Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Chapter 358 Erya's Revolving Lantern

Seeing the Suicune that had been unleashed by Zeki and was charging towards them, Er was stunned and stared wide-eyed.

He looked up at the sky in disbelief, only to find that his "trump card"—Dark Lugia—had yet to appear. Normally, even if Alina hadn't initiated the release procedure, it should have at least appeared by now.

"W-What's going on?!"

Ze Shu, of course, wouldn't tell the bewildered Er that it was Xiao Lan's manipulation that had taken effect.

He instructed Suijun: "Give him a good beating and keep him firmly under control."

As a Dark Pokémon, Suicune has no will whatsoever, and at this moment it will naturally obey Sawaki's orders unconditionally. But even if it had a will now, it would probably give Barclay a good beating—after all, this guy had exploited it ruthlessly.

Zeki's command perfectly aligned with Suijun's will.

As it charged toward the aggrieved ruler, Suicune seemed to be filled with rage, and its movements appeared to become much more agile.

If Milly were here, she'd probably widen her eyes in disbelief and exclaim, "Suicune's dark aura is decreasing significantly!"

But she wasn't there; the only sound now was Er's terrified scream: "You, you don't come any closer!!"

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He is an evil organization leader who has absolutely no fighting ability, as can be inferred from the fact that he could only beg for mercy from Ze Shu when he was in Silicon Beryllium City.

His intimidating presence stems from his subordinates and his possession of the "ultimate weapon" hidden in the shadows.

But now, his subordinates can't help him. They've been completely wiped out by Team Rocket, and even the Shadow's "second-in-command," Evil, was thrown to Sawaki's feet by Giovanni, his fate unknown. Meanwhile, the other "ultimate weapon" has yet to appear.

He was completely powerless to resist.

In despair, and amidst the exhausted shadow organization underlings around him, E was met with a relentless barrage of attacks from Suicune, accompanied by dark waters.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

"How pathetic!" Higanbana looked at the man, his entire body covered in wounds, beaten thoroughly by Suicune's black water whips, nearly knocking him unconscious. "But he deserved it!"

Despite being a weak water dog, Suiki still has a temper when it's being played with and exploited like this.

The blow was much heavier than what Ze Shu had described as a "beating".

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Finally, the nearly unconscious Ursa was violently thrown into the air by Suicune's "Supernatural Power" and slammed into the feet of Sawaki with a loud "bang," causing black mud flowers to erupt from the ground of Dark Island.

As the intense pain began, Er felt as if he were caught in a revolving lantern of his life.

As a child, I followed my "ignorant" grandfather and father as they dug for water sources all over Oure. They said things like, "We want to find the purest water source for Oure, so that the people of Oure can drink the cleanest drinking water, and so that little Bakre will never have to live the kind of life they have to live again."

It's ridiculous. Ore is a cursed land, filled with filthy wastewater. Did Grandpa and Father ever get a single drop of clean drinking water after spending nearly a hundred years of their lives digging in such a foolish way?

No.

Even after he grows up, won't he still have to drink that stinking wastewater?

"Only Dark Pokémon...only in this way...can..."

"I already succeeded, I successfully transformed Suicune into... Damn it..."

Resentment, bitterness and other emotions welled up in my heart.

But E felt his vision growing increasingly dark.

In his final moments, Erling saw the ultimate weapon he had pinned his hopes on for a comeback.

The sky was dark and gloomy, with fierce, jet-black whirlwinds swirling and howling. A large, jet-black bird Pokémon was among them, seemingly the controller of these black whirlwinds.

"Uh...uh..."

Er's eyes widened, filled with excitement. He wanted to say something, but the injuries inflicted by Suicune on his body prevented him from doing so.

Immediately.

He tilted his head to the side.

Like Xie Yan beside him, he completely lost consciousness.

He was completely unconscious, and everyone present only noticed his unconsciousness briefly before shifting their attention elsewhere—

Dark Lugia. As soon as it appeared, a dark vortex raged across the sky, and Dark Isle seemed to be extinguished by a single blow from a banana leaf fan, causing the temperature to plummet.

Rain clouds are gathering, and a torrential downpour is brewing in the sky.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a legendary Pokémon, hailed as the "God of the Sea" or the "God of Ocean Currents."

"This Barkley said something about getting water for the Orleans and improving their environment. But he's done absolutely nothing with Lugia, which can unleash torrential rain in an instant. Hah." Ze Shu thought to himself, shaking his head.

Little Blue, followed by Raigong, had already escaped from the base where Dark Lugia was being held.

"Ze Shu, what do we do?!" Higana cried out anxiously, her eyes fixed on Dark Lugia. "At this rate, we're all going to be wiped out by this black whirlwind! Quickly, call the invincible Dragon God to come out and think of a solution!"

"Your Dragon God is still gnawing on meteorites in the sky," Ze Shu replied.

After Unova beat up the Primal Reverts "Flying-Cannot" and "Fathead," Rayquaza seemed to have let go of some kind of knot in its heart.

Although it still followed them like a "stalker" as before, it seemed to be moving much more slowly. For a long time, it even only wanted to gnaw on meteorites in a certain meteorite-rich area, and the pointer of the "Rayquaza Tracking Compass" on the Zeshu spaceship did not move for a long time.

Higanbana was dumbfounded: "What do we do now?!"

"Yeah, what should we do?" Ze Shu echoed.

"Woo!" Little Lugia came to Ze Shu's side. It looked at the Dark Lugia in the sky, and the sense of danger emanating from that Dark Lugia was still so strong, but it wasn't as afraid anymore. At least it wouldn't cower in Ze Shu's arms anymore. "Woo woo woo!"

"You want to have a... showdown with your mother?" Ze Shu asked in surprise.

"Waaah!" Little Lugia's azure eyes were filled with determination.

Ze Shu smiled encouragingly and said, "Then go ahead."

"Waaaaah!!"

Little Lugia swirled in the air currents and took flight.

Higana was dumbfounded: "Ze Shu, you're just going to let little Lugia deal with that huge Dark Lugia so easily?!"

Zeqi: "Is that not allowed?"

Higana exclaimed anxiously, "Little Lugia is so small, while Dark Lugia is so big! How can this be okay?!"

Ze Shu smiled and said, "Let's give it a try."

Indeed, comparing Pokémon of the same species by size is a common method for trainers to assess the fighting strength between Pokémon. From this perspective, Lugia is no match for its mother.

But doesn't Xijiana know how to analyze specific problems in specific ways?

It's true that Pokémon like Machamp and Rhyperior are stronger the larger their muscles, but what about Legendary Pokémon...?

"Huh?!!"

"What, what...

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Since Lugia took off, Higana has been keeping a close eye on what's happening in the sky.

At that moment, she stared wide-eyed and stammered, "How come the storm that Little Lugia stirred up when it flew up is no, no, no better than this big Dark Lugia!"

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"Sawaki, your little Lugia is... this... so amazing?!"

Ze Shu, paying attention to the situation above, casually replied, "It's alright."

It's normal that Higana doesn't know the full extent of Lugia's situation. After all, Lugia is a baby, and normally, if something happens, it's not Lugia's turn to take action.

To put it dramatically and somewhat childishly, his little Lugia had once obtained the divine status of the Lugia race, the "god of ocean currents," from the underwater ruins of Atlantis.

Back then, a mere flap of its wings could cause a massive tsunami at sea.

The fact that Lugia and its mother are evenly matched in their whirlwind battle over ocean currents demonstrates the extraordinary strength of Lugia's mother.

"Waaaaah!!"

In this duel between the two sides.

Lugia's mother's body was pitch black, as if hidden in this turbulent black whirlwind, and her red eyes were devoid of any emotion.

Tears inexplicably streamed down Little Lugia's face, and half of its body had turned black, becoming "half Lugia, half Dark Lugia." The black whirlwind it unleashed was identical to the whirlwind its mother wielded.

"Whirlwind of Darkness".

This is a move that Lugia specializes in after it becomes a Dark Pokémon.

It was also Lugia who inherited the "genetic move" from his mother.

A torrential downpour began, and the surging winds in the air made everyone present, including the Shadow Soldiers, afraid to move haphazardly, lest they lose their footing and be swept into the heart of the battle, torn to pieces by the merciless wind.

"If this continues..." Ze Shu frowned.

Dark Pokémon almost have "infinite energy" because they can recklessly squeeze out their potential. Even if Lugia has the advantage in its battle against its mother, this stalemate is not good for either of them.

Sakaki had already gone far away. Before he left, he said he was taking something. It goes without saying that it was the tracker that could track Dark Mewtwo.

This was one of the reasons why Sawaki came to Orei, but Sawaki could only choose to let Sakaki leave.

Because Dark Lugia is clearly more important.

If Giovanni were to cause trouble at this moment with his obviously bug-level strength, that would be a real headache.

Zeshu wants to help Lugia's mother purify herself and return to her original state. At the very least, even if the state of the Dark Pokémon cannot be changed, he must help Lugia's mother regain consciousness and reunite with her daughter, Lugia.

He needs to do something.

"By the way, how did this Erya summon Dark Lugia before? His body..."

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Ze Shu looked at the unconscious E on the ground.

"Higana, let's expose him together!"

"ah?!"

"Check if he has anything on him."

Despite letting out a gasp, Higana didn't hesitate and quickly bent down in the wind pressure, following Ze Shu as they scrambled towards Er. Soon, Er was almost completely naked, and the "master thief" Higana smoothly pulled out a black bead: "Is this it?!"

"I'll give it a try." Ze Shu took the bead.

The bead looks like a precious gem, but when you actually touch it, Ze Shu can tell that it is a technological product. The surface of the bead is covered with sharp edges and corners, and it feels a little prickly.

It is not the same as the indigo blue or crimson pearl that can actually control the "flyless" and "fathead fish".

But it's enough.

"No matter what commands we gave Dark Lugia before, it didn't respond."

Now, Ze Shu knows that this bead is the "messenger" used by the Shadow Organization to control this Dark Lugia.

Due to the nature of Dark Pokémon, they will unconditionally obey the commands of the "master" holding their Poké Ball, but this Dark Lugia does not have a Poké Ball, and it does not respond at all when ordinary people talk to it.

No wonder Alina said before that this "ultimate dark Pokémon" Dark Lugia could only be controlled by the boss, because the boss has this "messenger".

And now, this "messenger" is in Ze Shu's hands.

"Stop!" he said.

There was no movement in the sky, and Lugia's mother did not react.

"Stop!" Ze Shu said again.

The dark whirlwind on Lugia's mother's side is slowly diminishing, but it has not completely stopped.

"Stop!" Ze Shu said for the third time.

Only then did Lucia's mother stop.

No wonder the Shadow Organization is so strict with it, building a base specifically for it and designing restraint devices. It turns out that Lugia's mother is quite "rebellious".

But that's all we can do...

Its rebellion cannot escape the control of the shadows; it can only be a numb resistance without any willpower.

Seeing that his mother had stopped, little Lugia naturally did not make another move.

The clash between these cyclones caused turbulent ocean currents and torrential downpours.

Little Lugia, looking at its mother who only obeyed commands, and its lifeless red eyes, was bewildered.

Then, it looked helplessly at Ze Shu, its eyes filled with pleading.

"Waaah...."

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"It needs to be purified."

However, this Lugia mother is known as the "Dark Pokémon that can never be purified".

Ze Shu remembered what Mi Lei had mentioned before about "purifying the channels"—her hometown, Agate Village.

Mirei said that the sacred forest next to Agate Village is dedicated to a "god" who can only purify dark Pokémon.

Although I don't know what kind of Pokémon that "god" is.

But give it a try.

This is currently the only method available.

"Get down!" Ze Shu held the black bead and repeated it several times before Lugia's mother landed, allowing Ze Shu to climb onto her back. "Take me and fly away to another place..."

On this day, the people of the Orei region saw a large, jet-black bird Pokémon fly across the sky, over Pyrite Town, over Mt. Orei, and over the Realgar Tower...

Without exception, wherever this large black bird flies, it brings with it a fierce, dark whirlwind, followed by unstable gales and torrential rain.

But for Ore, this was like a godsend.

The people of Orei were overjoyed, considering it a miracle, and eagerly enjoyed the rainwater, which was not actually very clean.

"If only I knew where this great bird was about to fly! Then I could follow its miracle and enjoy the cleanest water!" — This was the simple wish of an Oreiman.

But even Zeshu couldn't guarantee the trajectory of "this big bird" as it was about to fly.

Because Dark Lugia is just too difficult to unlock!

It's like an old flight simulator that suffers from network latency and packet loss, and is frequently plagued with bugs.

Even though Ze Shu had experience piloting spaceships, he could only do his best to ensure that the spaceship wouldn't crash.

"If I keep driving like this, I'm afraid I'll end up driving all over Oure, and the storms will be raging all over Oure too..."

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Hmm, maybe it will even "develop" a faith...

Look at the fervor with which those Orei people pursue Dark Lugia.