Chapter 1475

Is it that you can't remember, or that you're unwilling to speak?

Porygon-Z was somewhat suspicious, but it couldn't force Bossgodora to speak; after all, the other party was an ace!

The next day.

The blazing sun shone high.

Scorching temperatures once again enveloped Yellow Iron Town, the air already showing distorted, wavy ripples.

"It's so hot!"

*Chirp-chirp~*

Baimu and Hariyama narrowed their eyes, gazing out the floor-to-ceiling window; behind them, Blissey and the other Pokemon were cleaning up the trash, lest Master Liu Ge notice anything amiss upon her return.

The two newly arrived Fraxure, unable to endure the excessively dry, scorching environment, had returned to their Pokeballs early. These two had recently been fighting over Fraxure, solely because of the Fraxure line's special nature allowing multiple Pokemon to share a single Pokeball.

However, strangely, Druddigon can bring two Fraxure, but Fraxure cannot.

This led to the two brawling non-stop over the right to share a Pokeball with Fraxure.

In the end, neither won.

Baimu, deeply understanding the principle of fearing inequality not scarcity, directly separated the three Fraxure completely.

— Druddigon and the female Fraxure's side undoubtedly had no such conflict; these two dragons with quite disparate builds have been in love recently.

It feels like it won't be long before Baimu gets to see a Pokemon Egg.

"What's the plan for today?"

Porygon-Z asked the Trainer about the next plan.

Baimu said: "Naturally, continue investigating the River Club, this time using the status of a Special Investigator."

Dennis had given him the corresponding authority and position; wouldn't it waste the other's goodwill not to make good use of it?

In a blink, he arrived at the Town Hall again.

This time, finding the Mayor was mainly to requisition accompanying personnel; going to the River Club alone would be too troublesome, and he'd still have to prove his background himself.

Baimu had no intention of playing pig to eat tiger; bringing people to suppress them directly was his style of doing things.

The Mayor did not agree directly, "I wonder what Mr. Qingmu's purpose for investigating the River Club is..."

"Profit project audit."

Baimu said without batting an eye: "The River Club's main business is a casino, right? The profit margin in this area shouldn't need me to elaborate."

All organizations in Yellow Iron Town, regardless of size, had to pay tribute, just like the small and medium shops on the streets needed to pay tribute to various organizations; as for the commoners working for the various organizations, that went without saying.

Hearing this, the Mayor looked at him deeply, "Good!"

This person took office alone, and even drew personnel from here; his strange conduct left the Mayor somewhat baffled.

But as long as he doesn't come looking for trouble with me, that's fine.

The Town Hall had a dedicated armed squad, each one an elite among Orre Region Trainers; of course, they had not mastered the power of Shadow Pokemon.

Having learned the lessons from the first two times, the third generation of Team Shadow strictly forbade Shadow Pokemon from leaking out.

To avoid the reappearance of existences outside the plan like Leo and the Dragon Man.

Baimu knew there were definitely the Mayor's spies among this group, but he didn't care; he didn't need these people to act.

"Let's go."

A group of people advanced toward the River Club in a grand procession.

On the River Club's side, under Baimu's such brazen actions, they naturally received internal news as well.

The River Club President completely didn't understand why he was being targeted, hurriedly having people fix the loopholes in the account books; on the tribute front, they definitely held back — who would willingly hand over all their "hard-earned" money?

It's just that they didn't understand: since everyone is doing it, why target them first?

The other organizations in Yellow Iron Town also received the news one after another, and for a time, everyone felt insecure.

Baimu naturally didn't know what kind of commotion his arrival had caused; even if he knew, he wouldn't care much.

He headed straight for the River Club headquarters, leading a large batch of people inside, opening his mouth to demand to see the River Club casino's revenue account books.

But without a doubt, the River Club President responsible for receiving him was not honest.

The first one brought up was a fake account book.

"You think I'm easy to fool?"

Baimu didn't even flip it open to let Porygon-Z look; he knew the nature of these hoodlums in Yellow Iron Town all too well — believing they'd be honest was less credible than believing his previous previous life was Qin Shi Huang.

The River Club President gave an awkward laugh: "I don't understand what you're saying..."

*Bang! *

A huge sound.

Originating from the River Club President's face making intimate contact with the desk; the thick wood instantly shattered under the tremendous force, and his forehead cracked open along with it.

Fresh blood slowly seeped out, the River Club boss letting out an unconscious groan.

The River Club's underlings simply didn't have time to react; by the time they instinctively wanted to move against Baimu, Pancham's speed was faster.

*Thud! *

It had integrated well into Baimu's family atmosphere; even when striking a person, it didn't know what holding back meant, beating the River Club thugs and Pokemon into flying everywhere.

The accompanying people were struck dumb with fear; they never expected Baimu to actually attack the moment he said he would, and so ruthlessly!

The internal commotion drew attention from outside.

Other River Club members entered; seeing the miserable state of the boss and their companions, for a moment they didn't know whether to fight or stand down.

At this time, the River Club's highest-ranking executive stepped forward.

"My lord..."

"I want your real account books and the casino personnel entry/exit records, the more detailed the better. Remember your status; you only manage two streets, not the whole of Orre."

Baimu cast an indifferent gaze; the highest executive was immediately frightened into kneeling on the ground and responding, "This subordinate understands!"

He intended to turn and leave, but the faint voice came again.

"Take your boss away."

"Yes."

Senior officials sent people to take away their chairman, and in the reception room of Kaodu style, only Baimu and others remained.

Soon, the genuine ledger and some other records were brought before him.

Baimu directly handed it to the multifunctional phone, "Mainly check the income and expenditure of outsiders and Pokémon mortgages."

"Leave it to me."

The multifunctional phone changed form and scanned the ledger.

The attendants did not know he was communicating with the multifunctional phone; they only knew a strange machine was flipping through the ledger and recording its contents.

The mayor's informant immediately sent the information back.

"Machine? What machine?"

He became alert.

Not only the River Guild was tampering with the ledger; he, who ran the Pokémon auction house, was no exception either.

The informant said he didn't know, he had never seen it.

On the other side.

Not disappointing expectations, the multifunctional phone successfully found the corresponding target—

"Indeed, there is a Kokodora entry in the account."

"What about its trainer?"

"Probably taken to work as a miner? Records from the same period only show activity among underground miners."

Miner?

Wasn't he rescued out?

Baimu suspected he was deceived by Cang Zhi Lang, or perhaps the River Guild casually found an excuse to deceive Cang Zhi Lang.

But why would the content mention the mayor's channel?

He subconsciously thought of himself.

Not likely.

Knowing that in the Pokémon anime world, future people changed the past, the future must inevitably change as well.

Unless...

It is some inevitable matter.

Baimu put down the ledger and had someone call back the River Guild officials.

Unexpectedly, the person who entered was the River Guild chairman, his head wrapped in bandages, his face full of a fawning smile, as if he didn't care at all about Baimu attacking him.

"Take me to the site to audit the accounts."

Baimu knew the other party bore a grudge against him, but he didn't care at all, as long as the goal was achieved.

The group traveled to various casinos controlled by the River Guild.

During this process, information about the former trainer of Kokodora gradually became clear—

A person from Hoenn, born in Kanazushi City, already an adult but deceived into coming to Ore to work, then further deceived into entering the casino, ultimately losing both his Pokémon and himself.

"Did Huang Tie Town used to kidnap people?"

"Certainly, otherwise how could Long and He end up in such a state? Just fewer in number, at least I haven't heard much about it in the Sands Stream Team."

Baimu shook his head; after Ore's liberation, the rescue organization indeed found some outsiders in the underground mines, but the number was small, and they were all arranged to return home.

Essentially, whenever the rescue organization discovers outsiders trapped here, they will try every means to secretly send them out.

Baimu feels neither ill will nor goodwill toward this unfortunate soul, and doesn't mind sending him away.

"I want this person."

He said this bluntly to the River Guild chairman.

The River Guild chairman, unfamiliar with such a penniless unfortunate, called the casino's person in charge for a thorough inquiry, only then learning that the other had lost too much, was sold by the River Guild to another organization mainly engaged in mining, and used mining to repay debts.

Sounds a bit like the second part of Kaiji?

"Hehehe... Do you know this person?"

The River Guild chairman asked fawningly: "If he's your acquaintance, we'll definitely waive all his gambling debts here!"

"What are you thinking? He's an outsider; do you know what the higher-ups have been doing lately?"

Baimu glanced at him, giving an excellent reason: "If this person's family finds out he's missing in Huang Tie Town, and outsiders come secretly to investigate, causing the alliance application to fail, hehehe..."

He chuckled coldly, a few short sounds making the other break into a sweat.

No matter the size of the organization, anyone who can become the head of an organization in Huang Tie Town is, without exception, a standout among the dung pool.

The River Guild chairman naturally understood Baimu's implied meaning.

He immediately shouted at his subordinate: "Quickly bring him and everything related to him over! Quick!"

The subordinate went trembling with fear.

Only unfortunately, the efficiency is truly not high.

Baimu checked the accounts while waiting, and only in the afternoon did he see that unfortunate soul.

The other wore broken glasses, a white shirt and trousers, looking refined and gentle, but his physique was exceptionally frail.

The River Guild side had obviously cleaned him up; how could someone coming out of a mine be so clean?

The glasses-wearing man looked timidly at Baimu, clearly having suffered considerable torment, completely unlike a person from mainstream regions.

"I'll send someone to take you on a ship leaving Ore later; remember this lesson, no one will save you next time."

Baimu didn't say much more to him, just told him to take care of himself.

The bespectacled man felt as if he had been pardoned, never imagining that after falling into hell, he still had a chance to return to the human world; for a moment, he was so moved that he knelt on the ground, tears of gratitude streaming down his face.

"Thank... thank you..."

"..."

Baimu didn't bother to respond.

But after the bespectacled man received his personal belongings, he suddenly spoke again: "One... one is missing."

"One missing? What's missing?"

Baimu frowned.

The bespectacled man said fearfully: "A Pokémon, one is missing."

He had brought two Pokémon to Ore: one was the Charge Bear he had grown up with since childhood, and the other was a wild Komodra he had specifically gone to catch before departure, having heard that Huang Tie Town was mainly focused on mining.

Although he didn't have much affection for this Pokémon, seeing that one was missing, he still mustered the courage to explain.

Baimu looked at the president of the River Association; the president was drenched in sweat and scolded his subordinates: "What are you doing! You don't even know a Pokémon is missing!"

The subordinate lowered his head, stammering: "That... that Pokémon was resold."

A broken organization naturally has corruption from top to bottom; after the bespectacled man's Komodra was pawned, the members who took him in quietly resold it to Pokémon hunters.

What? There's a record in the ledger?

I don't care!

Even if it's found out, what can it do? Just a worthless life.

The president of the River Association was speechless; sensing Baimu's gloomy gaze directed at him, he could only kneel down again, gritting his teeth: "I-I will definitely investigate thoroughly! Please give me some time!"

"You better give me a satisfactory result."

Baimu also didn't expect this trip to be so convoluted.

No wonder Huang Tie Town is chaotic upon chaos; it's no surprise that bizarre things happen.

Since he couldn't see Komodra right away, he simply personally escorted the bespectacled man onto the vehicle leaving Huang Tie Town, to prevent him from encountering anything else midway.

In the busy station.

Baimu remained silent.

Once, he too had lingered here, searching for a chance to leave, but ultimately gave up due to the slim possibility.

He never imagined that his future self would personally send someone away, accomplishing what he had once dreamed of.

"By sending him up, have you completed a time loop?"

The multibranch phone inquired.

Baimu said: "Maybe, who knows."

Does the Pokémon world actually have a time loop? Perhaps Temporal could give an answer.

It once sent Professor Oak to the future, where he met Ash, and drew a simple sketch of the two; later, when Professor Oak became a professor, it allowed the novice Ash to fortuitously meet Pikachu.

Is this a kind of reincarnation?

Baimu shook his head, led the others away from the station, and waited for news from the River Association president's side.

Meanwhile.

The members of the rescue organizations stationed throughout Huang Tie Town informed Dennis of Baimu's actions.

"You didn't mistake the person."

As Albert brewed tea for him, he whispered.

Dennis said: "Compared to this, I'm more curious that he seems to particularly understand Huang Tie Town's rules, and his manner of acting is also very similar."

"Perhaps this is the style of Lord Long He?" Albert whispered: "Lord Long He also didn't easily integrate into Huang Tie Town back then."

Dennis sighed: "Indeed."

He turned his head to look out the window; over there was the pure yet polluted town hall.

Appointing Baimu as a special investigator was Dennis's probe against Elder Ejin; he wanted to know whether this "father" of his still had much leisure time to observe his surroundings.

The answer is obvious.

Elder Ejin doesn't care at all.

Greedy as he is, he only thinks about establishing an alliance in Ore to reap greater profits, completely ignoring the situation below.

Even if he sent a complete stranger to serve as special investigator, he didn't come to find himself for confirmation.

Hehe, in that case, our operational space here just became larger.

Dennis believed that the opportune moment for action was approaching fast.