# Chapter 42: Rescue and Capture
As Bai Feng stepped into the Cave, he heard hurried footsteps not far away. He quickly hid in the shadows.
"Hurry, hurry out to provide support! We have intruders!"
Hearing this, Bai Feng knew these people were all going to deal with the Masked Man.
Only after the sound of footsteps faded did Bai Feng let out a long sigh of relief. Then, he quietly emerged from the corner. It was his first time doing something so sneaky, and he felt quite nervous.
"Do you know if there are any hidden routes here that lead directly into the Base? I want to go inside and find someone," Bai Feng whispered, looking down at the Purrloin in his arms.
Now, Purrloin was essentially in the same boat as Bai Feng, so it nodded without the slightest hesitation.
"Meow~ Meow~"
Purrloin meowed, pointing in a direction. It felt no guilt whatsoever about betraying its former owner. It was even thinking that it would be best if the Police could wipe out this entire group this time!
Bai Feng followed the direction Purrloin pointed. Before long, a Ventilation Duct appeared before him.
Purrloin shot out of Bai Feng's arms, skillfully opened the Ventilation Duct, and then meowed at Bai Feng, pointing inside.
"This is the hidden route you were talking about?" Bai Feng was speechless. "This..." is too narrow, right? Can I really get in?
"Meow meow meow~"
Purrloin nodded rapidly, constantly urging Bai Feng to hurry inside.
"Alright, I'll trust you this once!"
Bai Feng gritted his teeth, bent down, and squeezed into the Ventilation Duct. The Passage of this Ventilation Duct was indeed very narrow. As soon as he entered, he felt extremely cramped. If he wasn't only twelve years old and his body hadn't fully grown, he probably wouldn't have been able to squeeze in at all.
Seeing Bai Feng crawl in, Purrloin also agilely squeezed in and then skillfully closed the Ventilation Duct door.
One Human and one Pokémon crawled forward continuously along the Ventilation Duct. At this point, Bai Feng had no idea which direction they were going; he just kept crawling forward, choosing a random path at any fork and continuing on.
After crawling for who knows how long, Bai Feng looked down. They seemed to have arrived at a certain Breeding Area within the Base. Below, he saw numerous small spaces enclosed by specialized glass, where large numbers of Paras and Parasect were being raised.
Those Paras and Parasect were all lying there motionless, as if they were asleep, while above them, mechanical Combee were flying around.
The mechanical Combee were extremely busy at work, constantly landing on and taking off from the Paras and Parasect. Each time they ascended, the mushrooms on the Paras and Parasect would be harvested.
Even though they were in a state of sleep, Bai Feng could still see the expressions of extreme pain on the faces of the Paras and Parasect when their mushrooms were harvested.
Needless to say, the harvested mushrooms were definitely one of the materials used to manufacture drugs.
Those mushrooms didn't look ordinary. They seemed to have been cultivated using special methods, because although the mushrooms on ordinary Paras and Parasect are also extremely vibrant in color, their palette is relatively simple, mainly focusing on red and yellow.
But all the mushrooms here emitted a hazy luster. A single mushroom even had five or six colors, looking extremely bizarre.
When the mechanical Combee were harvesting the mushrooms, there were even scattered colored spores falling from them. Just watching from afar, Bai Feng felt that those spores could easily cause suffocation.
Bai Feng observed for a while and then didn't pay any more attention. He was in a hurry to find Teacher Omura and the others. These Pokémon could only be rescued by Officer Jenny!
He continued crawling and crawling, and then successively encountered several more Breeding Area. The situation in each area was horrific.
In one area, there were over a dozen Vileplume with vibrant colors, so vibrant that Bai Feng felt it was unnatural.
Each Vileplume was assigned dedicated personnel to "care" for them. These people would constantly whip the Vileplume. Stimulated, the Vileplume would spray large amounts of poisonous pollen from the pistils on their heads.
The caretakers would then collect and store the pollen. Afterward, they would feed the Vileplume a kind of pellet food made from unknown materials. After eating that food, the Vileplume would become drowsy, like Humans who had drunk too much alcohol.
The Vileplume were initially unwilling to eat those strange things, but the caretakers would forcefully stuff them into their mouths. If the Vileplume dared to resist even slightly, they would immediately receive severe punishment.
Each Vileplume had a black metal ring on its ankle. As long as the caretaker pressed the controller in their hand, the metal ring would release a powerful black current. The Vileplume would feel unbearable pain under the torment of that strange electric current.
In another area, a large number of Water Tank were built. Tentacool and Tentacruel were kept in the Water Tank. The caretakers here would use small knives to cruelly dig out the red crystals from the foreheads of the Tentacool and Tentacruel.
The entire area echoed with the wails of the Tentacool and Tentacruel, but the caretakers were all expressionless, clearly accustomed to it.
The blood of Tentacool and Tentacruel is different from human blood; it is transparent and a faint light blue. When it flows into the water, it even dissolves directly into the water and disappears, so the scene when the caretakers dug out the crystals didn't look bloody.
But the wails of the Tentacool and Tentacruel were terrifying, like demonic wails from the depths of hell.
Tentacool and Tentacruel are Pokémon with very strong regenerative abilities. Even if the red crystals on their foreheads are dug out, they will grow back again soon after, only to be dug out again by the caretakers.
Bai Feng heard the caretakers say that many of the Tentacool and Tentacruel here were not having their forehead crystals dug out for the first time. Repeatedly tormenting the Tentacool and Tentacruel like this was simply too horrifying!
Tentacool and Tentacruel's crystals are not like a Slowpoke's tail, which doesn't feel much even if cut off. This is something that causes them very, very great pain.
However, the red crystals of Tentacool and Tentacruel are a very precious and necessary material. No matter how painful it is, the Tentacool and Tentacruel must endure it.
Bai Feng felt that some of the Tentacool and Tentacruel seemed to show signs of mental derangement under the painful torment.
There were many such Breeding Area, with different Pokémon being kept in different areas and constantly having materials collected from their bodies.
According to the people inside, not all of these materials were used to make drugs. Some were just experimental data for their research into new drugs, and whether they could be used depended on the final results of the drug research.
For Pokémon, this place was simply a hell on earth.
After crawling for who knows how much longer, Bai Feng entered a Pharmaceutical Laboratory. Here, he finally saw Teacher Omura.
Teacher Omura and another man about his age were locked in a cage. His forehead was badly swollen, and his clothes were dirty and disheveled. He looked like he had suffered quite a bit.
There were many people wearing blue and green uniforms busy in this laboratory. Large quantities of Pokémon materials were sorted and placed in transparent containers, waiting to be used by the Drug Trafficker to make drugs.
At this moment, Bai Feng silently took out a pair of earplugs and put them in his ears. Then he released Brionne and whispered to it, "Brionne, use Sing."
The space here was too narrow, making it difficult for Brionne to lock onto targets. To avoid accidental injury, Bai Feng had to wear earplugs.
Purrloin was wondering why Bai Feng was wearing earplugs when a song suddenly sounded beside its ear. Its head tilted, and it immediately fainted.
You... you... that's cheating!
Without thinking, Bai Feng picked it up and stuffed it into his arms.
"Did you hear something?" a Drug Trafficker who was making drugs suddenly said.
His companion stopped what he was doing and listened carefully with his ears perked up. "Someone seems to be singing, and it's quite nice!"
Another Drug Trafficker suddenly slapped him angrily. "Are you an idiot? It's an enemy attack!"
However, just as he was about to activate the alarm, the people around him started falling down one after another. Then, he himself closed his eyes and fell to the ground.
Teacher Omura and his friend were secretly happy when they saw so many people falling down for no reason, but unexpectedly, they also fainted the next second.
What... what kind of song was that? It... it's poisonous...
Only after everyone in the laboratory was asleep did Bai Feng and Brionne crawl out of the Ventilation Duct.
Phew, I was suffocating! Bai Feng took a deep breath as soon as he came out.
"Brionne, well done!"
Bai Feng gave Brionne a thumbs-up. After speaking, he quickly walked to the cage where his Teacher was held, but found that the cage was locked.
"Brionne, let's look together for the switch to open this cage," Bai Feng said anxiously. Time was short. He was worried that if they delayed too long, it would attract the attention of other Drug Trafficker in the Base.
He didn't have the extraordinary strength of the Masked Man to take on a hundred. If he were surrounded, it would probably be difficult to escape. If it were just him alone, it would be fine, but now his Teacher was with him. It would be bad if his Teacher got hurt.
Fortunately, the switch for the cage was not difficult to find. Bai Feng successfully found it on the Operating Console not far from the cage and opened the cage.
Helping Teacher Omura and his friend out of the cage, Bai Feng took out two Sitrus Berry and fed them. Soon, the two slowly woke up.
Sitrus Berry have the effect of curing the sleep status.
The moment he saw Bai Feng, Teacher Omura's eyes widened in disbelief. "Bai Feng, why are you here?"
Bai Feng helped his Teacher stand up and said, "Teacher Omura, now is not the time to discuss this. Let's leave here quickly, or it will be bad if we are discovered!"
Teacher Omura pointed at the unconscious Drug Trafficker on the ground and said, "These are your doing?"
"That's right!" Bai Feng nodded. The Brionne at his feet raised its head proudly.
It's all my credit!
Hearing this, Teacher Omura didn't ask any more questions. He knew the situation was urgent and it wasn't the time to get to the bottom of things, so he suppressed the confusion in his heart.
But just as he was about to leave with Bai Feng, his friend suddenly called out to them.
"We must destroy all the data and equipment here, otherwise, if these Drug Trafficker continue to possess them, who knows how many evil drugs will be produced," Teacher Omura's friend said with a serious expression.
During the time they were captured, he had fully realized the horror of this evil Plot of Land. To force him to comply, he and Da Cun were almost injected with drugs. If he hadn't threatened to commit suicide, they would probably have become slaves to drugs.
Teacher Omura looked at Bai Feng. Seeing him nod, he and his friend began to destroy the data and equipment here.
After all the data on the computer was deleted, Bai Feng, just in case, said to Brionne, "Brionne, use Disarming Voice to destroy this laboratory!"
"Sylve~"
Brionne stepped forward, motioned for Bai Feng and the others to cover their ears, and then began to sing. As the singing sounded, the air began to vibrate violently, followed by a series of explosions in the laboratory.
While Bai Feng and the others were destroying the laboratory, Officer Jenny had already led people to surround the entire Base. Upon receiving this news, the leader of the Drug Trafficking Organization did not hesitate and immediately decided to abandon all his subordinates and escape with only two trusted confidantes.
Before leaving, he said to a few trusted subordinates, "Everything else can be abandoned, but those experimental data and drug formulas must not be lost!" As long as the data and drug formulas were still there, he could always make a comeback one day!
After speaking, he took his subordinates towards the laboratory where Teacher Omura and the others were held. But before they could reach it, they suddenly heard bursts of explosions coming from that direction.
"Oh no, the Pharmaceutical Laboratory has also been attacked!"
The Drug Trafficker leader's face changed drastically. He immediately turned around and ran with his trusted subordinates, no longer daring to go towards the Pharmaceutical Laboratory. He was a cautious and cowardly person and didn't have the guts to confront the Police directly.
Bai Feng and the others didn't know that the Drug Trafficker leader's misunderstanding had prevented them from confronting him too early.
After the laboratory was mostly destroyed, Bai Feng planned to quickly escape with his Teacher. Purrloin was also awakened by him using a Sitrus Berry.
"Purrloin, do you know any way to leave the laboratory quickly without being discovered?" Bai Feng asked.
"Meow meow meow~" Of course I do!
Purrloin had an expression that said, "You've asked the right person."
"Alright then, please lead the way. I will definitely reward you well after we get out!"
"Meow meow meow~" It's a deal, follow me!
Saying this, Purrloin dashed out. Bai Feng, Brionne, Teacher Omura, and his friend followed closely behind.
At this moment, what Bai Feng didn't know was that Purrloin was leading them to the Secret Passage that the Drug Trafficker leader was using to escape.
Outside the Mountain Valley, most of the drug trafficker henchmen had already been dealt with by the Police and the Masked Man, including some high-ranking members of the Base, such as the drug trafficker's second-in-command.
The second-in-command didn't know at this time that he had been abandoned by the leader. He had been pushed out by the leader as a shield to attract police firepower and was still eagerly waiting for the leader to save him.
"Officer Jenny, since your Police officers are already here, I won't interfere any further. That's all for today, bye-bye!" The Masked Man said to Officer Jenny from a distance. After speaking, he was about to ride his Noivern away.
"Flame Mask!" Officer Jenny looked at the Masked Man with a dangerous expression. "Arcanine, stop him, use Flamethrower!"
She wanted to catch the Drug Trafficker, and she didn't want to let the Flame Mask get away either. If it weren't for this scoundrel, how would their police arrangements have been disrupted, and why were they in such a rush now!
"Woof~"
An unusually large Arcanine suddenly leaped out from behind Officer Jenny, opening its mouth and unleashing a thick, scorching Flamethrower towards the Flame Mask and his Noivern.
"Hmph~"
Mega Blaziken leaped forward in front of its Pokémon Trainer, kicking out a leg. Arcanine's Flamethrower was instantly scattered.
Seeing this scene, Officer Jenny's face turned very ugly. As expected, she still couldn't do anything to that guy!
The Flame Mask successfully got onto Noivern's back and said to Officer Jenny in a familiar tone, "Don't be so angry, we're old acquaintances. Officer Jenny, see you next time if there's a chance!"
After speaking, he took out a Poké Ball and recalled Blaziken, then rode Noivern soaring into the sky.
Looking at the Flame Mask disappearing into the horizon, Officer Jenny gritted her teeth in anger. "Damn it, I'll get you one day!"
This Flame Mask was too strong. Officer Jenny always suffered losses whenever she faced him. Not only had she never caught him once, but she had also never been able to figure out his true identity.
The angry Officer Jenny vented all her frustration on the drug traffickers. The drug traffickers all suffered greatly.
On the other side, Bai Feng, led by Purrloin, entered the Base's secret escape passage. This Passage led directly outside the Mountain Valley, and Purrloin had only discovered it by accident.
As the group walked, they suddenly heard someone talking ahead.
This Secret Passage was very quiet, and even a slight sound could produce a large echo.
Bai Feng and the others suddenly stopped. He looked at Purrloin and whispered, "What's going on? Didn't you say you were the only one who knew about this place?"
Purrloin pretended to look innocent. It really didn't know anyone else knew about this place.
At the same time that Bai Feng and the others heard the commotion ahead, the Drug Trafficker leader ahead also discovered the abnormality behind him. Both groups began to cautiously investigate the situation, and then they met at a corner.
The moment he saw Bai Feng and the others, the Drug Trafficker leader subconsciously took two steps back, then loudly questioned Bai Feng, "Who are you?"
But soon he noticed Teacher Omura and his friend behind Bai Feng. How could he not recognize these two Hostage? So he said again, "Are you from the Police? How did you find this place?"
Clearly, the Drug Trafficker leader mistook Bai Feng for someone sent by the Police to rescue the Hostage. However, he couldn't figure out how the Police knew about the existence of this Secret Passage. Could there be an undercover agent among his people?
Thinking of this, he unconsciously glanced at the few trusted subordinates behind him, planting a seed of suspicion in his heart.
"Sylve~"
Brionne jumped forward without a word, blocking Bai Feng. At the same time, Helioptile also came out of its Poké Ball.
Seeing this situation, the Drug Trafficker leader said to the two subordinates behind him, "Da Shi, Luo De, you two stop him."
Da Shi and Luo De exchanged glances, then reluctantly stepped forward and each released two Pokémon, two Clauncher and two Phantump.
"Clauncher, use Water Gun!"
"Phantump, use Will-O'-Wisp!"
The four Pokémon immediately launched an attack on Bai Feng and the others, but the next second, a golden light flashed before the eyes of the two Drug Trafficker. By the time they recovered, the two Clauncher's Water Gun had shattered, and they had also fallen into a field of electric current.
As for Phantump's Will-O'-Wisp, it was directly dispersed by Brionne's Disarming Voice. The two Phantump wanted to counterattack, but Brionne suddenly jumped up, used the move Pound, left and right, slapping them hard in the face and splattering them against the wall not far away.
Seeing that the few Pokémon were defeated so easily, Bai Feng was still a bit slow to react.
There was nothing he could do. In the previous battle against the Flame Mask, Bai Feng had suffered too great a blow. He originally thought his strength should be pretty good, but when he faced the Flame Mask, he was easily defeated.
He hadn't experienced many battles and hadn't encountered many Pokémon Trainers, so he thought that the strength of someone like the Flame Mask was relatively common among Pokémon Trainers. Thus, he felt that his own strength might not be very good.
This time, he encountered these two weaklings, which confused Bai Feng for a moment: Am I strong or weak?
In reality, Bai Feng's strength was truly not weak.
It could only be said that the Flame Mask was too strong. He was a genuine master, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to evade Officer Jenny for so long.
Officer Jenny in Lumiose City was different from those in other cities. This was the center of the Kalos Region, and the strength of someone holding an important position here couldn't possibly be weak.
After subduing the Drug Trafficker leader's two subordinates, Teacher Omura said, "Bai Feng, you don't need to worry about us. Go after that person. He is the leader of the Drug Trafficking Organization. Don't let him escape!"
"Okay, Teacher." After speaking, Bai Feng called out Bai Ye and said to her, "Mom, please take care of Teacher and the others, and also keep an eye on these two Drug Trafficker. I'll go after the one who ran away."
"Shana~" Will you be okay going by yourself?
Bai Ye said with a worried look.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful. If I can't win, I'll run."
Under Bai Ye's worried gaze, Bai Feng took Brionne and Helioptile and chased after him.
Bai Feng chased along the Passage, but he didn't see the Drug Trafficker leader the whole way and thought he had already run far away. It wasn't until he reached the exit of the Secret Passage that he saw the Drug Trafficker leader in the distance, preparing to ride a Pidgeot to escape.
Seeing Bai Feng chasing after him, the Drug Trafficker leader anxiously urged the Pidgeot beneath him to take off quickly. In his haste, the Pidgeot wasn't ready at all and could only fly up shakily.
"Helioptile, use Thunder Wave!" Bai Feng shouted.
"Aip~ Aip~"
Helioptile's speed was as fast as lightning. In the blink of an eye, it was directly below the Pidgeot. Before it could fly high and far, it immediately shot out a Thunder Wave.
At this moment, the sky was completely bright. The golden electric current echoed the golden morning sun on the horizon, making it hard for people to open their eyes.
The Pidgeot and the Drug Trafficker leader on its back felt a jolt throughout their bodies, and then they lost consciousness.
"Pidge~"
The Pidgeot screamed and fell from the sky, then crashed heavily onto the ground. If the Drug Trafficker leader hadn't been cushioned by the Pidgeot beneath him, his internal organs would probably have been shattered by now.
However, even so, he was badly injured by the fall.
After landing, the Drug Trafficker leader immediately reached for his Poké Ball without a word, but Helioptile's speed was even faster. It was covered in blue electric current and crashed into the Drug Trafficker leader with lightning speed.
"Ah!!!"
After a scream from the Drug Trafficker leader, the Poké Ball in his hand slipped to the ground, without even a chance to open it.
"He was defeated so easily? Is this person really the leader of the Drug Trafficking Organization?" Bai Feng was full of doubts. This was too weak.
In reality, the Drug Trafficker leader was indeed not the main combat strength within the organization. The true combat strength was the organization's second-in-command, but unfortunately, the second-in-command had already been captured by Officer Jenny.
This Drug Trafficking Organization was actually just a puppet supported by another mysterious organization. Both the leader and the second-in-command of the Drug Trafficking Organization were sent down from above. One was responsible for the operation of the Drug Trafficking Organization, and the other was responsible for the organization's armed forces.
The second-in-command had higher combat strength but wasn't very smart and had been fooled by the leader into working like a dog. The leader had never considered him one of his own.
Over the years, the leader had made a lot of money from drug trafficking. He had already planned to leave with his people and go solo, but he didn't expect that before the plan could be implemented, he would fall into the hands of the Police.
(End of Chapter)