He knows Pokémon better than me.

Back in Prayer Square, Kitasho re-released his Magneton and flipped it onto the ground.

"Then I'll head to King Kong Village first."

We need to talk to Gangshi first to avoid a conflict between the two organizations.

Although Bei Shang is now the manager of the Pearl team, he doesn't show any favoritism towards the two irreconcilable organizations in Xi Cui.

The Magneton floated up and flew towards the southeast.

"We need to speed things up. Then we need to find a disciple and pass on all the combat techniques for fighting the subway."

"No, I need to find two disciples!"

Bei Shang made up his mind, and at this moment, many images of his brother and him playing doubles matches in perfect harmony flashed through his mind.

In the Xicui area, doubles matches are practically non-existent.

Only Ash and Dawn remained on the spot.

After a brief discussion, the two quickly made their own decisions.

"I'll go and finish all the research projects Dr. Laben assigned me!"

Xiao Guang waved her phone, Rotom. Before coming here, she had specifically gone through all the missions related to the Skycrown Mountain Range from Team Galactic.

Most of them are surveys of the terrain and buildings at the foot of Tianguan Mountain, and map exploration.

Or it could be a small quest related to Pokémon ecology, habitat distribution, or physical characteristics.

It's extremely complicated and requires a lot of liver.

"Eh"

Thinking of this, Xiao Guang couldn't help but sigh.

She also wanted to leisurely stroll around the ancient Mount Tenguan with Ash, to see how it differed from the modern one. But now, a hunter named J has appeared.

There's only one king left to be subdued, and as the end approaches, she has a sense of unease.

There's no time for leisure, it's best to hurry up and finish the task!
"If we complete all the investigation tasks assigned by Dr. Laben at the current pace."

Including the mission of "Suppressing the Cave King - Mischievous Thunderball", I should be able to skip a level and directly advance from a five-star member to a seven-star member.

Then we can go directly to the pure white permafrost!
"Beep~ Beep beep~!"

So Xiao Guang took out the Divine Flute and slowly began to play it.

Before long, the big snail that hadn't gone far came out carrying a wooden box and, without saying a word, stuffed Xiao Guang back into the box.

"See you later, Ash~"

Inside the wooden box, Xiao Guang only showed half of his face, waving goodbye through the gap.

Da da da!
With heavy steps, Da Niu La reached the edge of the cliff and leaped down, climbing towards the adjacent mountain peak.

Ash and Pikachu stood there, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Although the abundance of boss Pokémon around him is tempting, defeating them all should upgrade his Galar team to another level—

When I return to the Galar region, even if I face opponents of the highest level in the World Championships.

Even without calling back the veterans, the new Galarian team should be able to handle the situation with ease!

"It's up to you!"

Ash released Corviknight and, after thinking it over, decided to go to Pearl Village to investigate first, since Hunter J was still causing trouble in the shadows.

"Gah!!"

The Armored Raven spread its wings and flew north towards the pure white tundra. Facing the vast expanse of white snow where it was difficult to distinguish directions, this time it navigated the route with ease.

About half an hour later, Ash arrived above the Pearl Village.

As the unfamiliar black, steel-armored giant bird approached, the people of Pearl Village became alert, drawing their weapons or releasing their Pokémon. "Everyone, put down your weapons! It's one of us!"

Fortunately, a pretty and bright woman in red quickly emerged from the crowd. Despite the cold winter weather, she was only wearing a tube top and shorts, with a wide belt at the back, making her stand out.

Beside her, there was also a gentle and adorable Glaceon.

"It's Ash!"

Zhu Bei looked pleasantly surprised; she hadn't expected to see him again so soon.

As for Corviknight, is it the evolution of the previous Blue Raven?

"Oh, it's been a long time, Pearl Shell!"

Ash landed on his Corviknight, greeted the crowd, and this time he didn't even bother to use Zoroark's illusion to disguise himself, just using his original skin.

This left the people of Pearl Village staring at each other in bewilderment. Wasn't the guy called "Xiao Zhi" a squinty-eyed black man?

However, before they could catch up for long, Zhubei frowned and her expression became serious.

"What's wrong?"

Ash asked in confusion, "Could it be that we've been hacked?"

He looked around, and the pearl settlement was no different from when he had last visited.

"Well, anyway, come with me first."

Pearl waved to disperse the people around her, and then led Xiaozhi alone towards the upstream source of Lake Wisdom.

As they walked, he recounted the events of the past few days:
"I received a message from Zhuqing Village and learned about the Hunter J you mentioned. Team Galactic also sent a message about this."

"Then I immediately sent people to guard the shores of Wise Lake, and they patrolled there every day, but unfortunately..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi paused in his tracks. What's going on?
Pearl sighed helplessly, walked to the lake shore, and pointed to the small island in the center where her nest was located.

"As it turned out, we were still a step too late."

Although Yukshi and their Pearl Village had entered into a cooperative agreement, the former still lived in the middle of Wise Lake on ordinary days.

As soon as Zhubei sent people to patrol the shore, they saw a gray-blue bloodwing dragon land in the center of the island.

Their imposing manner was too fierce for two soldiers to withstand, so they immediately went back to call their leader.

"When I arrived at Wise Lake, the first thing I saw was the silver-haired woman on the Bloodwing Dragon. She must be the one you told me to be wary of."

"Yukshi was also forcibly lured out of the cave, and a fierce battle ensued between the two sides."

The Bloodwing Wyvern spewed out scorching flames repeatedly, or seized an opportunity to immediately close the distance and open its blood-red maw to tear at the prey.

Yukshi then used his telekinesis to stir up the lake water to block the flames.

When the water came into contact with the flames, it evaporated instantly, and the lake was filled with steaming mist in a flash.

"My Glaceon wanted to use its Ice Beam to help from the shore, but it couldn't aim properly for a moment."

Pearl sighed even louder.

As the fog dissipated, the Bloodwing Wyvern appeared behind Yuxie.

The Pokémon below spewed flames, while the humans above raised their hands and shot out a beam of dark golden light.

This left Zhubei completely bewildered. Could humans really use such techniques?

"Just as Yuxi dodged the flames, he was struck by that strange ray and immediately turned into a dark golden statue, as if his life force had been completely taken away."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi's expression also turned serious.

Is Hunter J that fast?
And the most troublesome thing is that this guy actually brought her advanced technology—the petrification device—with him! (End of Chapter)