At the entrance of the Ice Fang Organization, Empoleon quickly fled towards the entrance, with Mu Li following closely behind him.
Snorlax was also with Mu Li.
One human and one Pokémon were playing the role of pursuers, rapidly advancing towards the organization.
As they entered the Ice Fang Organization's alert zone, Gardevoir's voice rang out: "There's a patrol team ahead that has received orders and is chasing us from that direction."
Mu Li's eyes narrowed, and he quickly saw the patrol team Gardevoir mentioned.
The patrol team consisted of about six people, each driving a snowmobile, rapidly approaching Mu Li's location.
Not long after, the patrol team blocked Empoleon's path.
"Quick, help me catch him!" Mu Li shouted in English.
The patrol team didn't hesitate, immediately summoning six Pokémon: an Ice Nine Tails, an Avalugg, a Beartic, and also a Weavile, a Magnezone, and a Gigalith.
The six Pokémon instantly sealed off all of Empoleon's escape routes.
Empoleon immediately let out a roar, turned around, and attacked Mu Li.
An Ice Beam directly shot towards the rapidly running Mu Li.
Snorlax instantly appeared in front of Mu Li, blocking the Ice Beam with his body, enduring the Ice Beam head-on, and using a Heavy Slam to send Empoleon flying.
The six Pokémon swarmed forward, instantly subduing Empoleon.
One of the team members directly pulled out a ring from his backpack and placed it around Empoleon's neck.
The ring retracted, becoming a collar around Empoleon's neck. Just as Empoleon tried to struggle, the collar emitted a strong Thunder Shock.
Empoleon couldn't hold on and immediately collapsed to the ground.
Seeing this, Mu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Thanks to you guys, otherwise he really would have gotten away."
"It's just a Helping Hand," the patrol team member said with a smile, "Why are you alone? Where are the others in your team?"
"They went to chase other Pokémon," Mu Li said with a smile, "Discovering a whole nest of Empoleon at once is quite a harvest."
The other patrol team members didn't suspect anything. One of them, who seemed to be the captain, nodded to Mu Li and said, "Let Luke escort this Empoleon back with you. We'll continue our patrol."
Mu Li's face stiffened: "That won't be necessary, will it?"
Mu Li's heart also tightened. Damn it, could this guy have seen through something?
Otherwise, for such a small escort job, why would he specifically send a member of his own team to guard?
The captain raised an eyebrow, showing a 'I know what you're up to' expression, and sneered: "What? Are you not going to share this credit with us? Or do you want to take it all for yourself?"
Mu Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief. So he didn't see through it, he was just worried I'd hog the credit.
However, Mu Li understood them somewhat. For mercenary organizations like this, they also had performance pressure.
For example, capture missions like this naturally yielded more profit.
Whichever team captured more Pokémon received more rewards.
And for patrol teams like theirs, there was much less profit, so they also had to find ways to generate income!
Thinking of this, Mu Li immediately chuckled awkwardly: "How could I? I was just worried it would affect your patrol! It wouldn't be good if something went wrong."
The captain glanced at Mu Li disdainfully: "What could go wrong? Luke, just go with him and make sure to complete the report before coming back. A Gym-level Empoleon, that's a good amount of money to split."
Luke's eyes lit up, and he said to Mu Li: "Let's go. I'll accompany you, to prevent this Empoleon from escaping again."
Bah, he's really petty, even trying to squeeze out this little bit of profit.
However, this did solve some problems for Mu Li.
Originally, Mu Li had wanted to steal a patrol team's ID to help him enter the organization, but now it seemed he wouldn't have to go to that trouble.
Seeing this, Mu Li could only nod, showing a dejected expression: "Alright, alright, I'll share half the credit with you."
After the patrol team had gone far, Snorlax suddenly blocked Mu Li and Luke, obstructing the camera's view.
The next second, when Mu Li reappeared, his face had already transformed into Luke's, and a fainted body had appeared on the ground, gradually being covered by snow.
"Ding, identity verified: Luke Peters, access granted." The system prompt sounded, and Mu Li, with Empoleon, directly passed the entry check.
"Things are going even smoother than I imagined," a smile appeared on Mu Li's face.
Upon entering the organization, Gardevoir's psychic power once again came into play, and a map of the organization directly appeared in Mu Li's mind.
Mu Li followed the map's guidance to the place where the Pokémon were held.
Inside a large warehouse, an unknown number of Pokémon were confined.
When Mu Li entered the warehouse, a team member came out to meet him: "Caught another Empoleon? There are too many of these Pokémon, it feels like they won't sell for much anymore."
Mu Li didn't speak, instead looking at the Pokémon inside the warehouse.
All the Pokémon here were fitted with collars, just like the one on Empoleon's neck.
The collars should also have a tracking function; if any Pokémon were detected escaping, they could be controlled by electric discharge.
These poachers already had a mature system, from hunting to selling, the entire process had formed an industrial chain.
Mu Li also knew that the Ice Fang Organization was just one of many hunting organizations worldwide. Even if it ranked relatively high, if one Ice Fang Organization was eliminated, another Fire Fang Organization would appear.
Perhaps as long as greedy humans existed, such hunting organizations would always remain.
But before that, for the Ice Fang Organization, let the ice and snow bury it.
Several Ice Fang members who were recording the Pokémon in the cages suddenly went limp and simultaneously fell to the ground.
The cameras in the warehouse instantly exploded.
And the collars that imprisoned all the Pokémon turned into black ash in Gardevoir's hand, disappearing.
The previously locked cages were also opened, and all the Pokémon walked out of their cages.
"Are they all here?" Mu Li asked Gardevoir.
Gardevoir shook her head, looking at a metal wall with a complex expression.
As Gardevoir waved her hands, a Shadow Ball gradually formed, directly smashing into that metal wall.
The wall seemed to melt, silently dissolving, revealing a huge hole.
Through the opening, Mu Li saw the colossal creature on the other side of the wall—Avalugg.
At the same time, the base's alarm sounded.