I was resurrected and became a Ghost-type Pokémon Master.

Chapter 282 Not Human

"Shielded Sword Monster, a good opportunity, Shadow Sneak Attack."

The shadow cast by the Aegislash on the battlefield quickly spread to the feet of the Greatsword Demon, forming a dark shadow of the Aegislash behind it.

Before the Greatsword Demon could defend.

A jet-black slash descended.

Blood splattered everywhere as the deep blue, evil-attribute greatsword demon collapsed softly onto the battle stage.

The referee glanced over and knew that the Greatsword Demon had no chance of standing up, so he raised his flag: "Greatsword Demon is unable to fight, Aegislash wins."

Cheers erupted again from the sidelines.

Seeing Zhuang Qi put away the Greatsword, the referee noticed the six Poké Balls below Zhuang Qi's image on the big screen. Three of them had turned gray.

Then, their gaze fell upon Zhuang Qi, who had put away his Greatsword and was holding the Poké Ball without moving.

Seeing that he didn't move, he reminded him, "Please send out your fourth Pokémon, Zhuang Qi."

But what he and everyone else present did not expect was...

Zhuang Qi suddenly looked up and smiled: "Fine, I admit defeat."

"Huh?" the referee asked, puzzled.

The audience outside the venue was even more bewildered by Zhuang Qi's admission of defeat.

"What happened? It's just three losses in a row, right? There's no chance of turning things around, so why are you giving up already?"

"Why? Weren't they playing perfectly fine?"

"..."

The chatter of the spectators outside the arena was reduced by the barrier between the battle and the audience, and by the time it reached Zhuang Qi's ears, it was already muffled.

He didn't care about the sounds outside, and smiled at Gui Hai:

"I have learned a lot from these three battles, and I concede defeat in the next battle."

After saying that, he added:

"Anyway, my goal isn't to win the championship, so I might as well take this opportunity to give up early and make room for other contestants."

After that sentence, the murmurs in the audience quieted down considerably.

Gui Hai gave Zhuang Qi a deep look but said nothing.

The referee looked around, then checked with Zhuang Qi again. After receiving a positive response, he announced the result of the match.

"In this match, the Eastern Alliance's Higanbana trainer, Ghost Sea, has won!"

Although Zhuang Qi's surrender was somewhat unexpected, it must be said that the battle between Gui Hai and Zhuang Qi was very exciting for the audience.

So, at the moment the result was announced, the two trainers were given a warm round of applause.

After the battle ended, Guihai put away the Shield Sword Monster and looked at Zhuang Qi who was walking over, saying, "You don't have to be in such a hurry, we still have a long fight ahead of us."

Zhuang Qi cautiously stopped two meters away from Gui Hai, and upon hearing this, he put on his standard smile again.

"Forget it, I'm just out for a stroll this time. I'm not very interested in the Alliance Conference and don't want to develop my career here. It's better to go back to the Alliance as soon as possible."

"And I'd really like to talk to you. Since you also have something to discuss with me, finishing up early will allow us to sit down and have a proper chat."

Gui Hai did not refuse, and walked side by side with Zhuang Qi towards the outside of the battlefield, keeping a distance from him.

......

In the restaurant opposite the Pokémon Center.

Gui Hai and Zhuang Qi sat facing each other at a large table, and through the window they could see the bustling activity at the Elf Center across the street.

Currently, Zoroark from Ghostsea and the Pokémon from Shonen are receiving treatment inside.

However, there were too many people inside, so it wasn't very convenient for Guihai to stay there.

So Zhuang Qi and I booked a private room here, waiting for the food to be served while also waiting for our Pokémon to be healed and return.

From within the shadow of Gui Hai, the cursed doll poked its head out and served tea to Gui Hai and Zhuang Qi.

Then he retreated into the shadows, as if he didn't exist.

In reality, it was observing the Ghost Sea through its shadow.

During this day and a half, whenever it had free time, it would observe the Ghost Sea.

It saw all of today's battle from the shadows.

It was particularly captivated by the power that emanated between Oni-kai and Zoroark at that time, and it wished it could discuss with Oni-kai right now and formally join the group.

But remembering Guihai's instructions, it continued to observe Guihai.

Although the more it looked, the more its eyes seemed to dazzle, it was indeed still observing the Ghost Sea.

"Prosecutor Guihai wants to know about the situation on Sword Origin Continent?"

After Gui Hai and Zhuang Qi accepted the tea from the cursed doll, they each took a sip, and Zhuang Qi spoke first.

"It's not the Sword Origin Continent, but the Sword Origin Kingdom."

I wanted to learn some information about the Sword Source Kingdom, so I asked King Yan Yue to arrange a meeting with you. I never expected that we would fight a battle on the battlefield first today.

Zhuang Qi laughed again: "It would be good to have a match first. Isn't the best way for trainers to communicate with each other through battles?"

"That's right, your Lizard King is very strong."

“Your Zoroark surprises me even more.”

With these few words, Guihai and Zhuang Qi became slightly more familiar with each other.

Then Guihai stopped being mysterious and directly asked Zhuang Qi about the Sword Source Kingdom:

"We can discuss the battles later when we get back to Pokémon. Right now, I hope you can answer some of my questions."

Zhuang Qi didn't stand on ceremony and shifted to a more comfortable position: "Go on."

"How much do you know about the Sword Origin Kingdom? Or rather, how much do you know about its rulers?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Qi immediately frowned.

"Well, that's hard to say."

"What? Is there some hidden story?"

Zhuang Qi shook his head: "What you want to know is definitely not what's being circulated outside, but besides that, I can't say much more."

As he spoke, Zhuang Qi took another sip of tea and organized his thoughts as follows:

"The Sword Origin Kingdom is a very special entity within the Sword Origin Alliance. You have no idea how strict they are in controlling their internal information."

"They occupy half of the Sword Origin Continent."

They built a high wall separating the continent at the border with the alliance and sent troops to guard it.

Trainers from the League are simply not allowed to enter that country.

"Our communication with them can only be established through trainers from within the Sword Source Kingdom traveling around, or through commercial exchanges between the Sword Source Kingdom and the League to purchase supplies."

"But these people have a very strong sense of belonging to that country."

They kept absolutely silent about any news from that country, revealing not a single detail to us.

"So if you ask me about information about the Sword Source Kingdom, I can only say that I don't know much about it."

Gui Hai was somewhat disappointed.

It was unexpected that members of the alliance, who were on the same continent, knew very little about that country.

It seems I have no choice but to find a breakthrough from other directions.

But before he could continue thinking, Zhuang Qi suddenly looked into Gui Hai's eyes and lowered his voice, saying:

"But if you ask me about the ruler of the Sword Source Kingdom, I actually have some information to tell you."

Gui Hai immediately looked at Zhuang Qi, his eyes filled with surprise.

Zhuang Qi lowered his voice and spoke faster.

"The Sword Origin Kingdom always purchases various berries, gems, Poké Balls, and daily necessities from our alliance, which is how we came into contact with some of the Sword Origin Kingdom's management."

Once, we were drinking with a minister in charge of logistics. He got drunk and inadvertently revealed some information to us.

"The king of Sword Origin Kingdom is not human!"