Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

"I saw several high-level Pokémon when I entered the secret realm before, so it seems that the competition will be fierce this time!"

"Old Liu, how about we guess which team from our two schools will come out first?"

The person who said this was the coach of the school team at Rongcheng No. 2 Middle School.

Because both schools are quite strong, and they have made it into the top 16 in almost every college tournament, the coaches from the two schools are quite familiar with each other.

However, due to the competition between the two schools, neither of them was willing to concede to the other.

Faced with the question posed by the No. 2 Middle School coach, Lao Liu was somewhat embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

He could only snort coldly, indicating his disdain for comparison.

If Ye Chen were here, Old Liu could say with absolute certainty that his own team would come out first, but at this moment he was also very anxious.

The coach from No. 2 Middle School said proudly, "Our school has produced a promising talent this year. He might even win the championship in the end."

At this moment, the pale blue secret passage began to ripple.

This was a sign that someone was about to emerge, but the people around didn't seem too shaken, because such fluctuations had occurred more than ten times before, and without exception, all of them were contestants who had encountered danger and called for investigators.

These have all been disqualified!

Moreover, it's still early before the coaches' expected end time, so nobody considers the task complete.

A foot stepped out from the pale blue vortex, and then, under the gaze of many coaches and league investigators, the person slowly emerged—a fat man with a smile on his face.

"Which team is this? Why do they look so happy even though they were eliminated?"

"I don't know, but it seems like they weren't really hoping for anything."

At this moment, the loud voice of the coach from Rongcheng No. 2 Middle School suddenly asked, "Old Liu, I seem to remember this person being from your No. 1 Middle School team?"

Immediately, all the coaches looked at Lao Liu with strange eyes. Lao Liu was also dumbfounded; he, too, immediately recognized Guo Shengfu, the chubby boy.

But in his opinion, even if his team was unlucky and didn't find the wooden sign, they shouldn't have encountered any danger. Why did they come out early?

After Guo Shengfu came out, one person after another walked out of the passage.

Qi Jun.

Liu Lixuan.

Jiang Shuyun.

They were all from my team, just as expected.

Old Liu was struck dumb. Even without Ye Chen's strength, his team's lineup this year was enough to keep them among the top teams. How could it end in the knockout stage?

Just as Lao Liu was still unable to accept reality, the secret passage fluctuated once again.

Ye Chen emerged at the very end of the line.

The moment Old Liu saw Ye Chen, his gloomy eyes lit up with a new light. Even though the eyes were partially obscured, Old Liu recognized him at a glance.

When did Ye Chen go in?!

It seems that even though they came out at the same time, the outcome would be completely different depending on whether Ye Chen was there or not. This shows an almost unconditional trust in Ye Chen!

As long as he's there, none of that matters!

Sure enough, the team walked together to the table where the results were recorded, and to the surprise of the coaches, they took out a wooden plaque and handed it to the league staff.

"They're the team that actually got the wooden plaque!" 3.3

"They actually came out at this time. Aren't there any teams waiting to ambush them at the entrance to the secret realm?"

Amidst the admiring gazes of all the coaches, Lao Liu happily came forward and gave Ye Chen a big hug.

"I thought you weren't coming!"

"How could I dare? We made a promise to win the championship together!"

Hearing Ye Chen's joke, Old Liu burst into laughter. This was really a great honor for him!

So that evening, led by Lao Liu, they went out for a celebratory dinner to celebrate their successful advancement in the knockout stage, being the first team to do so.

The organizers have scheduled the group stage for the day after tomorrow, giving each team a day to rest and allowing any injured Pokémon to recover.

Chapter 105 The Destruction of the Xia Kingdom's Power in the Genesis Society!

That evening, Ye Chen returned home.

At this moment, the news was broadcasting the current situation of the Southwest University Tournament, and the sixteen teams in the group stage had been determined.

As expected, the events that occurred in the secret realm were spread by the other contestants, and the general public also learned that Rongcheng No. 1 Middle School's team was the first to qualify, and for a time Rongcheng No. 1 Middle School became the team with the strongest chance of winning the championship.

However, people still don't know who that mysterious masked person is.

Ye Chen wanted to go to Mu Xue's house to see how she was doing, since the battle last night was quite intense, and even she almost lost.

However, he found that no one was home. Ye Chen knew what she had been doing after just a moment's thought.

The southwest of the Xia Kingdom is mostly mountainous, surrounded by mountains, and the areas outside the cities are sparsely populated.

Hidden among the mountains is a secret base whose decor bears a striking resemblance to the headquarters of the Genesis Society.

That's right, this is where the remaining forces of the Genesis Society within the Xia Kingdom were set up, and a fierce battle is taking place here right now.

The investigators from the 19 Alliance surrounded the entire hill where the base was located, and any passage connecting to the outside world was strictly guarded. Upon close observation, they could even spot Mu Xue's figure among those who were directly confronting the Genesis Society.

However, the one in charge of commanding the battle was not her, but another strong man, who was the Fighting King who had previously argued with the Dragon King.

Why is he here?

It all started when Mu Xue found the bodies of two Genesis Society cadres.

She found a note on the two corpses, which detailed the location of the Genesis Society's remaining strongholds within the Xia Kingdom, the internal layout of the strongholds, and even the strength levels of the Genesis Society members within the strongholds.

These were, of course, what Ye Chen obtained after the interrogation. Ye Chen certainly obtained more information than this, but he chose to leave this part of the content to the Alliance, and secretly kept the rest.

Upon receiving the note, Mu Xue immediately thought it might have been left by the mysterious senior who had saved her, so she promptly reported it to the Alliance.

Considering that Mu Xue had just gone through a battle and had not yet recovered, the alliance dispatched Shi Heng, one of the two most senior members of the Four Heavenly Kings and the Fighting Heavenly King.

Shi Heng has been a Heavenly King for a long time, and even experienced the great purge against internal forces more than ten years ago. At that time, he personally arrested and killed many members of the Creation Society, including some powerful figures at the level of cadres.

At the same time, as one of the two most senior and experienced kings in the league, the Fighting King is also fully capable of commanding this encirclement and suppression operation.

Thus, a team was formed, consisting of a veteran Elite Four member, several Elite Four-level trainers, and a large number of experienced investigators. They set off for the target location almost immediately after receiving the news.

It is evident how determined the Xia Kingdom Alliance was to eliminate this stronghold of the Creation Society within its territory!

Because the Alliance had prior knowledge of the Genesis Society's defenses at the outpost, they were caught off guard.

Even though a large number of Genesis members quickly came out of the base to resist, they were still no match for the Alliance's overwhelming strength.

All passages leading to the outside world from this base have been blocked by the Alliance, leaving those inside with nowhere to escape and forcing them to fight desperately against the Alliance investigators who are launching a frontal assault.

Occasionally, powerful trainers will appear, but they are all stopped by the league's experts the moment they show their faces.

The Alliance advanced relentlessly, and any resistance from the Genesis Society proved insignificant; all defenses crumbled at the slightest touch!

Led by Shi Heng and Mu Xue, the investigators arrived at the deepest part of the base, where countless Pokémon of all kinds were imprisoned. They appeared to have suffered torture and experimentation, and almost all of them were listless.

Further ahead is the last room of this base. Judging from the resistance ahead, the Genesis Society has clearly concentrated all its manpower in this last room, intending to have a final battle with the Alliance.

It's important to know that in the previous battles, not a single Heavenly King-level expert appeared on the Genesis Society's side!

As expected, Shi Heng and his group were repelled by the elves inside using various skills as soon as they arrived at the door of the room. They managed to temporarily hold off the Alliance investigators' attack by utilizing the narrow terrain.

"It's nothing more than a cornered beast's struggle!" Shi Heng sneered.

He summoned his master Itachi, who had once suffered a loss at the hands of Dragonite, the Dragon-type Elite Four member. Itachi condensed a Spirit Bomb in front of him and then hurled it into the room.

Bang!

With a loud explosion.

Alliance investigators immediately rushed into the smoke and, before the people inside could react, violently suppressed them.

A moment later, the oppressive aura of a Champion-level Pokémon emanated from inside. Master Itachi's eyes flashed with a cold light, and his figure transformed into a blur as he rushed into the room.

The smoke then slowly dissipated, and Shi Heng led the remaining investigators inside.

Various Pokémon lay on the ground, with Genesis members being held captive by the investigators nearby. Under Master Itachi's feet lay several Elite Four-level Pokémon, all of whom were now unconscious.

With the alliance's capture of this stronghold, the remaining forces of Genesis 820 within the Xia Kingdom have completely dissipated. At most, there will be a few small and large fish in various cities, but they will not pose a significant threat.

Moreover, those people will be gradually eliminated by the alliance after interrogation, and no one will be able to escape!

With this force eliminated, it also means that they have been completely blinded in Xia Country. At the same time, as long as Ye Chen is still within Xia Country, they will not be able to launch kidnapping operations as before.

It's important to know that Elite Four level trainers are extremely prestigious no matter where they are, and there are very few who can become executives in the Genesis Council.

This time, not only was their influence in Xia Country completely destroyed, but they also lost three Elite Four level trainers. This level of loss is enough to make the Genesis Association feel the pinch for a long time.

This is exactly the result Ye Chen wanted to achieve, after all, there's no such thing as being able to guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days.

The best way is to completely cut off Genesis Society's sight and reach in China!

Having not slept for a whole day, Ye Chen slept extremely well, perhaps because he had finally resolved the heavy burden that had been weighing on his mind regarding the Genesis Society.

With one day left before the start of the group stage, Lao Liu, as expected of a professional coach who has led many teams, had already collected the Pokémon information of the players from the sixteen teams and sent it to the school team group.