Pokémon, but cultural invasion

Chapter 185 Going to See the King

Under the watchful eyes of thousands, a small urn of ashes was buried deep in the flower bed.

People in the Pokémon world are easily moved by beautiful and kind deeds, and the crowd included not only residents of Saffron City but also movie fans from nearby cities.

Many people turned on the live stream to record this scene for netizens who were following the story from thousands of miles away.

News of the death of Gyrocopter and its funeral broadcast were everywhere.

Smura's face turned ashen; who knew that the film Tingxiang had a real-life counterpart in Golden City?

The controversy previously stirred up online by Team Plasma members has been dispelled.

Tingxiang has transformed from someone who "fabricated stories to elicit tears" into a "propagator of the loyal Pokémon legend."

The claim that they maliciously incite negative emotions is utter nonsense.

"Dear wise man, several brothers have received summons from the cyber police; they are under investigation."

The subordinate rushed in, his steps unsteady, filled with anxiety.

"how come?"

Smura's pupils contracted. "Everything was calm just a few days ago."

"Something's not right. I need to see Lord Quixote."

He put on a tall hat, draped a coat over his shoulders, and went out into the snowy night.

...

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap echoed in the secret chamber. Smura knelt on the ground, trembling at the sudden attack from the usually tolerant Quixote.

His lips trembled and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"To use one's weakness to attack another's strength is utterly foolish."

The furious Quixote's eyes flashed with fire. He felt a tightness in his chest. He had chosen the wise man himself, so he had to suffer the consequences.

“You have been blinded by hatred, and you have also let hatred block our path.”

"The village did cause an impact, resulting in losses for the Plasma Team, but so what?"

"The losses are irreversible, and no matter how much a company in Kanto tries to cause trouble, it can't do any more damage. Why bother with it?"

Quixote struggled to resist the urge to draw his sword and kill him, his chest heaving violently.

After a moment, his expression softened, and he said in a low voice, "Smura, remember this: you are a wise man."

Quixote's face drew closer to his: "What annoys me is not that your decisions harm the organization's interests, but that you disobey orders."

His voice was unusually gentle, but the light in his eyes was fierce and cold.

"I...I know."

Quixote straightened up and said calmly, "From today onwards, you are temporarily stripped of your position as a sage. Atone for your sins by performing meritorious service."

"...yes."

"Issue a notice instructing the officers of the plasma team to prepare to shift from overt to covert operations from now on."

Smura suddenly looked up: "Is it that serious?"

"It's better to be prepared. Boss Ju has already set his sights on us. We can't guarantee that nothing will go wrong with this opportunity."

Quixote's expression was cold and hard.

“I used to think that the more thorough the preparation, the better, but I was wrong.”

"Some less noticeable plans should be brought forward."

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"Om-"

Boss Ju stared at the unfamiliar caller ID from the Kanto region. Anyone who could get his private number must have considerable influence.

It's probably just some mercenary businessman trying to partner with his mine.

"Hey?"

His voice was dry, with a coldness that shut people out.

Three seconds later, Kiku suddenly became enthusiastic and laughed heartily, "So you're the film teacher from the Kanto social practice site."

"Please take good care of our Ziyu."

"Please tell me what's going on—"

Hearing the information-packed statements coming through the microphone, Boss Ju frowned, his face cold and serious.

...

After hanging up the phone, Old Master Ju was lost in thought.

"I knew the plasma team had problems, but I didn't expect them to be this serious... but we can't trust them too easily."

"Unless we find the evidence he claims to have."

Old Master Ju was caught in a dilemma.

He had heard that Gegehua, the master of the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion in the Carlos region, possessed the superpower of foreseeing the future and was a famous and very accurate prophet.

But I've never heard of Sabrina, the Gym Leader of the Kanto region, having precognitive abilities and being able to foresee events that are about to happen in the Unova region.

It's unbelievable, but who knows about people with superpowers?

"Qibao Museum..."

Ju Laoda remembered that it was the territory of the aloe vera shop owner, and the shop was full of outdated things.

Why would plasma teams be interested in them?

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Tangcao Town, Central Park.

A group of plasma team members in uniforms are setting up a platform for their evening speech.

A few days ago, they learned that Smura, the highest-ranking official in their propaganda department, had been stripped of his position as a wise man.

This is a significant blow to all the speech team members who are fighting on the front lines.

Despite their low morale, the Plasma Team faithfully fulfilled their duties.

Night falls amidst the hustle and bustle.

Backstage, Shinseon sat on a wooden crate, deep in thought. He sensed danger in Simura's sudden dismissal.

His superior, Smura, was most likely framed by a villain who was manipulating the Plasma Team and the King, which is why he lost his position.

The speaker at the front of the stage was very excited: "Poké Balls are a shackle. Pokémon captured by humans can never be happy. They are missing the most important part of themselves."

"Elves, like humans, yearn for freedom. If you were locked in a small room all day, wouldn't you be miserable?"

"If you truly love your spirit, you should liberate it like we do and give it complete freedom."

The cheers from the sidelines gradually rose.

"Liberate the elves!"

"Give them freedom!"

"Shared happiness!"

Waves are higher than waves.

A team member went backstage to remind them, "Captain Xinshan, it's your turn to give a speech next."

"I see."

Xinshan was about to nod.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the wooden railing at the top of the stage was smashed open by a crimson beam of light, revealing a bewildered monster inside.

At this moment, Da Yu Monster raised his hands, and three round lights, red, green and yellow, flashed in turn in his palms, shooting high-powered hypnotic waves at the crowd below the stage.

A majestic, orange-and-black dog burst through the wall.

Da Yu felt a chill run down his spine and moved his arm to direct the tri-colored light towards the Windspeed Dog.

The next second, its vision blurred, and the motionless Growlithe was actually a visual residual of "Godspeed".

The real Arcanine had pounced on it and bit down on the brown head that occupied half the size of the Daewoo monster's body.

The hypnotic waves subsided, and the cheers from the audience abruptly stopped.

People seemed to wake up from a daze, their faces showing blank expressions of "Where am I?" and "What was I just doing?"

"The Plasma Team maliciously gathered people and used Spirits to conduct hypnosis activities, which constitutes suspected crimes of illegal proselytizing and mind control."

Officer Jenny, holding a megaphone, shouted, "Arrest all Team Plasma members present! Everyone, put your hands behind your heads and squat down!"

The uniformed team members were stunned at first. Some reacted quickly and ran away, some slowly squatted down with their heads in their hands, and most were at a loss.

Xinshan was terrified; for the first time, he realized that the massive plasma team was on the verge of collapse and a storm was brewing.

"Go to see our king."

He called on the team members who had watched the movie with him that day, and without looking back, they dashed into the woods.

Above the night sky, a thousand meters in the air.

This scene was transmitted to Izumi's mind through Latias's eyes.

It took him quite a while to ride Latias from Kanto to Unova.

“Miss Officer Jenny, please let go of the group of criminal suspects who fled to the southeast; they are of great use to you.”

Chapter 186 Breakup

"Lord Asura, we are temporarily unable to connect to headquarters' communication channels. Shall we try again?"

On the rooftop of a tall building, Asura and several other team members were fiddling with equipment.

"No need, Lord Quixote has already given the order to start the operation ahead of schedule."

He stood on the edge of the rooftop, diagonally opposite a magnificent and solemn rectangular temple-like building—the Qibao Museum.

"First, deactivate the museum's electrical system."

Asura opened the iron cage, revealing exposed data cables and colorful chips wrapped around the silver-white gears.

Gear comes from Akromar, the man with neatly styled blond hair who is highly regarded by Quixote.

Can a single gear really lift the security restrictions at a museum?

Asura thought to himself: Akromar, known as the "Dark Scientist," let me see just how capable you really are.

Asura held the remote control and pressed the "release" button, and the gear flew to the museum on its own.

"Did they design this remote control because they think we plasma team members are idiots?"

The remote control had only one button, which Asura pressed and then threw on the ground.

One minute later, the brightly lit Qibao Museum was suddenly plunged into darkness.

"Success!"

The symbolic bird, which had been preparing for a long time, flew to the roof of the museum with its grappling hook and set up an aerial ropeway.

Asura fastened the lock on her waist and slid towards the museum under the cover of night.

When he landed, the symbol bird had already taken down two guards who were coming to inspect the power distribution room.

Well-prepared and intimately familiar with the museum's layout, Asura navigated the collection room with practiced ease, even in the dark.

In the center of the room, a square glass case holds a white, horned skull. It is said that the skull's owner could soar freely on the sea amidst raging storms.

"The dragon bone acquisition is progressing more smoothly than expected."