Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

He Jie: ? ? ?

"What did you say? I don't think I heard you clearly."

Su Hao emphasized again, "I said, regarding your mission, I think..."

"No way! Absolutely not!" Before Su Hao could finish speaking, He Jie slammed his hand on the table and roared.

"You're just a college student, how can you possibly face a poacher gang with your abilities...?"

Su Hao wasn't annoyed at all, and said with a smile, "May I ask, Chief Instructor, how many late-stage professional-level combatants are in your team?"

He Jie was taken aback, and subconsciously replied, "Not many... I'm the only one with a Gym Leader-level Pokémon, while most of the other team members are hovering around the mid-professional level."

Immediately, he realized that he had been tricked into revealing information by this kid, and could only glare angrily at Su Hao.

Su Hao blinked, looking completely innocent, and said, "But I caught that late-stage professional-level ultimate beast all by myself."

"With your special abilities, I think even you, Chief Instructor, are no match for me in terms of self-defense."

"Forehead......."

He Jie was speechless after being rebuked by Su Hao. For some reason, he was extremely irritable towards the other trainees. He, who was known as the devil instructor, was unable to explode in front of Su Hao.

It was as if his body's instincts and intuition, honed over many years, were warning him.

"Never mind, never mind." He Jie rubbed his forehead, his expression full of helplessness.

"You can come along, but you need the commander-in-chief or deputy commander's permission..."

Before He Jie could finish speaking, Su Hao shoved his phone, with its screen lit up, right in front of him.

A chat message came into He Jie's view.

Zhao En: No problem, do as you wish.

He Jie asked incredulously, "When did you add the Commander-in-Chief as a friend?"

Su Hao said matter-of-factly, "My dad knows Uncle Zhao, and he should know quite a bit about my abilities."

After all, he was once a second-generation Gym Leader, and now he's a second-generation Elite Four Trainer.

Are there some interpersonal relationships that aren't taken for granted?

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Sun and moon.

Chapter 409 Poachers: I Feel Like I'm Fighting an Army

With his own abilities and a little bit of external help, he succeeded.

Su Hao successfully participated in the mission to capture poachers.

Under the envious gazes of his teammates Zhao Yunlan and Xia Xiaoguang, he and the dozens of soldiers from the Snowfield Base who had gathered set off towards the location of the temple ruins.

The route involves passing through snow-covered valleys, entering a summit tunnel, and finally navigating a summit trail to reach the destination.

The journey was long, and even though climbing the snow-capped mountain was much easier than descending, it still took a whole day.

Su Hao did not participate in a single battle along the way.

After all, these soldiers have been working together seamlessly for nearly ten years. Joining them would not only easily cause them to lose their rhythm, but might also affect their coordination.

Su Hao simply took on the role of logistical support.

"Brother Su, could you please treat my lip-licking sister?"

Also involved in the operation, however, was a border guard responsible for sealing off the surrounding area, who brought Pokémon to the center of Su Hao's team.

His nymph had several deep wounds on her body, and Su Hao judged that she had most likely been attacked by his old acquaintance, Mavisra.

The higher you go, the more dangerous the environment and Pokémon become. Often, after reaching the temple ruins, about half of your Pokémon will be temporarily unable to fight.

This may explain why poachers chose the temple ruins as their hiding place.

Therefore, in order to capture a group of more than a dozen poachers, dozens of border guards need to be dispatched.

"It's nothing serious, just some minor wounds."

The guy said that Jynx was rendered unable to fight by Weavile's poison attack.

Su Hao checked and confirmed that there were no toxins remaining in Sister Mist's body.

As soon as he finished speaking, specks of emerald green light bloomed on Su Hao's hand and flowed into the body of the Lady with the Mist. With a flicker of light, the wounds on the Lady with the Mist healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Under the admiring gaze of the young man, in just about a minute, Sister Hypnotic's injuries were completely healed, and even her lost strength was replenished.

"That's good. Go back to your team now."

Wiping away non-existent sweat, Su Hao blocked the woman with the slick lips who was about to kiss him with a devil's kiss, and said without changing his expression.

"Ah... okay, thank you."

The young man replied in a daze, then quickly left with the persistent woman with the smug lips who was still trying to get a kiss.

After the young man left, He Jie, who was also the main force in capturing the poachers but had not participated in the battle, came over with a somewhat numb expression on his face.

A day had passed since the start of the climb, and the team had originally predicted that they would reach the woods near the temple ruins in the early hours of the third day.

And now, in just one day, the grove of trees is already right in front of us.

All of this is thanks to the college student in front of us.

Whenever the team suffered injuries, his ridiculously powerful healing ability would kick in, single-handedly doubling the climbing speed.

Moreover, his healing speed and intensity... are probably even better than those of a regular professional-level Lucky Egg.

Who exactly is the Pokémon?

...........

A light snow was falling from the sky. Inside the dilapidated and crumbling temple, a dozen or so people dressed as poachers were gathered around a campfire, discussing their plans.

The leading blonde woman with a voluptuous figure asked casually, "Is there any movement from the Snowfield Base?"

The short man, who had just returned from the reconnaissance, ate the dry rations he carried with him and said indistinctly, "Everything is normal. Apart from the fact that there are always patrols on the border, we haven't found any signs of anyone resting along this route."

"That's good......."

The woman breathed a sigh of relief.

Within the poacher community, missions within the Divine Alliance are notoriously troublesome.

The local authorities are too difficult to deal with. They often deploy a large force to arrest a small group of illegal immigrants. It's not easy to poach without alerting the authorities.

It seems that the snow fairy they severely injured had nothing to do with the snowfield base.

The woman stood up and announced with a wave of her arm, "Since we haven't alerted the snowfield base, we'll endure the bitter cold and lie in wait for three days..."

The hardship did pay off.

"In one hour, we'll head to the Snow Child, Ice Demon Guardian, and Snow Fairy tribe in the southwest. This time, we're going to make a fortune, just like we did five years ago!"

The woman's voice captivated the poachers, who all raised their hands in response: "Oh oh oh!!"

"Hurry up, erase all traces of residence, and get ready to leave!"

Upon hearing this, the dozen or so people began to clean up the areas where they had lived, striving not to leave any evidence that could allow the Shenzhou Alliance to find them.

The woman casually poured a pot of used dirty water onto the campfire, and a puff of white smoke appeared along with the hissing sound of the flames going out.

Looking at the ruins of the temple, now surrounded by crumbling walls, and the nearly withered, bare tree in the center of the temple, Miana's lips curled into an intrigued smile.

"It's fortunate that there's this dead tree, otherwise it wouldn't be easy to spend three days in this unfinished temple ruins."

"However... there is actually a temple ruin on the top of this snow mountain. Could it have been built by one of the ancient kings of the Divine Continent Alliance?"

Looking at the quiet place where no wild Pokémon had appeared since they arrived, Miana's eyes flashed with confusion.

This place... is too empty. Apart from the grove of trees not far away, everything around is almost bare, and you can't find a single branch.

Even the wood used for the campfire was taken from the dead tree behind them.

Before Miana could think it through, a small explosion suddenly rang out, startling her.

"what happened!?"

Just then, a henchman rushed in from outside, his face full of panic, and said, "Boss, the people from the Snowfield Base have attacked!!"

"What?! They dare to invade my territory... Wait, how did they even get here?!"

"Xiao Qi just came back from scouting. Didn't she say that two days ago, apart from a group of college students coming to the Snowfield Base for training, there was no sign of any group going on a mission?!"

Miana's face showed panic, and she was filled with doubt.

Even if the group from the snowfield base is familiar with this place, it will still take them at least two days to get here.

Xiaoqi had only turned back two days ago, so it didn't make sense at all.

Just then, another poacher ran in.

"It's bad, boss! The people from the Snowfield Base have surrounded all the escape routes and then sent a six-person squad to break in!"

Miana's eyes widened, puzzled. "Huh? Why are you panicking over six people? Perfect, you can take them hostage!"

"What's the opponent's strength?"