Kimi remembered a distant past that she wished to forget because it was one of her close calls with death but also a big shame for her.
Kimi had been confident in her physical and combat abilities so took on most of the difficult work because her cooperation with Growlithe was still very bad.
One time that she was involved with a task to investigate a lead on a suspect, she had been forced to defend herself and capture them.
Kimi did know that she was able to use aura back then and had not been trained in it so she could not sense certain dangers around her.
The trap nearby had left her and Growlithe poisoned and on the verge of death while the criminal escaped.
Her superior sensed that something was wrong and sent someone to see how she was so Kimi and Growlithe had been saved.
They both spent a little time undergoing treatment for the injuries and the poison in their bodies but the incident had become one thing which had added to her already poor reputation.
Not only could she not get her own Growlithe under control but she could not even handle a small time criminal that had been evading capture then fell victim to something that most would be able to defend against or prepare for.
Unfortunately Kimi's money and resources back then were too poor so she could not afford to purchase antidotes and other things to assist her in her duties.
She would have thought that such things would be provided to her as part of her kit for her role but she did not get any and only got the most basic equipment and uniforms.
Due to the poor support to apprentices, trainees and certain departments, a lot of departments had to make cutbacks and many had to find ways to support themselves outside of their work hours if they wished to improve their own abilities and rate of survival on the job.
Kimi was one of those unfortunate people who was just a trainee and most of her time had been taken up by the job while only being given the very basics of what should be given while leaving out other things like antidotes and potions.
When Kimi pointed towards a certain direction, she directed her aura towards Eevee which had turned towards that direction suddenly and let out a noise. "Eevee!"
Star-shaped rays suddenly fired out towards the place where Kimi had pointed crashed into a wooden closet which had been left open a little.
The stars destroyed the door and hit something which was revealed inside. "Arbok!"
The move which had been used by Eevee was Swift which she learned upon becoming level twenty and it was the first ranged ability which she had learned.
It rarely missed and was effective in hitting many opponents at once so it was effective for her original purpose of destroying the closet door and attacking what was inside.
An Arbok was inside the closet which was awaiting the opportunity to attack once Kimi had let her guard down.
In her previous life, it had been the exact same criminal which she had found but he had already moved to a different location but the current place was where he hid at before moving.
She had some idea where he would be from her memories but it was still needed for her to check over that information with P's help to avoid staking out the wrong place.
There were some places nearby that he had been caught on a security camera visiting stores and purchasing what he needed so P had been able to narrow down his general location recently which confirmed her own information.
The Arbok in the closet was a trick she fell for and almost died from because she was sprayed with many poison needles which allowed the criminal to escape before reinforcements arrived.
There were many criminals who kept their Pokemon hidden away nearby to ambush their enemies whether it was under the floorboards, in a closet, a cupboard, the fireplace and many other places they could fit in then jump out when people least expected them to.
Kimi had fallen for it so early in her apprenticeship so it had left permanent mental and physical scars on her but she quickly learned from her bad experience in order to protect herself.
While the Arbok was being pushed back by the stars released by Eevee as she kept up her attack, Growlithe had suddenly been surrounded by a strange aura.
Her body became quicker as she ran towards the Arbok after using Agility, upon getting closer once the barrage of stars had stopped, Growlithe bit down onto the body of Arbok which had been followed with a tackle from Eevee.
The moment that Arbok was going to bite onto Growlithe, the tackle of Eevee had prevented it from being a successful attack.
The Arbok was trapped in a tight space with no means of escape or retreat so it was quickly bombarded with attacks and restricted.
Its own attempts to fire poison stings and use fang moves were prevented by the cooperation of Eevee and Growlithe who worked well together to prevent their opponent from having a successful attack land.
The man was struggle during that time with his arms cuffed behind his back but Kimi looked down on him then pressed onto her phone to contact officer Jenny who had given her the task. "The target is subdued so I will be handing him in at the Pewder City main building. You can collect him from there."
The voice answered in a slightly shocked tone. "You found him already? Well done! Are you sure you do not want a job here?"
Kimi listened to the nagging and persuasive words on the other side of the phone before hanging up. "Now it is time for me to move you."
The Arbok's Pokéball was found nearby and was returned inside in a fainted state then when Kimi was about to leave the room, there was a strange feeling from the body of one of her Pokemon so she quickly ran over an placed something close by into a small pouch and attached it to them.
A small smile appeared on her face. "Phew.. that would have been very unlucky and against my plans."
Growlithe and Eevee looked towards her with confusion in their eyes upon seeing her weird actions but followed behind.
The man was dragged along by Ryhorn after it had been released then they made their way back to Pewder City where the criminal had been handed over.
A little later, someone from Veridian City had made the journey to Pewder City to confirm the identity of the criminal and take them away.
Kimi was given her reward as promised while she was busy talking to the Jenny which had promised her the discount on the Fire Stone once she had completed the task.
The Viridian City Jenny confirmed within the group chat that Kimi had completed the task very quickly so the chat quickly became active once more.
Once she became free once again, Kimi went to collect various ingredients and started to put something together while working through most of the night.
When that was completed, she went back out and found a place to get changed once again so that she could go and achieve one more thing before the next day came.