Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

"Is it really that reckless?"

Even if you're the Sinnoh Champion, you can't... well, the Sinnoh Champion really can do whatever he wants.

Even with prior preparation and ambush, Team Galactic would likely be crushed by Cynthia's Garchomp.

Ze Shu twitched the corner of his mouth and could only say, "If you insist, then so be it."

Zhu Lan gave a soft "hmm" and then fell silent. She stared blankly at the dilapidated town of Shenhe, which was drawing ever closer below, lost in thought.

After a while, she spoke up: "Don't stop, I mean... um, let's head straight to Tianguan Mountain."

Ze Shu was taken aback: "Didn't you say you were going down to Shenhe Town?"

Zhu Lan: "Let's go to Tianguan Mountain!"

Ze Shu: "Oh."

……

Mt. Tenkan is covered in snow almost year-round, with a harsh environment and a continuous range. Its transverse mountain range is particularly prominent, dividing the Sinnoh region into east and west sides.

Trainers who normally want to reach Mt. Coronet can only access it via the poorly maintained mountain paths in either Kyoto or Eternal City, both designated by the League. Even so, climbing Mt. Coronet remains fraught with difficulties.

But Ze Shu's spaceship skipped this step and landed directly on the mountainside of Tian Guan Mountain.

The first thing you see is white, perhaps with some dark gray rocks peeking out from under the rocks.

But there is nothing else.

"Meow—"

It saw such a "novel" view, one it had never seen before.

The sheep's eyes gleamed. Seeing that Ze Shu was safe from danger as he stepped off the spaceship, it hesitated for a moment before jumping off as well!

puff~

It immediately buried its head in the thick snow, struggling to get out. Its short limbs thrashed about outside, contrasted by its round, fluffy wool, and the "electric beads" on its tail flashed in alarm.

Ze Shu: "..."

The six tails on his head blinked: "Ooh?"

Why does this sheep seem to be in the same situation as it was on the beach that day? So silly.

But soon, Six-Tails hurriedly shook its head: "Ooo-ooo!"

No! This sheep isn't stupid!

If Mare the sheep is stupid, then isn't it stupid too?!

Ze Shu sighed and grabbed Mare the sheep by its wool, pulling it out: "Why...why are you being so reckless?"

Mare the sheep looked aggrieved: "Mwah..."

How could it have known that the snow was so soft!

Ze Shu sighed, "We're going to a dangerous place, you know."

Upon hearing this, Mare the Sheep immediately wanted to jump back to the spaceship: "Mwah—"

That won't be of any help.

The best it could do was not to cause trouble for Zeshu.

"Yes," Ze Shu nodded, "so you can't get on the spaceship either."

Mare the sheep cried out in disbelief, "Mwah..."

"You little lamb, staying in the spaceship, might get kidnapped by some weird uncle who comes out of nowhere," Ze Shu said. "You'd be better off in your Poké Ball."

"Meow—"

Mareep didn't believe in any strange uncles, but after hesitating for a moment after listening to Ze Shu's words, it still agreed to enter the Poké Ball. After all, it was just a little sheep with no fighting ability and the easiest to bully within a ten-kilometer radius, and it was indeed not good for a Pokémon to stay in the spaceship.

But then Ze Shu ran into a problem.

Because Ami didn't give him Mare the sheep's Poké Ball.

After thinking for a moment, Ze Shu came up with a plan. He took out a Poké Ball—a Steal Ball. This was a ball that could steal Pokémon from trainers; he'd sacked up a whole bunch of them from the Steal Team executives!

But he never used it.

"Go in."

"Meow—"

Mareep obediently went inside, and with a simple shake of the Poké Ball, it was "snatched" from Amina's Poké Ball and into the Poké Ball in Zeju's hand.

"..."

"This stuff... really shouldn't be allowed to spread."

Ze Shu shook his head, then looked at Zhu Lan, who stood quietly in place, looking at him with calm eyes, and said:

"Let's go. Do you know where Team Galactic's base is?"

"Hmm... I don't know."

"I don't know either."

"..."

"But there's no rush."

……

On the northwestern slope of Tianguan Mountain, there stands a steel-like building.

This is Team Galaxy's temporary base here.

Because it was temporary, it wasn't very large-scale. It was just a tunnel about one kilometer long dug out of Tianguan Mountain, filled with steel walls, and equipped with high-tech devices.

This is routine for their Galaxy team.

Hades, with his large rear end sticking out, buried his head in various parts of the base.

"call……"

"Everything is ready!"

Looking at his achievements, he couldn't help but feel a little confident, panting as he put his hands on his hips.

"We temporarily borrowed a lot of powerful Pokémon from Saturn and Jupiter, and thanks to the support of Boss Red Sun, we also imported a lot of weapons. Hmph... It's a pity that Huo Xing was arrested, otherwise this base could be even stronger."

"But now, even if that investigator possesses strength comparable to the Four Heavenly Kings, once he enters this place, he probably won't be able to escape the encirclement I, Hades, have set up!"

Thinking of this, Hades couldn't help but laugh smugly:

"That's so true to me!"

What was initially thought to be a suicide mission has now turned into a great achievement thanks to his brilliant planning!

Thinking of how much the Boss Red Sun hated that investigator, Hades could already imagine that he would seize the investigator who was about to die in his hands and regain the Boss Red Sun's trust.

Now, he was even worried that the investigator wouldn't be able to find the location of the base!

"You, you, you—" he pointed at several people, "Go and leave some marks on the way to the base, so that the investigators will come sooner! And we can get out of this freezing cold Tianguan Mountain as soon as possible!"

"yes!"

The Galaxy Team members who were called on were also excited.

After all, all the main Pokémon of the rest of Team Galactic's executives have come here. Dealing with that mere investigator should be a piece of cake, right?

……

"Hmm...aren't these markings a bit intentional?"

Ze Shu twitched the corner of his mouth.

On the snow-white road of Mount Tianguan, there was an arrow-shaped road sign with a gold-plated "G" logo representing Team Galaxy. It was practically saying, "[Team Galaxy Base, this is the way]!"

The purpose is way too obvious!

But Zhu Lan went straight in the direction the arrow pointed without hesitation.

Ze Shu had no choice but to follow suit: "Isn't this just a clear ambush?"

Zhu Lan didn't care: "Let them lie in ambush."

So confident...

Ze Shu was speechless. After all, she was the champion.

And look at Zhu Lan, her steps are getting faster and faster.

Why does Zeki seem so eager to meet Team Galaxy?

After walking only a few steps, she even summoned Garchomp, mounted its somewhat uncomfortable body in the snow, and sped off towards her target location. In an instant, Zeki could only see her and Garchomp's backs as they flew away.

Ze Shu: "..."

Okay, this isn't a feeling anymore.

Cynthia really wants to meet with Team Galactic and vent her anger over their destruction of God and Town.