"Ding..."
Just as the Poison Sting was about to hit Cheng Tian, a purple tentacle shot out of the Fisherman Hat on his head and blocked it.
"Ditto!"
Ditto dropped the disguise, jumped off his head, and shouted angrily behind him, rapidly transforming into Greninja.
Cheng Tian smiled faintly. Luckily, he was in the habit of taking Ditto everywhere.
"Thanks, Little Ditto."
This time, a woman with dyed green hair walked over from the alley entrance behind him, a Vespiquen at her side.
"Tch." The woman clicked her tongue disdainfully. "You're barely out of diapers, but you're pretty vigilant."
Cheng Tian looked up this time and saw that this Vespiquen was level 44! Training a Bug-type Pokémon to that point was no easy feat.
"Hey, hey, weren't you supposed to get him in one hit? What happened?" the man with the vermilion mole shouted.
"Shut up! Who knew this brat had a Ditto sitting on his head!"
"Whatever. It makes no difference."
The two threw out another three Great Balls. Red light flashed, and Houndoom, Muk, and a Scrafty appeared. Their levels were generally above 43.
Cheng Tian grew even more certain of his suspicions. Since they dared to steal Pokémon in Magic City, they certainly had the strength for it. If they could casually send out Pokémon at these levels, the power behind them was easy to imagine.
"So I've hooked a big fish..." Cheng Tian murmured.
"Brat, you have two choices. Either hand over all your Pokémon, and we'll sever the tendons in your hands and feet and spare your life, or we'll beat you to death here and take all your Pokémon. Your choice," the green-haired woman said viciously.
"Pretty confident, aren't you..." Cheng Tian's lips twitched. "At this level of strength, a fight would cause widespread