Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Hearing Flareon's words, Ange didn't react for a moment.

A monster? How could there be a monster in the good old Nibel Plateau?

"Pssh ~ Pssh ~" Flareon ran to Ange's side, anxiously biting his trouser leg and dragging him in one direction.

Seeing this, Ange had no choice but to say, "Alright, I'll go take a look, okay!"

At this time, Ange had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. Urged by Flareon, he quickly followed behind Flareon.

I saw in the soil below the big tree, brown, root-like tentacles wriggling with their claws and teeth.

But Ange knew that this could definitely not be a tree root, because he felt a chaotic and unknown power on it.

This power is absolutely ominous!

At this time, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Skiddo, Lillipup, and Miltank gathered near the tentacles, looking at the thing in panic.

At the moment of Ange's arrival, one of the tentacles stretched towards a Lillipup, rolled it up with lightning speed, and lifted it into the air.

"Maa ~ Maa ~"

Lillipup was so frightened that it screamed, and the tentacles kept tightening around it, making it feel very painful.

Seeing Lillipup suffering, the Skiddo were heartbroken.

Some of the Skiddo quickly launched Razor Leaf, trying to cut off the tentacle.

The other Skiddo quickly grabbed Lillipup with Vine Whip, lest it be dropped or taken away by the tentacles.

However, the Skiddo's Razor Leaf hit the tentacles, as if hitting steel, without causing any damage to them, but bounced back.

Ange immediately shouted at Aegislash: "Aegislash, Sacred Sword!"

As Ange's voice fell, Aegislash's cold light flashed across the sky, and with one sword, it cut off the tentacle.

Seeing this, Ange breathed a sigh of relief. It's good to be able to handle it.

The rescued Lillipup was pulled to the side by the Skiddo with Vine Whip.

"Maa ~ Maa ~ ~"

The Skiddo shouted in unison, signaling the Lillipup to retreat quickly, and at the same time they launched an attack on the tentacles.

Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon and Miltank saw this and quickly stepped forward to help.

There are many tentacles. After the one that was cut off by Aegislash landed, it turned into a black-red energy and disappeared, but the rest were still baring their fangs and claws.

I saw dozens of tentacles twisting to block the attacks of the Pokémon, while launching a counterattack against the Pokémon.

One thick and long tentacle wrapped around the Pokémon. Seeing this, the Pokémon didn't care about attacking, and screamed and fled in all directions.

After all, Skiddo and Miltank are production-type Pokémon, and they usually don't exercise much. Their strength is average, and they don't have much combat experience.

"Yoyo ~ ~" Aegislash kept waving its sword, and every time a cold light flashed, a tentacle was cut off by it.

Snorlax was not idle either. It waved its icy fist, and every time it smashed down, it could freeze a tentacle into an ice sculpture.

There were even tentacles attacking Ange.

I saw Ange urging the power of Aura, and an invisible force burst out from his palm, instantly shattering the attacking tentacles into dust.

This was a trick that Ange had researched himself, but he didn't know until Lucario and Riolu came that this trick was essentially the same principle as the move Force Palm.

Ange and the three became more and more courageous in battle, but there were too many tentacles, and they began to be stretched thin for a while.

The Skiddo wanted to come forward to help, but Ange stopped them, because they couldn't handle these tentacles at all with their strength.

Only Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon could barely help.

"Go find Komala and the others to help!" Ange shouted at the Skiddo.

The Skiddo ran away in a panic when they heard the words.

Before long, Latias and Latios descended from the sky, and two Dragon Pulses swept out, and in an instant, the tentacles were wiped out in the explosion.

Immediately afterwards, Komala descended from the sky holding its tree stump. It came riding on Latios.

I saw Komala waving the tree stump in its hand, and ice blades appeared, instantly cutting the tentacles into pieces.

This is the Ice Spinner skill.

With the help of Latios, Latias, and Komala, Ange and the others were under much less pressure.

"Ree ~ ~" Not long after, as a cry sounded, Yveltal appeared above the tentacles, and saw it open its mouth and spit out a Dark Pulse, instantly destroying countless tentacles.

Then a silver beam of light shot from a distance, and countless tentacles were annihilated with it.

This time it was naturally Xerneas who came.

As time passed, all the tentacles were finally destroyed, leaving only a scorched earth in place.

Ange frowned at the scorched earth, panting slightly, "What is this? Where did it come from? So powerful!"

Xerneas walked to Ange's right hand and shook his head and said, "I don't know it either."

Yveltal landed on Ange's left hand and shook his head as well.

Ange looked up at Latias and Latios and asked, "Do you know?"

"Woo ~"

"Woo ~"

The siblings shook their heads together.

At this time, Ange noticed that Xerneas looked pensive, so he asked, "Xerneas, have you thought of anything?"

Xerneas hesitated for a moment and replied, "I vaguely sensed Zygarde's power from those tentacles!"

"Zygarde?" Ange looked shocked, "How could it be!"

Xerneas looked at Yveltal and asked, "Yvel, what do you think?"

Yvel is Xerneas's nickname for Yveltal, which is what Xerneas started calling it after the two lived together.

"Ree ~ ~" Yveltal nodded to Xerneas.

Xerneas said: "It seems that my perception is correct."

"Zygarde... How could it be..." Ange murmured to himself.

Xerneas added: "I guess something might have happened to Zygarde, and the appearance of these tentacles may be due to the ecological imbalance in the Kalos region."

Ange looked shocked when he heard this.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to him: "If we want to know the situation of Zygarde, we can just ask Squishy!"

Squishy is the Zygarde Core that is following Ash and his friends.

"Let's go, let's go home first!" Saying that, he took the Pokémon home.

After arriving home, Ange immediately dialed Ash's phone.

"Hello, Mr. Ange!" Ash's voice quickly came from the other end of the phone, "Why did you suddenly think of calling me?"

Ange said: "I have something to ask Squishy, is it there?"

"Looking for Squishy?" Ash looked surprised, and then replied, "Yes! I'll call it!"

Then Ange heard Ash shouting, "Bonnie, where's Squishy? Mr. Ange has something to ask it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ange saw Bonnie running over with Squishy in her arms on the screen.

"Mr. Ange, you're looking for Squishy!"

Saying that, she held it up to the screen.

“Gurgle ~ ~” Squishy squirmed uncomfortably.

Ange didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Squishy, do you know the whereabouts of the other Zygarde Core?"

“Gurgle ~ ~” Squishy didn't expect Ange to ask about this.

Seeing Squishy not saying anything, Ange said, "Even you don't know?"

At this time, Squishy said, “Gurgle ~ ~” I've lost contact with Z2 for some time now!

"Z2 refers to the other Zygarde Core?" Ange asked.

Squishy nodded.

"It seems that something really happened to Z2!" Ange frowned.

Squishy said: "Gurgle ~" I think so too.

Bonnie didn't understand Pokémon language, seeing Ange and Squishy talking back and forth, she stared with her round eyes and asked:

"What are you talking about?"

Ash, Clemont, and Serena also curiously gathered around.

So Ange told Ash and his friends about the appearance of the black tentacles and his suspicion that something had happened to the other Zygarde Core.

After listening to Ange's words, Ash exclaimed: "Ah! That, we've encountered it too!"

Clemont and the others nodded along.

"You've also encountered black tentacles?" Ange asked in surprise.

"Yeah ~ ~" Ash nodded repeatedly, "We've encountered it several times! So it's related to Zygarde?"

Ange nodded: "Zygarde maintains the ecological balance of Kalos. Once something happens to it, the ecology of Kalos will inevitably be affected!"

Bonnie looked at Squishy and said, "Squishy, why didn't you tell us about this earlier?"

Squishy: Would you understand even if I told you?

At this time, Ash said again: "The Zygarde Core issue must be related to Team Flare!"

They had encountered Team Flare's actions to capture Zygarde Core many times, and they had even attacked Squishy.

To be precise, Squishy met Ash and the others while being chased by Team Flare.

"It seems that Team Flare has finally succeeded!" Clemont said with a worried expression.

"Team Flare ah… …" Ange muttered, in fact, he had long suspected that this matter was related to Team Flare.

"Does Mr. Ange also know about Team Flare?" Serena asked in surprise.

Ange nodded and said, "I know a little."

"What should we do! Squishy's partner has been captured, will Team Flare hurt it!" Bonnie was anxious.

"Let's go rescue Squishy's partner!" Ash said confidently.

Ange asked back: "Do you know where Team Flare's base is? Do you know where Squishy's partner has been taken?"

"Ah… … This… …" Ash was stumped.

Ange said with a smile: "Leave this matter to the people of the League, you continue to participate in the League competition with peace of mind."

"Okay… … Okay!" Ash agreed.

After hanging up the call with Ash and the others, Ange thought for a while and dialed Steven's number again.

Although he should have contacted Diantha about the Kalos matter, and he indeed had Diantha's contact information.

But to be honest, he wasn't that familiar with Diantha, and he was a little embarrassed to call a girl.

The call was quickly connected, and Steven's image appeared on the projection in front of Ange. Looking at his appearance, he seemed to be dealing with official business.

Steven was indeed a crazy rock person, even the shelves in his office were filled with various stone ornaments.

Ange and Steven still contacted each other occasionally, so Steven wasn't surprised by Ange's call.

"Ange, are you calling to inquire about that stone? I'm still researching that stone, and it will probably take some time to investigate it thoroughly!"

The stone Steven was talking about was the unknown fossil Ange dug up in Couriway Town.

Ange shook his head and said, "I have something else to discuss with you."

"Something else?" Steven looked puzzled.

"Do you know about Team Flare?" Ange asked.

Steven nodded, "I know a little, an organization that has been active in the Kalos region recently, although it often causes trouble, it doesn't seem to have caused any major cases yet."

Ange said, "That's only temporary."

Hearing this, Steven subconsciously sat up straight, "What do you mean? Do you know something?"

Ange replied to Steven: "Xerneas told me that something happened to the Zygarde Core, and the culprit may be Team Flare!"

"Something happened to the Zygarde Core?" Steven stood up with a whoosh, and his face disappeared from the screen in front of Ange, leaving only his waist.

Then he sat down again, "What basis do you have for saying that?"

So Ange told Steven about his encounter with the tentacles and Ash and the others' multiple encounters with Team Flare capturing the Zygarde Core.

Steven was also very familiar with Ash, so naturally he didn't doubt Ange's words.

Ange: "Zygarde has two Cores, one of which is with Ash and the others. The two Cores could originally communicate with each other, but recently the one with Ash and the others suddenly lost contact with the other one, and soon after the tentacles appeared… …"

As Ange spoke, Steven's expression became more and more serious.

After a long time, Steven said: "I will contact the Kalos League as soon as possible, and then launch an investigation into Team Flare."

Ange said again: "Regarding the investigation of Team Flare, I can provide an important clue."

"What clue? Tell me quickly!" Steven asked eagerly.

Ange said: "Lysandre, you know Lysandre, right!"

Steven nodded.

Of course he knew Lysandre, a well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist in the Kalos region. The communication technology developed by their company was very advanced, even his Devon Corporation couldn't match it.

Not only that, but he also had interacted with Lysandre.

They had jointly explored an ancient ruin. The ruin was found by him and Lysandre based on wooden slips left over from ancient times. It just so happened that he and Lysandre each held a part of the wooden slips.

According to the wooden slips, that ruin required two Key Stones as keys to open it. So he and Alain jointly used Key Stones to open the ruin, and then summoned a Legendary Megalith.

This Megalith is said to be the source of Mega Evolution!

Later, this Megalith even attracted the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza, and resonated with Rayquaza, allowing Rayquaza to Mega Evolve.

He, Alain, and Rayquaza fought a battle, and ultimately were no match for it. Fortunately, Rayquaza flew away on its own.

Later, the Megalith was taken away by Lysandre for research.

Steven felt that Lysandre's technology had more advantages for researching the Megalith, so he didn't object to Lysandre taking the Megalith away.

Steven told Ange about his acquaintance with Lysandre.

After listening, Ange stared straight at Steven and said, "What if I told you that Lysandre is actually the leader of Team Flare?"