"As expected of you, Master Guan. Have you guessed I'm still here?"

Guan Liyuan had just finished speaking when the orange-haired woman came out of a guest room that should have been empty. She had already changed out of her work clothes at the Pokémon Center and was now wearing a red uniform.

"Team Flare?" Guan Liyuan recognized the identity of the orange-haired woman... It seemed that she had no intention of hiding anything.

"Yes, this should be our second formal meeting with Master Guan, right? You can call me A... I hope this time there will be a negotiation result that satisfies both of us." The orange-haired woman said.

"Second time?" Guan Liyuan was stunned when he heard this.

When he was in the ruins before, Guan Liyuan did see the members of Team Flare, but he didn't meet them.

But since it was about the ruins, Guan Liyuan didn't plan to waste any more words: "If it's for the Super Stones, release Serena and I can give you two Quasi-God Super Stones."

Guan Liyuan had already contacted Little Fox and Pinkie Pie, but the location of the Pokémon Balls was near the Pokémon Center, so he had asked Pidgeot and the others to pick them up. Otherwise, if he could locate the other party, he could directly let Little Hoopa save people and teach them a lesson...

As for the Super Stones, Guan Liyuan really didn't care much. As long as the other party released the people, Guan Liyuan would give them his life, and it would not affect teaching them a lesson later!

However, the orange-haired woman's face sank when she heard this, and she said in a cold voice: "Master Guan, do you still want to play dumb? I should have told you, right? We don't want any Quasi-God Super Stones... Instead, as long as you hand over the other things you got from the ruins, we can give you, Master Guan, a few Quasi-God Super Stones, just as making friends!"

"Huh? I?" Guan Liyuan heard this, and his thoughts started to work quickly in his mind.

Guan Liyuan quickly recalled the process of meeting the blue-haired M...

[Wait... if that M is the "M" of the Flash Team...] Guan Liyuan suddenly realized that he seemed to have misunderstood something.

It seems that... the four commanders of the Flash Team are codenamed A, B, C, and M, and the chief of staff is codenamed X.

"I think there may be some misunderstandings between us." Guan Liyuan said seriously.

"Hehe, Master Guan, you are not going to say that you didn't get anything else from the ruins, right?" A said disdainfully. "

Indeed, I only got a few super stones and key stones in the ruins." Guan Liyuan said helplessly.

"Oh? That's not what you said to M before." A looked completely unconvinced. "..." Guan Liyuan was speechless for a moment.     At that time, Guan Liyuan did not directly say that he had got anything else, but he told M that he would not trade with anything other than super stones... Guan Liyuan estimated that if he explained that

"     I was talking about my own body at that time", the other party would probably not believe it.     "Okay, I need to see Serena first, and we can talk about the rest later." Guan Liyuan had no choice but to try a delaying tactic.     "No, we are a small team in the Flare Team, and we can't afford to be tossed around by the beasts... As long as Master Guan hands over the things, I promise to send the little girl back in good condition." A said .     "Why should I trust you?" Guan Liyuan only needed the other party to slightly expose their position, but the other party was obviously prepared, and might even have deliberately thrown away all of Serena's Poké Balls.     "I can be your hostage." A said as he took off the Poké Ball clip on his waist, and he could see six Poké Balls inside, indicating to Guan Liyuan that she could put down these Poké Balls as hostages at any time.     But in fact, even if she released six Pokémon, it would be difficult for her to pose a threat to Guan Liyuan!     [I should have let Hupa locate Serena specifically...] Guan Liyuan felt depressed because he had not expected such a thing to happen before. Besides, the Pokémon Serena brought had a contractual connection with Guan Liyuan, so he had not thought of locating it specifically on Serena. He did not know where to teleport to.     "How about changing it and letting me be your hostage? If you are worried that I will hide the Poké Ball, we can find a room to strip and check." Guan Liyuan said sincerely.     "Haha." The other party was obviously not stupid. Although he did not know what Guan Liyuan was up to, he did not want to increase the difficulty.     "That squid king is the Pokémon of your mysterious leader, right?" Guan Liyuan saw that the other party was not fooled, so he could not help but test it.     The squid king just now really made Guan Liyuan a little concerned - Pokémon that can maliciously attack humans are rare!     Even those people in violent organizations usually only attack without malicious intent when they order Pokémon to attack humans.     This protection mechanism in the Pokémon world is like a "pk protection switch". There is no such protection switch between alien beasts and Pokémon, and it is not easy to turn it off.     So far, Guan Liyuan has seen that the only Pokémon that can turn off this switch, except for the special case of natural enemies, are Mewtwo and Hoopa Unleashed...     But these two Pokémon are obviously not "ordinary" or "normal".     As for letting the trainer instruct Pokémon to launch malicious attacks... Guan Liyuan has done experiments himself, and the intimacy requirements are not much lower than those of bond evolution. Only some of the top cadres in the Rocket Team can do it.     When the squid king attacked Guan Liyuan, there was clearly no one around to command. Can a Pokémon launch a malicious attack autonomously with just a vague command? This is even more difficult!     And when Guan Liyuan released the flying Pokémon to track him, he found no trace of the other party leaving...     Normally, the Squid King uses its superpowers to stay in the air, and its speed should not be as fast as a real flying Pokémon, but the Squid King was not found. Either its superpowers are so strong that it can fly faster than if it had wings, or it used some kind of technique to distort the light and avoid Pidgeot's sight.     Judging from the extent of Guan Liyuan's attack, the latter is more likely, otherwise Guan Liyuan would be dizzy for a longer time, not to mention that the Squid King's race value is 482, how strong can it be?     As for distorting the light to hide the trace... Guan Liyuan has seen Alakazam do this with the illusion beam, but that was Nancy's Alakazam... To achieve this requires extremely high skills, and the opponent is definitely not an ordinary trainer!     Guan Liyuan discovered that A had six Poké Balls, which meant that Squidward was most likely not A's Pokémon. In this case, Squidward's trainer might still be nearby. Guan Liyuan had secretly ordered the flying Pokémon sent from the four cultivation islands to patrol the surroundings, but no suspicious people were found leaving.     Since A proposed to be a hostage, it would be useless to threaten Team Flare to release her. However, if it was Squidward's trainer, the situation might be different.

"It's okay to tell you. Lord Squidward is the Pokémon of the Chief of Staff, but he is different from other Pokémon. If you want to find Lord Squidward or the Chief of Staff, don't waste your efforts." A said confidently.

Could it be that the Chief of Staff codenamed "X" is not here? Guan Liyuan couldn't help but suspect that he had guessed wrong.

However, at this moment, the door of the Pokémon Center suddenly opened, and a slightly fat figure in a red uniform rolled in unconsciously. At the same time, there was a figure wearing a cloak standing outside the door, holding Serena horizontally...

Guan Liyuan felt that the negotiation seemed to be successful?