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Chapter 43 An Unmanned Experimental Base?
Pikachu strongly resisted and shook his head repeatedly.
"Don't worry, you can see outside from inside the ball, and you can come out anytime."
"Let's go inside first, and you can come out to rescue your companions when you have a chance, otherwise you'll definitely be discovered!"
With Chi Hong's patient persuasion, a flash of red light appeared, and Pikachu was pulled back into the ball.
go!
Thankfully, the Rockets' uniforms came with eye patches that covered the upper half of the face, otherwise Natsuno really wouldn't have dared to swagger in like that.
His movements were languid, and he even hummed a little tune, appearing as relaxed as if he were on a picnic.
In contrast, our fighters are now stiff-limbed and their hearts are racing.
I was so nervous that I didn't know which leg to step with.
At this moment, Crimson was thinking: I'd rather fight Green for three days straight than do this.
The two walked into the passageway, which was well-lit, with a series of lights hanging from the ceiling.
Natsuno gently patted Akane's shoulder to comfort him and try to ease Akane's tension.
"Relax, Chih, we're here to relax and have a vacation, we're here for sightseeing."
At this point, Natsuno's heart skipped a beat: Right, didn't I initially plan to slack off?
It was one thing to help catch pickup trucks at the market in the first place, but now you're following Red and infiltrating Team Rocket's base?
Is that correct?
Seeing that Akane was still struggling to shake off her tension, Natsuno once again offered words of comfort.
"Crimson, we're here to save Pikachu's people. The bad guys must have captured them to do evil experiments."
"If you get too nervous, we won't be able to rescue the injured Pokémon. Can you bear that?"
"Just like in a battle! Be completely focused, don't think about anything, and once you're inside, just follow me!"
It's unclear what Natsuno said that moved Akane, but the latter closed her eyes and let out a long breath.
When he opened his eyes again, his entire demeanor was different. His gaze was calm, and he signaled to Natsuno to take action.
Natsuno took a few steps forward, and Akane followed quietly, showing no signs of tension, which put her at ease.
The passage was only a few meters long, and the two quickly reached its end, where they found it connected to a horizontal corridor.
Natsuno swallowed hard, composed himself, and led Akane directly into the left corridor.
The corridor came into view, with a room on each side, but no one was in the corridor.
There were many messy footprints on the ground, leading to the back of the two people, which was the corridor on the right.
Unexpectedly, the two walked into the left corridor but did not hear any voices.
The entire cave was eerily quiet.
Wiping the cold sweat from his brow, Natsuno decided to move forward and observe the situation in the room.
3 meters, 1 meter, standing in front of the room, the two were greatly disappointed.
The door to the room was opened, revealing a mess of scattered items; the room was in disarray, as if it had been ransacked.
As you walk further in, there are many empty marks on the ground, completely different from the plots of land next to it.
Natsuno guessed that some large instruments must have been placed here before, but they have now been moved away.
After carefully searching through the scattered items, there wasn't even a single piece of paper; everything was spotless.
Natsuno walked out of the room and looked at the corridor on the right, which was indeed empty.
They entered another room on the left, which had a similar layout to the first one, and the two of them still found nothing.
Just then, the Poké Ball flew out of the Crimson Pocket, flashed red light, and Pikachu appeared.
He scrambled across the room in the right-hand corridor on all fours, calling out anxiously, "Pikachu, Pikachu!"
Fearing an ambush, the two hurried after him, shouting, "Watch out for ambushes!"
Red Road waved and released the Charizard, which rushed towards the room Pikachu entered.
As they drew closer, faint, jumbled shouts echoed from inside the room: "Pikachu!"
The two strode in, and the room was simply filled with a large iron cage containing a large group of Pikachu.
Walking quickly up to check, Natsuno noticed a cable attached to the top of the cage, hanging down to the open ground on the right.
The soil in the open area was noticeably cleaner than in other areas, clearly indicating that it had previously been used to store equipment.
Turning to look at the Pikachus in the cage, they all looked listless and clearly lacked energy.
I went up and tried to pry open the iron cage; it was very sturdy, and I couldn't escape.
At this moment, Pikachu raised its tail to gather power and concentrate its energy.
It charged toward the iron cage, its tail turning silver-gray, and with a spinning slash, it unleashed its iron tail!
The cage was destroyed, but the Pikachu inside were too weak to get up and escape.
Seeing this, Pikachu looked at the two red figures and called out anxiously.
Natsuno squatted down, picked up a Pikachu, and massaged the electric sacs on its sides.
The expected tingling sensation did not occur, and the battery felt slightly shrunken to the touch.
"The power is insufficient; simply feeding it Energy Cubes won't suffice. It's best to take it to a Pokémon Center for treatment."
The two looked into the cage and roughly counted nearly thirty Pikachu. What to do?
At this point, the two of them had brought nothing with them in order to sneak in, and the group of Pikachu couldn't even walk, so they had no way to attack.
"Pika, don't panic. Stay here and watch over your tribe. We'll think of something."
Red comforted Pikachu for a while, then left the room with Natsuno.
A box placed at the door of the room opposite caught their attention.
The two went up and opened it, revealing 28 red and white balls inside.
Natsuno picked up one of them and pressed the button. It popped open with a snap, revealing an empty ball.
Looking towards the last room, it was no different from the previous ones—empty, but without any information.
Natsuno frowned and walked out of the room.
Various messy footprints on the ground spread from the left side of the corridor towards this side, disappearing in front of the wall at the far right end.
The two exchanged a glance, then quickly walked over to examine it carefully.
"These are clearly signs of a collapsed passage; this was their escape route!"
Holding a box of red and white balls, Natsuno felt a sense of unease.
Upon arriving at Pikachu's room, the two explained the situation to Pikachu.
"Pika, your companions are badly injured and need to be taken for treatment."
"But they can't move on their own right now. How about we put them in the ball, treat them, and then bring them back to the forest?"
Pikachu looked at its companion lying on the ground, unable to get up, nodded, and called out to its companions.
After a series of "Pikachu" sounds, Pikachu looked at Natsuno and the other two.
The two were instructed to gently place the red and white balls from the box onto the Pikachu in the cage.
28 balls, 28 Pikachu, not one missing.
Without a second thought, Crimson gathered the shrunken Poké Balls into her clothes, and the two left the base.
Returning to the spot where they had just tied up the henchmen, the two gasped in shock.
Only a few vines remained on the ground; the henchmen had vanished.
They took their belongings and backpacks down from the tree and checked them carefully to make sure nothing was missing.
After searching around the nearby trees, I found no other signs of human activity, not even footprints.
After changing back into his own clothes, Natsuno began to think.
Strange, why is there no one in the cave?
If Shallow Hill and Pikachu escaped from here, then the experiment in this cave must have taken at least a year.
Otherwise, Qianqianqiu would not have ended up in its current state.
Moreover, the cave was cleaned very thoroughly, without a single clue.
The two minions at the cave entrance are clearly a trap, but why didn't they take Pikachu with them?
Just so we would save them on purpose? What kind of brain circuit is that?
"Ring ring ring~"
The ringing of the cell phone interrupted Xia Ye's thoughts, and a name appeared on the caller ID.
Xia Ye's heart skipped a beat.
It's Sakaki.