Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

After listening to Team Galaxy's plan, Zhu Lan pondered for a long time before digesting all the information.

After digesting it, she looked at Ze Shu with an incredulous expression:

"In such a short time, you were able to uncover so many of Team Galactic's plans...?"

Ze Shu stopped, saying, "It's nothing, it's nothing."

"Therefore, the most important measure the alliance needs to take now is to control Xinqi Lake, Lizhi Lake, and Ruizhi Lake."

"When you uncovered the 'Heart Lake Explosion Incident,'" Zhu Lan said, "I had already ordered the Alliance to monitor it..."

"Not enough," Ze Shu said decisively. "We need to make it so that Team Galactic can't even touch the Three Lakes!"

"..."

"...I understand, this is indeed an important matter." After a moment of silence, Zhu Lan said, "Your reminder is certainly timely."

"Because of the previous events in God and Town, part of the Alliance's defenses are scattered around various ruins and important buildings in the town. If the Three Great Lakes are attacked now, the Alliance may not be able to respond in time."

"Perhaps this is also part of Team Galactic's strategy..."

"I'll contact them immediately!"

After figuring it out, Zhu Lan's expression became extremely serious.

Seeing that she was using the Alliance communication device to contact someone, Ze Shu didn't pay any attention to it and sat down sideways in the Galaxy Team base, intending to rest for a while.

Holding the sleeping Snow Child in his arms, it was making cute little "whoosh" sounds, so it must be sleeping quite comfortably.

The Six-Tails didn't occupy its favorite spot in Zeju's arms, because Snow Child was sleeping in Zeju's arms. Instead, it jumped onto Zeju's head, its fluffy white tail curled up like a cotton ball stuck to Zeju's head.

Glaceon was much quieter, just resting against the waist of the tree, but occasionally nuzzling against it with its cool, soft little head.

Time passed slowly, accompanied by Zhu Lan's ever-changing expression.

The blizzard outside was getting worse.

It's so big that even the Ice-type Pokémon living in Mt. Coronet can't stand it.

Because Zeki was located on the second floor of Team Galactic's base, he could see from the base gate that Cynthia had broken down that several Pokémon were crowding in to escape the blizzard outside, as if they were using Team Galactic's base as a shelter.

Four little wild boars, with their pink noses twitching, shook off the snow covering their bodies and huddled together for warmth before letting out happy "oinking" sounds.

Five obviously young Snowcap Monsters, led by a Snow King, also entered the base. They frolic and play around the Snow King's thick and reliable body.

Even Ice-type Pokémon are like this.

Not to mention those Pokémon that are not cold-resistant.

Geodude, Mirror Mirror, Medicham, Chimecho...

According to Zeju's observation, more and more wild Pokémon are gathering at Team Galactic's base. And these many wild Pokémon seem to have an unspoken agreement, each staying in their own corner, having come solely to avoid the blizzard, without disturbing each other.

The Galaxy team didn't do many things right on Mount Tianguan.

But establishing this base, providing a larger sanctuary for the wild Pokémon in Mount Coronet, should be considered one of the few good things they have done.

—Even without Cyndaquil breaching the base's gates, these wild Pokémon wouldn't be able to get in.

Zeshu was quietly observing the Pokémon's every move below, which was quite interesting.

At this time.

Zhu Lan suddenly said with relief, "You're right... Lake Lizhi was attacked by Team Galactic. If you hadn't warned us in time, I'm afraid..."

Ze Shu paused for a moment, then asked, "Huh?"

What a coincidence?

Zhu Lan explained, "Half an hour ago, Team Galactic launched a small-scale sneak attack on Lake Ritsushi. Fortunately, at my request, King Kikuno went to investigate and discovered Team Galactic's plot..."

"But in the end, Team Galactic still managed to escape."

"When Team Galaxy retreated, they detonated several bombs. Although they did not have much impact on Lake Ritsushi, they did cause considerable damage to the wetland environment of Nohara City."

……

The outskirts of Nohara City.

Team Galactic's executive, Jupiter, complained, "Damn it! If that Pluton guy hadn't borrowed my and Saturn's main Pokémon, we definitely wouldn't have lost to that old woman!"

Zhenxing, standing to the side, gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Chiri! Once our main Pokémon are back in our hands, we'll accompany you to raid the next lake. I refuse to believe the League can be so coincidental as to always happen to stumble upon our operation!"

Chi Ri responded calmly:

"This is no coincidence; the alliance knew about our plans."

But as he stood on the electromagnetically levitated Big North, his expression was somewhat unpleasant, unlike the calmness in his tone.

After all, his plans had been thwarted time and time again, as if an invisible hand was disrupting everything, which naturally made him feel terrible.

"Red chains..." Akari murmured to himself, his eyes gradually hardening.

"If we can't extract the red chains from the 'Gods of the Lake,' then... we'll make them ourselves..."

Red Sun is very confident that they can accomplish this, as their Galaxy team has long had considerable technical expertise in this area.

Although the man-made red chains are certainly not as good as the red chains created with the power of the "Lake Gods" after they were actually captured, using them to control their targets may be quite risky.

After all, what is made by humans is just a fake, and naturally it can't compare to the real thing.

But that's how things are now.

If there is nothing that can be done about the three major lakes.

It seems like this is the only path left for their Galaxy team.

……

Tianguan Mountain.

"The Galaxy Team won't give up easily, even if this operation fails," Ze Shu said softly. "Instead of passively defending, we should take the initiative to prepare."

Zhu Lan was taken aback: "You mean...?"

"If we contact the 'Gods of the Lake' ourselves and get their help, we might be able to obtain the 'Red Chains' that Team Galactic desperately needs from them. If that's really the case, no matter how much Team Galactic tries to cause trouble, they won't be able to do much."

With the real red chains, the initiative to deal with Palkia and Dialga, the two legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh, will undoubtedly be firmly in our hands.

Moreover, this red chain that Chi Ri has been longing for all his life might just be enough to shatter his Dao heart and force him to abandon his dream of "making the world free of conflict."

"This..." Zhu Lan frowned, somewhat hesitant. "As far as I know, the 'Gods of the Lake' have been asleep for a long time. Even Team Galactic could only forcibly awaken them with bombs. Could it be that we...?"

"Who said that?"

Ze Shu interrupted.

Zhu Lan: "Hmm?"

"Who said the Lake Gods have been asleep for a long time?" Ze Shu said. "I just spoke with Amritod not long ago, and it said I could contact it anytime if I needed anything."

Zhu Lan: "Huh???"