Chapter 1476

Evening.

Baimu stood before Master Liu Ge's brightly lit villa, sighing regretfully.

"He actually came back."

"Why not come clean to him that you're also from the rescue organization? Or move to another house — there are plenty of empty ones here."

The Polygon Phone offered two different suggestions.

Baimu shook his head in refusal: "Forget it."

He wouldn't stay for too long; there was no need to have too much involvement with future acquaintances, lest he be seen through later.

As a Special Investigator, he actually didn't need to worry about lodging.

In the center of Huang Tie Town there was a high-end hotel specifically serving visitors from Silicon Beryllium City; he hadn't gone before because he disliked being secretly watched by people sent by the Town Mayor.

Today, having established his authority through the River Association, going to stay there should eliminate a lot of minor troubles —

Facts proved Baimu's thinking was correct; the minor troubles were indeed gone, but there were major troubles instead.

Huang Tie Town center.

Deep in the night, the top floor of the high-end hotel was quiet; fierce flames burst through the glass, surging out from a certain room like a fire dragon.

Boom——!!

The huge sound spread throughout Huang Tie Town's central district, attracting many locals enjoying the rich nightlife.

As well as lackeys from various major organizations who, knowing Baimu was staying here, had come specifically to stake it out.

They all froze, watching the firelight permeating from the room and the smoke soaring to the sky, unable to believe who had such audacity to actually do such a thing!

"Awesome! Which badass did this!"

"Big trouble incoming!"

The onlookers' expressions varied; some were exceptionally excited, some looked as if mourning a death in the family.

Attacking a Special Investigator sent by Silicon Beryllium City — such a thing hadn't happened in many years; who did it? How many heads do they have to be that reckless!

Town Hall.

The Town Mayor, who had dispatched rescuers at the first moment upon hearing the news, sat in his office with an inscrutable expression.

Through his connections he had learned from Silicon Beryllium City that "Qingmu" was a Special Investigator dispatched by Denis.

The Town Mayor couldn't help but feel much more at ease.

Denis was indeed Elder Ejin's adopted son, but he couldn't be considered the second-in-command; in status he was on par with the other several highest executives.

The Town Mayor's backer was one of them.

Therefore he absolutely did not need to fear this Special Investigator who had dropped from the sky.

Not only that, the Town Mayor had also learned that Elder Ejin temporarily had no leisure to pay attention to Huang Tie Town's affairs; presumably certain organizations had caught wind of this and thus moved in the dark.

Everyone's backers stand on equal footing; what are you going crazy for?

Of course, the Town Mayor didn't hope for Baimu to meet with misfortune; he had long found certain forces in Huang Tie Town displeasing to the eye, and relying on their solid backers they frequently came jumping in his face.

"My lord!"

A lackey hurried to the door and reported: "The hotel fire is out! There's no one inside!"

The Town Mayor was slightly stunned. "No one?"

"Yes!" The lackey nodded rapidly. "Inside there's only damaged furniture, nothing else!"

Did he escape?

When the news spread, this thought simultaneously circled in many people's hearts.

Baimu stood in the crowd, exclaiming in admiration: "Worthy of Huang Tie Town — they dare to do anything, tsk tsk tsk."

Polygon Phone: "Good thing you had the foresight not to stay in that room."

"I just understand this group of people comparatively deeply, that's all."

He chuckled.

The room Baimu truly stayed in and the one he registered were obviously not the same; with the Polygon Phone's help, opening an extra room was a piece of cake.

"Since the burning has started, let the fire burn a bit bigger." His gaze swept over the other bustling streets and shops in Huang Tie Town's center. "Begin. Start with the casinos, bars, and such."

Polygon Phone: "Roger, leave it to me."

Baimu, who had been actively provoked, naturally didn't want to let things settle quietly; he originally didn't wish to do too many things that would affect the future, but sometimes the environment forces you.

Minutes later, many night entertainment facilities in Huang Tie Town's central district began losing power en masse.

Without Baimu needing to do anything, as darkness enveloped them, the evil in the hearts of Huang Tie Town's people naturally began to magnify.

Chaos thus erupted.

Before the Polygon Phone could do too much, explosions of all kinds rang out in various places on the streets; flames illuminated the dim streets, and smoke rose everywhere.

Polygon Phone quickly returned: "Doesn't feel like much effect; by the time I left, people had already started stabilizing the situation."

Each organization's control over its territory was still quite considerable; the unrest triggered by the power outage could only last a moment.

"One time has little effect; what about two times, three times?"

Baimu's gaze dropped to the ground. "And our real target should be the underworld."

Huang Tie Town's surface is merely dirty, chaotic, and poor; the true sins manifest underground.

Polygon Phone: "Find Cacodora?"

"Can't count on that bunch."

Baimu put on a baseball cap and face mask for himself, changed clothes, suppressed his breath, and entered the underground.

The River Association's people said they'd investigate; result: by evening there was still no news — this bunch's lip service and actual opposition are too well-practiced.

Underground City.

The commotion above initially did not affect the stability here, until the Polygon Phone mechanically cut power uniformly, and chaos unfolded accordingly.

To add fuel to the chaos, Baimu even dispatched Duolong Baluto and the Shiny Gengar to attack the underground bank, and kept scattering money everywhere, triggering even greater destruction.

When smoke rose in all directions and firelight covered the ground, he began raiding shops that openly sold Pokemon, having Porygon-Z release the Pokemon from their cages to join in creating chaos.

Of course, Baimu wouldn't just leave them there. Seeing the riot had reached a sufficient scale, he recalled them all into Poke Balls and stored them uniformly in his four-dimensional belly, to hand over to Dennis before leaving.

Interestingly.

Before they could clean up a few shops selling Pokemon, the Pokemon in the remaining shops also fled one after another.

Porygon-Z said: "They're all cages that need electricity. Once the power cut, the Pokemon inside ran out on their own."

"Any sign of Aron?"

"Yes, and quite a few."

"..."

Baimu's steps paused slightly.

He lightly patted his forehead, realizing Aron wasn't all that rare a Pokemon; even in the Pokemon Paradise and on Platinum Mountain there were a small number of individuals.

But which one was the Aron they were looking for?

The other's head wouldn't be marked with a cursor saying "I'm the Kaiju."

After a moment's thought, Baimu decided to round up this group of Aron and hand them to Aggron to handle; he'd surely recognize his own kind, right?

"Guroar!"

Aggron appeared and looked around, its gaze trembling slightly, as if sinking into memory.

In some corner of its deep memory, it seemed to have seen a similar scene, but the more it tried to think deeply, the more it felt separated by a layer of mist.

Baimu sensed Aggron's abnormality. "What's wrong?"

Aggron didn't speak, just stared blankly at a certain spot, then strode forward with large steps.

"Guroar!"

Thud!

Its massive body advanced at breakneck speed, making the ground tremble violently.

The Kaiju's overly conspicuous figure simultaneously drew the attention of others in the dungeon; the unfamiliar Pokemon made some wary, some excited.

"Which Pokemon shop's Pokemon escaped?"

"This Pokemon's not bad!"

Pokemon hunters latched onto Aggron, but failed to notice the breath-concealed Baimu; like sharks scenting blood, they sent out their own Pokemon to surround it.

Baimu, sensing the little tails behind him, frowned. "People who don't know their limits really are many."

"Hega!"

The Shiny Gengar volunteered to deal with them.

Porygon-Z immediately split off a decoy: "I'll keep you company! Let's go!"

The two Pokemon didn't hesitate, charging to meet the pursuing Pokemon hunters and their Pokemon.

Baimu withdrew his gaze; though the Shiny Gengar could handle solo fights fine, it'd be trouble if these hunters had black tech on them.

Human black tech being able to defeat Legendary Pokemon is an old story.

Fortunately, Porygon-Z happened to counter over ninety percent of black tech; the two of them together could definitely handle a mob of small fry.

Baimu continued following Aggron's mad dash, and soon spotted an Aron in a corner of ruins trying to move a large broken steel plate.

"..."

Aggron's steps paused slightly.

Baimu also immediately realized something, turning to look at it. "Is it that one?"

"Guroar..."

Aggron let out a muffled roar, stepped forward to the Aron's side, and in its startled gaze effortlessly lifted the steel plate.

Under the steel plate were two trembling Sandshrew.

Obviously they'd been caught in the chaos and pinned by the steel plate; the Aron had wanted to save them but lacked the strength.

"Gu, gu."

The Aron hadn't noticed Baimu behind Aggron, just watched it warily, then suddenly looked elsewhere.

A chubby figure ran up fast. "Don't think of running! Every single one of you is my fort—"

Whoosh!

The broken steel plate flew out, smashing straight into his face.

Aggron slowly retracted its claw, looking at the Sandshrew who had half-buried themselves in the ground in panic. "Guroar."

"Suda!"

The Sandshrew cast worshipful gazes at it.

The Aron blinked, silently retreating to the side. Since it wasn't needed anymore, it could leave.

Aggron blocked its path.

"Guroar."

"Gu?"

The Aron looked around, then shook its head.

Aggron extended a claw toward it. "Guroar!"

"..."

The Aron fell into hesitation.

Just then, the silent Baimu spoke up. "Come with us. Around here you've nowhere to go."

"Gu!"

Coco Dora and the ground rats were extremely alert, and only then did they notice Baimu's figure, their faces also showing expressions of resistance and fear.

The Pokémon in these Pokémon shops, regardless of their origin, are basically all injured, after all, the shop must ensure that these Pokémon will absolutely obey their new trainers.

Therefore, after most Pokémon are bought, their thoughts toward their new trainers are fear and dread.

Coco Dora is undoubtedly one of the braver individuals among them, or rather, it did not yield.

Boss Coco Dora growled: "Guhou!"

With its joining, Coco Dora and the others' expressions eased.

Compared to humans, Pokémon are more worthy of their trust, especially since Boss Coco Dora had just rescued them.

— Pokémon have always been very pure beings.

Having found the rightful owner, Baimu's action this time achieved its purpose, although many other Pokémon in the underground city were not rescued, he also decided to stop here.

Further provoking greater chaos would be of no benefit to the rescue organization lurking among the various factions in Huang Tie Town.

So far, this small disturbance is not enough to attract attention from the Silicon Beryllium City side.

As Baimu had thought.

After everything settled in the late night.

All factions in Huang Tie Town gathered together, discussing the many events that happened tonight.

"Someone is fishing in troubled waters!"

"It must be that special inspector!"

"Hehe! Are you saying he alone cut off the power to eighteen gambling dens and nightclubs on four streets in ten minutes, then five minutes later silently bypassed the security forces in the underground city, shut off the main power switch, and within half an hour silently took away two or three hundred Pokémon?"

"Maybe he has a gang? Everything was fine before he came, but trouble started after he arrived!"

"Hehe, he's just here to investigate profit-making items, deliberately creating chaos to make it easier for you to burn the accounts, right?"

"You must be his accomplice!"

"What did you say! You loser!"

The rough crowd immediately started shouting at each other, while outside the door began to open, and the mayor and Baimu entered together.

The leaders of all factions immediately turned their gazes toward the two.

Especially Baimu, who naturally became the target of everyone's criticism.

Although no one believes one person could achieve such a feat, since tonight's losses all originated from him, naturally no one would give him a pleasant look.

Especially after clarifying his background.

"Mayor, Inspector, should you give us an explanation for tonight's events?"

Someone spoke up.

Baimu vaguely remembered this person was the leader of a third-rate faction not as big as the Sandsquad, so he didn't bother to reply, looking elsewhere.

Tonight, the three top executives of the Sandsquad were all gathered here, making him feel emotional.

The ignored leader's face flushed red, "You!"

"Tonight's incident must be someone trying to take advantage of the gap when the Green Wood Inspector was attacked to fish in troubled waters. Elder Ejin is about to form an alliance, and I don't want to bother him over such a small matter. I only hope those present who understand the situation won't go too far."

The mayor spoke softly, his gaze sweeping over many people.

His Pokémon auction house also suffered heavy losses, but tonight's situation was too many, truly too late to clean up.

Some things he plans to investigate slowly after the dust settles in Silicon Beryllium City.

There will always be a day of reckoning!

The mayor looked at Baimu: "Green Wood Inspector, do you have anything to say?"

"No."

Baimu shook his head, merely silently observing everyone present.

As a victim of the terrorist attack, he showed no reaction, so people inevitably began to suspect whether tonight's events truly had his hand in them.

The key is, although he launched the attack, he remained unharmed as if he had foreknowledge.

However, without evidence, no one can confront him; they just have backing, not the ability to directly oppose the special inspector.

Tonight.

The people of Huang Tie Town are destined to have no sleep.

Baimu is no exception; he brought back the Coco Dora that should have fled to the mine cave.