Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

Upon hearing Alice's words, Rocco was taken aback for a moment, but quickly came to his senses.

"Oh, you mean the kidnapping thing—you went back and questioned Mr. Rudolf, and then found out that the kidnapping order wasn't placed by your family?"

"...right."

At this point, Alice's expression became even more somber.

"So after discovering that someone really wanted to kidnap me, my grandfather took the matter very seriously."

"He immediately sent his family members to the Alliance branch, hoping to get all the information from Mr. Xianze and his companion, Mr. Kouqu, as soon as possible."

"Thanks to this, the men my grandfather sent happened to witness the branch's escort team being attacked by a Legion-style trainer who controlled a force of about two hundred people but was extremely skilled in night combat."

"They helped the Alliance branch capture the attackers and also saved Mr. Xianze and his men."

"If it weren't for this coincidence, the branch members who had let their guard down because of the dramatic part of the kidnapping case might have actually been successfully ambushed."

"But the subsequent investigation did not go smoothly."

"The attacker was a bounty hunter of the Alliance. He didn't belong to anyone and was hired at a high price."

"Mr. Xianze and the others didn't actually know who the client was. Mr. Kou said that he saw Mr. Xianze fall down and panicked, so he asked their client for help. Then the Sonic Dragon that attacked the ghost ship came over."

boom!

Upon hearing this news, all the Poké Balls on Rocco's waist instantly opened.

Victini appeared on Rocco's head, Ditto appeared in Rocco's arms, and the scabbard floated behind Rocco, looking very seriously at Alice with its one eye.

Of course, the sword sheath couldn't blame Alice, who was also a victim. It just wanted to know—who exactly sent the Sonic Dragon to attack the ghost ship that day!

'alone--'

However, just as it opened its mouth, Luo Ke raised his hand to stop it.

"Don't panic, let Alice finish speaking. Don't worry, Lone Sword Sheath, I know what you want to do, I will help you. You are no longer fighting alone, trust me."

Luo Ke's words were concise, yet exceptionally powerful.

The single-edged sword sheath had already experienced the helplessness of facing enemies on the ghost ship, so it wouldn't act impulsively this time, but simply kept quiet.

Rocco lowered his hand and nodded to Alice, indicating that she could continue.

Alice understood this, and after nodding to the scabbard, she simply began to speak about the information that it cared about most.

"That sonic dragon has been living in the mountains all these years. It goes to the orchard to eat fruit during the day and goes back to its cave to sleep at night. Logically speaking, it would be impossible for it to suddenly attack the ghost ship. Otherwise, the Alliance would not have left it around the city and would have moved it away long ago."

"This, combined with the fact that it might have been assigned to be there, and its obviously abnormal berserk state that day, led to a speculation at the time—that the guy who ordered Noivern might have used something to make the Pokémon go berserk, thus guiding it there."

"Although the Sonic Dragon lost control, it still remembered what it did during that time. It said that it seemed to receive some kind of guidance and flew directly to the ghost ship. It did not go berserk, nor did it see anyone guiding it, which negates that guess."

"However, when we were treating the Noisy Dragon, we discovered that although it regained its senses, it did not know what had happened during its sleep, but it had a scar on its neck that looked like a collar."

"After I spoke with the Sonic Dragon, it said that something was on its neck before, and when you and Roco fought the Single Sword Sheath, you were hit by a huge force, which is why it was left there."

"But it was also quite certain that it hadn't taken anything with it before it fell asleep."

"In that case, the thing it was carrying before is the key point of its control."

"And when our family members went to inquire with the cheating tournament's medical department, they heard that Mr. Kelly's Naughty Thunderbolt did indeed have a ring-shaped device on its tongue—but they also said that it was an invention of the Doctor many years ago, specifically designed to help Pokémon with psychological problems control their emotions."

"This is no secret. This device was invented by the doctor twenty years ago and was officially sold worldwide eighteen years ago. It's because this device has been around for so long and hasn't had any problems all these years that no one has connected the thing that controls the sonic dragon with it."

"But considering that mischievous Thunderball, the collar shouldn't be that simple."

"But only I can understand the language of the elves, and my accusation alone cannot serve as conclusive evidence. Besides, we don't know exactly how many of these collars have been sold over the past ten years..."

As Alice spoke, she felt her hands grow cold.

Luo Ke also narrowed his eyes.

He knew very well that Alice had come to him to ask for his help in finding evidence, but... his thoughts were different from Alice's.

Anyway, he's not some hero or a champion of justice—I might as well grab a hammer, sneak into the doctor's house in the middle of the night, and force him to reveal the truth.

......

67. He played chess, and he flipped the table.

'alone--'

Luo Ke was deep in thought, while the single sword sheath gathered spiritual energy in mid-air while making a sound.

When it transformed into a visual image, a phantom of a sonic dragon appeared menacingly in Rocco and Alice's field of vision.

"Ah, that's it!"

Alice stood up when she saw the collar around the Sonic Dragon's neck.

'alone.'

"I see, so this is what the Sonic Dragon looked like when it attacked the Ghost Ship. No wonder you remember it so clearly—anyway, thank you for the single-edged sword sheath. I wasn't entirely sure myself, but with this..."

At this point, Alice's gaze hardened.

"...In the name of Lorraine, I will apply to the Alliance for an investigation in the name of the family. Given the Lorraine family's good reputation over the years, the Alliance will still choose to believe us if it's just once."

"Well then, Luo Ke, I'll head back now. Thank you for your help."

"Well, but it's quite a distance from Lorraine. Let your family come pick you up; it'll be safer that way."

"I see."

Alice felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders, and she was much more relaxed.

So after she made a phone call home, she sat for a while until the car lights came on outside the window. Only then did Rocco take Alice to the gate of the yard, watching her get into the car under the watchful eye of the head maid, and watching them drive towards the Lorraine district.

Only then did Luo Ke's expression gradually disappear, and his eyes became indifferent.

Luo Ke had previously considered taking a hammer and going up to the place in the middle of the night, but now he realizes that he was indeed being too irrational.

because...

Doesn't he have a single-bladed sword sheath?

What more do you need?

so......

"Single Sword Sheath, let's go."

'alone?'

The sword sheath was somewhat confused, but Victini and Ditto already understood what Rocco wanted to do.

"Single Sword Sheath, this matter won't be that simple."

"Perhaps I'm being a bit cynical, but let's speculate: since that guy called 'Doctor' dared to ship such a product all over the world for over a decade, wouldn't he have been completely unprepared?"

"The kind of guy who's old but still has big plans in his head probably likes and is best at playing chess the most."

"They only have the strength left to pick up the chess pieces."

“But young people like me are different. They are impetuous and need a lot of time to do other things. They don’t have time to play any tricks or schemes with this old man.”

At this point, Luo Ke had already walked out the door.

"He has his pawns, and I have you as my sword."

"So let's go, we'll go straight for it tonight. When I have your blade stuck in their neck, right and wrong will be clear!"

...

"Doctor, the Lorraine family has indeed noticed the collar device you developed."

Kelly lowered his head and spoke silently, while the Doctor, whose back was to him, spoke slowly.

"Hmm... Rudolf hasn't been in good health these past few years due to illness, but he certainly wouldn't do something so impulsive. So it was his 'diamond' lady who did it."

"As expected of a young person, they are proactive and energetic, but... they are a bit too impulsive."

“Kellys, if the league gets involved in the investigation, you should directly question them and be assertive. Also, don’t give any instructions to the company’s branches in other places.”

"If the alliance really believed that kid, they wouldn't provoke us. Instead, they would maintain some control over us while secretly investigating our branches in other places."

"With the Alliance's strength, they can definitely investigate and find that none of the collars we've sold over the past ten years have the ability to manipulate the minds of elves."

"Under such circumstances, the Lorraine family will be in a very awkward situation. They will be driven to the brink, so they will definitely do something else."

"Then let them investigate, investigate the city of Hachiping they know best, investigate the trainers in those action groups—and eventually they'll find that the collars we sell in Hachiping don't have the ability to control Pokémon's minds either."

"This will kill them."

"At the same time, their actions will also help us attract a lot of attention, making our overall plan to sell Chaos Crystals go more smoothly."

The doctor spoke all this in one breath, his voice still calm.

Dealing with the Lorraine family was as easy as eating and drinking.

"As expected of a doctor, your arrangements more than a decade ago foresaw all of this today!"

Kelly's gaze toward the Doctor grew even more fervent, but the Doctor denied it.

“No, Kelly, no one can be 100% certain about what will happen in the future. I don’t know everything that’s happening today either, it’s just that, in the simplest sense, I really won’t do anything if I don’t intend to.”

"We never intended to take action back then, did we?"

"Since we're only making our move now, we should do the same thing we do now: first muddy the waters, then become the pitiful victim. Once things have calmed down, we'll add smaller, different, and less noticeable miniaturized manipulation structures to the chaotic crystallization, catching everyone off guard and taking what we want as quickly as possible."

"And prepare the necessary resources and arrangements before the alliance comes knocking, so as to calmly get through the final hurdle."

"What happened today was not so much foreseen, but rather something that was planned from the moment someone was sent to kidnap Miss Lorraine, and thus the result was achieved step by step."

"For those mediocre members of the action group, it's enough that they think it's a coincidence; they'll think I'm destined for greatness."

“And Kelly, you must know that in this world without gods, we are merely one move ahead.”

In a world without gods—the doctor is a god!

That's what Kelly thought.

But he didn't say it aloud. Instead, he nodded in agreement with the doctor and quietly withdrew after the doctor started waving his hand.

The professor, however, continued to gaze out the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking Baping City and his own chessboard.

He could actually think of a way to turn the tide if he were a member of the Lorraine family, and if he were driven into a corner, he would definitely have a way to turn the tide.

That means mobilizing all the resources of the Lorraine family to carry out a decapitation plan against him!

Would the Kolorian family or the Alliance do this without evidence?

will not!

No one understands the behavior patterns of these 'heroes' better than him.

After all, his ancestors were heroes who named the Xiandeng mining area Xiandeng!

After that, these descendants of Xian Deng have always been proud of their ancestor, and they were even foolish enough to imitate him.

This has led to their family producing a large number of such 'heroes,' including his grandfather, his parents, his brother, and his sister...

It's so stupid!

"Besides, how could I, who never trusts others, not have made arrangements in the place where I have lived for so long?"

"Currently, the strongest trainer in Hachiping City is Changshan, but can he sneak past my trap without a sound?"

"Absolutely impossible."

"I'm confident that even a Champion-level trainer wouldn't be able to get close to me without alerting me, and the Champion... well, the League probably won't be able to easily mobilize those guys either."

"so..."

At this moment, the doctor was expressionless, solemn, and dignified like a statue. His tone was extremely indifferent, as if he were stating an absolute truth.

"...Worrying without taking action is something only mediocre people do."

"And I—have no need to worry."

......

68. As everyone knows, the correct way to use a spirit is to equip it on your person!

The doctor always lived in the Habsburg district.