The Hideout

As Julian's Charizard dives closer down towards Ula Ula island, Julian can feel that the town below him is a little restless compared to a normal day.

Julian guides Charizard towards a police station and when he finally gets down, he sees a bunch of police officers rushes out of the station in a hurry. They didn't even bother to look at Julian, who just landed in front of their station on a massive Charizard.

He looks at them and could already guess why they all are in such a hurry, ignoring the officers, Julian gets off his Charizard and enters the police station and he was instantly greeted by the sight of Officer Jenny of Ula Ula island talking to an officer with a serious expression on her face.

Julian "Excuse me"

Julian calls her to grab her attention. Jenny turns around to see who it is and sees a tall young man in black clothes looking at her.

She has never seen this man before, but as she looks at his features and how he is dressed, his description matches the person that one of her cousins spoke about just a few hours ago.

Jenny "Are you perhaps Mr. Julian?"

She questions.

Julian "I am, I just wanted to ask you some questions"

Julian said.

Jenny "Sure, let's go inside my office"

Jenny said and guided Julian back to her office. Julian carefully observed his surrounding and found this station no different from the one in Akala or Mele Mele Island. All of them seem to be based on the same design.

Julian "I will keep this short. I am looking for the leader of Team Skull as I believe that he knows something about Cipher. I understand that you have already been informed about Cipher, right?"

Julian inquires.

Jenny nods and starts to speak.

Jenny "Yes, I have been informed about Cipher and I have put half of my people to search for them but we have found no success, but suddenly Team Skull has started to act up and is causing a lot of trouble, forcing us to recall all our members to deal with the current situation"

She says.

Julian "I understand. I am ninety percent sure that Cipher is behind this and that is why I want to find Team Skull's leader to see if he knows something. All this is too sudden and I believe Cipher is planning something big, so we need to find out before they can act"

Jenny nods and pulls out a holographic map of the Ula Ula island and points at a large part of the map.

Jenny "This is where the leader of Team Skull resides. The area is filled with steep cliff and hills, and right in the middle is an old abandoned mansion that Team Skull have made their base"

Julian "Isn't this a little too much? How can a local gang have so much control over a territory?"

Julian asks surprised as the portion of the map Jenny pointed to was too big for just a local gang to take over.

Jenny "Well at first no one bothered with Team Skull thinking that they are just a bunch of mischievous kids but soon we learned that they have full control over the steep cliffs. And with how the terrain is, it is almost impossible for it to be captured from the outside.

And the high altitude also helps them deal with aerial base attacks coming from the sky. On top of that, their number is a lot more than we estimated. They have over 500 members, all patrolling the cliffs and hills.

They will attack anyone who enters their vicinity. That is why it has been hard for us to take them down."

Jenny explains everything. Julian looks at the map and etches it into his mind. He knows that brute force is the only way to get through and defeat Team Skull. Luckily, Julian is an expert in this.

Julian "Don't worry about Team Skull, I will take care of them. Have your men focus on the cities and towns to keep the people safe from some rogue ones"

Julian instructs.

Jenny "You aren't planning to enter their territory all alone, right?"

She asked worriedly.

Julian "Don't worry about me, I have a plan. They will not know what hit them. You just need to focus on keeping the citizens safe"

Julian says and walks out of the station leaving Officer Jenny puzzled. She wondered what Julian has that could overthrow such a huge gang all alone.

He hops on his Charizard again and instructs him to take flight once again. Charizard flies up and begins to roam the sky of Ula Ula island.

Another special pokemon who is in the vicinity as well notices his presence. It looks at Julian and Charizard with its lazy eyes, which suddenly become alert as it feels the energy around Julian.

It can't help but get curious about Julian, so it decides to follow Julian and see what this human is up to.

Julian instructs and guides Charizard toward the location of the hills and cliffs based on the imprint of the map he etched into his memory, and he soon arrives in front of his destination.

Below him is a vast land with an uneven landscape. Tall hills and steep cliffs are all over the place, and there is one massive mansion right in the middle of this valley.

Julian 'That should be their hideout'

Julian thought while looking at it.