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The news brought by Jubei was a mixed bag.

Encouragingly, he seems to have confirmed the existence of Eevee tribes in Viridian Forest.

But frustratingly, bad guys beat them to it!

For many years, Tokiwa City has neglected this forest, and now it is finally reaping the bitter fruit of its own making.

This inevitably makes people feel down.

Fortunately, Jubei's communications also helped them solve an urgent problem—what to do with the poachers they had caught.

"Take this person with you and let's meet up with Captain Jubei first," one of the cameramen suggested.

The proposal was immediately agreed upon by everyone.

Soon after, the group, dragging the bound poacher, caught up with Jubei, who had left alone earlier.

Judging from the surrounding environment, Jubei's place had clearly just been through a battle.

However, he seemed to handle it with ease, without even getting his clothes dirty.

Jubei was slightly surprised to see that the group had brought a hostage when they arrived.

"So, some escaped and ended up in your area. Did you handle it smoothly?"

When he asked this question, his gaze immediately fell on the two cameramen in the group.

But when they met his gaze, the two men's smiles became somewhat stiff.

"It's alright. Some things were unexpected, but overall it went smoothly."

It was quite unexpected! They thought they were in charge of protecting others, but they never imagined that a college instructor would lead the battle.

Jubei didn't pay attention to the details at the moment, and simply nodded calmly, "It's good that Teacher Chen is alright."

He then briefly shared the information with everyone.

"This group of people are not ordinary poachers, but remnants of the Rust Gang. They somehow got the information that every year at this time, a group of Eevee's evolved forms would set off from Viridian Forest and head north back to the Indigo Plateau north of the Silver Mountains."

Therefore, they laid an ambush in this area beforehand.

They had previously used this information to capture a number of Eevee Pokémon and injured many others in the forest.

Upon hearing Jubei's explanation, the students were filled with righteous indignation.

"Damn it! Those damned poachers!"

At that moment, perhaps because he was awakened by the noise, one of the poachers who had been subdued by Jubei woke up.

The person had been bleeding from their nose as soon as they woke up, suggesting they had been subjected to some kind of special treatment.

"Damn it! You despicable Rockets trash, what did you do to me?!"

Judging from the man's furious yet bewildered reaction, Jubei's methods did not seem to be violent interrogation, but rather more like some kind of superpower-induced hypnosis and forced confession.

It is very likely that the power of Psychic-type Pokémon was also borrowed.

The method was quite brutal, so much so that the amount of nosebleed the victim experienced when she woke up was quite horrifying.

At the same time, the poacher immediately recognized Jubei, suggesting they were old acquaintances.

Jubei didn't let him get away with it. He immediately took a few steps in front of the other man, spun around, raised his leg, and then kicked the other man's shoulder, causing the poacher, who was already being forced to kneel, to fall to the ground.

This kick was swift, powerful, and elegant, as if the person had completely unleashed their true nature after their identity was revealed.

Even though he was being trampled underfoot, this particular poacher continued to twist and struggle, uttering defiant curses.

"Damn Team Rocket! You want another match?! We, the Rust Gang, will never back down from you!"

Now you're all righteously talking about protecting Viridian Forest, spit on you! Aren't you hypocrites?

Thirty-five years ago, weren't you the ones who plundered the forest and took away all the valuable Pokémon here?

"If you could do it back then, why can't we do it now? Why should we?"

Even with their faces buried in the ground, covered in blood and dirt, the Rust Gang poachers still loudly denounced Team Rocket's numerous crimes with their decaying vocal cords.

This reminder finally brought Chen Mu back to where he had heard the name "Rust Gang" before—

This was a local gang from the past in Viridian City, which they had seen a few days ago while researching in Viridian City.

Back then, they were considered a prominent local community organization, and their names would occasionally appear in the archives.

Unfortunately, more than thirty years later, with the Rockets' unparalleled rise to power, the Rust Gang could not escape the fate of being crushed by Giovanni.

They fought back fiercely during that time, and even today they still occasionally jump out from the corners to cause trouble for the Rockets.

But ultimately, it was like an ant trying to shake a tree—powerless to reverse the situation.

Faced with the enemy's impotent and furious shouts, Jubei simply smiled coldly.

"There's no such thing as 'by choice' in this world. More than thirty years ago, you yourselves missed your chance, and now you've all become spineless dogs, yet you're still barking and howling here. It's utterly laughable!"

Jubei seemed to have dealt with the Ironclad Gang quite a bit before, and now, facing his old rival, his words had become much sharper.

At this moment, the cameraman couldn't help but remind him.

"Captain, the live stream is still running!"

At that moment, Jubei's usually elegant and composed expression froze for a rare instant.

It's clear that he wasn't quite used to the presence of the live camera after getting back into his usual work routine.

He slowly turned his head, his neck stiff, and said through gritted teeth in a low voice, "Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

Soon after, their live stream was temporarily cut off.

By this time, however, the accusations from the Rust Gang poachers had already spread throughout the Quartz Alliance via online media.

The subsequent disconnection of the live broadcast signal only served as further evidence of the attempt to cover up the truth.

Now the entire league knows that the Rockets were responsible for Viridian Forest becoming what it is today more than 30 years ago!

This is clearly a rather tricky public relations test for the Rockets.

But for Chen Mu in the forest, the current situation is not necessarily a bad thing.

Despite the forced interruption of the live stream, attention to Viridian Forest continues to surge at an astonishing rate!

More importantly, as the Rust Gang's actions came to light, he felt he was gradually approaching the core of this forest crisis!

He was wondering why, even though he had already used Team Rocket to temporarily halt the construction group's real estate project and terminate the construction company's plan to cut down the forest before entering the forest, the task assigned to him by the system was still not moving.

However, it seems that he had only dealt with the most superficial crisis in the area.

If he truly wants to obtain the extra rewards from the Power of Everlasting, he will probably need to further thwart the Rust Gang's actions.