Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Xia Yan on the other end of the phone was taken aback.

After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Is it convenient?"

“Heh—” Sakaki chuckled softly, then slowly said, “Send me your address.”

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

At the same time, the cigarette had just burned to the end.

Seeing that Sakaki had hung up the phone, Masato came to Sakaki again, waiting for his instructions.

"Send him a copy of Team Flare's information," Giovanni said slowly, glancing at the obedient Makoto with his head down.

"Yes!"

Sakaki paused halfway through his walk.

"Take the 'True Bird Matrix' to the Carlos region to assist Yan Xia."

Hearing this, Masato looked up in disbelief at Sakaki, who had his hands in his pockets.

Sakaki, his face turned to the side, curled the corners of his mouth and added, "Also, take my number 3 ball with you; he knows how to use it."

The bird was already surprised enough to hear this order.

Hearing this now, their eyes widened even more.

Giovanni has many Poké Balls and many Pokémon, so each of his Poké Balls has a special number.

Although he often rewards his subordinates with Pokémon or lends them Pokémon, he has never dealt with Pokémon within the top ten.

This time, however, Giovanni not only deployed the "True Bird Matrix," but also used the Pokémon within ten of his team.

Even if this wasn't Giovanni's main Pokémon, it was still a Pokémon that Team Rocket invested a lot of effort and resources in, and that Giovanni trained.

Their strength is definitely not weak.

Unconsciously, a great curiosity arose in Makoto's heart, a curiosity about Natsuhiko, and a trace of jealousy. Even she, Sakaki's trusted secretary, did not receive such treatment.

What kind of person is he that Sakaki values ​​so highly?

Last time, he actually talked to the leader on the phone for more than an hour, and the leader even taught him a lot about elves.

When the leader heard it was him on the phone, he suspended the important meeting, dispatched the "True Bird Matrix," and "sent" ten or fewer Pokémon.

If Makoto hadn't known that Sakaki's son was quite young, she would have seriously doubted whether this Yanxia executive was Sakaki's son.

Even with his own son, Giovanni wasn't this attentive, was he?

"Ok?"

Hearing the faint sound coming from Sakaki's nose, Masato quickly snapped out of his reverie.

He hurriedly replied, "Understood!"

Satisfied with the result he wanted, Sakaki nodded and walked back into the conference room.

Only the real bird remained standing there, somewhat lost in thought.

She felt that the Rockets might be about to have a new "team pet".

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"Xia Yan, thank you so much for your help."

"Dr. Blatano, you've already said too much thanks. Please don't be so polite. Focus on studying the literature and finding the cause."

Xia Yan said with a smile into the phone.

"Yes, yes, anyway, thank you for everything over there."

After they finished speaking, the two hung up the phone.

Put your phone away.

Xia Yan looked around at the dilapidated forest and the researchers busy in the clearing, installing instruments on the ground and inserting special data acquisition devices into the soil or connecting them to the withered tree trunks. They looked busy and in a hurry.

In addition to them, some Union police officers dressed in police uniforms were setting up a cordon.

Although such a forest is unlikely to attract many people, given Dr. Blatano's status in the Carlos region, the police officers were very diligent in their work.

Moreover, even though this forest is in such a dilapidated state, it is not without wild spirits, so the necessary protective measures should still be in place.

"Dr. Xia Yan, the equipment will be installed by tonight."

Ailan, who was following behind Xia Yan, went from being Bratano's assistant to Xia Yan's temporary assistant, and was responsible for helping him with some small matters.

"Mm." Xia Yan nodded.

He couldn't help much with installing these instruments, so he said to Ailan, "I'll go take a look around and see what's going on."

"I......"

"You can help out here."

Xia Yan interrupted Ai Lan's idea of ​​taking a walk together.

"Ok."

Xia Yan didn't say anything more and walked outside the boundary line.

No one around them stopped them.

Leaving aside Dr. Xia Yan's generally accepted identity, his rank as an Interpol deputy inspector is much higher than that of these allied police officers.

Stepping on the ground covered with withered yellow leaves, accompanied by subtle movements, Xia Yan slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Compared to the lush forests that exhibit an unusually rapid growth rate, this dilapidated forest is what Bratano and his colleagues are most worried about.

So it's quite obvious that this is where they focus their data collection.

"Tokiss, can you feel it?"

After walking a distance, Xia Yancai looked at the little guy beside him and asked.

“It’s…okay.”

After carefully sensing it, Pokkis shook his head hesitantly.

Xia Yan was not surprised.

If it were near Xerneas, Togekiss, being a Fairy-type, might be able to sense something.

But it's quite normal that Togekiss doesn't sense anything unusual in Yveltal's territory, the "God of Destruction."

Walking through the barren forest, Xia Yan wasn't worried that Yveltal would suddenly appear.

It will probably take some more time for Yveltal to fully recover.

It may not recover later than Xerneas, but it will at least recover at the same time as Xerneas.

“I remember the ‘Cocoon of Destruction’ should be in a basin-like depression,” Xia Yan muttered to himself.

"Nomi?"

Bictini, with her small feet, sat on Xia Yan's shoulders.

Looking at the scene around him, his eyes filled with heartache.

A once beautiful forest has been turned into what it is now.

Suddenly.

Victini seemed to sense something and tugged at Xia Yan's hair.

"Ok?"

Following Victini's finger, Xia Yan saw a once lush tree withering away at a visible speed, its bright green leaves turning yellow in an instant, swirling and falling from the tree in strands.

This phenomenon is like something that can be "contagious".

As this large tree withered, the surrounding trees also slowly dried up and died.

Xia Yan's eyes flickered slightly.

"Aegislash monster," she called softly.

"sigh?"

The Shielded Sword Monster emerged from Xia Yan's shadow with a puzzled look.

"Can you sense the direction in which this life energy is flowing away?"

The Shielded Swordsman blinked and fully emerged from the shadows, its purple ribbons waving gently in the air, sensing the direction of life.

half an hour.

The Shielded Sword Monster slowly opened its eyes and looked in a certain direction of the dilapidated forest.

There?

Xia Yan looked at a mountain range not far away and nodded slightly.

However, he did not approach immediately.

Instead, it summons the Alakazam.

The moment he was enveloped in superpowers, he vanished from his spot.

But what they didn't see was that after they left, a green mass, resembling both plankton and cells, fell from the tree trunk that had been drained of its life energy.

Something that looked like an eye was rather lifeless, staring blankly at the sky.

After pausing for a while, it slowly crawled towards the still lush forest.

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"Cadre Yan Xia".

Dressed in a smart black Team Rocket outfit and sporting a watermelon-shaped haircut, Makoto looked at the man who suddenly appeared in her line of sight. After a slight surprise, she displayed the composure befitting the secretary of Team Rocket leader Giovanni.

But beneath the brim of her hat, behind her glasses, a pair of purple eyes were secretly observing Xia Yan.

Looking at this executive whom Giovanni highly values, the Rockets' new "team darling".