Chapter 225 - 14 Bait

When Jim and Daisy left, Alex and the nurse joy too left the area and the buzzing of the people in the area began.

" Did you feel it?" I thought I was in front of an angry Persian which attacked me once I accidentally injured her child." A trainer whispered to his friend.

" I too felt like I was experiencing another life and death case in the area. Do you think he will return and hurt us? He gave off an aura of someone who had killed before." He asked his friend.

" I don't know about you, but I am leaving this town. I won't be return here until he hasn't left the town. Who knows when he cracks and hunts us down. After all, we did insult him for his lack of knowledge about the qualifier. " He said and rushed through the door to leave.

Similarly a couple of people left in the fear that he may retaliate against them.

Meanwhile, another group of people were talking to themselves about Alex's appearance.

" Do you think he may be the one sent to investigate about us and our activities?" One asked.

" It has to be him. Or else, why would Nurse Joy take him inside as well as spend time to explain It to him and his companions.

But, we don't have to worry about him. He isn't powerful enough to deal with us. At most, he is an intermediate level trainer." His companion stated.

" Yeah. Should we get these kids or let them be so we don't attract his attention."

After some thought, the senior member stayed," He tried to threaten us by showing his powers so blatantly. If we lay low now, we will be ridiculed for fearing someone so young who don't even have the strength to threaten us.

We should target his followers and remind him that some people cannot be threatened. Since he dare to involve himself in our matters, he should be prepared to pay the price "

The younger person agreed with his senior and sent off his Pokemon, murkrow to signal his other companions about the new targets found.

Daisy and Jim are now in danger.

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While, Jim and Daisy left for their task and the hidden people of the shadows targeted the duo new trainers, Nurse Joy and Alex had once again made their way to her office.

After entering, she asked," was it necessary to act like that? Now they would know you are here and may hide in their holes."

Alex wasn't disturbed by this and sat on the chair unperturbed.

" I should have known you are too young to do the secret missions. I shouldn't have done that. Now I have to tell them that your identity is compromised and cannot complete the task."

Alex then looked at the agitated nurse joy and said," Do you know how to bring an Ekans out of their hole?"

" What do you mean?"

He didn't bother to answer, and continued with his words," You throw a Rattata in front of the hole and let it cause Chaos. But for the head arbok to appear, you must send a raticate.

He won't bother if Rattata kills a few Ekans under him but raticate could exterminate all his followers solo. So he had to come out to deal with it himself."

Nurse Joy felt he had some sort of plan and acted according to it, yet she didn't find anything worthwhile in his words and stated," I still don't understand what you mean."

" The plan is already set in motion. You just have to let things go as they are going. Everything will be alright." Alex said this and then changed the topic completely," I heard that the solar town boasts having maximum sun rays throughout the Kanto. Is there any specific speciality of this town."

Nurse Joy was angered by his words and shouted at him," You are here to help us deal with the current scenario, but you are acting like a tourist especially when you are exposed to them. "

To see the normally calm nurse joy sprouting angry flames at him was really a new site, but he didn't show he was affected. He tried to hold his ground and Said," why do you think I showed off my powers back then?"

" How would I know what you thought when you were doing that?"

Alex jumped off his seat and walked around the office to look at different things placed in there as a decoration and said," When I visited you in your office, I already was a suspected league trainer sent to check the situation here. But by my last act, I became an arrogant trainer who consider them worthless.

In the underworld, if you don't have enough prestige along with power, you cannot sustain your position. Shadows are coming to Kanto far away from their initial johto base. So they won't send too much force first until they are initially established here.

So?"

" So?"

" So they will try to catch me off guard or trick me to walk into their ambush. "

Since, he was telling her his plans, she was gaining some confidence in him. Yet she was confused by his last words and asked," How? How will they do that? Hell, why would you even do that?"

" Didn't I already showed off my weaknesses back at the mission center?" Alex said with a mysterious smile.

Nurse Joy was in thought and thought what he just said," When did you... You were there with just Jim and Daisy. " And then it dawned on her and she was nervous once again," You are letting them catch the two. Aren't you afraid something might happen to them? What would Mathew do to you if he finds you used his daughter and put her in peril."

" Mathew. He asked me to show off the dark side to his daughter so she can grow well. He told me that as long as she wasn't injured much, he won't care how I train her or whatever happens to her.

This hostage situation will be good for the kids. That way they understand it well enough that how low they are in the food chain."he said with a cold smile.

" Isn't it too much for them?" Nurse Joy asked knowing he won't change the plan even if she wanted him to.

" They are my first students. If they can't even reach advanced level trainer in their lifetime it would mean I am not a good teacher.

Also they had a pretty safe life before. Only in the face of a danger, humans yearn for strength because in peacetime they become competent. Now this incident will make sure they don't stop midway. After all they can never be in a complete danger."

" But how can you be so sure that they aren't in danger?" Nurse Joy asked though confused felt he might have something up his sleeve.

" Now now you cannot expect me to reveal all my secrets would you? Anyway, you still haven't told me about the speciality dishes of the town. " He said with a serious expression.

Knowing she won't get any more information, she gave him the info he asked for and Alex left to enjoy his stay in the Solar town.

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Alex spent his entire day, walking around the town visiting different stores and restaurants to eat. He had let Swablu, Pikachu and Growlithe follow him throughout the trip.

When he returned to the Pokemon center, it was evening. After the tired day, he went directly to his room but on his door he found a paper stuck on the panels of the door.

On seeing it, he understood what it was. He picked up the paper and read what was written in it:

' Your two little friends are with us. Come at the abandoned mansion towards the eastern peripheral side of the town. Come alone or you won't be seeing your friends ever again.

- your well wisher .'

'So the prey had taken the bait.' Alex thought to himself and dashed off.