Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 924, Ditto King

The summer sun shines on the shimmering river, making the water sparkle with golden light. A speedboat whizzes past, splashing up white sprays of water.

Yu Hai turned his head slightly to the side, his eyes fixed on the speedboat that was gradually disappearing into the distance. He brought his mouth close to A Long's ear and whispered, "A Long, keep an eye on those two women who just passed by."

"These two are no ordinary people; they're notorious female thieves in the underworld, ranked number one on the thief leaderboard." Yu Hai's voice was serious as he continued, "They possess all sorts of advanced high-tech surveillance equipment, and they're ruthless, vicious, and utterly devoid of moral principles..."

His description of the two female thieves was accurate; it couldn't be more fitting. In order to capture Latias and Latios and steal the Heart Drop, these two women had gone so far as to trigger a terrible tsunami.

A raging tsunami swept in, instantly submerging the entire Water City. The terrifying scenes from the anime are still vivid in our minds. Countless people were forced to confront that tsunami, and the entire Water City turned into a living hell.

If Latios hadn't resolutely sacrificed himself, the more than 100,000 people in the entire Water City would probably have been mercilessly drowned in that disaster.

Thinking of this, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. This kind of thief who treated human life like dirt deserved to be torn to pieces, and was utterly deserving of death.

"Boss, they're way too flashy!" Ah Long frowned as he watched the two women disappear into the distance. "They practically had 'I'm suspicious' written all over their faces. How can people like that be thieves?"

Ah Long really couldn't understand it. Such beautiful and eye-catching women would attract a lot of attention on the street. It would be too easy for thieves to expose their targets, yet these two were brazenly swaggering around in the city.

"Hehe, who knows," Yu Hai nodded slightly, a helpless smile appearing on his lips. "What if those two aren't mentally sound?"

The thought that they would do something so crazy, resorting to any means to achieve their goal, and that the Water City, with its hundreds of thousands of inhabitants, could be submerged so easily, made him think that these two must be seriously ill to have done such a thing.

Even though he himself wasn't a good person, he still felt a little scared when it came to killing more than 100,000 people in one go.

After all, this was no small amount, and they were all ordinary residents of Odomare. He couldn't think of any reason why he had to do this. He also had better ways to achieve his goals, and there was no need for fighting and killing.

"Okay, boss, I'll go right now." Ah Long said as he quickly ate the rest of his lunch, finishing it in a few bites before hurriedly getting up to leave.

"Just let Kecleon keep an eye on things. Try not to show yourself." Yu Hai gently pressed Ah Long's shoulder, his expression serious. "Remember to wear the Ditto mask. Don't underestimate these two women. They have a lot of high-tech surveillance equipment. You might be discovered if you're not careful."

He knew that these two flamboyant women must have extraordinary skills to be able to become the top thieves, so he could not be careless or underestimate anyone.

"Understood." Ah Long nodded slightly, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes. His boss had repeatedly warned him, so he dared not be careless.

He silently reached into his backpack, took out a somewhat old camera, gently put it around his neck, and then casually picked up a plain-looking sun hat and placed it firmly on his head.

As he put on his hat, a small, agile Ditto quickly popped out of the hat and instantly attached itself to his face.

In the blink of an eye, his appearance changed, and he became an ordinary tourist. He straightened his clothes and then slowly chased after the two women in the direction they had left in the speedboat.

Yu Hai sat there, quietly watching Ah Long walk away, until Ah Long's figure gradually disappeared around the street corner and into the bustling crowd.

At this moment, a sense of relief welled up in his heart. Wasn't this the very purpose of having subordinates?
If you have to do all the chores yourself, what's the point of having Ah Long by your side?
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a faint smile. People came and went around him, and the noise was endless. He seemed like a traveler who was detached from everything, and no one cared about a stranger at all.

There were only two psychic perceptions that occasionally swept over him. Those two legendary dragon-type Pokémon had been watching him for a long time, but they were reluctant to show themselves, which was why he didn't want to make any rash moves.

Then, out of boredom, he picked up the newspaper on the table. The paper was a bit rough and slightly damp, left by the previous customer.

He casually flipped through the newspaper, his eyes scanning the lines of text, but his mind was not on the newspaper at all.

In fact, his attention was entirely focused on the Poké Ball proficiency panel, which only he could see.

Just now, when he returned to the hotel to change clothes, Gengar floated out of the shadows and spat out a transparent, temperature-controlled container. Inside this container was Ditto, which had fused with a Champion-level Ditto cell. Gengar pointed to the temperature-controlled container and told him that Ditto's fusion was complete and Ditto wanted to come out.

Recalling the time it took for Ditto to begin fusing with the Elite Four level Ditto cells, it had been about seven months since then. This wasn't too far off from the breakthrough time he had estimated in his Elite Four breakthrough manuscript.

He had silently estimated in his manuscript that, under normal circumstances, it would take about nine months to break through to the Heavenly King level with eighteen attributes.

In this light, Ditto completed the fusion of its Ditto cells in just seven months, making it one of the faster breakthrough Pokémon.

This may be related to the Ditto cells themselves. Ditto cells are very similar to Ditto, the only difference being that Ditto doesn't have other genes, which makes the fusion process take longer.

Thinking of this, he pretended to read the newspaper while secretly opening Ditto's proficiency panel. A hint of anticipation appeared in his eyes as he was very curious about what changes had occurred in Ditto over the past seven months.

【Ditto】

[Attribute: General]

[Gender: None]

[Potential: 64.13%]

[Level: 60.01%]

【Features: Soft/59.99%】

[Mastered moves: (Transformation/59.99%)]

Upon seeing the information in the "Potential" column, Yu Hai narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of satisfaction flashing in them. He subconsciously nodded to himself and muttered, "Sixty-four points of potential, not bad."

He was lost in memories. If he remembered correctly, the Ditto cell that Ditto fused with originally had a potential of 66. Now that the fusion was complete, only 64 potential remained. After excluding some identical genes, the remaining genes could help Ditto increase its potential to 64. Although it was not perfect, it was barely enough.

Thinking of this, he sighed softly and pondered to himself that if Ditto wanted to continue to improve its potential, it would be difficult to improve further unless it fused with a veteran Ditto like Yuuji's.

After all, the higher the potential of a Ditto is increased, the more identical genes it will have. And to fuse different genes, unless a large-scale fusion is carried out to exchange quantity for quality and force up the potential, it is impossible.

But upon closer reflection, he realized there was no need to do that. He silently shook his head in his mind. His own Ditto didn't participate in the battle, unlike Yuuji's Ditto, which possessed such powerful strength and could defeat its transformed form every time.

Yuji's Ditto, in terms of both combat experience and transformation ability, is undoubtedly a top-tier Ditto, and is very likely a veteran Elite Four level Ditto.

If he wanted to follow Yuuji's path and make Ditto have super strong combat power, then the only way would be to simply stack its potential. However, he quickly dismissed this idea, since he already had enough main Pokémon and didn't really need another Ditto to provide combat power.

Thinking of this, he continued to look at Ditto's other panel information. Its level had also broken through the Elite Four level. Protect was enough to block one attack. As for the remaining abilities and transformation moves, he could slowly wait it out and reach Elite Four level.

The Ditto's proficiency panel after breaking through to Elite Four was generally quite good. He closed the Ditto panel, gently put down the newspaper, stretched, and relaxed his somewhat tired body. He planned to go back to the hotel to rest and quietly wait for news from Ah Long.

As they waited, time slipped away unnoticed...

As night fell and the city lights came on, he waited until evening...

(End of this chapter)