Chapter 59: Poachers
(First update! New book seeks flowers, seeks collections. The main fight on the day before yesterday was missed in Chapter 53. It has been made up and can be viewed. I am really sorry for the trouble caused! Thank you "Happy Reading" boss for the reward!)
"Are you alright?" After repelling the Zubat, the group came to the man's side, Xia asked with a little concern.
"Ah!!! I'm so touched." The man was attacked by Zubat, but he didn't suffer any serious injuries. Instead, he stood up with a lot of vitality and rushed towards Satoshi.
Satoshi dodged instinctively when he saw this, and the man directly missed his target, falling face-first to the ground like a dog eating shit.
"Are you alright, mister??" Seeing him just attacked by Zubat and now taking such a big fall, Xia couldn't help but ask.
"Mister? You call me mister? I'm not that old, I'm Li Ke, the love and courage... researcher of the Nibi City Science Museum!" Hearing Xia's address, the other party jumped up again, puffed up his chest and raised his head, arrogantly said.
"Uh..." The three were speechless, this mister was so strange.
"So, mister, why did the Zubat attack you?"
Although they knew his name, his age was indeed older than them, calling him directly by his name seemed a bit disrespectful. After being speechless, Xia thought about the situation just now and asked.
"This ah... you'll know if you come with me." Li Ke stopped being frivolous after hearing this.
Walking ahead, the three were also going to go through the cave, so they went in together.
When they first entered, the cave was originally supposed to be a dark and humid place, but it was bright as day when they just walked in.
"Ah?" They felt something was wrong as soon as they walked in. They saw that the cave was illuminated by light bulbs connected by wires on both sides. Every five or six meters, there was a light bulb, illuminating the entire cave brightly.
"What's going on? How can there be electric lights in the cave? It's even brighter than outside." Xia said in surprise.
"It's precisely because I don't know what kind of people are messing around here that the ecosystem of the Pokémon here has been disrupted." Li Ke explained while walking.
Naturally, most of the Pokémon in the cave don't like bright light. But the place has become so bright, Pokémon naturally won't be able to adapt.
Zubat is the most severe example. Zubat is already quite fierce towards creatures that intrude their territory. In this situation, although they don't have eyes.
But strong light will still make them feel uncomfortable, and most importantly, Zubat don't have eyes, but Golbat do.
This has resulted in some Zubat that have reached the evolution requirements, not daring to evolve because of this environment, which naturally makes them more violent.
"Because the value of the Moon Stone is very high, people often come here. Although very few people can find the Moon Stone, every time they come, it causes inconvenience to the Pokémon here."
"In order to prevent this place from being destroyed, I'm doing research while patrolling here." It was obvious that Li Ke was very angry about the destruction of this place.
"So do you know who made this place like this?" Xia continued to ask.
"Not yet..."
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"Pika??" At this moment, Pikachu on Satoshi's shoulder suddenly stood up.
"Huh? What's wrong with Pikachu?" Feeling Pikachu's movement, Li Yu Ran asked in confusion.
"Pika Pi!" Pikachu chirped twice on Satoshi's shoulder after hearing this.
Hearing Pikachu's response, Satoshi frowned slightly, then closed his eyes and sensed carefully. After gaining that power, Satoshi's senses were much sharper.
"What's wrong with Satoshi??" Xia couldn't help but ask when she saw both Satoshi and Pikachu acting strange.
"Someone is coming!" After a moment, Satoshi opened his eyes. He felt someone's presence approaching. Because they were in the cave, it was even clearer.
"Someone? Could it be the person who made this place like this?" Xia said with a little concern after hearing this.
"Hide first and see!" Li Ke quickly said to the three.
The four immediately found a place to hide. Soon, they heard footsteps. Takashi looked at Satoshi in surprise. Pikachu could hear normally, because the hearing of Electric-type Pokémon was very good.
But they only heard footsteps now. Satoshi could even distinguish the sound of footsteps from so far away. No wonder his father said he was a special young man. Following him would be a special journey.
Xia didn't dare to speak and looked a little nervous. Hiding behind the rock, she cautiously poked her head out and looked towards the cave passage in front of her. Two figures gradually appeared.
Looking closely, they were two men. They were wearing tank tops, had strong physiques, and looked fierce. One of them was bald, with a long scar on his mouth, giving him an even fiercer look.
The other one had a crew cut, fierce eyes, and looked like a bad person at a glance.
He also carried a black bag on his shoulder, which looked heavy. It must have something inside.
"These two guys, they don't look like good people at all!" Seeing the two, Xia carefully leaned towards Satoshi's ear and said.
"Shh!" Satoshi was a little confused but still raised his index finger to signal Xia not to speak. At the same time, he was also a little puzzled.
If he remembered correctly, these two weren't the ones who made this place like this. There weren't these two in his impression either.
But after thinking about it, he realized that considering the workload of installing these light bulbs, Team Rocket should have been here for a while. On the other hand, his progress was different from the anime. He didn't waste a few days in Nibi City like in the anime.
He defeated the gym in one day and set off today. So it couldn't be ruled out that in the anime, while Satoshi was still in Nibi City, no one else came through here.
"Why do you have to come to this broken place? We should hurry to the Tokiwa City." The bald man carrying the bag walked in the passage, a little dissatisfied with his tone.
"No need to rush, the agreed transaction time with them is still early. We took on a new commission earlier. Someone offered a high price for a Clefairy. This Pokémon is very rare."
"Moon Mountain was once discovered to have Clefairy. Since we have time, we might as well try our luck." The crew cut man responded calmly after hearing this.
"Humph! Does anyone even want Clefairy? It must be some rich guy trying to please his daughter or wife! These rich guys are really stupid." The bald man said disdainfully after hearing this.