James Davy

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Shiranui had sent Saisei out while the poacher was gloating and the Mewtwo got a lock on her mind before she made her escape. Both the trainer and Mewtwo came down from their treetop cover and along with Zoro and Bakeru got the cages together.

"She can't have gone far with a Mega Garchomp unless she had a Pokémon who knows Teleport handy," Shiranui stated.
"I locked onto her mind while she was gloating and got the info from her partner while Mike was punching him," Saisei added. The Mewtwo warned Mike, "The path of a berserker is not a path for you."

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Shiranui entered with Zoro using illusions to make the heroes invisible and Bakeru in the crook of his arm. Using his shinobi skills and Bakeru's malleability, he planted Bakeru in one of the cages and the Mimikyu quietly told the Pikachu within they'll be free shortly provided they too kept quiet.

Zoro's invisibility illusions were dispelled when the trainers started battling some of the guards and the Zoroark was luring some of the Dragalge away with his Taunt attacks and a Pikachu illusion, leaving Bakeru to take out the Drampa guards near his cage with some quick Play Rough attacks and zipping back into the cage after each defeat.

Shiranui had taken cover in the canopy of a tree after planting Bakeru and was watching the action unfold, trusting Zoro and Bakeru to execute their parts of the plan with autonomy and ready to call out Saisei if Mike's plan starts to unravel.

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"Zoro can help us sneak in and provide distraction and Bakeru can take out the dragon guards using the old 'Mimikyu in a Pikachu Crowd' trick," Shiranui added to Mike's plan, "If things go awry, Saisei can provide backup."

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Jen listen to everyone talks about Waterium Z crystal and which Pokémon of their Pokémon could use it. Maui finds a poacher’s trap and growls as Jen kneels down to inspect it.

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Shiranui noticed Jen and Maui's actions and spots the trap. "Looks like some ne're-do-well is trying to poach Pikachu from the nearby valley," he stated after making a logical connection between the trap and the sign pointing to Pikachu Valley.

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"Same with any of our Pokémon who can use a Water-type move," added Shiranui.

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"That Waterium Z would be a boon for Ashika," he thought out loud.

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"I think I heard of that once." Chuck said. "Isn't it where four trainers fight one another in a winner-takes-all sort of thing?"

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"If it is, it's an entirely different kind of Pokémon battle," Shiranui speculated. He wasn't a stranger to fighting several opponents at once, but in the case of the wild hordes they used numbers to fight.

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Shiranui checked over everything he would need for the upcoming trek including his Pokémon and some of the more benign-looking tools of his trade. "I'm ready," he answered.

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"I'm fine with that," Shiranui added.

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"Absolutely," Shiranui agreed, recalling Zoro.