I Know, But I Won't Say

The two gradually approached Heiduo.

When they saw Electivire behind Heiduo, holding three people suspended in midair, their expressions turned utterly astonished.

The cigarette fell from Shari's mouth.

"He really caught them..." Muto murmured softly. Clearly, she had not expected Heiduo to actually catch those egg thieves.

A brief explanation of Muto's story was in order.

After leaving the Pokémon Ranger branch base, she had hurried east toward Mt. Silver, determined to catch up with Heiduo.

Of course, chasing Heiduo was only her secondary objective. Her main goal was to find those egg thieves.

However, she failed to find the egg thieves and was instead caught by a group of wild Pokémon from Mt. Silver.

These wild Pokémon did not know Muto. In their agitation, they had actually prepared to attack her outright.

It was only then that Muto discovered she had a little tail following behind her.

—Fei Liu, wearing an embarrassed grin.

The moment Muto saw him, she had nearly exploded with rage. However, she knew this was not the time to scold him.

The two stood back-to-back, vigilantly watching as more and more wild Pokémon gradually surrounded them.

It was not as though they had not tried using the Capture Styler, but the enraged wild Pokémon simply would not accept it.

They rejected their "heart-to-heart connection."

Fortunately, Shari arrived in time and got them out of the situation.

After learning why they had come, Shari naturally gave Muto and Fei Liu a harsh scolding. Fei Liu in particular had nearly wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground.

The eventual outcome was that Shari and Muto went to find Heiduo together, while Fei Liu obediently rolled back to the branch base.

And that brought them to the present.

At least they had successfully found Heiduo. With