Chapter 868: Ethan's Suspicion!

“Forward!”

With Ethan’s order, Mega Charizard’s figure trembled and charged directly toward Entei.

Facing that attack capable of shaking heaven and earth, Entei’s face became solemn.

As a Legendary Pokémon, it did not choose to dodge. White flames erupted beneath its paws, its figure shot out, and it faced Charizard’s Sunny Day Dragon head-on.

A violent explosion roared. Seeing this, Regirock immediately crouched down and used its back to block the shockwaves.

“Charizard.”

Ethan poked his head out from behind Regirock and looked worriedly toward the field.

“Phew…”

A light breeze passed, dispersing the smoke and dust.

When he looked at the field again, there was no longer any figure standing.

Charizard, Blaziken, and Entei, the three Pokémon, had fallen on the blackened earth.

“Did they lose the ability to battle at the same time?”

“In that case… go, Ultra Ball!”

Ethan’s eyes narrowed. First, he took out a Poké Ball and recalled Charizard.

Then he took out an empty Ultra Ball and threw it toward Entei, which was on the ground.

With a flash of white light, that Legendary Pokémon was absorbed into the Ultra Ball.

After trembling slightly, there was a dull click. The Ultra Ball closed, and Entei was successfully captured.

Ethan walked forward and picked up Entei’s Ultra Ball. Then he turned his gaze toward Blaziken, who had fallen nearby.

“Lucario.”

The Poké Ball opened, and Lucario’s figure appeared.

Under his order, Lucario used the move Heal Pulse and began to heal Blaziken’s injuries.

Afterward, Lucario used its aura power to begin searching for Leader Brandon and Victini.

“You say they’re not here?”

Hearing Lucario’s answer, Ethan’s face changed.

In such a short time, had Leader Brandon already captured Victini and escaped?

At that moment, he began to react.

Could Leader Brandon have come here precisely for Victini?

“That shouldn’t be the case, right? Blaziken is still here.”

He frowned and looked again at the Blaziken in the distance.

“Lucario, search whether there are traces of battle in other places.”

“Although Leader Brandon is very strong, to capture Victini, he necessarily had to fight a battle.”

After thinking about it, Ethan spoke to the Lucario beside him.

Very soon, under Lucario’s confident investigation, they arrived at a completely devastated battlefield.

The traces of battle in that place were still very fresh. Some areas still emitted heat from the terrifying Fire-type attacks.

From the situation of the place, it could be seen that a very intense battle had also erupted between Leader Brandon and Victini.

“Perhaps Victini escaped and Leader Brandon went after it?”

Ethan made a guess inwardly. Since Lucario’s aura power had not detected the aura of Leader Brandon or Victini inside the Secret Kingdom, that meant both had already left the place.

“Melmetal, help me find the exit of the Secret Kingdom.”

Ethan released Melmetal and then returned to the place where he had fought Entei before.

At that moment, Blaziken seemed to have recovered. It remained standing there silently.

“Blaziken, let’s get out of here first.”

Ethan spoke to Blaziken.

At this, Blaziken shook its head slightly. Then its figure moved and jumped into the distance.

“It seems it plans to wait here for Leader Brandon.”

Ethan made that assumption in his heart. After hesitating a little, he decided to leave there first.

Whether Leader Brandon had captured Victini and left the place, or Victini had escaped the Secret Kingdom and Brandon had chased after it, he had to go out to search.

After all, this was related to a Legendary Pokémon. If a great battle broke out outside, it could be fatal.

Very soon, Melmetal found the exit of the Secret Kingdom and led Ethan out of the Fire Domain.

Ethan released Charizard and quickly flew into the sky.

Looking downward, he discovered that the place felt very familiar to him. It was the Volcanic Mountain Range located within the territory of Emberfall City.

Without hesitation, he rode Charizard and flew directly toward Emberfall City Gym.

If Leader Brandon had captured Victini, he would undoubtedly return to Emberfall City. It would be enough to wait for him there.

But upon arriving at Emberfall City Gym, Ethan discovered with surprise that there was no one inside.

Not only Leader Brandon; even the apprentices and employees of the place had disappeared.

This gave Ethan the feeling that the place had been completely abandoned.

Seeing this, Ethan’s heart skipped a beat. Vaguely, he had a bad premonition.

After hesitating for a moment, he had Charizard turn around and fly toward Solaris City, planning to look for Champion Leo.

…

“Ethan, you’ve finally come.”

Champion Leo looked at Ethan with a smile.

He had also seen the data from the Regional Gym Leader Exchange Tournament.

For some time, he had wanted to talk with Ethan about the Solar Fire technique that his Charizard had shown in the competition.

Although he already knew that technique and had contributed many suggestions to perfecting it, even his Champion-level Charizard had not managed to complete the training of Solar Fire.

“Master Leo, this time I came because there is something I want to ask you.”

“Emberfall City Gym seems to have had some problems. Now, including Leader Brandon, all the Gym members have disappeared.”

Ethan did not waste time and directly reported to Master Leo the information he knew about Emberfall City.

“Emberfall City Gym closed?”

“Leader Brandon did not report this to the Pokémon Trainer Guild.”

Hearing Ethan’s words, Leo’s face also changed slightly.

A Pokémon Gym could be considered, to a certain extent, part of the Pokémon Trainer Guild.

The normal closure of a Gym had a considerable impact.

Moreover, according to what Ethan said, everyone in Emberfall City, including apprentices and employees, had disappeared. That was far too abnormal.

“Besides, there is another thing I must tell you, Master.”

After hearing Master Leo’s words, Ethan’s heart sank.

Without hesitation, Ethan directly told him what had happened in the Fire Domain and took out Entei’s Poké Ball.

“You say that you and Leader Brandon found two Legendary Pokémon in the Fire Domain?”

Looking at the Poké Ball in Ethan’s hand, Leo’s eyes widened slightly. He seemed very surprised.

“That’s right. The Pokémon inside this Poké Ball is Entei.”

Ethan nodded. The Poké Ball in his hand opened, and Entei’s figure appeared.

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