Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Thanks to the continuous road signs that say "This is the way to Team Galaxy base".

Soon, Ze Shu spotted a steel-like building on the side of a cliff, which, as expected, was the so-called Team Galactic base.

Zhu Lan was already waiting in front of the base.

Why are you so slow?

"..."

Ze Shu twitched the corner of his mouth.

Hey lady, don't you know how fast you are? Driving a Garchomp like you're trying to make sure everyone knows you're looking for revenge.

Seeing that Ze Shu didn't answer, Zhu Lan asked again, "I'm going in now, do you have any objections?"

"No objections. Just go in, the more violent the better, and release all your pent-up resentment."

Looking at the steel gate in front of him, Ze Shu shrugged.

In his opinion, the biggest purpose of this Galaxy Team base was probably to let Cynthia vent her resentment.

Zhu Lan: "There's no grudge; this is about fighting an evil organization!"

Ze Shu: "...You're right."

……

boom--

A violent bombardment suddenly rang out.

Sparks flew everywhere, the steel gate dented and then shattered, sending pieces of steel flying in all directions.

Upon seeing this, Hades, who had been lying in ambush there, was greatly encouraged.

"They're here!"

Although it's unclear why the investigator chose to breach the door head-on instead of infiltrating.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he gets into this base with all sorts of ambushes.

Don't even think about getting out!

Accompanied by the 'tap-tap' of footsteps, the screen on the hotspot device showed a bright red glow in the center of the base, indicating that the target had entered the base.

Hades roared through the walkie-talkie, "Release!"

The Galaxy team's base remained completely dark.

But the sound of summoning Poké Balls, as dense as raindrops, suddenly rang out.

Centered on the 'hotspot' in the heat map, several, dozens, or even hundreds of Pokémon were summoned. In no time, colorful moves were scattered like seeds, heading straight for 'him' in the center of the base!

At the same time, a poisonous skeletal frog and a tank skunk, also charging towards the center with great momentum!

These are the main Pokémon of Team Galactic's executive, Jupiter, and they have been trained very well, making them the main Pokémon for this operation.

Following closely behind were nets that flickered with electricity or slick with mud and poisonous gas, which shot toward the target after these attacks!

Hades' eyes widened in excitement.

"We must take it!"

In the pitch-black space, countless moves, the trump card of Jupiter and the star-suppressing power, and the various top-level nets that followed the moves—this was the highest-level "welcome gift" he had prepared in such a short time!

He predicted that the best-case scenario would be that the investigator would exert all his strength and suffer serious injuries just to barely withstand the Pokémon's attacks, and then fall into his trap, at his mercy.

Thinking of this, Hades couldn't wait to widen his eyes and watch the movements in the darkness.

But he only heard one sentence—

"Milanos, Mirror Reflection."

"This investigator is a woman?!" — This was Hades' first reaction.

But then...

Using the light reflected from the mirror, he gradually made out the figure in the center of the base and was certain that she was not an investigator, because she was a household name in Sinnoh.

Pluto's eye sockets bulged.

"Champion, champion..."

Why is the champion here?!

In the center of the base, a slender and graceful Milotic circled around the blonde woman. Its mirror-like surface shimmered, and most of the colorful attacks that came at her were deflected back, scattering like petals in all directions, creating a series of booming sounds all around.

Physical attacks that are not reflected by "Mirror Reflection" and fall around Milotic will only cause minor injuries that don't even qualify as cuts or bruises.

Next, they faced the oncoming Tank Skunk and Poison Skull Frog.

"Garuda, Earthquake!"

"Roar—!!"

The ground trembled violently, accompanied by Garchomp's roar. The shockwave, representing an earthquake, suddenly dissipated, blasting both Pokémon high into the air. A single move was all it took to defeat the two ace Pokémon of Team Galactic's executives.

"Togekiss, Air Slash!"

The net that came from the sky was also torn to pieces by the sharp Heavenly Grace Air Slash.

In just a short while, Hades' previous arrangements were easily torn apart by Zhu Lan!

This is not over yet.

Garchomp moved with unimpeded speed, charging straight at the hundreds of Pokémon around it. With a single swing of its scythe-like shark arms, it would incapacitate a Pokémon in battle.

Gastrodon unleashed Muddy Current, a viscous, muddy torrent that nearly submerged most of the Pokémon and blocked their escape routes.

The Rockruff chuckled, radiating an oppressive aura, its dark tentacles constantly wrapping around one Pokémon after another.

Sinnoh champion Cynthia is going all out.

Team Galactic's Pokémon are no match for them.

Zeshu stood outside the door, holding Vulpix, staring in disbelief. Glaceon also opened its mouth wide in a "Wow!" sound.

But I must say...

It feels so good to have a champion leading the way without having to put in any effort yourself.

At this moment, Hades only wanted to escape.

His bulky body tumbled and crawled with difficulty out of the escape route he had scouted out beforehand, landing face down in the pristine white snow outside.

"Luckily, I had a backup plan in place for if things went wrong..."

But thinking about the scene inside, he couldn't help but gasp for breath in fear as his nostrils were buried in the snow.

He won the championship?!

Shouldn't it be the investigators who are attacking?!

If it were an investigator who came here, he would have arrested him long ago and gloriously escorted him to Boss Chi Ri!

Fortunately, only the Champion arrived. His Team Galactic members and hundreds of Pokémon could easily slow him down. Even if the Champion fought them all at once, it would still buy him considerable time to escape.

We have to run!

As he was thinking this, he staggered to his feet, struggling to lift his head from the snow, when he suddenly saw a pair of footsteps slowly approaching and heard two voices.

"Oh? You escaped pretty quickly. You came out before I even got into the base. What a coincidence."

"Buyi—"

Hades struggled to raise his head, only to see Ze Shu's smiling face.

But in his eyes, that smile was utterly detestable!

He desperately wanted to tear that face apart at that moment.

However, within Team Galactic, he was merely a researcher and had absolutely no combat ability.

In despair.

"Ughhhhhh—"

With the sudden surge of strength within him, his obese body burst forth with incredible power. He pushed himself up from the snow and ran straight outwards without a care, trying to escape.

Can……

"Buyi!"

Bang!

Hades felt his calves suddenly grow extremely cold. He stumbled, and his massive body crashed into the snow, sending up a flurry of snowflakes that created a thin mist of snow around him.

With his head buried in the snow, Hades was utterly desperate.