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The decision to strike first really hadn't been wrong.
Of the dozen or so people present, the youngest was in their twenties and the oldest in their forties. Not a single one was innocent.
What they had done... even skinning them alive would have been too merciful.
This was also Heiduo's first time learning that in this world, there were not only Pokémon poachers, but also people who trafficked humans.
Money really was a wonderful thing.
Screech—
Heiduo shut the warehouse door, wiped the filthy blood from his hands and face with a clean towel, then dropped onto a grimy chair by the entrance. Bloodstains had congealed and dripped down his sleeves, collar, and hem.
"How are the emergency measures going?"
He asked Umbreon, who was continuously using [Heal Pulse] on the four battered Pokémon.
"Not great. I can only heal their external injuries. It treats the symptoms, not the cause. Their bodies need a long period of rest and recovery. Heal Pulse alone isn't enough."
Umbreon shook her head, her gaze sweeping over the four Pokémon rescued from the iron cages.
Kangaskhan, Mightyena, Wobbuffet, and Braviary, a Pokémon from the Unova region.
Were all Normal-type Pokémon this gutsy?
Umbreon still remembered the savage looks in the three Normal-type Pokémon's eyes when they had been rescued. Kangaskhan, whose Baby Kangaskhan was barely clinging to life inside her pouch, had been particularly violent. She was also the most seriously injured.
Heiduo had clearly been standing far away when she was released, yet she had nearly rushed over and bitten his head off. Her expression and demeanor had been like those of a lunatic, and when Electivire and the others restrained her, her body had convulsed wildly.
—She'd developed a stress response from being beaten.