With Arcanine as his mount, Kyle navigated through the route and into the meeting place with a phone, whose screen displayed the map and the assembly point, on his hand. The time itself wasn't the problem, though he was starting to question his morality when he accepted the task at hand. The fact that he didn't even feel bad about it made him worry more.

Curiosity was what brought Kyle here tonight, and upon reaching the place, he couldn't say that he recognized the Gym Leader as a Gym Leader. He was, after all, newly appointed and though Kyle himself was affiliated to the league to some degree, he did not bring himself to put in the effort to actually get in with their business.

"Hello, hello," he'd greet from the darkness, still atop his Arcanine. "Are you here for the fun stuff?"

The fact that he was doing this went against his virtues as a ranger, but then again, he could always just argue that he was trying to experience a poacher's point of view or something so he could understand better on how to deal with them better if he was questioned about it.

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"That's reassuring."

He wasn't sure how to process the information. Stating his title and name was not the usual protocol from criminals from what he knew from all the movies and literature he had seen. The only ones brave enough to do that were either the small fry or the big names. Both of them end up getting caught by authorities though. Kyle opted to be skeptical about it, but he wasn't rude enough to show it.

The bigger problem here was that he was a self-proclaimed Gym Leader. Kyle opted to ignore it though.

"I'll do my best not to lag behind then," he played along, the slightest smile on his features failing his acting. He had Pokemon he was ready to call upon on as well, but held on doing that unlike what Roy did. He could wait for the right moment to do it if anything.

He raised a brow after the gym leader had asked him for suggestions, straightening his back afterwards as his shoulders gave way for a shrug. "I'm just an amateur on this field. Can you let me learn from the master criminal?" It wasn't false though, but teasing the idea seemed like a good option at that time.

Breaking in the Safari Zone should be easy. Doing that undetected and leaving the scene of the crime without leaving any clues required much more thinking than what Kyle would normally do.

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"We're breaking the wall?" It wasn't a smart idea, considering the wall was built to be made with the objective of keeping poachers out in mind, but Kyle already committed to the follower act and he can't back out easily.

He didn't bring any of his hard hitting Pokemon in his Rhyperior or his Scolipede, although he did have something that could work. A fairly new addition to his fast growing collection of Pokemon, the Riolu he released did have the appropriate moves to help break down a wall. "Force Palm."

Multiple palm strikes were done on the walk by the Riolu, each of them striking a single spot on the wall until a crack appears. If an Excadrill nor a Gogoat couldn't even break it, his Riolu for sure wouldn't. Concentrating his attacks on a single spot seemed to have made a difference to the wall though, albeit chipping away at a very slow pace.

The thought of hiding his name from him since they were doing something criminal came to mind, though given that his name wasn't anything special and can be regarded as a fairly common one, he supposed there was no harm done as long as no surname was attached to it.

"Ah, it's Kyle." No effort for a build up or whatever on his introduction was made unlike Roy's. "You should remember it. It's gonna make it more exciting for when I challenge your gym if you were to fight someone you know."

A friendly note would suffice though, in his opinion.

"By the way, is it working?" he badgered the master criminal.

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"The bad boy, huh?" He's trying at least. Kyle would be kind enough to let him have this title, given that the other gym leader he was familiar with can actually be described as a stereotypical good boy. The Fusube gym leader does remind him of his Poochy 1 in a way, he supposed.

"You're getting me all hyped up now."

Challenging gyms weren't his main agenda when he started training his Pokemon, though he might as well do them if he doesn't have anything better to do. These musings, however, were to be shrugged away when a different objective was presented in front of him to be attended urgently.

He patiently waited for Roy to answer him after he asked his question, watching their Pokemon do their best, albeit ultimately fruitless in the end. A slight smile from amusement came when Roy gave up and ordered his Pokemon to rest, Kyle following suit and motioning for his Riolu return to him and stop.

"Or we can go under," he suggested after Roy's drawings. The only way to the Safari Zone was through the gate as Roy pointed out after all. "Your, uh, Onslaught," he eyed the Pokemon, it's species unknown for the ranger, "can he dig us a tunnel?" He looked like he could dig anyways.

Kyle only had dogs, and dogs tend to dig for stuff on the ground whenever they're bored, but they definitely can't go dig a tunnel even if they tried. He had like five of them though, but still he wasn't sure if that would work.

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Kyle watched as the Pokemon he wasn't familiar with started to finally do the work that might probably end to something. If the Excadrill was indeed as powerful as it looked like, he supposed that digging a tunnel would be a something trivial for it. They don't have all the time in the world to do it though, especially since the Safari Zone was a well secured facility. The time was something to take in account for, since they would be forced to stop as soon as the sun rises.

He'll have to take note of the hole later and have the holes, literally and figuratively, in the safari zone's defenses patched up though.

A muffled bark from the Arcanine alerted Kyle. It was always something important when the Fire-type speaks up, and so it wasn't even a debate for the ranger to look around for whatever the source of disturbance was.

A pair of Growlithes had appeared, which he had assumed to be from the Safari Zone security making rounds. He wasn't sure if his hunch was correct or if they were simply wild Pokemon. Regardless, it was better to play safe. "Scare them with Roar," he whispered. Before the puppies could spot them, a low rumbling sound before a definitive bark came from the Arcanine's throat, effectively intimidating the smaller Fire-types and having them run back from where they came from.

"We're finally doing it?" Kyle mentioned, his tone exuding excitement rather than the condescending tone he'd usually pair the words with.

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The Arcanine went back to her ball while his Riolu went after his trainer shortly as Kyle started moving. Following after the gym leader through the tunnel, Kyle couldn't say that he liked the fact that they are now officially trespassing on private property as soon as they crossed the walls from underneath. He was to be branded a criminal now, though that was only if authorities manage to get a hold of him. He wouldn't allow that, of course.

"More dogs?"

The tone of his words reflected more enthusiasm than worry. As soon as he got out of the ditch though, Roy had already taken care of the problem with his Donphan. A disappointed "Oh," came from Kyle. Shrugging the problem off quickly, he climbed out, turning to see if his Riolu had been following, which he was. Kyle wasn't sure if the Growlithe was fine, but he knew that it wouldn't at least be a problem for a while.

"What's the plan now?" he asked, dusting the dirt off of him.

The found the way in for now, and while Kyle didn't read much of the job description, he had a faint idea of what was going to happen next. "Do we beat up the rest of the patrols now?" He was hoping for it to get shot down this time, knowing that it'll be troublesome if they kept beating up the guard dogs.

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Being the lookout would be Kyle's preferred role in a job such as this as well, though that was more about him not wanting to be bothered to do certain tasks and simply do nothing for the most part. "That sounds much better than beating things up," he chimed in, the tone of his words indicating a certain satisfaction from hearing those words from Roy.

He simply gave a nod to Roy as he went back to the tunnel to fetch his other Pokemon, Kyle awaiting on the other side in case more of those security Pokemon came in and investigated on them. It didn't even take more than a moment when he heard his accomplice call him back to the side they came from, bringing uncertainty to Kyle. Asking his Riolu to climb on his shoulder, he went back in.

"What's the matter?" he asked as he followed after him and before poking his head out.

Kyle could deal with a lot of bullshit life gave him, but being caught and tarnishing his otherwise untainted record of being a good boy got him nervous. "I-I can deal with the woman if you don't have any other suggestion," he whispered to Roy, clutching his Mightyena's Pokeball at hand. "I'm not sure if I can do that with the Growlithe at play though," he hinted, albeit discreetly.

"Did you, uh, get your other Pokemon or is it still out there?"

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