It was glad the Trainer appreciated its efforts.
Turning its head.
Baimu praised and thanked Steelix and Mawile again.
"Thank you for your hard work. Every time we encounter situations like this, I have to trouble you both. Especially you, Steelix, running back and forth on both sides often. I'm really sorry."
"Roar~"
The mountain-like Steelix shook its head with a smile. Being relied upon was a good thing. Besides, although it spent most of its time in Pyrite Town, the Trainer never neglected its care.
He would often call it over to scrub its body with a steel brush.
It didn't feel troubled in the slightest.
If Steelix felt that way, then Mawile had nothing to worry about, "Chido~"
The latter yawned, indicating it wanted to return to its Pokeball for more sleep, and could be called when there were other matters.
Baimu then put the two away.
He approached the robot.
He instructed Porygon to wake up these four people and use its mechanical arms to bring them to the edge of the cliff for interrogation.
"I ask, you answer. If I'm not satisfied, I'll strip you of your clothes and throw you down the mountain." Baimu looked at them, his tone devoid of any emotion.
Someone had just sneered, ready to retort, when Baimu gestured for Porygon to throw him down.
The latter very straightforwardly released its mechanical arm.
"If you dare - ah!!"
The words in that person's mouth turned into a scream.
But luckily, this time it was just to scare him.
Before the person could fall all the way, Porygon manipulated its mechanical arm to grab him.
"This is a warning, and there's only one chance, use it wisely. There's no surveillance here, I don't mind taking any of you down and framing it as an accident."
Baimu smiled as he looked at the other three, an aura that the three found incredibly familiar emanating from him.
'The smell of blood.'
They looked at the former in shock, all of them having mingled in the Ore Region and even Pyrite Town, perhaps never having heard the name Demon Wood, but familiar enough with the people there.
As they looked at each other, they suddenly realized.
It turns out it wasn't some righteous nutcase, it was someone from the underworld!
No wonder the actions were so ruthless and without mercy!
"You escaped from there?"
Someone couldn't help but ask, "Someone could actually escape from that place!?"
"Guess what?"
Baimu asked nonchalantly and then said, "Alright, enough chit-chat. What happened with Lei Gong's injury, who did it? Was it you?"
The four shook their heads frantically, "No, no, no, no—not us! We gathered intelligence from the black market!"
"What about the Black Crystal and the robot?"
"Also bought from the black market! Really!"
"Do you know the seller?"
"We don't—yes we do, we do!" They quickly changed their tune before the robot let go, "Rocket Team! It was Rocket Team that sold these things to us!"
Baimu's expression slightly relaxed; these people were more honest than expected, "The intelligence as well?"
They hesitated for a moment.
"I'll pick someone for bungee jumping—"
"Yes! Correct! They provided it to us! Rocket Team wants us to chase these Legendary Pokémon to cause trouble for them! If we catch them, we will get a high price in return!"
The four eagerly confessed everything, leaving no room for hesitation.
Only then did Baimu realize Rocket Team had always been eyeing these Legendary Pokémon. Meanwhile, it had been constantly disturbed by them, so they specifically arranged for these Pokémon hunters to chase them, just like these guys causing trouble, fighting fire with fire.
The fact was proved.
They were really all stirred up by the crazy Pokémon hunters.
"Quite pathetic indeed." Baimu shook his head slightly and had Blissey use Song to hypnotize the four.
The reason why Lei Gong suffered such a severe injury was still unclear, but it most likely had ties with Rocket Team. After all, why did it come to Hoenn? Could it be that there's a Rocket Team base in Hoenn?
As Baimu pondered, a low growl from Lei Gong suddenly reached his ears.
It woke up so quickly!
He was about to say something to Lei Gong when light rain began to fall from the sky.