After half an hour of pursuit, Meng Yi completely lost sight of Chi Hong.
“Damn it!”
Meng Yi viciously punched the air, his face full of anger.
He knew that since he hadn’t caught him this time, the difficulty of trying to arrest this assassin called ‘Red’ in the future would be immense.
Although there were many surveillance cameras in the city, finding a Beast Tamer was still very difficult.
Beast Tamers had plenty of ways to evade surveillance.
Trying to completely record the movement trajectory of an A-Rank Beast Tamer was simply a joke.
Having mobilized three captains, he got absolutely nothing from this operation except a corpse.
“The assassin, Red…”
Meng Yi softly muttered the name ‘Red’, deciding to spend some effort investigating this assassin when he got back.
As far as he knew, there were a dozen or so A-Rank assassins in Jinling City at most.
After all, for an assassin—a profession inherently centered around killing—there simply weren’t many people in it.
Not a single person who could make a living as an assassin was someone to be trifled with.
At this moment, Chi Hong had already returned to the hotel, and his clothes had been changed back.
In his hand was a red and white Poké Ball that had appeared during his escape earlier.
It was a Level 1 Popplio, but he didn’t remember having a Level 1 Popplio in his PC Box.
The conditions for unlocking Pokémon became even more confusing in his mind.
Moreover, his initial guess of unlocking corresponding Pokémon ‘based on the forms of other pet beasts’ had also been overturned.
The opponent had a Judgment Horned Lion, a lion with wings and a sharp horn.
However, this Popplio, aside from having the character for ‘lion’ in its name, had absolutely nothing to do with it…
If Popplio was nurtured well, its final evolution, Primarina, was also very powerful.
It was just that this Popplio’s Individual Values were very average, and its corresponding Effort Values needed to be retrained.
“It doesn’t matter anyway.” Chi Hong released Popplio, and a small blue sea lion let out a crisp cry.
She opened her large eyes and looked at Chi Hong curiously.
That’s right, Level 1, had never battled, and this was her first time seeing Chi Hong; this was what Chi Hong could judge at first glance.
There was absolutely no bond to speak of between him and this little one.
The rare thing that made him feel there was a bright spot was that this little one’s Ability was ‘Liquid Voice’.
It was a Hidden Ability, or what Pokémon players called a ‘Dream Ability’.
This Ability would turn all of Popplio’s sound-based moves into Water-type moves.
“Give it to Chao Xia?”
“I’ll see if there’s any affinity tomorrow.”
Chi Hong recalled Popplio into the Poké Ball and opened the hotel room door.
Glancing at the time, it was 3:00 AM, and Meowth was still fast asleep.
Chi Hong gave a light smile, tiptoed into bed, and quickly drifted off to sleep.
He was just a regular 18-year-old youth with an excellent character model, and he was very tired now.
Chi Hong slept straight through until noon the next day!
Upon waking up, Chi Hong felt his head was dizzy.
He patted his face and found Meowth watching TV.
It was also holding a bowl of instant noodles in its hand, its feline face staring seriously at the news broadcast on the television. Find the original chapter at g.com.
“Little Chi, that’s you, right, meow?”
“Although the footage is very blurry, anyone can tell that’s Little Chi and Mega Lucario, meow, right?”
Meowth stuck its chopsticks into the bowl of instant noodles, rubbed its chin with a paw, and asked.
It, Detective Meowth, had always been very sharp, and this had absolutely nothing to do with it knowing Chi Hong and Lucario!
This was a detective’s intuition!
Thinking this, Meowth said softly, “I really possess terrifying intuition, meow!”
“Where did you get the instant noodles?” Chi Hong ignored it and instead asked about the instant noodles.
“I ordered them using the room phone, meow.
I pretended to be you, meow.”
“This…
Assassin Red…”
“Red…
that’s a very familiar name.
It’s the name you used back in…
let me think…
the Kanto region, right, meow?”
As Meowth spoke, it slurped down a huge mouthful of instant noodles.
Chi Hong stretched and said helplessly, “Yeah, yeah, that’s right, it’s me.
Speaking of which, can you still eat?
I want to go to the hotel restaurant for a big meal.”
As Chi Hong spoke, he pulled out his phone to take a look.
Good heavens, a full 18 missed calls from Number 73, but not a single message.
It was evident she was anxious, but not *that* anxious, considering she hadn’t even sent him a message.
“Meow?
Then why the hell am I still eating instant noodles, meow?!”
“Let’s go right now, meow!
Don’t worry, I’ll properly act like a Meowth who only knows how to eat and not speak, meow!”
Meowth slammed the instant noodles it was holding into the trash can.
This was a classic Meowth dumping noodles behavior; wasting food was bad.
“I’ll take a shower first.”
Chi Hong let out a huge yawn, rubbed his eyes, and got out of bed.
He walked into the bathroom, turned on the showerhead, and then returned Number 73’s call.
“Red?”
“Yes, it’s me.”
“You caused quite a huge commotion.
Since you didn’t answer the phone for so long, I thought you had perished there.
This Red’s strength exceeded her estimates.
According to Han Wu’s description, he had practically taken down that A-Rank Beast Tamer entirely unscathed by himself.
That meant that he, Han Wu, couldn’t possibly be Red’s match!
“What’s that sound on your end?”
Lu Yao frowned slightly; the sound of running water was coming from Chi Hong’s side.
“I’m taking a shower, sis.
Am I not supposed to run the water while showering?”
“Alright, I’m fine.
Keep the payment with you for now; I’ll contact you when I have free time.”
“Hanging up now.”
Chi Hong hung up the phone right after speaking.
He actually didn’t have much of a relationship with this intermediary, Number 73, so there was no need to speak further with her.
After taking Meowth to eat, Chi Hong checked the date.
There were only 3 days left until the registration deadline for Yanjing Beast Taming University.
He had to act quickly.
He had barely taken a few steps when his phone rang again.
Chi Hong took it out and saw it was Chao Xia.
Upon answering the call, as expected, it was to remind him that registration was about to end.
Upon learning that Chi Hong was just preparing to go, Chao Xia told him to wait for her; she was coming over to drive Chi Hong there.
“You’re done for!
Little Chi!
Don’t tell me you’ve fallen in love, meow!”
Seeing the smile that appeared on Chi Hong’s face, Meowth immediately said with a serious gaze.
In its eyes, women would only slow down Chi Hong’s egg-hatching speed!
Little did Meowth know that Meowth itself was the biggest lovesick fool!
About half an hour later, a stunning, bright red sports car pulled up in Chi Hong’s line of sight.
The car window rolled down, and Chi Hong immediately froze.
In the driver’s seat was a short-haired woman, and she looked very familiar.
It was the damn woman from the law enforcement trio who came to catch him in the early hours of the morning!
“Wait…”
“Looking at it this way, her facial features are indeed very similar to Chao Xia’s.
Could it be?”
Chi Hong was stunned.
Chao Wu was also stunned.
This person looked…
“Red???”
Driven by a law enforcer’s sensitive intuition, Chao Wu subconsciously uttered that name.