svetikya Chapter 246 The Reasons We Must Jump into the Trap
Chapter 246 The Reasons We Must Jump into the Trap
"I see. I understand..."
At the Pokémon Center, Ash, to Gary's astonishment, dialed Cynthia's number and told her about their discoveries that day.
Ash didn't dial the Sinnoh League office number, but rather Cynthia's private number. This was the real reason why Gary was surprised, since even the Elite Four's numbers, let alone the Champions, are usually kept as League secrets.
Champions and superstars from all over the world are well aware of this, so they don't casually reveal their numbers to others.
But Ash is like this...
"Also, although this is our subjective opinion, there is indeed a bit of truth to it..."
"Is it going too smoothly?"
"Yes, I do have that feeling."
Ash felt a little relieved after hearing Cynthia on the other end of the phone express the same opinion as them.
Cynthia then continued, "Actually, I didn't expect that Shigeru, who was asked by Lance to investigate there, would make any discoveries. Shigeru should have told you that the probability of finding anything from the clues he investigated was the lowest, right?"
"Yes," Xiao Zhi replied.
"That's why it seems so strange. The League has recently mobilized a large number of people to find more than 30 clues, large and small, scattered throughout the Sinnoh region. But of all these places where problems have occurred, only Echizen City has made any discoveries."
Is this all?
Hearing Cynthia say this, Ash and Gary exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with even more doubt and wariness.
"It's a trap deliberately left for the league to see, isn't it?"
Xiao Mao made this conclusion.
Just as they already knew about the modus operandi of Team Galactic and Hunter J, they could easily leave themselves without any fatal clues if they wanted to. Just like the papers they found with coded messages and secret codes, if it was just an exchange of information, they could have recorded it electronically during the exchange, and the papers should have been destroyed.
No particular clues were found among dozens of leads, but this one clue hit the nail on the head.
If this really isn't a trap, then either one of Team Galactic or one of the Hunters is planning to betray them, or they've just lost their mind.
"Whether it's a trap or not—"
Xiao Mao was about to say something more, but before he could speak, Cynthia's firm voice came through the phone.
“I will check the situation. After all, even if this is a trap set by the other party, we have no choice, since this is the only clue we have.”
"..."
Even knowing it's likely a trap, are you mentally prepared to jump in?
This is really reckless...
Gary thought this way, but when he saw Ash's unwavering expression and heard his reply, Gary felt relieved.
“I agree with this idea.”
No matter what the other party's plans are, if we don't try to find out, we will never get any results. We must find out what their plans are, whether they are true or false, so that at least their information and clues will not be lost at this critical moment.
After ending his call with Cynthia, it was now up to Gary to complete the task at hand. He needed to take this discovery to the Sinnoh League.
The two were saying goodbye at the entrance of the Pokémon Center.
"Sigh, the work ahead probably won't be easy, but your personality is still the same as before, it hasn't changed at all."
Xiao Mao slung his backpack over his shoulder and prepared to leave.
After hearing this, Ash could only shrug helplessly.
"It's not right to keep backing down when facing those organizations. This is something I've learned from years of experience."
"Yeah......"
Recalling their first encounter in Sinnoh, and Ash's decision in handling the Shieldon incident, Gary roughly understood his thoughts. So he chuckled and said, "Alright, I'll be going now. I'll remember your experience~ Anyway, we have the same goal now, so we should have a chance to meet again later."
As he spoke, Shigeru turned around and was about to leave, but the next second he suddenly remembered something, stopped, turned around, put down his backpack, unzipped it and rummaged through it, finally taking out a sharp, tooth-like object and throwing it to Ash.
“When I called Grandpa earlier, he said you seemed to have recently tamed a Scorpion. I just happened to get my hands on one too. It’s not of any use to me, so I’ll give it to you.”
Ash stared blankly at the gadgets Gary had given him.
"Sharp fangs, is that it?"
"Heh, you actually recognize it? I thought you'd be silly and ask me what it is. Looks like you've grown up quite a bit during your trip~~"
"What's with this tone of a senior talking to a junior? I'm in the League Tournament, for goodness' sake—"
"Ah~ alright, alright, I have something to do, I have to go now~ See you next time, Ash, Pikachu!"
Before Ash could even launch his counterattack, Gary hurriedly packed up his backpack, slung it over his shoulder again, and fled in a panic.
Although he lost to Ash in the League Tournament, he still couldn't lose in words.
Watching Gary's departing figure, Ash and Pikachu couldn't help but smile at each other.
Indeed, some people, no matter how much time has passed or how much they've experienced, will never change certain aspects of their personality.
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