Inside the red and white Poké Balls are three beginner Pokémon from the Sinnoh region.

Grass Turtle, Little Flame Monkey, Bogaman.

"Ha, haha." The detective laughed dryly and looked at the Sinnoh champion speechlessly, "You are just going to scare people to death when you make a joke." ”

Zhulan tilted her head, not understanding Hugo's leaping thinking.

"You know that the person in front of you doesn't have any talent for cultivating Pokémon, and his performance in the battle can only be described as miserable. Zhulan, you're not one to use Pokémon as a monetary payment. Bound by both of these conditions, your act of placing three Poké Balls in front of me is clearly a prank. ”

Hugo said as if he were counting addition and subtraction within ten.

Zhulan blinked and smiled.

The Sinnoh champion finally showed a cunning look that had been planned for a long time, as if the old accounts of the previous pomegranate smoothie had been written off, and she evoked a smile and said something even more incredible:

"Choosing a Pokémon is a deposit for the case. If the case is solved, I will take back this Pokémon, but if you, the detective, can't solve the case, then the grass seedling turtle, the little fire monkey and the bogaman in this box will all be you, and you will be responsible for cultivating the three of them. ”

Show one’s true colors in the end.

Hugo was dumbfounded.

This is a gamble, betting on whether Hugo can complete Zhulan's commission. If Hugo succeeds, he gets nothing, and if he fails, he gets three Sinnoh beginner elves.

What kind of commission is this? Give the elves for nothing? And this kind of good thing?

However, the hired party is Hugo, the detective who doesn't want to raise elves in the world, and his pride will never accept the deliberate messing up of the entrusted case.

"In this world, there is a creature called Pokémon living everywhere! Some will take care of them lovingly, while others will direct them into battle. This teenager, please choose. With which of them will you embark on a journey of hopes and dreams? ”

In the café, Zhulan spreads her hands and poses in the classic pose of Dr. Elf guiding beginners to the path of trainers, and speaks the fixed lines in a beautiful voice.

The over-age teenager who was pinned on his hopes and dreams couldn't help but roll his eyes and shake his head desperately.

"Is that really hard? This is a very troublesome case for the Sinnoh Alliance. You, the great detective, have to get out of the way. ”

The blonde woman in front of the detective shook her head with pretended regret, shrugged her shoulders with exaggerated acting skills, and did not have the dignified image that a champion should have.

She picked up the pomegranate smoothie again, the crushed ice had melted away, and the drink took on a beautiful pink color.

The straw stirred the drink meaninglessly, and Zhulan sighed softly: "Or does the detective feel that he can't solve the commission?" ”

Click. It was as if the sound of the combination lock being unlocked.

It's the obvious way to get excited, but as a detective, it seems a shame to miss such a mystery.

Why did the Sinnoh champions go straight to the United Crowd to find themselves? Why come up with such a strange trick to get yourself to be commissioned? Why is the reward for the commission to let yourself raise a Pokémon?

No, this last point should not be a mystery, when she was in Sinnoh, Zhulan always persuaded herself to cultivate Pokémon. In this way, this woman believes that there is a case that Hugo will never be able to solve, and she thinks that she can take this opportunity to stuff Pokémon into her hands.

So should you shy away from the commission, or should you join this ridiculous gamble?

The answer is self-evident –

"I'll choose the grass seedling turtle."

Her treacherous plan succeeded, but the Sinnoh champion looked surprised, and she couldn't help but ask the detective: "Is it because the grass seedling turtle has a docile temperament and is easy to take care of?" ”

Hugo shook his head: "Since I have to return it to you in the end, I think I will simply choose one at random, and the grass seedling turtle is the number 001 Pokémon in the Sinnoh Illustrated Book, and it is the fairest to choose it in order." ”

"It's also possible that you can take them all away because you can't solve the commission." Zhulan immediately corrected.

Ignoring the words of the other person, the detective reached for the open box and picked up one of the Poké Balls inside, moving very carefully, and his arms even trembled slightly, as if he had done something forbidden to challenge the gods.

"That's a Poké Ball with Bogaman." Zhulan kindly reminded.

Hugo hurriedly changed one, this time it was wrong again, and it was a little flame monkey.

The red part of the Poké Ball is translucent, making it easier for trainers to identify the Pokémon inside. But even then, there will be many crappy trainers who will mistake the Pokémon in it.

Unfortunately, Detective Hugo is just such a veteran crappy trainer.

"Pokémon all look the same when they're locked in Poké Balls." The detective argued awkwardly as he picked up the last of the red and white Poké Balls containing the Grass Turtle.

Zhulan nodded habitually, and sighed with a "I knew it would be like this" expression, obviously knowing that the detective and Pokémon were not compatible - it was not surprising that this kind of thing happened to Hugo until the last time.

Through the red translucent Poké Ball wall, Hugo saw the grass seedling turtle inside.

Unlike the usual lazy impression of turtle Pokémon, it was a very energetic little guy with round black eyes looking directly at the detective, and the young seedlings on the top of his head were jumping energetically.

Feeling Hugo's gaze, the grass turtle became active, raised its green head high, and seemed to want to jump out of the ball immediately.

Resisting the human instinct of throwing a Poké Ball to release the Pokémon, the detective put the ball aside on the table and asked Zhulan the question he was most concerned about: "What is the commission?" ”

"Why don't you talk to the grass turtle? The store is not crowded, and you can release Pokémon. ”

"It'll be back in your hands soon." The detective is confident.

"If you can't solve the incident, take all the beginner Pokémon in the box."

"It's hard for you, the Sinnoh champion, to play such bells and whistles. Take it all? Oh, only if you have difficulty choosing will think of such an option. ”

Hugo pushed the Poké Ball containing the Grass Turtle a little farther away, and at the same time slightly sarcastically diverted the topic - he didn't want to talk about the consequences, the woman opposite had obviously planned for a long time, and he had to leave a way out of the trick and not admit it.

"Well, there's a reason for that, too." In the detective's guess, Zhulan admitted it frankly and honestly.

"In that case, please hurry up and explain the incident. I'll do my best to get this Grass Turtle back in your suitcase! ”

"Good." Zhulan said slowly, "Then I'll talk about this incident, although this matter has only been taken seriously in recent days, it actually happened a year ago at the earliest. ”

The detective nodded: "The incident of a year ago. It's a bit interesting to revisit the old case. ”

"Someone is impersonating me." Said the champion lady who was high at the tip of the pyramid of the Sinnoh League.

"Oh, pretending...... Eh, eh, impersonating you? Impersonating you? ”

Hugo's expression became bright.

"Yes, there is a trainer with a similar team configuration to mine, who is frequently active in the United Forces. This incident has attracted great attention from the alliance between the two places and has had a huge impact on my personal reputation. Zhulan said solemnly.

"It's not a big deal, is it? Pokémon tactical build crashes are quite common in the battle field, and they can't be counted as plagiarism. Besides, even if that person completely copied your Pokémon outfit, there is no way to impersonate your appearance, right? ”

"That person didn't imitate my appearance, the intelligence said that this person never appeared in person, but only manipulated the same Pokémon as me, and frequently caused trouble in the United Territories."

The champion puts several documents on the table, which can be seen to be accompanied by blurry photographs of the scene.

Although it is vague, if you look closely, the figures of Pokémon such as the Fierce Bite Land Shark, Flower Rock Monster, Pokkiss, and Rose Thunder are all prominently displayed in Zhulan.

"Moreover, you are a little wrong." Zhulan added, "That person didn't damage my reputation. ”

"Huh? Didn't you say that reputation suffered? And I remember you said in the clinic that this incident involved the face of the Union. It's contradictory, what's going on? ”

"It's weird indeed." After taking a sip of the pomegranate smoothie that had turned into a simple juice, Zhulan brushed her blonde hair on her forehead with a little headache.

"This man has affected my reputation, but on the bright side—turning me into an anonymous hero who travels back and forth between Sinnoh and the United Nation, and fights for justice all day long. The United Alliance even wants to award me a United Guardian Medal for this! ”