"We have arrived at the designated ar— — — — ugh — — — — area."
"My god, what is this smell? It's so intense — — — —"
"It's just like a pile of poop — — — — — — ugh — — — —"
"Alright, alright, stop complaining. Let's hurry up and drive them together, then deal with them all at once."
Officer Jenny pressed her earpiece, holding her breath, and frowned as she spoke.
"I'm so envious of the others, being able to deal with Weezing."
"You're full of it. Our side is about the same as yours, okay? The smell of Weezing — — — — ugh — — — — is also a bit hard to describe — — — —"
"Then let's switch. You come over to handle the Muk and Grimer, and we'll go over to handle the Weezing and Koffing."
"— — — — Sorry, never mind. Good luck."
"Xiao Yuan, how is the situation on your end?"
The Officer Jenny from Twinleaf Town asked the Officer Jenny of this town.
"Cousin Reese, they are moving along the path we planned."
The voice of the town's Officer Jenny rang in her ear, "However, the situation at the Pokémon Center doesn't seem very optimistic."
Upon hearing this, the Officer Jenny from Twinleaf Town couldn't help but frown, "Are there enough medicines at the Pokémon Center? Antidotes."
Weezing and Muk easily cause poisoning, especially Muk. It's said that those who touch them will be eroded by potent poison, leading to unconsciousness and high fever.
"And fever reducers. Ask the Pokémon Center; if they aren't enough, I'll have Sandgem Town and Twinleaf Town send some over in advance."
"Okay, Cousin. I'll ask them first."
"Address me by my official title at work."
"Yes, Officer Jenny."
The Officer Jenny from Twinleaf Town hung up the phone and commanded her Arcanine to drive the Muk that were trying to escape back into the group, "Be careful, Arcanine, don't let them touch you."
Arcanine nodded to show it understood. As a regular at the Breeding House, it was no longer the Growlithe that could only be bullied by Gengar.
With a Flamethrower, it drove the stray Muk back into the group and followed behind, constantly watching the Muk that wanted to leave the group.
By the way, why would Muk appear in such large numbers in the City? Don't they like places with poor environments?
Officer Jenny couldn't figure it out.
And this smell — — — —
Officer Jenny still had cotton stuffed in her nose; otherwise, she would have fainted long ago.
For Arcanine, whose sense of smell is more sensitive than a human's, this smell was even more of a torture.
From being energetic when it first arrived to now, Arcanine just felt like its nose was broken.
After dialing the Pokémon Center, the town's Officer Jenny hurriedly asked about the quantity of medicine.
"The quantity of medicine is sufficient, but we seem to be short-staffed."
Upon receiving the reply from the Pokémon Center, the Officer Jenny quickly called the Officer Jenny from Twinleaf Town.
"Short-staffed? I see. I will make arrangements."
Before the Officer Jenny from Twinleaf Town could hang up, a shout came through her earpiece, "Oh no, Boss, the Muk have collectively changed direction."
"The Weezing too."
"Oh no! There are still people ahead! Didn't I tell you to disperse the crowd!"
"What? Where did they change direction to? Quickly arrange for people to go and block the street, then disperse the crowd for me! Hurry!"
"Awooo!"
A scorching Flamethrower flew past, directly knocking out a Muk, but the remaining Muk all tacitly changed direction.
"Arcanine, follow them."
Officer Jenny grabbed the fur on Arcanine's neck, then flipped over and mounted it directly.
"Let's see where they want to go."
While speaking, she skillfully opened her contact list and sent requests for support to both Sandgem Town and Twinleaf Town simultaneously. After that, she paused for a second, then more skillfully dialed Lucas's number.
"My phone, where is my phone — — — —"
Lucas jumped up from the armchair, the book covering his face flew off, landing right on the head of the Ninetales napping on the carpet. Seeing the phone Gengar handed over, Lucas rubbed his sleepy eyes and answered the call.
"Are you free? Come over and help me deal with something. We are very short-handed."
Lucas glanced at the contact name, Sister Reese? Did she run into something again?
"Right away."
"Remember to wear a mask."
After getting the specific address, Lucas hung up the phone and found that Ninetales had already stood up, yawning, its nine tails hanging, standing tall, or swaying.
"Shu?"
Where are we going?
"Sister Reese asked me to go to the town next to Sandgem Town; it seems they need our help there."
Ninetales nodded. With a nod from Lucas, Gengar floated out of the Breeding House. Before long, Gothitelle, Lilligant, Staraptor, and Luxray appeared before him. Dash went out to see them off. Latias had been following Kangaskhan to the seaside for the past few days.
Just as Lucas was about to set off, the phone rang again; it was Joy.
"Lucas, can you accompany me to Spirit Town? I need to deliver medicine there."
"Are there many injured people there?"
"Many are poisoned and running a fever. I need to prepare more medicine to take over there, just in case."
Hearing this, Gothitelle turned and floated toward the backyard.
"No problem, wait for me a moment, I'll come to pick you up."
"Okay."
Hanging up the phone, Lucas found that Gothitelle had already left. Not long after, Gothitelle floated out from behind the counter.
"Gothitelle."
Ready.
Lucas nodded and looked at Shauna, who was playing with dolls in the doll area, "Little Shauna, lend me Rapidash for a while."
"Okay."
Shauna looked up, without the slightest hesitation, and imitated Lucas by putting her thumb and index finger into her mouth, then puffed out her cheeks and blew the whistle.
Yo! So cool?
You little Shauna, you'll likely attract many soft girls when you grow up!
In this regard, you're just like me!
Lucas nodded proudly.
Lucas rode Ninetales and brought Rapidash as they headed toward Twinleaf Town.
First, he would pick up Joy, and then they would go to Spirit Town together.
Spirit Town is a town near Sandgem Town and Twinleaf Town. Due to its superior geographical environment, even though it is inland, it is able to leave Twinleaf Town and Sandgem Town behind by relying on the tourism industry.
Except for Twinleaf Town — — — — every town is so rich.
Spirit Town.
Officer Jenny was riding on Arcanine's back, following behind the Muk. Wherever the Muk passed, they left a deep, corroded trail on the ground that steamed and had an extremely pungent smell.
"Everyone, follow behind them and see what exactly they want to do."
"Yes." "Received!" "Understood."
Officer Jenny patted Arcanine's mane, "Be careful of the toxins left underfoot."
"Awooo."
After chasing for a distance, the Officer Jenny from Twinleaf Town noticed that the Muk suddenly stopped in one place.
"Be careful, Arcanine."
Arcanine slowed down and walked forward cautiously.
Her earpiece transmitted her teammate's voice in disbelief.
"My god — — — — what — — — — is happening — — — — here?!"
"What's wrong?"
The Officer Jenny from Twinleaf Town quickly pressed her earpiece and asked.
"Boss, you — — — — you should come and see for yourself — — — — ugh — — — —"
Without Officer Jenny needing to speak, Arcanine rushed out of the alley. What came into view was a huge open space, crowded with her own people, the Muk Family, the Weezing Family, and a huge — — — — mountain of trash.
A foul-smelling odor reached Officer Jenny's nose. She quickly reached out to cover her mouth, holding back the urge to vomit.
The Arcanine she was sitting on had dazed eyes.
With Weezing and Muk gathered together, the smell was already very stinky, and Arcanine had been forcing itself to maintain its ability to keep working. Now, with this huge mountain of trash in front of it, Arcanine's brain simply crashed.
Can't you be a little nicer to the dog?
"This — — — —"
Taking the mask handed over by her subordinate, Officer Jenny first put it on Arcanine, then put one on herself, and then looked at her cousin, the Officer Jenny of Spirit Town, and issued an extremely angry rebuke, "So what is this situation? Why is there so much trash piled up here?!"
Where is the person in charge of the City?! Where are the workers responsible for cleaning up the trash in the City?!
Do you know that if a City is piled full of trash, it will attract great danger?!
Many dangerous Pokémon in the wild are lethally dangerous to humans!
Many Pokémon are particularly keen on certain environments or certain types of weather.
The Drifloon and Drifblim incident that broke out in Twinleaf Town and Sandgem Town a while ago was caused by the rainy weather, but that was natural weather and couldn't be avoided.
As for this place! It's clearly man-made, and it could have been avoided.
No wonder Weezing and Muk have gathered here; for them, this place is simply a dream paradise.
"Th—this—"
The Jenny of Spirit Town was also stunned. "I don't know either! I was just assigned here yesterday, and I've been dealing with the Muk issue ever since."
The Jenny of Spirit Town felt as if the sky had collapsed. The previous Jenny had retired a month ago, leaving the position in Spirit Town vacant for over a month. As a Jenny, she had only been dispatched to Spirit Town by the prosecutor a few days ago; who would have thought that so much trash would be piled up here?
"Oh my god—I'm just a newbie who just graduated from the Jenny school—otherwise I wouldn't have called for backup—"
The Jenny of Spirit Town felt that she was already dead, completely dead.
"Boss, what should we do now?"
A subordinate came to the side of the Jenny of Twinleaf Town and asked what they should do now.
Looking at the large number of Muk, Grimer, Koffing, and Weezing, combined with the stench constantly stimulating her brain, the Jenny of Twinleaf Town felt her mind turning into mush.
"Can we drive them away?" the Jenny of Spirit Town asked.
The subordinate shook his head. "I don't recommend that for now. If we do that, they will scatter and flee, which might cause greater losses and casualties. Plus, the trash will be scattered everywhere, and the entire town will be covered in trash."
"Cousin, what should we do now?"
"Use my title!"
"Oh, Officer Jenny, what should we do now?"
The Jenny of Spirit Town, having been scolded by the Jenny of Twinleaf Town, was startled and asked obediently.
The Jenny of Twinleaf Town shook her head; she couldn't find any solution for the moment.
"Let's wait for someone; maybe he will have a way."
It stinks!
The Jenny of Twinleaf Town suppressed her discomfort and said.
"Wait for someone?"
The Jenny of Spirit Town blinked.
Did Cousin call for backup too?
I knew it! Calling for backup right away was the right thing to do!
School taught us that if you encounter an unsolvable problem, you must ask for support in time.
"Let's contain them here for now and think of other methods later."
Watching the Muk gorging themselves on the trash, Jenny felt her stomach churning constantly.
I don't know how much time had passed, but Jenny felt that her nose had lost all sensation. She had long since returned her Arcanine to its Poké Ball.
A tempting fragrance suddenly drifted into her ears.
Jenny: ???
Did I pass out from the stench? I actually smell a fragrance—
"Where is that fragrance coming from?" a subordinate asked in confusion.
"I smell it too." "It smells so good—" "My god, this is simply a life-saving fragrance—"
Just as Jenny stood up, she heard a voice complaining in despair.
"Oh my god—how can there be such a high mountain of trash in the town—and—Weezing and Muk! Just kill me now!"
Upon hearing this, the corners of Jenny's mouth under her mask finally curled into a smile.
"You're finally here."
Jenny turned around, only to find that Lucas had already turned his head, seemingly preparing to leave without the slightest hesitation.
"Wait, wait!"
Jenny ran up quickly and pulled Lucas down from the back of his Ninetales. Seeing Lucas's resistant look, she quickly said, "Since you're already here, help your sister solve this matter, please."
Lucas put on a mask of agony.
"Just pretend your sister is begging you; she really has no other options."
Jenny held Lucas in a restraint. Lucas realized that his strength was not as great as Jenny's, so he gave up struggling.
Looking at that pile of trash, along with the Weezing and Muk, the mask of agony on Lucas's face intensified.
He knew Muk was stinky, and he knew the gas from Weezing was stinky, but he hadn't expected it to be this stinky.
Is this a case of quantity leading to a qualitative change?
Lucas felt like he was about to throw up his dinner from last night. If it weren't for the Roserade and Lilligant beside him, he felt he could have passed out right there.
"Sister Reese, why didn't you tell me in advance that it was Muk and Weezing—"
The Jenny of Twinleaf Town released her military restraint hold and blinked. "Because if I told you, you definitely wouldn't have come."
Lucas: — And, you asked me to help, but you used a restraint hold to make me help, right—
Jenny looked at Lucas expectantly.
"Since you've said so, what else can I do?"
Hearing Lucas's words, Jenny breathed a sigh of relief and then released her scissor leg hold.
Lucas twisted his neck and climbed up from the ground. Looking at the nightmarish scene before him, he stretched out his foot and stomped on his own shadow.
"Gengar, aren't you their leader? Why don't you go communicate with them?"
"Gengar!"
I'm not! I'm not the leader of a pile of poop! If you want to go, you go!
Gengar hid in the shadow and protested.
Ninetales began to gather scorching flames in its mouth.
"Vulpix."
I'll roast them all with one blast of fire.
"Don't!"
Lucas reached out and covered Ninetales' mouth. "It will explode. Look, the area around the trash mountain is filled with Weezing's gas, plus a bunch of chemical gases produced by the trash. If you shoot a blast of fire, it will explode directly, and we'll be doomed."
Ninetales' head was tucked under Lucas's arm, and it glanced at him with its fox eyes.
"Vulpix?"
Then what should we do?
We can't fight them, so are we supposed to capture them? If you want to go, you go, but I'm not going.
"Lilli."
I'm not going either.
"Roselia."
No.
"Gothitelle."
Don't call me.
Lilligant, Roserade, and Gothitelle also refused immediately.
"Let me think."
Lucas fell into deep thought. After a long while, he shouted in agony, "So why do I have to come here to deal with a pile of poop—"
If only it were the Alola Muk! It wouldn't be so stinky!
"Sister Reese, tell the residents to stay at home and not to open their windows for now."
After complaining, Lucas said, "Muk carries many pathogens on its body, which will spread germs in the air."
"Okay."
The Jenny of Twinleaf Town nodded and then looked at her cousin.
"Received."
The Jenny of Spirit Town quickly nodded and then began to lower her head to handle the matters Lucas had ordered.
"Roserade, I need you to work hard today; let's change the smell around here."
"Roselia."
Roserade walked up to Lucas and raised the two beautiful fragrant flowers on its hands.
"Roserade, Aromatherapy."
"Roselia!"
Roserade cried out loudly, and the flowers in its hands began to emit a tempting fragrance. The surrounding stench dissipated instantly, leaving only the scent of Roserade's Aromatherapy.
[Three Golden Flowers: Lilligant's Special Attack and Attack slightly increased; Gothitelle's Special Defense and Defense slightly increased; Roserade's Special Attack, Attack, Special Defense, and Defense slightly increased; the effect of the move Aromatherapy is slightly increased.]
Looking at the text that suddenly popped up.
If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten; Lilligant, Gothitelle, and Roserade still have bond effects.
Finding that the air smelled better, Lucas sighed in his heart.
"Isn't this just another way of snatching the weather—"
At this moment, a gust of wind blew by.
Lucas's eyes widened, and he reached out his hand.
"Oh no, the wind has picked up."
The wind picking up meant that the pathogens carried by the Muk might drift to other places with the wind.
Lucas gritted his teeth. "Gengar, can you hypnotize them? Gothitelle, prepare the detoxifying herbal medicine and fever-reducing herbal medicine, as well as the preventative ones. Staraptor, Luxray, help me keep an eye on them; don't let a single one run away."
"Lilligant, don't go too far from me; it's too stinky."
Lilligant rolled her eyes, but she still obediently let Lucas hold her in his arms.
The rest of the Pokémon began to perform their respective duties.
With Gengar's help, Gothitelle prepared over a dozen pots and began to constantly add medicinal herbs to brew the herbal medicine.
"I hope we can avoid resorting to force."
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