Darkrai looked down on the young man before it, so after teasing him severely, it and Dragonite brought him back to Munchlax Home.
Because Ange was busy, Dragonite and Darkrai did not disturb him.
It was not until after 10:00, when the guests had all left one after another, that Ange learned what had happened and saw the young man.
As soon as the young man saw Ange, he immediately burst into tears, hugged Ange's leg, and said: "I know I was wrong, please let me go, I beg you,呜呜呜~~~"
On the surface, he didn't look like much, but in reality, he had been dragged into nightmares and tortured several times by Darkrai, and by this time he was already mentally broken.
Ange said, "It's no use saying that to me, go talk to Officer Jenny instead!"
Immediately, Ange let Dragonite and Inteleon and the others go home first, while he and Darkrai took the young man to the police station.
There is nothing wrong with catching Pokémon, but if improper means are used, it will violate the League's laws. Therefore, the young man would likely suffer quite a bit once he entered the police station.
After being tortured by Darkrai, the young man was mentally devastated, so he did not hide anything when he arrived at the police station and confessed his crimes without reservation.
It turned out that this was not the first time he had used this method to capture Pokémon; his Trevenant and Mamoswine were both captured this way.
Fine, add that to his list of crimes, he was in for a rough time now.
Coming out of the police station, Ange and Darkrai walked on the road back to Munchlax Home.
Halfway there, when passing a bridge, Darkrai suddenly stopped.
Ange asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"
"Dark~" Darkrai let out a cry to Ange and then quickly flew off in one direction.
Seeing this, Ange hurriedly followed.
After a series of turns, Darkrai stopped in front of a manhole cover.
Ange looked down at the manhole cover at his feet and asked, "Is there something under here?"
"Dark~" Darkrai nodded.
Hearing this, Ange looked around and, seeing no one, he lifted the manhole cover with his bare hands and then jumped down with Darkrai.
After Darkrai went down, it did not forget to cover the manhole cover again.
Just as he got down from the manhole cover, Ange's ears twitched acutely; he seemed to hear a sobbing sound.
"Is there a Pokémon?"
So, he led Darkrai to search in the direction of the sobbing sound.
Below the manhole cover was a wide sewer, and gurgling water flowed rapidly forward. Fortunately, Ange had good hearing, or else he wouldn't have been able to hear that faint crying.
After some searching, Ange saw three Pokémon in a corner.
A Meowth, and it was a Meowth of the Alola region form.
A Houndour and an Umbreon.
All three were Dark-type Pokémon, which was why Darkrai had been able to sense their presence from so far away.
The crying sound Ange heard came from Houndour, because the Umbreon in front of them was in a coma and covered in wounds.
That Alolan Meowth was very alert; Ange's walking hadn't caused much movement, but it had still acutely sensed him.
The moment Ange appeared, it leaped in front of him, blocking his path.
"Meow~" Meowth let out a sharp hiss in its mouth, trying to scare Ange away.
At this moment, Houndour also saw Ange. It hurriedly put away its tears and quickly ran to Meowth's side, also baring its teeth at Ange.
"Woo~ woo~~"
From its immature voice, it could tell that the Houndour was not very old.
Seeing this, Ange hurriedly said, "Don't misunderstand, we have no malice, we only came to see the situation after hearing Houndour's crying."
However, Houndour and Meowth did not believe Ange and continued to bare their teeth at him.
"Dark~" Darkrai saw this, flew forward, and let out a cry full of oppression at the two Pokémon.
Hmph! Knowing not what's good for them; if it were in the past, it would have pretended not to see such things. Now that it had kindly brought Ange here to help, this little guy actually didn't appreciate it!
Houndour and Meowth were so scared that their bodies shook, but they still bravely blocked the front of Umbreon.
Ange waved at Darkrai. Darkrai glared at the two Pokémon and retreated behind Ange again.
Meowth and Houndour were again scared so badly that their whole bodies shook, and their legs almost went weak.
Ange said, "Umbreon seems to be hurt, you are protecting it, right? I can help treat Umbreon's wounds."
Hearing this, Houndour and Meowth turned back and looked at Umbreon. Looking at Umbreon, whose vital signs were getting weaker and weaker, a hint of hesitation flashed across their faces.
Ange continued, "You can tell by the Darkrai beside me that its strength is very strong. If I wanted to do anything to you, I wouldn't need your consent at all; you couldn't resist.
Believe me, I really have no malice."
Hearing this, Houndour looked at Meowth and let out a cry at Meowth.
It could be seen that among these two Pokémon, Meowth was the one in charge; Houndour was asking for Meowth's opinion.
Meowth pondered for a moment and finally silently moved out of the way to let Ange pass.
Ange hurriedly went forward to check Umbreon's condition and found that it was seriously injured, with multiple wounds caused by strikes, and there seemed to be damage inside its body as well.
He could not handle this level of injury.
So, after simply treating Umbreon to prevent its condition from worsening, Ange said to Houndour and Meowth:
"Umbreon is seriously injured, and if this continues, it may be life-threatening, so I need to take it to the Pokémon Center."
When Houndour heard that Umbreon was in danger of losing its life, it immediately wailed and cried again.
Ange hurriedly comforted it, "Nurse Joy is very capable. With her here, Umbreon will definitely be able to pull through!"
Hearing this, the Meowth actually bowed its hands to Ange, with a pleading look in its eyes, hoping that Ange could help them.
Although it had previously maintained a calm and collected appearance, hearing that Umbreon might die, it finally panicked.
Ange bent down and picked up Umbreon, "Don't worry, we're going to the Pokémon Center right now!"
Saying that, he returned the way he came.
Meowth and Houndour hurriedly followed.
After exiting the sewer, Ange took the few Pokémon and rushed to the Pokémon Center at top speed.
At the same time, on the Nebel Plateau.
After Kirlia returned from the Royal Capital, it had lunch with its mom and dad.
Because mom and dad had things to take care of, it agreed to go play with Riolu.
The two of them walked all the way to the flower field in the northwest. Seeing the flowers in full bloom, they happily entered the flower field to pick flowers.
The two Pokémon picked flowers while discussing how to use these flowers to decorate the room.
Not far away, two Combee were dancing among the flowers; they were playing while collecting nectar.
After the four Pokémon met up, they greeted each other and played together in the flower bushes. They talked and laughed with each other, happy as could be.
However, just at this moment, the earth suddenly shook violently. Kirlia and Riolu couldn't stand steadily and fell to the ground on their bottoms.
"Hani~ hani~"
"Hani~ hani~"
At this time, the two Combee looked behind Kirlia and Riolu and screamed in horror. They saw extremely thick brown tentacles emerging from the ground; wherever they passed, flowers withered and fell.
It was that kind of monster Ange talked about!!!
Kirlia and Riolu looked back, were scared immediately, and ran away.
The two Combee followed closely behind.
Just at this moment, the tentacles launched an attack on the four Pokémon, lashing out as they twisted.
The speed of the tentacles was extremely fast, and they reached the four Pokémon almost instantly.
Seeing that the tentacles were about to hit one of the Combee, Kirlia hurriedly activated Psychic to build a barrier, trying to block the tentacles.
However, how could Kirlia be a match for the tentacles?
After a cry of pain, "Kirl~", Kirlia was sent flying and fell heavily into the flower bushes.
Moreover, because the previous Psychic barrier had been shattered, Kirlia's mental power fluctuated violently, and it felt a splitting headache at this time.
"Riolu~~" Riolu was very angry when it saw this, so it rushed forward and used the Rock Smash move to lash out fiercely at the tentacles.
At the same time, the two Combee also flapped their wings rapidly, using Gust to attack the tentacles.
Unfortunately, the attacks of the three Pokémon were insignificant to the tentacles.
There were many tentacles, and they twisted their way in front of Riolu and the Combee, trying to curl up the three Pokémon.
Just at this critical moment, Kirlia endured its headache and used Teleport to appear beside them, taking them away from the tentacles.
But Teleport is a very energy-consuming move, and Kirlia's strength was insufficient, not to mention that it had brought three companions at the same time.
Therefore, it only moved a very short distance before it fell from the air along with Riolu and the two Combee.
Just as they landed, the tentacles descended again.
Because Riolu was closest to the tentacles, it was the first to be attacked.
Kirlia was quick-eyed and nimble; the moment Riolu was about to be attacked, it pushed it away, while it was curled up into the air by the tentacles.
"Kirl~~" Under the constant tightening of the tentacles, Kirlia let out a painful groan.
"Riolu~~" Riolu climbed up from the ground and tried to rescue Kirlia, but was suddenly grabbed by a hand.
It looked back, and it was Drilbur.
It turned out that the patrol team had finally arrived after hearing the commotion.
Lairon, Hippopotas, and Hippowdon were all there.
"Goliu~ goliu~" Drilbur told Riolu and the Combee to go find help, and leave the task of rescuing Kirlia to them.
Riolu knew that staying would only be a hindrance, so it ran to call for help at top speed, and the two Combee hurriedly followed.
Over there, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, and Lairon had already launched an attack on the tentacles.
Hippopotas and Hippowdon leaped forward, each fiercely biting a tentacle using the Crunch move.
As a Pokémon that had already reached its final evolutionary form and exercised strictly, Hippowdon was very powerful and immediately bit off a tentacle.
The bite force of its big mouth was terrifying.
Hippopotas was more than a notch weaker; not only did it fail to bite through the tentacle, but it was thrown away by the tentacle instead.
Lairon used the Iron Head move to smash fiercely into the tentacle lashing toward it, and likewise smashed a tentacle to pieces instantly.
Drilbur was not to be outdone. When a tentacle struck, it met it with the Slash move.
Although the several Pokémon were performing very well, there were too many tentacles, and they were gradually becoming overwhelmed.
Kirlia was held in the air by the tentacles, the expression on its face becoming increasingly painful.
Just at this moment, a ball of fire appeared out of thin air, crashing fiercely into the tentacles and burning them charred black.
It turned out that Talonflame had arrived.
However, the tentacles were not living beings and had no sense of pain. Therefore, even though they were burned and smelled of scorching, they did not let go of Kirlia.
Following Talonflame was its wife, Staraptor.
Staraptor used Close Combat, tearing the tentacles apart with its sharp and strong claws.
After the tentacles broke, Kirlia fell uncontrollably, dropping straight toward the center of the tentacles.
Many, many tentacles were gathered together like a bouquet, and the place where they connected to each other was the center position.
That place was shrouded in a ball of black-red mist, making it impossible to see the situation inside.
Talonflame and Staraptor saw this and wanted to go up to catch Kirlia, but two tentacles that followed closely behind blocked their path.
Kirlia itself wanted to escape using Teleport, but just as it thought about using the move, its head felt like it was going to explode with unbearable pain.
It turned out that just now, under the condition of being injured, it had used Teleport to run away with Riolu and the two Combee, consuming a huge amount of energy, and at this time, it couldn't use Teleport anymore.
It was still too young, and the strength of its mental power did not yet support it in frequently using Teleport.
If it were just by itself, it might have been fine, but earlier it had insisted on taking Riolu and the two Combee with it.
Teleport failed, and Kirlia fell into the black mist at the center of the tentacles and disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, Lairon, Drilbur, Talonflame, and Staraptor were filled with rage.
"Roar!!!" With a roar, bright light erupted from Lairon's body.
"Goliu~" With another angry hiss, bright blue-white light also erupted from Drilbur's body.
Stimulated, Lairon and Drilbur were actually evolving simultaneously.
Soon the light of evolution faded, and two brand-new Pokémon appeared.
One had a tall stature, at least 3 meters high, and its body was covered in hard armor.
This was Lairon's evolutionary form, the Iron Armor Pokémon—Aggron.
The other was shorter, with sharp steel blades on its head and hands, and one look showed it had great destructive power.
This was Drilbur's final evolutionary form, the Mole Pokémon—Excadrill.
As soon as the two Pokémon finished evolving, they attacked the tentacles with angry emotions.
Aggron used the Body Press move to embrace a tentacle and tore it apart instantly.
Excadrill put its hands together, transformed into a sharp drill, and used Drill Run, shredding a tentacle to pieces in the blink of an eye.
Talonflame and Staraptor were also furious to the extreme; they felt that it was because of them that Kirlia had encountered danger, so one used Brave Bird and the other used Close Combat, attacking the tentacles frantically.