Chapter 28: Bruce's Phone
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"What's happening?" Bruce asked worriedly, noticing Ralts' strange behavior.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, the red tentacles on Ralts' forehead glowed with a faint white light, and the Psychic energy wave shot out.
Immediately afterward, a strange scene suddenly appeared out of nowhere before the eyes of those present, as if through time and space, directly displaying the image of an unknown place.
"Future Sight!" Thomas opened his eyes wide and exclaimed in horror.
As a Psychic Pokemon, Ralts had the ability to use Future Sight. It was just that such a weak Ralts had really mastered this ability, showing just how extraordinary its potential was.
Sighing inwardly, Bruce watched the scene that appeared in his mind.
The first thing that stood out was a dense forest, and slowly, as the scene progressed, a wooden house appeared.
As Bruce entered the wooden house, he saw a tall man in a dark red uniform sitting on a wooden bench, looking at the iron cage in front of him.
Inside the cage was a Pokemon wearing a white dress. It had slightly curly green hair and bright red pupils.
Yes, it was the Queen of Power: Gardevoir!
After seeing Gardevoir, the image slowly crumbled and disappeared completely after a while.
"Ralts Ralts~"
Ralts tugged at Bruce's sleeve again, looking up at him with pity.
"You want me to save her?" Bruce asked gently.
"Hello!"
Ralts nodded heavily.
"Don't worry, I'll do it." Bruce patted Ralts on the head, then straightened up and asked the Pokemon hunter who had also seen the image moments ago, "Is that wooden house your temporary camp?"
The Pokemon hunter nodded and replied, "Yes, that's our temporary camp in the Green River Forest."
"Who was that person?" Bruce asked, staring around him.
"Team leader, gym-level trainer." As the Pokemon hunter said this, he opened his mouth and revealed a sly smile.
Bruce, naturally, was not accustomed to this and immediately struck him with a Psyshock, causing the hunter to clutch his head and frantically beg for mercy.
"Please forgive me, I'll tell you everything." The Pokemon hunter seemed pained and begged for mercy.
Upon hearing this, Oliver glanced weakly at Bruce, whose face was filled with calm. He always felt that Bruce was the true villain…
Bruce stopped the Psyshock and silently observed the Pokemon hunter.
"During the day, the Commander stays at the camp to watch over Gardevoir, while the rest go out to look for traces of Ralts and capture other valuable Pokemon."
"When night falls, all members return to the camp."
"If I don't return in time tonight, the officer will definitely look for my trail once it's discovered."
"At that time, as long as you're still in the Green River Forest, you will definitely be discovered."
Saying this, the Pokemon hunter looked at Bruce secretly. Seeing that he was listening attentively, he cleared his throat and continued, "If you let me go, I promise I won't tell anyone what happened today."
"Tomorrow morning, you can go to the camp and release Gardevoir."
"Hehe." Upon hearing these words, Bruce sneered. "How can you guarantee you won't talk?"
"Secondly, even if we wait until tomorrow to solve this, how will we deal with that gym-level trainer?"
"This seems like a dead end," Thomas said, frowning slowly.
Everything else can be solved, except for the Gym-level Trainer, which is an insurmountable mountain. But if we can't solve this Gym-level Trainer, we won't be able to successfully rescue Gardevoir, so, in Thomas' view, this is a dead end.
"Ralts..."
At that moment, Ralts grabbed Bruce's sleeve tightly and never let go.
"Don't worry, I'll handle it."
After comforting Ralts, Bruce looked at Thomas and Oliver and laughed out loud, "You two, thank you for your help just now, I won't bother you anymore."
Hearing this, Oliver immediately said, "What should we do, Bruce?"
Thomas beside him also gave him a puzzled look.
In his opinion, this was a dead end, unless they could defeat the Gym-level trainer, there was no other way.
Faced with the confused looks from the two, Bruce smiled faintly, pulled out a satellite phone from his backpack, and replied, "I'm getting outside help."
…
As night fell,
The lights were still on in the Psychic Gym in the southern city of Fairbay, and from time to time, discussions could be heard in the office of the Gym's owner.
"Old man, how long will you rest at home this time?" William asked, looking at John Bayne, who was sitting in front of him, half-paralyzed in the chair.
John Bayne took a sip of tea and then calmly replied, "About a week."
Upon hearing this, William smiled and said, "That's right, you can rest well."
He paused and added, "I don't know what the Alliance is thinking. Letting you, an old man between 60 and 70, wander around all day while the Alliance has no new blood?"
John Bayne smiled and replied resolutely, "I don't blame the Alliance, I asked for this myself."
He then stretched his neck and said, "Our Byane family doesn't have as deep of a heritage as other families, and we can only rely on the continuous accumulation from generation to generation."
William's mouth twisted as he said helplessly, "I understand, I understand, Alakazam will definitely reach the Master level as soon as possible."
John Bayne looked at William indifferently but didn't respond to this. Instead, he asked, "How is Bruce lately?"
"He has become an experienced trainer," William nodded naturally.
"Oh, senior trainer." John Bayne nodded, his pupils constricting in the next second as his tone involuntarily rose and asked, "Senior trainer?"
William secretly laughed, not expecting the normally calm elder to lose his composure sometimes.
"Yes, his Combusken advanced to Senior level a few days ago, and yesterday he was certified as a Senior Trainer," William replied.
"Not bad." The elder regained his calm appearance, but the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, betraying his emotions.
"What about Beldum?" John Bayne continued asking.
William responded sincerely, "It should be almost Senior level."
"Good!" This time, John Bayne patted his thigh with a smile on his face.
William smiled faintly and said, "It's not like I gave birth to a good grandson for you."
When John Bayne heard this, he simply gave him a faint look and then said, "His progress is so fast, perhaps closely related to his solid theoretical knowledge."
"It makes sense." William nodded slightly.
John Bayne continued, "By the way, didn't Bruce come to the gym to train today?"
William replied, "He went to the field to train today and won't be back until tomorrow."
John Bayne nodded thoughtfully and said, "What field?"
"Green River Forest."
"Green River Forest..." John Bayne's eyes blinked, and he whispered.
"Don't worry, that place has a low risk factor and is suitable for a novice trainer to practice. Besides, I let one of my Pokemon stay with Bruce."
"Yes." Upon hearing this, John Bayne nodded slightly.
At that moment, William's mobile phone vibrated slightly on the table. William looked down and saw it was a call from Bruce.
"Dad, it's Bruce's call."
"Go ahead."
William picked up the phone, answered the call, and activated the speaker.
"Hello, Bruce?"
"It's me, I have something very important to tell you now." The young man's clear voice echoed in their ears through the phone.
Upon hearing this, John Bayne's eyes froze, and he couldn't help but sit up straight.
"Here's the thing..." Immediately after, Bruce told William everything that happened after meeting Ralts.
"Dark red uniform..."
Hearing Bruce's description, William turned his head to look at John Bayne and saw him nod slightly.
"Probably, I hope to receive your help," Bruce said.
"No problem."
However, what reached their ears was a calm voice.
Bruce was a little surprised and quickly realized who the voice belonged to: Grandpa John Bayne.
Before he could respond, John Bayne's voice continued, "Bruce, stay where you are and maintain an open position, we'll be there soon."
"Doduo bip—"
In the next second, the phone was hung up.
"Old man, what's that dark red uniform Bruce mentioned earlier?" William stood up and asked loudly.
John Bayne also stood up and replied indifferently, "A group of poachers wandering through several regions, and their leader is a Master-level trainer."
"This poacher group acts very carefully, and their mobile sites are limited to mountainous areas, so it's very hard to track them."
As he spoke about this, a faint smile appeared on John Bayne's face, and he said, "But in the final analysis, there's really no need to eliminate this poacher group, the effort isn't directly proportional to the reward."
"Of course, now it seems there's no need for this poacher group to exist."
After saying this, John Bayne took out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and said, "Gather, follow my location to the Green River Forest."
Seeing this scene, William weakly said, "Dad, regarding a Gym-level trainer, it doesn't need to be this big..."
John Bayne didn't turn his head but calmly said, "I said this poacher group will be eliminated tonight."
Seeing that William hadn't moved for a long time, John Bayne turned his head and asked, "What's wrong? Aren't you coming?"
"Let's go, let's go right now!" William immediately replied.
The two quickly left the gym and arrived at an open space. John Bayne raised his hand and threw a Poke Ball.
"Roar!!" With the roar, a huge Pokemon floated in the air, and the two blood-red wings of Contest flapped violently.
Pseudo-legendary, Salamence, the Storm Dragon!
"Let's go."
When Salamence landed on the ground, John Bayne and William jumped onto its back.
Immediately after, Salamence flapped its wings and flew high, using the vast night sky to head towards Bruce and the Green River Forest.
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