"A green shadow?" Makomo adjusted her glasses. "It was probably just some wild Grass-type Pokémon. The forests around here are dense, so it's no surprise that wild Pokémon would turn up."
Xia You nodded. "It looks like it was drawn here by that battle just now. Never mind it. Let's keep moving."
"True." Dawn smiled too, dwelling on it no further. "Then let's go. Hopefully we can get over this mountain before dark."
They set off again, continuing north along the mountain path.
However, less than half an hour later, Xia You's phone suddenly rang with a distinctive ringtone.
Since he had so many women, Xia You had assigned each of them a personal ringtone to tell at a glance who was contacting him. He had also set distinctive ringtones for some important friends and companions.
And this particular ringtone belonged to Looker.
When Looker contacted him, it was almost never to catch up. Usually, he had a favor to ask, so even before answering, Xia You had a rough idea of what this call would be about.
What else could it be but trouble with their International Police work!
Still, for Xia You, having more things like this come up was not necessarily bad. After all, when it came time to settle accounts, he would reap a substantial share of the benefits too.
The advantages outweighed the disadvantages, he supposed.
Signaling for everyone to take a short break, he walked over to a relatively flat rock beside the path and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
Xia You greeted him first, and Looker's slightly hoarse, low voice immediately came from the other end, sounding as though he had pulled several all-nighters.
"I know you're busy, so I'll keep this brief." Looker seemed to be somewhere with an unstable signal, and the