Locked inside the cages were a Tyrunt and an Amaura.
Both Pokémon looked pitiful; the Amaura lay in the cage shedding constant tears, while the Tyrunt kept slamming its body against the cage bars.
Ange could not help but say, "This... this is illegal, right?"
The young man waved his hand and said, "You're joking, friend. There's no such thing as illegal. These two are just too unruly, and we're just teaching them a lesson."
Ange shook his head. "This isn't proper procedure, and you're abusing the Pokémon. I'm not buying them."
As soon as Ange said this, the young man's expression changed instantly, and his accomplices approached from both sides, each with their own Pokémon.
The young man said with a sinister tone, "Today, whether you buy or not, you're buying!"
"Are you trying to force a sale?" Ange asked.
The young man replied, "We are forcing a sale. What are you going to do about it?"
Ange immediately answered him, "Then I'm not buying. What are you going to do about it?"
"Not buying?" The young man sneered, then gestured to his accomplices behind him. "If you won't buy, today I'll let you suffer for it!"
Following his words, the accomplice with the Primeape commanded the Pokémon to step forward and pin Ange down.
However, before the Primeape could even get close, Ange threw a punch. The Primeape immediately shrieked and flew backward.
Seeing this scene, the young man and his accomplices were stunned.
The girl and Gardevoir beside them were equally shocked.
He's that strong?
After recovering, the young man was full of rage. "Attack him together! We actually ran into a tough one!"
Just as the accomplices were about to swarm forward, the girl next to Ange suddenly took off her hat and said loudly,
"Don't move, you are under arrest."
Once he saw the girl's face clearly, Ange froze. He recognized the girl's identity instantly.
Di... Diantha? No wonder she was so confident; she is the League Champion!
"People from the League?" Upon hearing Diantha's words, the young man's expression changed.
At this moment, someone in the fraud gang recognized Diantha.
"It's Champion Diantha!"
Learning of Diantha's identity, the young man panicked and immediately told his accomplices, "Retreat, retreat!"
Seeing this, Diantha snorted coldly. "Hmph~ Trying to escape? Gardevoir!"
"Voir voir~"
Gardevoir acknowledged the command, and massive psychic power enveloped the entire abandoned warehouse.
The group, who were about to run out of the warehouse, soon discovered that their path was blocked by an invisible force; they could not get out at all.
Seeing this, the young man commanded his Toxicroak, "Toxicroak, use Poison Jab!"
"Kro cro~"
The two Toxicroaks acknowledged the order, purple light manifested on their right hands, and they struck the invisible barrier in front of them hard.
Unfortunately, given the strength of the Toxicroaks, they could not break through Gardevoir's psychic seal at all.
Seeing this, the young man hurriedly said to his accomplices, "What are you all still standing there for? Attack together!"
The accomplices hurriedly commanded their Pokémon to launch an attack on the barrier.
At this moment, a flash of light appeared on Diantha, and another Pokémon appeared beside her.
It was a dragon-type Pokémon, about 2 meters tall. Its skin was light purple, with dark purple skin on its belly, and the two tentacles on its head looked long and powerful.
It was Goodra, the pseudo-legendary Pokémon of the Kalos region. It had a gentle nature, but if it got angry, it would unleash fierce attack power, and the tentacles on its head were powerful weapons.
"Goodra, Aqua Tail!"
Following Diantha's words, a stream of water surged from Goodra's thick tail. The water wrapped around it, forming an even thicker tail that Goodra controlled to lash out fiercely at the Toxicroaks.
One of the Toxicroaks was struck in the waist, shrieked as it flew backward, happened to hit the fake fossil, and its head tilted as it fainted.
Seeing his Pokémon defeated so easily, the young man's face turned livid.
Suddenly, he noticed Ange not far away. A wicked smile appeared on his face, and he commanded the Toxicroak, "Toxicroak, grab that kid for me."
"Kro cro~"
The Toxicroak was agile. After hearing the young man's command, it leapt forward to grab Ange.
Seeing this, Diantha's expression changed. Just as she was about to command Goodra to rescue him, she saw the Pokémon she had never seen before extend its hands, gather a Shadow Ball, and smash it toward the Toxicroak.
The Toxicroak shrieked as it was knocked away.
However, before it could land, Diantha saw the Munchlax disappear from where it stood in a flash. When it reappeared, it was already beside the Toxicroak.
"Gah~ Trying to hurt my master, unforgivable!"
Threads of lightning flickered on Munchlax's fists, and it delivered a punch to the Toxicroak's stomach. The Toxicroak immediately followed its partner's fate.
Seeing this, Diantha breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, Ange shouted to Munchlax, "Munchlax, help Miss Diantha!"
"Gah~"
Munchlax clenched its fist, nodded firmly to Ange, and charged into the fray. Those small-fry were simply no match for Munchlax; it was basically one punch each.
Even though Munchlax hadn't evolved yet, its level was actually already over 60.
The Lucky Egg was still very effective before level 70.
With Munchlax and Diantha's Goodra working together, all the fraudulent gang's Pokémon were defeated shortly after.
However, at this moment, the young man suddenly let out a loud laugh. He pulled out a remote control from who knows where and said,
"I didn't want to use this, but since you are pressing us step by step, don't blame me for being impolite!"
As he spoke, he pressed the button in his hand. Black lightning suddenly flashed across the cages holding the Amaura and the Tyrunt, causing both Pokémon to let out miserable cries.
Diantha hurriedly commanded Goodra to destroy the cages, but the young man stopped her.
"Don't come near the cage, or don't blame me for what happens!"
As he spoke, he pressed the button again, and the Amaura and Tyrunt wailed continuously from the electric shocks.
"Goodra, stop!" Diantha was forced to hesitate.
Goodra stopped halfway, looked at the Tyrunt and Amaura in the cages, then looked at its trainer, appearing lost and not knowing what to do.
"Very good, very good! Hahaha~~~" The young man smiled triumphantly as he saw this scene.
"What do you want?" Diantha's beautiful face was cold. "I advise you not to do anything reckless."
The young man said, "As long as the Champion lets us leave, everything is negotiable."
However, what the young man did not know was that while he was negotiating with Diantha, a dark shadow was quietly emerging behind him and climbing onto his body.
The moment he finished speaking, Darkrai was already crouching on his back and blowing a breath into his ear.
What's going on? The young man shivered. Why did the temperature suddenly drop?
Immediately after, he heard a hair-raising sound ringing in his ear.
"Jie jie jie~~~"
Before he could react, the remote control in his hand disappeared.
The young man was so scared he went limp and fell to the ground.
Diantha looked on in surprise as Darkrai flew toward Ange, holding the remote control, and muttered to herself:
"Darkrai... A Legendary Trainer!"
Although she did not recognize the puppet-like Pokémon, she recognized Darkrai.
"Well done!" Ange said to Darkrai after taking the remote.
With the fraud gang defeated, Gardevoir no longer needed to create a barrier around the warehouse, so it used its psychic power to control a rope and tie up the young man and his gang.
Ange and Darkrai had already rescued the Amaura and Tyrunt from the cages.
At this time, both Pokémon had lost consciousness.
Seeing Ange helping the Amaura and Tyrunt treat their wounds, Diantha dialed Officer Jenny's number.
After doing so, she walked up to Ange and said, "Thank you this time. If it weren't for your Darkrai's timely intervention, the Amaura and Tyrunt wouldn't have been rescued so easily."
Ange shook his head. "Fighting criminals is everyone's responsibility."
Diantha smiled. "You're right."
Soon, the wounds of the Amaura and Tyrunt were treated. Ange stood up and asked Diantha,
"Did you come to capture this group specifically, Miss Diantha?"
Diantha shook her head. "Not really, it was just a coincidence."
Diantha had come to Ambrette Town for her new movie's shooting.
However, after arriving, she had heard from the local Officer Jenny that a group of scammers had recently been using fake fossils to deceive people everywhere.
Because they had a Tyrunt and an Amaura, many people believed them and purchased their "fossils" at high prices.
In reality, those stones were just scraps they had picked up in the fossil caves, completely worthless.
After hearing about this from Officer Jenny, Diantha had kept it in mind.
Today, while she and Gardevoir were taking a walk, she happened to see the young man recruiting Ange. She immediately thought of the fraud group and took the initiative to speak up.
She hadn't expected to actually run into them.
After listening to Diantha's explanation, Ange suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
"By the way, I still don't know your name," Diantha said suddenly.
Diantha was very curious about Ange—a Legendary Trainer she had never heard of before.
"My name is Ange," Ange introduced himself.
Then, he introduced the Pokémon beside him. "This is my apprentice Munchlax, my partner Magearna, and..."
When he reached Darkrai, Ange's tone paused.
Darkrai pricked up its ears, looking forward to how Ange would introduce it, only to hear Ange introduce it perfunctorily:
"Hm... It's just a Darkrai."
Darkrai: "..."
Diantha could not help but think: Why does it feel like Darkrai is being treated coldly?
And... so that puppet-like Pokémon is called Magearna.
While waiting for Officer Jenny to arrive, the Tyrunt and Amaura woke up one after another.
Because they had been harmed by humans, both Pokémon were very afraid when they saw Ange and Diantha.
Seeing this, Ange soothed them, "Don't be afraid, we aren't bad people. Look, the bad people have already been captured, and no one will be able to bully you anymore."
As he spoke, he pointed at the fraud gang tied up to the side.
Seeing that the people who had bullied them were indeed caught, the emotions of both Pokémon finally stabilized.
Then Ange asked, "Are you hungry?"
Although both Pokémon didn't make a sound, their rumbling stomachs explained everything.
Ange smiled and took food out of his backpack, placing it in front of them respectively.
What Ange took out were the small breads that Magearna had made earlier. They were fragrant and sweet, and the scent kept drifting toward the noses of the two Pokémon.
Soon, both Pokémon could not resist the temptation of the food's aroma and lowered their heads to tuck in.
Seeing them eating ravenously, Ange hurried to say, "Don't rush, eat slowly, there's more."
As he said that, Ange took out another basin and filled it with the drinking water he carried.
After eating and drinking their fill, the way the two Pokémon looked at Ange no longer held as much hostility.
Diantha said with a smile, "Ange, you seem very skilled at taking care of Pokémon."
Ange replied, "I have quite a lot of Pokémon at home. Maybe it's because I've spent a long time with them, and I just got used to it."
Diantha said, "So that's it."
Ange asked again, "Miss Diantha, how will the Tyrunt and Amaura be handled afterward?"
"Well..." Diantha frowned slightly. Suddenly, she had a bright idea. "Why don't we take care of one each!"
"Ah?" Ange was a little surprised that Diantha would say that.
"What? Is it not okay? Or is it inconvenient for you?" Diantha asked.
"It's okay, but aren't the two Pokémon stolen goods? Like this... is it allowed?" Ange asked, feeling a bit hesitant.
Diantha waved her hand. "Don't worry. Even if I take them away, the League would still have to find a way to place them. I'm just helping to deal with it in advance.
I still have that little bit of authority."
"Alright then." Since the Champion had said so, Ange naturally had no objections.
Diantha thought for a moment and said, "Let the Pokémon choose who they want to follow."
Ange nodded, then looked at the two Pokémon and asked:
"Who do you want to follow? Don't worry, no matter who you follow, you will be well taken care of."
"Exactly." Diantha nodded, and then she took out her Poké Balls. Two beams of red light flashed, and a Tyrantrum and an Aurorus appeared outside.
"Look, these are your evolved forms. See how well they are being taken care of."
"Roar~"
"Russ~"
The Tyrantrum and Aurorus greeted the Tyrunt and Amaura in a friendly way.
Seeing their evolved forms, the Tyrunt and Amaura could not help but show longing in their eyes.
In the end, the Amaura chose Diantha, and the Tyrunt chose Ange.
"Poké Ball, go!"
Diantha took out a Poké Ball and threw it at the Amaura. With a flash of red light, the Amaura was taken inside.
After shaking for a moment, the Poké Ball went still, signifying that the Amaura had been successfully captured.
Ange also took out a Poké Ball and said to the Tyrunt, "Tyrunt, I'll be counting on you from now on!"
"Awoo~~"
The Tyrunt bumped its head against the Poké Ball, turned into a red beam of light, and was taken inside.
Tyrunt GET DA☆ZE!
Ange gripped the Poké Ball tightly, feeling excited inside. No matter when it is, and no matter if you are a trainer or not, the moment of capturing a Pokémon is always an exciting time.
"Let's compare in the future, and see who raises their Amaura and Tyrunt better," Diantha said as she gripped her Poké Ball and held her hand forward.
Although she was the League Champion, Ange was also a Legendary Trainer!
At this moment, Diantha placed Ange in the same position as herself.
Ange said helplessly, "Wouldn't I be at a disadvantage then? Tyrunt is typologically countered by Amaura."
The two chatted for a while, and then Officer Jenny arrived with her team. She solemnly expressed her gratitude to Ange and Diantha.
After Officer Jenny left, Ange and Diantha also planned to part ways.
At this moment, Ange asked suddenly, "Miss Diantha, could we take a photo together?"
Diantha was stunned by the question, then exclaimed, "Could it be... Ange, are you... a fan of mine?"
Upon hearing this, Ange immediately shook his head. "No, it's just that I have a Pokémon at home that really likes you. I'm taking the photo on its behalf."
"So that's how it is..." Ange's answer made Diantha feel a bit disappointed.
"No problem." Diantha readily agreed to Ange.
After the photo was taken, the two parted ways. They even exchanged contact information.
After parting with Diantha, Ange took Munchlax and Magearna to the Pokémon Center and booked a room.
Once inside the room, Ange took out the Poké Ball and released the Tyrunt.
As soon as the Tyrunt came out of the Poké Ball, it started biting everything in sight. Ange hurriedly stopped it.
"Tyrunt, don't! If you bite things and break them, we have to pay for them."
The Tyrunt looked aggrieved upon hearing this.
Looking at its expression, Ange thought: Could this guy's ability be Strong Jaw?
Thinking this, Ange activated the Eye of Observation.
Tyrunt [Type] Rock, Dragon [Ability] Strong Jaw [Gender] Male [Level] 12 [Moves] Tackle, Tail Whip, Roar, Ancient Power, Baby-Doll Eyes. [Individual Values] HP: 30 Attack: 28 Defense: 24 Special Attack: 26 Special Defense: 31 Speed: 19
The ability really was Strong Jaw, Ange realized.
Strong Jaw, like Pawmot's Iron Fist, could increase the power of certain moves.
Iron Fist increases the power of punching moves by 20%.
And Strong Jaw increases the power of biting moves by 50%.
Unfortunately, the Tyrunt hadn't learned any biting moves yet.
Seeing the Tyrunt looking aggrieved, Ange said helplessly, "Wait here."
As he spoke, he stood up and walked toward the door. Before leaving, he didn't forget to instruct Munchlax and Magearna.
"You two keep an eye on it, I'll be back shortly."
"Gah~"
"Duki~"
Munchlax and Magearna nodded.
Once Ange left, the Tyrunt acted like a little puppy, lying on the ground rolling around.
As long as it showed any sign of chewing on something, Munchlax and Magearna would stop it.
Soon, Ange returned. He was carrying a large iron basin filled with beef leg bones.
It turned out he had borrowed the Pokémon Center's kitchen to stew the beef bones for the Tyrunt.
Anyway, there was no need to stew them until they were too soft; they wouldn't last the little guy's chewing, so Ange returned quickly.
"Come on, chew away!"
Ange placed the iron basin beside the Tyrunt.
"Awoo~~"
The Tyrunt cheered with excitement and immediately lay down by the basin, happily starting to chew.
Soon, the meat on the beef bones had been chewed completely clean, not a trace left, but it was still chewing with great enthusiasm.
As expected of the Strong Jaw ability! Ange shook his head helplessly.
While the Tyrunt was chewing the bones, Ange sent the photo of himself and Diantha to Diancie.