He knows Pokémon better than me.

Before long, the three men had several claw marks on their bodies and faces, looking extremely disheveled.

Of course, Little Sarud wasn't a real evil ape yet; he only needed a simple beating to vent his anger.

“Saruru.”

Zarude nodded to Ash, indicating to the three of them to watch how he would handle the situation.

Ash really helped a lot in finding Zarude this time.

Ash thought for a moment and decided that Hunter K was easy to handle; he could just hand him over to Officer Jenny.

However, Miss Officer Jenny probably can't handle these two nobles.

How about we call President Rose over?

"Wait a minute, I still have some questions for these two people!!"

Sonia rushed forward hurriedly, not forgetting the most important task of this trip. While rummaging through her bag for documents, she gestured to Sarud:
"Um, could you untie the vines from these two people? Uh, just their mouths will do."

Zarude raised an eyebrow. Since he was Ash's friend, he didn't refuse.

With a thought, the vines binding Sord and Syldi's mouths gradually loosened, revealing obvious red marks around their mouths and cheeks.

Of course, once they resumed speaking, the two reverted to their arrogant and angry demeanor, repeatedly cursing:

"Those wretched monkeys, how dare they treat us like this!"

"I'm going to take all the monkeys from your forest! Ouch!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was whipped twice.

Sarud was still nearby. With a flick of his finger, the vines lashed out, causing the two of them to grimace and scream in pain.

Now, they finally got to enjoy the same treatment as those previously beaten-up giant gorillas.

The two of them quieted down, and although their expressions remained stubborn, at least they didn't start spewing insults as soon as they opened their mouths.

Sonia quickly held up the photograph she had taken in Suchuan Town of the sculptures behind the collapsed murals and solemnly asked the two of them:

"Tell me, why don't these two Pokémon exist in the current Galar mythology?"

The two looked at the photo and immediately noticed the statues of two wolfhound-type Pokémon in the foreground, their expressions changing drastically.

But soon, they both turned their heads away and refuted:

"What Pokémon? Isn't this a fake statue made by someone later?"

"Our ancestor saved the world of Galar, the greatest human royalty!! So show us some respect. Ouch."

Soder was whipped again, and with a scream, his sword-like hair fell flat.

Sonia then took out other photos.

"Then how do you explain these scrolls and paintings in Quan Guan City? The great human royal family isn't that one person, but those two, right?"

The myths and legends of the Galar region have been modified many times, and each version is different.

"Hmph, just some random drawing by a bored person, right?"

"A mere Pokémon professor dares to question the canonical history of Galar. Ouch!"

This time it was Syldi's turn to be whipped, and his shield-shaped, broad hair fell down.

Sonia could tell they were giving nonsensical answers, and she secretly observed the changes in their emotions.

Sometimes, not cooperating is actually a form of cooperation.

So Sonia continued to pull out the evidence she had compiled and questioned them one by one, hoping to get something out of the two of them.

"pity."

Ash sighed, thinking that if Mr. Mime were here, he would have used hypnosis to force out information.

However, these negative answers seemed to be exactly what Sonia wanted. As she continued to ask questions, the truth moved closer and closer to what she had imagined. Ash shrugged and left the situation to her for the time being—he had already called Officer Jenny and she would probably be there soon.

The illegal use of the ranch land, the exploitative Pokémon training, and the illegal poaching by Pokémon hunters are enough to warrant shutting this place down.

"Let's go, let's help those rock-crushing gorillas."

“Saru”.

Sarud nodded; those spineless apes couldn't be ignored.

Soon, the man and the two monkeys returned to the spacious shack they had been in before. Little Sarud was carried on Sarud's back the whole time, like a backpack.

"Who goes there?!"

Upon seeing a stranger enter, the man dressed as a farmer in overalls immediately became alert.

Especially seeing Zarude—this is a rare Pokémon that the boss just caught not long ago, how could it be moving around freely?

Two more?

They are intruders!
"Molten Ant Beast, use Flame Whip!!"

Without a word, the man in overalls immediately commanded the molten ant beast to launch an attack. The beast shook its head, and a long, flaming whip extended from its slender mouthparts, lashing out in the air before striking fiercely.

Before Ash could even make a move, Zarude swung his arm, and dark green vines extended from his wrist.

*Sizzle!*

Despite being a plant whip, it clashed head-on with the fire whip, yet it was neither cut off nor ignited. Instead, it sent the ant beast's fire whip flying, extinguishing itself in mid-air.

*Sizzle!*
Then came another loud crack of the whip as it lashed the ant beast, causing it to scream in agony as it was flipped over and rolled haphazardly on the ground.

"What a formidable vine whip!"

Ash couldn't help but sigh, even the old vine whip from his hometown 002 wasn't as tough as Zarude's vines.

Then Sarud swung his arm again, and vines shot out like serpents, binding the man in overalls tightly in the blink of an eye.

I'll also gag the latter, too lazy to say anything more.

Both issues were easily resolved in just two encounters.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The group of Thunder King Kongs were completely unaware of what was happening. Hearing an even more ear-piercing and sharp crack of whips behind them, they didn't dare to turn around and instead trained even harder.

Sarud: "."

With their brows furrowed, what a bunch of spineless cowards!
Even Ash shook his head. Raptor was probably an arrogant Pokémon; he'd already seen that with Hop.

However, it is clear that these eight Thunder King Kong Apes are not arrogant at all.

They have been completely trained and successfully disciplined.

"If your personality becomes too soft, even if you train your physical fitness to a high level, you won't be able to exert much fighting power."

Ash shook his head; the training level of those two upper-class nobles was also quite worrying.

Upon seeing Sarud, the giant gorillas gradually stopped their training and stared at him in a daze.

Then, they all showed expressions of fear and backed away.

Of course, this time it was just normal fear—

In the Okoya Forest, Zarude is the absolute king, and any Pokémon that dreams of them will tremble and flee.

Zarude looked at Ash with a hint of smugness and boastfulness, as if asking:

Do you see Brother*?

Ash: "." (End of Chapter)