I caught a Pokémon

As someone with a similarly warm heart as Ash, Dawn naturally couldn't remain indifferent when she saw someone being robbed.

"Stop them!" Xiao Guang advanced instead of retreating, standing in front of the two robbers, then pointed at them, "Bogaman—"

It's clear that Dawn wants to command her Pokémon to stop the two robbers.

But before she could finish giving the order, a passionate voice suddenly came from above them.

"Don't panic! Leave it to me—the agile warrior of justice has arrived!"

Xia You looked up and saw a masked man, also dressed in a red leather suit and completely covered up, standing on the roof of a shop, looking down at them.

Not only that, the person and the Pokémon even struck a pose, which subconsciously reminded Xia You of the Kamen Riders she had seen back on Earth.

Is this kind of outfit popular in Fanba City?

The tourists and vendors around looked up when they heard the sound, but they didn't show much surprise when they saw the agile warrior appear, obviously they were already used to it.

"The heavens are calling! The earth is calling! Pokémon are calling! I'm calling to defeat you all! I am the hero known as Fanba, the righteous and agile warrior!!"

In the blink of an eye, the agile warrior descended from the sky and delivered a flying kick to the two robbers.

Xia You watched helplessly as he passed in front of her, then over the heads of the two robbers, and finally kicked them squarely into a flower basket in a nearby flower shop, causing her to fall headfirst into it.

Xia You was speechless for a moment.

It seems a bit embarrassing.

He made a really cool entrance, but the final result was so disappointing.

Compared to him, his Pokémon landed safely.

Fortunately, it fell into a flower basket. If it had fallen directly to the ground or hit a pillar, it would definitely have been badly injured.

Not only were Xia You and his group speechless, but even the two robbers were dumbfounded.

There might have been a moment when they thought they were finished, but they never expected things to take such a turn for the better.

However, this mistake also attracted the attention of the two robbers, causing them to forget about escaping for a moment, giving this agile warrior a chance to save face.

He scrambled out of the flower basket in a disheveled state, and with a swift movement, casually blocked the path of the two robbers.

Xia You understood by now.

This is a clumsy city hero whose skills are no different from ordinary people, and he is even a little careless, but he has a very warm heart.

Although the hero's entrance was rather underwhelming, the two robbers were clearly not fools. They knew that getting entangled with such a person would be extremely troublesome. After exchanging a glance, they decisively split up, one on the left and one on the right, and escaped into two different alleys.

"Don't run!"

It was Xiaoguang who spoke. Seeing the two robbers escape, she wanted to chase after them with her Pogaman, but before she could take a step, an arm blocked her way.

The agile warrior turned around and smiled at the group: "This kind of thing doesn't need ordinary people like you to do it. Leave it to me!"

"Ah? Oh..."

Hearing him say that, Xiao Guang naturally stopped in his tracks. Seeing that he still hadn't taken any action, Xia You couldn't help but rub her forehead and sigh.

"If you don't chase after them, they'll really get far away."

Upon hearing Xia You's voice, Agile☆Warrior snapped out of his daze, realizing that now was not the time to be distracted. He and his Pokémon chased after each other to the left and right until they disappeared from sight.

"Is this person... really reliable?"

Watching his retreating figure, Xiao Guang muttered to himself, about to say something more, when the florist next to him waved his hand.

"Leave it to him. Although he seems a bit clumsy, he's actually quite reliable. Of course, even if he fails, someone will clean up the mess for him."

"Finishing things up? Finishing what?"

Xiao Guang was puzzled and was about to ask again when he saw that the shopkeeper had already turned around to clean up the flower baskets that had been trampled by the agile warrior. Seeing that he was calm and did not seem to complain at all, it made him even more puzzled.

“I have a feeling…” Yami whispered to the group, “that the people here are very tolerant of that agile warrior.”

“Yes.” Makomo frowned and nodded. “Or rather, people just like him.”

Xia You concluded: "Judging from this, he must indeed be a hero who is dedicated to protecting this place, which is why he is supported by the people."

For Xia You and his group, this was just a minor incident. Since someone else was handling it and they didn't need to lift a finger, they were happy to relax and continue strolling around the market.

Around noon, they bought some local food at the food street and sat on a bench there to have lunch.

Just then, a man and a woman walked past them, along with the Pokémon beside them, which caught their attention.

Normally, they don't pay much attention to passersby, but this man and woman are clearly different.

The woman walking at the front was very beautiful, around twenty-five or twenty-six years old. She had long, yellowish-green hair with thick bangs that covered her forehead. She wore a pink scarf around her neck, an orange off-shoulder top, and an orange skirt. She was sexy and had a mature, sophisticated air about her, giving off a beautiful yet slightly heroic vibe.

However, at this moment, her face showed more helplessness.

Behind her was a somewhat dejected man, about the same age as the woman, dressed in motorcycle gear, with his hair styled in the kind of biker gang hairstyle, and a white scarf around his neck. He just kept his head down and silently followed behind the woman.

The strange atmosphere surrounding the two was one of the reasons that attracted their attention, but more importantly, it was the Pokémon following behind them.

"Xia You-ge, look at that Pokémon!"

The Pokémon following behind the man was an Agile Bug.

Agilebug is less than a meter tall, and just like its name suggests, although it is a Bug-type Pokémon, it has an upright posture.

It looks somewhat like a snail without its shell, with a red head and a gray body. It often stands with its arms crossed, its whole body covered in mucous membranes, so you can't see its feet. It has a four-pointed star on its head and two stripes extending from its back, like a proud and ugly man in the wind.

From this perspective, it is indeed a good match for motorcycle guys.

But none of that is the key point. The key point is that this agile insect is clearly the same one they just saw, the one that was following that agile warrior!

So this man...

I turned my gaze back to the man, and as if sensing something, the man looked over at that moment.

"Ah, it's you..."

Upon seeing Xia You and the others, especially Xiao Guang, the man subconsciously waved his hand, but he immediately realized something, his expression changed, and he quickly waved his hand back.

"No—I mean—hello, nice to meet you—"

The woman walking in front sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.

At this moment, Xia You was 100% certain that this was the same idiot city hero from before.

Chapter 1329 The Ship Has Been Found

Xiao Guang couldn't help but chuckle, and in a voice just loud enough for the two people to hear, he said to Xia You and the others, "Is he the Agile Warrior from earlier?"

On the man's face, there was the embarrassment of his identity being exposed, but also a hint of pride.

But soon, he was taken away by the woman in front of him.

The woman with long, yellowish-green hair who was walking ahead finally stopped, sighed heavily, turned around, and her face was full of "I can't bear to look" expressions.

However, she didn't say anything, but simply grabbed the man and hurriedly left the place.

Xia You didn't pay much attention to them. He glanced at the time, threw the napkin in his hand into the trash can, and said to the group, "Alright, let's go too. Let's go to the dojo this afternoon and hopefully that busy dojo master has returned."

The group left the market and traveled across most of the city again, arriving at the Fanba Dojo on the outskirts of the city.

However, what they saw before them disappointed them once again.

The heavy stone door with desert-style patterns remained closed, and the area in front of it was still deserted.

"Still not back..." Hikari leaned against the railing outside the dojo, somewhat dejected. "The dojo master here is so elusive! Could he have gone on a long trip?"

Xia You was also helpless.

In some ways, this was probably the most challenging dojo he had encountered since he started traveling.

Of course, the challenge here is not that the gym leader is very strong or that the challenge conditions are very harsh, but that you can't even meet the gym leader here!

After all, how can there be a challenge if you can't even see them?

The group walked around the dojo, but apart from the tightly closed main entrance and a few ventilation openings at higher levels, there was nowhere else they could enter.

"There's nothing we can do," Makomo sighed. "Looks like we have no choice but to go back."

"Try to think positively," Xiao Guang chuckled. "Just think of it as a post-meal digestion."

The group arrived in the morning, but it was already afternoon, and they still hadn't seen the owner. They could only sigh in frustration.

It seems they're going to spend the night here.

Originally, they planned to leave after challenging the gym in the morning, or early the next morning, to continue their journey, but now it seems... it will have to be postponed.

Fortunately, they had plenty of time, allowing them to rest and recuperate in the city.

In fact, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. While it's certainly frustrating to not be able to directly challenge the gym and to take some unnecessary detours, it also gives Xia You time to investigate and deal with Team Plasma's destroyer.

This is something he cares about quite a bit.

After all, a flying sailboat would indeed greatly increase the flexibility of A-Quan and Huo-Yan.

Back in the city, the group went straight to the Pokémon Center.

After completing the check-in procedures, Xia You began to plan the afternoon's activities.

He sent Yami and Makomo to accompany Hikari to the training grounds, entrusting them with several Pokémon that needed improvement so they could train them. He then left the Pokémon Center and went to the city port.

Speaking of which, the biggest change Xia You felt after Makomo joined the team was in Pokémon training.

He originally thought that Makomo's addition would make their team seem a bit bloated, but now it seems that he was completely wrong.

As a Pokémon professor, Makomo's favorite thing is to let science and data speak for themselves.

She likes to use instruments to analyze the various data measured during Xia You's Pokémon training, and to give Xia You some feedback from a scientific perspective, so that Xia You can notice some small changes that she had never noticed or perceived before.

This is also very beneficial to his Pokémon strength improvement, and it can be said to have opened up a new path for him.

Not only him, but even Hikaru likes to have Makomo by his side when he practices, to give advice or help analyze things.

Because of this role, Makomo became increasingly important to Xia You.

He shook his head and refocused his attention on the port.

Since that plasma destroyer is shaped like a sailboat and is located near Fanba City, it would inevitably dock at the port if it were in the city.

That's also the biggest and known clue.

The port of Fanba is very bustling, with a large number of ships coming and going, including not only various cargo ships, but also many speedboats, cruise ships and fishing boats.

Huge cranes, mountains of containers, and cargo ships and fishing boats coming and going fill the air with a mixture of diesel, sea salt, and fishy smells.

Several seabird Pokémon flashed across the sky.

Strolling along the harbor, his gaze swept over the rows of ships of all sizes moored there, their outlines and each sign.

But frankly, this method of searching is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

He saw several tanned old fishermen resting by the dock from afar. He slowly walked closer, and under their curious gazes, he came to their side and casually struck up a conversation with them.

After a few words, he got down to business.

"Uncle, have any large sailing ships been spotted at the port lately?"

"A large sailing ship?" An old fisherman with a pipe squinted and exhaled a puff of smoke. "So many ships come and go every day, how can you remember them all? Besides, I haven't seen a large sailing ship in many years."

Xia You knew her description might not be entirely accurate, so she changed her question: "Are there any strange ships?"

The old fisherman looked Xia You up and down a few times, seemingly wondering why he was asking about these things.

Before he could speak, another fisherman seemed to remember something and pointed to a relatively secluded secondary dock at the far end of the harbor, which was reserved for small and medium-sized vessels.

"Over there, I heard there's a ship that's been moored for several days. It seems to have some characteristics of a sailboat. The captain and crew are acting very mysteriously and rarely go ashore. Supplies are also transported directly up there by speedboat. Also, the waterline is a bit strange. If that's the ship you're looking for, you can try your luck there."

Hearing him say that, another fisherman seemed to recall something as well, adding: "I remember now, that boat did stop for several days, but it didn't look like a simple sailboat. It looked a bit out of place, and the location it was moored in wasn't very good. If it was some kind of 'retro sailing experience' project, it neither stopped at the passenger area nor was it near the best berth. It seemed like it was designed to easily slip away to the open sea at any time."

“Oh, that’s the one.” The first fisherman tapped his pipe. “I passed by there on my way back last night and I think I vaguely saw something on its upper deck… like a retractable metal mast, but I could have just been seeing things.”

Once the information from several people is gathered, we can get a general direction!

Surprisingly, we actually made a profit!

Looking towards the distant dock, Xia You thanked them and left the dock, heading there.

Upon getting closer, he found a secluded corner piled with discarded cables and wooden crates, stood there, and observed from a distance.

Sure enough, at berth number 7, which was located in a more secluded part of the dock, was a large sailboat with a rather strange appearance.

It has an extremely tall four-masted mainmast, but that's not the key point. Its hull seems to be made of steel, painted light blue, and is at least three stories high. There are no superfluous buildings on the deck, only a structure completely covered and wrapped in steel at the front, and a cabin that looks like a command room at the rear.