Pokémon: Master Pokémon has a fish-frying system.

In a certain part of Suyam City, a secluded road that should have been sparsely populated was now crowded with people.

"I heard that Lei Gong lives nearby?"

Has anyone seen the Thunder God?

"It looks like someone over there is fighting against the Thunder God."

For an entire afternoon, all the trainers in Lilycove City were frantically searching for Raikou.

Raikou seemed to be playing a trick on them, not only not leaving Lilycove City, but also frequently showing itself to battle certain trainers.

What's a bit strange is that it often only battles for a short while, and then quickly leaves the battlefield once the trainers gather.

Moreover, the speed at which this thunder god moves is rather bizarre.

Once it leaves the battlefield, it immediately disappears without a trace, and almost no one can find it until someone sees it in a new place a moment later.

Lu An was also part of the search for Raikou. Espeon and Umbreon stayed close by his side, releasing their spiritual energy.

In terms of enemy detection, their newly returned comrades were not as adept as they were.

"Buyi!"

Just then, Guangbu let out a high-pitched cry.

Looking over, Lu An saw a lightning bolt-shaped tail swaying back and forth in the corner of the wall.

It's the tail of the Thunder God!

Lu An's pupils contracted, and he quickly gave Espeon a look.

As if sensing something, the sun quietly brought forth a bright, clear day.

Volcarona had already slipped out of the Poké Ball without anyone noticing.

Lu An walked to Lei Gong's side:

"Lei Gong, I know this is somewhat presumptuous, but I would like to inquire about the Flame Emperor; I need his life-giving flame..."

However, in response to Lu An's question, Lei Gong roared, his purple clouds began to tremble, and a 100,000-volt attack struck Lu An.

"Eebu!"

Thunderbolt was shattered by Umbreon's Iron Tail.

Lu An's pupils contracted. Something was wrong, something was very wrong!

This is not the power a level two god should possess!

After personally experiencing the Thunder God's 100,000 volts, Lu An finally confirmed that the Thunder God was either a severely injured divine beast or an imposter.

But looking at how it can still play hide-and-seek with all the trainers in Lilycove City, it doesn't seem injured at all!

With that thought in mind, Lu An no longer hesitated: "Vulcan Moth, Flame Vortex!"

"No~"

Under the bright sunshine, a vortex of raging flames surrounded Raikou, an unusual sight that clearly attracted many trainers searching for Raikou.

"It's the Thunder God! Someone is fighting against the Thunder God!"

Lu An ignored the trainers around him who were eager to interfere.

He wanted to make this "Thunder God" reveal its true form in the shortest possible time.

"Vulcan moth, solar beam!"

Under the bright sunshine, beams of sunlight shot out and struck the Thunder God, who was surrounded by flames.

"Roar!"

Lei Gong let out a shrill scream and fell heavily to the ground.

"He knocked down the Thunder God?!"

Just as the surrounding trainers were worried that Lu An might catch Raikou, a sharp-eyed trainer shouted out:

"No, look at the Thunder God's tail!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Lei Gong lying on the ground, his tail, which resembled sparks of electricity, gradually twisting and then turning into a ball of purple liquid.

"This is……"

"It's a Ditto!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, "Thunder God" revealed his true form, which turned out to be a Ditto that had used its transformation ability.

All the trainers who had been greedy for Raikou were first disappointed, then filled with shame and indignation.

They chased the Thunder God all afternoon, only to find out it was a Ditto in disguise.

This is simply making a joke of all the trainers in Lilycove City!

Who did this?!

"Hehehe."

Just then, a chubby man wearing sunglasses came out, slowly walked towards the fallen Ditto, and put it back into its ball.

Everyone immediately glared at him angrily.

Is this the guy who's messing with them?

However, despite the murderous gazes of countless trainers, the fat man seemed oblivious, walking straight towards Lu An and extending his hand:

"Hello, my name is Ashida. Would you like to get to know me?"

……

Although all the trainers in Lilycove City were tricked by Ashida, no one ultimately went up to confront him.

After all, it's rather shameful for a trainer to be unable to see through or subdue a Ditto, yet seek to cause trouble for other trainers.

Lu An found a coffee shop and watched Ashida enthusiastically choosing coffee, while Lu An fell into deep thought.

Ashida enjoys traveling around in a UFO searching for powerful trainers, with the aim of creating his lifelong dream: the Battle Frontier.

In the manga, Ashida possesses seven Frontier Brains, led by Lila and Kamishiro, and successfully establishes the Battle Frontier.

These pioneer leaders possessed strength comparable to regional Gym Leaders, with Lyra and Shiro, the leaders, even having captured legendary Pokémon, making them nearly as powerful as the Elite Four.

Speaking of this, Lu An couldn't help but complain about the City of the Capital.

Hoenn boasts two champions, Steven and Wallace, a host of Elite Four members, various Gym Leaders, and the pioneering genius whose strength rivals that of Gym Leaders, making it a truly talented region.

As the second oldest region after Kanto, Johto is incredibly weak, having no Four Heavenly Kings besides the bug-like Ryuhachi.

So much so that, due to poverty and weakness, even Senri, who was originally from Johto and whose strength was no less than that of the Elite Four and could even rival the Champion, went to Petalburg City in Hoenn to become a Gym Leader.

The difference in strength between the two regions is simply too great.

Just as Lu An was complaining about the city, Ashida finally finished ordering his coffee and looked at Lu An.

"You must be Mr. Lu An, right?"

With just one sentence, Lu An began to look at Ashida with new respect.

"You know me?"

Yashida chuckled:

"Although I am not very strong, I have traveled all over the country and accumulated a little bit of connections. The Dark Pillar of the Investigator Organization is as powerful as the Dragon Ferry. I have naturally heard of Lu An's name."

Lu An narrowed his eyes. In order to search for the seven pioneer leaders, Ashida seemed to have a lot of extraordinary intelligence. He was an elusive intelligence agent.

In the manga, it seems that Ashida's help was indispensable in finding Rayquaza's location.

Although he wasn't as famous as Watari when he was an investigator, he didn't deliberately conceal his existence, so those who were interested were still able to find out about him.

Besides, he had been to Hoenn quite a few times, so it wasn't surprising that Ashida knew his identity.

She just didn't know why he had come to her.

Just as Lu An was pondering this, the shrewd Ashida clearly noticed his confusion and offered an explanation:

"I had Ditto disguise itself as Raikou, but my real intention was to see if there were any decent trainers in Lilycove City."

"I never expected that such a small city like Shuijing would be so full of hidden talents, that a thunder god would actually bring out someone like you."

"I overheard your conversation before your battle with Lei Gong. It seems you were looking for Yan Di?"