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Chapter 40 Skeleton Team Leader, Gladion!

Author: It’s a fox, not a cat

Chapter 40 Skeleton Team Leader, Gladion!

Looking at the iconic skull pendant, although he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, Hoshino still recognized at a glance that he was from the Skeleton Team!

In the previous Long-tailed Firefox incident, one of the main participants, Gladion, wanted to get it to pass the Skeleton Team's entry test.

Later, he also went to learn about the Skeleton Team in this world, and found out that it was a gang composed of a bunch of truant dropouts, or jobless vagrants who chose to work hard after graduation.

Because these guys are too weak, they don't even attract anyone's attention, and they can't do anything at all. They have long been labeled as harmless.

After several years of establishment, the biggest thing I did was to graffiti and tear down other people's advertisements all over Hau'ole City to attract attention. Before the police came, I was chased and beaten by other trainers...

"So for such a harmless gangster organization, why did the young man from Gragio want to enter, and why did he appear at the scene of the warehouse explosion? And..."

Hoshino looked at Shushu showing his intimidating posture again, and knew that he must have recognized them. It was the Skeleton Team that caught them here... No, they should have been taken care of by the Skeleton Team after they were captured.

Because these guys are not at the same level as the Rockets and have no ability to commit crimes across regions, they are most likely the ones responsible for guarding them.

As for why he came here, he most likely wanted to see if the police had found any clues. Generally, after a crime occurs, the suspect will return to the scene.

"It's so easy..."

He directly checked the opponent's location on the map, and then quietly touched from behind.

The members of the Skeleton Team, who were completely unaware of the approaching danger, were still hiding their figures at this moment, carefully watching the police officers, and then talking to themselves...

"These notes, why don't you leave? I haven't eaten yet and I'm so hungry."

"If you're hungry, go get off work and go eat."

"I also think that although everything should have been moved after the explosion, I am still afraid that these notes will find some clues."

"What clue?"

"Just... hmm?"

After talking for a long time, the skull boy finally realized that something was wrong and looked back suddenly, but Hoshino was faster and pressed him against the wall.

"Who are you! Let me go!"

"You don't want to attract the cop over there because your voice is too loud, do you? Tell me honestly, what are your Skeleton Team doing secretly?"

Hoshino said calmly, the rat on his shoulder was already staring with a very fierce and cute expression, and wanted to bite the opponent, while Gengar was floating aside, ready to punch at any time!

Seeing this posture, I originally thought that the skull boy would be tougher and would not be honest without receiving two punches, but unexpectedly he was instantly intimidated and responded quickly: "I said, I said, don't hit me!"

"..."

"I don't know who entrusted us to temporarily take care of the Pokémon in cages for a few days. The reward is very generous, but it cannot be discovered by others, and no clues can be left."

The speed with which the Skullboy gave his explanation really stunned Hoshino. He didn't even take away the interrogation process. I haven't asked specifically yet. Can you be more humble?

"..."

He slowed down, came to his senses, and then asked: "So where are the Pokémon that were taken away?"

"Moved to the outskirts near the orchard."

"Take us there."

"Yes, yes, right away!"

"..."

Seeing that this guy was so dishonest, Hoshino frowned slightly, then relaxed, raised the corners of his lips, and left with the other person...

The tree orchard is located in the northern suburbs of Hau'ole City, close to the town near Big Wave Beach. It is the largest tree orchard on Melemele Island.

This place is owned by an old man called the Messenger Bird Old Man, and the tree orchard is open to the public. There are many wild Pokémon living in it, and they are also protecting this place.

After a long time, Skullboy took him to the vicinity of the tree orchard, a warehouse that was used to store tree fruits but is now abandoned, where the Pokémon was hidden.

"You guys are really good at hiding."

Hoshino looked at the warehouse. This place was really remote, at the edge of the orchard. However, the rat on his shoulder was very excited because he would see his captured companion soon.

Skullboy continued to lead them towards the inside and opened the warehouse. It was dark inside, but the voices of Pokémon could be vaguely heard.

Hoshino had no expression on his face and followed him into the darkness, but suddenly there was a bang, the iron door behind him closed, and the entire warehouse was completely plunged into darkness.

"Gengar?!"

Geng Gui was startled by Dongjing, Shushu also covered his ears, but Xingye remained unmoved.

The main reason is that this trick is really something that I can think of without my brain. I just want to lure myself over, so I take the initiative to tell everything.

The other party had no brains, and I had a little bit of it, so I followed him and was ambushed.

After letting the two Pokémon calm down for a while and making some arrangements, he slowly asked: "Can you turn on a light first? It's so dark that I can't see you ambush, right?"

"Hehe, since you have discovered it, I will not act in this scene. If you go against our Skeleton Team, this is the result!"

A burst of strong music sounded, which seemed to be a very old song. The warehouse lights lit up instantly, and more than ten skeletons jumped down from above and began to dance to the rhythm of the music.

"Team Skeleton! Skeleton-Skull-Skull-Skeleton, guess what? Do it, do it, kill them!"

While singing and dancing rap, Team Skeleton approached Hoshino and surrounded him, circling him as if they were performing some kind of ritual.

Listening to the music, Gengar clapped his hands and followed the beat. He seemed to feel that the special team song of the Skeleton Team was quite pleasant. Then it gradually dived underground and disappeared, while Rattus still maintained its intimidating posture.

"..."

Hoshino glanced at it, then walked over and turned off the speaker in the hands of one of them. The warehouse also fell silent at this moment.

"It's so noisy. If you don't hit me, then I will hit you!"

With that said, he didn't care about these guys, and directly let the Motorized Lizard, who had long been unhappy in the Poké Ball, appear, and swung his tail towards these people.

But at this moment, a Pokémon wearing a helmet suddenly fell down from above, and slapped the Motorized Lizard on the head with a tearing claw. With a bang, smoke and dust flew everywhere on the ground, and the Motorized Lizard was pinned to the ground by the opponent.

"Um?"

Hoshino looked at it intently, then was stunned.

"Attribute: empty?! Where does it come from?"

The person who pinned down the Motorized Lizard was none other than Sora, the attribute wearing a helmet. Hoshino was playing Trainer Battle with others on the beach before and didn't notice the fight between this guy and the Blue Flame Blade Demon.

"It's you again, you want to do it again..."

"Um?"

Hoshino was once again stunned. As the voice of the words approached, Gladion, who also had the Skull Team mark on his clothes, actually appeared here at this moment!

He still kept a rigid face and continued to talk to Hoshino in a cold voice: "Since you took the initiative to come to the door, then naturally, as a leader of the Skeleton Team, I will not let you leave again!"

"cadre?!"

Hoshino was stunned. Wasn't he still taking the exam to join the Skeleton Team? How come he has been promoted to a cadre now? Can his position be promoted so quickly?

But now is not the time to think about this issue. Last time Gladion unexpectedly popped up, and this time it was this guy again. Damn, did he come out specifically to target you?

"I probably haven't offended you either..."

Hoshino couldn't understand, but he didn't bother to look. As soon as Gladion appeared, the other members of the Skeleton Team also took out their pokeballs and showed proud smiles.

At the moment, the Motorized Lizard is still being held down by his attribute: Sora. He is unable to defeat an unknown number of hands with just two fists this time. It feels like he has gone too far?

After a moment of silence, he looked at the other person with a serious expression and said in a deep voice: "He is a trainer after all. Wouldn't it be better to fight openly and decide the winner?"

Gladion frowned slightly, turned his body sideways, put on that very neutral movement, and responded loudly: "Victory is not determined by the Pokémon's ability, nor by the trainer's tactics, but the result itself.

, is the only truth!”

But as soon as these words came out, Hoshino regained his calm expression and nodded gently: "Well, you are right, so I choose to attack you directly!"

"Um?"

Gladion was stunned for a moment, and then he saw a petite pink fist coming towards him!

He didn't even have time to react before he was hit hard in the face and flew backwards for more than ten meters. He hit something unknown with a loud bang before he stopped.

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(End of chapter)