Pokémon, Ash is going to become a perfect man from now on.

It's finally here...

Xiao Zhao got up and looked around the familiar yet unfamiliar house. Apart from her Pokémon partners, there was nothing she needed to take with her; she could leave some of the things she made here as a way to offset her expenses for food, clothing, and lodging in the village.

She finally stood in front of the mirror and quickly tidied her clothes and hat.

Xiao Zhao was still wearing the investigation team's uniform; it was the only outfit she had that allowed her to move around in the wild... However, during her days in captivity, she had torn off the emblems of Team Galaxy and Zhuqing Village.

Starting today, she is no longer a member of this community; the name 'Xiao Zhao' will no longer be used!

"Team Leader Xingyue, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." After leaving the room where he had been detained for three days, Xiaoguang first greeted the woman waiting outside the door.

"I'll take you to the captain's office." Xingyue, the head of the investigation team, said coldly, as if she were instructing a subordinate, "In a moment, you must answer the captain's questions properly and dispel his doubts, understand?"

Xiao Guang knew that the other person was actually giving her a hint.

Xingyue is like that; she appears cold and aloof, but she's actually a warm-hearted person.

If we're talking about who Xiaoguang will miss after leaving Zhuqing Village, Xingyue is definitely one of them.

"Team Leader Xingyue, have Gangshi and Zhubei arrived yet?" Xiaoguang suddenly asked on the way to the captain's office.

"How did you know?" Xingyue was so surprised that she stopped in her tracks.

"If they hadn't come, there would have been no point in me being locked up for these three days." Xiao Guang smiled confidently. "Anyway, thank you so much... Don't worry, I'll definitely be fine from now on~"

"Xiao Zhao, you..."

Watching the girl's determined figure move forward, Xingyue realized with surprise that the girl wasn't as dejected as she had imagined...

There was absolutely no intention of compromising or yielding!

...

At the Galaxy Team headquarters, Ma Jiamu was already waiting for Gangshi and Zhubei in his office.

They didn't come alone. Gangshi brought Muchun, the field manager of the Yingyue Battlefield, while Zhubei specifically brought Beishang, who was also guarding the foot of Tianguan Mountain.

"The leaders and managers of both teams have arrived... But why didn't the mysterious person who has been following you, Leader Zhubei, come here?" As soon as they met, Ma Jiamu pointed the finger at Zhubei and asked about Xiaozhi's whereabouts.

"How should I know? He's not from the Pearl Team~"

"What?" Faced with Zhu Bei's shoving, Ma Jiamu's expression changed slightly.

Saying that Ash isn't a member of Team Pearl is utter nonsense.

He's not a member of the Pearl Team, so why is he wearing Pearl Team clothes and always acting with you?

Furthermore, many members of the investigation team suspect that you and him are actually having an affair…

"He's definitely not a member of Team Pearl. Ash is an investigator from the Johto League. He's here to investigate the spacetime rift. We're just cooperating temporarily," Pearl explained earnestly.

Having been influenced by someone for a long time, she also learned to use sincerity as a weapon, and what she just said was completely true.

"The City Alliance?" Ma Jiamu's expression changed again.

Gangshi and Zhubei didn't know about the city, so they couldn't tell... Majiamu would sometimes blurt out a distinct city accent.

That is, the so-called Kansai dialect.

"Leader of the Pearl Team, I think you're just blinded by love. You've been fooled without even realizing it," Mu Chun said sarcastically. "An outsider wants to investigate a spacetime rift... You actually believe such nonsense?"

"Gangshi, can you shut this guy up?" Zhubei looked at Gangshi coldly.

"Mu Chun, stop talking now."

“Brother Gangshi, did I say something wrong?” Mu Chun persisted, “The Cave King was so badly injured, and the Sky King and Wasabi have both disappeared…aren’t these things related to them?”

"Mu Chun, can you shut up for now?!" Seeing that Mu Chun was rambling on and on, Gang Shi could only stop him more sternly.

"Maybe this is what they did!" To everyone's surprise, Mu Chun pointed directly at the pearl shell and screamed, "The Pearl Team is colluding with outsiders to try and wipe us out completely!!"

"Gangshi, I invited you here to resolve the issue, not to escalate the conflict!" The two sides argued more and more fiercely... mainly because Mu Chun was going too far, and Ma Jiamu had no choice but to intervene personally.

He was now a little unsure; if Ash really was an official from Johto, the previous strategy of checks and balances might not work...

"In short, if Chief Zhubei trusts that Xiaozhi, I won't consider him a suspect for the time being." Ma Jiamu softened his tone slightly. "I invited you all here to discuss how to deal with the anomaly... and also to announce the punishment for another person!"

Just then, Xiao Guang was brought to the office by the guards, and Ma Jiamu immediately perked up.

"The anomaly in the spacetime rift... the problem might lie with our Galactic Team!" Ma Jiamu seemed somewhat distressed, then turned to Xiao Guang with a stern expression and interrogated him, "Xiao Zhao, the spacetime rift and the King's rage are actually related to you, aren't they? What are your true intentions? Are you trying to gain our trust by appeasing the Kings in various regions?!"

"Hmph, that's not all. She and that Xiao Zhi are also eyeing the treasures that the King possesses." No sooner had Ma Jiamu finished speaking than Mu Chun added insult to injury in a high-pitched voice, "The Cave King's treasures have been stolen... All the treasures possessed by the King that our Kongo Team worships have been stolen!"

“Mu Chun…” Gang Shi frowned, but this time he didn’t say much.

The King's life source was stolen, which is a deep worry for him... Even though the Deer said not to worry about it, the King of the Hills has never admitted that Ash is a good person!

"Hehe~" Zhubei revealed a clearly mocking smile.

This situation is exactly as someone predicted.

In this small office, a group of people gathered to perform grandiose plays. They would get together and spout nonsense for many high-sounding reasons such as stabilizing the village and alleviating their guilt, revealing all sorts of disgusting faces.

"Captain Ma Jiamu, is that what you think?" Xiao Guang's face showed no panic, but he asked calmly, "The anomaly of the spacetime rift was caused by me... and the rage of those kings so far was all my doing?"

“You are highly suspicious! Not only me, but many people in the village think so too!” Ma Jiamu’s tone was aggressive. “You fell from a spacetime rift, so your origins are questionable; and you still haven’t explained why you were able to predict the events on the Azure Coast! Even the name ‘Xiao Zhao’ is probably just made up!”

"So, what exactly do you want to do with me?" Xiao Guang continued calmly.

"I can give you a chance to investigate." Seeing that Xiao Guang didn't intend to turn hostile, Ma Jiamu continued to maintain his air of authority, "But not as a member of Team Galaxy, but as someone who must prove their innocence..."

"Captain Ma Jiamu, something terrible has happened!!" Before Ma Jiamu could even utter the word "suspect," he was interrupted by the guard's panicked cry, "Pokémon... no, no! Monsters! Monsters have invaded the village!!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Ma Jiamu disregarded Xiao Zhao and rushed to the window in the corridor, only to witness a scene that made him shudder uncontrollably!

At the distant village entrance, a giant iron snake, dozens of meters long, was swaggering around, along with dozens of Pokémon of all kinds, surrounding the entire village!

The area was completely sealed off, both above and below ground!

Chapter 1132 A Scene in Zhuqing Village!

Zhuqing Village is probably doomed...

After just one glance, Ma Jiamu couldn't help but have this thought.

The scene outside was terrifying. A large group of Pokémon surrounded the village, and many of them had even jumped onto the fence at the edge of the village, standing on high ground and showing off.

Besides the terrifying giant snake at the village entrance, Ma Jiamu also saw a giant Gyarados constantly circling in the air!

Along with many other large, flying Pokémon, it cast a huge shadow in the sky, even causing some people with poor mental resilience to break down and cry on the spot!

"Captain Kagi, I haven't even arrived yet, why are you in such a hurry to start a meeting?" Ash's voice, enveloped in his psychic powers, traveled accurately from the village entrance to Team Galactic's headquarters.

However, his form of address was a little odd…

"Stop! You are not allowed to take another step!" The tall female guard, along with a group of armed villagers, stood in tense formation, intending to block Xiaozhi's path.

Team Galactic's guard leader, Bellila... However, this female version of Big Leaf can't stop Ash.

"Huh!" Alakazam reappeared, casually waving the spoon in his hand, and the weapons in the villagers' hands were uncontrollably squeezed into a ball, and then crushed into pieces by the powerful psychic power!

“This…” The guard team leader broke out in a cold sweat.

"Ms. Bellila, I'm here to see Captain Kagi. Could you please leave me alone?" Ash said, seemingly politely.

"We won't let you pass! And... Team Galactic's captain is Magamu!!"

"But you can't stop me...and you can't control what I yell~"

"Ugh..." An invisible superpower erupted, and Berryla and the other guards were immediately bound tightly by ropes and left helplessly on the roadside.

Xiao Zhi didn't stop walking at all, strolling leisurely along the main road of Zhuqing Village.

He didn't care at all about the different looks he received.

He wouldn't attack ordinary people, but if anyone tried to stop him, he'd do the same thing: loosen his belt, tie them up with rope, and throw them to the side of the road.

"Oh! Little brother, you can't do this!" Soon, Ash encountered his second obstacle... Well, that's not quite right, since the other party wasn't threatening at all.

"Dr. Laben?" Ash raised an eyebrow curiously.

"Whatever you're here for, please put the Pokémon away first, okay?" Laben urged anxiously. "Xiao Zhao and the rest of the investigation team have made a lot of efforts to initially reverse the villagers' bad impression of Pokémon... If you continue to let the Pokémon run wild like this, the villagers will regain their fear of Pokémon."

"No!" Ash's words in 'Galarian language' completely baffled Professor Raben.

"Professor, I think either your concerns are wrong, or these villagers are out of their minds." Ash was now going for the most offensive language imaginable. "The Pokémon I sent out was too terrifying. Shouldn't these people be afraid of me instead?"

“Oh…” Raben was speechless for a moment. He knew the reason, but he didn’t know how to explain it.

“It’s okay, I understand.” Xiao Zhi continued with a cold smile, “They are actually afraid of me, but they think that as a human, I won’t do anything to them… They treat Xiao Zhao with the same attitude, both afraid and suspicious, yet they still want to take advantage of her.”

“No…the villagers wouldn’t think that way…”

“That’s what your Captain Jiamu just said.” Laben tried to defend himself, but Xiaozhi shut him down with one sentence: “He said Xiaozhao is very suspicious, and that it’s not just him, but many people in the village think so… Don’t deny it, I have a pair of super hearing, I heard it before I even entered the village.”

"This..." Dr. Laben was speechless.

"So, these guys deserve to be scolded, don't they?" Xiao Zhi continued his attack without any restraint. "Ever since Xiao Zhao joined Zhuqing Village, she has been doing her best to capture the boss, pacify the king, and help you complete the Pokédex. Besides all that, she has also done all sorts of trivial things, such as catching bugs, birds, bats, and tilling the land."

"What's worse, she even had to find the stones for pickling vegetables! And after all that she did, all she got in return was suspicion and distrust... Doctor, tell me, do these villagers even have any shame?!"

Ash may not be good at verbal sparring, but when it comes to insults, he's definitely a master among masters.

Since most of the people in this village deserve to be scolded, Ash simply didn't hold back and used his psychic powers to amplify his abilities throughout the entire village.

After this outburst, Dr. Laben was speechless, and the group of Zhu Qing's troublemakers dared not speak out in anger.