare. If Hoopa had used the ring himself, he would have certainly made even more wonderful uses of it than him.

I wonder if he still has Hoopa's ring since he already has this one?

If it weren't there, Hoopa would probably be crying in some corner, drawing circles and cursing the person who stole its ring.

"And this secret seasoning, what...what flavor is it?"

The secret seasoning has five flavors: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty. Each flavor has a similar function.

Ze Shu looked at the 'sapling' in his hand. Its leaves were yellow, and it was more than 40 centimeters long including the roots. It had many tender buds, so it should be able to grow in the future.

Perhaps I could take it back and ask them to help me plant it?

It must enjoy the feeling of planting – after all, back on the spaceship, it often helped take care of the landscape apple tree planted on the spaceship, as well as the flower that was supposedly never to wither, picked by the six tails from the "Dragon Sanctuary".

"Awooo~~wooo~~"

At this moment, Gu Jianbao suddenly barked at Ze Shuhao.

It turned out that when the Iron Tracks saw that the secret seasoning had been stolen, it knew that it was no match for Ze Shu and Gu Jian Bao without any external help. So it acted decisively. Data streams surged in its eyes, and it suddenly changed direction and inexplicably crashed into the huge pile of rocks in the distance!

Seeing Tie Zheji's actions, Gu Jianbao didn't understand why Tie Zheji was doing this, but it thought that Tie Zheji was going to escape, so it quickly got up and reminded Ze Shuhao.

"Where can it escape to..."

Ze Shu shook his head. This scorching desert is a basin surrounded by mountains. Since they have been forced here, it is naturally difficult to escape. Otherwise, Ci would not have specially driven them here. He believed that the iron tracks also knew this. So why did it crash into the mountain?

"Go after them," Ze Shu ordered Gu Jianbao.

Since he had promised Yeci to beat up both of these "Dunjia" beasts, he naturally couldn't just beat up Xiongweiya; he couldn't escape Tiezheji either.

However, just as the ancient sword leopard was chasing after the iron tracks, there was another "bang" as the iron tracks crashed into the mountain it was targeting, knocking down another hole, and causing a section of the hole to collapse.

Ancient Sword Leopard: "Woo woo woo?"

It didn't understand why the iron tracks were acting so foolishly; were they at their wits' end?

But soon, the excited mechanical roar of the Iron Tracks echoed from inside the cave. The Ancient Sword Leopard saw the Iron Tracks using its metal trunk to "pick up" an object inside the collapsed mountain.

It was a worn-out elf item, a smoke ball, a small purple ball.

After use, it will emit a huge purple smoke, which can cover the escape. After obtaining this item, Tie Zheji immediately analyzed its function, which can help it buy time to rest and escape in order to "turn the tide"!

The iron ruts were to be used immediately.

However, Ze Shu seized the opportunity and threw out Hoopa's Rao Rao Ring. A golden ring appeared and enveloped the smoke ball.

If you have time, bring it to Ze Shu's hands, and let Tie Zhe Ji use the smoke ball, but it was all for naught.

"Woo~~ Chirp~"

Gu Jianbao found Ze Shu's methods disgusting, but thankfully they were now on the same side.

The iron tracks' pixelated pupils had become an extremely annoying animated appearance.

But the "calmness" of the future paradox prevented it from launching an attack. Instead, it acted swiftly, and under the horrified gaze of the ancient sword leopard, it quickly ran out from the small rock pillar that the ancient sword leopard had crashed into, heading into the depths of the desert.

"Keep chasing, but don't catch up all at once; keep them trailing behind."

He casually put away the old smoke ball, looked thoughtfully at the iron tracks, and said this.

Soon, slowly hanging there, the iron tracks came to a stop in a vast expanse of sand. It was seen using its trunk and feet to dig in the desert, and soon it dug out another elf item.

It was a slightly weathered vest, an assault vest that could increase one's special defense by half at the cost of being unable to use status moves.

Although the ancient sword leopard that was chasing it used physical attacks, Iron Tracks was quick and decisive, and decided to put on an assault vest.

And now, Ze Shu, who casually tossed out Hu Pa's scooping ring, also understood.

These iron ruts really can be used to 'find treasure'!

It wasn't luck that it stumbled upon the secret seasoning; rather, it had already deduced that there was something there that could turn the tide, and it stumbled upon it seizing the opportunity!

Its data stream can search for treasures buried in the scorching desert, and these iron tracks seem intent on constantly digging up these treasures.

They saw this as their hope for a "comeback"!

Although Zeshu has that ring that allows him to steal... retrieve items.

But perhaps the data analysis of the iron tracks shows that this is the way with the highest probability of turning the tide, which is why it is so happy to search for treasures—what if the scooping ring of Ze Shu has usage restrictions?

Unfortunately, it seems there are no restrictions on Ze Shu's scooping rings...

As Ze Shu retrieved the assault vest that Tie Zheji had just put on, he watched Tie Zheji tirelessly rushing towards the next location and inexplicably felt like an evil capitalist.

The tireless iron tracks he produced were struck by the scooping ring in his hand, which he wielded like a whip, handing over each of his hard-earned achievements, leaving him only with a body full of wounds in the end.

But iron ruts are not the real tracks of cattle and horses.

Yes, it's an iron elephant.

Ze Shu still wanted to pursue them.

Next, with Zeju and Gusword trailing far behind, the Iron Tracks, as expected of a Future Paradox Pokémon, were able to find various items hidden deep within this scorching desert.

In its eyes, this barren, scorching desert is like an undeveloped gold mine containing countless treasures.

After all, the Red Desert is a desolate and harsh desert. Over the years, with such a long time span, it is inevitable that many trainers will unfortunately leave behind many items here.

Normally, even if you know that finding these items is a poor trade-off between investment and return, it's not necessarily the case with iron tracks. It has a steel-like skin, so the sandstorms in the desert are useless against it; it can also lock onto its target directly, making finding items a piece of cake for it.

In the rock walls blasted open by the impact, in the sand dunes carved out, in the hard-to-find corners...:

Among the noteworthy items are: gold beads, metal membranes, insect gems, dustproof goggles, lucky eggs, star sand, precious bones, and many other things.

Zeshu can simply wave Hoopa's ring to "fish" these useful and useless items from the iron tracks.

Under this kind of "squeezing", the pupils of the Iron Tracks slowly changed from crescent-shaped blood-red pupils that symbolized "extreme disgust" to round and helpless ones. Finally, after the evolution stone it found was taken away by Ze Shu, its program crashed.

Iron tracks: (×_X)

Two bright red "X"s suddenly appeared in its eyes.

Its body tilted to one side, and then it suddenly fell into the sand pit where it had just dug out the evolutionary stone, as if this sand pit was a grave pit destined for it.

The wind and sand continued, and slowly, the surface of the iron tracks was covered with a thin layer of gravel.

Ze Shu: "I'm so awful, I repent."

"Woo~~ Cry~~"

The ancient sword leopard stared wide-eyed as it saw the iron tracks fall. It looked at Ze Shu in shock—how could the enemy be defeated both physically and mentally without even being attacked? This was something the ancient sword leopard, who had been trapped in the temple for over two thousand years and had limited knowledge, had never seen before, and it truly shocked its heart.

"What should we do?"

Looking at the massive body that had fallen from the iron tracks, Ze Shu thought for a moment, then took out a red and white ball and casually tossed it towards it.

The red and white Poké Balls, swaying and wobbling in the wind and sand, crashed into Iron Tracks and captured them. Iron Tracks, utterly exhausted and seemingly powerless to resist, didn't even flinch when the Poké Balls shook, and the Pokémon made a sound of successful capture.

They returned with the Ancient Sword Leopard, arriving at the spot where Majestic Fang had been knocked unconscious by the Ancient Sword Leopard's falling ice pillar. Facing Majestic Fang...

Zeshu threw out a Poké Ball as well. This time the Poké Ball wobbled a few times, but Majestic Fang was still captured.

Both of Dunja's paradoxical species entered Zeshu's sphere.

Ye Ci had been watching from afar in the Honghong Desert. Only after Ze Shu finished dealing with the situation did she come over. She looked at Ze Shu's Articuno in amazement before asking him curiously:

"In the end, Professor Zeki has finally tamed these two paradoxical species."

"I don't know, what should you do?"

Ze Shu shook his head, glanced at the two Poké Balls in his hand, and said to Ye Ci, "Champion Ye Ci, didn't you say you wanted to see how Paradox Pokémon would adapt to the wild in Padia?"

"Let these majestic teeth and iron tracks roam freely in this scorching desert."

After all, these two big guys are heavy, so it's not very convenient to keep them in a coffee shop or on a spaceship.

"This shouldn't interfere with the experiments you're doing, Champion Yaji, right? I hope you'll be understanding of my two Pokémon when the time comes."

Ye Ci thought for a moment, then nodded and smiled, "Okay. After all, if you take these two Paradoxical Pokémon away, Professor Ze Shu..."

I'll need to find another suitable Murloc Pokémon to release into the wild, which actually makes things easier for me.

"However, does this mean... we've teamed up? Teamed up to spread the influence of Paradox Pokémon?"

To let more people know about Padiya and be willing to settle there.

Ze Shu slightly curled the corners of his mouth and said, "I guess so. After all, besides these two majestic fangs and iron tracks, I also have two adorable Paradox Pokémon by my side... If my friends see them, they might be interested, and it will definitely have a promotional effect."

Ye Ci smiled and nodded, saying, "That's good."

She recalled the Champions and Elite Four members who rallied in support of Zeki at the "Meeting to Settle the Destruction Caused by Rayquaza," including Lance, Lorelei, Steven, and the Champions and Elite Four members from his Sinnoh region—all of whom Zeki had mentioned as friends.

The publicity effect was not bad.

Next, Ze Shu released the unconscious Majestic Fang and Iron Tracks.

Because the Ancient Sword Leopard had carried Ze Shu away in its excitement, the dolls were almost "dropped" in front of the Frozen Shaft Shrine. So Ze Shu could only take out a lot of full recovery medicine and powerful wound medicine and pour them on to treat them.

Well, the main thing is to fix the magnificent teeth. As for the iron tracks, that's a psychological issue; there's no fatal physical injury.

Then, Ye Ci's mount, the goat, uses the "drink milk" move to produce goat milk for them to drink.

Soon, the majestic teeth and iron tracks were awakened.

Compared to their initial wary expressions upon first seeing the Ancient Leopard, their eyes are much clearer now, and they dare not make any rash moves, but they still retain the unruly nature of a Paradoxical Pokémon.

However, regarding the specific personality of Paradoxical Pokémon, at least the ones from the past, Sawaki has already figured them out quite well—though they may be irritable or cold, they also respect the strong.

Coincidentally, Ze Shu and Ye Ci, who were present, were both considered strong. One had subdued them, and the other had forced them to come to the Honghong Desert. They had a say in their conversations.

Since he planned to let them roam freely, Ze Shu didn't pay much attention to the deep-seated wariness in their eyes.

He simply gave them some instructions and gave them some of the tools that had just been dug out from the iron tracks, such as the old smoke ball.

Zeki kept only the items he needed and those that Iron Tracks didn't—such as the metal membrane Zeki wanted, and the evolution stones, lucky eggs, goggles, and gold beads that Iron Tracks didn't need.

He also gave the two Donphan Paradoxical Pokémon some healing potions and berries, and even a small leaf from a secret seasoning for each of them as the highest level of emergency treatment—after all, it was just a few leaves, and it probably couldn't turn them into frenzied "Master" Pokémon.

Ze Shu's act of returning the props and adding his own props only earned him a bewildered look from Tie Zheji.

Its pixelated eyes displaying a hateful pattern of "()" seem to suggest something unbelievable: This "capitalist" has actually exploded with gold coins?!

When Ze Shu saw the pixelated look of emotion in Tie Zheji's eyes, he couldn't help but find it a little funny.

I've "squeezed" so much out of it, and this guy... :,

We should thank you!

"Well then, Champion Ci, I'll be leaving now... Shi is in your hands here."

After finishing everything, Ze Shu said to Ye Ci.

Regarding the ownership of the majestic teeth and iron tracks, perhaps it should be explained as follows:

Ze Shu tamed them, which is why they had someone to help them, but because they were free-range, Ze Shu was essentially a "hands-off manager" who only visited occasionally.

While she "handed over" their responsibilities, their temporary caretaker was Ye Ci. She was in charge of observing their survival in the scorching desert and occasionally intervened to prevent any accidents from happening.

After all, it's a Pokémon, so there's no reason not to worry.

Especially when the massive size of the tiger, with its majestic teeth and iron tracks, rolls around, its destructive power is astonishing.

With their strength, among the wild Pokémon in Padina, they might easily be defeated if they're not careful, just as Yaji said before:

He could become the "king" of this scorching desert.