Gible wants to be a trainer

Chapter 177 is over, we've been set up!

After completely resolving the matter of Crimson Flame Pine, Lu Sha prepared to take Crimson Flame Pine to Water Jing City overnight.

Crimson Pine was extremely cooperative, vowing that it would never have the slightest thought of running away.

Since its ideals were shattered by science, the Red Flame Pine is currently in a period of confusion due to a collapse of its faith.

Killing Aquamarine and Team Aqua with his own hands was his only motivation to live.

He would never run away halfway before he could watch his nemesis suffer.

Moreover, his application for a reduced sentence was approved.

Genji promised him that if he could successfully capture Mizugoro without causing any casualties, the Alliance would reduce his sentence by 200 years as a major achievement.

200 years!

How many 200-year periods does one have in a lifetime?

According to the alliance's regulations, based on the standard of 10 alliance coins per year, a 200-year reduction in sentence would be equivalent to saving him a fine of 2000 million.

As for the remaining huge fine of over 1 million... if we grit our teeth and squeeze it out, we can always pay it off.

At worst, he can apply for work-study in prison. With his Elite 1 trainer level strength, he can take on some high-level League missions after turning over a new leaf and make money will be a piece of cake.

Before leaving Songshen Mountain, out of curiosity, Lu Sha went to the temple to see the face of the deity enshrined on Songshen Mountain.

To their great disappointment, they discovered that the statue being worshipped as a sacred object was not a legendary Pokémon at all, but merely a giant Dusknoir.

Lu Sha, full of anticipation, left in the end, grumbling and cursing.

They don't even have a decent legend to worship, no wonder they get attacked by evil organizations.

Terrible! Absolutely deserves a bad review!

After resting for half a night in Watery City, time quickly moved on to the next morning.

Before leaving the hotel, Cynthia transferred all of Lu Sha's Pokémon over.

She also specifically told Lu Sha and the others to go about their business without worry, and that Zhuqing Academy would still be able to win the next match even if they weren't there.

Lu Sha still believed Cynthia's assurance.

After all, there's really not much to say about the Miare Academy. Given the current difference in combat power between the two sides, whether Lu Sha and his team participate or not won't affect the final outcome at all.

Moreover, there was still more than a week until their next match, and Lu Sha felt that there was plenty of time to get back.

Hmm, maybe.

9 a.m., Shuijing City Center Square.

This is the agreed time and place for the transaction.

Today, Water Glory wasn't wearing his Ocean Team captain's uniform; instead, he was dressed in a very ordinary casual outfit.

With his rough-looking clothes and burly physique, he would have gone unnoticed by anyone in the bustling square of Shuijing City.

"Chief, should we set up some men in ambush around here?"

"It's me!" said A-Quan, a hot-bodied officer from the Marines team, in a low voice.

At this moment, the two of them looked like an ordinary tourist, casually strolling around the square in Water Town.

"No need. I know that spineless coward Chi Yansong too well; he wouldn't dare cause trouble at a time like this."

Shui Wutong waved her hand, her face full of disdain.

After all these years of open and covert competition, who doesn't know who else?

Given Chiyansong's inherently suspicious and overly cautious nature, she would absolutely not cause any trouble at this critical juncture.

"Ha, you really know me too well."

A chilling, sarcastic voice, seemingly mocking, suddenly rang out behind the two of them without warning.

Shui Wutong and Aquan were startled and turned their heads sharply.

However, in that instant, they suddenly felt that everything around them became extremely blurry and slow, as if the entire world had stopped moving.

When they regained consciousness, they were horrified to find themselves in a deserted park on the outskirts of Water Town.

Hypnosis! They were hypnotized!

Almost instantly, their years of experience allowed them to react.

But by then, it was too late.

In this secluded park open space, right in front of them, a silver-haired nobleman and a blonde noblewoman had been waiting for a long time.

"King Boni! Zvuki Daigo!"

As the strategist of Team Aqua, A-Quan recognized the two Hoenn champions at a glance and subconsciously let out a gasp.

Compared to A-Quan's shock, Shui Wutong's reaction was more direct and blunt.

"Crimson Flame Pine! You son of a bitch!"

Shui Wutong pointed at Chiyansong's nose and launched into a tirade of insults.

Looking at the Crimson Flame Pine standing there perfectly fine, not even a single hair out of place, how could he not understand?

I've been set up by the other party!

Damn it, they actually cooperated with the league, shameless!

Just wait, once Team Ocean is finished, Team Lava won't have an easy time either!

Just then, Cattleya's cool voice came from the side: "Confirmed. It is indeed a vermilion pearl. This is my spoils of war. You shouldn't have any objections, right?"

Gadriya tilted her head, looking at Daigo and Bonnie with indifferent eyes.

The crimson jewel is her goal for this trip, even if it means turning against the Hoenn Alliance.

However, she knew she had to get her hands on the rich ground-based energy it contained.

"That's my damn precious pearl! Shouldn't you ask me first before taking anything?" Shui Wutong roared defiantly.

"Take it. Please take good care of it, Miss Cattleya."

Bonnie nodded slightly.

This is also the final result that the Hoenn Four Heavenly Kings discussed overnight yesterday.

Since the upper echelons of the Hoenn Alliance are already corrupt, it's best not to leave such a powerful artifact, capable of causing regional disasters, in their hands.

"Damn it!"

Watching helplessly as Gadriya stuffed the crimson jewel into her backpack, Water Archie completely broke down.

He glared at Crimson Pine, angrily shouting, "Crimson Pine! You spineless coward, a dog of the Alliance! You have no sense of honor!"

"Idiot."

Red Flame Pine elegantly adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, glanced at Water Wutong as if she were an idiot, and had no interest in explaining anything further.

What kind of situation is this? If he can't even grasp the most basic facts, then he really has nothing to say to this single-celled organism.

"Distinguished guests, you have graced us with your presence here today, surely not just to arrest us?"

A-Quan suddenly forced himself to calm down, his gaze shifting back and forth between Daigo and the others.

She was indeed surprised at first, but she quickly realized something was wrong.

Steven, the heir to the Devon Group, is hailed as the future champion of Hoenn.

Bonney, one of the Hoenn Elite Four, is known as the Ice Goddess.

Cattleya, the future champion of the Sinnoh region and the strongest genius of the new generation.

In addition, there's their old acquaintance and mortal enemy, Crimson Pine, the leader of Team Lava.

To put it bluntly, Ah Quan really didn't think he and his boss had that much influence to bring all these important figures together just to handcuff them.

As the Ocean Team's top strategist, she was very self-aware.

They don't deserve this level of treatment at all.

"Click! (This girl's got some brains. Want to consider joining us? We'll pay your bail.)" Lu Sha chuckled, extending an olive branch.

He enjoys dealing with intelligent people.

More importantly, they are currently facing a severe shortage of manpower.

While they've recruited quite a few powerful fighters, strategic and operational talents with the brains to plan and coordinate are truly rarer than legendary Pokémon.

"Um... Lord Garchomp... I don't quite understand what you mean."

Ah Quan carefully put on a smiling face.

The Pokémon that can follow these important figures, let alone a Garchomp like Lusha, even a Meowth, would have a status that she, an executive of an evil organization, could not compare to.

Cattleya glanced at her, then, through a mental link, calmly repeated Lu Sha's words.

She's just a maid; Lu Sha can take as many as she wants.

"Haha, it's truly an honor to have been chosen by you..."

A-Quan smiled awkwardly and subconsciously turned to look at his boss.

Meanwhile, Shui Wutong was still relentlessly hurling insults at Chiyansong, spewing out words of ancestor abuse without repeating a single one.

Seeing this, she suddenly felt an urge to defect to the enemy on the spot.

"Alright, let's get down to business. Everyone's busy, let's not waste any more time."

Daigo took a step forward, his handsome face showing visible fatigue.

He was handling various matters related to the Academy Cup during the day yesterday, and then rushed to Water City overnight without stopping. It would be a lie to say he wasn't tired.

But for an event of this magnitude, as the future of Hoenn, he must be present in person.

The current situation has reached a point where intervention is necessary.

If the mastermind dares to steal the precious pearl today, they might even dare to offend the gods tomorrow.

"Click! (Let's get down to business, everyone who's supposed to be here is here anyway.)"

Lu Sha chuckled and posed the first crucial question: "Clap! (Speak, you two leaders. Start from when you first learned about the gods. Who wants to go first?)"

Ah Quan was a little confused when he heard this.

Even with Cattleya's simultaneous translation, she was still a little confused.

What kind of interrogation is this?

Shouldn't we first read out their crimes and then convict them directly? Why ask them about information concerning the gods?

Could it be... that there's an even bigger conspiracy hidden behind this theft of the precious pearl?

"Let me go first. Otherwise, Shui Wutong, that monkey with a brain the size of a walnut, won't understand what you're asking at all."

Crimson Pine adjusted his glasses, glanced at Water Wutong with utter disdain, and then said unhurriedly, "The initial idea of ​​filling the ocean with continents was indeed my own. No one else was involved at the time, so this concept should have nothing to do with the mastermind behind it."

"But after that, in order to promote my ideas, I traveled all over Hoenn giving speeches. After one of my speeches, I happened to meet a mysterious old man."

"It was he who first told me in detail the ancient legends about the God of the Earth. It was from that time that I officially made finding the God of the Earth and using the power of the gods to reclaim land from the sea my ultimate goal."

At this point, Chi Yansong took a deep breath and shook his head self-deprecatingly: "However, considering the series of clues that have been exposed now, that chance encounter back then was probably carefully arranged by someone."

"That old man, do you know his exact identity?"

Daigo frowned and pressed for an answer in a stern voice.

The person who gave Crimson Flame Pine guidance at the crucial moment must be connected to the mastermind behind the scenes.

"It's Damalanzang. I have a very good memory, I would never mistake that old face!" Chiyansong confidently threw out a name.

"Damalanzang?!"

Upon hearing this familiar name, Daigo and Bonnie both showed expressions of extreme shock. They instinctively turned their heads to look at Cattleya and Rikusa beside them.

They were very familiar with that name!

The recent Sinnoh incident involved this person's conflict with Cattleya and the others.

"Click! (What are you looking at? What does this have to do with us? Our Sinnoh League vice president offended someone and was scared into an idiot by a Ghost-type Pokémon. We're actively searching for the culprit right now.)"

Lu Sha shrugged without batting an eye, completely shirking responsibility.

He truly hadn't expected that, even in Hoenn, he would still be able to cross over and get involved with that old bastard, Damalanzang.

No, you old fool, how can you still be here causing trouble by being resurrected?

"Hahaha! What a fucking coincidence! My memory isn't bad either!"

Archie suddenly burst into laughter, cursing as he continued, "Back then, it was that old bastard Damaranzo who mysteriously told me about the legend of the Ocean God! That bastard even hitched a ride back to Sinnoh on my boat, and in the end, he didn't even pay me back for the ticket! I remember it very clearly!"

He was able to cooperate so well because Cattleya had applied a slight form of guided hypnosis.

If we didn't do this, given the incredibly straightforward logic of the water sycamore, she would probably still be grumbling about the ancestors of the red flame pine.

Upon hearing Archie's self-disclosure, not only Daigo and Bonnie, but even Izumi, who had been on the sidelines, realized the problem.

What kind of coincidence is that?

How could it be such a coincidence that the same person, and the vice president of the Sinnoh League, revealed information about Groudon and Kyogre to Scarlet Mist and Archie respectively at the same time?

"Wait! Holy crap! That old bastard Damalanzang, could he have been up to something from the beginning? Did he set me up again this time?"

Shui Wutong only belatedly realized what was happening and her eyes widened in shock.

Even so, what he said was wildly wrong.

Ah Quan covered his face in anguish behind him, feeling a sense of impending doom.

She felt so ashamed to be stuck with such a boss!

"Idiot, Damalanzang went mad two months ago. It couldn't be him causing trouble. Miaowang and Yanyue are the ones who recently passed on the information to us."

Chi Yansong couldn't help but snort coldly, his chest puffing out unconsciously, his tone revealing a sense of intellectual superiority.

Sure enough, his brain was much better than Shui Wutong's.

They're not even on the same level!

The others, looking at Chi Yansong's inexplicably proud demeanor, couldn't help but feel deeply speechless.

What's there to be proud of?

Water Wutong is so weak, yet you two can still fight back and forth. How much better can you, Chiyansong, be?

And the alliance that has fought them for so long... cough cough...

Daigo and Bonnie lowered their heads instinctively, feeling somewhat ashamed.

The fact that Team Aqua and Team Lava have grown so powerful means that, apart from Land Sand and Cattleya, no one present is innocent.