69novels Chapter 332 Arrival at Asia Island, Divine Realms Clustered, 3 Divine Auras!
Chapter 332 Arrival at Asia Island, Divine Realms Clustered, 3 Divine Auras!
Chapter 332 Arrival at Asia Island, Divine Realms Clustered, Three Divine Auras!
The next day, under the blazing sun, Lorelei knocked on Ash's door and found him bound hand and foot.
"This person is—"
"It's one of Team Galactic's four executives, named Hoshiguma. She's also in charge of the Orange Islands. Last night, she revealed the location of Team Galactic's branch and where Cynthia is being held," Ash said calmly as he casually placed a few cups of hot milk on the table.
Last night, he, Xiaoxia, and Serena had already extracted a lot of information from Huoxing, including the most important details about the Galactic Team's distribution and Cynthia's whereabouts.
As righteous people, they certainly wouldn't subject the aliens to any torture that would leave them completely battered and bruised. However, some tortures are even more unbearable than physical harm, such as the simplest tickling.
Mewtwo completely immobilized it, then amplified the senses in its feet with its psychic powers, followed by a tickling torture even more terrifying than slow slicing.
Under such torture, even an iron man would have to spill the intelligence!
At first, Hoss tried to fool Ash and the others with false information, or perhaps Hoss had already foreseen her failure. She deliberately revealed false information, hoping that Ash would be lured into a trap if he believed it.
That's a place where even Cynthia suffered a great loss. Even if Ash went there, he certainly wouldn't get any advantage. At least that's what Star thinks.
But in the eyes of the human lie detector, Chao Meng, this kind of lie is nothing more than a child's trick, full of loopholes.
Mewtwo can tell whether a person is telling the truth or lying just by their heartbeat, tone of voice, and emotions, so the strategy of deceiving the star ended as soon as it began.
Unable to withstand the "tickling torture" any longer, Hoshiguma revealed the location of Team Galactic's branch and Cynthia's location. Coincidentally, those two places were exactly the same as the place Ash and his friends were going to on their trip—Asia Island!
Team Galactic had obviously learned of the existence of the sea god Lugia on the island of Asia. After all, this was information that could be obtained simply by asking Miss Joy. Although Miss Joy told him because of his identity, this information was clearly not something too secretive.
Given the methods employed by Team Galactic, it's not surprising that they were able to obtain this information.
Therefore, they had already moved their branch to the island of Asia.
However, if they simply moved to the island of Asia, the Alliance wouldn't have failed to discover them. The Alliance has been searching for who knows how long and still hasn't found the Galactic Team's base.
Asia Island and the surrounding area are quite small. Team Galactic's branch is neither too big nor too small. The reason why the branch's location has not been discovered is because Team Galactic placed its branch base underwater!
This is something that neither the League, the Elite Four, Ash, nor any normal person could have imagined.
What kind of place is Asia Island? That region is plagued by storms and raging waves all year round. It is already extremely difficult to sail on the sea surface, let alone place a base underwater.
But Team Galactic created a device that could place the entire base underwater, and even move it underwater.
That's why the league couldn't find any trace of the Galaxy.
Cynthia received a message from Team Galactic about their location underwater, but when she sent it to Team Galactic's base, the message was intercepted by Team Galactic and never reached the League.
Team Galactic had also made preparations for Cynthia's arrival long ago. They set a trap to confine Cynthia inside the base, a cage created using the power of the gods, which even Cynthia could not break free of.
But they couldn't do anything to Cynthia. The only thing they could do was to trap her until she ran out of supplies.
The only good news from the planet was that Cynthia's portable backpack seemed to have an unknown amount of food and daily necessities stored in it, which meant that even though Cynthia had been trapped inside for a month, she was still in high spirits.
Even when Team Galactic opened the prison again to check on Cynthia's condition, Cynthia almost seized the opportunity to attack them.
The cage was made using the power of Palkia. Although it had a very strong binding effect, it was only a binding effect and could not cause any harm to the person inside. In fact, due to the influence of spatial power, they could not even set up surveillance inside.
Therefore, the only way to check on Cynthia's situation is to quietly open a hole in the spatial barrier and use that as a means of observation.
Even in that split second, Cynthia seized upon the opening and nearly shattered the barrier by exploiting it.
After that, they never checked on Cynthia's condition again. Whether Cynthia was alive or dead inside, they would wait until the plan succeeded before opening the spatial barrier.
"—It's good that Cynthia is alright. Let's head to Asia Island now." After hearing the information Ash gathered yesterday, Lorelei breathed a sigh of relief, a rare look of relaxation appearing on her tense face. As long as Cynthia was alright, everything was fine. However, Cynthia probably couldn't hold on for much longer, so they had to go find her as soon as possible.
So Lorelei suggested that they set off for Asia Island now, making the most of every minute to reduce the chances of Cynthia having an accident.
"Okay, I've already teleported Pidgeot from Professor Oak's place. Lorelei, you and Serena can ride Pidgeot, and Misty and I will ride Charizard." Ash said, throwing two Poké Balls, and the magnificent Charizard and Pidgeot appeared in the open space.
Now that they had a definite destination, they couldn't continue leisurely riding Lapras there. Flying through the sky was undoubtedly the fastest route, so Ash decisively teleported Pidgeot back.
"Okay, what about her?" Kona raised her snow-white chin at Huoxing. The four of them had already arranged their seating arrangements, but there was still one extra person here.
If they wanted to get to Team Galactic's base, Huoxing was definitely indispensable. Without her guidance, even if they knew that Team Galactic's base was near Asia Island, they didn't know how long they would have to search in the dark.
"As for her—just tie a rope and let my Pidgeot carry her along. Don't worry, my Pidgeot can handle it."
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"Hey hey hey!! Is this how you treat prisoners? Can't you treat them a little better? At least you need me to give you directions!!" Huo Xing rolled his eyes and complained.
The issue now isn't whether your Pidgeon can carry me, but whether I'm comfortable sitting in it!
No, according to Ash, she wasn't even sitting; she was practically being tied up and flown around. That's practically torture of a prisoner!
Is this what you call decent conduct?!
"There's no reason to give someone like you special treatment. You have to be punished for doing bad things!" Xiaoxia said, hands on her hips, without any politeness.
That night they were terrified by this guy, but who would have thought that he was just a complete noob—calling him a noob seems a bit of an exaggeration. Compared to them, Gosling was overwhelmingly stronger, but compared to Ash, he was definitely a noob.
There wasn't even a single Champion-level Pokémon. Given Ash's precautions, it was impossible for them to harm him in the slightest. The image of Mewtwo projected into their minds that night clearly demonstrated this.
Even so, the two of them were terrified at that time, and it would be a miracle if they gave Huo Xing a friendly look.
Right now, all they're doing is letting Pidgeot carry her around; they're already being incredibly kind by not flying her low over the sea and flooding her with seawater!
Ash and Lorelei acted as if they hadn't heard what Star said, continuing their casual conversation as they assigned tasks and devised a plan to infiltrate Team Galactic.
If you treat someone like Huoxing nicely, she might just take advantage of you. So the best thing to do right now is to ignore her and make her behave. We'll need her help to get into the Galactic Team base later.
If we don't teach her a lesson now, when will we?
Huo Xing's lips twitched. He knew that protesting was futile, and now he could only suppress his anger and wait for an opportunity to turn the tables.
On Orange Island, the battles between trainers continued as fiercely as ever, but no one knew that Ash and Lorelei had already left the island. When they left, Ash even had Mewtwo use his psychic powers to conceal their departure, so that no one would know.
They wanted to make the people on the island think they were still there, so they could sneak into Team Galactic's base without being noticed.
The Galactic Team branch on the Orange Islands has two leaders: one is Hollow, one of the four executives, and the other is a guy named Pluto.
Judging from the name alone, Hades sounds much more imposing than Huoxing, but in reality, this person named Hades is far less powerful than Huoxing. The reason he is able to be ranked as one of the four executives is because he is a scientist!
He has researchers who match his reputation, and in terms of knowledge, there are probably few in the league who can rival him.
In terms of knowledge, Professor Oak may be no less knowledgeable, or even surpass his opponent, but the opponent's strength lies not only in his knowledge, but also in his terrifying research and development capabilities.
Professor Oak is just a PhD, not a scientist. Scientists are different from ordinary research scholars.
Pluto's terror is well-known within Team Galactic. His ability to fuse Yveltal's power into Lugia and to create a spatial barrier that even Cynthia couldn't break using Palkia's residual power demonstrates just how terrifying his scientific achievements are.
Although he and Hostar were both leaders of the Orange Islands branch, according to Hostar, she actually obeyed Hades most of the time, whether it was about Lugia or setting traps to capture Cynthia.
Even this time, her feigning ignorance and pretending to be an innocent little girl was also Hades's idea.
That guy is on a completely different level in terms of intellect. If he wasn't targeting Ash, even the champion might have fallen into his trap if he wasn't careful.
Pluto is also Ash and his friends' biggest opponent this time.
That night, howling winds and churning waves surrounded Asia Island. There were almost no ships or creatures on the sea. Even water-type Pokémon dared not venture out under such circumstances, otherwise they might be swept away by the churning waves, and even water-type Pokémon would likely be in grave danger.
Not only on the sea, but also in the high sky, due to the howling winds and frequent thunderstorms, it was practically impossible for any flying spirits to exist. However, two exceptions appeared: an orange-red figure and a brown-white figure were shuttling through the storm.
Even the weather, which resembled a Category 13 typhoon, couldn't stop Ash and his friends from moving forward.
A transparent shield rose above Charizard and Pidgeot, effectively minimizing the impact of the storm.
"This stormy weather is related to the gods." Just as Ash stepped into the territory of Asia Island, the image of Mewtwo echoed in his mind.
These disasters, which appear to be natural occurrences, were actually influenced by deities and were not formed naturally.
"Is that Lugia?"
"It shouldn't be. I can sense two divine-level powers mixed in with the air. In terms of strength, they're probably on par with me."
Being on par with Mewtwo means it's at the early stage of the Divine Realm. Given the reputation and rumors surrounding the Sea God, Lugia should at least be at the advanced stage of the Divine Realm.
In other words, the force influencing the area around Asia Island is not Lugia's power, but another god, and even two god-level beings!
When did God-level beings become so commonplace?
Ash suppressed his doubts. He would deal with the matter of the two legendary Pokémon after rescuing Cynthia. For now, finding Team Galactic's base was the priority.
"According to Hoshiguma, Team Galactic's base is right below here. Ash, can you let Mewtwo detect what's down there?" Lorelei asked Ash, looking at the churning waves below.
"I'll give it a try—Mewtwo said it found it. There is indeed a huge base down there, similar to a submarine, and there is the aura of a god inside." Ash replied in less than a second.
Huo Xing was indeed not lying to them. One hundred meters below the sea surface, there was a huge base resembling a submarine. Moreover, there was an aura of divine power inside. If Huo Xing's information was correct, then it should be a spatial cage formed by the power of Palkia.
Cynthia is inside that thing!
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