Chapter 7: Not Exactly A Devil Either
“Are you sure?”
“I’m sure!”
“Why? Everyone else has blue aura, but he’s the only one with a herniated disc and a different color. He definitely has a problem.”
Using a tone as if accusing ‘Why? He’s the only one who got away, he must be a shill,’ Li Wei answered affirmatively.
Black aura, and an aura so similar to those men in black ahead—Li Wei bet on his ten years of movie-watching experience that this person was definitely not innocent.
What if it really was that one-in-a-million chance, and they grabbed the wrong person? This person had that terrifying aura full of malice just because of a herniated disc!
He really, really, really was just a cynical person with no relation whatsoever to this incident. At such a special moment, showing up and being treated as a so-called criminal suspect, grabbed and thoroughly examined—it was ultimately no problem at all.
After all, they weren’t some kind of demons; they wouldn’t indiscriminately kill the innocent like the unidentified organization still launching indiscriminate attacks.
This terrifying situation made Li Wei feel the aftermath of a disaster more than once. In the short few hours after this transmigration, the information overload was somewhat overwhelming—overwhelming horror, overwhelming fear.
If his father’s strength hadn’t exceeded the limits, if the staff-wielding Mime Jr., once suspected by him of only knowing pantomime, hadn’t released an air wall to protect him, if he had been buried by the collapsing building, if······
This string of ‘ifs’ was so severe that Li Wei didn’t even dare to imagine what his life would become if any of those ‘ifs’ had happened.
Just look at the passersby around to know.
A child sitting fallen beside a collapsed body, tears streaming nonstop; an old master sitting pale-faced nearby, clutching his wound; a trainer who had just treated his wound, immediately rallying and charging forward with his Pokémon—Li Wei truly felt a frustration building in his heart.
Unexplainable frustration, unexplainable anger, unexplainable sorrow.
Frustrated that he could do nothing, angry at the inhumanity of the mastermind behind the scenes, sorrowful that such pure evil could exist in this world.
With such emotions, Li Wei couldn’t help but take another deep breath, and this time, just like the last, his mood didn’t improve—instead, because of the thick bloody smell, it worsened again.
Meanwhile, Li Wei’s father Li Yuan Sheng, after two seconds of contemplation, chose not to question Li Wei further.
He immediately pulled another Poké Ball from his waist and, the instant he released the Pokémon, issued a clear order: “Gallade! Bring that person under the signal light over here!”
Li Yuan Sheng issued the command quickly, and Gallade’s execution speed was astonishingly fast as well.
In the blink of an eye, it had already vanished from Li Wei’s field of vision.
Right then, with a sudden turn of the head, accompanied by a ‘ching’ like the hum of a sword, Gallade’s blade-like arms clashed with a brown, cicada-like creature with a white halo on its head.
At the same time, another cicada-like Pokémon similar yet utterly different suddenly materialized beside the man. The instant it appeared, it emitted a piercing insect chirp, making Li Wei involuntarily cover his ears.
“Psycho Cut!”
Seeing Gallade’s initial attack blocked, Li Yuan Sheng immediately followed up with the command.
The appearance of Shedinja and Ninjask made Li Yuan Sheng even more convinced of his son Li Wei’s judgment.
Normally speaking, would an ordinary person walking down the street have these two Pokémon shadowing them?
Even if it was really someone obsessed with an assassin persona, as part of an injured group suddenly attacked by others, instead of shouting or showing doubt, a direct counterattack?
So skilled—why didn’t you dodge during the explosion?
Why not have Ninjask and Shedinja put up a guard?
And keep this kind around, wandering nearby like a Ditto waiting to hunt the culprit?
Ninjask is a very special Pokémon.
According to league official tests, its base movement speed is so fast it’s hard for the naked eye to track.
So even when released, while maintaining movement, it can achieve an ‘invisibility’ effect.
And Shedinja, as a byproduct of cicada molting, has a very terrifying ability.
Unless struck in a critical spot, this Pokémon takes no damage at all.
Combining this with everything that happened earlier, saying these two Pokémon appearing beside this person with the terrifying malicious aura his son mentioned was all coincidence?
Heh.
No need to draw on his years of trainer experience—just using the silly brain of the family’s main pet Mime Jr. at home, anyone would think this was simply impossible!
And once suspicion arises about many things, most doubts resolve themselves.
For example, how exactly did that explosion used to cover the group of men in black unfold?
Unlike Li Wei, who was directly stunned, he had noticed that the previous second explosion hadn’t erupted from underground.
If no one had interfered, these men in black couldn’t have launched the so-called ‘surprise attack,’ and the scene wouldn’t have descended into such chaos.
Combining the abilities of these two Pokémon for a simple guess, Li Yuan Sheng could completely reconstruct the situation at the time of the incident.
Right then, as if verifying his guess, that ‘injured passerby’ issued a command to his Pokémon in a sinister, raspy voice.
“Ninjask, X-Scissor!”
But the target of this X-Scissor wasn’t Gallade, who had just kicked Shedinja to the ground with one foot, nor Li Yuan Sheng standing back issuing orders—it was Li Wei, now isolated.
Ninjask’s speed was very fast, occasionally flashing its charging figure under the lightning, advancing in flickers like a death-claiming ghost, utterly terrifying.
Sharp twin pincers dripping with raindrops, metallic blades reflecting eerie light.
If this skill slashed down, Li Wei would be split into two—or at least three pieces.
In this dire moment, in a flash, just as Li Wei had nowhere to dodge and raised his arms for a final struggle, a green figure instantly appeared, blocking in front of him.
It blocked the X-Scissor attack from the death-claiming cicada, then raised its arm and punched.
This seemingly plain yet power-packed heavy punch directly smashed the aggressively charging Ninjask to the ground.
Bang.
This familiar déjà vu, the familiar cracked ground, made the miraculously surviving Li Wei involuntarily gasp.
Terrifying as this.
But this series of actions seemed to play right into that person’s hands—this appeared to be his objective.
Taking advantage of Gallade, who could effectively threaten him, leaving, the shadow beneath him suddenly twisted, and pitch-black, swamp-like unidentified liquid seeped from the ground, defying Newton by standing straight up, rapidly climbing along the man’s legs.
In the blink of an eye, the black liquid fully enveloped his body. Accompanied by a sinister laugh and a final grotesque grin, with a ‘splat’ like a Hydro Pump slamming the ground, the man vanished from the spot.
Eerie and spine-chilling.
Gallade quickly scanned the surroundings, then narrowed its eyes for another sweep.
Moments later, somewhat regretfully, it shook its head at Li Yuan Sheng.
“Can’t find him···”
Li Yuan Sheng sighed.
The incident was sudden; he hadn’t brought the Pokémon he usually used for missions or training, and there was no time to go to the nearest Pokémon Center to use high-tech teleportation.
Among the Pokémon he carried, besides Gallade, which had accompanied him for years, the rest were third-tier ones still in training.
They had few learned skills and none specialized in support or searching.
After all, he hadn’t expected such a thing to happen in the usually stable Magic City—just going out for a physical examination and buying a Pokémon for his son, only to encounter this.
His Gallade was a fighting expert, sharp enough to detect killing intent from hidden enemies.
But this person was entirely focused on escape, which Li Yuan Sheng hadn’t anticipated.
So decisive, not lingering in battle, with Pokémon strength not like mere frontline fodder—seemed like someone with an official position. If even such a person was just for muddying the waters, then what exactly was the purpose of this seemingly absurd attack?
Unlike Li Yuan Sheng, who was using phrases like ‘don’t pursue a cornered enemy’ to hypnotize himself against a map-bombing search, Li Wei’s expression was more strange and subtle.
Vanished······?
Really???
Then······what’s with that black aura slowly shifting along the wall?
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