Ambushing Cosmog from the Start - Chapter 15

Chapter 15: The Return of the Black-Clothed Man

Jiang Shuying glanced at Chen Nian and let out a dissatisfied huff.

“If you keep talking to girls like that, you’ll never find a girlfriend…”

“Don’t worry about that. My family already…”

Noticing the implication in Chen Nian’s words, Jiang Shuying’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly pressed,

“What about your family? Don’t tell me you already have a…”

Before she could finish, Chen Nian suddenly commanded his Dragonite,

“Stop.”

Dragonite didn’t understand why its master ordered it to halt, but it obediently ceased flying.

Hovering mid-air, Jiang Shuying asked anxiously,

“What’s wrong, Chen Nian? Was it something I said just now…?”

“Shut up. This has nothing to do with you.”

A cold smirk flashed across Chen Nian’s face.

“Some people just refuse to give up… You got away earlier, but now… Since you didn’t take your only chance to escape, don’t blame me for what comes next.”

Jiang Shuying didn’t understand why Chen Nian suddenly spoke like this, but she could feel an intimidating aura radiating from him, sending a shiver down her spine.

Chen Nian glanced at her and said calmly,

“Stay here and sit tight.”

“I have some business to take care of.”

Before Jiang Shuying could react, Chen Nian leaped off Dragonite’s back.

……

Chen Nian’s figure descended slowly from the sky, disappearing into the eerie, shadowy forest below.

As his feet touched the grass, he spoke expressionlessly,

“You’ve waited so long. Must’ve been exhausting.”

“We’re almost at the restricted zone’s exit. If you don’t make your move now, do you plan to just watch us leave?”

A sinister chuckle echoed from the darkness of the forest.

“Tsk tsk tsk… As expected of a brat with psychic abilities.”

“Your perception is quite sharp.”

“Normally, no one survives an enraged Dragonite’s Outrage. But the fact that you possess psychic powers gave me hope.”

“So I figured, if you managed to survive the rampaging Dragonite, you’d probably choose to leave through here.”

“And sure enough, you didn’t disappoint. You and that girl actually made it out alive.”

“Not only that, but you even stumbled upon a tremendous opportunity—a Dragonite, a Pokémon that will undoubtedly reach Champion-tier strength and beyond. Such a powerful creature… It’s impossible not to covet it. Yet, you somehow tamed it.”

“Which means you must have the Dratini too, right?”

“This trip to the forbidden zone has been quite profitable for us…”

“Kid, you can only blame your bad luck—or maybe your stupidity. If you had just flown away on Dragonite earlier, we might not have caught up. But now? You jumped down willingly to deliver yourself to your death.”

“After we kill you and that girl, we’ll gladly take Dragonite and Dratini for ourselves.”

……

“Kill me???”

Chen Nian almost laughed as the black-clothed man emerged from the forest shadows.

“You’re still spouting nonsense even after seeing I have a Dragonite?”

“Do you really think the lot of you stand a chance against it?”

The man sneered.

“You think we don’t have a way to deal with a Dragonite?”

“Even if it were in its enraged state, there are enough of us to take it down!”

“Earlier, deep in the restricted zone, we held back because we didn’t want to attract other terrifying beings. But now? We’re at the border. Few powerful Pokémon linger here. Even if we go all out, we can retreat quickly.”

“And your Dragonite is carrying a woman. Can you really fight freely in this state?”

……

“Seems like you’ve thought this through quite thoroughly.”

Chen Nian tilted his head, looking at the man with mockery.

“And how do you plan to counter my psychic abilities?”

“Also… who exactly are you?”

Before he could finish, Chen Nian suddenly sensed danger behind him. In an instant, he leaped into the air—just as a dark beam struck the spot where he had been standing.

“An ambush?!”

Floating mid-air, Chen Nian heard a strange, eerie laugh.

A second later, he spotted a Pokémon lurking near the trees.

“A Gengar? I see… So this Ghost-type is your trump card against my psychic powers?”

“Tsk tsk, you dodged the sneak attack. Not bad, kid.”

“But how long can you keep it up?”

“Gengar, use Shadow Ball.”

At its master’s command, Gengar grinned wickedly before hurling several dark orbs of energy.

Seeing the attack, Chen Nian swiftly retreated, narrowly avoiding the lethal projectiles.

So this guy had been stalling, trying to distract him while Gengar set up the ambush.

Truly a cunning bunch.