Chapter 139: Humans and Ghosts Alike Are Showing Off
Arthur chose to take a detour. In this unlit wasteland devoid of streetlights or illumination at night, this detour of his directly took over twenty minutes, circling around to the side of the unfinished building complex that faced the slums.
Just as he was planning to approach closer from this direction to take a look, suddenly, a loud explosion roared from the distance!
BOOM!!
The roaring sound traveled very far in the night, startling countless birds in the distance.
"What happened?"
Arthur had just asked himself this question when, under the hazy moonlight, he suddenly noticed that among the cluster of unfinished buildings in the distance, one building was slowly toppling!
"So... they're this wild?"
In the era he was familiar with, human gunpowder weapons didn't yet possess such immense power. Therefore, Arthur at this moment was still not quite accustomed to the new era Kubfu Alliance military's style of doing things.
Blowing up a building... Exaggerated?
No!
This is just basic operation.
This one explosion also thoroughly ignited the flames of war for this night!
The one to first bear the brunt of the impact was naturally Liam, hiding inside the building.
Originally, he and his subordinates were holed up on the third floor. The first and second floors below were all rigged with traps and Toxic Spikes, and even the window edges of the outer walls were woven with strands of Toxic Thread.
A three-dimensional defense, it could be called foolproof!
Who could have thought the Kubfu side wouldn't play by the rules at all?
They didn't even bother entering the building...
They directly blew up the building!!
In his panic, Liam quickly had his Pokémon retract the Toxic Thread, and everyone rapidly jumped out the windows to escape.
"Bastards!! What the hell is that woman Dayna doing?!"
Liam, while frantically cursing, simultaneously, without any regard for the consequences, fired a large number of signal flares into the sky all at once.
The fiery red signal flares trailed piercing whistles as they shot up high into the sky, exploded, and transformed into numerous bright light sources.
Against the deep blackness of the night sky, they appeared exceptionally glaring.
But at this moment, Liam already completely disregarded exposure.
The building had been blown up; the enemy had clearly already precisely pinpointed the movements of his group. Continuing to hide was already meaningless.
He could only pin his hopes on other members of the organization rushing over to rescue him quickly!
In fact, the other high command members of the organization had indeed arrived nearby not long before.
They had been hiding all along in the slum area directly opposite the unfinished building complex.
Including Dayna, Linda, Oliver and his Pokémon—everyone was there.
It was just that previously, because everyone harbored their own ulterior motives, they had tacitly chosen to feign ignorance of Liam's predicament.
But at this moment, with the signal flares in the sky above and the roaring sound of the tall building toppling and crashing to the ground moving for a thousand li (audible from very far), the Stitched Shadow Army's high command finally couldn't sit still any longer.
"Damn it, Kubfu actually found Liam before we did! We can't let him be captured alive so easily! Dayna, Linda, go support him. I'll have my two Pokémon go with you!"
Oliver, on his chair, sat up a bit straighter, his movements somewhat stiff, and ordered in a deep voice.
Seemingly to enhance his own majesty and anger, a large patch of rolling black qi emerged from behind him, and Gengar's ferocious ghostly face with blood-red eyes materialized above his head on the spot.
Dayna offered a smile full of myriad charms, pretending not to have seen the Leader's secret, stood up, and accepted the order.
"Okay, we'll take people to support Liam right now."
Linda also rose at the same time, expressing willingness to cooperate and depart, looking eager to mount a rescue.
But in reality, the three of them had already been rendezvoused in this small house for several hours.
Each of them actually possessed their own methods and had long known Liam's location.
The encrypted communication requests Dayna had received on her phone had long ago almost filled an entire page.
But she hadn't answered a single one.
However, at this moment, the three of them tacitly pretended as if they had just learned the location, putting on a posture of "rapidly" rushing to provide support.
One can only say about this play: humans and ghosts alike are all showing off; only Liam is getting beaten...
He truly was the most dedicated cadre!
"Zhiguga?" (Dodrio's confused sounds)
Simultaneously, on a road connecting the slums and that cluster of unfinished buildings, the rented Dodrio's three heads respectively emitted different sounds, simultaneously expressing confusion, asking the human on its back where exactly he planned to go.
Arthur at this moment narrowed his eyes, his hands unconsciously stroking the Dodrio's neck, rapidly thinking.
Where should I go now?
Should I go to the unfinished building complex and observe the Kubfu military's encirclement and annihilation of Liam from a close distance? Or should I continue to wait for an opportunity, wait for Oliver to appear?
Ultimately, he actually didn't have much certainty in his heart whether Oliver would even appear tonight.
He just felt that the Stitched Shadow Army had now already been forced to the edge of a cliff. Even cadres were being targeted; the leader should also be unable to sit still, right?
But what if Oliver was truly useless enough to be caught completely off guard by Kubfu?
Arthur was also very conflicted at this moment.
Fortunately, just then, perhaps destiny in the unseen realm helped him make a decision—
The Honedge on his back suddenly began to tremble.
"What's wrong?"
He asked via their mental connection.
"Over there, there's an energy fluctuation of the same kind! It's a ghost, a very powerful ghost!"
In that instant, Arthur couldn't hold back his ecstatic joy.
A powerful Ghost-type energy fluctuation... is it Gengar?
Regardless of whether it was or not, he absolutely had to go over and see.
"Dodrio, let's go!!"
Squeezing with both legs, the rented Dodrio shrieked once and, resignedly, once again stepped forward to begin the journey.
This day is dark, cold, and rainy, and this human has been tormenting her all night!
You better add more money, bastard!
Simultaneously, at the location where the energy fluctuation had erupted over there, Gengar, Mismagius, and Dayna and Linda's Pokémon had already erupted into battle with the "water company repair team" blocking the road!
The reason an intense energy fluctuation had spread out and been sensed by Honedge was precisely because Gengar and Mismagius were both continuously releasing powerful skills.
The information from over there was also quickly synchronized to the battlefield command of Levi here.
"Ha! The three cadres and the Leader have finally all gathered in one place! Wonderful! As it happens, let's make an end of it all together tonight!"
"Next, implement Plan B! Call for air support! Send the Third to Seventh Squads to support the new firefight zone, intercept the Stitched Shadow Army's reinforcements! First and Second Squads, withdraw first! Artillery battalion, use Building D as coordinates, saturation bombing!"
With all three cadres and the Leader lured out, the Kubfu military finally no longer needed to hide its true strength!
They quickly tore off the disguise of the water company repair team, pushed out mortars, set up sniper rifles, and began a wild deployment of firepower!
Under the current night sky, perhaps there were many people harboring ill intentions and full of schemes, but everyone had to admit: in this round, on this field, the hardest iron fist would forever be their Kubfu military!
Affected by this, Gengar, Dayna, and their group's attempt to break out began to encounter difficulties. For a long time, they failed to open a gap and approach that cluster of unfinished buildings, even gradually deviating from their original route during the mobile warfare.
This directly caused them to miss encountering Arthur, whom they should have met...
Arthur, riding the Dodrio, sped wildly all the way. As a result, along the road, he only saw some wreckage from the firefight and failed to directly encounter any of the parties involved.
Running and running, he ended up running all the way into the slums.
Afterward, relying on his outstanding combat sense, he locked onto several armed personnel feigning as loitering ruffians, who were in reality all carrying guns and maintaining vigilance!
After observing their sentry routes and alert range for a bit, Arthur quickly locked onto an inconspicuous two-story flat house on the periphery of the slums.
At this moment, he still didn't know that Oliver "himself"—the one he had been cursing as useless all the way—was currently sitting quietly in a room on the second floor of that very building.
(End of Chapter)
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