"Zhulan Champion, this is the Western Mansion."

Sinnoh area, Momoyo City, Momoyo Forest.

Officer Junsha, dressed in a blue police uniform, put down the map, pointed to a lush forest, and said to the Sinnoh champion beside him.

Zhulan stared at the woods in front of her seriously for a long time, and finally barely recognized a trace of artificiality between the treetops—

It was a black spire that was noticeably taller than all the other trees, but it was so worn out that it looked like a half-dead branch.

Looking down along the spire, the outline of a quaint mansion was vaguely visible from the dark woods.

"It's ...... Is it really inhabited? ”

The champion in casual clothes looked at Junsha with suspicion on his face.

Not to mention that since the two of them stepped into the Baidai Forest, this long journey can be called the blue wisps of the road, and the dense trees around the mansion alone have not left any gaps for people to pass through.

No matter what, it's impossible for a normal person to live in such a deserted house, right?

"Well, it's supposed to be inhabited......"

Miss Junsha had an expression that she didn't even believe herself, and repeatedly compared the mansion with the old map in her hand.

"It's the building, yes. According to the transaction records of the houses registered in the alliance's database, the Western-style building changed hands two years ago and has been inhabited until now. And during this time, people are paying their electricity and gas bills normally. ”

"That's incredible."

The gray droplet pendant swayed on her chest, and Zhulan looked up at the foreign pavilion and changed the topic-

"So, the police and the alliance's security services agree that this mysterious building wrapped in trees has something to do with the missing leader of the Galaxy Regiment, Chiri?"

"Exactly."

Miss Officer nodded busily—

"Thanksgiving to Brother Ling, after the Pillar of Guns incident, all the middle and high-level cadres of the Galaxy Regiment were collectively arrested, and the police got the full list of members of this illegal organization. So, it didn't take much effort for us to almost completely eradicate the group's influence in the Sinnoh region. And just a few days ago, the former Galactic League cadre Hades who was locked up in prison spit out a little new information about the red sun during the interrogation. ”

The Hades had worked in the research department of the Galactic Order, but the chief scientist of the organization was not him, but the Red Japanese who was the leader, the super genius who was rational to the cold, and the most dangerous person in the Sinnoh region.

Probably because of his character, Hades doesn't seem to be fully trusted by Akasun, so the direction of his research is often only biased towards auxiliary, failing to touch the core content, and deviating from the final plan planned by the galaxy.

But despite this, while working in the Galaxy, Hades managed to get his hands on a copy of Akasun's research notebook, trying to peek into the inner world of this unsmiling boss.

"The original manuscript of the note has been lost in the chaos of the Galaxy's destruction. However, according to the Hades confession, when he was young, Akari once met Lotom, an electric Pokémon that had not yet been registered in the Elven Illustrated Book, in a mansion somewhere, and at that time, he began to have a strong interest in this kind of Pokémon that shuttles between various electronic devices. ”

Speaking of this, Miss Junsha glanced meaningfully at the dark mansion in front of the two of them, and then continued to narrate-

After peeking at Akasun's manuscript, Hades made up his mind to try to turn this mystery of Lothom into something his. At the mercy of the Red Japanese, he mobilized the manpower and material resources of the Galaxy Group and began to continue the research on Lothom. ”

It seems that because of hearing his name repeatedly, a certain red mobile phone became restless, and sneaked out of the pocket of the Zhulan champion.

"Well, I remember that secret institute. It's in Momoyo City, the building where the owner of the bicycle shop was kidnapped, right? At that time, it was really thrilling, but I didn't expect that in such an unsightly research institution, it would be besieged by dozens of elite members of the galaxy group. However, it was also thanks to that experience that I came across this lothom. ”

Zhulan calmed her phone and took it out of her pocket and showed it to Junsha.

The Galactic Cluster is undoubtedly an extremist organization full of evil, and those people have exceeded the limits of morality and law, both in terms of ends and means.

However, it is also undeniable that in the study of the ecology of Lothom, the mad scientists of the galaxy still showed their pioneering spirit and took a big step forward for the hesitant elf research community.

By the time Zhulan led the Fierce Bite Land Shark to split the iron door of the laboratory, the Hades had already discovered the heating, cleaning, cutting, spinning, and icing form of the elves of Lothom.

Even if the champion is one step late, then the Lotom that now lives in Zhulan's mobile phone will be stuffed into the integrated host of the supercomputer.

And it was precisely after this incident was exposed that there was explosive progress in the research of elves about Lothom - Lothom Illustrated Book, Lothom mobile phone, Lothom bicycle, Lothom drone, and even a specially developed Pokémon communication device with Lothom as the main body...... A wide variety of "Lotom" products have sprung up all over the world.

Zhulan then asked Miss Junsha, "So, what is the connection between Chiri's secret notes and this Western-style mansion?" ”

"This is the new intelligence that drove us to operate."

Junsha rolled up the old map in her hand and said—

"According to the Hades in prison, after his analysis of the contents of the notes, he is more than ninety percent sure that the mansion that Akari saw when he was a teenager is the Mori no Yokan in front of us."

"I see."

Zhulan nodded, not surprised at all.

Even in the Sinnoh region, Lotom is not a Pokémon that can be found everywhere, and the reason why Hades conducts Lotom research in the secret base of Momoyo City may be because there are enough Lotom communities in the vicinity. And since it is also the place where Lothom existed, this Mori no Yokan may really be the place where Akari witnessed Lothom in the past.

"If it is the place where the red sun once lived, we may be able to find a trace of that person's past in it, so as to sort out why a rational heaven would degenerate into such a crazy sociopath."

"Well, that's one of the reasons, and that's why the police were involved in this in the first place."

Looking at the moaning appearance of the Zhulan champion, Officer Junsha replied with some embarrassment.

"On the other hand, some people in the alliance believe that there may be some clues about legends and myths hidden in this house. They felt that there might be something special here, which inspired the idea of Akari forging the Red Chains and trying to manipulate Diluka and Palukia. ”

"That's right. It seems that this is why I received this assignment. ”

The champion shook his long blond hair, and his expression was exactly like this.

As a mythological scholar who shines in the world of elf studies, Zhulan is definitely one of the most suitable candidates to participate in the investigation, and her status as the champion of the alliance also makes her reason for entering the Western-style Pavilion much more justified.

"Well, yes, yes. It's not about today's mission, it's about your brother Hugo......"

Probably because of the previous exchange, Officer Junsha plucked up the courage and said what he wanted to say to the Zhulan Champion from the beginning.

It's a pity that Junsha lost her courage completely halfway through her words, and her tone became slurred, revealing an embarrassed and embarrassed look.

"We're all sorry about him, that. Even though the detective has no responsibility, something like that still happened......"

The champion of Zhulan had an indifferent expression.

"That's not your responsibility either, Miss Junsha, you don't have to take that to heart. It's just a different place to live, and Hugo himself seems to be quite happy with it. ”

Then she remembered something again, and said to Junsha—

"Speaking of which, when I was preparing to leave at the Pokémon Center before, that guy made a long-distance call with me and asked me to lend him the fierce bite land shark in my hand. He seemed to be in a hurry, and he didn't know what he was trying to do. ”