Xia You watched him coldly, his gaze as though he were looking at a dead man.
"Surrender?" Looking down at Pluto, he sneered. "You don't think you'll be questioned and tried, then sent to prison to spend the rest of your life there, do you?"
What did he mean by that?!
Pluto instinctively sensed that something was wrong.
He felt immense pressure and hostility from this man, who also seemed perfectly aware of his identity. Clearly, his cover as a "researcher who had been abducted" had done nothing.
This was bad.
Pluto's mind raced for a way out.
Looking at his face, Xia You spoke before Pluto could say anything else. Undisguised disgust filled his eyes, and his voice brimmed with malice. "Don't bother racking your brains. There's still a massacre waiting for you to repay your blood debt!"
Hearing that Xia You was neither bluffing nor trying to trick him into revealing his identity, Pluto finally grew afraid.
"No... don't kill me!!"
"Kill you?!" The corners of Xia You's mouth rose. "I won't stain my hands with blood for you. But... someone else will be more than happy to!"
Ignoring Pluto, Xia You took out the rope he had just gotten from the hostages and bound him tightly, then tied the other end around Charizard's lower abdomen.
Naturally, Pluto would not simply stand by and let himself be captured, but how could his old arms and legs possibly be a match for Xia You?
Recalling Milotic, Xia You climbed back onto Charizard, then reached out and pulled Gardenia up after him.
He gave a light tap with his foot. Understanding, Charizard beat his wings and soared into the air, turned around, and flew toward Eterna Forest.
Like a slab of cured meat hanging from a hook, Pluto dangled about