Pinnacle of the Stars

Chapter 69 69. Cave
A slightly damp earthy smell mingled in the air.

The ripples of the water light are faintly reflected on the stalactites, and behind the limestone, there is a kind of light blue moss that emits faint fluorescence, blowing with the airflow in the cave, and it is reflecting the two people who climbed from the bottom of the lake to the shore.

"Natural cave?"

After looking around and confirming that there are no artificial traces, Lu Qiu whispered, "Is there such a place in Hualan City?"

Jun Shalan shook her head.

She also didn't know why there was a secret door connected here in the city's underground waterway.

The two of them traveled all the way up from the bottom of the water just now, and after passing tens of meters, the iron wall of the waterway disappeared, replaced by the soil layer with moss like now.

The final exit of the waterway is the underground lake they just came out of.

Swish-! !

During the discussion, suddenly there was a violent sound of breaking through the air.

"There is something."

Guarding the young man who was checking the surroundings, Jun Shalan immediately reacted. While pulling him behind him, she swung her short blade and charged towards the swooping shadow.

"Crack!!"

There was a piercing metallic percussion sound, and sparks jumped from the contact between the two.

Jun Shalan's wrist hurt, and the weapon flew out of her hand.

"puff--"

Gotha Yasui Ibrahimovic reacted quickly, and while the black shadow in the air flew upside down, two water guns chased and shot at it.

Facing the attack, the four wings flicked up and down, and the body wiped the water to stabilize its figure and dodge it.

At this time, with the help of the fluorescence on the rock wall, Lu Qiu had already seen the appearance of the visitor.

"Forked Bat." A sentence was read out of his mouth.

A gregarious Pokémon that is active at night and will actively attack humans.

Junshalan opened her eyes and looked above her head, looking for other forked bats hiding in the dark.

The cave environment is the natural place where the opponent is best at.

Loosening the buckle on the belt, under the vigilant protection of Jun Shalan, Lu Qiu let go of Shui Yibu, and at the same time threw the poke ball to call out Xiangwei.

"Surprise attack with high fives, control the forked bat."

"Shui Yibo, help it."

Two orders were issued successively.

The Xiangwei cat that jumped out of the poke ball, as soon as it landed, followed the trainer's finger and accelerated towards the forked bat.

Four eyes facing each other.

Shui Yibu nodded slightly, put down his tail as a pedal, and the moment Xiangwei Cat stepped on his hind legs, he raised it high and threw the latter towards the top of the cave.

"Meow--"

The figures staggered, and the white light flashed away.

Under the melee attack, the cowering state caused by the high-five surprise attack made the bat's flapping wings stop, and it fell straight to the ground.

"Water Eevee, use the water gun!"

The Gotha Duck slid sideways to catch the falling Xiangwei Meow, and with a command, the sprayed water jets hit accurately this time, successfully blocking the cross-bat's take-off and dodging.

"Beat it/Fix it!"

The two trainers ordered together.

Iron Tail, Flash of Lightning, Waves of Water.

The triple attack fell one after another, and the forked bat that had lost its chance fell to the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust.

"button puff"

Under the firm fixation of several lines of sight, as the body twisted and contracted for a while, the appearance of the forked bat changed out of thin air.

The Variety Monster, who had lost the ability to fight, passed out to the ground.

"bass!"

Cold light flashed.

Jun Shalan kicked up the short blade that had fallen earlier, held it in her hand, and approached the Variety Monster step by step.

Xiangweimow retracted the white light on its tail, quietly watching her movements.

"Miss Junsha."

Grabbing her wrist from behind, Lu Qiu shook her head lightly as Jun Shalan looked back.

"."

After confirming with the unresponsive Ditto again, Jun Shalan pushed back her mask, nodded and said, "Let's go."

Walking into the depths of the cave following Lu Qiu's footprints, when passing by the Variety Monster, Xiangwei Miao couldn't help turning his head to look at it.

Then, the foot paused.

'.'

Like the previous waterways, the routes in the cave also extend in all directions. In contrast, there are more forks.

The two are in front of each other, and Pokémon guards them in the middle.

Jun Shalan chose the direction to go, while Lu Qiu drew the map behind her.

Since he had never run into a dead end, after judging that his side was spinning in circles, Lu Qiu corrected the roundabout passing by while drawing. After constant trial and error, the two groped deeper in an orderly manner.

About four and ten minutes passed.

When they passed a corner, Xiangwei, who was lying on Lu Qiu's shoulder, suddenly moved his ears.

"there's noise."

Jun Shalan reminded in a low voice, stopped Lu Qiu behind her, and then pressed her body against the wall, and quietly went to the other side of the corner to listen.

"I'm suffocating, I really don't want to stay in this ghost place any longer."

'The man's complaint, judging from the voice alone, should be over 30 years old. '

"Ayu, tell me something, that's why I don't like to partner with you, a boring gourd."

".The leader said that you can't talk casually when you are on duty. You will be overheard and kept secret."

'Strict and strict, he should be more dull and difficult to deal with than the one just now. Jun Shalan put her ear to the intersection, judging the number of enemies in her heart.

Conversations, footsteps, and even breathing, to the investigators, these are all pieces of information that can be obtained at will.

"You are such an obedient boy. No wonder you guard the door with me and talk about secrets. Do you know the group of people you caught last time?"

".Know."

"Then do you know where they are being held?"

"do not know."

"Curious?"

".Do not."

"Hiss, so it's really boring to partner with you. Wait, I'll make it easier for you."

"It's time to change shifts."

"You go first, why, do you still want me to suffocate?"

Under Lu Qiu's gaze, Jun Shalan suddenly reached out to grab the watch on her right arm, and pulled out a slender silver steel wire from it.

After trying it suspiciously, Lu Qiu found that his emergency watch also had something similar, which was extremely flexible.

Breathing slowed, followed by a dead heartbeat.

With the sound of heavy footsteps going away, Jun Shalan's sense of existence disappeared from Lu Qiu's side again.

"Uh"

In the next second, a silver steel wire loop strangled a man's neck, and Jun Shalan squatted down, throwing the man with fine stubble on his face to the ground.

Kneeling on one knee to support the spine, the tone is cold:

"Make a little more noise, and I will directly strangle your neck."

Seeing that the man was still kicking his legs to resist under the threat, Jun Shalan pulled the steel wire tighter without hesitation.

Choking, pain.

The approach of death made the man wake up from dementia for a moment, and he raised his hand and slapped the ground hurriedly as if begging for mercy.

"Name, gender, and your age."

While Lu Qiu didn't understand why he asked about the gender, the man relaxed his throat and replied without hesitation:

"My name is Shi Jiu, male, and I am 36 years old."

"Be quiet."

The knee was crushed hard, and the man cried out in pain.

Jun Shalan kept her ears listening, and asked cross-examination: "Who is the person who left just now, who are you, and where are the group of people you can catch?"

Shi Jiu didn't have anyone to threaten again, he kept talking fast, and replied obediently: "The person who left just now is called A Yu, the leader arranged for me no no no, it was his partner who arranged me for me, the name of our organization It's Team Rocket."

Rockets!
As soon as the name was called exit, Lu Qiu subconsciously clenched his hands tightly.

"Rockets"

Unlike Lu Qiu, as the largest dark organization in the Kanto region, Jun Shalan doesn't know much about it.

In addition to the boss behind the scenes, including several cadres, all the members of the organization that can be called the backbone, their names were dug out from the bottom by the search officer.

A thick roster, one for everyone.

As an operative who often hovers on the line of life and death, Jun Shalan naturally doesn't have a good impression of this organization.

Neither Shi Jiu nor A Yu, their names were written on the roster.

In other words, these two people are trash fish with no meaning for interrogation.

Can be killed at will.

Calculating the information in her mind, Jun Shalan pressed her head hard again, and she forced her to ask: "Where are those people? Is it the owner of the Hualan Pavilion? Answer me."

To this, Shi Jiu muttered and refused to respond.

Until the steel wire in Jun Shalan's hand gradually tightened.

"me me me"

Covering the strangle marks with his hands, the man cried and begged for mercy in fear: "I don't know!!"

(End of this chapter)