36 Chapter 36: Arriving at Oldale Town

After capturing the Polteageist, Rex didn't delay and finally arrived at Oldale Town on the second day at noon.

This town was small, with a population smaller than that of Fallabor Town, but it had all the necessary facilities, such as the Pokémon Center, the police station, and the Pokémon Mart.

"Yuli, are you available now?"

After arriving at Oldale Town, Rex first went to the Pokémon Center because there was a Pokémon teleportation device there.

Rex planned to teleport the Polteageist to Fallabor Town and then have Yuli go to the Pokémon Center in Fallabor Town to receive the Polteageist. So, he called her directly.

"Boss, just tell me what you need, and I'll adjust my schedule accordingly."

Terada Yuli knew that if Rex called her at this time, there must be something important he needed to tell her, so she said so.

"I captured three Polteageist and have already teleported them to the Pokémon Center in Fallabor Town. Have Swellow carry you over there and have Nurse Joy receive them. After settling them down, you can provide them with berries so they can make juice."

Rex briefly explained the situation to Yuli.

"I understand. I'll go to the Pokémon Center as soon as possible and bring the Polteageist back to Rex Farm."

After learning the reason why Rex contacted her, Yuli also breathed a sigh of relief. She thought something had happened to Rex!

Afterward, Yuli briefed Rex on some of the things that had happened at Rex Farm over the past few days, but they were all minor matters and didn't require his immediate attention.

After dealing with the Polteageist, Rex went to the room in the Pokémon Center to take a shower, then went to the most famous restaurant in town to have a good meal, finally rewarding himself.

After eating and drinking his fill, Rex, with the Poliwag that didn't want to stay in the Poké Ball, strolled through the streets of Oldale Town. He planned to buy some supplies at the Pokémon Mart, as there was still about a week's journey to Petalburg City from here.

"Hey, kid in front, stop right there!"

Thinking about what to buy later, Rex suddenly heard a loud voice coming from behind him. Turning around, he saw several young hoodlums walking toward him.

"What's the matter?"

Rex turned around and asked.

"You're not from our town, are you? We haven't seen you here before."

One of them, who looked like the leader of the hoodlums, asked Rex.

"That's right, I'm just passing through Oldale Town. I'll be leaving tomorrow!"

Rex knew they were up to no good, but he didn't care and answered casually.

"No wonder you don't recognize us three brothers. Our boss has set a rule that passing trainers need to pay a toll to our Team Magma to pass through here."

The hoodlum leader said arrogantly.

In fact, they had only targeted Rex because they saw him coming out of the most expensive restaurant in town and he looked young, only accompanied by a Poliwag, which seemed easy to bully, so they decided to extort money from him.

They had been doing this kind of thing a lot recently, but they only targeted new trainers. They didn't dare to provoke stronger trainers.

"Oh, how much do you want?"

Rex's heart skipped a beat when he heard about Team Magma, and then he asked.

After all, he had heard of Team Magma and Team Aqua, two of the most powerful criminal organizations in Hoenn. They were comparable to the Rocket Team, whose main influence was in Indigo regions.

But knowing the plot direction, Rex knew that Team Magma and Team Aqua should be looking for ways to control Groudon and Kyogre to achieve their dreams during this time.

Team Magma's dream was to control Groudon to create land, thus expanding the land area and increasing the human activity area.

Team Aqua's dream, on the other hand, was the opposite. They aimed to regain the habitats lost by Pokémon due to human desires, attempting to expand their organization's control over the ocean.

These two crazy organizations, in Rex's understanding, were unlikely to do such a thing as collecting tolls, as it didn't fit their style.

"At least 50,000, no, 100,000 Alliance coins, or else you won't be able to leave Oldale Town!"

"Yeah, that's right. You won't have a good time if you don't pay up."

"That's right."

After the hoodlum leader said they wanted 100,000 Alliance coins, the other two lackeys chimed in, their eyes turning red.

"I have the money, but it depends on whether you have the ability to get it!"

Rex smiled and said.

"You're asking for death, go, Mightyena!"

"Come out, Dustox!"

"Come out, Golbat!"

Seeing Rex's attitude, they all released their Pokémon.

"Kid, I'll give you a chance to rethink your words!"

The hoodlum leader said arrogantly.

"Come out, Mareep, Gastly!"

Rex didn't waste any time, directly summoning two Pokémon, plus the Poliwag that was already outside, making it three Pokémon.

"Each of you find an opponent!"

Rex saw their Pokémon and knew they hadn't properly trained them.

Each Pokémon looked a bit listless, obviously lacking energy supply, so he didn't bother commanding them and let them play freely.

After the battles in the forest over the past few days, the battle experience of Poliwag and others was already quite rich.

Sure enough, even though the opponents' Pokémon were being commanded by trainers, with their poor foundation, they were no match for Poliwag and the others. After a few rounds, they all lost their ability to battle.

"You wait for us, our boss won't let you off!"

After seeing that their Pokémon were no match, the hoodlum leader, after retracting their Pokémon, threatened, intending to leave directly.

"You wait, Mareep, Discharge!"

Rex directly commanded the Shiny Mareep to attack. He wouldn't let these guys leave so easily.

"We're in trouble!"

After being hit by Discharge, several of them fell to the ground, paralyzed all over.

"Tell me about your relationship with Team Magma, but don't lie to me, otherwise, your fate won't be good!"

When Rex said these words, he deliberately used a gloomy tone, making people feel a bit chilly.

"I'll talk, I'll talk! We actually don't have any relationship with Team Magma. It's just that our former leader joined Team Magma before, so we thought we could take advantage of his name and get some benefits!"

One of the hoodlums couldn't help but speak first, revealing their true identity.

"Are you sure you're not lying to me?"

"No, no, I'm telling the truth."

Now, Rex finally knew that they were just ordinary hoodlums.

As for whether their former leader who joined Team Magma would retaliate against him, Rex thought it was highly unlikely. Even if he came, relying on him, a newcomer to Team Magma

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 he couldn't do anything to himself.

Afterward, Rex directly dialed the phone number of Nurse Joy from Fallabor Town and asked her to help him contact Officer Jenny in Oldale Town.

After explaining the whole situation to Nurse Joy, Nurse Joy from Fallabor Town immediately agreed to help him contact Officer Jenny.

Yes, all the Officer Jennys in the world were relatives, which made Rex marvel at the wonders of this world!

About 10 minutes later, Officer Jenny rode a tricycle and rushed over, with a Growlithe sitting on the bike.

"Are you Rex that my cousin talked about?"

After getting off the bike, Officer Jenny from Oldale Town first asked Rex.

"Yes, Officer Jenny!"

Rex smiled and said.

"I've understood the situation. These people have been extorting passing trainers recently, which has caused our town's reputation to decline. I've been looking for them for a long time. Thank you for helping me catch them!"

Officer Jenny thanked Rex.

These guys specifically extorted passing trainers, and the trainers who were extorted were often afraid to stay in Oldale Town, so they left in a hurry, only revealing the incident after they went to other towns through the internet. This also caused many trainers not to come to Oldale Town recently.

And because there were no victims to identify their crimes, Officer Jenny couldn't figure out who was doing this until today, when Rex asked her cousin to help him catch them.

"This is what I should do. I'll leave them to you, Officer Jenny!"

Rex still had things to do, so after handing over the men to Officer Jenny, he left. This incident was just a minor episode for him.

(End of Chapter)