"You just watched them leave?"
"Magearna was taken away! Taken away! Why don't you chase him!"
Volcanion stared with a pair of bull's eyes, and the steam from Spit Up's nostrils was almost like roasting meat.
"How about that? We watch you being choked with a knife, and then we rescue Magearna and hold your body while weeping in mourning?"
Xiaoyun put his hands in his pockets, turned around slowly, and glanced at Volcanion as if he were looking at a fool:
"Brother, the knife is on your neck. If I hadn't nodded at that time, you would be a pot of steaming Volcanion, and the Sceptile next door would make you cry."
"With built-in pressure cooker function, the stew is mushy and fragrant."
Xiaoyun's mouth seemed to be quenched with poison, every word hit hard.
It breaks my heart, old man.
"I..."
Volcanion was stunned by the rebuke. He wanted to refute but couldn't find the words. In the end, he could only be helpless and furious:
"Then, we can't just let them take away Magearna! What if they..."
"Just in case something happens."
Xiaoyun interrupted it and pointed to the pile of chains on Volcanion's body that were still on Illuminate:
"How about you get yourself out of this pile of scrap metal first? You're tied up like a rice dumpling and you still want to save people?"
Next to her, Princess Kimia looked at this scene with a trace of disappointment in her eyes.
Although this man fights with ridiculous ferocity, that Sceptile is so strong that it's almost as if he's cheating.
But unfortunately, in terms of scheming, he is still not as good as that old fox Alva.
Sure enough, people who work in the workplace have a dirty mind.
But she still maintained the elegance of a princess and said softly:
"Mr. Xiaoyun is right. It would be dangerous to catch up rashly now. Alva must have planned it in advance. We must take a long-term approach..."
"Bah! What a long-term plan!"
Volcanion was so angry that he was almost smoking.
Literally smoking, this steam turtle is really smoking in Kuku.
"By the time you finish planning, Magearna will be broken into parts! If you don't go, I'll go by myself!"
Plan a der, it said and started Stockpile, preparing to Sheer Force break free from the chain.
The posture was quite tragic and solemn, as if "I will die outside today even if I die today."
"Sceptile."
Xiaoyun was too lazy to look at it and winked at Sceptile.
"Exactly!" Sceptile nodded, then walked to Volcanion, and the Leaf Blade on his arm popped up.
Swish swish swish--!
Green light flashes!
The special chain that Volcanion was so sleepy that he couldn't move just now, became as brittle as paper in front of Sceptile's Leaf Blade, and broke with a snap.
The jingle fell to the ground.
"???"
Volcanion is dumbfounded.
No, wasn't this chain quite Sturdy just now? I couldn't break it free even with all my strength, but why did it feel like cutting noodles in the hands of this lizard?
Is this reasonable?
It couldn't figure it out, but it simply stopped thinking about it. The joy of regaining freedom instantly overwhelmed its reason.
"Ho--!!"
Volcanion looked up to the sky and roared, steam spurted out wildly, and the cylindrical arm behind it unfolded "click", with a posture of "I've done it again":
"Magearna! I'm coming!!"
The steam spurted out fiercely, and just when it was about to transform into a "Flying Steam Turtle" and rush into the sky, Xiaoyun Frillish's words confused it again:
"I said, do you know where Magearna is?"
"Huh???"
Volcanion's movements froze, steam spurted out, and the CPU began to overload.
Volcanion's inner little theater:
Rage mode: Magearna! I want to save Magearna! Rush--!
Reason suddenly came online: Wait, where are you going?
Rage mode: Never mind! Rush first and then talk!
Reason: You didn't even open the map and make a bubble teapot!
Rage mode: I... I...
The CPU is overloaded and the system freezes.
Final state: I'm rough, I really don't know.
Volcanion The whole turtle was stunned immediately. It was frozen in mid-air and could neither fly nor stay. The steam sprayed out gave off a faint odor, and the hot blood gradually cooled down.
Pure and simple idiots.
"Pfft."
Dawn looked at its appearance and couldn't help laughing, but quickly covered his mouth again.
You can't laugh, I'm sad.
But it's really funny...
Kimia, who was standing nearby, sighed, took out a communicator from his arms, and pressed it a few times.
Not long after, an aircraft of the same model landed in the open space next to it.
She looked at Xiaoyun with serious eyes. "It will be faster to use this. I can help you find it together. Alva's power is mainly in the palace and several laboratories. Magearna is likely to be taken to one of them."
Her original intention was to help them search together. After all, there is strength in numbers, and it would be more convenient to have an aircraft with us.
But after Xiaoyun listened, he suddenly said:
"The aircraft is good. But as for the location, I know where it is."
"Ah?"
Kimia looked confused, as if you were teasing me was written all over that delicate face.
"You know? Do you know where it is? Isn't this your first time coming to the Azoth Kingdom?"
"Of course I do. Otherwise, why do you think I let them go just now?"
Xiaoyun smiled softly, with a smile that was three parts confident, three parts mysterious and four parts calm. He raised his feet and walked towards the aircraft that had just landed. His words and deeds were extremely arrogant.
Dawn has unconditional trust in her boyfriend, so she followed him without saying a word, and even patted Volcanion, who was still in a daze:
"Let's go, let's go, Xiaoyun will definitely know if he says he knows!"
"Oh oh."
Volcanion didn't care about this. As soon as he heard about the whereabouts of Magearna, the CPU restarted on the spot and jumped onto the aircraft.
Bang!
The entire aircraft tilted significantly, making an overwhelming creaking sound.
Not satisfied that it was enough for him to board the aircraft, he knocked on the bulkhead with his cylindrical arm to urge:
"Hurry up! Is this aircraft of yours fast? Do you want me to push it from behind? I push hard!"
Kimia heard that her country's most advanced aircraft was being questioned, and she was immediately unhappy. The princess also became angry:
"Are you kidding? This is the latest model of high-speed aircraft in our kingdom! It adopts some of the design concepts of Alva ancestors and can reach a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour! Vertical take-off and landing, hovering, etc..."
"Then what are you waiting for? Speed up!"
Volcanion interrupted her and urged, "Go at full speed! Fast, fast, fast!"
"..."
Kimia Princess had a tic-tac-toe on her forehead, but her good upbringing made her hold back her complaints.
She needs to calm down, the other person is just a Pokémon, a Pokémon, an uneducated Pokémon...
After a while, she sat in the driver's seat and looked at Xiaoyun: "Which direction?"
Xiaoyun pointed to the northwest side of the palace, which was the approximate direction where the aircraft disappeared just now.
"Over there, um, it's about ten kilometers away. It's a place where no one of you usually goes."
"Uh..."
Kimia has a weird face.
No, buddy, you really understand. You haven't even visited several districts in the royal city, right? How do you know better than her, a local princess?
Xiaoyun seemed to understand her eyes, turning his head and revealing a chuckle that could be called "evil":
"I'm Pokémon League Inspector. Finding things is a basic skill. Don't worry, it's safe."
Kimia was doubtful and could only fly the aircraft towards the air fortress.
Anyway... just follow it and it's over.
Meanwhile, the fortress.
The city wall is mottled, and the huge gear mechanism on the outer wall is rusty, looking like it has been in disrepair.
There is a high platform in the center of the hall with a round hole on it, which looks like it is missing some key component.
This air fortress was built by Alva to protect Azoth Kingdom, and the core of the movement is Soul-Heart of Magearna.
Raleigh and Cherie brought Magearna to the high platform, and then respectfully stepped aside.
Alva had been waiting here for a long time. When Magearna was brought in, he slowly turned around.
And the moment he saw Magearna, the usual mask of hypocrisy on his face finally cracked.
His eyes were fixed on Soul-Heart, the soft pink light on Magearna's chest, and the greedy light almost turned into substance.
"This is Magearna..."
"Alva The most perfect creation, the legendary Soul-Heart that contains infinite possibilities, is finally in my hands..."
Prince Raleigh followed him in, but he didn't notice anything strange about Alva.
In other words, he didn't think about it at all.
He looked at Alva with great interest, his eyes as clear as a college student:
"Alva, now that Magearna is back, shouldn't you tell me the secret? Alva The great secret that the sages left on Magearna can revitalize the kingdom!"
Alva paused and slowly turned his head to look at Raleigh.
His expression was very strange. Looking at Raleigh's innocent face, the corners of his mouth curved in an extremely ironic and even pityful arc.
"The secret..."
"Yeah!" Raleigh nodded vigorously, his eyes bright.
"The secret is--"
Alva suddenly laughed. He came closer to Raleigh and said word by word:
"The secret is, my dear Prince, you are stupid in reading."
"What?"
The smile on Raleigh's face froze for a moment, as if he didn't understand.
Alva walked up to Magearna and stretched out his hand to press the Soul-Heart on Magearna's chest:
"Magearna itself is not important, the Soul-Heart on its chest is the key!"
"And what's contained in this is not some technological blueprint or formula, it's just energy! Energy that's huge enough to change everything!"
Raleigh's face changed. He took a step back, his voice trembling:
"No, that's not the case. You tell me, Magearna has the complete technological inheritance of senior Alva, and it is the key to restoring the country's glory..."
"Hahahahaha!"
Alva laughed, and the laughter echoed in the empty hall, making it particularly harsh:
"So I say, Your Highness, you are really stupid in reading! Country? What is that?"
As he spoke, he waved his hand gently, and Gengar, which had been hidden in his shadow, reappeared with a purple light in his eyes.
Hypnosis!
"Uh..."
Raleigh Prince had no time to react, his consciousness fell into darkness again, and his body collapsed softly to the ground.
"My lord..."
Alva walked up to Raleigh and gently patted his face with the scepter:
"When you wake up, this country will... change."
After saying that, he ignored the unconscious Raleigh and returned his attention to Magearna.
He waved to the side, and a Alakazam appeared out of thin air.
It held two spoons, and the blue light in its eyes instantly enveloped Magearna, making it unable to move.
Alva stepped forward and reached out towards Soul-Heart on Magearna's chest.
"With this, my plan is perfect..."
The moment he was about to touch Soul-Heart, a sudden change occurred!
Magearna The shadow under his feet suddenly started to squirm like a living creature!
Immediately afterwards, a dark figure emerged from the shadow!