Pokémon: Reborn as Lucario

Chapter 97: The Harmony of Positive and Negative

Fighting-types have always been a good choice against Pokémon with hard shells, let alone Magnezone, a Steel-type that is weak to Fighting-type moves.

"@", under Rio's successive blows, Magnezone finally couldn't take it anymore and fell into a state where it could no longer battle.

"Whew—" Letting out a long breath, Rio turned and met the girl's gaze.

The girl, through her protective suit, revealed a radiant smile.

A smile also tugged at the corners of Rio's mouth. He then leaped up lightly and high-fived Ming Rizhao's raised hand.

"Slap!"

"Yeah!" The trainer and Pokémon cheered together.

Uncle Wattson also laughed heartily on the side. "Excellent coordination, and a very exciting battle."

"By the way," Uncle Wattson pointed at the fainted Magnezone on the ground. "Take out your Poké Ball and capture it. After all, a Pokémon like Magnezone is very rare."

"Ah, right, right, right!"

Ming Rizhao, who had been busy celebrating with Rio, also reacted. She hurriedly took out a Poké Ball from the crossbody bag she carried. Then, after a struggle with her protective suit, she managed with difficulty to hold the Poké Ball in her gloved hand.

"Go!"

With a forceful throw, the Poké Ball drew a graceful arc in mid-air.

Just when everyone and every Pokémon thought that capturing Magnezone was a sure thing, another Poké Ball flew out from a shadow in the power plant.

"Bang!" "Beep, beep." This abruptly appearing Poké Ball made contact with Magnezone faster than the one Ming Rizhao had thrown. The latter transformed into a white light and was drawn into the ball. Then, with a slight shake, it signaled a successful capture.

Ming Rizhao's Poké Ball could only land forlornly on the now empty ground.

"Who is it???"

Uncle Wattson, who was always smiling, was also very angry at this moment. This act of snatching a Pokémon defeated by someone else was despised and disdained by all Pokémon trainers. It was no wonder the good-tempered Master Wattson was so furious.

"Hehe," a light chuckle, and a tall figure also walked out from the shadows.

From her graceful figure, one could tell it was a woman. However, the woman was also wearing a protective suit at this moment, making it impossible to see her appearance clearly through the thick mask.

The woman walked leisurely to the Poké Ball that had captured Magnezone, then picked it up, simultaneously tossing the empty Poké Ball back to Ming Rizhao.

"Who am I? I can't tell you right now." The woman took out another Poké Ball. "However, you will find out in the future."

"Crawdaunt, destroy the wall. We're leaving."

A white light flashed, and a lobster Pokémon with two giant iron pincers appeared. It laughed, "Geh, geh, geh," then raised its hard giant pincers and smashed them against the power plant wall. The hard iron pincers quickly smashed a hole tall enough for a person.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Sensing that the high-intensity magnetic field surrounding the power plant had disappeared since Magnezone was captured, Uncle Wattson immediately summoned his own Pokémon.

"Chu, chu," a chubby electric mouse with pricked-up ears and a tail like a lightning symbol appeared.

"Raichu, [Thunderbolt]!"

"Chu, chu! (Pokémon Language) Alrighty!"

Raichu's mouth puffed up, and powerful electric currents erupted from the two electric sacs on its cheeks!

"Now is not the time to fight with you, old man." The mysterious woman shook her head, then ordered her Crawdaunt. "Crawdaunt, use [Protect]!"

The [Thunderbolt]'s current struck the greenish grid-like barrier of [Protect]. Besides kicking up a puff of smoke, it didn't cause a single bit of damage to the woman or her Crawdaunt.

And as the smoke dissipated, the mysterious woman had long since vanished.

"Damn it!"

Uncle Wattson angrily recalled his Raichu, then expressed his apologies to Ming Rizhao.

"Young lady, I'm very sorry I couldn't let you capture that Magnezone."

"It's alright," Ming Rizhao was also quite open-minded about it. "Your guidance has already been a great reward for me."

Rio rubbed his aching wrist and also walked over to the two of them, communicating with them using his Aura perception.

"Uncle Wattson, do you know who that person who suddenly appeared was?"

Although Magnezone's strength and potential weren't the best, having his catch stolen like that still made Rio a little angry. You know, in any dimension, kill-stealing dogs are an extremely disgusting act.

Uncle Wattson was a little surprised that this unfamiliar Pokémon could communicate with humans, but since there were many magical things in the Pokémon world anyway, he didn't pay it too much mind. Hearing Rio's question, he scratched his head, indicating he had no clue either.

"Not sure. Probably someone from some organization who infiltrated the guard team and then sneakily came to do this kind of thing. After all, only members of the guard team have these protective suits."

"However, at least we've figured one thing out."

A cheerful smile returned to Uncle Wattson's face.

"The previous power outages and the power plant's high magnetic field should have been the work of that Magnezone. Now that Magnezone has been defeated, the city's electricity can return to normal."

"It's all thanks to your help."

Uncle Wattson solemnly thanked Ming Rizhao, Rio, and Ralts.

Ming Rizhao also took off her protective suit at this time. She let out a long breath, and her whole person relaxed. Because wearing the protective suit was really too hot!

The girl pointed at the electric rabbit hiding behind the machine, quietly watching everyone. "So that little guy actually had nothing to do with it?"

"It probably doesn't have much to do with him. This little fellow snuck in from somewhere. If you like him, go ahead and capture him," Uncle Wattson waved his hand nonchalantly.

Ming Rizhao thought for a moment, then shook her head. "Forget it. I have Ruru and Rio now. I don't have too much energy to train other Pokémon for the time being."

Then the girl slowly walked to the side of the Minun, squatted down, and smiled as she stroked Minun's furry head.

"Little fellow, you should go now."

Minun didn't resist Ming Rizhao's stroking, but a trace of pleading appeared in its round, large eyes.

"Wait, he seems to want to say something."

Rio frowned, walked up, and communicated with Minun.

"(Pokémon Language) What's wrong with you?"

Hearing Rio's words, Minun's eyes lit up.

"Boohoo, (Pokémon Language) Please, help us."

"(Pokémon Language) Help you? What kind of help do you need?"

Rio, for the first time in a long while, switched to Pokémon language to communicate with Minun. Ming Rizhao, who could understand Pokémon language, also wore a curious expression.

"(Pokémon Language) My companion... needs a very large amount of electricity... needs treatment."

"(Pokémon Language) Your companion? Where?"

Minun didn't say much more, turned around, and immediately ran towards the outside of the power plant.

"Xiao Zhao, let's follow him."

Rio couldn't explain much, just said a word to Ming Rizhao, and then ran out after Minun.

"Hey, wait..." Ming Rizhao picked up Ralts and pulled Uncle Wattson along with her.

The group of people and Pokémon followed Minun, weaving left and right within the power plant park. After a good while, they arrived at a corner overgrown with weeds.

"Goo, goo, (Pokémon Language) I'm back."

Minun carefully parted the grass. The group gathered around to look and saw a Pokémon similar in appearance to Minun, but with red fur on the tips of its ears, tail, and hands, and with plus signs on its cheeks and tail.

It was the paired counterpart to Minun, Plusle.

This Plusle was lying very weakly on the ground. Minun gently walked forward, connecting the electric sacs on its own cheeks with the electric sacs on Plusle's cheeks. A burst of electric current emerged, flowing between the two electric rabbits.

And the Plusle, having received Minun's current, appeared a little more spirited.

"What serious injuries."

Ming Rizhao looked closely and saw that Plusle's body was covered with wounds, large and small. The blood seeping from some wounds had even stained the electric rabbit's fur bright red.

"This won't do. We need to get this Plusle to the Pokémon Center quickly."

Uncle Wattson's face was serious. As an electric-type expert, he had a heartfelt love for Electric Pokémon. Seeing Plusle's miserable state, how could he hold back? He immediately took out his phone to order his subordinates to come over, while he himself took out a few Potions to administer emergency treatment to Plusle.

"Goo, goo."

Minun's face was full of worry.

Ralts, like a big sister, gently stroked Minun's head to comfort it.

And Rio was pondering other things.

"That giant Pokémon that caused Plusle's injuries, what on earth was it?"

While they were rushing over earlier, Minun had also revealed some things to Rio.

"(Pokémon Language) Not long ago, Plusle and I were resting in the wild. Suddenly one day, a very strong tremor occurred in the earth. A giant Pokémon burst out from underground and got into a very, very fierce battle with some humans who rushed over. Plusle was injured in their battle. Then I brought Plusle here to see if I could find some electricity to treat Plusle. I finally found this place, but there was a large group of hard guys here. One of them turned into that big one from just now. They were very fierce. I could only get a little bit of electricity each time..."

Minun spoke somewhat haltingly, its language and logic not particularly clear.

"It seems the cultural level of the Pokémon in Newmoon Forest is a bit higher..."

Rio's mind wandered for a moment.

…

On the other side, on the Borean Sea north of the Middel Region.

In a strait dozens of kilometers from the Sky Tower, a group of people dressed in aqua-blue sailor uniforms were standing or sitting on some reefs protruding from the sea surface. Everyone's expression was solemn, as if they were waiting for something.

"Ding-ling-ling—"

One of the men, wearing a headband, took out a ringing mobile phone from his pocket.

"Hey, it's me. How are things?"

A woman's laughter came from the other side of the phone.

"As expected, one of the group of Magneton you deployed has finally evolved into Magnezone. I have already captured it. I am now on my way to the destination."

The man was overjoyed, his hand holding the phone couldn't help but tighten.

"Very good, very good. Now we have the engine we need most."

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."

"Mm, let's talk when we meet at the destination."

The man hung up the phone, then swept his eagle-like gaze over the others sitting upright and attentive.

"Brothers, our plan is more than halfway successful! Next, is to salvage that thing that sank back then. We can then let that one reappear in this ocean!"

The others also wore expressions of ecstatic joy, all roaring loudly, "May the ocean live forever!"

Then, they took out their own Poké Balls.

"Pop, pop, pop," many white lights flashed, and giant sharks with sharp teeth and fins—Sharpedo—appeared on the sea. The group of people flipped onto their respective Sharpedo and then swam off towards a certain location.

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