Chapter 355: Who Took the Secret Treasure?
In the sea, a Crawdaunt burst out of the water, its Bubble Beam directly trapping the wings of the diving Pidgeot.
"Pidgeotto!"
Caught off guard, one of the Pidgeot's wings slapped heavily against the water surface.
"Tch, the secret treasure is mine!"
At this moment, an Alakazam appeared out of thin air above the secret treasure.
Beside it was also a trainer.
Teleport.
The Alakazam trainer hadn't managed to grab the treasure the first time, so this time he was fully prepared. His psychic power was firmly locked onto the descending treasure box.
He was just waiting for the moment it landed to teleport it away.
Just as the box was about to touch the water's surface, the Alakazam's psychic power covered it.
But in the very next instant.
The exact same "vanishing into thin air" occurred again, even though his mid-Master tier Alakazam's psychic power had already reached it.
The secret treasure still vanished without a trace.
"How is that possible?"
The Alakazam's trainer stood there, mouth agape in disbelief. He had been waiting right here; as soon as the treasure box landed, he could teleport away with it.
But the box was still gone?
However, the other contestants watching didn't know the truth and assumed the treasure had been taken by this Alakazam trainer.
Instantly, they swarmed towards him.
"Don't let that kid teleport away! Anyone with blocking skills, hurry up!"
"Come out, Dusknoir, use Mean Look!"
"I'm counting on you, Umbreon, use Mean Look!"
...
At this point, the so-called rules of the preliminaries were no longer rules.
They had already qualified for the main tournament anyway.
Violating the rules would, at most, lead to an early exit.
Might as well use the half-hour before being forced out to see if they could snatch the secret treasure.
In an instant,
the surrounding sea area was filled with dozens more Pokémon of various types.
"Holy crap..."
The Alakazam trainer stared, dumbfounded at the scene. "Go, quick, Alakazam!"
The Alakazam, holding its spoons, also knew the urgency. It grabbed its trainer and performed a short-distance Teleport to dodge the Mean Looks, then fled.
A crowd chased after them, following the psychic energy fluctuations.
Melee... about to erupt...
Some people who had participated in the first sky-fallen treasure grab knew Alakazam hadn't taken it and chose to stay put.
On the island.
Pan Shanyu looked towards the Arcanine.
The Arcanine shook its head, indicating it could no longer smell the box's scent.
Seeing this, Chen Chen was surprised.
"A bit strange..."
Her Arcanine, although not her main, had reached the Master level.
Normally, if it locked onto an item's scent, it could smell it even from dozens of lıˇ (approximately 500 meters or 1/3 mile per lıˇ, so potentially tens of kilometers) away.
Now, being out at sea with no other scents obstructing, its search range should be even greater.
But the Arcanine still lost the target.
This was definitely not something that Alakazam could have done.
A Master-level Alakazam's Teleport could cover such a distance.
But it was carrying its trainer just now.
Carrying a person and teleporting long-distance for dozens of kilometers...
That was highly unlikely.
Liu Xuan shrugged beside them, spreading his hands, "See? It was just like this last time. Gone in the blink of an eye."
Over there, the impatient Bai Yuecheng became interested.
"Interesting. This thing just flew away out of thin air. I kind of want to see what Pokémon this is!"
Pan Shanyu glanced at him, "Let's go. Since the secret treasure is gone now, there's no point staying."
The latter threw his hands up, clasping them behind his head, "Ah, boring..."
Immediately, Pan Shanyu beckoned to his Rotom, "Request end of preliminaries."
The small, yellow flying machine Rotom flew to his side.
"Rotom reporting. Contestant Pan Shanyu requests to end preliminaries. Confirm?"
"Confirm."
This short exchange stunned everyone present.
Bai Yuecheng lowered his hands, looking baffled, "Wait, Boss, when you said 'let's go', you meant that kind of leaving?"
Liu Xuan's team over there was also stunned, "So soon?"
Pan Shanyu felt a bit exasperated, like trying to forge iron out of scrap. Chen Chen beside him had already mounted his Metagross, indicating she understood.
But why couldn't this Bai Yuecheng get it?
"We haven't found a single good item this whole way. Do you think there will be any secret treasures in other places?"
Pan Shanyu didn't lower his voice for this statement.
Liu Xuan's wasn't the only team around.
The teams that hadn't chased the Alakazam were almost all still here.
And they had some understanding of Pan Shanyu, more or less.
Third place in last year's Youth League.
His Metagross was incredibly strong.
Unfortunately, he lacked depth; his Pokémon pool was countered perfectly by the second-place winner.
Otherwise, he might have had a chance at first place.
The first and second place winners from previous years were no longer eligible for the Youth League this year.
But this was only Pan Shanyu's second time participating.
Some said he was deeply patient and calculating.
He didn't participate in his first year because Metang hadn't evolved yet. But in his second year, Metang had already evolved into Metagross.
He still didn't participate.
Then in his third year, he appeared with unstoppable, crushing dominance.
Not only in the preliminaries, where he found quite a few secret treasures through coordination with his teammates.
But also in the main tournament, where he steamrolled his way into the top sixteen.
In the eyes of the public.
This year's championship was practically destined to be his.
His words also made the surrounding people frown and start discussing in low voices.
"Honestly, it seems like Pan Shanyu is right. In previous Youth Leagues, even if they were hard to find, you could still find some things. This year, it feels like there are exceptionally few secret treasures?"
"Bro, have you found any secret treasures?"
"Does a C-rank one count?"
They finally reached a conclusion:
It seemed like during this preliminary round, nobody had really obtained many secret treasures.
Then that's strange?
Who took all the secret treasures?
Bai Yuecheng had a sudden realization, "It's that kid!"
After Pan Shanyu's reminder, enlightenment dawned on him.
They had already qualified for the main tournament, and the secret treasures were pretty much gone now.
Even if more treasures fell from the sky, they wouldn't be able to get them.
Since that was the case.
What was the point of staying here any longer?
Understanding one point clears up everything.
Bai Yuecheng started laughing, "Damn, after we get out, thinking about it, he probably took this sky-fallen treasure too. After we get out, I gotta make him treat us to a meal!"
Saying this, he also requested the end of the preliminaries from his Rotom, then summoned a Corviknight and mounted it.
The conversation between the two.
Left Liu Xuan's team opposite them dumbfounded.
"Wait, what are you guys talking about? Do you know who took the secret treasures?"
"Hahaha,"
Bai Yuecheng laughed loudly from the sky, "You'll find out eventually."
Have to admit,
Knowing something that others don't feels really good...
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