Pokémon: Thunder Shatters the Darkness

on the ground.

Dozens of sheriffs, drenched in the rain, were standing with their backs to the cordon several meters behind them, blocking the excited crowd.

"Please, my daughter is in there."

"Let me through! Did you hear me?"

"Dad! Mom! Can you hear me?

"Why aren't the ambulances and fire trucks allowed in? Why?"

But no matter what they said, the sheriffs could only perform the tasks assigned to them by their superiors in silence.

But occasionally they would look at each other.

——Are we doing this right?

——…

Behind them, a sheriff held up a bullhorn and shouted:

"Please don't act rashly. Henghai City is about to face a major natural disaster. Please don't gather here! Leave as soon as possible! Leave as soon as possible!"

"Please trust the alliance's rescue measures and response methods. If you block here now, it will only affect the search and rescue operation!"

"I repeat: please do not act rashly..."

Swish!

A private car stopped nearby, its tires splashing up mud on the ground.

Opening the car door, a heroic face was revealed.

"What are you doing?"

The first second she got off the car, she frowned: "Why haven't the rescuers gone in yet..."

The words were not finished.

Suddenly someone grabbed her arm and forcibly pulled her to the back of the car.

"What? Let go!"

"You come here first!"

"let go!"

Li Rushuang shook off the arm that was holding him tightly, looked at the gray-haired sheriff in front of him with a cold face, and said:

"Master, why haven't the rescue teams shown up at the Alliance Center to provide treatment yet?"

The old sheriff sighed: "Didn't I give you special permission to rest?"

"Master! Answer my question!"

“…They can’t go in now.”

"why?"

"Because we are performing official duties, the most important thing now is to disperse the people and avoid the consequences of natural disasters..."

"Master, what natural disaster?"

Li Rushuang stared into his eyes and asked:

"Tell me, what kind of disaster could reach this level? Could it be that the Great Tomb Mountain has erupted?"

"Do not."

The old sheriff was silent for a moment, then said softly, "It was an earthquake."

"……what?"

Li Rushuang's eyes widened.

As if she hadn't heard clearly, she took a step forward and looked at the silent person in front of her with his head bowed in disbelief:

"what did you say?"

The old sheriff looked at Li Rushuang sincerely and said, "I know the probability of an earthquake in Henghai City is extremely low... but it's not impossible, right?"

But Li Rushuang didn't seem to want to listen to him.

Instead, his expression became more and more angry, and his voice gradually became louder:

"Master, I'm asking you about the situation at the Alliance Center! And you're telling me that this place was caused by an earthquake?"

"Without any warning, an 'earthquake' suddenly occurred in the center of the alliance and only targeted the center of the alliance?"

"Master, do you take me for a fool?"

"……Ugh."

This time.

The old sheriff just sighed and then slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he looked at Li Rushuang who was in disbelief and continued:

"It's not just targeting the center of the alliance, but a magnitude 6 earthquake with a range of up to 100 kilometers."

Li Rushuang was stunned.

She subconsciously took a few steps back and tilted her head slightly. The meaning in her eyes made the old sheriff's spine sink a little.

Her throat surged several times, but she still couldn't utter a word.

half an hour.

After simply adjusting her mood, Li Rushuang looked at the old sheriff who had taught her everything with disappointment, looked away, and her expression gradually became serious:

"My dad won't believe it...I'm going to find him now."

"do not go."

The hands grasped her arms again.

"Let go."

Li Rushuang widened her eyes, staring at the old sheriff who dared not look at her, and almost uttered a few words through the gap between her teeth:

"Master, are you crazy? This is obviously wrong. Are you crazy when you have been catching poachers for more than 20 years and fighting them with wits and courage... Where is my father? Did you avoid him?"

Li Rushuang broke free from the imprisoning hands and strode forward.

But before she took a step, a slightly painful voice suddenly came from behind her: "This is Director Li's decision."

"Varied……"

She stopped abruptly.

The sudden news shocked her whole body and her shoulders couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Rushuang, be obedient...don't cause any trouble."

The footsteps behind me gradually approached, and the voice that was deliberately controlled in volume was mixed with endless confusion and pain:

"You can sense that something is wrong, how can your father not notice it?"

"We rushed here when the incident first happened, but a mysterious man appeared out of nowhere and stopped us all here. Only your father went to negotiate."

"We all witnessed your father's screaming and his ultimate helplessness. Although... although we didn't hear what he said to that person, but... well, I'll just tell you straight."

"The development of this matter is no longer within our control. It is now a matter for the top leaders of the alliance."

"Don't go, Rushuang, don't cause trouble for your father. He has had a hard enough year. Have you forgotten what happened last month?"

"He has betrayed the integrity of his first half of life... He won't feel any worse than you do now."

At the end of the day.

The old sheriff's voice was as soft as the buzz of a mosquito, and only Li Rushuang's pale face and trembling body proved that she heard it clearly.

Boom——

The dazzling silver-white thunder drew several silver-white tracks in the sky.

She seemed to hear nothing and just stood there.

The old sheriff sighed again.

He knew what a huge blow this was to Li Rushuang.

This time it wasn't her own arms that restrained her steps.

But it is the "obstacle" called "family".

Invisible captivity is harder to break free from than visible captivity.

It was just like what happened to Director Li when he faced the man in the suit.

Just as he was about to say a few more words of comfort, his peripheral vision suddenly noticed the mud on the ground gradually jumping.

earthquake!

An earthquake is coming!

"Get to the center of the road!"

The old sheriff immediately abandoned the dazed Li Rushuang and ran directly to the sheriff holding the loudspeaker, snatched the loudspeaker away, put it close to his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Quick! Stay away from all the buildings and move towards the center of the road! All sheriffs, throw out your Poké Balls!"

As he spoke, he took out his Poké Ball and shouted at the rescuers in the distance:

"Come and help! Quick! Has the 'Big Electric Petrel' flying club arrived? Have them fasten the insulated basket and take off immediately! Now!"

Done.

He gathered all his strength and released his spirit:

"Three Digletts, use 'Rock Blockade'. Feel the speed at which the ground is cracking, gather the rocks to a safe place, and bring everyone up there."

Hearing the old sheriff's voice, the young sheriffs also released their Pokémon and took emergency measures.

"Swamp King! Use 'Frozen Wind' to reinforce 'Rock Blockade'."

"Haoli, move the people up quickly!"

"Forget it, let my 'Onix' come and help quickly!"

Looking at the actions in front of me that seem mixed but are in order.

Li Rushuang suddenly smiled bitterly in the rainstorm.

But this smile has too many indescribable meanings.