Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Chapter 245 Interim Discovery? A Strange Chill

Although he was still complaining in his heart, Ash chose to quietly follow Gary, following the faintly glowing footprints on the ground, and they made their way into the forest.

Upon entering the forest, there was nothing particularly special about it. Early in the morning, the Pokémon in the forest had already woken up, but at this time, most of the wild Pokémon were still in a daze and did not seem very energetic.

Beneath the bottle containing the special powder held in Gary's hand, the footprints continued to extend. Even though the other party had tried their best to erase the traces of their arrival, Ash and Gary could still occasionally find a few small grasses or branches that had been trampled and bent. Clearly, this clue was likely leading to the correct answer.

"It's gone."

Finally, when the footprints extended deep into the forest, Shigeru suddenly stopped, and the trail of footprints ended there.

"This is the middle of the forest, there shouldn't be any way for a helicopter to land here, right?" Ash said, frowning as he looked at the footprints that had completely disappeared.

"Hmm...that's right, but it's also possible they escaped using Psychic-type Pokémon? They probably have more methods at their disposal than we imagine."

"A Psychic-type Pokémon...?"

Ash hesitated for a moment and did not agree with Gary's point of view.

In his memory, Team Galactic didn't seem to have any Psychic-type Pokémon, while Hunter J might have some, but... it felt completely unnecessary.

If you can bring a Psychic-type Pokémon out, you don't need to be so careful to erase your presence, or even be this cautious. It feels like there's something wrong with it.

With that thought in mind, Ash began to concentrate and spread his Aura.

"?!"

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?"

Seeing that Ash's expression suddenly changed, Gary asked him this question.

"Ah."

Ash nodded, then squatted down. Under the somewhat strange gazes of Gary and Pikachu, he reached out and tapped the grass in front of him.

Surprisingly, when Ash's fingers touched the grass, they didn't make the dull sound one would expect; instead, they made a hollow sound.

"basement!"

Even if Gary was completely oblivious before, Ash has gone to such lengths that he has realized what the disappearance of the footprints really means.

The two exchanged a glance, then tacitly parted the surrounding grass, revealing a metal entrance. Judging from the traces of dirt on it, this place must have existed for quite some time, at least not in the last few days.

The two remained silent. Xiao Mao cautiously opened the door to the passageway, then slowly descended the escalator while holding onto the handrail.

Unlike Shigeru's cautiousness, Ash had already used his Aura to explore the interior and knew that there was no one in the basement and no traps or mechanisms, so it was absolutely safe.

Just as Ash discovered with his waveguide, the basement was not the advanced communication equipment that Gary had initially imagined. It was more like a place for people to temporarily hide or exchange information.

"Looks like we came up empty-handed..."

Xiao Mao said this with a hint of regret.

When he first saw this basement, he was hoping to arrest some insiders here, since most of the Team Galactic members arrested by the Sinnoh League were just high-level cannon fodder.

They possess greater combat power, but know very little about the inner workings of Team Galactic. Rather than being subordinates of an organization, they are more like mercenaries.

Therefore, most of them answered all the questions the league asked without reservation, since they had no loyalty and were just doing their jobs for money.

"There are quite a few papers, and they seem to contain some information."

Just as Gary was feeling a little disappointed, Ash pulled out a small box from somewhere. Inside were many papers, most of which had writing on them. After a quick check, Ash said that these were messages exchanged between Team Galactic and the Hunter Organization.

Upon hearing this news, Shigeru subconsciously frowned, took the paper Ash handed him, and began to read it softly—

"The Three Lakes Campaign"

"gather."

"Obstacles".

.......

Contrary to initial expectations, the information on the papers was mostly fragmented. On each sheet, Xiao Mao could only recognize a few words. Most of the content was written in code, and it would take until the papers were sent back to the Alliance to decipher them.

only--

"Something's not right... Given Team Galactic and Hunter J's modus operandi, how could they possibly leave something so important here? Could it be that the code itself wasn't anything they considered important? But if that's the case..."

"There's no real need for this basement to exist."

At this moment, Ash and Gary reached a consensus.

The preliminary findings did not bring them joy; instead, they gave them a strange sense of dread.

.......