Chapter 869: The Fire of Life!

“Ennteii!”

A roar sounded.

Entei had recovered some energy inside the Poké Ball.

After coming out, its entire body immediately began to burn with white flames.

However, before it could display its power, Champion Leo’s Charizard, wrapped in flames, directly pressed down on Entei’s body.

Under the terrifying strength of that Champion-level Charizard, Entei felt its body sink, and the white fire burning over it was directly suppressed.

Seeing this, Ethan took out the Poké Ball and recalled Entei.

“It is indeed Entei.”

“It seems that the other Legendary Pokémon… This Leader Brandon seems to be hiding some secret.”

Champion Leo’s face became solemn. Just as Ethan had suspected, it seemed that Leader Brandon had left while taking the other Legendary Pokémon with him.

But why would Leader Brandon abandon Emberfall City Gym?

If that Pokémon had been captured normally by Leader Brandon, he would have no need to flee.

Could it be that he feared other Trainers coveting the Legendary Pokémon in his hands?

“If we’re talking about coveting…”

“Could it be because of the infinite energy inside Victini’s body?”

“If that infinite energy could be properly developed, it would undoubtedly be a very powerful force.”

Ethan thought of Victini’s special nature and vaguely felt that he had understood something.

Perhaps Leader Brandon had captured Victini for another purpose.

“This matter must be investigated thoroughly!”

Champion Leo also sensed that the situation was not normal. He directly took out his phone and called the president of the Pokémon Trainer Guild.

…

Three days later, in Solaris City.

“Master, Brandon is a member of the Dark League?”

Looking at the investigation report in his hands, Ethan’s eyes opened wide, somewhat incredulous.

“That’s right. Although I also don’t want to believe it, the facts are like this.”

“That Leader Brandon is precisely a member of the Dark League. His codename is Black Fire.”

“Now, the Daleron League has already issued a wanted order for Leader Brandon, hoping to find him before he leaves the Daleron League.”

Champion Leo’s face looked rather bad. Leader Brandon was the strongest Gym Leader of the Solaris region and had received many resources from the League for his training.

But who would have thought that he was a member of the Dark League? That caused so many years of the League’s investment to go down the drain, and it even ended up cultivating such a strong Trainer for the Dark League. The loss was truly enormous.

Moreover, now Brandon had taken a Legendary Pokémon from the territory of the Daleron League. This made the entire Daleron League burst with anger.

“Then, this time… didn’t I end up helping the Dark League?”

Ethan’s face also became ugly.

According to what Master Leo said, all Elite-level Trainers of the Dark League were actually under surveillance by the great Leagues.

Without help, Brandon could not rely solely on his own strength to capture Entei and Victini.

But now, with the help of Ethan, an Elite-level Trainer, Brandon managed to capture Victini and escape with it.

“Damn it. He used me!”

Ethan clenched his fists. That feeling of having strengthened the enemy was truly unbearable.

“Ethan, you don’t have to blame yourself.”

“If it weren’t for you, we still wouldn’t know anything about the situation of Emberfall City Gym.”

“That a member of the Dark League came to occupy the position of Gym Leader… that is my responsibility.”

“Brandon, hmph. I will definitely catch him!”

Champion Leo patted Ethan’s shoulder to console him.

“Master, this time let me help as well.”

Ethan spoke. Now he was also an Elite-level Trainer, so he could already fully participate in operations against the Dark League.

“There’s no need.”

“Currently, what we lack in the Daleron League is not strength to confront the Dark League.”

“If we’re talking about strength, any of the five great Leagues has confidence to surround and exterminate the Dark League.”

“The problem is that the Dark League is too cunning. They always hide in unknown Secret Kingdoms, and it is very difficult to surround them.”

Champion Leo shook his head. If they could find the headquarters of the Dark League, they could directly eradicate the entire organization.

“The headquarters of the Dark League.”

“Then, that Secret Kingdom in the depths of the Pacific wasn’t it either?”

Ethan thought of the Dark League base he found last time while exploring the Alola Secret Kingdom.

Now it seemed that it was only one of many bases of the Dark League.

The true location of the Dark League headquarters was still a mystery.

“Keep working hard.”

“Only powerful strength is the best deterrent against all evil.”

Champion Leo patted Ethan and spoke in a meaningful tone.

“Yes, I understand.”

Ethan nodded. In his heart, his determination to become stronger intensified even more.

“Besides, your Entei has a close connection with the other Legendary Pokémon.”

“The League hopes that you will temporarily lend Entei, to help find Brandon and recover that Legendary Pokémon.”

After hesitating a little, Champion Leo spoke.

Seeing this, Ethan had no objection and agreed frankly.

During that time, Ethan had also tried to subdue Entei, but the result had been very bad.

Perhaps because Ethan, to a certain extent, had caused Victini to be captured by Brandon, Entei felt great hostility toward him.

Under these circumstances, unless they recovered Victini, Entei would not accept Ethan as its Trainer.

So, instead of forcing it, it was better to generously hand it over temporarily to the League. In that way, he would also partly compensate for his mistake.

“Don’t worry, the League also won’t let you suffer a loss.”

Seeing that Ethan agreed so quickly, Champion Leo nodded with satisfaction.

Afterward, he took out a crystal lamp from his spatial ring.

On the crystal lamp burned a flame of red and yellow tones, especially bright.

“What flame is this?”

Ethan looked curiously at the flame on the crystal lamp.

From that flame, he could vaguely feel an extraordinary aura.

“This is a wisp of Moltres’s origin flame.”

“Moltres is also called the immortal bird, and its origin flame is precisely the fire of life.”

Hearing Champion Leo’s explanation, Ethan’s eyes shone.

Just as not all Entei possess Sacred Fire, not all Moltres can master the fire of life either.

Moreover, this was not simply life fire condensed by Moltres, but its origin flame.

For any Fire-type Pokémon, this origin flame of Moltres was an extremely valuable resource.

And for Ethan, this fire of life had an even more extraordinary use. Perhaps it could help him research the essence of life energy one step further!

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