manynovel Chapter 420 The Nickname Wasn't Wrong
Chapter 420 The Nickname Wasn't Wrong
Chapter 422 The Nickname Wasn't Wrong
Lila was discovered by Team Plasma when they sent Espeon to initiate telepathy.
When she peered through the thinned ice layer caused by the excavation of the sealed Pokémon and saw the flowing groundwater below, Lila instantly understood Team Plasma's scheme—these members of the illegal organization planned to escape by water with the sealed Pokémon, and the Interpol agents, in their operation to capture them, had completely failed to anticipate this other escape route beneath the ice!
Seeing this, Lila immediately sent out Espeon, asking it to use its psychic powers to contact Alakazam outside the cave.
This contact must be made as quickly as possible!
In the rush, the mental fluctuations caused by the lack of Alakazam's psychic barrier caught the attention of Team Plasma Vio.
Just as the red Genesect finished its laser firing, the "Mental Field" and "Mystic Space" were simultaneously deactivated, and the sage standing next to Akromma suddenly narrowed his eyes.
He noticed that his partner, the geometric snowflake, was swaying unnaturally as it floated—the geometric snowflake, composed entirely of ice crystals, was extremely sensitive to changes in energy, and this reaction was highly unusual.
Based on the swaying amplitude of the geometric snowflakes, the mathematician in the plasma cluster quickly calculated the approximate angle of energy transfer in his mind, and with a glance, he was surprised to find the lurking traces.
"Akromah!" Vio's voice, sharp and clenched like an ice blade being drawn, said, "Looks like you came here with a tail as a bonus?"
The sage threw a Poké Ball, and a Sentinel with yellowish-brown stripes jumped out.
""see through"!"
He pointed to the suspicious location.
The luminous glands on the sentry rat's back lit up instantly, and two beams of light, like searchlights, tore through the darkness of the cave. The optical camouflage wallpaper distorted and warped under the intense light, ultimately revealing the Interpol agent hiding within.
"Tail?"
Watching the unidentified intruders wave discarded, mimicry wallpaper as cover in the light, before retreating back behind the icicles in the cave, the scholar merely shrugged unhurriedly.
"Don't try to shift the blame. I used 'teleportation' to get into the cave halfway through. Even if I was being followed,
They could only have caught up with me inside the Giant's Cave.
At this point, his tone became meaningful, "It seems this wasn't a tail I brought along, but rather Vio and the others were already being watched."
Akromah ignored Vio's changing expression, adjusting her glasses as she looked at the police props abandoned by Lila: "But the optical camouflage they're using seems quite valuable for research."
Vio didn't give Akromma a chance to continue his taunts, decisively waving his hand. Dozens of Plasma Team members immediately and in perfect unison swarmed forward in a fan shape.
On the other side, a glint flashed in Lila's eyes, and Espeon knowingly flicked its forked tail, sending dozens of Velociraptors precisely into the boiler that stored the energy of Darmanitan's flames.
"Bomb 11"
Amidst the deafening explosion, scalding steam instantly swept across the entire construction site like a raging torrent.
"I've said it before, this kind of old-fashioned equipment is unreliable. Look at this safety hazard. Akroma covered his mouth and nose in the steam, and thanks to the cold room temperature inside the Giant's Cave, the steam did not cause too much damage."
The scholar's complaints were once again ignored by the original sage—Vio coldly commanded the geometric snowflakes to use "high-speed rotation," their ice crystal bodies transforming into a silver whirlwind that tore a gap in the thick fog. His sentry rats pricked up their ears, lowered their bodies, and twitched their noses, trying to catch the intruder's scent.
Meanwhile, under the cover of the chaos, Lila and Sun Eevee split up into two groups.
The key to individual combat lies in breaking down a large task into smaller parts.
In the still lingering fog, the female detective rolled away and hid behind the shadow of the drilling rig.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, she quickly targeted a team of Plasma members who were approaching her, and her newly summoned partner Lucario flashed out of the Poké Ball.
In an instant, "Sonic Punch" unleashed a deafening sonic boom, and before the two Team Plasma members could react, their Leopard and Hayok had already collapsed to the ground. Lyra herself then delivered two clean and swift chop blows, knocking the trainers of those two Pokémon unconscious as well.
This was precisely a blind spot for everyone else, so to ensure concealment, the detective quickly stripped off a Plasma Group uniform and put it on.
Meanwhile, Espeon's second wave of "Swift" caused another explosion. Taking advantage of the new round of chaos, Lyra, who had changed her clothes, put on her hood and split up with Lucario again, sending out a new Pokémon, Metagross, and lightly leaping onto its back.
After splitting up, Lucario used the "Extreme Speed" move to burst out of a new wave of steam and mist, instantly attracting the attention of several Team Plasma members.
It first released "wave missiles" to deflect the "air blades" from the distance by Vulture Na. Then it plunged headlong into the encirclement formed by the plasma clusters and unleashed a barrage of "bone club attacks"!
A long staff made of ground energy appeared out of nowhere in this Aura Pokémon's hand, and it deflected the moves released by Slowrock, Excadrill, and Lidgment in succession. In the gap between its movements, it used a close-range "Aura Sphere" to stun a Krookodile that was trying to sneak up from underground.
While Lucario distracted most of the enemy's attention, another grayish-blue Steel-type Pokémon emitted a deep hum and steadily carried Detective Miss to the second-floor platform.
Above the construction platform, the mechanical device that was used to pour mud and water into the sealed spirits still remains.
Lila's sharp gaze locked onto the key points of these devices, and she formulated a plan in her mind: as long as these parts were destroyed precisely, the collapsed steel frame could fall into the predetermined position, reburying the cube of ice that had just been dug out, and buying enough time for her detective colleagues on the outside.
"Metamorphose, first use 'Telekinesis' to mark the key points of the steel frame above, then prepare the 'Cannonball' attack and press 'Instant Blast' to destroy them!"
After saying that, she separated from her Pokémon again, nimbly leaping and landing on the second-floor platform, perfectly blending into the panicked Team Plasma members.
On the surface, she ran around aimlessly like any other Team Plasma soldier, but secretly she continued to transmit precise instructions to Metagross down to the second through her psychic connection.
The four-legged metallic life form moved nimbly and stealthily between the steel frames above, leaving a barely perceptible "psychic" fluctuation with each pause between the devices.
However, just as the plan was proceeding smoothly and Metagross's "Cannon" was fully charged, Lila's intuition suddenly sounded an alarm!
"Metamorphoses, get out of the way!"
Lila immediately shouted.
Upon hearing the trainer's command, the metal behemoth stopped abruptly in mid-air without hesitation and bounced off in the opposite direction.
The next instant, a large hole, melted by the fire, suddenly appeared on the Metagross's original path.
"Oops, did it miss?"
On the ice below, Akromar held a square, empty cartridge case in his hand. Beside him, the Steel-type Pokémon that had originally used its beam cannon for digging had turned its cannon around, aiming left and right at Metagross flying through the air.
Vio clicked his tongue impatiently and said softly, "Didn't I tell you to aim directly at the trainer who gave the order?"
"Genesect is currently equipped with a fire-attribute flame cartridge, and the power of its beam cannon will exceed the limit of energy dissipation under the amplification of fire-attribute energy. And the target is standing on the second-floor platform; it would be bad if it accidentally damaged the load-bearing steel frame."
Akromar's lenses reflected the red light from the cannon barrel as he operated the "Consciousness Overwriting Device," saying dismissively, "Besides, we're not just firing one shot."
After he finished speaking, another red heat beam shot into the sky.
"Then you can continue playing your shooting game. Metagross and the remaining two Pokémon are yours. I'll deal with the trainer on the second floor."
Vio clapped his hands, and geometric snowflakes immediately slid to his feet. As the former sage stepped onto them, he was instantly lifted as if in an elevator to the second-floor platform in front of Lila.
"I don't recall having such a skilled female member in Team Plasma. It's truly a mistake of us wise men not to promote you to a leadership position."
Facing the intruder head-on at close range, what struck Vio most was Lila's plasma hood, used for disguise. The former sage asked sarcastically—
"You don't seem to be a native of the Unova region. Are you an assistant that Hugo Champion brought in from other regions?"
Lila didn't respond directly, her gaze calmly passing over Vio's shoulder and landing on the sentry rat in the corner of the platform: "So that's how it is. It was that guy who detected my disguise by smell?"
"It didn't just 'discover' you." The Sage's voice suddenly turned cold. "If you try to move now, you'll find that we've already blocked all your escape routes with 'Black Gaze'."
"Run away? Ha—"
The female detective calmly adjusted her crooked hood, looking somewhat amused at the Plasma Sage who had been presented to her. "You've misunderstood. I've never thought of it that way."
"Fear arises from courage, and weakness arises from strength—showing off strength is often a habit of the weak."
Vio's priest robes fluttered without wind, and several Poké Balls fell to the ground.
With a crisp unlocking sound, Dust Mountain, Marco Polo, King, and another geometric snowflake appeared one after another, instantly crowding the already narrow second-floor platform.
The steel support frame groaned under the increasing pressure. Judging from the imposing presence of these Pokémon, they were clearly far superior to the Pokémon of the Team Plasma troops below.
"The Pokémon you have are scattered in different places. Let them all see the difference in strength."
"In the face of true strength, quantity is meaningless."
Detective Lila slightly bent her knees, assuming a battle stance, and gripped the unusual Poké Ball at her waist—
"From the moment you appeared before me until now, as you summoned all your Pokémon atop this iron frame, you have made countless irreparable mistakes."
"I won't be fooled anymore."
Without further ado, the Sage pointed directly at his opponent and ordered, "Take her down!"
Four Pokémon, along with Sentry and another Geometric Snowflake, suddenly burst into action, unleashing a burst of colorful energy that dyed the ice below in a riot of colors. However, these Pokémon, who were unleashing their skills, inexplicably froze the next second.
For some reason, the entire second-floor platform began to tremble violently. If the members of the plasma cluster below were to listen carefully, they would find that the iron plates that made up the upper platform were trembling and emitting a humming sound.
Just as Vio sensed something was wrong, a yellow figure, as swift as lightning, leaped out from beside Lila.
As it appeared, countless bright yellow electric lights surged outwards along the steel frame!
In the martial arts world, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.
In the underworld, police officers' nicknames are either derogatory terms or indirect reminders to their colleagues, and Lila's case clearly falls into the latter category.
In the Hoenn region, the Battle Tower Lord is represented by Lyra, an Interpol agent known for her "fallen-age" style. Her signature Pokémon is Raikou, who uses "Thunderbolt!"