Kuniko was initially wary, worried that Roy was in cahoots with the group opposite them, but Roy casually tossed a can of Joy family- specific Healing Spray at her feet.
At that moment, Kuniko knew that Roy had come to help her.
Although he didn't know why the other party was helping him, Roy's Absol was quite strong.
With her Scyther and Absol, she should be able to hold her own against several of the opponent's Pokémon.
Before Kuniko could speak, Roy walked towards the gang leader.
Kuniko didn't understand what the other party was trying to do; why didn't they release Absol?
Here comes another busybody!
Compared to their fixed mindset, where disputes were resolved through Pokémon battles, the gang leader could tell from Roy's physique that he was a trained fighter.
His first thought upon encountering someone with martial arts skills was that he didn't want to provoke them.
But Kuniko's Bellsprout and Scyther are truly gifted; if he were to obtain these two Pokémon, he might be able to pass the Intermediate Trainer Qualification Certificate.
He was unwilling to let the duck that was already in his mouth fly away.
"Kid, leave me now and pretend I never came. I advise you not to meddle any further..."
Roy ignored the threats and continued to approach the group of thugs step by step.
"You're asking for it! Beedrill, use Twineedle!"
The Beedrill, with its red compound Compound Eyes, watched Roy approaching quickly. It sensed the powerful aura emanating from Roy and was extremely reluctant to attack, but the gang leader behind it kept urging it on.
Urged on by the gang leader, Beedrill still swung its Twineedle stingers at Roy.
Just as the sharp spear was about to pierce Roy's body, Kuniko wanted to warn Roy to be careful, but the words caught in her throat, and she couldn't utter a sound.
Kuniko saw this scene: Roy caught Beedrill struggled but still couldn't pull it out.
Moreover, Beedrill discovered that it couldn't exert any force at all, or rather, it couldn't pull its spear at all.
The gang leader didn't understand what was going on; in his eyes, Beedrill was letting Roy hold his spear without attacking.
"Beedrill, what are you doing! Attack him with your Poison Sting!"
Before Beedrill could strike Roy with its Poison Sting, Roy casually grabbed Beedrill's spear and Beedrill it against a nearby tree.
Beedrill slammed into a large tree with tremendous force, bending the tree in two. After crashing into the tree, Beedrill landed on the ground, revealing its ring-shaped eyes, and was unable to fight.
A move that catches Pokémon?
Roy's actions shattered Kuniko's belief that Pokémon battles could only be fought with Pokémon. Bellsprout, nestled in Kuniko's arms, stared in shock. Was this really a human?
After casually tossing the Beedrill, Roy was only about ten meters away from the gang leader.
The gang leader trembled inwardly, knowing he had met his match today. He quickly ordered Raticate, who was still entangled with Scyther, to take action.
"Raticate, use... Don't run away!"
The gang leader was about to give orders to Raticate, but Raticate had already witnessed Beedrill's miserable state, so it turned its back on Scyther and ran away without stopping.
When the other Pokémon Raticate running away, and then saw Roy with a powerful aura on the other side, they all followed Raticate and ran away as well.
In an instant, the Pokémon surrounding Scyther vanished.
The Scyther looked around at the empty space and felt a little uneasy.
After dealing with the Beedrill, Roy continued walking forward. The thug leader tried to resist, but Roy grabbed his fist before it could hit Roy.
Roy's hand gripped his hand tightly, like a steel claw.
The gang leader couldn't pull his fist out at all, and he finally understood why Beedrill couldn't pull out its spear earlier.
"You had better...
The gang leader tried to threaten him again, but Roy had no patience to listen to his nonsense, and with a clench of his fist, Roy clenched his fist.
"Snap!"
A crisp cracking sound came from Roy's clenched fist.
"Ouch! It hurts... it hurts!!!! Let go of me!!!"
The gang leader instantly let out a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered.
Roy looked at the thug leader lying on the ground in pain, his eyes devoid of any pity. He then delivered another punch, knocking the thug leader unconscious, before turning to look at the others.
Seeing that Roy had taken down the gang leader with just one punch, the remaining thugs instantly Frisk how powerful Roy was.
Moreover, their Pokémon have disappeared without a trace, so they have no chance of fighting Roy.
They didn't even bother with the gang leader and turned to run away, only to run into the terrifying, gloomy-faced Annihilape and the Ancient Gengar covered in tattoos, who were already waiting for them behind them.
Behind these two Pokémon stood two gray-blue stone pillars.
"Clay doll!"
The Golurk made a sound, and the group of thugs looked up to see a huge, grayish-blue golem.
Finished...
Everyone shared the same thought: they were all so terrified by the enormous golem and Roy's two Pokémon that they collapsed to the ground. The first thug to react immediately begged Roy for mercy.
The others also imitated the other person and begged for mercy.
"Want to live?"
This was the first thing Roy said when he entered the battlefield.
The group of thugs nodded hurriedly.
Roy took a rope out of his Spatial Bracelet and tossed it to the group.
"I'll give you two choices: either tie yourselves up, or I'll make you a swing in the tree with ropes, and you can swing on your necks."
Swinging on your neck?
Isn't that just like hanging yourself?
The thugs, fearing for their lives, all chose option one, picking up ropes and tying them around themselves, while also making sure to tie up their leader as well.
After tying everyone up, Roy turned to look at Kuniko was frozen in place, her mind still filled with the scene of Roy fighting off the Pokémon and the group of thugs.
"Are you just going to stand by and watch? Contact the League Police Bureau!"
"Ah? Okay...!"
Kuniko quickly took out Communicator from her Spatial Bracelet and contacted the nearby League Police Bureau.
The gang leader, who woke up halfway through the night, found himself tied up and tried to threaten Roy.
"I urge you to release me immediately, and then go and inquire..."
"You talk too much nonsense."
Roy slapped the gang leader to sleep again. If it weren't for Kuniko being there, he would have buried them all in a hole long ago.
Soon, two League Officers from Violet City arrived at the scene in their police cars.
Upon seeing the tied-up men, the two officers immediately recognized the thug lying on the ground. It turned out he was a repeat offender who had just been to the League Police Bureau a few days prior for causing trouble.
However, because a Ruins was discovered north of the Sprout Tower, their police officers were all transferred to the Ruins, resulting in insufficient guarding force.
They released the thugs, but they caused trouble again less than two days after their release.
Upon learning that Roy and Kuniko were both tourists from out of town, the two officers quickly stepped forward to explain.
"We apologize for startling you. We will punish them severely when we get back."
Seeing that a group of thugs had been caught and that Kuniko was safe, Bellsprout's vision went black and she collapsed into Kuniko's arms.
"Bellsprout!"
Kuniko quickly looked down at Bellsprout. It turned out that Bellsprout had been holding on since earlier, and now that she saw that Kuniko was alright, her stubborn will finally gave way.