Jubilife City Downtown, Pokemon Center
"Ding! Rare Pokemon detected in your vicinity."
"Type: Mythical Pokemon"
"Rarity: High"
"Capture Difficulty: Undetermined"
"Danger Level: Low"
Wayne's advanced scanning skill detected Pokemon within a hundred-mile radius of him 24 hours a day.
The fact that it was only just detected meant this Pokemon was quite far from Wayne.
This was indeed the case. The Mythical Pokemon was on the outermost edge of the radar map, in the northern suburbs of Jubilife City.
Wayne noticed that its movement speed was remarkably fast, constantly running toward the city center.
At this speed, Wayne speculated it was being pursued.
Even if he didn't capture this Pokemon, going to observe it and ascertain its situation was worthwhile.
But then a problem arose—Wayne hadn't brought any Pokemon with him.
Wayne immediately dialed a number.
"Alan, if you're free, please send me Dragapult, Metagross, or Lucario. Whoever is available, send them."
Wayne had also caught Dragapult, but it was only formally placed in a Poke Ball to prevent it from being randomly caught by others with a stray Poke Ball.
Who knew if something annoying like a 'one-ball wealthy trainer' would appear?
"Alright, wait a moment."
"Nurse Joy, I'd like to receive some Pokemon."
"Please follow me."
Nurse Joy led Wayne to the transfer machine.
The advantage of Wayne living next to a Pokemon Center became apparent. Even if Wayne didn't carry Pokemon, as long as there was a Pokemon Center nearby, or even just a Poke Ball transfer machine, Wayne could have them sent to him immediately.
With five Luxury Balls in hand, Wayne suddenly felt confident.
Because he was worried something might have happened to Wayne, Alan sent over all the Pokemon that were at home.
Even Arcanine, who was out and about, was called back by Alan with a commanding bark.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing serious—just want to explore the northern side of Jubilife City. Still, it's better to have Pokemon with me."
"Oh, you should have said so earlier! I almost thought you were in trouble."
"If I were in trouble, I wouldn't be talking to you so casually."
"True."
"I should be back closer to evening. Please tell my parents that I passed my Senior assessment."
"As expected of you! Alright."
Wayne's assessment this time had been quite swift, finishing before noon.
He first called out Lucario.
"Lucario."
(What happened?)
"We're heading to the northern suburbs of Jubilife City."
(I understand.)
After casually buying some bread, Wayne and Lucario took the subway north toward Jubilife.
Because the video of Wayne caring for Garchomp was extremely popular on Eevee Video Network, Wayne put on black sunglasses.
Next to him sat a young boy who was playing that very video on his phone.
The boy was quite considerate, wearing headphones.
However, the boy, who kept his head down, didn't notice that the person beside him wearing black sunglasses was one of the protagonists in the video.
Wayne monitored the radar the entire journey, and after gradually approaching the Mythical Pokemon, Wayne exited at the station.
There were many passengers waiting, and they curiously regarded Wayne, who was wearing sunglasses in the subway station.
Lucario by his side was also a point of interest.
Wayne walked toward the northern suburbs of Jubilife City, which was close to the coast. Further north lay Floaroma Town.
The morning sun blazed brightly, dispelling a trace of the winter chill.
Wingull soared over the northern sea, and the sea breeze from the north brought a hint of coolness.
Being in the suburbs, there were clearly many more wild Pokemon here than in the city.
Wayne couldn't help but recall when he played the games, how the Professor or parents would repeatedly warn not to enter tall grass without Pokemon.
That statement indeed made perfect sense.
"Come on out, everyone!"
Wayne released Arcanine, Metagross, Dragapult, and Drakloak.
The light circle on the radar kept flashing, moving rapidly.
Having had the experience of finding Dragapult last time, based on the radar map display, Wayne judged that this Mythical Pokemon was nearby.
"Search around here for any fast-moving Pokemon, like they're fleeing from something."
Although confused by Wayne's command, they did whatever Wayne instructed them to do.
"Grulu!"
"Meta!"
"Arf!"
Drakloak, Dragapult, and Metagross began searching from above.
(The power of Aura resides within my heart.)
Lucario, with eyes closed, knelt on one knee, placing its paw on the ground, enveloped by a brilliant blue light.
The Aura gradually spread across the ground, and the surrounding scenery gradually materialized in Lucario's mind.
"Meta!!!"
(Found it!)
Lucario also made a discovery. Someone was indeed pursuing a Pokemon.
"Metagross, take me there!"
Wayne and Lucario leaped onto Metagross, which was flying at low altitude.
"I didn't expect to find such a catch here. Ursaring, Hyper Beam!"
Just then, Drakloak was suddenly attacked!
The white pillar of light with devastating power, being a surprise attack, successfully struck Drakloak.
However, Drakloak was completely unharmed.
"Doo-roo-loo~"
"Idiot! Don't you know Drakloak is a Ghost-type?!"
"I thought it was only a Dragon-type. How was I supposed to know?"
"How embarrassing. Do you even deserve to call yourself a Pokemon Hunter?"
The white pillar of light in the sky quickly caught the attention of Dragapult and Wayne.
(It must be Pokemon Hunters!)
Wayne and Lucario had encountered Pokemon Hunters during their travels before.
In Wayne's memory, the most infamous was Hunter J.
In reality, this was a notorious poaching syndicate using playing cards as codenames, and J was just one of them.
Wayne immediately called the police.
"Near the coastline of the northern suburbs of Jubilife City, Pokemon Hunters are suspected to have appeared. Someone just suddenly used Hyper Beam on my Drakloak."
The operator responded sternly, "Please do not act rashly. Maintain contact at all times. We will dispatch immediately."
"Okay."
However, Wayne could no longer wait, because Dragapult was rushing toward Drakloak.
Wayne could not sit idly by and let Dragapult and Drakloak face the Pokemon Hunters alone.
"You have a new side quest: Netting Them All."
Netting Them All (Optional): Bring the Pokemon Hunters to justice, assist Officer Jenny in arresting all of them.
Quest Reward: Unknown.
"Lucario, how many people and how many Pokemon are there in total?"
Lucario closed its eyes and quickly replied:
"Eight people: Kangaskhan, Zubat, Drapion, Ursaring, Mightyena, Houndoom, Zangoose... fourteen Pokemon."
Fourteen Pokemon was quite substantial.
However, except for Zubat, Wayne possessed absolute air superiority.
Plus, the opponent had used Hyper Beam on Drakloak.
It was clear they didn't understand Drakloak well.
He could attempt this.
Not trying would be a disservice to the title of Heavenly Aura Prodigy.
"Accept."
"Let's go help Drakloak!"