"Captain Hao, aside from the time Sheng Cai and Gong Ping, the two Professional Trainers, entered Cloud Mountain through the Mystery Realm, only those researchers went in recently. During that time, Deputy Captain Lou entered the mountain once for an inspection, and no one else has entered Cloud Mountain since," the two forest rangers said firmly.
Captain Hao nodded. "I absolutely trust you two. Could a Trainer with a Flying-type Pokémon have landed here from the air?"
"Captain, what should we do now?" Yin Shu asked.
"We still need to investigate. Everyone just needs to be more careful," Captain Hao said.
"I have an idea, though I don't know if it'll work," Shu Tong said.
He knew what was inside. In such a cramped space, even strength would be hard to use effectively. Moreover, in a cave like this, Crobat's Supersonic would be amplified dozens of times over. They would inevitably suffer heavy losses.
"Let's hear it. We should pool our ideas. If anyone has a good suggestion, speak up," Captain Hao said.
"Dark caves like this are Poison-type Pokémon's favorite habitats. If we enter rashly, we could easily be ambushed. We've practically turned Cloud Mountain upside down and found no second entrance, so we can confirm that this cave has only one way in," Shu Tong said.
"Use fire!"
Captain Hao and several others spoke almost at the same time.
Shu Tong merely nodded and said nothing further.
"Good. Looks like everyone agrees. Anyone with Fire-type Pokémon, bring them out. Everyone else, take your Pokémon and gather deadwood. Meet back here in half an hour," Captain Hao ordered.
Shu Tong followed them out. Kakuna could not do much else, but bundling up chopped deadwood with String Shot was its specialty.
With Pokémon helping, the work went incredibly fast. Within