Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

Chapter 164 Ending the mission

After reading it, several researchers around him started cheering before Dr. Yamanashi even said anything.

"Report to the headquarters! I can actually get to the headquarters!"

"I have never attended an academic conference...how could I have the opportunity to attend a general meeting?"

"It's cool!"

Seeing them in a mess, Dr. Yamanashi quickly pressed his palms and shouted:

"Quiet! Quiet! What's there to be excited about? Just do what you need to do..."

The tall researcher behind him was shaking his legs, his teeth were chattering with excitement, and he kept muttering:

"That's the Academic Conference, the Pokémon Academic Conference that takes place every three years! Only authoritative doctors in various fields and researchers with outstanding contributions can participate... It's also where doctoral evaluations are conducted... Ah - the Academic Conference!"

He held his head and yelled incoherently. Under Dr. Yamanashi's somewhat heavy eyes, several researchers around him quickly carried this guy away.

After seeing these researchers leave the laboratory, Dr. Yamanashi sat down on his chair again, looking at the message sent by Dr. Oak and sighed.

Academic Association...If you want to go, you still need the mysterious Steel Crow! Otherwise, why would you bring these unknown researchers?

There are countless researchers in the entire Pokémon world, and only one in a hundred can become a doctor, and there are only a few who are truly famous.

More than a decade ago, when Yamanashi was at the peak of his career, he could have forced a few of his favorite disciples to attend the general meeting.

But now...we must have the emerging scientific research genius, Mr. Steelix, here!

......

At this moment, Wang Jin was yawning by the Nilin Lake.

Since there are so many powerful Pokémon such as Raptor, Steelix, and Ursagi gathered here, the wild Pokémon around don't dare to approach at all, let alone fight.

Those ordinary hunters who escaped from the darkness probably noticed this when they were running around. They did not approach rashly, but took a detour.

In the wilderness now, most wilderness trainers have been driven to the grasslands and sandy areas in the northeast, and there are no traces of humans near the Nilin Lake.

Wang Jin felt like he was on a picnic, but the scenery of Nilin Lake was limited and he would get tired of it after a while.

He really wants to conduct field training here.

But I just promised everyone a day off, so forget it...

Wang Jin opened his notebook again on the recliner and searched for the move learning tool on the website.

He initially searched for these five words, but found nothing. After thinking for a while, Wang Jin turned to searching for Pokémon moves.

"Pokémon moves..."

A lot of posts and messages appeared on the screen, but unfortunately there were relatively few of them, only a dozen or so.

In the current Pokémon research community, there seems to be no one who specializes in Pokémon moves. The Alola region has just been discovered, and due to the Ultra Beasts, it has not yet been included in the alliance system.

Therefore, Professor Kukui, who studies Pokémon moves... has not yet appeared in the scientific research community.

Wang Jin couldn't help but sigh as he scrolled through the dozen or so articles and messages.

"Eh... all of them were published by Professor Oak..."

Wang Jin clicked on the first one and found that it was about the key points of how trainers can guide Pokémon to learn moves. He was a little excited and read it eagerly, only to find that the number of views of this article was very low.

Occasionally, there are some brainless fans of Professor Oak who are posting comments.

Wang Jin was a little confused and kept looking through comments and content on the website, hoping to find the answer.

He quickly found a comment that was not very kind to Professor Oak.

[What a crap thing, the smell of a stinky trainer hasn't changed yet, right? He's still posting trainer guides on academic websites. ]

This comment is mixed in with a lot of compliments and it is hard to spot if you don't look carefully.

"Oh? Someone dared to criticize Professor Oak?" Wang Jin was a little surprised. But after searching for a long time, he only found this one. He didn't know whether the rest were deleted or this was the only one.

It seems like there's a bit of a chain of contempt between researchers and trainers?

In this Pokémon academic website, most of the people are researchers. Although in addition to the Pokémon used for experiments, everyone also raises some Pokémon of their own, but no one is idle enough to train and fight them.

Being a researcher is already very tiring. In addition to completing the tasks assigned by the doctoral student every day, you also have to think about research directions and topics on your own.

They look at Pokémon the same way they look at toothpaste, something they squeeze every day... naturally they can't taste it carefully, nor can they study things related to trainers, even though they are essentially there to serve this purpose.

Unless one is someone with great connections and nothing to do, no one would work as a trainer part-time while being a researcher, so naturally no one would read these articles about trainers.

After Wang Jin carefully read all of Professor Oak's articles on moves, he sighed deeply:

"Although they are all useful, there is really no information related to the move learning machine..."

Professor Oak's real name is Yukinari Oak. It is said that before he became a Pokémon professor, he was the champion of the Kanto League. Not only was he the champion of the tournament, he also challenged the Four Heavenly Kings and the Champions all the way to become the champion of the league.

Later, for some unknown reason, he resigned and chose to become a Pokémon professor, and settled in Pallet Town...

Wang Jin scratched his hair, closed the notebook and threw it into his backpack.

Now he can confirm that the move learning device in this world has not been developed yet, or it may have existed but has not been made public.

Wang Jin scanned the peaceful environment around him and was about to close his eyes. Just as he closed his eyes, he was attracted by Haunter's voice.

He turned his head and saw Gastly holding a hunter in a khaki robe in his paws, staggering and shouting by the lake, as if he was showing off to Growlithe and the others.

The Ultrasonic Larva followed Haunter closely with admiration on its face, while the one near Lake Doronchi narrowed its eyes and stuck out its tongue in disdain.

Growlithe stood up from time to time, trying to pounce on it for a closer look, but Haunter would deliberately raise his body to prevent Growlithe from touching him.

"Gah..."

Steel Crow looked at these guys indifferently, not interested in such boring behavior. If Wang Jin hadn't said that he could rest today, he would definitely have trained until bedtime.

"Haunter?"

Wang Jin waved and called out, and Haunter immediately came over and showed him the hunter under his claws.

“Boom!”

Seeing Wang Jin’s puzzled look, Haunter let go of his claws and threw the hunter onto the lawn.

This unfortunate hunter tilted his head like a zombie and stood crookedly, but did not move much.

"Haunter just ran over to the Boulder Field to play... and caught a sneaky guy." Symbol A jumped out in time to explain.

Wang Jin suddenly realized that looking at the dazed look of the hunter, he must have been caught off guard by Haunter's hypnosis and was captured directly.

"This..." Wang Jin looked at Haunter who was jubilant and wanted to take credit, then looked in the direction of the boulder field and an idea came to his mind.

According to the current situation, the group's action to capture hunters should have begun. And those hunters are somewhat confused about the way, and they are probably still near the boulder field...

In fact, you can also catch some hunters these days and ask them about the information of unknown totems... and see how much they know.

Thinking of this, Wang Jin immediately shouted to the hunter in front of him:

"What's your name?"

Under the control of his superpowers, the hunter muttered slowly, and then said:

"My...my name is Dongze..."

"A Kanto person?"

"Yes, it is."

Another Kanto person...

Including that Adu, there are quite a few hunters from Kanto, but Wang Jin doesn't know the details of Hunter G. If he is also from Kanto, it would be interesting.

Wang Jin then asked:

"What is the goal of your mission in Galar?"

"Yes..." Dongze was stunned for a while, then he stuttered: "I don't know... Lord G... didn't tell us..."

Wang Jin nodded continuously, signaling Haunter to go up and search him.

“Boom!”

Haunter turned into a black and purple smoke, circled around Dongze, and took out all the Poké Balls on his body, but apart from these Poké Balls, there was nothing else.

Wang Jin took the Poké Ball and found that there were five in total, three of which were gym leader level and the remaining two were elite level.

These are all Ground-type Pokémon that can be found everywhere in the Boulder Field, such as Turtlefoot and Giant Rock.

Wang Jin was a little disappointed and asked again:

"How many of you are there in total?"

"Fifty-one..." Dongze answered slowly.

Wang Jin nodded slightly, then took out a communication device, scanned and recorded the man, then waved his hand and asked Haunter to bury him in the dense forest next to him.

"Fifty-one people... We don't know how many are left in the dark. We must be faster than the group!"

Wang Jin said, calling out decisively:

"Steel Armor Crow!"

Soon, he put away his Pokémon and rode Steelix to the boulder field.

......

The eight units of the Marokomon Group were stationed at the edge of the Galar region as guards, with the focus being the port of Shuizhou Town.

The remaining two strongest teams, A5 and B5, rushed directly to the northern part of the wilderness. Their mission objectives were to eliminate the Gigantamax Rhydons that were still entrenched in the wilderness and to capture the remaining fleeing hunters.

The main force of the capture operation is actually the large number of Psychic-attribute Pokémon cultivated by the group to accurately track the target.

......

...

Five days later, in the northern wilderness.

In the middle of the boulder field, in the dark space.

Gigantamax Rhydon was covered in scars, crouching in a huge depression. His originally thick and hard shell and rock skin were cracking, and the spider-web-like lines in the picture were still expanding.

On the top of the mountain on the right side of the wilderness, among the jagged rocks, a silver-haired old woman was observing with a cane. It was Granny Sha who came here to carry out a mission. She hummed softly:

"This Rhodon has finally reached its limit."

"Yeah, the two of us took turns to consume it, plus the group's technology... it's really not easy..." Old man Ruby squatted down, looked at the almost dying Rumble Rock, and shook his head: "But even so, it can't even stand up, and the entire Dark Space has not reached the critical point of dissipation."

"I really don't know how much Gigantamax energy those hunters poured into it..." Granny Sha said, and the communication device in her hand suddenly rang.

"Om-"

The device was connected, and Wang Jin's voice came from the other side:

"Grandma Sha, the thirty-fourth hunter has been captured. Together with the ones who died in the dark... there are now fifty-one."

"Okay..." Granny Sha smiled rarely. If all the hunters who had fled were captured, then the only thing left was to continue fighting this Rhydon.

She breathed a sigh of relief and encouraged:

"Well done, Wang Jin. This mission is all thanks to you."

"Haha, it's my duty. Please go ahead and do your work. I won't bother you..."

After saying that, Wang Jin hung up the phone.

"Gah!"

The Steel Crow took a dead body in its mouth and flew up.

Wang Jin is now located in the sandy area on the northeast side of the Boulder Plain, which is mostly thin yellow sand and half-dead trees.

This last hunter was good at hiding. After the group troops took over the northern wilderness three days ago, he hid in a Pokémon cave in the sand and waited until Wang Jin found him with the help of the superpower of symbol A.

If Wang Jin didn't have symbol A, he might not be able to find this Goubi with the two king-level super Pokémon supported by the group.

When Wang Jin found him five minutes ago, he was huddled together with a nest of mole rat cubs.

When Wang Jin first saw it, he thought he was dazzled. Later, when this guy was so scared that he cried out for mercy, he realized that this guy was wearing a khaki robe and was surrounded by sandrat cubs.

"It's really tiring..." Wang Jin said, commanding the Steel Crow to fly towards the boulder field.

There were fifty-one hunters in total, and he captured thirty-four with the help of the powerful psychic power of symbol A. Among the remaining seventeen, seven died in the dark, as confirmed by psychic-attribute Pokémon.

There were also ten people who had flying Pokémon and had maps of Galar and the wilderness on them. They were all forcibly intercepted by the group on their way to Shuizhou Town.

Fortunately, these hunters did not know the mission objectives of coming to Galar. Each hunter was assigned to a corresponding team by Hunter G, and each team had different divisions of labor.

Like reconnaissance, raids, deployment of equipment...

What Baika said was indeed true. The only two guys who could operate the device had already died at the hands of Doronchi.

The secret of the two unknown totems has been preserved.

The only problem left is that Rumble Rock...

While he was thinking, Steel Crow had already flown to the boulder field.

In the middle of the boulder field, a pillar of dark light covered the entire depression and the nearby mountains, but it was much smaller than it was at the beginning, and now seemed to be shrinking further.

The barriers at the edge of the entire darkness have been completely broken, and the darkness is now unobstructed.

The Steel Armored Crow flew straight in from the top, and after Wang Jin's vision became slightly blurred, he entered this dark space again.

In the dim red light, Rumble Rock, like a huge cracked boulder, huddled quietly in the depression, its claws hugging its body, with only its two scarlet eyes wide open.

It was so weak that it no longer had its former vigor.