Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Chapter 354 Water Lord

"It's a great Pokémon, even greater than me."

When talking about "it", Zeki could sense that Barclay was being sincere.

"It can purify this filthy, yellowish-brown wastewater into crystal-clear water in a very short time, a purity that even we Orei people cannot imagine!"

"Do you know...do you know how overjoyed I was when I first saw this clean water source!"

Barclay glared at Ze Shu, his hands clenched tightly, his arms trembling from the tension.

Ze Shu answered honestly, "I don't know."

People's joys and sorrows are not shared. Ze Shu had never experienced the life of the Ore people without clean water, so he naturally couldn't understand their reaction when they first saw a clean water source. But he did understand how important this water was to the Ore.

"but."

"That's no excuse for you... imprisoning Suicune and turning it into a dark Pokémon, is it?"

Ze Shu said this and looked at Barclay.

Barclay was stunned, his eyes widening as he tried to explain: "Only Dark Pokémon can..."

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But Ze Shu had already stepped across the water source and slowly waded into it, without choosing to listen carefully to Barkley's words. At the same time, as he moved, Lei Gong pushed off and stepped ahead of him to the central device that was turning the yellowish-brown, foul-smelling water into clear water.

"What exactly do you want to do!" Seeing their actions, Barclay choked on his words and turned to question them.

"roar!"

After confirming the device's function—simply collecting wastewater and serving as a "cage"—a thunderous roar of fury erupted from the Thunder God's mouth as it glared back at Barkley.

But at the same time, two loud "booms" were heard, and lightning accompanied by golden light exploded. With a single strike from the furious Thunder God, the top of the device was smashed, revealing part of the Pokémon that was standing there like a statue.

It had purple hair, adorned with a blue jewel-like headdress.

It is indeed Suicune, the "incarnation of the North Wind".

"I'll try to restore it to normal. As for whether it will still be willing to purify the water here after it's restored..." Ze Shu then answered Barclay's question, "I don't know."

"No! This Pokémon..." Barclay's eyes widened, and its fat body took a few steps to try to run forward, but it was hindered by the slippery, yellowish-brown stinky water, causing it to lose its balance and fall to the ground, swallowing several mouthfuls of the stinky water. "Ah!"

Cough cough..."

His face was contorted with nausea from the stench, and despite the urge to vomit, he persisted in calling out, "This Pokémon, Suicune..."

"You can't take it away! You can't take it away! You can't restore it! It's the hope of us Orei people..."

"Hope?" Ze Shu chuckled. "So you've turned Hope into this mess?"

Barclay sensed the sarcasm in Ze Shu's words.

"Seriously, we in Ore can't live without this Pokémon! Suicune is our Ore region's...lifeline!"

"Ha. A lifeline?" Ze Shu sneered. "I remember, Suicune has been missing... for a full three and a half years, hasn't it? So what have you been doing for those three years, controlling this lifeline?"

Barclay gritted his teeth and shouted, "Silicon-Beryllium City! I've built Silicon-Beryllium City with abundant water! This is Orei's city of hope!"

Ze Shu remained noncommittal: "What about the others?"

Barclay paused, trying to pull himself up from the sewage: "What... the others?"

But Ze Shu showed no mercy and stepped on his head, making him swallow several mouthfuls of foul water.

"Silicon-Beryllium City has ample water resources. But what about the other towns?"

"Even Huangtie Town, which is like a twin of Silurian City, is still barren, arid, and filled with yellow sand."

"But your Silicon Beryllium City clearly has such abundant water. Even at the Silicon Beryllium Arena we came from, the water around the building, which was just for decoration, was just gushing out and being wasted."

"Oh.

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"With so much water that could be wasted, the residents of Huangtie Town can't even get a drop."

"I find it hard to believe that you genuinely intend to use Suicune as Orei's lifeline, rather than as a tool for making money and gaining fame."

Barclay's eyes reddened at Ze Shu's words.

But it wasn't the red of regret.

He had said so much before, explaining so many of Orei's grievances, yet this person still stubbornly wanted to take Suicune away. Wasn't he determined to oppose the entire Orei region? Was he trying to kill the whole Orei area?

But that logic doesn't hold true anymore.

The only solution is to use force.

Barclay's mouth opened and closed amidst the raging, foul-smelling sewage. His eyes, red-rimmed, stared at the central device as he gritted his teeth and uttered, "Suicune..."

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"Kill them!"

Suicune, now a "Dark Pokémon," naturally couldn't escape its "master's" orders. As soon as Barclay spoke, a biting north wind suddenly swept through the sewage-ridden underground.

In the blink of an eye, as the north wind blew, the yellowish-brown color in the sewage seemed to be erased by the wind, leaving only clear, transparent liquid. Upon seeing this, Barclay's lips practically curled into a wide grin.

It seems that even after working around the clock at this underground sewage collection point, Suikun still possesses extraordinary stamina!

Okay then...

"Suicune, take them down!"

Barclay climbed out of the water, his eyes burning with fervor as he repeated what he had just said.

But he seemed to have forgotten one thing: although Suicune is a legendary Pokémon, there is still a legendary Pokémon of equal rank to Suicune, Raikou, standing before it. And coincidentally, the Ho-Oh Guard also has a type advantage relationship with Electric being super effective against Water.

"Take your colleague down first," Ze Shu said to Raikou. "Don't hold back, subdue it as quickly as possible. Anyway, it's a Dark Pokémon now, so... it won't remember you beating it up."

Even without Ze Shu saying anything, Lei Gong had already taken action.

Even as Barclay gave the command, its body began to crackle with electricity, the crackling light spreading across its entire form—

This is a "charge" move; Raikou is preparing to build up the power of his next electric-type move.

Then, as Zeshu spoke to it, Raikou opened its ferocious tiger mouth wide, its whole body crackling with lightning, and its two saber-toothed tiger fangs gleamed like sharp swords as it fiercely pounced on Suijun!

It had been wanting to beat up this "colleague" for a long time!

Faced with Raikou's attack, Suicune frantically tried to defend itself, but it seemed that Raikou's hunting instincts as a "tiger" were superior. Suicune's slender and elegant neck was pounced on by Raikou and rolled around!

Suijun was instantly pinned to the ground.

Then, a thunderous boom resounded, and a thick bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the underground space, striking the entangled Suigun and Raikou!

Lei Gong was naturally unharmed.

But Suicune...

"Uh...no...can't...you have to hold on, you have to kill them all!" Barclay's pupils shrank, and his fat body tried to pounce on his only hope, but he lost his balance and fell into the water again.

He was radiating a sense of despair.

Zeshu walked up to him and met his gaze as he looked up. But before he could say anything, Leo, who was standing to the side, removed the device from Zeshu's right arm and threw it to him.

"Here, take it!" Leo said briefly.

The Stealing Device can transform ordinary Poké Balls into Stealing Balls that can capture Pokémon that already have owners. Although Sawaki still had some Stealing Balls left, since Leo had thrown them all, he decided to try it out and wear it on his arm.

Then, he took out a red and white ball and simply made a throwing motion towards Suicune, who was still being bitten by Raikou but had already fainted. The entire stealing device emitted a red light and generated a thrust out of thin air, smashing the Poké Ball into Suicune's body.

With a "bang".

The impact caused Suicune's slender, water-colored body to tremble slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a red light appeared, and Suicune was captured into a Poké Ball without even shaking.

"How...could this be..." Barclay watched the entire process, until Suicune was captured and taken away, its eyes dimming as it spoke in despair.

"Let's go." Ze Shu ignored him, recalled Suicune's Poké Ball, and returned the stealing device to Leo. "It's time to make an appointment. I can't be late and break my promise."

Watching them slowly walk away, leaving this underground space.

Barclay's thick, fat body slumped limply into the clean water created by Suicune.

But as the filthy water continued to flow in, without the purification of the Water Lord, the clean water where he lay was quickly stained grayish-yellow, and then eventually turned back to a deep brown, and the stench gradually permeated the air again.

"Hmm! Regarding the purification of the Dark Pokémon... I think, I've thought of a way!"

Walking on the streets of Silicon Beryllium City, Mireille's eyes lit up.

"I've told you before, my hometown, Agate Village, although water is scarce, has a lush forest, where a temple is enshrined, and in that temple dwells a 'Forest God'!"

"This forest god might have a way to purify the dark Pokémon! After all, he's a god who could create an entire forest in our Orei region!"

Higana asked curiously, "Really?"

"Yes! I have a feeling it's possible!" Mirei nodded seriously. "I just want to go back to my hometown. I need to pester my grandfather to explain things clearly and investigate the temple!"

"In that case..." Ze Shu nodded and said, "Let's part ways here. I'll remember Agate Village. I'll go there after this is over."

After saying "okay," Mireille pulled Leo away.

Watching her receding figure, Ze Shu had already arrived at a large building on the east side of Silicon Beryllium City, with a plaque that read "Silicon Beryllium Grand Hotel".

There are two decorative fountains next to the gate that keep spraying water, but the water is no longer clean. It has turned a little yellow and has a smell.

"Then I'll go in," Ze Shu said to Xi Jiana and Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan: "————"

Higana turned her head away: "Then you go in! Humph! Going to such a nice place without taking me, Queen Higana!"

Ze Shu:

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What do I need you for?

This was arranged by the host of the Shadow Organization to invite him to exercise.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Ze Shu looked at Xiao Lan.

Little Blue said sourly, "Hmph, going to such a nice place without taking me, the Great King Little Blue..."

Ze Shu raised a question mark on his forehead and said irritably, "Don't be like that idiot Xi Jiana."

Higana blushed and glared at Ze Shu: "You're the idiot!"

But nobody paid him any attention.

"Are you worried about me?" Ze Shu asked.

"Of course!" Xiao Lan turned her face away again, straightened Ze Shu's disheveled collar, and warned, "Women like that are sick, you know! Don't get involved with them! Otherwise..."

Zeqi: "???"

Although it was Venus who invited him to exercise, he only went to the appointment to get information and did not intend to do anything real, so how could he have contracted the disease?

"Heh." Ze Shu chuckled, touching the button that Xiao Lan had placed inside his collar. "Let's proceed according to plan. You guys stay outside and keep your tracks hidden."

This Silicon Beryllium Hotel is much more upscale than the Huangtie Hotel where Zeshu stayed in Huangtie Town. Led by the staff, we walked through a marble corridor and arrived at the top floor.

"Sir, this is your room. The lady is already waiting for you inside."

"it is good."

The staff member bowed and left.

Ze Shu pushed open the door, and a large, white bed came into view, with the sound of running water coming from afar. She was taking a bath, and she was humming a song, which was quite unpleasant.

Perhaps hearing the door open, Venus's alluring voice came from the bathroom: "Oh, you little rascal from the raiding party, you've finally arrived! I've been looking forward to this day for so long. You said you were slow, but I took care of a lot of troublesome things beforehand and gave you a whole day to prepare..."

In other words, even if Venus were to disappear for an entire day, no one would know?

"Hmm," Ze Shu replied casually.

He walked in, and a pair of stone "wings" were placed on the ground. Inside, however, were black Poké Balls—were these wings, which always seemed out of place on Venus's back, actually Poké Ball storage containers? Moreover, Venus's Pokémon were mostly dark Pokémon.

That makes things much easier.

Zeshu picked up the Poké Balls one by one, locked them up, then opened the window and threw them into the alley outside. With a "thud," one of them hit a sneaky person.

"Ouch! That hurts! You wicked Zeki... Queen Higana, you've smashed a huge bump on my head!"

I ignored her because the sound of water in the bathroom had stopped.

After a while, the door opened, and white mist billowed out. Venus, wearing a bath towel and a veil, walked out. She first glanced at Ze Shu with satisfaction, then, without noticing the empty wings, went straight to the large bed.

"You're pretty clean, no need to shower, just come on... kid from the raiding party."

"Serve me well, and it will be a turning point in your life."

Venus glanced flirtatiously at Ze Shu, who slowly walked to the bedside, and stroked his abs with satisfaction. Her veil breathed out hot air, and her legs slowly opened.

To be honest, despite living in the desert environment of Ore, Venus is actually quite a beautiful and tall woman. However, her skin is a bit rough, and her figure is rather thin.

I don't know what's wrong with this woman, she has to wear a veil even when she takes a bath.

Ze Shu smiled and raised the cylindrical stun gun in his hand, which had just been heavily charged by Raigong: "Here I come."

Venus smiled alluringly and closed her eyes: "Come on then. I even prepared props; how thoughtful of me."

But the next moment.

Accompanied by a "sizzle" sound.

A violent flash of electricity erupted on the pristine white bed.

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