My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 156 Who taught you to fight like this?

The Angel Company building in the Almia region.

From early morning, groups of ordinary employees who were unaware of the situation had already gathered in Angel Park in front of the building.

They looked at the company, which had changed drastically overnight, and the closed doors, and none of them understood what had happened.

Most people blankly opened their phones and asked each other in the company group chat without any leaders, but no one could explain what had happened.

"Don't I need to clock in today?"

The security guard isn't at the entrance either. What's going on?

"Chu mi mi?"

A young female employee in business attire, carrying her wind chimes, stared in bewilderment at the tightly closed glass door.

A buzz of discussion arose among the crowd. Some tried to push the door open, only to find it locked from the inside. Through the glass, the lobby was empty, but the computer screen at the front desk was still lit, as if someone had been working just a moment ago.

"It was perfectly fine when I left after working overtime until midnight last night!" A bespectacled programmer scratched his head. "How did it become like this overnight?"

Suddenly, a cry of alarm rang out from the crowd: "Look at the rooftop!"

Everyone looked up and saw that the once ordinary rooftop now stood a tall steel tower, with a huge crystal emitting an ominous purple light embedded at its tip.

Even more unsettling, figures dressed in strange uniforms could be vaguely seen moving around the crystal.

"What is that?"

An unease spread through the crowd. Some astute employees began to quietly retreat, their intuition telling them that something was amiss.

Just then, another group of public officials arrived by car.

They are Interpol agents.

Interpol's convoy quickly and orderly stopped outside the park, and uniformed officers got out of their vehicles and set up a cordon.

A sharp-looking police officer picked up a megaphone, his voice calm and firm: "Attention all employees of Angel Company, this is Interpol. Please evacuate to the safe area immediately and in an orderly manner. Do not approach the building! I repeat, evacuate immediately!"

The commotion in the crowd intensified, but this time it was a directional movement. Under the direction of Interpol, the employees began a rapid but orderly retreat.

"Have the handsome guy and Maggie arrived yet?"

Those two were clearly the first to enter Armia to investigate, and they should have been the most concerned about the whole matter.

Just as the crowd was about to be completely dispersed, two motorcycles roared up and screeched to a halt outside the police cordon. The handsome Interpol officer and Maggie stepped off the motorcycles.

"Sorry we're late!" The handsome man ripped off his disguise, showing his identification as he strode towards the command vehicle. "We discovered another outpost of the Dark Team on our way here, which delayed us a bit."

Machiavell followed closely behind. She and Meowth nimbly jumped out of the car, removed their disguises, and cautiously surveyed their surroundings: "The situation is more serious than we thought. The Dark Team seems to be operating simultaneously in multiple locations, and this tower is just part of their plan."

On our way here, we destroyed one of their cruise ships in Harbor Town and arrested a group of members of our secret service.

The officer in the command vehicle immediately reported, "Sir, Officer Handsome and Officer Maggie have arrived."

A response came through the walkie-talkie: "You've come at the right time. It has been confirmed that the one providing technical support behind the Dark Team this time is none other than the remnant of the Flame Team that you have been tracking down, Kutherosch."

Two years ago, you failed and he escaped. This time, you will arrest him yourself.

"Yes!" The handsome man and Maggie's eyes instantly sharpened.

"This day has finally come." The handsome man clenched his fist, his knuckles turning white from the force. "That guy who deceived Machiavelle and stole the Pokémon from the citizens of Lunaea—this time, I won't let him escape again!"

"Be careful of his Mega Squidward; that Pokémon's psychic power is so strong that it can even manipulate personalities," Machiavel added from the side.

The fully armed Interpol agents immediately began preparing to storm the building, with one team responsible for breaching the doors and another for jamming signals and interfering with support.

Just then, the chief rangers riding in the Mk Eagles also arrived at the scene.

Seven led Tong Hua and her group to land first from the air, while He Fu led another chief patrolman straight to the top of the tower.

"So many people—" Tong Hua stood beside the Pokémon, his hand already gripping the handsaw tightly.

"Those two over there look kind of familiar—"

Tong Hua looked at the handsome guy and Maggie beside him. This was the first time he had seen the two of them without any disguise.

"Where have I seen you before?"

Just as Tong Hua was pondering this, Seven, who was in charge of leading the ground attack team, spoke up.

"Leave it to us!"

Seven leads a ground team, along with his Pokémon partner and Interpol agents, in a raid on the closed gate.

"Growlithe! Big Bang!"

"Poisonous Skull Frog! Sludge Bomb!"

Interpol's demolition experts and chief patrol officer worked together to blast open the gates of Angel Tower, and the group filed in, followed closely by the rest of the troops.

"Teams, secure the floor area! Teams, ascend; teams, advance underground!"

The lobby on the first floor was deserted, and there was no trace of the Dark Team anywhere.

This unusual "ghost town" scene alerted the patrol officers and Interpol agents, who cautiously advanced according to instructions to explore the interior of the building.

However, the moment the team dispersed, a sudden change occurred.

The ground suddenly cracked open, and several energy barriers instantly rose to the height of the ceiling, dividing the hall into several areas. Strange devices also extended from the walls, emitting dizzying sound waves.

At the same time, the glass door that had been blasted open was resealed by a thick iron wall, cutting off everyone's escape route!

"It's a trap!" Seven shouted. "Everyone, take cover!"

"Terrible!" "Oh my!"

Fortunately, Tong Hua and his Pokémon were not far apart. Tong Hua, who was holding a saw and using the stealth skill, and his Pokémon were all assigned to the same area.

The next second, thick smoke suddenly billowed out! Everyone in the entire first-floor lobby lost their sight.

"Starhawk, disperse this smoke!" Seven immediately commanded the Starhawk flying in mid-air to create a hurricane.

M'K Eagle immediately did as instructed, but unexpectedly, just as the smoke dissipated, a blizzard suddenly swept through the room—

"Hahaha! I told you, we'll meet again!"

Ai Shi's arrogant laughter echoed in the lobby on the first floor. Accompanying him were the Super Snow Fairy, the Super Snow King, and the Super Ice Ghost Guard, who stirred up a blizzard.

"Good heavens!" Tong Hua, who had keenly sensed all of this with his aura, was shocked that the other party could simultaneously Mega Evolve three Pokémon.

Although this situation has occurred in both the movie and the special episode, he still wants to say something.

"Who taught you to battle like that! Mega Evolution is supposed to be used only once per battle!"

"Three Mega-Evolved Ice-type Pokémon!" Seven's expression turned serious; this place had completely become the opponent's home turf.

Furthermore, by dividing the area, the team's numerical advantage cannot be fully utilized.

"Everyone be careful! Use Fire-type Pokémon to deal with this!"

Prioritize destroying the barriers on the field!

"Toxicroak! Use Brick Break!" The Interpol agents immediately responded to Seven's command, and Pokémon with wall-breaking abilities used Brick Break, Clear Fog, and other moves.

Surprisingly, these tactics actually worked, breaking down the barriers that divided the battlefield one by one, and the Dark Team had no countermeasures.

"Growlithe! Word Burst!"

After the barrier was removed, the team members with Fire-type Pokémon immediately launched an attack on Ayase's three Mega-Evolved Pokémon.

"boom!"

Before the Flame Burst could even get close to the three Pokémon, it was intercepted by them in the middle of the battle.

The intense steam generated by the fusion of ice and fire caused everyone in the hall to lose their sight once again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tong Hua, along with her Pokémon and a small team of Interpol agents, began searching for a way to move between floors.

As for the main battlefield in the lobby on the first floor, that's up to Seven and his team to handle.

..

"Ooh!"

With their keen senses and the power of Aura, Lucario and Riolu guided everyone onto a bright path.

The elevator, which could originally be accessed by entering a password, is now under enemy control, but the escape stairwell cannot be eliminated.

Two paths lay before the group: one leading upwards to the top of the tower, and the other downwards, which likely led to the place where Izhi was imprisoned.

"We'll split up. You guys go upstairs, and you, and you, come downstairs with me and Machiavelli."

"Mm." Machiavelle nodded, already dressed in her E-combat suit under her outer uniform.

"We'll go up and support you as soon as we've finished investigating down there. Make sure to keep in touch."

"Yes!" None of the team members objected to the grouping. Everyone immediately got to work. After the handsome guy finished speaking, he grabbed Maggie and ran down the stairs without hesitation.

It wasn't until then that Tong Hua realized that this was the handsome guy who had made cameo appearances in almost every game since Diamond!

"Dragon, Riolu, and Stardust, you three should go and help them too."

"Moo-woo!" "Woo-woo!" "La-hua!" The three Pokémon nodded without saying anything more and followed the team members down the stairs.

"Ouch!" "Trembling—" "Meow." The other Pokémon watched the three of them, all praying for their safe return.

Lucario watched the three members of the research team walk away and secretly established a connection with them using his Aura, so that he could keep in touch with them.

"Alright, let's head uphill!"

The remaining team members and Pokémon exchanged glances and began climbing the 334-meter-high, seven-story Angel Tower.