Using Lucario's Aura to avoid the aerial "watchposts" within the Haze.
Heiduo discovered that Greevil and the others were quite clever. They actually knew to hide several Murkrow within the Haze to scout for nearby people or ships.
There were simply too few of them. What use were a dozen Murkrow patrolling an island that large?
They could only fool themselves.
Still, given Citadark Isle's current shortage of manpower and resources, it was already impressive that they could spare a few Murkrow.
Underwater... there were scattered torches missing their tails, clearly marking Sharpedo's rather abnormal movements. Everything else was Pokémon naturally living in the ocean.
—Their defenses were not tight at all.
No wonder they only had their home base left. Three of their five officers had been captured, yet they were still completely in the dark.
"This is far enough. Kirlia will take us from here." Heiduo patted Charizard's back in midair and stopped it from getting any closer.
On his shoulder, Kirlia's eyes and the two rounded horns on its head glowed faintly. An invisible Confusion wrapped around Heiduo's body, causing him to Levitate in the air. He raised a hand to recall Charizard, while the Ditto that had long been prepared transformed into a pitch-black cloak, blending him into the night.
With Kirlia's current psychic power, carrying both him and Umbreon over long distances was no problem. Crossing this small stretch of sea was effortless.
After slipping past several guards on patrol, who continuously swept the sky with powerful searchlights, Heiduo arrived at a surveillance blind spot on Citadark Isle.
Naturally, he had not discovered this blind spot himself. He was not that amazing. He had merely been guided here by the contact and the advance observation team.
On an utterly ordinary cliffside, Heiduo ran his fingers