Codename "Ghost Ship"

After watching Officer Jenny lead the fire truck crew away in a flash, Sato quietly withdrew his gaze. Accompanied by his elderly neighbor's chatter, he followed her into her house.

After his elderly neighbor vowed solemnly to take temporary care of Sato, Officer Jenny also promised to help him complete the paperwork as soon as possible. But Sato knew his life would not proceed so smoothly. Though he had forgotten when the organization's recruiter would arrive, given a second chance, he would still choose to join that assassin organization codenamed "Ghost Ship"! First of all, aside from his parents, Sato had no other relatives. Without a guardian, he could only go live in an orphanage. The League would assess his inheritance and release it to him after he turned fifteen.

In truth, the wealthy Pokemon League would not embezzle much from an inheritance. But after seeing the splendor and diversity of the Elven world, Sato could not accept living out an ordinary life.

Besides, a quiet life was not something Sato could have just because he wanted one. He remembered that he had been directly abducted by the Ghost Ship Organization! That night, Sato secretly slipped out of his neighbor's home. Though his body was small, he had lived well in the past and was fairly sturdy. He could not leap across rooftops and scale walls, but climbing over a wall was still possible.

Soon, Sato arrived at his burned-down home. His old memories had already blurred, and with the house scorched beyond recognition, he could not find anything familiar at all. Instead, the pungent smell made him dizzy.

My physical quality really is weak. I need to train properly, Sato thought. At the same time, he secretly circulated Dark Power around his body, and the dizziness immediately eased.

Sato began a Carpet Search through the house. After the fire had been put out, the entire villa had been sealed off. The police had not had time to clear the place, giving Sato an opportunity to pick up what had been missed—though he was picking over his own home.

Thump, thump, thump-thud!

"Here?" Sato carefully distinguished the different sounds made when he knocked on the walls. He quickly identified the hollow spot. Sure enough, no businessman could resist installing a safe at home.

Before his rebirth, Sato had been an "incompetent" assassin. After every mission, he had never minded making a windfall, so he had opened more than a few safes. Besides, the safe before him was an antique from twenty years ago. It did not take long before it was opened. The first things he saw were a neatly stacked pile of cash, bankbooks, and some paper documents.

After roughly counting it, there was about one million in cash inside the safe. At the market price of two hundred per Poké Ball, this money would cover Sato's living expenses for a long time.

But if it was spent on raising Pokémon, it was completely insufficient. A fully evolved Pokémon with base stats above five hundred started at one hundred thousand on the Black Market. And that depended on the Pokémon's talent, nature, rarity, and other overall qualities. Prices varied enormously.

Pushing those thoughts aside, Sato took all the cash. The remaining papers were property deeds, proof of assets, and the like. Like the bankbooks, they were useless to him right now, so he set them aside.

There was nothing else deeper inside. Sighing at how thoroughly his parents had been businessmen, Sato took the cash, put the bankbooks and documents back, and continued rummaging through the house.

Before long, Sato left the burned villa carrying a small backpack. After observing the surroundings, he directly tossed the Spatial Backpack containing the large amount of cash into a gap by his neighbor's wall. In summer, it was hidden by grass and plants, making it difficult to discover in a Short Period Of Time.

He would definitely be searched after entering the Ghost Ship Organization. He would not be able to use so much cash anyway. And if his memory was correct, the organization's first wilderness training for newcomers would take place Three Months later. That would be when he made his escape. By then, this cash would become an important source of funds for his Early Stage growth.

As for Why Not escape the organization's capture now, a sly yet remarkably warm smile suddenly appeared in Sato's mind.

"Zorua, wait for me!"

"Next, all I have to do is wait for the recruiter to arrive," Sato thought as he quietly climbed back into the guest room his neighbor had prepared for him.

Less than Half an Hour after lying down, while his thoughts were still tangled and he had yet to fall asleep, Sato keenly noticed a faint sound from outside the window. Dark Power circulated, and a small emotion of contempt confirmed Qianye's guess.

"Click~"

The window was quietly opened, followed by the faint sound of someone landing, which entered Sato's ears. Pretending to sleep with his eyes closed, alarm bells rang in Sato's heart. He felt fortunate, yet secretly guarded against the other party. If he had finished his earlier actions even a little later, he would very likely have been discovered.

Then, one hundred percent, all the cash Sato had found would have been taken by the person before him. People in the organization were not righteous members of the League. Murder and robbery were commonplace to them.

And if this person was Ghost Ship's recruiter, then the next step would be to take him...

"Misdreavus, Hypnosis!"

It really is them! Sato was certain. He let the Psychic-type Hypnosis affect him, only for it to be silently eroded by the Dark Power lying dormant in his body, without causing the slightest ripple.

"You lost your parents at such a young age, and now you're about to be taken back to the organization. I'm so happy for you, hahaha!" The first half sounded like the pity and sympathy of a normal person, but the madness in his tone the Next Moment made Sato quietly clench his Hands beneath the blanket.

"Don't worry. Once you enter the organization, I'll find you very soon. Then I'll set you free!" Sato carefully memorized the man's aura and Misdreavus's energy fluctuations. Whether or not he had entered the Dark Ship voluntarily now, this was the person who had dragged him into hell in the past. That was something he could never forget!

"Let's Go, Little Kid! Once I bring you along, my mission this time will be completely finished!" The stranger muttered to himself, then directly slung Sato over his shoulder and jumped out the window in great strides. The instant he landed, Sato nearly cried out in pain.

But Sato remembered that when he woke up in his previous life, he had already been inside the organization. That meant he would not wake up along the way. The Hypnosis Misdreavus had just used was clearly not the low-level kind that simply put people to Rest.

I can only endure it! Sato gritted his teeth. Fortunately, disguise was an important course in the organization's training, and Sato had done well in it. He only needed to pretend to be hypnotized. As Long As he did not wake up, slight reactions were normal—much easier than Playing Dead.

Soon, Sato was carried into a car. The position was not very comfortable, but it was far easier than being carried over someone's shoulder. As an assassin, endurance was absolutely a key focus of training, so Sato remained completely motionless, lying there until the sky Slightly Lit Up.

The car slowed down and stopped. The driver's door opened. All of it clearly entered Sato's ears, and then he was carried again.

The light dimmed. Sato knew he had been brought into the Ghost Ship Organization. No, it Should Be Ghost Ship's New Recruit Training Camp.

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