Chapter 407: Mission

The bus approached its destination, Yangcheng, and the sleeping passengers on the seats woke up one after another.

They were now on a forest path on the outskirts of Yangcheng. As long as they drove through this road cleared in the forest, they would reach their destination.

Most of the passengers on this bus were locals of Yangcheng. They had different reactions to the news they heard, and for a while, whispers arose everywhere.

"Something happened to the secret realm suddenly... What if the wild Pokémon released from inside break in here?"

"The driver is a trainer, he should be able to stop them, right?"

"That happened last night, it should be almost dealt with by now."

"It's fortunate that the secret realm is outside the city; it would be dangerous if it were inside the city..."

Unlike the ordinary people who were worried about their safety, Su Hao was very sensitive to the words "Spiral Secret Realm."

The secret realm closed suddenly, and all living beings were expelled?

The details of the incident were not reported in the news, which only showed a general framework.

The sudden closure of the secret realm and Su Hao's connection with Reshiram did not happen at the same time; there was a sequence to the two events.

The secret realm closed last night before Su Hao set off, and Su Hao set off this morning and connected with Reshiram on the road, entering a space burning with cyan flames.

Reshiram's words about "last bit of power" also made Su Hao very concerned.

Even Articuno wouldn't be this weak.

Just passing a message used up all its power.

Can these Tier 1 Legendary Pokémon also have moments of exhaustion?

Is the transparent key that Reshiram left in his mind the Secret Realm Key to open the Spiral Secret Realm?

"Hum—!"

Just as Su Hao was racking his brains to piece together the clues, a violent shaking sensation suddenly struck—

"It's an earthquake, everyone get ready for the earthquake!"

The driver was the first to react. After quickly braking and stopping the bus, he stood up and reminded everyone loudly.

At the same time, a Swinub, a small pig Pokémon covered in thick brown striped long hair, crawled out of the central air conditioner and came to the driver's side, looking forward while shivering.

Amidst the fearful screams of the pale-faced passengers on the bus, Su Hao frowned slightly. He released his Aura, which he had closed to avoid peeking at the privacy of ordinary people, and quickly found the culprit causing the earthquake.

It was a tall, deep-red Krookodile with many black stripes on its body and 12 sharp claws on its hands and feet that emitted a terrifying cold light.

Its eyes were bloodthirsty and brutal, and wisps of black energy, barely visible to the naked eye, were steaming from its body.

The Krookodile kept stomping on the ground violently, and the strong tremors caused the wild Pokémon living in the trees to flee in all directions.

"... Krookodile!" Su Hao whispered.

This was too much of a coincidence.

"Pro... Professional level..."

As a trainer, the driver performed a little better than the passengers, but only a little.

He was just an Ordinary-level trainer driving a bus to make a living, but on this road where even wild Pokémon were rare, the sudden appearance of this Professional-level Pokémon was too unexpected.

Fear was fear, but the driver had still received professional training.

He immediately smashed the anti-misoperation cover of the emergency call button on the bus, and then pressed the red emergency button heavily.

He knew that after pressing the button, the League network would send a mission to League-certified trainers with suitable strength near the distress signal, and guide them to come to the rescue.

On the other side, in the security command center responsible for receiving signals and assigning personnel, they responded quickly and assigned rescue missions through positioning permissions that could not be called except in emergencies.

"Detected one Elite-level trainer at the closest location to the accident site, and one Gym-level trainer certified by the police department slightly further away."

"Mission issued: Rescue the passenger bus attacked by a Professional-level wild Pokémon."

"Elite-level trainer mission: Quickly rush to the scene to delay time until the Gym-level trainer arrives. Mission reward: 10 League Merit Points."

"Gym-level trainer mission: Rescue the passenger bus, drive away or incapacitate the wild Professional-level Pokémon."

"Mission reward: 30 League Merit Points."

The mission was quickly transmitted to the trainers' phones via the network.

Generally, it was impossible to send such semi-mandatory missions, but most certified trainers would turn off the default button for accepting mission assignments in the app.

Although the rewards for such directly issued missions were high, the difficulty was also high, and many people would rather choose their own missions.

On the bus, the driver's hands and feet were trembling slightly, and a smile uglier than crying appeared on his pale face. After a miserable laugh, he left his seat.

Regardless of his sense of responsibility or the constraints of the rules, he had to delay this Krookodile before other trainers arrived.

Even if it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Trainers enjoyed benefits and high treatment, so naturally, they also needed to bear the corresponding obligations.

At this moment, the driver, who considered himself extremely tragic, suddenly remembered a line of poetry—"The wind is bleak, the Yi River is cold, the hero goes and never returns."

"..."

Seeing the driver stand up while holding the railing amidst the violent shaking after pressing the emergency button, with the intention of going to single-handedly fight the Krookodile, Su Hao stood up speechlessly.

He and the driver were the only trainers on this bus, so he should be the one to drive away the Krookodile.

The surrounding passengers were lying on the ground, holding themselves fixed as if they were holding a life-saving driftwood in the water.

Su Hao took out a Luxury Ball. Ignoring the reminder from an auntie nearby, he walked steadily from the back of the bus to the front and stopped the driver.

"Young man... you should hide, leave this to me."

Watching the driver break out in a cold sweat and still not forget to dissuade him, Su Hao was about to pass him and go down through the already opened, constantly shaking bus door when a mechanical sound rang out in Su Hao's pants pocket along with the vibration.

"Ding-dong, an emergency mission has been assigned to you, please quickly head to the target location!"

Su Hao was stunned. What mission?

But Su Hao ignored this sound. The top priority was to drive away this inexplicably appearing Krookodile.

"Leave this to me, uncle, you should soothe the passengers' emotions."

Su Hao held up the Luxury Ball in his hand to signal. At this time, it had been only about a minute since the Krookodile stomped on the ground and used the Stomp move to appear in front of them.

In front of the driver's incredulous expression, Su Hao bent down, jumped off the bus nimbly, and came to the front of the Krookodile.

"Awoo—!"

The restless Krookodile, which was attacking everything around it indiscriminately, let out a thunderous roar. Its violent eyes stared tightly at Su Hao, and its powerful long tail swung like a whip, leaving deep trenches on the ground.

Pokémon: 【Krookodile】

Type: 【Ground+Dark】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Intimidate】

Rank: 【Professional-level Late Stage】

The level and data of this Krookodile... it looked a bit like the data Su Hao had checked before entering the Spiral Secret Realm. Was it one of the few Professional-level Pokémon introduced in the Spiral Secret Realm?

Sure enough, it was expelled from the secret realm and fell nearby... and the wisps of black energy on its body, which were almost invisible to the naked eye and could only be barely seen by Aura.

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The Four Treasures of Ruin—Wo-Chien, type Dark+Grass. ===== CHAPTER 408 =====