Chapter 643

"A suitable Trainer—don't you think he's right in front of us?"

Lance's words plunged Steven into deep thought.

Indeed, he could see Su Hao's love for Pokémon. Being so young and able to hold out for so long against a Team Rocket executive, perhaps...... entrusting it to him would be a good choice.

Before Steven could continue his train of thought, a chaotic sound of footsteps and shouting suddenly came from the cave entrance.

"Don't grab me, ahhh! I'm not a suspicious person......"

Noisy shoving sounds erupted, and a man was being restrained by the jittery police officers at the cave entrance.

Even Su Hao, who had just finished treating the last Clefairy and was having the sweat on his forehead gently wiped away by a Nurse Joy, cast a curious gaze over.

Then, his eyes lit up, and he stood up and walked over quickly.

"Drakloak, Dreepy, thank you for your hard work."

The cave entrance was indeed occupied by the Drakloak and Dreepy that Su Hao had sent to protect Nika. They were floating in the air with helpless expressions, surrounded by police officers looking at them with caution.

And that Nika was currently being restrained by several officers at the entrance, his face filled with tears.

"And...... Nika?"

Su Hao looked uncertainly at the man, whose face was covered in dust and whose clothes were stained black.

"Brother Su, please help me explain that I'm not some suspicious person!"

Seeing Su Hao was like seeing his own father; Nika begged Su Hao to explain for him, tears streaming down his face.

Seeing this, several grassroots police officers also looked at Su Hao with some difficulty.

"Sorry, he is indeed someone I know, not a suspicious person." Su Hao nodded, effectively confirming Nika's claim.

Seeing that Su Hao had said so, the officers naturally had no intention of blocking Nika, and their grip loosened.

They had all heard the heroic deeds of this young man, who had just held off Lance, one of the four Team Rocket executives, for over ten minutes.

He certainly wouldn't lie to them.

"I will also vouch for him; he is not a suspicious person. It was because of him that I was able to learn about the incident at the Mt. Moon plaza from a distant mine."

Steven walked over slowly, his magnetic voice calm and unhurried.

Hearing this, Su Hao finally understood how Steven, who should have been in the Hoenn region, appeared in the Kanto region and happened to save him.

A clear timeline appeared in Su Hao's mind.

The fanatical stone lover Steven came to the Mt. Moon mine, which contained rare ores and fossils, to mine.

Su Hao met Nika on the way and sent Drakloak to escort him, allowing Nika to reach the mine smoothly.

When Nika was explaining the situation to the Pewter City police station, Steven, who was passing by, heard about it. As a Champion, Steven, who lacked nothing in terms of justice, naturally chose to strike hard against Lance and save Su Hao.

He hadn't expected that his casual action would end up helping him in the future.

A short while later, because Lance, one of the four Team Rocket executives, had been captured, more police reinforcements gathered from surrounding cities.

To prevent any complications, Lance ordered the overnight escort of the 20 Team Rocket members to the Indigo Plateau prison.

Before leaving, Lance specifically came to Su Hao and bowed very solemnly.

"Thank you for your heroic efforts in shattering Team Rocket's ambitions."

Seeing Su Hao seem to want to stop Lance from bowing, Steven's mouth curled up slightly, and he said lightly, "Accept it. He is also blaming himself for the investigator organization failing to discover Team Rocket's operation this time; this will make him feel better."

Su Hao could only accept the thanks of this future dual Champion of Kanto and Johto.

After finishing his thanks, Lance breathed a sigh of relief as if a burden had been lifted, and for the first time, a smile appeared on his serious face: "Given the importance of this event, the League will soon decide on the reward to grant you."

"If you don't have anything urgent, could you stay in the nearby Cerulean City for at most a week?"

"After settling these criminals, I will bring the gift in person."

"Hmm...... I was planning to head to Eindoak Town on the Road of Victories to attend the festival. Will there be enough time?"

Su Hao cupped his chin, quite troubled.

He had indeed risked his life