Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 875: Chapter 1092: Aura

All the lab personnel had already been detained, and specialized staff were currently interrogating them.

"Champion Walker!"

The person in charge of the interrogations was startled when he suddenly saw Julian appear.

But then he thought about the importance of the spatial backpack technology—it made sense that it would attract someone like Julian.

Julian nodded and asked, "Any leads?"

The person in charge shook his head. "It's only been a short time, so we haven't found any useful clues yet."

When someone in the espionage business chooses to expose themselves, they always have a perfect plan in place to ensure they could retreat immediately after being discovered.

That was why, across the world, less than ten percent of spies who exposed themselves after achieving their goal were actually caught.

Most of the time they escaped with important classified information, causing huge losses to the country involved.

Every nation detested espionage activities, yet they were all very enthusiastic about engaging in it themselves.

When it came to the number of spies, Drakoria ranked first in the world, with Celestria came in second.

But condemnation still had to be voiced: 'I can send spies, but you can't send spies to my country. That's simply unethical behavior.'

"Bring me something that Hubert used," Julian said.

The person in charge nodded, and soon someone brought over a black coat.

"This is the coat Hubert wore this morning," the person in charge said.

"But the other party has already treated it to remove any scent, so—"

He didn't finish his sentence, implying that if Julian was thinking of tracking by scent, it would be useless.

There was no trace of Hubert's scent on it. Even a Champion-level Arcanine wouldn't be able to pick up anything.

"Lucario."

Julian sent out Lucario.

"Sense the residual aura on this clothing, then help me find its owner."

All things possessed aura, even inanimate objects. Since Hubert had worn this coat, besides the coat's own aura, it would also carry traces of his residual aura.

In the past, Lucario wouldn't have been able to sense the aura remaining on the clothes, as it would be far too faint.

But now that it had reached the Champion tier, its mastery over Aura had improved qualitatively. It should be able to perceive the residual aura left on the garment.

A person could alter their scent, but their aura was like their DNA—something that could not be changed, at least not with the current technology.

Lucario closed its eyes, carefully sensing the residual aura on the clothing. A full three minutes passed before it opened its eyes again.

"Found it?"

"Luca!"

Lucario nodded.

"Excellent."

Just as he had expected. Julian smiled slightly and said to the man beside him, "Continue your interrogation here. I'm going to bring that person back."

Leaving the lab, Julian released Salamence and climbed onto its back alongside Lucario.

"Lead the way," Julian said.

"Luca~"

Lucario nodded, focusing amid the vast sea of auras to detect the faint traces of Hubert's residual aura in the air.

"Northeast direction."

Salamence flapped its wings and took off in the direction Lucario indicated.

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Northeast Nandu City—a small, third-tier city in the northern region.

It had taken the impersonator only half a day to travel from the capital to this place; the speed was remarkable.

Now the target was sitting in a hot pot restaurant, though not alone—there were two of them.

"Go on, eat. Once we leave Drakoria, it'll be hard to find such authentic hot pot again," said the impersonator, whose appearance had already been altered.

He dipped some sliced mutton into the sesame sauce, stuffed it into his mouth, and couldn't help but show a satisfied expression.

But the man sitting across from him seemed distracted. Watching the impersonator enjoy himself, he asked irritably, "How can you still be in the mood to eat? Don't you realize our situation right now?"

"Hahaha, what are you worried about? The fact that I can eat so peacefully should actually make you happy. If our situation was truly dangerous, do you think I'd be acting like this?"

This remark caught the other man off guard, leaving him momentarily speechless.

It did sound reasonable when he thought about it. But still, was this level of relaxation really appropriate?

They were currently being actively pursued by Drakoria's intelligence agencies. At the very least, they should be lying low, not eating and drinking so openly in public, right?

"Stan, I can hide our tracks and get you out of Drakoria safely. But you need to remember the promise you made to me."

After finishing the last piece of mutton in the hot pot, the impersonator looked calmly at his companion.

Stan—that was the name of the Elite Trainer who had escaped.

Unexpectedly, he had ended up with fake Hubert, and with his help, managed to evade the intelligence agents hunting him.

"Don't worry. I'm not someone who forgets a favor."

The impersonator gave Stan a long, hard look upon hearing this. The latter met his gaze without flinching.

The two stared at each other for a full minute, until the impersonator let out a laugh.

"Hahaha, that just proves I didn't misjudge you. Once we get to Birmania, with your strength and my brains, our future will definitely be bright."

"Mm."

Stan nodded.

The fake Hubert turned out to be a spy from Birmania. But since when did Birmanian spies have the capability to infiltrate someone into a top-tier lab in Drakoria?

As it turned out, there was a great deal of coincidence involved here.

The deceased Hubert's parents had divorced when he was young, and he lived with his father, while his mother had moved away.

But what Hubert never knew was that he actually had a twin brother. His father had never told him, and right up until his father's death, he remained unaware.

The Hubert from Drakoria had been a prodigy since childhood, and his twin brother—Birmanian Hubert—was equally gifted.

Coincidentally, both had chosen to specialize in the field of spatial technology.

Every nation was pouring money into spatial technology research, with Birmania being no exception. And Birmania's Hubert was one of their key researchers in this area.

Two years ago, intelligence agents from Birmania unexpectedly discovered that a lab in Drakoria was researching spatial backpack technology, and that the related technology was quite advanced.

While Birmania coveted this technology, they lacked the capability to do anything about it and could only watch with envy.

But that changed when an agent photographed some researchers from this lab. The Birmanian government was stunned to find that one of them looked exactly like their own leading spatial technology researcher, Hubert.

Initially, they suspected their own researcher was a spy and immediately placed him under custody.

But after investigation, they learned from his mother that he actually had a twin brother.

Due to the divorce, both parents had named their sons Hubert.

Identical in appearance, both specializing in spatial technology—this was too perfect.

Thus, a plan was born in the minds of Birmania's ruling authorities.

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