"This is too much!"
Sarina was furious to the extreme.
Ash Ketchum also gritted his teeth and shouted, "So despicable!"
"This is humanity, treating Pokémon lives as worthless!" Volcanion held back his anger but didn't dare to step forward.
"Hehehe..."
The male subordinate on the high ground was about to threaten them, when the female subordinate next door suddenly said, "Why is there one person missing?"
"Missing someone?"
The male subordinate frowned and looked around, not seeing any sign of Baimu.
They were worried that the unknown Baimu might bring more people, which is why they chose to act early, but now he is nowhere to be seen?
"Hey! Where's your other person?"
He asked coldly, raising the switch in his hand, "If you dare to hide—"
Click.
The male subordinate was taken aback.
Who would've thought that as Ash and the others looked on with sympathy, and the captured Pokémon prepared to endure pain, the mechanical tentacles that emitted purple light suddenly dimmed.
"Hm?"
The male subordinate was puzzled and pressed again.
This time, the mechanical tentacles directly withdrew, recoiling underground like a long snake, as if nothing had happened.
Ash and the others were visibly shocked.
After a brief hesitation, Blissey eventually stepped forward to check the status of the Pokémon, and Aggron followed slowly, trying to protect him.
On the high ground.
The two villain subordinates looked incredulous, and the female subordinate pulled out a walkie-talkie, "What's going on? Lord Jarvis—"
"Stop shouting, I'm right here."
A voice suddenly sounded from behind Ash and the others.
Everyone turned to see Baimu mysteriously appearing behind them, with a pale Raw Stone on his left shoulder and holding a long-haired, bespectacled, thin man by the arm.
The latter's mouth was sealed, and the former held something resembling an electric shock device.
"Baimu!"
"This person is..."
"Jarvis!"
Princess Ji Meiya exclaimed.
"Just went to steal a home, kept you waiting."
Baimu nodded to everyone, then glanced at his Pokémon, frowning when he saw the limp Hydreigon next to the Altered-color Milotic, finally looking toward the two on the high ground.
When the two saw Jarvis in his hands, they plunged into chaos.
The male subordinate shouted, "Alakazam—"
"Oh?"
Baimu raised an eyebrow, stabbing the electric shock gun into Jarvis' waist, causing him to convulse violently with a contorted expression.
Upon seeing this, the male subordinate's command froze.
"Such loyalty? Wow, then you should have the right to speak." Baimu tearfully removed the paper from Jarvis' mouth.
This somewhat unprofessional villain gasped, turning his head to say, "Let me go! I'll give you anything you want! Fame! Status! Money!"
"I want to be the world champion."
"...It's not impossible..."
"Don't brag about what you can't deliver!"
Baimu stabbed the waist again, causing Jarvis to clench his teeth, his face flushed red, and his knees gave way.
It would take a long time to recover.
After all, it was an electric shock gun approved by Pokémon for easy electrocuting.
"Uh..."
"Baimu, you..."
Ash and the others were just outraged by the actions of the two villains above, but upon seeing Jarvis being frequently shocked, with the faces of the two above filled with fury yet helplessness, the many enemy Pokémon wanting to move but hesitating.
Their mood suddenly became strange.
Feeling... like they are the villains? The change in perspective is so quick?
"Hey, you two should just surrender, your boss is captured, why keep resisting? Confession leads to leniency, resistance leads to severity, you know?" Baimu shouted at the two above.
Princess Ji Meiya also followed suit, "Surrender! I seek leniency for you!"
Hey hey hey!
I'm just saying!
Baimu glanced at Princess Ji Meiya, his talk of leniency was a joke, hers wasn't.
However, the male and female subordinates above exchanged a glance, neither continuing to command Pokémon as Baimu had guessed, nor surrendering as Princess Ji Meiya hoped, but instead turned and fled.
Attempting to take those Pokémon away as they ran.
"Don't run!"
Ash Ketchum quickly tried to give chase.
"It's okay, they won't get away!"
Baimu waved his hand to stop him, and in the next second, from beneath their feet, several mechanical tentacles shot out with a bang, immobilizing them.
"How could this happen!"
The man and woman struggled frantically, while a nearby Pokémon tried to rush in to rescue them, crashing headfirst.
Bam!
Zzz——
In an instant, a crimson light completely enveloped the two, making them scream in agony.
The blundering Pokémon froze in place, exchanged a glance with its companions, and without hesitation prepared to flee.
"Stop them!" Baimu shouted.
Aggron and other Pokémon promptly moved forward, surrounding those guys from all directions, especially the Pokémon from the Nibel Plateau, whose eyes were rather unfriendly.
Ash Ketchum and the others were thoroughly stunned.
Volcanion and Magearna glanced here and there, nearly sprouting question marks on their foreheads.
"What is this all about..."
Hitron looked into the distance as a giant and slightly dilapidated airship sailed toward them.
On the deck, Mawile looked down from above at everything, next to the unconscious and kneeling fool, Prince Rakael.
"Simply put, I secretly boarded their ship using Porygon II's Instant Movement, took out Jarvis and his Gengar first, then had Porygon II control the airship, remotely deactivating the underground device..."
Baimu's smile was particularly bright, "Ahahaha~ The villains' technology being smart technology is just wonderful!"
If it were ancient technology, he and Porygon II would have had no way at all.
Jarvis was ridiculously weak, and that Altered-color Gengar wasn't that strong either; it's a pity he even carried Mawile, Corsola, and Dragapult up there to play tricks on that guy.
After being on alert for so long, Dragapult knocked it down with a single Hidden Spirit Strike!
Are you supposed to be an Altered-color Gengar?
Too lame!
Better come to him soon, so he can train them properly!
And seeing Baimu's casual demeanor, even Ash Ketchum and the others couldn't help but internally criticize.
This hardly seemed simple!
In the blink of an eye, he'd directly raided their home...
Is this a movie?
"Thanks to you for being so oblivious."
Baimu held onto Jarvis's collar, and this guy still sneered stubbornly, "Hmph! Win or lose... ee-eee-eeeee——"
The Electric Shock Gun started shocking him again.
Princess Ji Meiya sighed and said, "Baimu... There's no need to be like this..."
"When dealing with villains, a heavy punch is necessary to protect the good, to uphold justice. Compared to the evil they commit, this pain is nothing. I'm not venting personal anger; I'm just making them behave." Baimu said with a smile.
People from mainstream regions are kind-hearted, able to accept that others can turn over a new leaf easily... To put it bluntly, whitewashing, compared to someone like him from a wild background, there's a bit of a worldview gap.
He always loved a line from the underhanded little mage—"If we traded places, I'd show you what cruel really means."
Doing what those people did, to those people.
That surely would make them empathize quickly.
Can't empathize?
Then it's just not enough times.
Hitron swallowed nervously. He had long realized this older man possessed a mindset different from theirs, yet he hadn't anticipated it to be so...
Violent?
It hardly seemed fitting.
Being a science student, he found it hard to find adjectives.
Sarina looked toward Ash Ketchum, noticing he was contemplative, and couldn't help but voice her concern, "Ash..."
"Eh? It's nothing, it's nothing."
Ash Ketchum laughed openly, feeling impressed, "I just think Mr. Baimu is really amazing. Unlike me, he acts on his justice, much like those I've encountered before..."
Numerous images flashed through his mind: humans, Pokémon alike.
"Rakael!"
Princess Ji Meiya's exclamation interrupted his thoughts.
On the giant airship not far off, Mawile grabbed a small silhouette, jumped down, hovered swiftly in midair, and flew towards them.
"Chee-doh~"
Mawile threw Rakael into the open arms of Princess Ji Meiya, then returned to Baimu's side, stifling a yawn.
"You've worked hard."
He said softly.
Volcanion then came beside him, protesting loudly, "Stop bringing junk into our home!"