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"Xiaoyun, Xiaotaiyang just noticed that this guy with the round face was following behind those thugs. He's probably the leader of that group."

Upon seeing Mu Yun arrive, Song Xiaomeng spoke as if she were the one who had discovered and solved the problem.

However, strictly speaking, the Sun Spirit belongs to her, so it was indeed she who solved it.

"You're amazing, Xiaomeng! I knew I'd be safe with you around!" Seeing Song Xiaomeng's eyes full of praise, Mu Yun naturally didn't hold back his compliments.

Hehe~~

After receiving the praise, Song Xiaomeng smiled contentedly and happily took Mu Yun's arm.

The girl's coquettish behavior caught Miss Goth's eye, who glanced at her with a hint of surprise in her azure eyes.

Is this still the same stern, cold-faced queen on the field? She's acting like one of those love-struck idiots in TV dramas...

Mom, what's wrong with you?!

"Xiaoyun, what should we do with these two?"

Unaware that her "daughter" was secretly talking about her, Song Xiaomeng leaned close to Mu Yun and asked in a low voice.

The sun spirit's telekinesis only controlled the two people's bodies, preventing them from moving or speaking, but they could still hear.

"Let's release this man's spirits one by one and knock them out first," Mu Yun said after thinking for a moment.

The mission of "an eye for an eye" is still missing one person, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will be that person.

"good!"

Song Xiaomeng nodded, then turned to Miss Goth: "Goth, it's all yours now!"

Since she didn't know what kind of Pokémon the man had, Song Xiaomeng naturally chose to have Miss Goth use her telekinesis to remotely open the Poké Ball.

"Heh heh~~"

Miss Goth nodded slightly, her jewel-like blue eyes shining faintly.

In an instant, a powerful and invisible psychic force enveloped the three Poké Balls on the ground, and opened the one furthest away from them in sequence.

Awesome!

The Poké Ball flashed with a white light.

An elf with earthy brown skin and long, wavy golden hair suddenly appeared before the two of them.

To be precise, it's not one, but three, or perhaps a three-in-one Pokémon.

Alolan Dugtrio?

Upon seeing the elf's appearance, Mu Yun felt as if an electric current had passed through his mind, instantly realizing why the rat-eyed man looked somewhat familiar.

This guy is most likely the Class C wanted criminal he saw during summer vacation—Groundhog!

However, the person in the portrait must have been wearing makeup, so apart from the eyes which are somewhat similar, the other facial features are completely unrecognizable.

If Mu Yun hadn't had a good memory, and if Alola Diglett hadn't been so rare, he probably wouldn't have remembered it either.

I wonder what level of strength this Alolan Diglett has.

Thinking it over, Mu Yun immediately activated the Eye of Data.

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[Pokémon: Dugtrio (Alolan/Alpha)]

Gender: Male

[Attributes: Ground + Steel]

[Level: 49 (Elite)]

【Special Feature: Curly Hair (Reduces the speed of opponents who make contact with it)】

[Moves: Metallic Sound, Sand Rush, Shout, Triple Attack, Mud Throw, Stomp, Sudden Attack, Iron Head, Sandstorm, Dig]

【Item to carry: Cave Rock (Beginner)】

[Potential: Elite]

[Racial stats: 425]

[Cave Rock (Beginner): A combat-enhancing artifact. A rock-like object formed from a ore containing ground energy under the influence of a special force. The wearer can increase the power of Ground-type moves by 12%.]

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Mu Yun remembered that the main force of "Gargoyle" in the wanted list was an Alolan form of Dugtrio and a Sandslash.

If nothing unexpected happens, that Sandslash King should also be an elite-level creature.

"An alien-shaped dugong?"

While Mu Yun was observing the data of the Alola dude, Song Xiaomeng, who was standing next to him, was also quite surprised when she saw the dude with golden hair.

She had heard Deng Siyao mention the alien-shaped elves, which seemed to be a new species discovered in recent years from newly emerging secret realms.

They are rare and expensive, and some wealthy collectors even secretly buy them up, making these variant Pokémon more expensive than the starter Pokémon.

I never expected to see one in person today.

"Nut Dumbbell, I'll leave this dugong to you."

Alolan Dugtrio has a Ground/Steel typing, which makes it resistant to Psychic and Fairy-type moves.

Unfortunately, both of these attributes are Gothic's main combat moves.

Given that both are at the same level, it's impossible for Miss Gothic to quickly defeat the three Digletts.

Therefore, Mu Yun had no choice but to ask Nuts Dumbbell to help.

Don't be fooled by her seemingly harmless behavior of either indulging in food or acting as a target. As a genuine peak-level overlord, her strength is formidable!

"nut!!"

Nut Dumbbell let out a low growl, and a surge of powerful grass-type energy erupted from it, rapidly spreading upwards to the three tentacles above its head, completely enveloping them.

Then, under Mu Yun's expectant gaze, the three tentacles with iron balls at their ends stretched and thickened rapidly, just like stretchable rubber.

Especially the iron ball at the end, its physical strength has more than doubled.

This is the ultimate Grass-type move, the powerful Whip with a power of 120 in the game's encyclopedia from my previous life!

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[Powerful Whip: A Grass-type physical attack move that uses vines or tentacles to violently slam or whip the opponent.]

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"A mouse!?"

The Alola Diglett, which had just been released from its Poké Ball and was still somewhat disoriented, panicked the moment it saw three tentacles with giant iron hammers coming at it.

The largest gopher seems to want to turn back and find its trainer, but the two below it have different ideas.

One of its eyes was wide open in anger, and its large golden waves shone with an iron-like luster, as if it wanted to use its iron head to meet the attack.

The other one emitted a pale yellow glow, its body slightly shrinking downwards. However, seemingly because the other two ground squirrels didn't react, it only shrank a little before quickly straightening up, watching the hammer hurtling towards it with a look of utter despair...

"Three brains that don't communicate are just lame..."

Looking at the Alola Diglett in various poses, Mu Yun thought to himself.

More brains are not necessarily better, unless it's like Metagross, where multiple brains share one consciousness. Otherwise, having more brains can actually make things more prone to problems at crucial moments.

For example, a Dudu Li that bites itself, or a two-headed Tyrannosaurus Rex that bites each other to fight for dominance over its body.

"nut!!"

While Mu Yun was pondering, the battle on the other side, involving Nuts and Dumbbells, had already come to a conclusion.

Unlike Dugtrio and his friends, the Alola trio doesn't have any extra stat bonuses. When they are at a significant level disadvantage, have no stat advantage, and their teammates are showing signs of weakness, failure is just the norm.

"Namikaze, use the Air Blade!"

As the three hamsters gradually lost their ability to resist under the relentless hammering of the nut dumbbell, Mu Yun spoke up at the opportune moment.

Uncertain whether an eye for an eye could be delivered through someone else, Mu Yun preferred to let Xiao Du or Bo Feng deliver the final blow.

Since there's no experience system in this world, there's no fear of stealing kills.

After hearing Mu Yun's order to Bo Feng, Nut Dumbbell obediently stopped its bombardment and made way for Bo Feng.

"Pop!!"

The waves flapped their wings again.

A massive wind blade formed before him and shot towards the Alola Diglett, who was already running out of energy.

clang!!

Despite the significant level difference between Namikaze and the Alola Diglett, this wind blade was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, turning his eyes into mosquito coils.

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[Ding! Pidgey (17) defeated Alola Diglett (49). Permanent Quest 1: Battle completed. The opponent's level was detected to be higher than yours. Congratulations, host, your reward has been doubled! You have received 20 points!]

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[Ding! Target detected as short-term mission 3: An Eye for an Eye. Bonus points: 245!]

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Another huge wave of points has been earned!

Sure enough, it's much more fun to steal kills than to play solo!

"Hey, Xiaoyun, this strange-looking dugong seems to have some hidden treasure on it!"

After the Alola Diglett fell, a translucent, brownish-yellow sphere appeared on the head of the largest Diglett.

This is one of the characteristics of the Spirit Treasure; it will appear in a semi-hidden state after a spirit is defeated in battle.

If you reach out to grab it now, you can retrieve the magical treasure from the spirit's storage space.