Spider's Carnival

Night fell quickly. Yu Hai and the others geared up once more. Tonight, they would be acting separately. Guita remained behind at the villa; only those with Veteran Class strength or above needed to go.

Xiao Shun, A Man, and the others, who only had two Elite-level Pokémon each, would merely put on a couple of acts before withdrawing. They simply had too few Veteran Class Pokémon, and too much acting would make it easy to expose themselves.

A Ping had already sent word that Lance and Lamuda had left. He had even contacted Lance to confirm it, asking whether the locals in the city who wanted to meddle in Old Town should be eliminated or allowed to develop.

A Ping's answer was to eliminate them. When he asked how the two officers left behind on Jinggan Island, who only possessed Veteran Class strength, were supposed to deal with an Elite Four Trainer entering the fray—

Lance told A Ping that Elite Four Trainers would not intervene. As for everyone else, that was irrelevant. If they could not handle it, then they could forget about being officers and receiving rewards; they could get back to the front lines.

After learning this, A Ping had Gengar pass the news to Yu Hai. Upon receiving it, Yu Hai brought the others to Old Town aboard Flying-type Pokémon.

They stood atop a building and looked down at Duel Street. The battle grounds below had returned to their usual bustle, while gamblers who had won their bets quietly slipped away from the crowd. They wanted to leave after one good win, afraid of being noticed.

Those gamblers were the best publicity tools for Spider. Seeing gamblers leaving in every direction, they moved as well. The seven of them scattered in all directions and picked