Captain Gao took the Pokédex Xinhai handed him, pulled out a palm-sized communicator from his waist, and placed the Pokédex on it for a scan.
As the screen flickered, Xinhai's identity information appeared.
"Xinhai Bai Mu..." he murmured the name, his gaze swiftly scanning the screen.
When he saw the lines of notes, his brows rose slightly—Rustboro Gym, Dewford Gym, Lavaridge Gym, jointly invested in and trained by the Joy family.
This young man had a far deeper background than he had imagined.
But he said nothing more, merely nodded, and was about to return the Pokédex—
"Attention, everyone!"
An urgent command suddenly burst from the radio. The voice cut through the night wind, especially clear in the silent forest, carrying unprecedented gravity:
"A powerful thirteen-man poacher team has appeared in the Central Area! I repeat, a powerful thirteen-man poacher team has appeared in the Central Area! Aside from personnel necessary to remain behind for arrests, all squads must reach the Central Area at top speed to provide support!"
The voice on the radio continued, but Xinhai's thoughts had already been completely occupied by the news.
The Central Area? What kind of place was that? And those poachers actually had a powerful thirteen-man team?
The Pokémon League's mission terminology was extremely rigorous. To merit the description of a powerful poacher team, it meant there was at least one Gym-level Trainer among them.
Even under such a large-scale manhunt, the other side had still assembled a powerful team of thirteen and precisely chosen an area to launch a surprise attack. Their organizational and intelligence-gathering abilities far exceeded the norm.
The rangers' expressions turned extremely grave at the same time.
Captain Gao's brows knotted together, and a sharp glint flashed through his eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he raised a hand and