Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Du looked on in surprise. "How did you get here? This is the scene of an accident."

Why haven't you left yet?

The two asked the question almost simultaneously, and then both saw the surprise on each other's faces.

Du walked in, looking annoyed, and said, "What do you mean I haven't left yet? Why should I leave?"

"Are all investigators this free? How long are you planning to stay in Golden City? Oh, you're a trainee investigator, never mind," Xia Yan teased.

After not seeing him for a while, he thought that Du had already left Golden City.

An investigator must be very busy and have a lot to do, right?

"The power plant incident isn't over yet, but headquarters has already handed it all over to me. Also, I'm a full-fledged investigator now, not a reserve." Watari showed off his official investigator credentials, looking rather smug.

Wataru always appears aloof and cold when facing others, but he lets his guard down when he's with his friends, like Natsuhiko.

If the image others see of Lance is the one that the Dragon Clan requires him to project, then Lance is now his true self—the carefree trainer Lance who trains Charmander in Viridian City and watches it grow stronger little by little.

Therefore, Yulongdu and Du are actually two different people.

"Being an investigator is so easy..." Xia Yan muttered to himself.

"what?"

"nothing."

Du didn't mind and continued to ask, "You still haven't told me, how did you get here?"

“The missing one is the first in line to the Sato family, right? The eldest son of the Sato family,” Xia Yan said.

“That’s right, Kenta Sato.” Watari nodded and said Kenji’s older brother’s name.

“His younger brother, Kenji Sato, is my friend. He asked me to help him find his brother, so I came.” Xia Yan shrugged.

Du suddenly realized.

"And you? Showing up here so late at night and launching a surprise attack, if it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't be in a good position, right?" Xia Yan retorted.

With a serious expression, Du solemnly said, "This is an accident scene. It's unreasonable for anyone to be here at night. Besides, I only had Dratini use electromagnetic waves. Even if it hit, it wouldn't cause any damage. At most, it would just paralyze you for a while."

Xia Yan remembered watching a movie in his previous life, in which part of it said that 81% of murderers would return to the crime scene after committing the crime to enjoy the pleasure brought by their creation.

Could it be that Watari is here guarding the place because of this place?

Are all investigators this professional?

Then Watari continued, "I wasn't able to be there immediately, but Officer Jenny and the others have already finished collecting information. They didn't find much useful information, but I found something in the woods just now."

Okay, I guess I was overthinking it... Xia Yan thought to himself.

Then they saw Watari take out a soft, curly golden hair that shimmered with a faint fluorescence.

Xia Yan frowned. "Is this hair?"

"No, I think it's more likely the fur of an elf, and most likely an electric-type elf."

"Another Electric-type Pokémon?" Xia Yan asked, somewhat surprised.

It seems that many things that have happened recently are inextricably linked to Electric-type Pokémon...

The power plant, the buzzing sound from the Hypnos and Kadabra, the overwhelming number of Electric-type Pokémon on the black market, and now the Electric-type Pokémon fur found...

"Yes, so I have reason to suspect that the people who attacked Kenta Sato this time are very likely the same group of people who attacked the power plant."

Xia Yan: "..."

"And there's something else you don't know: the goods that Kenji Sato brought in are wool from Mare sheep at a farm in the Johto region..."

Chapter Sixty-Three: A Key Discovery

Mare the sheep?

A sheep-type Pokémon from the Johto region, and also an Electric-type Pokémon.

These types of elves have a relatively gentle temperament, making them very suitable for domestication, and they also produce a variety of valuable offspring.

For example, sheep milk from Mare Sheep is a good dairy product, rich in nutrients. It may not be as good as cow's milk from a large milk tank, but it is still a very good food.

For example, the wool of Mare sheep.

Compared to Mare's milk, their wool is the most valuable thing you can get from raising them. Clothes made from wool are not only very warm, but can also reduce the damage from Electric-type moves of Electric-type Pokémon to some extent.

Because Mare's wool can store a large amount of static electricity, the power of Electric-type Pokémon's moves will be weakened to some extent.

It is the most popular clothing material among trainers who raise Electric-type Pokémon.

The Sato family's clothing store loves to use materials from elves to make clothes, and Mare's wool is indeed a good raw material.

Do you have a goal?

As Xia Yan spoke, he squatted down, reached out and touched the soil on the ground, then picked up a small amount and rubbed it in his hand.

gradually.

His brows slowly relaxed, and his eyes revealed surprise, astonishment, fear, disbelief, and a hint of... sudden realization.

"A target? Not yet, but according to Officer Jenny and the others, the Sato family seems to have had some conflict with another sizable clothing company in Goldenrod City recently, and they've already..."

Rumbling--

Suddenly, a huge bolt of lightning ripped through the dark sky, splitting the low-hanging clouds and illuminating the night.

The bright lightning appeared so abruptly, like a sudden loud noise in a silent city.

It illuminated Watari and Natsuhiko's faces.

And Du also saw the look of... shock on Xia Yan's face?

Du has known Xia Yan for quite some time now, and in Du's impression, Xia Yan has always been the epitome of calmness and composure. Whether it's facing the obstruction of the Magnemite in the power plant, the attack of Electabuzz, or noticing the missing key parts of the power turbine, all of these are the wisdom he displays under his calm demeanor.

But what could possibly cause the usually composed Xia Yan to show such a shocked expression?

Rumbling--

Another bolt of lightning suddenly struck, and the deafening thunder shook the entire Golden City.

These lightning strikes appeared abruptly, almost without any warning.

The rain had been falling all night and all day without any thunder or lightning, but it suddenly appeared at this time.

"Xia Yan, what's wrong with you?" Du Yi slapped his arm.

"hiss--"

The intense pain made Xia Yan gasp sharply. The wound on his arm, which had not yet fully scabbed over, started bleeding again, staining his clothes and coat crimson.

"You're injured?!" Du's expression darkened when he saw Xia Yan's reaction and the wound on his arm. He asked in a deep voice.

"Waaaaah!!"

The unicorn on the other shoulder bared its teeth, expressing its displeasure at Watari's reckless behavior.

Xia Yan's wound was deep, and it wasn't the first time it had been touched. Seeing the blood flowing again, Unicorn was angry and anxious.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were injured," Watari quickly apologized.

Xia Yan's face turned pale, and beads of sweat dotted his forehead. He waved his hand and said, "Never mind that for now, let's get back to Golden City quickly."

As he spoke, he returned to the road, intending to hail a taxi.

However, at this time, it was raining heavily, and it wasn't in the city center, so there weren't many cars available.

Du Xiao ran to catch up with Xia Yan, panting, and asked, "What's wrong? Did you find something?"

Xia Yan turned his head and stared at him with a serious expression.

"Watari, I'm asking you, what did that reserve Four Heavenly King who betrayed the Alliance steal from the Alliance?"

"Why are we suddenly talking about this again?" Du was a little confused by Xia Yan's train of thought.

But seeing his serious expression, after thinking for a moment, he finally said, "It's called 'Pure Gold Feather,' but I can't say what its specific effects are."

“Pure gold feather, pure gold feather…” Xia Yan kept repeating the name of the item.

"What's wrong?" Du reached out and touched Xia Yan's forehead. "It's just a missing person case, what does it have to do with that Tom Ruoqi? Do you have a fever?"

Du felt that Xia Yan's forehead was noticeably hotter than usual.

Suddenly, Xia Yan felt as if he had been electrocuted. Many fragmented pieces of information in his mind began to churn wildly with Du's words, connecting into a complete chain of information. All the information and conjectures he had previously made seemed to match up at this moment.

"'Pure Gold Feather,' is it related to Electric-type Pokémon? In other words, is it related to the legendary Pokémon, Zapdos?!" Xia Yan didn't answer, his hands gripping Du's shoulders tightly, his fingers digging deep into Du's clothes.

Zapdos!

A legendary Pokémon from the Kanto region, known as one of the legendary bird Pokémon, an Electric-type Pokémon that controls lightning, and considered a divine Pokémon in the Pokémon world.

It is also undoubtedly one of the representatives of the world's highest power.

For Xia Yan, who was very knowledgeable about Pokémon and Pokémon games in his previous life, Zapdos was a Pokémon that appeared frequently in both the anime and the games.

"How did you know? Could it be..." Du looked up, staring in astonishment at the several streaks of lightning that appeared in the sky.

Could this damn lightning be because of Zapdos?

Is Tom Ruchi really in Golden City?!

She looked at Xia Yan beside her in shock, his brows furrowed.

He must have thought of something!

He must have thought of something!

Otherwise, they certainly wouldn't have suddenly brought up the matter and questions about Tom Ruggie at this time.

"Charizard!" Xia Yan suddenly shouted.

"what?"

"Summon Charizard! We can't get a taxi, we need to get back to Goldenrod City as soon as possible," Xia Yan said in a deep voice.

In Alliance cities like Goldenrod City, flying is generally prohibited. Otherwise, if everyone summoned flying sprites and flew around everywhere, the skies above Goldenrod City would have been in chaos long ago.

After hesitating for a moment, Lance took out Charizard's Poké Ball.

But there are always special ways to handle special circumstances.