Chapter 36

Speaking of this, Yan Wei's face showed a hint of pain as if his flesh were being cut.

This Fire Stone on his person was found by sheer luck beneath a rock.

Su Yu chuckled, "Do you think that's possible?"

Just moments ago he wanted to rob me, but halfway through he realized he was no match and immediately sought negotiation.

Where in the world are things ever this easy?

Su Yu felt that only God could forgive them.

And Su Yu's duty was to send the two of them to meet God.

Seeing that negotiations had failed, Yan Wei gritted his teeth and spoke viciously.

"Since you are relentlessly pursuing us, do not blame me for being ruthless!"

"Go, Pidgeot! Tear that person to shreds!"

Hearing that the opponent had sent out a Pidgeot, Su Yu grew alert.

However, after a flash of white light, what appeared on the ground was merely a small, young Pidgey.

After appearing, it curiously chirped twice, seemingly confused about what had just happened.

I am clearly a Pidgey; why would I be called a Pidgeot?

As soon as Yan Wei threw out his Pokémon, he grabbed Jiang Xing and immediately fled on foot!

Clearly, Yan Wei intended to divert Su Yu's attention so he could seize the opportunity to escape.

"Your thinking is far too naive. Combusken, rush over and knock them unconscious."

Su Yu ordered the Combusken beside him.

For humans to try matching a Pokémon in speed is impossible.

"Cha-mo." Combusken nodded, then with a few leaps closed the distance to the two fleeing figures.

White light gathered in Combusken's hands; after two sharp cracks, Yan Wei and his companion, midway through their escape, were knocked unconscious on the spot by Combusken.

Su Yu had Combusken find a vine in the nearby woods and tied up the two would-be robbers.

He looked toward the Pidgey standing nearby, still somewhat dazed.

He walked over and squatted down in front of the Pidgey.

"Your master is no good person; those two just tried to abandon you and flee on their own."

"Now, you are free; hurry back to your forest."

Su Yu said this while patting the Pidgey's head.

048: Team Flame? Taking Stock of the Loot!

"Pi!"

At this moment, the Pidgey also realized it had been abandoned by its trainer.

So it followed Su Yu's words, spread its wings, and flew toward the distant forest.

Before leaving, it even cried out gratefully toward Su Yu.

Pokémon are just like that; if you abandon them, they will unhesitatingly abandon their Trainer in return!

"Now that the Pidgey matter is settled, it is time to search these two."

Su Yu looked at the unconscious pair and began his search.

Since they were bandits, they surely must have carried many valuable items.

Su Yu searched meticulously, removing every item from their persons.

To Su Yu's great surprise, the two bandits were absurdly poor.

They carried only a single Fire Stone.

Their other assets totaled merely a few hundred Liang Liang Yuan!

[Fire Stone: A mysterious stone that can evolve certain specific Pokémon. It appears orange-yellow.]

However, after a moment's thought, Su Yu understood.

If they had money, who would resort to becoming bandits?

Acquiring a Fire Stone was already quite a good haul.

However, a slip of paper carried by the two caught Su Yu's attention.

"What is this?"

Curiously, Su Yu examined the contents of the note.

There was not much written on it.

Su Yu quickly scanned through it.

After reading the note, Su Yu understood why they had targeted him.

The note described an evil organization called Team Flame.

As the saying goes, where there is light, there is also darkness.

This world likewise harbors countless dark and evil forces.

Most of them are gamblers risking everything for money.

Team Flame was one such organization.

They were primarily responsible for trafficking Pokémon in the black market.

Especially stolen starter Pokémon, which could fetch high prices.

To join such an organization, one had to present a starter Pokémon as a ticket of entry.

After joining Team Flame, one could become a squad leader and command subordinates.

In the future, when their subordinates earned money, these squad leaders would receive a share of the profits.

It reminded Su Yu somewhat of the pyramid schemes he had encountered in his previous life.

After reading it, Su Yu tossed the note to the muscular chicken and ordered it to burn the paper.

Evil organizations were not something he could concern himself with at present.

He would leave that headache to the Alliance.

All he could do was gradually strengthen himself until the day he could influence the situation of the world!

Carrying the Fire Stone, after suspending the two men from a tree using vines,

Su Yu paid them no further mind and departed directly.

As for whether the two would live or die, that depended on fate.

If they were lucky, there was a 0.01 percent chance they might survive.

But if their luck was poor, they would become souls lost under the hands of the elves.

Naturally, Su Yu was not about to suffer a fit of saintly compassion and drag them to safety.

However, in all likelihood, the two would be pecked to death by wild Spearows passing by.

Spearows never let prey like this escape.

It was the perfect choice for destroying evidence. Moreover, with their elves incapacitated, the two had no possibility of escape.

One could already say that a death sentence had been passed on them.

After exiting the secret realm, Su Yu eagerly sought out a nearby inn.

Although there had been no danger within the secret realm these past few days, his experience had hardly been comfortable.

After all, there were no places to bathe inside the secret realm.

Thus, Su Yu had not bathed for several days; he could even smell the sweat on his own body.

Holding his identity card, Su Yu approached the front desk and eagerly booked a room.

Seeing his dust-covered appearance, the young lady at the front desk found it nothing unusual.

She could not count how many trainers arriving in such a wretched state she had received daily.

"Please take this; here is your room key, B245, located at the corner on the second floor."

After taking the room key from the front desk attendant, Su Yu rushed straight to his room without stopping.

The inn room featured the classic configuration.

One large bed, one cabinet, and one LCD television.

Setting down his backpack, Su Yu headed directly for the bathroom.