Chapter 165 If the Poké Ball Could Also Capture Humans...

Luke let out a series of violent coughs, and all the beer that had been lingering in his throat spurted out, making the friends around him disgusted.

Joey rolled his eyes at Luke and started pouring wine into his mouth with an annoyed look on his face.

She casually complained at the dinner table because of the recent troubles, but Luke's reaction made her feel a little unhappy.

"You, say it again!"

However, Luke, who had finally calmed down, widened his eyes and chose to ask again.

"Sorry~~ Isn't it enough to say it once?"

"...Is the strange setting that humans are also Pokémon true?"

Facing the impatient Joey, Luke, who did not bother anyone anymore, sat back in his seat and muttered softly.

Why Luke reacted so strongly was mainly because the information Joey brought was too exciting for him.

To sum it up simply, something big has happened in the world of Pokémon trainers.

There is a group of evil trainers whose origins are unknown. They use their illegally modified Poke Balls to secretly capture and sell human slaves on the black market.

Let alone Luke, anyone who knew a little bit about Pokémon would end up like him, that is, being so surprised that they couldn't help themselves.

Catching humans with Poké Balls? Such a genius idea, I mean, who could have done such a despicable act! ?

This teasing mood only lasted for a moment, and Luke's mood returned to seriousness.

Because this is a serious matter involving human trafficking.

This world is very dangerous, and it is even more dangerous for ordinary people who have no power. When these ordinary people have a pretty good face, body, or organs, the danger is doubled.

Although large-scale human gathering places still have a relatively stable order, many black industries inevitably exist in some underground places that cannot be monitored.

Qixing City has taken the crackdown on the black industry quite seriously, and related commissions often appear in bounty missions.

During the two days when Luke went on the inventory expansion mission, an underground auction den outside Qixing City was destroyed, and many humans and monsters who were sold as goods were rescued.

After facial recognition comparison, the guild found that a small number of them were former residents of District E12 who had left their homes due to the alien attack more than half a month ago.

This discovery naturally made some senior officials of the guild furious, because the issues involved are quite complicated.

But the problem is that even those infected by the alien larvae who were rescued by Luke and the others can suddenly disappear without a trace. If you really want to thoroughly investigate this matter, it will be extremely difficult.

Most of the "commodities" other than e12 residents are black accounts with no identity information at all, that is, the same identity as Luke who just traveled through time.

In other words, if Luke had not gone straight to the guild, but had taken risks to do something illegal, he would have probably ended up with the same fate as these unlucky gangsters.

After all, unidentified gangsters are really the most suitable source of "commodity".

Of course, the focus of the matter on Joey's side was the two Poké Balls that were not transferred away by the organizers of the underground auction.

One of them opened a D-class hero who had been missing for a long time and was thought to have been demonized.

The other one is the original C-level Demonized Hero whose bust is directly above the bounty order!

And the scary thing is that the former showed extremely terrifying, as if they were brainwashed, obedient, while the latter resisted strongly on the spot, as if they were exchanging Pokémon with others, but their own badge level was It's not enough to suppress the high-level Pokémon that was exchanged.

Through item identification, the guild found that the main reason for this situation was the modified elf ball.

The modified elf ball permanently lost its ability to capture monsters, and was replaced by the ability to capture humans.

Perhaps calling it a "slave ball" would be more appropriate?

What should have happened to neutral monster Pokémon has now appeared to humans. This fact that forced humans to understand Pokémon's position really made many people shudder.

Just imagine, if one day a nasty enemy appears in front of you that you can't fight against. He beats you up crazily and then throws a red and white ball at you. From now on, you must treat him as his master and fight for him. And fight or even die for him...

This is really terrible!

After this incident, all Pokémon trainers in Qixing City became the focus of attention, and the Poke Ball trade was forced to stop, and all blank Poke Balls were confiscated.

It will only be returned after the official confirmation that the Poké Ball is OK.

As an existence with a semi-official status, Joey not only cannot avoid being suspected, but also has to serve as a role model by actively handing over his blank Poké Ball and actively accepting attention.

"Then if the people in Liuxing City find out about this, wouldn't they be in trouble?"

Thinking of the general trend of animal taming in Six Star City, Luke couldn't help but said to Joey.

"We can't suppress this news here. It's probably spread over there..."

Joey, who was lying on top of his auspicious egg and constantly stroking the smooth head, still looked depressed.

But soon Joey straightened up again and looked at Luke with a serious face.

"I came here mainly to remind you that you are in great danger now.

According to my internal information, the two modified Poké Balls are very powerful in brainwashing. The captured heroes and demonized heroes don't think they have any problems at all. The latter may have a higher sense of autonomy because of their stronger strength, but the former are already obedient to the extent of doing whatever they are told.

The most terrifying thing at present is that we don't know how many modified Poké Balls are still in the Seven Stars City.

For heroes like you who have a backer and are involved in a large chain of interests, but whose own strength is relatively low and who should have offended many people before, it is probably easy to be targeted for capture."

"Hmm..."

Luke, who is very afraid of the unknown slave ball, naturally listened to Joey's reminder.

But the problem is, how can you guard against thieves for a thousand days?

Not to mention that it is not certain whether the thief's target is you.

If you always keep a cautious mentality, it will not only be a problem of not being able to level up freely, but you may even have to be skeptical about whether your teammates are still the same teammates as before.

Luke felt that he had to take the initiative to intervene in the slave ball incident.

And just when Luke was determined in his thoughts, the task panel seemed to respond to his thoughts and directly popped up a new side task interface.

[Side Task: Brainwashed Slave Ball]

[Task Guide: You can try to start the investigation from the disappearance of the Cardboard Man and the chain reaction caused by the expansion of the Furnace Company's market share in the recycling of monster corpses. ]

[Task Note: The malicious intentions of humans mixed with interests are often stronger than the pure killing intentions of monsters. ]