Pokemon, a genius scientist who traveled from one piece

Being stared at by a group of big shots, Erica felt like Emperor Xuan of Han surrounded by a bunch of Huo Guangs, extremely uncomfortable.

Lance was the first to speak: "As the first person in the entire house to encounter Joker two nights ago, do you know what his purpose was in infiltrating this place?"

Erica recalled, opening her mouth several times, looking hesitant.

If Joker wasn't lying, then his purpose was indeed good.

That was, he suspected that Aldus, one of the Elite Four of the Indigo League, or rather, the Cai family, the richest family in the Johto region, had other plans.

Because those wild Pokémon locked in their own storage room would be doing well to not seek revenge on humans.

And you want them to live in harmony with humans and become domesticated Pokémon? What a joke.

After being awakened by Joker, Erica also found it strange.

As a trainer of the Elite Four level, Aldus shouldn't be unable to understand such a simple question, right?

But, but she couldn't say it out loud.

After all, the other party was one of the Elite Four of the League, wouldn't saying it offend him to death?

What's more, that Cai gentleman was someone her father wanted to please.

"No, I don't know. I just wanted to go into the storage room to see those Pokémon, and then I met Joker and his companion."

Erica buried her head and said with a forced tone.

"I see..."

Lance wasn't a psychology expert.

But he was quite knowledgeable and experienced. Seeing Erica's avoidance, he knew she definitely wasn't telling the truth.

At least, she hadn't told everything she knew.

"Then, when you ran away from home the day before yesterday, did Joker approach you? The Houndour he released seem to be of the same species as the one you took.

According to the habits of the Houndour clan, they like to live in groups."

Lance keenly noticed a problem and said in a deep voice:

"Where did the Houndour you took go? According to their clan's habits, they should have reunited afterward, and the other three Houndour were taken away by Joker..."

Lance's words made Erica's face change drastically.

That's right, she remembered!

The other three Houndour were rescued by Joker.

And this morning, they appeared at that annoying doctor's house.

Although it was possible that after she fainted, the three Houndour found her.

And then they were rescued by that annoying guy together.

But after careful recollection, Erica remembered that those Houndour were too affectionate towards that annoying guy.

Although the other Houndour didn't "hate" humans as much as her own, they were at least "disgusted."

How could they be so affectionate towards humans?

If Erica had to think of a human that the Houndour might be affectionate towards.

She could only think of one—

Their savior, Joker!

In other words, those two annoying guys were the same person!?

Noticing the fleeting change on Erica's face.

Lance narrowed his eyes and said:

"It seems you do have some information we don't know. Can you tell us?"

Erica bit her teeth tightly, "I... I don't know, I really don't know..."

Now Erica understood why Su Sheng had kicked him out.

But, she couldn't betray him!

At this moment, everyone in the hall realized something was wrong.

And Mr. Cai also discovered the blind spot.

"Little Erica, did Joker treat the injury on your hand?"

Liyue also frowned, staring at her daughter's left elbow wrapped in bandages.

"No, it wasn't!"

Erica quickly hid her hand behind her back.

However, her startled attitude deepened everyone's suspicion.

Aldus, who had been silent, finally spoke:

"If Miss Erica is unwilling to speak voluntarily, why not let my Alakazam do it for her?"

As he spoke, Aldus's Alakazam took the initiative to jump out.

Everyone instantly understood what Aldus meant.

He was going to use hypnosis!

Erica's pretty face turned pale.

Of course, she understood the horror of hypnosis.

Any human under the control of hypnosis would spill all the secrets hidden in their hearts.

"Father!"

Erica could only turn to her father, Liyue, for help.

However, after a brief moment of thought, Liyue's answer made Erica feel as if she had fallen into a valley.

"You may."

Erica's pupils instantly lost focus.

Why, why?

Erica obviously didn't understand the ways of the world.

The day before yesterday, her Houndour almost bit off Aldus's arm, putting Liyue in an extremely awkward situation in the Celadon business circle.

This was considered "returning the favor."

"No!"

However, although Liyue, as a father, agreed, two people objected.

One was the good old man, Damaracchi.

The other, somewhat unexpectedly, was Lance.

Damaracchi frowned, "Liyue, it's dangerous to use hypnosis on people."

Not everyone is like Ash, the super rookie, who gets hit by Thunderbolt and Flamethrower every day and is still fine.

For humans, the power of Pokémon is too strong.

Letting psychic powers invade the brain, if the strength isn't controlled properly, it could turn people into idiots.

Damaracchi even explicitly opposed the police using such interrogation methods on criminals.

Lance also said: "She's not a criminal, there's no need to use this method."

Although Lance felt that Team Rocket and Shadow Triad deserved to die.

He would definitely support using hypnosis on them.

But Erica wasn't a criminal, Lance wouldn't, and wouldn't bother to use this method.

It could only be said that Lance, who hadn't yet turned to the dark side and wanted to carry out the [Human Elimination Plan], still had a pretty good moral compass.

That is, if he hadn't encountered Team Rocket.

"Alright, alright, the child just came home, it's not good for so many of us to surround her and ask questions."

Damaracchi spoke again:

"Let the child go back to rest first, and have a good sleep before talking."

Seeing that the League's president had spoken.

The others didn't say anything and got up to leave.

"Erica, from today onwards, you are not allowed to leave home, no, you are not allowed to leave your room."

Liyue said coldly.

Erica silently walked up to the second floor and returned to her room.

"Oh my, occasionally going out, I saw a lot of rare things. As expected, the longer you live, the more things you encounter."

After going out, Elder Long said with a smile.

"Elder Long, this is not a small matter."

Damaracchi smiled wryly.

Joker's matter could be said to have caused the League to lose face.

What made Damaracchi feel a little speechless was that the kid seemed to be gaining more and more fans among the people.

"Lance, he publicly challenged you, you, the 'commentator,' can't be looked down upon."

Elder Long teased Lance, a little afraid that the world wouldn't be in chaos.

Mainly, he felt that Lance's growth path had been too smooth, and it was necessary to knock him down a peg.

"Hmph!"

Regarding his grandfather's teasing, Lance had a thousand words, all contained in this displeased "Hmph."