"Well done, Bae."

  Inside one of the apartment buildings in Greenvieartments, the wanted fugitive Viktor leaned against the window, peeking outside through a gap in the curtains.

  Although it itch dark, and he couldn’t see a thing.

  But his Pokémon could, they had already spotted a few little rats scurrying around, searg for him.

  "You didn’t kill them, did you?" Viktor asked.

  Bae shook its head, its red eyes glimmering with anticipation as it gazed at its Trainer.

  "You’re still like this, even after all this time?"

  Vikthed, pig up Ba was like a doll, a living doll.

  Ba out a creepy chuckle.

  Pokémon were simple creatures, and most Pokémon were loyal to their Trainers, if a Trainer was righteous, their Pokémon became symbols of justice.

  And if a Trainer was evil, their Pokémon became their ons.

  To Bae, Viktor wasn’t an S-Css wanted criminal, he was its Trainer, he was family and that was all that mattered.

  "We’re leaving tomorrow," Viktor muttered.

  The Bureau had already pinpoihis plex, but as long as they couldn’t find his exact location, they wouldn’t make a move.

  He had deliberately spared those iigators earlier, if they had died, the Bureau would have been furious and might have stormed in recklessly.

  And he was certain that ae-level Trainer was already on their way, or maybe they had arrived.

  It might be just that they didn’t dare fight here, a residential area was no pce for a battle of that scale. Unless, of course, that Elite was an idiot.

  Bae nodded.

  It didn’t care where they went, as long as it was with its Traihat was enough.

  Just then another Pokémon floated in.

  "Dusknoir, have they pulled back?" Viktor asked.

  Dusknoir nodded.

  "You tio hide around this building, and Bae, you stay with me," he ordered.

  Viktor was always cautious, that’s how he had made it this far without being caught.

  "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

  He muttered under his breath, from the very beginning somethi off, something was about to happen, and he didn’t like it.

  Bailted its head in fusion.

  "Maybe I’m overthinking it. Afterall to evade both of you and take me down in an instant... even a peak Elite ’t pull that off."

  Viktor shook his head, as if trying to vince himself, but deep down, his guard was higher than ever.

  He reached for a third Poké Ball, with a fsh, a chubby Gengar appeared.

  "Gengar, go hide in the apartment downstairs. If anything happens here, rush to my aid immediately."

  Gengar grinned and slowly sank into the floor.

  ---

  Ihe Bar.

  Mark and Larry sat there, both looking troubled, with the iigators retreating, their previous pn was a plete failure.

  "There’s no Pn B?" Julian asked.

  Didn’t TV shows always have a backup pn?

  "Pn B is to wait for a te-stage Ghost Elite to arrive and quietly take care of Viktor," Mark replied.

  "And when will they get here?"

  "The earliest would be tomorrow."

  There were over 500 Elites in Drakoria, but most were early or mid-stage, and only about oh had reached te-stage or peak level.

  And at that level, uhey were gover-appointed Elites, if they were indepe, they wouldn’t make a move without a good iive.

  "So as long as it’s done quietly, it’s fine?" Julian asked.

  Mark wasn’t sure what he meant but nodded.

  "Viktor is a mid-stage Ghost Elite. If we want to take him down silently, we’d need a peak Ghost-type Elite. Even a te-stage one wouldn’t be pletely reliable."

  Julian nodded. "Leave it to me then."

  Mark froze, but before he could say anything, Larry hurriedly spoke up.

  "Julian, don’t do anything reckless!"

  Julian was ae, but his stro Pokémon was Dragonite, and how could Dragonite silently approach Viktor?

  "You mean Gengar?"

  Mark knew Julian had a Gengar, and not just any Gengar, but a Shiny one.

  Julian nodded again. "Just leave it to me."

  With that, he walked out of the bar. Larry wao chase after him, but Mark stopped him.

  "What are you doing? Hurry up and stop him! This isn’t a joke!"

  "If something goes wrong, he has a Champion-level grandfather. What do we have?" Larry said anxiously.

  Mark hesitated for a moment.

  "My grandfather is a peak Elite."

  Larry: |(￣Д￣)ノ

  'What the hell?! How is this even fair?!'

  'So if something really goes wrong, the only one screwed here is me?!'

  "Damn it, my father and grandfather are seriously useless!"

  Mark: ┗(▔,▔)┛

  "Trust Julian, he won’t mess this up," Mark said seriously.

  Ba the Hundred Schools League, Julian had single-handedly crushed the entire Modu Academy, no one would have believed it at first.

  Then, as a pseudo-Elite, he took down actual Elites, and not just one.

  Every single person who doubted Julian ended up spped in the face.

  Seeing how fident Mark was, and with er pn, Larry said nothing more, he sat down and downed a rge gulp of alcohol.

  Outside the bar, Julian gnced around, then said: "Go and find Viktor."

  A sly chuckle echoed from the shadows as an unseen, uable figure strode into the Greenvieartments with fidence.

  Greenvieartments had a total of twenty-five buildings, each five stories tall.

  Gengar could sear entire building in just one minute.

  1, nothing. 2, nothing. 3, nothing.

  Along the way, it uedly came across a few unscious people.

  And a Dusknoir patrolling in an invisible state.

  Dusknoir: 'My traiold me to guard this pce, so I'll do my best'

  “Jie jie”

  Gengar suddenly appeared in front of it, its blood-red eyes glowing with a dizzying, hypnotic light.

  Dusknoir: zZZ

  As a te-stage pseudo-Elite, it stood no ce against Gengar’s Hypnosis.

  When Gengar reached Building 16, third floor, it suddenly spotted one of its own kind, anengar, lying on a sofa watg TV. The people in the room had already been put to sleep by it.

  The TV ying a program on how to prank people.

  Gengar had inally po put its kin to sleep as well, but after seeing this, 'hmm, maybe I'll watch first'.

  Ten mier, Gengar's face was filled with excitement.

  So pranks could be done like this? pared to what was on TV, its own pranks were not even in the same dimension!

  Its fellow Gengar was just as fasated.

  “Jie jie”

  The engar decided to test these ricks on its Trainer sometime.

  “Jie jie”

  Gengar, who was ughing, suddenly looked around, then at itself.

  'Did I just ugh twice?'

  A few seds ter.

  “Jie jie”

  Anh echoed.

  Startled, the engar jumped up from the sofa in fright.

  "What the hell? Is there a ghost in this room?"

  *****

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