Pokémon: Did you play Pokémon today?

Chapter 236 Holy crap!! Dragon!!

"You mean—abnormal energy fluctuations were detected in the core area of ​​the Kunlun Mountains, and then a large number of people appeared out of nowhere?"

Bai Zhou frowned, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the table as he once again checked on the Zygarde core floating in front of him.

Zygard did not use telepathy again, but his core flickered slightly, and then he nodded in an extremely human-like manner.

This astonishing news has been confirmed.

"The ability to conduct large-scale personnel airdrops using the Ultimate Cavern—Team Rainbow Rocket, that's really convenient—"

Bai Zhou almost instantly sorted out his thoughts, and his expression darkened.

This is by no means a small-scale operation, but a clear signal that Team Rainbow Rocket has been planning for a long time and is officially launching a large-scale operation!

Without any hesitation, he took out his phone and dialed a number.

It was answered almost instantly.

"Lord Bai Zhou----"

Olive's voice, tinged with suppressed excitement, came through the receiver.

"It's an emergency, listen to me."

Bai Zhou interrupted her potential small talk.

"Immediately notify Lance, Giovanni, and Steven to assemble in the emergency conference room on the top floor of The Pokémon Company. I'll be there in five minutes."

"Yes! I understand!"

Olive sensed the seriousness and urgency in Bai Zhou's tone. Without asking any further questions, she readily agreed and hung up the phone to make the arrangements.

Putting his phone away, Bai Zhou's gaze returned to the Zygarde core.

He pondered for a moment and then made a decision.

"Kygerd".

His tone became unusually serious, carrying the implication of entrusting someone with a heavy responsibility.

"I'm still a little worried about the city. I need you to gather 50% of the cells and distribute them throughout Dragon City to protect innocent civilians as much as possible during the upcoming chaos. Only you, as the God of Order, can do this. Please."

"Follow the wishes of the protector."

Without any hesitation, the Zygarde Core responded immediately.

It understood the deeper meaning in Bai Zhou's words, although it longed to follow the guardian to the Kunlun Mountains to confront the threat.

However, protecting the cities in the rear and maintaining basic order are equally important, and are tasks that it is not the only one that can be assigned to them.

Let's not even talk about dividing cells conducting large-scale urban defense.

In terms of monitoring unusual activity across the entire city at a macro level, no one else here can do it, not even Rayquaza.

Being able to help Bai Zhou at such a critical moment and shoulder such an important responsibility, even stirred up a deep sense of pride within him.

Without any unnecessary words, the white planarian-shaped core suddenly shone with a dazzling emerald light!

The next moment, countless "cells" emitting green fluorescence appeared out of thin air from every corner of the room and from the air outside the window, rushing in and merging into the core!

Zygard's body stretched and deformed rapidly in the stream of light.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a white hound with emerald armor around its neck and sharp eyes!

It gave Bai Zhou a deep look, then exerted its strength with all four limbs, and like a white lightning bolt, it nimbly leaped out of the dormitory window in two steps and disappeared among the buildings.

It begins its city protection mission.

Bai Zhou looked in the direction it disappeared, breathed a long sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

He quickly recalled Gengar and Kirlia, who were already waiting nearby, using a Poké Ball, and headed straight for the main building of the research institute where Professor Oak was located.

Find Professor Oak.

Shirashu briefly explained the seriousness of the situation, and Professor Oak immediately understood the urgency of the matter.

Without any delay, he directly contacted the alliance headquarters and the Dragon City government, quickly expediting the launch of a city-wide crisis response exercise.

Thanks to the alliance's prior announcement of the exercise, the residents of Dragon City were already mentally prepared and had relevant contingency plans.

In the past few days, all preparations have been proceeding in an orderly manner.

At that moment, the piercing city-wide sirens, representing the highest level of alert, suddenly shattered the silence, and all citizens sprang into action.

On the streets, guided by Alliance staff and Officer Jenny, the crowd moved in an orderly fashion toward the designated underground shelter.

There was no panic, no riots; to most citizens, it was just a long-planned large-scale exercise.

It was precisely this "drill" mentality that made the entire evacuation process exceptionally smooth and efficient.

Bai Zhou went directly to the rooftop of the research institute.

Time was of the essence, so he chose the fastest mode of transportation—he gently tapped the dark "jewelry" on his collar.

"Little Kongzi, it's time to get to work."

Rayquaza let out a dragon roar filled with eager anticipation, which instantly spiraled out from its collar!

Its body expanded rapidly in the light, and in the blink of an eye, it returned to its normal form, which was more than ten meters long and full of power and majesty!

The jet-black scales gleamed with a cold, hard luster in the sunlight, and the golden patterns pulsed like waves. The entire dragon exuded a powerful aura that was breathtaking.

With a gentle gathering of strength, Bai Zhou flipped over as if weightless, standing firmly on the huge and ferocious dragon head of Lie Kong Zuo!

"roar--"

With a roar that could shatter metal and split rocks, the dragon swung its tail and its massive body shot into the sky like an arrow released from a bow!

Transforming into a black streak of light that tore through the sky, it shot straight toward the most bustling core business district of Dragon City at a terrifying speed that surpassed the speed of sound!

This black streak of light that stretched across the sky instantly attracted the attention of all the citizens who were evacuating on the ground!

"Mom! Look! The sky! It looks like the sky has been cleaved in two by a black paintbrush!"

"Little sister, you can't talk big, how could the heavens possibly—"

"Holy crap!!! A dragon!!!"

"What kind of Pokémon is that?! How can it be so fast?! Did you guys see it clearly?!"

"No! It was too fast! I couldn't see it at all! But I cleverly recorded it on my phone while you were drooling over the sky!"

"Bro! Hurry! Send me one! After this exercise, I'll cover your breakfast for the rest of the semester!"

"Uh—I recorded you—"

The brief gasps and commotion were quickly quelled by the well-trained league personnel and Officer Jenny.

However, just a few minutes later, an even more shocked and heated discussion erupted from the crowd!

Because those who successfully recorded the video and couldn't wait to slow it down finally saw the true form of that streak of light!

"A person! There is a person! Standing on the head of that dragon-like Pokémon!"

"A legendary Pokémon! It's definitely the legendary Pokémon you're talking about online! That size! That speed! Ordinary Pokémon simply can't have that!"

"Is that its trainer standing on its head?! A legendary Pokémon trainer?! This isn't a Pokémon game! Are there really trainers in real life who can do this?!"

"How could that be! Don't tarnish the prestige of legendary Pokémon! How could such a powerful being willingly let humans stand above it? I think it's just a well-developed Onix!"

"Idiot! Your Onix is ​​a Flying-type and can fly, right?!"

"I don't care if it's a legendary Pokémon or not, all I know is that in the blink of an eye, it flew from one side of the sky to the other! What kind of Pokémon it is doesn't matter anymore, I only have two words for it: invincible!"

The commotion caused by Rayquaza's appearance was once again suppressed by the diligent Alliance personnel.

The top priority at present remains to safely and quickly evacuate all citizens to shelters.

This is a direct order from the highest levels of the alliance.

Bai Zhou naturally had no time to pay attention to the commotion and discussions behind him. Even if he knew, he couldn't care less about something as trivial as Lie Kongzuo being exposed.

Besides, he has never cared about such empty fame and attention.

In almost a few breaths, the white boat riding Rayquaza descended like a divine warrior, landing on the dedicated helipad on the top floor of the Pokémon Company building.

"Tsk—"

Bai Zhou flipped off the dragon's head, somewhat speechless, and reached out to tidy his hair, which had been blown into a mess by the strong winds at high altitude. He complained, "It's been so long since I've ridden you around, you didn't forget to put on your energy shield to block the wind for me, did you? —"

Although with his current physical condition, this level of wind pressure wouldn't even be considered a tickle, he still couldn't help but want to "teach" this old guy who occasionally got lazy a lesson.

snort----

Liekongzuo let out a low growl of dissatisfaction, and its massive body rapidly shrank, transforming back into a dark ornament that coiled around Baizhou's collar.

hateful!

This old man actually got a little lax because I hadn't driven him around for so long!

Even though the wind couldn't even break his hair, this is a matter of attitude! It's my dereliction of duty!

Or perhaps we should apologize?

After a struggle with his conscience, Liekongzuo decided to apologize.

That—yes, right—

"What? The wind was too strong, I didn't hear you."

Bai Zhou pretended not to hear, interrupting the proud and arrogant dragon king's apology, which was also a way to give it a way out.

This is not the time to dwell on such trivial matters.

Without further delay, he flashed down the stairs through the internal passage and headed straight for the emergency conference room on the top floor.

When he pushed open the conference room door, Wataru, Giovanni, Daigo, and Olive, who had been waiting at the door, were already there.

All eyes immediately focused on him.

Without exchanging pleasantries, Bai Zhou went straight to the head of the table and got straight to the point.

"Team Rainbow Rocket has begun operations. Zygarde has detected a large-scale abnormal energy reaction in the core area of ​​the Kunlun Mountains, suspected to be a personnel deployment through the Ultra Vault. The specific purpose and scale are still unclear."

He swept his gaze across everyone present and immediately began making arrangements.

"Sakaki, Daigo, pack your things. In ten minutes, come with me in our special aircraft to the Kunlun Mountains for preliminary reconnaissance and response."

Sakaki and Daigo exchanged a glance, both seeing seriousness in each other's eyes.

Without any objection, the two nodded simultaneously, then got up and left the meeting room to prepare.

Bai Zhou then turned his gaze to Yu Longdu, who was leaning against the door with his arms crossed and a "I'm cool" look on his face.

"Adu, after we leave, the safety of the entire Dragon City is in your hands."

Bai Zhou's tone was trusting.

"Command of the alliance will be temporarily transferred to you. You must ensure the safety of citizens and maintain order in the city."

""

Yu Longdu remained as confident as ever, casually waving his hand to indicate that he fully understood and had no problem.

Bai Zhou looked at him like this, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something more, but in the end she didn't say anything.

He simply took out a rather antique-looking small wooden box from his pocket and casually tossed it to Yulongdu.

"Keep this with you."

Bai Zhou's tone was calm, yet carried a strange weight.

"If—I mean if—you encounter an extreme situation that you can't handle, open it; it might be of some help."

These words immediately extinguished Yulongdu's curiosity to open the wooden box and find out what was inside.

He weighed the seemingly ordinary yet inexplicably heavy wooden box in his hand, his expression becoming more serious. Without asking any further questions, he turned and strode out of the conference room.

He needed to go to the city alliance headquarters immediately to take over overall command, and the burden on his shoulders was no less than that of Bai Zhou, who was about to go to the front line.

Finally, Bai Zhou's gaze fell on Olive, who had been standing silently behind him.

"Olive."

His tone softened, carrying a sense of entrustment.

"I'll be leaving the overall logistical coordination and information processing for Professor Oak's lab and Lance's lab to you for now. I don't trust anyone else with this responsibility."

Upon hearing this, Olive's cheeks flushed slightly, and she immediately straightened her back, responding with unwavering determination.

"Please rest assured! I will definitely not let you down!"

Bai Zhou nodded, indicating his trust.

Just then, a pure white planarian silently crawled out from his sleeve, jumped lightly, and landed on Olive's arm.

It then seeped into her skin as if melting and disappeared.

"These are Zygarde's cells."

Bai Zhou explained, "It can protect your safety in critical moments. If you encounter any emergencies that you cannot handle, just call upon the name 'Zigeld' in your heart, and it will respond."

Olive looked at the subtle sensation on her arm that had vanished in an instant with some curiosity, but she didn't ask any questions. She simply kept Bai Zhou's instructions firmly in mind and nodded vigorously.

Having arranged everything, Bai Zhou did not linger.

He immediately turned around and took the high-speed elevator back to the rooftop helipad.

When he arrived, Giovanni and Daigo were already waiting there, fully armed.

Both of them had changed into clothes that allowed for easy movement, and their breathing was calm, clearly indicating that they were ready for battle.

Bai Zhou did not choose to take the Flying Sky Steed to the Kunlun Mountains again.

That would be too conspicuous and could easily alert the enemy.

The official name of this operation is "to explore and assess new mineral veins in the Kunlun Mountains," and at least on the surface, it needs to be done properly.

Just then, accompanied by a deep engine roar, a sleek, medium-sized, high-speed aircraft hovered above the tarmac.

The hatch slid open silently and the gangway was lowered.

A woman dressed in a black, tight-fitting combat suit that accentuated her lithe figure appeared at the hatch.

Her face was flushed an unnatural red, and her eyes held a mixture of extreme respect and almost fanatical excitement as she bowed deeply in the direction of the white boat.

Hunter J was the captain in charge of managing the local advance team after being subdued by Shiraishu.

"Master, the aircraft is ready as you requested and can depart at any time."

Her voice trembled almost imperceptibly with excitement.

"Shall we depart for the Kunlun Mountains now?"

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