Pokémon: Starting with a Bound Entry System

Chapter 465: Lucario's Appearance

Outside Aura Town, Latias slowly landed.

Hikaru was focused on the message on his phone.

[Lance]: Found her. She's an Elite Four-level Ghost-type Gym Leader from Xiongguo named Linna, 23 years old. She entered the country yesterday. The League has already dispatched an investigator to make contact. We should be able to figure out her purpose soon, and I'll let you know then.

The message was sent at eight o'clock this morning.

It was now nine.

It seemed it was less about telling him and more about letting him explain it to Mew.

This was actually quite a good approach.

From his relationship with Mew, and from Baraz's relationship with Hoopa, the Huaxia region's attitude towards these Legendary Pokémon was very clear.

Whoever could get along with them, they would contact that person.

They wouldn't forcibly separate the person from them and then try to make contact with the Pokémon themselves.

It was very humane...

But correspondingly, being monitored was unavoidable.

After all, the power they possessed was simply too terrifying.

Glancing at the surrounding terrain, Athena asked, "Boss, if I find any key information, how should I report it to you?"

If she couldn't let Team Rocket find out, then she couldn't use any of her communication methods that were tied to her identity.

Hikaru quickly realized this, but for a moment, he couldn't think of a good solution, so he said casually, "Just keep a record of it for now. Oh, right, keep an eye out and see if that Baraz has a bottle on him."

Investigating Hoopa was originally just to see if it had come to the Tree of Beginning.

Now that it turned out not to be the case, it wasn't that important to Hikaru anymore.

As for having her continue the investigation, it was purely out of personal curiosity.

"Understood."

Looking at the very casual Hikaru, Athena felt a little helpless.

His attitude made it seem like this matter was optional, but it also involved a Legendary Pokémon. Could it really just be curiosity?

She said her farewells, then parted ways with Hikaru, walked to the Pokémon Center in Aura Town, and bought a few Poké Balls.

She didn't head towards her destination immediately, but instead detoured around several law enforcement officers guarding the outskirts and walked towards the Qinling Mountains.

It wasn't until she reached a place with lush trees that she released Arbok.

"Arbok?"

Arbok looked at the now-free Athena, a little dazed.

At the same time, it felt a little guilty. Athena had not had a good life this past month.

"It's alright. We've been through much tougher situations during missions before."

After comforting Arbok, Athena gave it a command. "Use Poison Sting."

Arbok knew this was a test. It faced a large tree and tried to use the energy within its body to release Poison Sting, but as soon as it tried, the energy in its body became chaotic. The once-familiar energy now felt like the needles on a hedgehog; the moment it was grasped, it would prick itself.

This sharp pain forced it to cry out, "Arbok!"

Its whole body went limp and collapsed on the ground.

"Alright, that's enough."

Athena immediately took out a Pokéblock and fed it into Arbok's mouth. It felt a little better, and at the same time, it immediately remembered that there was a problem with the food that human put in its Poké Ball every day!

At this thought, Arbok became furious. "Arbok!"

Hikaru had used Athena's safety to threaten it into eating that food.

Athena said softly, "My skills were inferior, there was no other way. My other Pokémon are still in his hands."

At the same time, she gained a new understanding of Hikaru.

To be able to use Pokéblocks to nullify an Elite Four-level Pokémon's control over its own energy—this level of training was simply incredible.

Perhaps following him was the right choice.

Although Team Rocket was trying to go straight, as long as it had committed evil in the past, the League would always be wary of it. As soon as they found an opportunity, they would still unhesitatingly uproot its power.

In this situation, Team Rocket's choice was simple.

Clearly demarcate the "evil" deeds of the past, which meant eliminating all the members who used to operate in the shadows. And she, Athena, a person with no background who had managed to climb to the level of Team Rocket's Elite Four, couldn't possibly be clean.

Athena had realized this long ago.

It was just that she was too deeply involved and was unwilling to believe that after doing so much for Team Rocket, she would be abandoned.

"Arbok..." (I feel better now. I should be able to use half of my energy...)

"Alright, go see if there are any Flying-type Pokémon around here..."

With her special status, she couldn't use anything. Her only option was to catch a Flying-type Pokémon to guide her.

Although doing so was illegal, she was already used to it.

But this time...

Before she could even make a move, an ethereal figure appeared in front of her.

The figure gradually solidified, as if appearing out of thin air, and slowly walked towards her.

"Catching a Flying-type Pokémon? What are you up to?"

"Lucario? When did you...?"

The moment she saw this Pokémon, Athena's pupils shrank.

Although she didn't have Aura, as an Elite Four-level trainer, her vigilance was high. An ordinary Pokémon would have no chance of getting close to her.

Lucario glanced at the Arbok beside the woman, then nonchalantly turned its gaze to Athena.

It sensed that this human had not come here to catch Pokémon, but with a strong sense of purpose.

But she had come with Hikaru.

This was very strange.

"If you don't tell me the reason, you won't be allowed to mess around in the place I protect."

"I just intend for it to show me the way, I have no other intentions."

It has Aura, it can talk, and its strength is unfathomable.

This was Athena's first thought.

For it to be able to appear before her without any warning meant that it could kill her without any warning.

She couldn't afford to provoke such an existence.

Her Arbok held no threat in its eyes.

Lucario asked again, "Were you brought here by Hikaru?"

Athena was startled. This Pokémon, which was at least at the Champion level, also knew Hikaru?

"Yes."

"Don't move. I'll ask him what's going on."

After speaking, Liangyue's Lucario closed its eyes. At the same time, Hikaru, who was walking along the road in Aura Town buying daily necessities, paused his steps. After a brief pause, a look of astonishment flashed across his face. He then said to Latias beside him, "Let's go, Latias. We'll come back to buy things later."

In less than a few minutes, Latias had brought Hikaru before Lucario.

"What's going on?"

Hikaru was also a bit confused at the moment.

"This human wants to catch a Flying-type Pokémon, purely to show her the way."

These were Liangyue's Lucario's exact words.

Hikaru quickly realized the source of the conflict.

It was nothing more than that Athena couldn't use regular transportation to reach her destination, but she didn't have a Flying-type Pokémon with her, so her only choice was to catch one..

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