"Y-you... who are you?"
One of the men in black stared at Chen Shi and spoke in a trembling voice.
Normally, their own Pokémon were right there in the Poké Balls at their waists, and the balls were not locked.
If they encountered danger, their Pokémon could break free of their Poké Balls on their own to protect their Trainers.
Yet from the moment Jirachi had seized them until now, neither man's Pokémon had reacted at all.
There was only one possible reason for that.
Whoever had captured them was far stronger than they were, leaving even their Pokémon too afraid to show themselves.
Chen Shi grew impatient. "I don't have the patience to explain all that. You just need to answer those two questions, understood?"
After all, this was the largest city in the Kalos Region, and security was strict.
He only wanted to get his answers as quickly as possible, not waste time talking to them here.
"Yes, yes, of course! Please, ask away!"
Seemingly sensing that Chen Shi was not someone to cross, the man in black wisely nodded over and over.
His attitude changed in an instant, as he scrambled to comply with Chen Shi's wishes and spare himself some suffering.
"Are you Pokémon Hunters?"
At that, both men fell silent, unsure how to answer.
But their silence was answer enough.
Diantha, who had been wondering why Chen Shi had captured them, now had nothing but disgust in her eyes.
Pokémon Hunters-that was the polite name for people like them.
To put it bluntly, they were poachers, criminals guilty of heinous crimes.
Their goal was to capture large numbers of rare wild Pokémon and sell them to others for profit.
Who knew how many Pokémon had lost their homes because of these people?
Chen Shi's Florges