Chapter 1473: Lawless

Inside the cabin.

A situation beyond Duobian Phone's expectations occurred.

Two punks dressed as hippies, seeing no one around, quickly released the sailor and lightly patted his back.

"Sorry, brother, we offended you."

"It's fine, you're the ones who have it harder."

The sailor didn't mind the two's rough behavior just now. "The captain has been waiting for you for a while."

The three quickly headed for the captain's quarters.

Duobian Phone couldn't help but say: 'So it was fake?'

"The acting was fake, the situation is real." Baimu once again confirmed that the Jinqinggang port had already come under the Rescue Organization's covert control.

It's just that, before completely falling out with the Xipei City side, they still needed to wear a layer of disguise.

Even lurking within other organizations.

For example, Wu Dou of the Evil Dog Squad, Master Liu Ge of the Quicksand Squad, and others.

Baimu considered how to proceed next, taking the opportunity to join the Rescue Organization at Jinqinggang?

Or simply act according to his own style?

No.

The most urgent task is to confirm the time.

"What's the date now?" Baimu asked Duobian Phone.

Duobian Phone replied: 'By world time...'

Hearing the answer, Baimu raised an eyebrow, simply because during this time period he still hadn't been able to awaken his past-life wisdom, and the residual memories in his head were vague and unclear.

'Your identity I've taken care of for you.'

Duobian Phone's sudden words earned his response: "Thanks... huh? What did you say?"

No need to repeat.

When he took out his phone, the screen naturally displayed the fake identity Duobian Phone had fabricated for him—

Qingtian, a Dragon Tamer from Meteor Village in the Houen region.

'I checked, Meteor Village doesn't seem to be finished construction yet.'

Duobian Phone added.

Baimu's mouth twitched, "Unauthorized modification of the Regional League database is illegal... forget it, it's already been changed."

He helplessly held his forehead, then thought again and said: "Maybe I still need to change my face."

The Simulator gave him many practical skills, among them the rather buggy Disguise Art from the Pokemon world.

Of course, not the self-deceiving version like Team Rocket's.

Baimu went to a corner of the steamship, took out some cosmetics Big-Mouthed Baby and Fengmai bought from inside the Shiny Gengar's belly, and in a couple of moves successfully dressed himself up as a middle-aged uncle.

"This way they shouldn't be able to tell, right?"

'At least I think there's no problem.' Duobian Phone gave its evaluation.

With the preliminary preparations done, Baimu seized the timing and disembarked along with everyone else, "Let's go, to Xipei City."

Thinking it over, instead of continuing to agonize, better to directly find Shanren's father Dennis and recommend himself.

Anyway, a "legal" identity is already in hand.

However.

Baimu was ultimately still too careless.

Living too long in the normal Aude region made him forget that the past Aude region was actually very abnormal.

Not long after he rode his Milton out of Qinggang, a gang of leather-jacketed hover-bikers on rust-streaked machines caught up from behind.

These guys had their throttles twisted to the max, even able to catch up to a Milotic that hadn't fully accelerated.

【42】 "Stop! Who allowed you to pass through here!"

He rode Milotic and had just left Jinqinggang not long ago when a gang of bikers wearing leather jackets, riding rust-covered hover motorcycles, chased up from behind him.

"Hand over your Pokemon and money! Spare your life! Wahaha!"

"Get down get down!"

They clamored, gradually awakening many of Baimu's dead memories.

That's right!

This is the taste! This is Aude!

Bikers blocking the road, robbing in broad daylight; if you can beat them you skin them, if you can't you kneel and beg; living heartlessly just for tomorrow, not giving a damn about the future.

Baimu sighed and lightly patted Milotic's neck, "Thunderbolt their bikes then accelerate."

"Agasi!"

Milotic had long intended this.

If it wanted to leave, with its ability it could shake off these trash in an instant, it just wanted to give them a lesson first.

Zzt—

Blue-green lightning coiled around Milotic, the arrogant expressions on the bikers' faces gradually freezing.

The next instant.

Boom—!!

Lightning roared like long spears, with the speed of thunder piercing through their motorcycles, blasting these villains into the sky on the spot!

Bang bang bang bang!

Exploding flames mixed with smoke rose slowly, attracting the attention of quite a few people at Jinqinggang behind them.

Members of the Rescue Organization were among them.

From the moment Baimu disembarked, they had noticed this stranger; the key point was they had no memory of such a person ever boarding the ship.

You have to understand, in Oulei's territory, there aren't many people willing to come; they remember every unfamiliar face that boards, yet Baimu alone is completely absent from that memory.

The captain guessed he had boarded midway; after all, many trainers from the outside world inexplicably wash up in the ocean and then just hop aboard whatever nearby ship they can catch a ride on.

But now that he has pulled off a stunt like this, the Qinggang rescue organization strongly suspects Baimu might be some ruthless Pokemon hunter.

Normal outside trainers wouldn't be that ruthless when making a move; they would all try to reason with the Biker Gang first.

As for the unfamiliar Pokemon he was sitting on, it is most likely a rare existence from somewhere.

Just to be safe, they quickly registered Baimu's appearance and reported it upward, awaiting a reply from the International Police.

Meanwhile.

Milleton galloped across the vast, rocky wasteland.

It almost got lost; the surroundings were both familiar and strange, like it had seen them somewhere before yet hadn't.

"Gyao?"

"Yeah."

Polygon Phone complained: 'So desolate; good thing we can still connect to the satellite.'

When Milleton came to Oulei, the land had already turned green; when Porygon2 came, one could still see many dead branches and shrubs by the roadside.

They were both seeing a completely barren Oulei for the first time.

The air was dry and hot, the temperature high; a gust of wind blew a face full of sand; underfoot there wasn't even a stable highway, only a dirt track where lanes could barely be distinguished; a signpost could barely be spotted every few kilometers, and they were filthy, dilapidated, and unrepaired.

Even with the physical constitution of humans in the Pokemon world, it is very difficult to travel long distances in this environment without supplies or vehicles.

Therefore, no matter how hard Baimu's life used to be, he never thought of running away.

He knew very well that staying in Huang Tie Town only meant being exploited; escaping meant a real likelihood of death.

'How did cities in the Oulei region transport goods between each other in the past?' Polygon Phone was very curious.

Baimu said: "Naturally, dedicated convoys, guided by veteran drivers who knew the routes. You understand this is also a method of monopoly, right?"

In order to better rule Oulei, the Shadow Squad stopped at nothing; keeping a tight grip on the means of material transport was one of them.

Fortunately.

The location of Guipi City has never changed.

Along the way, Milleton instinctively flew toward Platinum Mountain several times, but unfortunately, at this time Platinum Mountain was even more desolate than Flaming Mountain.

The agitating environment spurred the Mechanical Giant Lizard to increase its flight speed.

Several hours later.

Baimu could already make out the white walls of Guipi City in the distance.

As the only oasis within a hundred li, the reason it could be regarded as a Holy City by the former residents of Huang Tie Town was largely due to its eternally unstained white walls.

Imagine: when you gallop a hundred li under a sky filled with blowing sand, before your eyes there is nothing but dark red rocks and withered yellow sand.

Suddenly, at the end of your vision, a city appears; it is so white, so dazzling, standing in the desert like a mirage; you can see the shrub forests planted near it, and even hear the babbling flow of the Great River encircling the city.

It is hard not to regard it as a city-state where a god resides.

Pity that the one ruling it now is actually a devil; the Holy City is not as beautiful as its appearance suggests.

'Guipi City doesn't seem to have changed much.'

Polygon Phone was a bit surprised.

Later, both Huang Tie Town and Qinggang underwent tremendous changes; compared to the future, Guipi City's changes are so small it can barely discern them.

Baimu said: "Guipi City was originally the largest, most prosperous city in Oulei; there simply wasn't much need for further investment."

The Oulei region is merely desolate and resource-poor; the modern facilities and black tech here are actually not few at all.

It's just that they are concentrated in Guipi City and Battle Mountain.

The Mediterranean-style Guipi City, as the headquarters of two out of three generations of the Shadow Squad, has infrastructure that is unquestionably good.

Its interior even has a city light rail; the first-generation Shadow Squad once wanted to connect it to Huang Tie Town, but because the first-generation Shadow Squad leader Ejia was defeated by the first-generation protagonist Leo, the project died without a trace.

However, the first-generation Shadow Squad left behind a legacy called the Realgar Tower.

As of now, it should still be in the grasp of the third-generation Shadow Squad; it will only be seized back by the rescue organization later on.

Soon Milleton stopped at a rock not far from the woods outside Guipi City; Baimu dismounted from the dragon and recalled it, not riding it openly into the city like before.

Although Baimu isn't afraid of the Shadow Squad, he doesn't want to create too many incidents.

The bulky Milleton is ultimately still too conspicuous.

The key is this guy can't learn the breath-concealment technique.

The bear disciple is much smarter than it.

"Go."

Baimu released the bear disciple, and together they used breath-concealment and entered the city.

Interestingly, this was also his first time seeing Guipi City before it was occupied by the rescue organization; he discovered that aside from the internal and external vegetation not being as lush as in the future, Guipi City's overall exterior had basically not changed.

White-walled low-rise buildings, crisscrossing water channels, a relatively large number of Pokemon.

If an outside trainer's first stop is Guipi City, they probably wouldn't feel this region has any problems.

Ejin is good at facade projects.

Judging by the timeline, during this period he is attempting to establish the Oulei League and inviting investigators from other leagues.

'How do you plan to find Dennis?'

Polygon Phone said: 'He should still be a member of the Shadow Squad at this point, right?'

Trying to find Dennis during this period inevitably involves getting entangled with the Shadow Squad.

Baimu replied: "Call him directly."

'Directly——'

The Polygon Phone paused for a moment, then quickly pulled up Denis's phone number from the contacts. "Are you sure he hasn't changed his number?"

Talk is talk, but it had already dialed the call.

Beep—

Beep—

Click.

"Hello?"

A slightly weary voice came from the other end.

Baimu spoke directly: "Mr. Denis, I have some matters I wish to consult you on. I wonder if it is convenient for you."

Unexpectedly, the moment his words fell, the other end hung up.

Baimu froze for a moment.

The Polygon Phone said: "Judging by the voiceprint, it is Denis, no mistake."

"You can even identify voiceprints?"

"Polygon Beasts can do anything!"

While the Polygon Phone was boasting of its own greatness, another call came in on a number it had on file.

It was Denis's secretary, Albert.

Baimu instantly realized a certain possibility, and upon answering, Albert's voice came through.

"Hello, I am Mr. Denis's secretary. May I ask who you are?"

"I come from the Hoenn region. I have some things I want to discuss face-to-face with Mr. Denis."

"Mr. Denis has no time at the moment. You can explain the specific situation to me……"

Albert's deliberately slowed tone made Baimu sense something amiss.

The Polygon Phone's alert came through his earpiece: "Someone is tracing this phone's signal location. They're probably also checking the registration info behind the phone."

You know even this!

Baimu suddenly understood why later everyone would be making anti-Polygon Beast (Rotom) firewalls. These digital lifeforms were far too lawless in the digital age.

Just as the Polygon Phone said, Albert was stalling for time as much as possible.

Until several minutes later, he finally got through to Denis properly and successfully agreed on a time and place.

Baimu highly approved of Denis's caution. He didn't get anxious or angry because the other party deliberately ran him in circles. As the secret supreme leader of the Rescue Organization, having this degree of vigilance was perfectly normal.

Fortunately, he had successfully made contact with him.

"There shouldn't be any problem now, right?"

The Polygon Phone said: "Unless they conduct on-site visits to Meteor Village, there's no way they can know your false identity."

"Indeed."

Baimu gave a slight nod.

During the Yellow Iron Town Liberation Operation, the Dragon Tamers dispatched from Meteor Village were summoned by Champion Dawu and Shi Yuan Zhi. The Rescue Organization didn't have much connection with them.

The Dragon Tamer clans with connections were Dragon's Den and Ebony City. One was related to Ah Wu, the other to Pokemon Prosecutor Ah Du.

He quickly followed the address Albert gave, circling various parts of Silph City, until ten minutes later he arrived at the destination——

A common tavern in Silph City's outer city.

In the past, Silph City was divided into three areas by terrain elevation: the outer city downstream where commoners lived, the middle city where trainers and various enterprises existed, and the inner city completely occupied by Team Shadow.

The Silph City Hall was located in the deepest part of the inner city.

There were boundaries between the three areas. Ordinary people could not enter or exit at will. This would only be abolished after the Rescue Organization arrived.

Baimu entered the tavern and immediately drew scrutinizing gazes from all directions.

Quite a number of people sat inside the tavern. Judging by their bearing and posture, they were undoubtedly International Police.

Baimu had dealt with this group plenty in reality and in simulators. He knew their temperament well.

Beside the tavern owner behind the counter stood a Chatot. Spotting him, it shrieked sharply: "What business do you have!?"

He didn't speak, merely took a further step and released his breath-concealing stance.

The Chatot was instantly frightened into flying up, jumping behind the bottles on the high counter, while the surrounding plainclothes officers likewise sensed something amiss.

"I'm waiting for a friend."

Baimu said, casually taking a seat at the counter. "I know you guys. Don't be nervous. I'm a Dragon Tamer from Hoenn."

If you're going to act, do the full set. As the bear disciple hopped onto the round stool, Mandibuzz's figure emerged in the air.

The plainclothes naturally recognized this Pokemon. After exchanging a glance, they remained fully vigilant, but most of their hostility dissipated.

Just then, two people walked in from outside the door.

Despite the disguise, Baimu could tell it was precisely Denis and his secretary Albert.