"Toxicroak!" Sato shouted.
The Toxicroak, ready to ambush Arbok, moved swiftly to his side.
At this moment, the most desired action was to display power.
Then judge the next step based on the opponent's behavior.
If the opponent insists on fighting, then fight.
If the opponent gives up, Sato would consider if this person wasn't very strong, and whether he should take action.
"Friend...."
However.
Before he could finish his words, a dark shadow quickly emerged from the shadow underground.
Sharp sword blades wrapped in a silver-white sheen.
It was Aegislash's "Double-Bladed Head Hammer"!
The target was directly aimed at Trainer Sato himself!
Toxicroak reacted quickly, bolting towards Aegislash.
However.
Aegislash's body emitted a faint red glow, a sign of a pre-boosted "Sword Dance" technique.
As the initiator of the attack,
how could it waste this boost on an assault.
Bang!!
Aegislash's strike sent the rushing Toxicroak flying, with almost no chance to fight back.
On the other side, seeing this situation, Ariados immediately rushed over to help.
Boom!!
Unexpectedly, the tree it was standing on let out a low moan and instantly snapped.
An expressionless toy bear had grabbed its unbroken web.
Then, under Ariados's horrified gaze, it fell into the toy bear's embrace.
With a few crisp sounds, Ariados lost its fighting ability, with multiple fractures appearing on its body.
And this toy bear, naturally, was Kapu Bear, ending this function-focused rather than combat-capable Pokémon with a "Hug Kill".
This scene happened too quickly for Sato to react.
Aegislash neatly and succinctly ended his life.
Without a sound.
The last thing Sato saw before his death was that pale, emotionless face getting closer as it descended from Noivern.
"The third one."
This was the last voice he heard.
A bit weak, but surprisingly calm, as if solving him brought no joy.
The third?
With thick reluctance, he fell heavily to the ground.
That's the nature of wild battles; whoever strikes first often has the upper hand.
And this pale-looking, seemingly overly-debauched youth was Natsuhiko, who had begun hunting hunters.
This Sato was the third hunter he dealt with.
Alakazam walked out from behind a nearby tree, and with a wave of its spoon, stripped all valuable items from Sato.
It hadn't taken any action throughout, only silently sending the Bewear over.
Click—
The Bewear suddenly produced a shovel from nowhere and started digging a pit beside Sato.
Kill, loot, bury.
A comprehensive service.
Quite humanized.
Natsuhiko glanced over the items Alakazam handed him and shoved them into his bag.
Natsuhiko frowned slightly.
"Still not enough, should be quite a bit short."
He felt no guilt for killing these hunters.
These people had not only stained their hands with much Pokémon blood but certainly had with human blood too.
Killing and being killed, one should have been mentally prepared long ago.
To put it harshly, everyone's a villain, so let's not talk about morals.
Natsuhiko suddenly felt.
He seemed quite adapted to this way of survival.
After all, competition existed in the Alliance too, even more intense, only it was chronic, and the survival chances were higher.
While the competitions of organizations like the Hunter Guild or Rocket Team were straightforward, brutal, and concise.
An outright deal, it's you dying or you dying.
Compared to the Alliance's warm-water-on-frogs method, Natsuhiko actually preferred this straightforwardness.
"Hunter competition starts with me. Let's set a small goal first, ten." Natsuhiko joked to himself slightly.
Mounted on Noivern, with Alakazam and the applauding Bewear, with Aegislash disappearing into shadows.
This night.
Destined to be a restless night.
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