"Emergency situation! I repeat!"
"GeoGreymon was just observed entering the cave where Registeel is sleeping!"
A hurried, tense voice came through the communicator.
On the other end was Minister Kenjiro.
After hearing the news in his office, he was greatly shocked.
He instinctively shot up from his chair.
Across the entire Northern Military Division, all members of the surveillance teams assigned to monitor Legendary Pokémon were required to contact him immediately whenever any sudden emergency occurred.
Ever since several months ago, when Regigigas had shown unusual activity and Registeel had then fallen still and dormant, he had no longer received any urgent reports from the surveillance teams.
He had not expected that the next report he received would actually be related to GeoGreymon!
Minister Kenjiro frowned and fell into deep thought.
He could not understand why GeoGreymon would suddenly enter a place like that for no reason.
The places inhabited by Legendary Pokémon were extremely dangerous.
Any ordinary Pokémon that got close would be torn apart by the metal storm around the mountain.
For GeoGreymon to brave such a risk and go in—
Could it be that there was something inside attracting him?
That should not be the case!
Inside the cave of a pure Steel-type third-tier Legendary, what could possibly attract a Pokémon aligned with ancient earth veins and attack-based traits?
Minister Kenjiro could not think of an answer, nor could he analyze the reason.
He paced back and forth through his office several times.
In the end, he decided to make a call to Himeko.
He wanted to ask her, as GeoGreymon's Trainer, whether she knew any inside details.
He had just picked up the communicator—
When the phone rang again at exactly the right moment.
Who was it!?
Didn't they know the situation was critical right now?
While grumbling inwardly, Minister Kenjiro answered the call.
"What is it?"
A trace of dissatisfaction showed in his voice.
"Old Li! Bring every member of your Northern Military Division who is above Gym-level. Gather outside Wintergreen City with the other three military divisions before six this afternoon!"
An elderly yet imposing voice came from the other end of the line.
The moment Minister Kenjiro heard that familiar voice, he immediately cleared away all the negative emotion in his heart.
"Understood! Headquarters!"
He straightened his body.
And instinctively answered in a firm, resonant voice.
This call had come from the General Headquarters, the superior authority directly above the Northern Military Division.
Moreover—
It had been made personally by the Commander-in-Chief himself.
Naturally, Minister Kenjiro did not dare show the slightest negligence. His attitude immediately became respectful and serious.
Only after replying did he realize he had not yet asked what exactly had happened.
He quickly leaned closer to the receiver and asked a follow-up question.
"We've discovered the whereabouts of Team Dark's main force. The person leading them has been confirmed as Team Dark's hidden leader and the number one wanted criminal, Oba Genjo."
They had actually found his trail!
Minister Kenjiro's expression changed in shock.
Though he was a wanted criminal, Oba Genjo truly could be called a legend.
This man had led Team Dark for more than ten years, step by step developing a weak little team into the largest underground evil organization in the Great Axia Alliance. His schemes, methods, and boldness were all exceedingly rare in this world.
Moreover, his talent in Pokémon training and combat was also outstanding!
According to the latest intelligence,
this great hidden threat to the Great Axia Alliance had already become a top Champion-level Trainer!
A man on the same level as the ministers of the Alliance's four great military divisions!
But even so—
Was it really necessary to mobilize all of the elite combat strength of all four military divisions just to capture this man?
Wasn't that making too much of it?
Minister Kenjiro felt that for something like this,
the elite forces of just one military division should have been enough.
The reason Team Dark could not be wiped out before
was because they hid themselves too well, and always operated in the shadows, leaving behind very few traces or clues.
As a result, they had power but nowhere to use it.
But now—
Since they had grasped the enemy's whereabouts,
the strength of a single military division should absolutely have been enough to wipe them out completely!
"That still isn't the key point."
As if he had heard the doubt in Minister Kenjiro's heart,
the Commander-in-Chief on the other end continued speaking.
This time,
his tone became even more serious and grave.
"That isn't the important part!"
"We don't know what method they used, but they entered some unknown, undiscovered ruin somewhere inside Wintergreen Forest."
"And there is a high probability that they successfully captured a Legendary Pokémon!"
"What!?"
When Minister Kenjiro heard this,
his face filled with stunned shock.
His eyes widened, and he instinctively raised his voice in alarm.
A moment later,
he finally came back to himself.
He suppressed his nervous shock,
leaned toward the receiver again, and continued asking,
"Was it a third-tier Legendary!?"
"No."
"It was a second-tier Legendary—most likely the deity from that ancient ruin we were never able to find in the snowfield, despite searching for over a thousand years!"
(End of Chapter)
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