Chapter 83

According to Su Hao's guess, the poachers would likely not choose to travel by air; they were carrying stolen Pokémon and would certainly not swagger across the border line, as that would be too conspicuous.

The poachers must have chosen to travel by water, and to cover up the existence of the rare Pokémon, they would likely disguise themselves as a fishing boat or a merchant ship.

In the oceans of this world, Pokémon existed, and powerful ones were everywhere.

Therefore, the control various countries had over their sea borders was not as strong as it had been before he transmigrated, which allowed these poachers to easily smuggle themselves into other countries.

In order not to alert the enemy and cause the poachers to fly into a rage and harm the young Pokémon, Su Hao decided to pass over from high altitude first, and then have Gardevoir and Alakazam take him to infiltrate the place where the Pokémon were being held.

Following the direction indicated by the mark at full speed, soon, the sensation transmitted by the mark was directly beneath them.

He had Dragonite descend to a position where it would not be discovered by the people below, but where his Aura could still sense them; he closed his eyes and controlled his Aura to investigate.

There were two people on the boat below, both dressed as fishermen, one short and one burly, both male.

Within the range he could detect, there were no Pokémon responsible for guarding, but he could not rule out the presence of invisible Ghost-type Pokémon; however, he was more inclined to believe that these two had not released any Pokémon in order to maintain their disguise as fishermen.

"In that case." After finishing his investigation, Su Hao opened his eyes and thought for a moment before deciding on a rescue plan.

Alakazam would use Teleport to take him into the unmanned cabin, while Gardevoir would hide her figure to keep watch in the air and relay messages.

The Alakazam clan had been fond of the move Teleport since they were young, and this Gym-level Alakazam's Teleport was also used to perfection; carrying a person was no problem.

Dragonite, Salamence, and Garchomp would stand by at high altitude, and upon receiving Su Hao's signal, they would descend to suppress these two!

Having finalized the plan, Su Hao immediately explained the action details and strategy to the five Pokémon.

"Then Alakazam, I'll leave it to you, Teleport!" After laying out the mission, Su Hao immediately began the action with Alakazam and Gardevoir.

Jumping off Dragonite's back, before Su Hao could even experience the feeling of freefall, Alakazam's mental power quickly transformed into psychic power to support Su Hao.

After descending to the limit, Alakazam's psychic power distorted space, and immediately after, Teleport was activated!

With a flash before his eyes and a damp smell hitting his nose, Su Hao and Alakazam had already arrived inside the cabin.

He looked around for a moment and walked lightly toward a corner.

The inside of the cabin was stored with various kinds of seafood, just like a real fishing boat intending to trade with the Sakura Country Alliance.

But these things were merely a cover at best.

Su Hao's Aura detected that there was another space beneath this level of the cabin.

And the passage was right in the corner before his eyes.

He released his Aura, and together with Alakazam using psychic power, they investigated.

Under the detection of his Aura, the hidden switch concealed within the cabin's inner wall was soon found by him.

He directed Alakazam to use psychic power to gently remove the wall hiding the switch, and a red switch appeared before Su Hao's eyes.

The switch was an old-fashioned button-type switch; it likely did not have any alarm or communication functions.

Following a slight unlocking sound from beneath the floor, a secret passage just wide enough for an adult to pass through appeared.

He did not go down immediately; after checking below via Aura again to confirm there were no hidden guards, Su Hao prepared to go down.

Before going down, Su Hao asked Alakazam to keep watch in the cabin, fearing that the two poachers might suddenly enter.

Climbing down the ladder, Su Hao arrived at a very narrow mezzanine; through his Aura, he could feel that all the kidnapped young Pokémon were there.

Turning on the light, he saw seven Pokémon locked in an iron cage that occupied most of the mezzanine, but Su Hao felt one of them looked a bit familiar.

Why was that strange Feebas he had seen when he was hiding from the rain in the cave with Carbink and Litten also here?

Su Hao specifically pulled up the system panel; looking left and right, it was indeed that same Feebas from last time, and the Aura matched perfectly.

Besides the Feebas, there were also Dratini, Bagon, Axew, Abra, Ralts, and Hatenna.

Even counting the Feebas, they were all rare Pokémon with great potential.

Adding the group of people captured by Latios and Latias, Su Hao could guarantee that they were definitely related to the evil criminal organization mentioned by Su's father.

Su Hao looked with heartache at the young Pokémon huddled together before him; they were at an age where they should be playing carefree under their parents' care, yet they were locked in this dark, narrow space facing unknown fear.

Su Hao had no choice but to release his benevolent Aura to reach out to them, so they would no longer be nervous.

Among the seven Pokémon, the one that reacted the most was the Feebas.

The Feebas, which had been lying flat in the iron cage like a salted fish, suddenly sprang up, and its dull eyes instantly lit up with brilliance.

【(????)?? Isn't this the human who came to hide from the rain last time!】

"Feebas, I was entrusted by Latios and Latias to save you all."

Su Hao squatted down, looked straight into the Feebas's dull eyes, and said sincerely.

He roughly understood that the Pokémon Latios and Latias had adopted was likely this Feebas, while the others were the offspring of Pokémon living on the island.

【(°ー°〃) I can feel the aura of the big brother and big sister on you.】

Just as Su Hao was preparing to communicate further with the Feebas, he wanted her to help persuade these few young Pokémon.

He had an idea that could safely get these Pokémon out.

Su Hao took out a Luxury Ball and released Carbink, then said to the Feebas: "This is a tool called a Poké Ball; it can put you all inside."

He then began to explain the function of the Poké Ball and his purpose to the Feebas.

After Su Hao's explanation, the Feebas understood that the round ball could contain them, then Su Hao would go up to find Alakazam to Teleport and leave this fishing boat, and finally, the Pokémon above would suppress the two bad guys outside.

With the Feebas's cooperation, although these young Pokémon were a bit timid because they had been frightened, they were still willing to cooperate with Su Hao.

"Carbink, cut an opening in the iron cage that they can pass through; remember not to make any noise."

"Na na." 【Okay.】

After responding to Su Hao, Carbink controlled rock energy to create a sharp blade and with one strike, cleaved an opening in the iron cage for these young Pokémon to pass through.

Seeing Carbink complete the task, Su Hao immediately redeemed seven Poké Balls from the system mall, placed them on the ground, and signaled for them to choose one to enter.

After waiting for Dratini, Bagon, Axew, Abra, Ralts, and Hatenna to all voluntarily enter the Poké Balls, he looked up at the Feebas still lying like a corpse in the iron cage.

【(?????) Hurry up, I'm the only one left】

As an aquatic Pokémon, the Feebas could not yet move freely on land.

He had no choice but to walk slowly to the iron cage and squat down, reaching his hand into the cage.

Su Hao held the Poké Ball and slowly pressed it against the Feebas's head.

A red light flashed, and the Feebas was taken into the Poké Ball.

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