Haru didn't like being disturbed by anyone, especially when he was in the middle of doing something 'important.'
He had been just about to pay homage to the legendary locksmith Louis XVI and start performing the story of One Key and Two Locks.
But these two who had suddenly popped up had complicated things.
If possible, Haru wouldn't mind at all turning One Key and Two Locks into Saw with a chainsaw.
Of course, he could recognize who they were.
Annie and Oakley, the masterminds behind the scenes in the Alto Mare movie, the scum who kidnapped Latios and tried to control the entire Alto Mare with the Soul Dew.
These two were almost entirely devoid of conscience, the kind of human trash who would casually sacrifice innocents for their own selfish desires.
For them, Haru felt that no matter what level of heavy-handed methods he used on them, it all seemed pretty reasonable.
But given the current situation, in the real world, their status as masterminds behind the scenes probably still needed a question mark.
After all, was there really a 'villain' in this world who ended up in such a sorry state before the 'heroes' even made a move?
Originally, Haru had planned to 'judge' Liko first before going after these two.
But he hadn't expected them to deliver themselves right to his door... They were truly impatient.
Of course, the first to react wasn't Haru, but Liko and Cynthia.
As girls, they were even more sensitive to these uninvited guests.
After the thief sisters burst in, Liko couldn't help but let out a scream.
She might play pretty wild in private with Haru, but that didn't mean she was willing to let outsiders see her 'true self.'
In front of others, she needed to always maintain the image of a 'pure little white flower.'
Only in front of Haru would she show her 'real self.'
Of course, Miss Cynthia had similar thoughts on this.
She was willing to face herself ≠ she was willing to make everything public, at least not yet.
This led to her first thought upon seeing the two sisters being 'silence them.'
"Ah—!"
But soon, they pushed these ideas aside... because they knew the top priority now was to quickly get their clothes on. 'Judging' these intruders could wait.
Since these two had inexplicably broken the glass to barge into their room, it meant similar things might happen next.
To prevent that, even though he was extremely annoyed, Haru first released Mew and had it 'deploy the domain' to seal off the entire floor.
Then the three of them quickly changed clothes and tidied up the bedsheets and such.
As expected, right after he sealed the area, he immediately detected several groups of people trying to break in. These were very likely after Annie and Oakley.
Though they were temporarily blocked by Mew's 'domain,' this situation obviously couldn't last too long.
So to resolve this, someone had to step out and deal with these pursuers.
"What have you two done?"
Haru, now dressed in outer clothes, looked down at the sisters from above, his tone quite unfriendly.
Annie and Oakley didn't know that the man in front of them had already figured out their backgrounds completely. They thought he was just pissed about their unauthorized entry, so they tried to quibble a bit.
"This gentleman, actually, this is just a misunderstanding."
"Some bad guys suddenly started chasing me for some reason, and I burst in here by accident. It really wasn't intentional."
"Please forgive us; we'll do anything."
As she said this, Annie even gave Haru an awkward grin.
However, Haru's expression remained stiff at Annie's explanation, as if he didn't care at all.
He tugged at the corner of his mouth, sneered twice, and said:
"You think I don't know who you are?"
"The world's top-ranked thief duo, the masterminds behind stealing the Soul Dew and kidnapping Latios."
"I hadn't even gotten around to capturing you, and here you are, delivering yourselves—right at this critical moment."
"I see you're really asking for it."
With that, Haru couldn't help but sneer twice more.
"What? They're the culprits who kidnapped Latios?!"
Haru's simple words immediately caught Cynthia and Liko's attention.
They had suspected Haru knew something before, so they believed he could indeed find the kidnappers of Latios.
But they hadn't expected the culprits to show up on their own before Haru even acted.
Without answering them, Haru just calmly nodded at the two, then summoned Mew again and had it use a binding move to tie up the sisters.
Being interrupted mid-drive had made him extremely irritated, so his earlier talk of 'turning these two into watermelon bellies' wasn't just empty words.
He really planned to do it.
By then, he'd make sure to stuff them full and lock them in the basement.
Of course, not now—he had more important things to handle first.
"You two stay here; I'll go deal with the pursuers outside."
"I don't know what these two stirred up, but there's a bunch of people chasing them. I need to see what these guys are about."
Cynthia was about to agree directly, but after thinking, she proactively suggested:
"Ah, I'll go with you."
"If there are a lot of them, I can help out. I'm a champion, after all."
"If you insist."
Haru glanced at her and didn't refuse right away.
As Cynthia said, she was a champion and could provide quite a bit of assistance.
So the two quickly left the room, leaving Liko alone, and incidentally asking Mew—who had been napping next door—to keep watch.
Liko, still sitting on the bed, watched the two leave, a strange feeling suddenly rising in her heart.
She always felt... after this intense battle ended, something in her body seemed to be changing suddenly.
And there was some kind of power trembling in her chest.
It was as if what had just happened had flipped some weird switch.
Of course, this didn't mean she'd awakened some incredible new fetish; it was just simply...
Liko searched her body for a bit, then discovered it was her pendant that was slightly trembling and glowing.
The pendant was a large polygonal gem.
According to Haru, its true form was a level-one god with special terastallization abilities, named Terapagos—the true source of Paldea's terastallization.
The gem hadn't shown any changes for a while, so Liko had thought this would continue indefinitely.
Sometimes, Liko even doubted whether the gem was really what Haru claimed—a level-one god...
Maybe Haru was just tricking her with this excuse to 'possess' her, making her obey him completely.
Though Liko was actually pretty okay with that now... or rather, she quite enjoyed the process.
She hadn't expected Terapagos to actually react during this Alto Mare trip.
So it seemed Haru hadn't lied to her.
But... why had the long-dormant Terapagos suddenly become active?
Had something special happened today?
Liko sat on the bed in a seiza position, deep in thought.
First, rule out the sisters' unexpected intrusion; they probably couldn't affect Terapagos.
Then, what was left... seemed to be the excessive intake of DNA.
Haru had been particularly excited today, so during the 'match,' he hadn't held back on his ammo at all, firing bullets straight into the bullseye with every shot.
He was an absolute sharpshooter, with almost no misses, so today's 'gunfire' on Liko was more intense than ever before.
And today, areas like her face, mouth, clitoris, and thighs had all been hit, with 'wounds' extremely severe.
Especially her face, to the point that before she and Cynthia cleaned each other up, she looked like she'd applied a facial mask.
So, was it possible that Terapagos's reaction was due to this overconsumption of 'energy'?
What was this? Haru's rapid fire awakening Terapagos? Or some magical sex ritual?
Should she find ways to help Haru host more group exercise games?
Haru always seemed thrilled during group activities anyway.
If her guess turned out true, maybe she could even base a paper on it, titled The Relationship Between Human Semen and Pokémon or something.
Or Explosive Discovery: The Legendary Beast Myth Might Be Completely Reversed—Legendary Beasts Turned into Beautiful Girls to Extract Human Semen for Energy.
That actually sounded pretty interesting?
The girl touched her slightly bulging belly, her expression a bit subtle.
But no matter what, Terapagos stirring was definitely a good thing.
If it was willing to be her partner, she might finally have some self-defense capability.
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Meanwhile, the girl named Chloe finally arrived near the hotel.
She had planned to go straight to find Haru, but soon sensed something was off.
A bunch of trainers who looked anything but good surrounded the hotel, all with dark-type Pokémon, ready to fight at any moment.
What to do? This seemed a bit bad; should she hide first?
The somewhat sensitive girl, who had just experienced an incident not long ago, thought this way.
But soon, she relaxed again.
The reason was simple: she saw Haru and Cynthia walking out of the hotel's main entrance.
Even though the people around looked fierce and menacing, the moment Chloe saw Haru, she inexplicably felt at ease.
Plus, Haru came with a 'bonus' Cynthia.
Without thinking too much, the insecure Chloe immediately trotted over to Haru.
She grabbed his right forearm while whispering to him:
"Mr. Haru, what happened?"
"Don't worry; it's just a minor issue. It'll be resolved soon."
Haru comforted her first, then immediately instructed:
"But for now, stay by my side; don't go more than two meters away from me."
Chloe was ultimately just a girl with no combat ability.
Even for Haru, protecting her amid so many people would be tough, so it was better to have her stick close.
"Mm-hmm, I understand."
Chloe nodded hurriedly; of course, she got what Haru meant.
But when she looked up again, she suddenly noticed a detail.
On Cynthia's golden hair, there seemed to be a bit of strange white stuff stuck, looking like some kind of dirt.
After thinking, Chloe finally let go of Haru's hand, went to Cynthia's side, and picked it off with her fingers.
"Miss Cynthia, there's some dirt on your head. Did you go somewhere weird before?"
She smiled at Cynthia while holding the white clump.
"Ah, that... actually, that's..."
Cynthia was stuck.
She knew exactly what it was, but could she say?
Damn, they hadn't washed off all that stuff during cleaning; now it was awkward...
Even if not washed, she could've just swallowed it...
But now, how was she supposed to explain to Chloe?
"What's wrong?"
Chloe, still holding the thing, tilted her head at Cynthia, curious about her odd reaction.
She didn't think of the white stuff in any special way.
After all, the current Chloe, like the past Liko, was still quite innocent.
"Ah, no... n-nothing."
Cynthia quickly shook her head.
At that very moment, Goh—who had been running desperately to catch up with the others—finally arrived on the scene.
Because his Pokémon weren't exactly the fastest, he'd missed everything that had happened before.
But what he saw before him now was clear as day.
Cynthia was standing there, shaking her head.
Chloe, his childhood friend, was holding some strange white substance in her hand.
And Haru… looked mortified.
As for the Team Rocket members who were still lingering nearby, Goh had already completely tuned them out.
Damn it! What the hell happened between Haru and Chloe?!
Yes—Goh immediately recognized what that thing in Chloe's hand was.
As someone who jokingly called himself "Spider-Man" for how often he "spun webs," Goh had definitely seen that sort of thing before.
But never—not once—had he imagined that one day he'd see his own childhood friend holding something like that… and that it would belong to another man!
He didn't even know why—but rage exploded inside him all the same.
What the hell was this supposed to be?!
He'd even given up on Latios for Chloe's sake, and yet Haru still somehow managed to win her over so easily?!
Why did he never get to experience something like that?!
This wasn't just some random jerk anymore—Haru was a full-blown scumbag who needed to be dealt with.
Goh was just about to step forward and confront him when—
someone else moved even faster.
A girl suddenly appeared atop the hotel roof, her figure sharp against the sky as she called down coldly:
"Cynthia! What do you think you're doing?"
"G–Gothitelle—no, wait… Caitlin?!"
Cynthia, who had just been trying to smooth things over with Chloe, froze on the spot—her composure instantly cracking as she recognized the newcomer.