He knows Pokémon better than me.

Night had fallen, and the Vajra settlement was quiet.

Only a few Team Kong members, dressed in uniforms of the same color as Dialga, were patrolling and on guard. Upon seeing Ash, they instinctively raised their spears.

However, with their leader, Gangshi, right beside them, the guards immediately scattered and let them pass.

"Come with me, let's go straight to my room."

Gangshi led the way. Like Zhubei, his house was located in the center of the settlement, but it was larger and he lived there alone.

Pushing open the door, the stove for cooking is still in the center of the room, with some dried fruit, mushrooms and other ingredients hanging next to it. To the right are two wooden beds, both of which are bunk beds.

The innermost part of the banner hung with the Kongo Team's flag, which, besides having a diamond-shaped logo, also had a lot of unintelligible writing below it.
Despite not understanding why, Xiao Zhi, as usual, filmed everything.

Once we return to the modern era, these will be invaluable research materials, which can be given as a gift to Dr. Yamanashi.

What surprised him most was that there were two portrait frames on either side of the flag. On the right was a portrait that resembled the chubby leader of Team Lava, Crimson Pine, wearing a strange dark blue spacesuit.

In contrast to the Pearl Team, over there hangs a portrait resembling the Ocean Team's leader, the Water Tree.

On the left is still a portrait resembling former United Champion, Mr. Aldridge.

"This world is really strange."

Ash couldn't help but sigh and asked about the origin of the two paintings. Golem couldn't give a clear answer, only saying that they were the founder of Team Kongo and the first followers of Sinnoh Might Guy.
That's pretty much what Zhu Bei said back then.

Xiao Zhi pursed his lips, didn't think about it any further, put down his luggage, and went to sleep on one of the wooden beds.

No one usually comes into the leader's room; there's plenty of space.

Gangshi blew out the candle and lay down on the adjacent bed. Although it was past midnight, he showed no signs of fatigue and was even more excited.

I have so many questions about time and the future in my mind that I don't know where to begin.

Ash was being watched over by Shelly at the time and couldn't invite him. Today is a real surprise; he even wishes he could squeeze into the same bed with Ash.

But as soon as they got into bed, Xiao Zhi couldn't help but ask:

"By the way, Mr. Gangshi, you just said that Lake Lizhi has been rather unsettled lately? Has anything happened there recently?"

He remembered the traces of battle deep within the lair.

At this point, Gangstone's expression softened considerably, and he replied:

"Yes, a week ago, someone forced their way into that lake cave."

Although the Kongo team did not worship the gods of the three lakes, they still respected their neighbors and never went to the center of the lake to enter the cave and disturb them.

But a week ago, a violent battle was heard coming from the direction of the lake cave, and Rockstone immediately released his Vaporeon to scout the area—

He is also an Eevee enthusiast, and the three Eevee evolution types he carries are exactly the opposite of those of Shellder: Leafeon, Umbreon, and Vaporeon.

But by the time he got close, the nest was already quiet.

"Then I saw a woman with short silver hair emerge from the cave. Hmm? Was it a woman?"

"In short, she rode a flying dragon Pokémon I had never seen before and sped away in no time."

Lying in bed, Xiao Zhi frowned.

Short silver hair, making it hard to tell if someone is male or female. I feel like I've heard this description somewhere recently.

"A flying dragon Pokémon? What does it look like? Can you describe it roughly?"

Xiaozhi couldn't help but ask.

Kongshi nodded, trying to recall:

"It was a grayish-blue dragon with a somewhat flat body, a long, thin neck, and what looked like a white, hard shell covering its belly?" "Oh, and what impressed me most were the dragon's wings, which grew on its sides and were a deep red, like blood!"

After hearing the description, Xiao Zhi already had the answer in his mind.

Bloodwing Wyvern?
That's true. The Shizuku region has Garchomp and Goodra, but Dragonite and Salamence are not native to the region. It's normal that the people of Shizuku don't recognize them.

But the woman with short silver hair was riding a blood-winged dragon.

These two characteristics combined brought a familiar figure to Xiaozhi's mind.

"Hunter J?!"

Ash suddenly sat up from the wooden bed. This perfectly describes that greedy and cruel Pokémon hunter!

Back when he and Dawn were traveling in the Sinnoh region, they encountered this hunter J several times. Each time, the latter was poaching rare Pokémon or even directly stealing Pokémon that others had already caught.

They're like a heartless, upgraded version of the Rockets.

Later, the large aircraft he was piloting was destroyed and crashed into the lake.
According to Officer Jenny's later salvage report, it has been confirmed that Hunter J and his five or six subordinates inside the aircraft perished in the crash.

How did they suddenly reappear in the Xicui area?

"Right, salvage it!"

Ash suddenly realized that Team Galactic had mentioned retrieving a lot of future "trash" from Lake Heart, including a silver-haired woman, who left immediately after waking up.

"So it wasn't a plane crash that killed everyone, but rather, an accidental journey to the past?"

Xiao Zhi stroked his chin and analyzed, "After all, the three lakes are all connected to another dimension. Falling into this place triggered some kind of bug, and I traveled back to ancient times."
That seems to make sense.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.

A leopard can't change its spots. This hunter J just traveled to ancient times and immediately went back to his old ways.

Riding a Bloodwing Wyvern, infiltrate the bottom of Lake Lizhi for a fierce battle?
If they don't want to use it, they'll definitely go and arrest Lake God Arknom.

With Hunter J's shrewd methods, he's probably already gotten his hands on it successfully!

"This guy really hasn't learned a single lesson from the future!"

Ash couldn't help but curse under his breath. No wonder it went to the nest space earlier; it was empty.

That's right. Back then, Hunter J was commissioned by Team Galactic to capture the three lake gods.
"Do you know that person? Is he a dangerous guy?"

Seeing Ash's expression change, Rockstone couldn't help but feel nervous.

However, Ash shook his head. His surprise was purely because the character Hunter J was still active, not because of the latter's strength.

Back when he was traveling in the Sinnoh region, he was completely unafraid of Hunter J's power.

Not to mention now, more than two thousand chapters later.

Moreover, the opponent's strength largely depends on various advanced technologies of this era. Without those technologies, Hunter J's threat level would be even lower.

"Now that Arknom has been captured, are the next targets the other two Lakers?"

Yukshi should still be safe, since he's currently staying with the Pearl Settlement.

He didn't know anything about Emredo of Heart Lake; he hadn't investigated the area thoroughly when he passed by before.

Xiao Zhi pondered:

"So, did Hunter J act alone this time, or did he receive another commission from someone else?" (End of Chapter)