Pokémon: Hard work pays off, moves can be upgraded infinitely.

Northern Liaoning Province.

Inside the Regional Command Center Office of the Elf Investigator, Patrol Department, Yinzhou City.

Regional commanders are divided into three levels: Level 1, corresponding to the head of the major region; Level 2, corresponding to the heads of the provincial regions within the major region; and Level 3, corresponding to the heads of some provincial regions.

He Youguang was one of the three third-level regional commanders in Liaoning Province, specifically responsible for various matters in the north.

"Ring ring~~"

A piercing ringtone attracted He Youguang, who was processing documents.

His dignified face furrowed slightly as he slowly picked up the phone.

The next second, the voice on the phone made his expression change slightly.

"What?! A Gyarados over twenty meters long?"

Gyarados is a powerful and rare Pokémon.

The claim of rarity mainly refers to the sheer number of Magikarp that are found all over the world.

In fact, thanks to the extremely large number of Magikarp, the total number of Gyarados is not small.

Because of the huge gap in its evolution, many scholars have devoted themselves to studying it.

Therefore, the various data about Gyarados have long been established.

For example, the largest Magikarp is only about two meters long, and the longest Gyarados is only fifteen meters long.

This is a limit that many scholars have been unable to break through using various methods to date.

As a result, early in the morning, one of his men said he had seen a Gyarados that was over 20 meters long.

Well, if the person making the call wasn't his most trusted subordinate, he wouldn't have believed it at all.

Tell me more.

He Youguang closed his pen and asked in a deep voice.

"That's right, we've been conducting our investigation according to plan these past few days..."

Soon, the person on the other end of the phone recounted the entire incident in detail.

"Prepare a report and submit it. You don't need to worry about the rest. For the next task, pay attention to risk control."

He Youguang hung up the phone and looked to the side.

Beside him stood a Tutu dog carrying a tray of various colored paints.

Tutu dogs, the painting sprites, are born with extraordinary artistic talent; the tip of their tails can even secrete different colors depending on their mood.

After undergoing professional training, Tutu dogs become the world's top profilers.

Seeing He Youguang looking over, TuTu immediately put down its tail, which served as a paintbrush, and took the finished portrait.

On the white drawing paper, a tall, slender figure is imprinted. He is dressed in a well-fitting black outfit, and his face is covered with a strange white mask that looks like it was made from an unknown bone.

The mask is surrounded by blue wave-like patterns.

In addition, TuTu Dog also wrote eye-catching markings around the blueprints.

For example, the shaman mask called the Four Tribes' Sacrifice.

"Sacrificial masks from the Southwest region..."

He Youguang rubbed his temples.

The Four Ethnic Groups Sacrifice is a unique sacrificial activity specific to ethnic minorities in Southwest China.

Their ethnic groups are mainly distributed in the southern part of the border area between Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

If that's all there is to it, it's really nothing, since it's just a tool used in a sacrificial ceremony.

The problem is that the four clans' sacrificial rites disappeared twenty years ago due to the extermination of all four clans, and the craft of making masks was also lost at that time.

The remaining masks have long been valuable collectibles.

The one who wiped out the clan was not an outsider, but the young patriarch of the Youri clan, one of the four clans at that time, now a notorious S-class wanted criminal and the deputy leader of the evil organization, the Tianlong Society, Youji.

It is said that he wore a sacrificial mask with flame patterns on it and burned the four tribes alive.

It is said that before leaving, the Rooster collected all the remaining masks from the four clans.

"Are they the surviving members of the four clans, or subordinates of the Rooster? And why are they here...?"

After a moment's thought, He Youguang dialed his direct supervisor's number.

..............................

at the same time.

Suburbs of Qinghe City.

Having dealt with Gao Shi and his nephew Gao Zao, Mu Yun did not choose to leave Qinghe City. Instead, after taking a long detour, he methodically rode his goat from the outskirts to the city, preparing to challenge Qinghe City.

He's this year's top pick in the Pokémon class, a rising star in the league, and not a wanted criminal. There's no need for him to turn a blind eye to his surroundings.

"Welcome to Qinghe Dojo. How can I help you?"

The receptionist at Qinghe Taekwondo Academy was a polite young man with a friendly, gentle smile on his lips.

"Hello, could you please help me apply for a gym challenge?"

Mu Yun skillfully produced the proof.

"Yes, sir."

The young man took the identification and professional trainer certificate from Mu Yun and then started working on the computer.

When he saw that Mu Yun had already successfully challenged a dojo, and it was a city-level dojo, he almost couldn't hold back his smile.

Eighteen years old, and he's already earned a Level 3 city-level badge—what a monster!

If you're so good, why don't you challenge a city-level dojo? What are you doing at our county-level dojo?

Despite feeling like a million alpacas were stampeding through his mind, the young man still politely completed the registration.

Because of his previous successful challenge against a city-level dojo, Mu Yun didn't need to fight the dojo's acting manager first, unlike before.

Led by the young man, Mu Yun quickly entered the main battle arena of the dojo.

Although both are main battlegrounds, the Qinghe City Dojo is much smaller than the Matsue City Dojo.

That makes sense, considering it's just a county-level dojo; it's normal for it to be small.

"Um, where's your dojo master?"

Seeing that the young man had led him over and then started operating the machine on the side, Mu Yun was quite puzzled.

"I forgot to introduce myself. I am Cong Kai, the dojo master of Qinghe City Dojo."

Cong Kai operated the machine while smiling and explaining it to Mu Yun.

Looking at the young face that was only a few years older than himself, Mu Yun was taken aback.

Goodness, the owner of this Qinghe City Dojo is a genius?

"Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually forty-six years old this year."

Cong Kai pressed a red button, and soon an electronic referee with a bamboo dragonfly on its head flew out from the charging station next to it.

"It's a small place, we can't afford to hire professional referees," Cong Kai said with an apologetic smile.

For a moment, Mu Yun didn't know how to complain.

Forty-six?

You don't look even 26 yet, how come you look so young?

Furthermore, county-level dojos are official institutions, how could they be so poor that they can't afford to hire referees?

It seems quite possible...

After carefully recalling where we came from, it seems that there was no one else besides Cong Kai.

It's quite impressive for a museum owner to reach this level.

Mu Yun sighed to himself, but didn't think much of it.

Following the instructions of the electronic referee, I arrived at the command post.

"Beep beep-- The rules for the Qinghe City Gym Challenge are as follows: 1. Each player may use three Pokémon..."

The challenge rules are no different from those at the Matsue Dojo, except that the person explaining the rules has changed from a real person to a machine.

"Beep beep-- Please take your positions and release your Pokémon!"

"I'll have to trouble you, old friend!"

Cong Kai swept his hand across his waist, and a luxurious ball flew out of his hand.

Awesome!

A giant, human-headed elf, resembling a statue from Easter Island, appeared before Cong Kai.

"Baby~~"

Big North, level 63, with Rock and Steel attributes.

No wonder Kaohsiung couldn't win. According to the usual pattern of gym challenges getting stronger and stronger, even just this one Nose Goblin is no match for Tentacruel, not to mention there's more than one.

"Little Du, it's all up to you now."

On Mu Yun's side, it was still Xiao Du who made the move.

Unfortunately, without using the power of waveguides, only Xiao Du's strength is sufficient.

If it were Bofeng and the others, they would have to break through to the Overlord level to take them down without taking any damage.