Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 939, Infiltration

It's the 255th day since I left the Orange Islands, late at night.

Five days after monitoring the outer members of Team Lava, Aaron finally brought good news.

"Boss, their submarine carrying supplies is here!" Ah Long, hiding in the alley, reported the situation in a low voice, his hand tightly gripping the binoculars, his eyes fixed on the direction of the port.

The port was brightly lit, with people constantly moving about. This was just the busy area; the less busy areas were dark. The Lava Team was also moving various supplies into the submarine's cargo hold.

The group was dressed in uniform, with bright red as the main color, which made them stand out under the moonlight. Without a doubt, they were Team Lava.

"Very good. Have your Sharpedo with the tracker follow the submarine. I'm coming right now." Yu Hai had just come out of the training room, which was covered in the sweat of the Pokémon.

He went back to his room first, let the elves have a late-night snack after their extra training, and then took a shower, intending to get a good night's sleep, since everyone was exhausted from the extra training these past few days.

But I won't be able to sleep tonight; I'm destined to stay up all night. Ah Long's message has arrived, and it's time to take action.

He sighed helplessly, dried himself off after his shower, and reached for his clothes by the bedside to put them on. After tidying up, he recalled the elves who had finished their midnight snack, telling them to get some rest, as a fierce battle might be brewing ahead.

After checking out of the hotel, they rushed to the port to meet up with Arlong. They would then set sail and not return. After stealing Groudon's body fragment from Team Magma, they would return to the Orange Islands, where they would spend their final preparation time.

When he arrived at the port, he saw that the Lava Team's red submarine was still loading cargo in an orderly manner, and he didn't know how long the loading would continue. He looked at the exhausted Aaron and gently patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go somewhere else. You lie down and get some sleep. I'll keep an eye on things here."

After monitoring the Lava Team tirelessly for the past few days, Ah Long was exhausted. He breathed a sigh of relief and nodded gently. He had been wanting to get a good night's sleep for a long time; staying up all night was too difficult for a man his age.

As the Flying-type Pokémon led them to the rooftop of the harbor, Aaron found a relatively flat spot to lie down, took out a blanket to cover himself, and soon began to snore softly.

Yu Hai took the binoculars and kept a close eye on the port from the rooftop. The sea breeze was getting colder and colder, and he couldn't help but wrap his clothes tighter.

Time passed second by second. As dawn broke and the darkness was gradually swallowed by the light, the Lava Team finally finished loading the supplies. The submarine emitted a deep rumble and slowly sailed out of the port, gradually sinking and disappearing below the sea surface.

Seeing this, Yu Hai had no choice but to gently shake Ah Long awake and ask, "Ah Long, wake up! Have you sent out your spies?"

"Boss, Megalodon is following us." Aaron replied sleepily. He rubbed his eyes, took out the tracker from his pocket, and saw a red dot on the screen, slowly moving away from the port of Waterloo City, which was particularly clear against the blue screen background.

"Good, let them leave first, we'll follow them at dawn." Yu Hai stared at the red dot on the tracker, his tense nerves finally relaxing, and he slowly lay down to rest.

As the sky grew brighter and the sound of gentle waves lapping against the shore filled the air, he covered himself with a blanket, intending to catch up on some sleep.

When the sky brightened and the sunlight gently shone on the earth, Yu Hai and A Long set off on their water-type spirits after taking a nap.

Yu Hai released Blastoise. As soon as the Blastoise's huge and solid shell appeared, it stirred up ripples on the sea surface. Its limbs powerfully paddled through the water, making rhythmic sounds.

Since there was no Blastoise on Ah Long's side, he released Ditto and shouted, "Ditto, transform into a Blastoise!"

"Busy, busy," Ditto landed in the seawater and saw Blastoise next to it. Instantly, it transformed into a Pokémon that looked exactly like Blastoise.

The two sat atop their respective Blastoise backs, proceeding in the direction indicated by the trackers. This time, they didn't rent a yacht; approaching Team Lava's ships by boat would undoubtedly reveal their presence.

What they had to do was infiltrate silently, so Blastoise had to sneak over quietly, disguising itself as a trainer traveling at sea.

Sunlight spilled onto the sea in the early morning, shimmering with golden light. The seawater had a faint salty smell, and occasionally seabirds flew overhead, making clear calls.

Their pursuit lasted from a bright, sunny morning until nightfall. Even with the submarine's slow speed, catching up was no easy feat for them.

The sea became deep and dark in the night, and even a glance could instill fear. The rise and fall of the waves were faintly visible in the darkness. It wasn't until the red dot on the tracker stopped that they caught up with their target: the Lava Team's giant warship on the sea.

By this time, darkness had fallen, enveloping the entire sea. Only the warships were brightly lit, their lights standing out starkly in the darkness. The lights reflected on the sea surface, swaying with the waves.

Now is the best opportunity to infiltrate, and Yu Hai and A Long quietly surface.

Yu Hai, with a serious expression, lowered his voice and instructed A Long, "I can go by myself. You look for an island nearby and wait for me on it..."

"Okay, boss, should we recall Megalodon?" Ah Long was still tightly gripping the tracker in his hand. This small gadget was waterproof; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to follow them all the way from underwater. He looked at Yu Hai, waiting for instructions.

"Give me the tracker. Tell Megalodon to come back. We'll meet up when I return." Yu Hai reached out and took the tracker from A Long. The red dot on the screen clearly pointed to the brightly lit warship ahead, as if beckoning him.

"Okay." Ah Long replied, and then quickly released his Lucky Duck. As soon as the Lucky Duck appeared, it started blowing bubbles on the sea surface.

Arlong pointed at Team Magma's warship and shouted to Ludicolo, "Ludicolo, go and call Megalodon back."

The lucky kappa nodded, turned around, and swam quickly into the distance, disappearing into the dark sea. Their mission was over, and they could find a deserted island to get a good night's sleep and wait for Yu Hai to return.

Yu Hai released his Megalodon, which immediately began swimming excitedly in the water, pushing the seawater aside and leaving traces of its movement.

Yu Hai put his diving mask and breathing apparatus back on, used a Poké Ball to recall Blastoise, and beckoned Sharpedo over. He gripped Sharpedo's dorsal fin tightly, and Sharpedo carried him like a black shadow, stealthily making its way toward the warship. The surface of the water returned to calm.

The warship before us was enormous. Under the cover of night, it resembled a floating city on the sea. The lights emanating from the warship scattered like stars on the water, making it comparable in size to a luxury cruise ship.

Yu Hai knew that a warship of this size must have quite a few members from the Lava Team on board.

He rode on the broad back of the Megalodon and whispered, "Let's go, let's circle the warship."

The Megalodon understood his words and nimbly swam slowly, carrying Yu Hai around the warship. Yu Hai's eyes remained fixed on the warship, not missing a single corner, as he searched for the perfect opportunity to board.

Finally, at the ship's railing, Yu Hai spotted a member of Team Lava. The man stood alone by the railing, a cigarette dangling from his lips, its embers flickering in the darkness.

It was extremely quiet all around, with only the sound of waves gently lapping against the hull, which was particularly clear in the darkness of the night. The other party was unusually alone, which in his eyes was undoubtedly an excellent substitute and a good opportunity to infiltrate.

"Spider, see that guy up there? Catch him down." Yu Hai, riding a Sharpedo, approached the warship and carefully released the Spider from its Poké Ball.

The small, round silk spider was almost invisible in the darkness. He gave it a few simple instructions, and the spider, like a black ghost, silently climbed up the ship's side.

Then, Yu Hai quickly released the Big Mouth Bat. The Big Mouth Bat spread its wide wings and hovered silently in the night sky, ready to cover for the Round Silk Spider at any time, to prevent the Round Silk Spider from failing to capture the person and letting him escape to report the news.

"Eee-tuo-eee-tuo." The Orb Spider made almost no sound as it silently crawled up to the Lava Team member who was smoking. The man was immersed in the relaxation brought by nicotine and did not notice the Orb Spider's approach at all.

Puff puff--

The round silk spider suddenly opened its mouth and sprayed out clumps of fine spider silk, which quickly attacked the man and blocked his mouth from smoking.

Immediately afterwards, the round silk spider used its powerful silk to pull the person off the ship's side. Outside the warship, the round silk spider continued to spray silk, quickly wrapping the person into a large white dumpling. Then, it slowly used its silk to lower the person onto the sea surface below.

"Well done!" Yu Hai said approvingly, giving the round silk spider a thumbs up.

At this moment, the giant beak bat gently flapped its wings and returned to Yu Hai's shoulder.

Yu Hai then looked at the terrified man and shouted into the shadows, "Gengar, hypnotize him..."

"Gengar!" Gengar's figure emerged from the shadows, its eyes flashing with a scarlet light, like two burning flames.

The moment the man saw the scarlet eyes, he felt a dizzying sensation before his eyes and was instantly hypnotized by Gengar.

Yu Hai stared at the hypnotized man and blurted out a series of questions: "Who are you? How old are you? What is your position on the ship? What are your responsibilities? Do you have any friends? Any enemies? What are your secrets? What embarrassing things have you done? What are your daily habits? Tell me everything..."

After obtaining detailed basic information from the Lava Team member, he no longer hesitated and struck the other person hard on the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious.

He quickly got to work and began to remove the Lava Team's red uniform from the other person's body. The material of the uniform felt a little rough and had a slight warmth left from the other person's body heat when they wore it.

"Ditto, come out." Yu Hai took out a Poké Ball and opened it. Ditto appeared in front of him. He shouted to Ditto, "Ditto, imitate his face and turn into a human face mask."

He ordered Ditto to play, and Ditto's body shimmered with strange light. Soon, a lifelike human face mask appeared in his hand.

After everything was ready, he looked at the round silk spider and whispered, "Round silk spider, bite him and inject him with venom."

The orb-weaver understood the command, quickly crawled to the bound man's side, opened its venomous fangs and bit down. The man's body twitched slightly, and he soon died from the poison.

Then he shouted at the orb-weaver spider, "Orb-weaver spider, melt your silk!"

The silk spun by the round silk spider snapped instantly, and the man's body plunged straight into the dark sea, disappearing in an instant, leaving only a small ripple on the surface of the water, which was quickly smoothed out by the waves.

Then, Yu Hai called out to the giant beak bat on his shoulder, "Giant beak bat, take me up."

The giant beak bat flapped its wings, grabbed Yu Hai with its powerful claws, and slowly flew towards the ship's side.

Along the way, Yu Hai put the Ditto mask on his face and used a Poké Ball to recall Sharpedo and Spinosaurus.

When he arrived at the ship's side, he had already put on the Lava Team uniform. The uniform was brightly colored and eye-catching, with a reddish hue under the lights. It was a little too big and hung loosely on him.

He rolled up his trousers and sleeves without a care, his mind focused on only one thing: to integrate into the community as quickly as possible and finish the unfortunate man's unfinished night watch patrol.

The other person just sneaked out for a smoke while their colleague was in the restroom. If the colleague can't find them and reports them missing, that would be a huge problem.

“Come back, Zubat,” Yu Hai recalled Zubat first, then slowly walked into the light. A patrol colleague who was anxiously looking for someone at the toilet door immediately noticed him.

The man was stunned for a moment, then cursed, "Damn it, where the hell have you been? I've been looking for you for ages! There's so much work left to do, if the squad leader blames you, it'll all be your fault..."

The newcomer cursed as he waved his flashlight, the light swaying back and forth across Yu Hai.

"Cough, cough, let's go." Yu Hai raised his hand to his mouth, deliberately lowering his voice, and replied to the other party in a hoarse tone.

He felt a little uneasy, since he didn't know the patrol route and could only hope that the other person would go first and lead the way for him.

"What's wrong with your voice?" The patrol partner became alert when he heard that Yu Hai's voice sounded strange. He kept shining the flashlight on Yu Hai's face under his hood, trying to see what he looked like.

The light was so bright it hurt Yu Hai's eyes. He was getting anxious, but then a thought struck him. He cursed fiercely, "If you keep shining like that, I'm going to find Lady Huo Yan and report you for peeping at her while she's bathing!"

Yu Hai had already learned from the hypnotized man that this patrol partner was a good friend of that unlucky guy; otherwise, the two wouldn't have patrolled together.

When they had nothing to do, the two of them would often chat about private topics, such as gossip about peeping at female cadres taking a shower. And it wasn't just the two of them; many members of the Lava Team had also done so.

(End of this chapter)