Piloting a coastal passenger ship seems to be a bit more complicated than driving a whaling ship, at least Captain Doug can't just leave his post now, and he doesn't have the leisure time to smoke a cigar and enjoy the sea view.

Hugo and Blue observed for a long time, but did not find an opportunity to visit the captain's room, and after discussing it, they decided not to bother the busy Mr. Doug at all, and disembarked by themselves when the ship was anchored in Lichong City.

There is a time when life meets.

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The so-called "Liyong" in the city of Lichong actually refers to "the steam that rises straight into the sky". The name alone tells you that the city has a strong industrial character behind it, as well as its not-so-long history.

In fact, Lichong City is a new city that has only prospered in recent years in the western part of the United States, and its most important pillar industries are heavy industry represented by iron and steel and coal mines.

The local population is also dominated by worker families, with almost every household having at least one family member working in a factory.

The Pokémon raised by the residents are also closely related to elements such as thermal power, steel, and steam. Electric Shock Monster, Duckbill Baby, Little Magnetic Monster...... These Pokémon, which are scarcely distributed in the center of the United Public, are all over the streets of Lip Chung City.

As far as the eye can see, countless chimneys have been erected in the skyline of Lichong City, releasing exhaust gases left by industrial operation into the sky all the time, as if a double bullet gas has been magnified countless times.

But these steam and black smoke also indicate that the steel and electricity produced in the city are flowing down the cables and railways to every corner of the United Regions in a steady stream, turning into the bones and blood of distant cities and becoming the driving force for their development.

The city of Lichong is like an engine running at full strength, despite the noise, fog and mess, but it is the existence of an industrial city like it that supports the behemoth of the United Alliance to continue to move forward, shaking the world with its rare economic growth.

"Even so, the air here is a little too bad."

Bilan had a bitter face and wrinkled her nose, from the time the ship entered the port, the smoky air environment of Liyong City made her very uncomfortable.

"Lichong City is a coastal city, and it just rained some time ago, so there is generally no such serious air problem. The air here seems to have only recently started to deteriorate. ”

Hugo gave the mask he had just bought to his assistant, and said keenly -

"Look, didn't there be an explosion at a power plant recently? It is for this reason that the city's energy mix has been adjusted. In order to replace the vacancy at the Lichong power plant, the city had to reactivate many of its old thermal power stations, burning coal to restore power. In addition, the demand for electricity caused by indoor heating has skyrocketed due to the recent gradual onset of winter. The combination of these two factors naturally led to the current situation. ”

The detective pointed to the headline of the newspaper sold on the side of the road, and the words "opening the old power station" were particularly obvious in the city news column.

"Is that power plant so important?"

Bilan's surprised voice came through the mask, and she thought that the explosion of the Lichong Power Plant was a small factory, otherwise how could the security work be so inadequate.

"The one that exploded is a factory that can be named after the city, and it is one of the top pillar enterprises in the city in terms of scale and capacity."

The detective stood in front of the city map display board next to the pier, carefully examining the map, but his mouth kept chattering, and his heart was divided into two ways to introduce the situation of the Qili Chung Power Plant-

"The Lichong Power Plant is one of the city's most successful plants in recent years. In the first half of this year, the plant completed its second round of expansion, making it a leader in the city's energy industry. As I hinted at earlier, unlike traditional thermal power plants, the Lichong power plant uses a cleaner power generation solution, using a combination of ocean tides, wind turbines, solar panels, and Pokémon to build a low-polluting power generation system that is very different from other factories, and has been successful until now. ”

"It exploded after that." Bilan pursed her lips and complained rather consequentially, "So where are we going to investigate first?" Lap Chung City Police Department? ”

"No, Miss Junsha has already given us a lot of internal information, and even if we go to the door to ask for the rest, we won't be able to ask for any results."

Hugo pointed somewhere on the map.

"This is where we're going."

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"Where is this?"

In the midst of the crowd, Bilan only felt like a drop of water in the ocean, surrounded by tens of thousands of people of the same kind.

It's not a wide street, but it's crowded with people as far as the eye can see!

The evening rush hour in Feiyun City is not so outrageous, okay!

And these people in front of them behaved strangely, all dressed formally, but one by one nervously lowered their heads, holding a form in their hands, and slowly flowing in a long line towards the different windows along the street.

The flow of people in front of him was endless, but there were more people crowding in behind him. The value of the individual seems so cheap in the here and now.

"Hugo! Mr. Detective! Where are you? ”

The girl called out to her employer, but unfortunately the crowd was surging, the sky and the earth were vast, and the figure in the white coat never appeared......

With only the sound of people rubbing against each other's clothes, the sound of footsteps, and the whispers of a mixed group, Blue realized in despair that she couldn't get out of here unless she had a flying Pokémon with her.

"That's right!" Blue patted her head and pulled out the Poké Ball containing the Ancestral Bird.

I didn't expect that I had just received a flying Pokémon in Hezhong, and it didn't take long for it to come in handy!

She struggled to squeeze some space in the crowd and released the elves in the ball: "Ancestral Bird, quick! Take me out of here with the Flying Technique! ”

The little guy was still staring at the dead fish eyes, and did not react immediately. Then, I saw it jump in place, nod, flap its wings again, and shake its head again.

"You're saying you can jump high but not fly?"

The Ancestral Bird nodded, and the girl wanted to cry without tears.

The crowd behind him squeezed forward again, and the Ancestral Bird consciously flew, oh no, and jumped on top of the chestnut-haired girl's head. In the face of reality, one person and one pet who completely gave up struggling, just like that, drifted with the direction of the crowd.

Before she knew it, Blue had already lined up in a line with the slow-moving crowd.

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A vulture, covered in black feathers and bone, flew from afar and landed slowly at the entrance of the street, with a black-haired girl in a peaked cap hanging from its claws.

"Long time no see, Hugo! Hey? Isn't Sister Lan with you? ”

Miss Douzi was as energetic as ever, and greeted the detective very energetically.

"Got separated at the entrance. A porter who passed by me stumbled for some reason, and the wooden stick of the square post in his hand knocked off his toe, causing quite a commotion in the neighborhood. By the time I turned around, the blue was gone. ”

"Alas, you......" Douzi was no longer surprised by this, and looked at the surging crowd inside the park, "Sister Xiaolan won't go there, right?" ”

Hugo sighed: "I guess I've already gone in." I waited here for a long time, and no one answered the phone, probably because there was too much noise around me, and I couldn't hear the phone ringing. ”

Douzi and her vulture Na could only look at each other, looking at the long lines of streets, and mourning in silence for the tragic experience that Sister Xiaolan was experiencing.

Above the heads of the two of them, there was a huge banner that read-

"Lichong City Industrial Alliance Joint Job Fair".