Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

So that means someone secretly opened the box and took away the divine body inside?

And, still in full view?

If this is the case, then this matter is really serious...

At this moment, Lowe and Naqi also arrived at the location of the God-Sending Volcano.

Originally, they came here to hand over the divine body, but they didn't expect to hear such big news as soon as they arrived. As for this big news, Lowe's attitude was...

"...Great, the 'bait' is out now~"

"Eh?"

Over there, everyone including Furong was naturally confused, especially the shrine master who didn't know the reason. In response, Lowe waved his hand.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Anyway, let's explain it slowly~ But before that, I have to introduce myself first, ahem..."

Lowe took two steps back and then spoke very seriously.

"First of all, I, Lowe, am entrusted by the last descendant of the Meteor People to come and deal with the thousand-year-old dispute between the two gods of Hoenn!"

When he introduced himself, Furong and the shrine owner and his wife were a little stunned. They seemed to be confused about how Lowe was related to the Meteor People.

However, Furong knew that when the fortune of Meteor Falls was stolen before, there was indeed a girl who claimed to be a descendant of the Meteor People, and Lowe was also there at the time.

"Yes, that person is the real Meteor People. After all, she can use the power of mega evolution and stimulate the power of meteorites. In short, she is just pretending to cooperate with the Marine Team in order to completely deal with the mess left by the Meteor People..."

This matter is still absolutely confidential. Lowe had discussed it with Daigo before and decided to cooperate with Songshen Volcano.

"I know that..." Furong nodded. The alliance came here to discuss, hoping to move the divine body to a safe place in advance. Although at the beginning the shrine owner and his wife were worried that the divine body would not comply with the rules of staying if it moved randomly...

But in the end, considering that the Alliance is stronger, it is indeed safer to entrust the divine body to the Alliance for protection. As for whether there will be concerns about the divine body being overlooked by the Alliance, it doesn't matter. After all, the Alliance has a moral role model per capita... at least in terms of reputation, the reputation is quite solid.

After confirming this, they agreed to transfer the divine body, which led to today's agreed ceremony for transferring the divine body. Before that, the divine body was hidden in a place that only the Lord God could access, and it was specially taken out along with the shrine for today's ceremony.

Who would have thought that the divine body would be stolen just after the ceremony, and Lowe's performance was quite intriguing.

"In short, it is just as I said before, at least the first half is correct, but in fact there is a second half to this plan, and then, ahem..."

Lowe took two steps back and bowed very deeply. "I'm sorry for not informing you in advance. In fact, the previous plan was just a 'smudge'. We didn't plan to take away the divine body today. Instead, we had arranged for people to take away the divine body in advance..."

"what?"

This statement naturally made the shrine owner and his wife at the scene look confused. Was the divine body taken away by someone arranged by Lowe? What was going on?

"Yes, but the divine body was not taken away in our name, but in the capacity of a 'member of the Marine Team'. The person who took the divine body was that meteorite, Xijiana!"

"!"

After all, among the entire Ocean Team, except for the boss Shui Wutong, there are only a few cadres including Xijiana who can fight. As for the remaining miscellaneous soldiers, there is no need to expect them to be of any help. It would be good enough if they don't cause trouble.

As for strength, in fact, as a descendant of the Meteor People, Xi Jiana's ability is better than Shui Wutong when she is serious. Therefore, she is the only one who can steal the divine body under the noses of Furong, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and the shrine master and his wife.

In fact, if it had not been discovered early, the meteorite would have been stolen last time at Meteor Falls instead of hitting Lowe and resulting in a fight.

"Wait a minute..." Furong felt that the situation was a bit confusing, so she quickly sorted it out, "In other words, Lowe and Lord Daigo, you agreed in advance to steal the divine body in advance, and then deliberately lied to transfer the divine body today?"

"Well, it can't be considered an appointment in advance. The time to take action...is after the shrine owner and his wife, the two old people, agree to let the alliance temporarily manage the divine body..."

"..."

Well, at least in this regard, this action was in fact carried out with the consent of the two elderly people. The only difference was the execution time was different from what was previously informed. The divine body was not taken away today, but one day in advance.

So the question is, what is the point of going through so much trouble?

Chapter 231 It's all routine~

"..."

In other words, the divine body was stolen because Lowe contacted Xijiana in advance and arranged it. So what was his purpose in doing so?

"Oh, it's almost time..."

As he said this, Lowe took out his navigator, and sure enough, a familiar number came in, and the owner of the number was Lowe's childhood sweetheart, Xiaoyao.

Xiaoyao also participated in this plan, and the part she was responsible for...

Luo Wei answered the call. On the other side, Xiaoyao smiled and waved to everyone on the screen, "Good afternoon, everyone~"

"Well, good afternoon. How is it, did you recover the 'thing'?"

"Of course~" As he said this, Xiaoyao took out his backpack and unzipped it, only to see a faint light coming out from inside.

"oh?!"

The shrine owner and his wife, including Furong, who were already a little confused by this series of situations, could see clearly at this moment that the things in Xiaoyao's backpack were two gems, one red and one blue, emitting a faint light.

Seeing the light on the precious jade, the old God Lord nodded very affirmatively, "Yes, this is the divine body, but what's going on?"

"I contacted Xiaoyao in advance and asked Xijiana to take the divine body away first. Then, when Xijiana met with the members of the Ocean Team, I asked Xiaoyao to go and intercept them..."

The time was one day ago...

According to the plan, Xijiana successfully obtained the divine body from the Sending God Volcano Shrine. The reason why she was able to locate the divine body so smoothly was naturally because of her identity as a Meteor Citizen.

Although they are not priestesses or gods, the meteorites in the hands of the Meteor People are essentially similar to the divine bodies, and the underlying logic is the same. Therefore, Xijiana successfully obtained the divine body and stole it by this means.

After she succeeded, she naturally contacted Shui Wutong immediately...

"... Well done, you are indeed the descendant of the Meteor Clan!"

In that part of the communication, Shui Wutong gave an extremely high evaluation of Xijiana's methods.

With only two cadres under his command, and one of them captured, Shui Wutong fully understood what it meant that "the leader of an organization personally running business is a symbol of an imperfect organizational structure"...

But there is no way, after all, there are only a few capable ones in hand, and the rest of the minions are all killed by the Pokémon Academy. Any active trainer registered in the league can pin the opponent to the ground.

Under such circumstances, there are naturally only a few cadres who can be trusted. During the operation in Kaina City, one of them was captured alive by Genji, the Dragon King, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

Under such circumstances, Shui Wutong can only choose to trust Xijiana. This is also the reason why Lowe believes that Xijiana can become a breakthrough, because apart from Xijiana, Shui Wutong really has no one else to use.

Even if he took action himself, the Songshen Volcano was guarded by the Ghost King Furong, so a frontal attack would have no chance of success. And if he wanted to steal it secretly, he knew nothing about the divine body, and he had no idea whether it was square or long, flat or round.

Therefore, we can only place our hope on Xijiana, who is a member of the Meteor Clan and has some connection with the divine body.

And Xijiana successfully obtained the divine body, which made Shui Wutong proud. Before, he was overtaken by the Lava Team at Meteor Falls, and his previous attempts to steal the secret documents of the Duwen Company and the engine parts of the Kusnogi Shipyard were also repeatedly unsuccessful.

Finally, this time, he was ahead of everyone else... Well, at least he thought so.

In short, Shui Wutong said that he would come over to meet Xijiana immediately. After all, this action to steal the divine body was carried out by Xijiana alone, which was Xijiana's own strong request.

According to her, they didn't come here to fight in the first place. If they had a head-on conflict with Furong of the Four Heavenly Kings, having two more helpers would most likely not help the outcome.

This Sending God Volcano is the opponent's home court, and the opponents are the Four Heavenly Kings. If a fight really breaks out, Shui Wutong, Haiquan and Xijiana will go together, it will most likely be a futile defeat.

Although in fact there is only Xijiana, who can fight Furong for two rounds if she gets serious, of course Shui Wutong herself doesn't know this.

In short, since this time we are not going to take it by force but by wits, there is no need to win by quantity, quality is king... Too many people will only be a hindrance.

...At least for this reason, Shui Wutong really couldn't find any fault with it. It was indeed reasonable, and Xijiana did successfully obtain the divine body by relying on the abilities of the Meteor People.

Having confirmed that the divine body had been obtained, Shui Wutong was in a good mood and was ready to come over to meet Xijiana.

"…Thank you for your hard work. I knew that there would be no problem if I handed this matter over to you."

Shui Wutong stepped forward and stretched out his hand, "Then give me the divine body!"

"Yeah, right here~"

Xijiana reached out and took off a tightly sealed backpack, then handed it over. Just as Shui Wutong was about to touch the backpack, a voice suddenly came.

"Okay, your evil deeds...end here~"

"?!"

It was not just a meaningless shout, but what followed was... a sharp blade composed of a fierce airflow, which came towards Shui Wutong with a strong wind.

"Air cutting?"

Shui Wutong immediately recognized the move. When he looked up, he saw a royal swallow flapping its wings. The air cut came from it.

On the other side, there was a girl who looked about the same age as Lowe. She was picked up by a flame chicken in a princess hug, and fell from the sky with the attack of the king swallow, and landed steadily on the ground.

"You are... Dr. Odamaki's..."

It seems that Shui Wutong's intelligence work was indeed done well. He recognized the identity of the girl in front of him at a glance, and Xiaoyao jumped out of Blaziken's arms lightly. Blaziken put Xiaoyao down and flashed in front of Xiaoyao.

Over there, the King Swallow in the sky swung out air cutting attacks continuously. Shui Wutong raised his hand and released the Megalodon and the Crossbat. The Crossbat also swung out air cutting attacks to try to resist Xiaoyao's attack.

The air blades released from both sides collided with each other, and the sharp air blades exploded instantly, turning into invisible airflow that swept away in a blink of an eye. Shui Wutong subconsciously quickly pulled his body away, only to see that the corner of his sleeve had suddenly split, and the end was extremely smooth, as if it had been cut by a sharp blade.

As for Xiaoyao, the exploding airflow was blocked by the Blaziken in front of her, and she was not hurt at all.

"...Great, great! It looks like trouble is coming."

Chapter 232 This wave is a counter-attack

Shui Wutong met with Xi Jiana and prepared to retrieve the divine body that Xi Jiana had stolen. However, as soon as he reached out his hand, he was stopped by Xiaoyao halfway.

“…It seems to be a real problem.”

Shui Wutong was sure of Xiaoyao's strength. Although he had three people on his side, Xiaoyao didn't seem worried at all. As the daughter of Pokémon Professor Odamaki, Shui Wutong had naturally heard about the information related to her.

In terms of strength, she is definitely one of the best among her peers in the Hoenn region. If it weren't for Lowe, she would even be the undisputed number one.

But considering that Lowe is there after all, she is most likely to be second at the moment.

However, no matter whether she is the first or the second, the opponent's strength is already very strong. At least she dares to fight one against three, naturally because she has the confidence to do so.

However, Shui Wutong got a very important point wrong, that is, Xiaoyao was not actually fighting one against three. From the very beginning, Xiaoyao and Xijiana had already communicated with each other in advance, and Xijiana had no intention of using any real skills to fight Xiaoyao.

So, in reality, it was just one against two, and even if it was one against two, Xijiana was even helping and hindering the team from behind, because the point here was not to determine the winner, but to obtain the divine body from the shrine of the God-Sending Volcano.

Xiaoyao came to take back the divine body, but at the moment the divine body is still in Xijiana's hands. Shui Wutong has to fight with Xiaoyao, and also has to pay attention to whether there will be any mishaps with the divine body in Xijiana's hands.

In other words, as long as Xijiana still holds the divine body in her hands, Shui Wutong must be distracted elsewhere. In other words, this is actually a two-on-two situation, and Xijiana is essentially the traitor who is pulling the strings behind the scenes.

As a result, Shui Wutong naturally felt the pressure increasing dramatically. After two rounds of fighting between the two sides, Haiquan was the first to withdraw from the battlefield.

There was no way. Although as a cadre of the Marine Team, he was still better at fighting than the average trainer, he was just a cadre after all. He was no match for Xiaoyao's strength and was at a disadvantage after just two rounds.

As a result, the situation became a one-on-one duel between Shui Wutong and Xiaoyao, with Xi Jiana helping to mediate from behind.

Because the scene was too chaotic, Shui Wutong didn't notice anything wrong. His attention had been distracted several times and he could only move back and forth between Xiaoyao and Xijiana.