Pokémon Detective Case Files.

The policewoman, who was at home, tapped a few times on her tablet and entered someone's social media profile: "Ta-da! This is what Arno looks like now."

Officer Jenny pointed to a mature woman with short hair, glasses, and an artistic air, and said—

"This Ms. Arno has been active on social media for the past two years. She keeps posting short articles to criticize the current practice of enslaving Pokémon and spreads messages supporting the Pokémon liberation movement... As Team Plasma has risen to prominence, there are more and more people like her online."

“It is indeed the same person.” The detective stroked his chin and silently noted down Arno’s account name. “I didn’t expect that after the production accident, this person would not only not calm down, but would become even more outrageous.”

Upon hearing the words "Plasma Group," Azure couldn't help but become suspicious of this person: "Does this person have an alibi for the time of the bombing?"

"It wasn't mentioned in the information my relatives gave me, but I think she should have an ironclad alibi."

Officer Jenny flipped through the screen on the tablet—

“Look, this is what Arnaud was doing on the day of the incident. She was meeting with her editor at the publishing house when the explosion happened, and the two of them heard the explosion together.”

The screen showed a group photo, and the delivery message, filled with exclamation marks, clearly indicated that the delivery person was quite shocked by the explosion.

"Editor? Does this person still plan to publish books?" the assistant asked, puzzled.

"She mentioned this in her previous posts. It's a book that teaches you how to properly release Pokémon, such as choosing different release locations based on different Pokémon, and training their wild foraging abilities before releasing them... I think it's called 'Pokémon Release Guide.' Apart from the fact that her guidance is fundamentally wrong, everything else is surprisingly reliable."

"Is the meeting place far from the Liyong Power Plant? Is it possible that Arno took some time to come to the crime scene before or during the meeting?" Hugo asked warily.

“That’s unlikely. I’ve already done my research.” The policewoman zoomed in and out with two fingers, making the location hidden in the corner of the notification clearer.

"The explosion occurred at the final stage of the talks, and the meeting took place near the editor's publishing house, which is at least an hour's drive from the factory where the explosion occurred. That's a two-hour round trip. Even if Arno rode his incredibly fast flying-type Pokémon, he wouldn't have had time to travel between the two locations. Hugo, do you think Arno is the culprit?"

The detective sighed, seemingly regretting something: "I just feel she should have been there..."

Had Hugo thought of something? Azure keenly observed the detective's changing expression. Just as she was about to ask, the detective suddenly shook his head violently—

"No, no, no, no! Even if they weren't physically present at the scene, there should be a corresponding method, right? A phone call, it's always a phone call!" the detective asked excitedly, staring at the screen of the video communication device.

“Officer Jenny, can you find the call records of Factory Manager William or Ms. Arno? The police station's evidence storage room should have them. Oh, and the Liyong City Police! Please help me check when the Liyong City Police Department received William's emergency call!”

Faced with the excited detective, Officer Jenny scratched her head with her pen and said with a troubled expression, "Hey, I'm just a detective in Feiyun City. Even if I can get some information from a relative who is also a police officer, I can't access such specific evidence. And since it's evidence in an investigation, I don't have the right to lend it out."

“In that case…” Hugo turned his gaze to the azure.

"Are you planning to investigate the Liyong City Police Department? To ask the police for the call records as evidence?" The girl became spirited, looking eager to try.

“I have a better idea.” Hugo’s tightly furrowed brows relaxed, revealing a meaningful smile—

“N should probably start taking action soon. That guy has been focusing his investigation on the police station. We might as well follow him and see what happens.”

"Following N? Can we find that elusive guy?" Azure paused, then suddenly realized, "Right, Douzi has been with him the whole time. If we just contact her..."

Just as the assistant was feeling elated at the thought of a junior colleague, a strange sound suddenly came from the communications compartment—it was Hugo's cell phone.

The detective pulled his phone out of his white coat pocket, and the contact name on the lit screen was clearly visible—it was Douzi, the person the group was discussing.

Hugo turned on the speakerphone and greeted, "This is Hugo, what can I do for you?"

"Hugo! Something terrible has happened! Quickly, call Sister Blue over!"

The girl with the high ponytail spoke in a panicked and urgent voice—

"That guy N, he's trying to force his way into the Liyong Police Station!"

Chapter 139 The Girls' Showdown with the King

The industrial wasteland south of the city is a mess left over from the early industrial development of Liyong City. The mountains behind it are the earliest mines whose resources were depleted. Factories and enterprises built around the mines went bankrupt or were abandoned. However, the Pokémon that once worked in the factories were left behind and became part of the ecological environment of this area.

"You can park your car here."

Behind the battlefield in the industrial zone, Azure paid the driver's fare and jumped out of the taxi with Hugo.

"What's going on over there?" The driver asked, craning his neck in confusion, clearly curious.

Through the open car window, Bilan casually told a lie: "It's an outdoor battle with everyone participating, and the two of us are going to be the referees for them."

"Sigh, why do young people these days always like to play such dangerous games..."

The taxi driver left, unaware of what was going on, and the detective and his assistant immediately ran at full speed towards Touko.

"Why did the fight happen in the industrial park?" As she ran, the girl thought of this question, instinctively glancing at the detective for help, but then shook her head, having already arrived at the answer herself—

N was unwilling to use Poké Balls, but to storm the police station, he needed to gather a large force. Since there were no powerful wild Pokémon in the city, he had no choice but to come here—to this industrial wasteland teeming with experienced industrial Pokémon—to assemble his team before confronting the police.

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Azure originally thought that the standoff between N and the police station would be a brutal alleyway battle, with mind-bending Pokémon clashing with fully armed elite police officers, and the green-haired leader of Team Plasma stepping over mountains of corpses and seas of blood into the precarious police archives...

However, the plot did not develop in this direction. When she arrived at the location sent by Douzi, she found that the situation was completely different from what she had expected.

Regardless of the difference in battlefield position, the green-haired youth was indeed surrounded by a large group of menacing wild Pokémon, but in front of this Team Plasma king, a black-haired girl stood up to block his way.

Beside the girl, the majestic Yanwu King stood like an unyielding reef, guarding the entrance to the city center.

"King Yanwu, unleash a large-scale 'Earthquake'!"

Azure had already heard the familiar battle command voice. Looking into the distance, she could see the burly Flame King swinging his arm and slamming it into the ground, fan-shaped cracks covering a large area in front of him.

However, Douzi's opponents saw through her intentions first. The Electabuzz and Magmar, which were slowly shrinking their encirclement, reacted in advance and jumped onto the Magneton that were traveling with them without warning.

The latter emitted a buzzing sound and suddenly rose from the ground, like artificial satellites in a space program, ascending into the sky in batches.

It is the "electromagnetic levitation" technique.

Douzi was not discouraged. After giving a command, Yanwu King immediately released a massive heat wave that swept across the sky, attempting to weaken his opponent with the "Flame Jet" move.

"Douzi, I don't want to hurt you, but please don't stand in my way of realizing my ideals!"

The green-haired N slowly walked forward, approaching the girl blocking his way, ignoring the aftershocks of the fire-type attack in front of him.

"Robbing a police station is your dream? I never thought you were such a spineless coward!"

The energetic girl's voice showed no sign of confusion.

"If you want my support for your actions, then please provide substantial evidence! Empty ideals are no different from superstition, and I will not be easily fooled by sweet talk!"

"But that's what the elves truly feel..."

“N, you should calm down!” Douzi interrupted N, who was once his companion. “Pokémon can lie too. They might be bribed with two Pokémon kibble, misled by the confusing reality, or they might just be talking nonsense because they’re in a bad mood!”

However, the black-haired girl's cries did not move the king's heart—

"Tens of thousands of Pokémon are suffering, and I must save them. There is no time to delay. I'm sorry, my dear friend, if you could hear the cries echoing in my ears, perhaps you would make the same choice..."

The green-haired youth spread his palms forward and calmly said, "Attack."

In an instant, dozens of bolts of lightning and flames were unleashed simultaneously! The wild elves of the industrial zone unleashed their most powerful moves, with lightning roaring and flames howling, like a prelude to the myth of the founding of the United States.

Douzi tried to have his Pokémon use "Protect" to defend, but the combined power of the move was too terrifying. Even with its massive weight and well-trained body, Emboar was still blasted away by the shockwave from the move's light barrier.

Amidst the dust, a wild gas bomb shot out and suddenly appeared in front of Douzi.

“Spinning Ball.” N’s command was cold and icy, yet perfectly timed, launching the attack just as the girl was unable to send out her switching Pokémon in time, with the target being the trainer herself!

The gas bomb spun rapidly, circling around the back of the container in a tricky arc, aiming straight for the girl's nape.

Pokémon moves are always terrifyingly damaging to humans. After this collision, Fighting will definitely lose its ability to control.

At that very moment—

"Ibrahimovic, Quick Attack!"

A crisp sound rang out.

Douzi felt a gust of wind flash past his ear, followed by the sound of objects colliding.

Upon closer inspection, the once menacing Koffing was now lying on the ground, its eyes curled up like mosquito coils. And on his shoulder, a soft-furred Eevee had somehow landed.

"Bue-i." Little Eevee flicked its fluffy tail. Compared to Homiga's main force, this Koffing was far too weak.

"Sorry I'm late." Wearing a sun hat, Bilan finally arrived at Douzi's side and apologized to her friend.

Douzi turned around and stared at Eevee, then sighed and said to Azure, who had come to help, "Thanks, Azure-sister. But the situation isn't as critical as it looks. I have a backup plan."

The black-haired girl stomped her foot on the ground, and an elf appeared on the otherwise ordinary ground beside her.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft." The yellowish-brown mudfish blinked its eyes that were turned towards the sky, and its mouth, which resembled a Poké Ball, opened and closed as it pounced on the ground.

"It was hidden nearby for defense." Azure's face lit up with sudden realization. "It was secretly released after King Yanwu used 'Earthquake,' right?"

"That's right! No wonder you're Sister Xiao Lan!" Dou Zi smiled and uttered her signature line.

On the other side of the battlefield, N shook his head with some regret, his gaze gradually turning cold: "Have there been more enemies hindering our ideals? No, not at all. The balance of the inequality has not been reversed."

Wang Da, with green hair, spread his arms wide and called out to the distance—

"O oppressed, hidden people, those ostracized by the world, I can feel your heartbeats and breaths, your anger and tears. For the great liberation of the Pokémon race, please lend me your strength!"

N's call was not loud, and even the human Azure and Touko couldn't hear their opponent's murmured words.

However, the two girls witnessed a towering distillation tower in the distance suddenly collapse as the King of Plasma spread his arms, and an explosion came from an abandoned factory that should have been a boiler room.

Two heavy footsteps sounded at the same time, and the girls immediately realized their predicament—

A formidable enemy is already at hand!

Chapter 140 The Elves Resurrected from Ancient Times

"It's a dharma baboon and a ribbed sea turtle!"

Gazing at the Pokémon figures appearing in the distance, Touko, a local resident of the Unova region, immediately recognized their species, but the girl's expression did not soften: "But why are they so big?"

The two elves, which should have been less than a person's height, were somehow three times the size of their kind, reaching almost five meters in height, equivalent to two stories high.

The Bodhi baboon is entirely red, with two rows of large white teeth on its enormous face, making it particularly eerie in the firelight; the Rib Turtle's body is covered in a deep blue shell, like a prehistoric behemoth crawling out of the sea.

As they approached N, the contrast between their human body proportions became even more pronounced. They didn't resemble Pokémon; instead, they looked more like giant statues carved from two rocky mountains.

The two Pokémon, with different attributes and colors, have one thing in common: their eyes are fixed on Azure and Fighting, burning with anger and resentment.

"There's a fairly reasonable explanation for the size of the Daruma baboon and the ribbed turtle," Hugo's voice suddenly rang out, the white-coated detective now standing behind the two girls—

"Daruma can transform into a stone-carved Daruma form and enter a dormant state, while Rib Turtle itself is a fossil Pokémon that was once considered extinct. By combining these two points with a little association with the area you are in, you can roughly guess their origins."

"What do you mean?" Douzi was confused and instead became concerned about something unimportant, "Hugo, is your throat uncomfortable? Your voice sounds a bit strange."

"I see." The assistant, understanding the detective's meaning, immediately deduced a highly probable hypothesis—

"Those two Pokémon were originally ancient Pokémon buried deep underground! Darmanitan was buried deep in the soil in the form of a stone sculpture, while Turtwig was probably dormant in an unknown underground waterway ruin. They were awakened by the industrial area's underground excavation and development, and then moved to the shallow surface here. They must have been full of resentment towards humans for disturbing them, which is why they accepted N's summons."

"But the development team and factory that woke them up have already moved away! Why are you taking your anger out on us?"

Douzi complained with a resentful look on his face.

She is currently squatting on the ground, using a Special Attack Boost item on her Mudfish—this item doesn't have the same effect as a move boost in battle, but it won't waste the Pokémon's HP either.

"No, the anger of these two Pokémon is not directed at any specific human individual."

Azure, who has considerable knowledge of ancient Pokémon, explained—

"Humans' different identities are meaningless to these spirits. Just as we wouldn't care about the difference between two stones or two plants, they, who have been sleeping for thousands of years, wouldn't carefully distinguish their targets when venting their anger, and now we are unfortunately the unfortunate targets. But... if they harbor resentment towards humans, why didn't they cause a ruckus when they first emerged from the ground, instead of waiting until now?"

“N has the ability to rouse Pokémon with words. Perhaps it was his mutterings that helped these two Pokémon completely shake off their sluggish state after reviving… But Blue Sister, now doesn’t seem like the time to analyze these issues, does it?”

Douzi was now ready for battle. The light from the Poké Ball shone, and another emerald green Serperior appeared before him.

She looked warily at the approaching swarm of wild Pokémon: "My other weapons are exhausted, but N can keep summoning new wild Pokémon. Little Blue, to win this battle, you have no choice but to..."

“I understand.” Azure nodded in tacit agreement, indicating that there was no need to continue. She had already figured out the only way to defeat the enemy at present.

Strike the snake at its vital point, capture the kingpin! Wild battles don't have the same rules and regulations as official competitions, making it impossible for the opposing trainer to continue commanding, which is undoubtedly the most effective strategy.

N's wild Pokémon had surged like a tide at the exit of the industrial park. Azure and Touko stood with their backs to the exit, taking the place of the original Flame King, facing off against the wild Pokémon. Beside them was the wall of the abandoned industrial park.

"Is the attack fully charged? Then unleash it." The King of Team Plasma spoke gently, as if greeting a friend he had just met on the road.

However, the two elves beside him reacted differently: the Darmo Baboon burst into red flames, while the Rib Turtle condensed a "water cannon" in its mouth.

"Wouldn't releasing water and fire skills together cancel each other out? What is N trying to do?" Douzi wondered.

"He's trying to use the principle of thermal expansion and contraction to destroy the walls and let the wild elves into the city. Attack immediately, before they can use their skills!"

Behind the two, Hugo spoke again, his reasoning hitting the nail on the head.

Upon hearing the detective's advice, the two girls focused their attention and acted without hesitation.

"Eevee, use 'Dynamic Star' on Baboon!"

"Monarch Serpent, attack Rib Turtle with Leaf Storm! Mudfish, unleash Mud Shot for cover!"