Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Suddenly.

The fire-breathing dragon's expression turned slightly solemn, its sharp dragon eyes fixed on the distance.

The figure sped towards them, cutting through layers of clouds and mist.

The hazy figure rapidly approached, its outline gradually becoming clearer, revealing itself to be a ferocious and domineering giant dragon, the Flying Dragon, spreading its wings and soaring through the air!

On the back of the Salamence stood a tall, beautiful figure.

Not long after.

Salamence appeared on the mountaintop.

It stirred up a lot of whistling air currents, accompanied by a bit of sharp wind, bending the weeds and causing the leaves to ripple with green waves.

"Roar--"

Seeing this, the Charizard let out a restrained growl.

But the voice was filled with dissatisfaction.

Simultaneously.

A barely suppressed ferocity lurked within his sharp eyes.

Seemingly sensing the threat from Charizard, the domineering and violent Salamence faltered slightly, glanced at Charizard with apprehension, and then calmly landed on the ground.

pat.

The figure on the back of the Salamence jumped down and landed in front of Xia Yan.

"Yan Xia".

A familiar voice rang out.

A faint smile appeared on Xia Yan's face.

"Joanna. No, she's Hunter J now."

Someone come here.

It is Hunter J, Joanna, who is now the de facto controller of the Hunter Guild in the Unova region and one of Xia Yan's partners.

Upon hearing Xia Yan's address, Joanna's upturned lips twitched.

With a hint of self-deprecation and irritation, he said, "Hunter J? I'm just a hired hand for some 'Hunter N'."

Xia Yan's smile widened.

Why are you still holding a grudge?

"You're eligible to apply for the highest seat, why haven't you taken any action?"

Joanna pouted.

"Now, does it matter whether the Hunter's Guild holds the highest position or not? It's just a change of title."

Xia Yan patted the Charizard beside him, signaling it to calm down.

Didn't you see that pseudo-legendary Pokémon Salamence on the other side? Because of its aura, it kept its body tense and dared not get close?

Charizard exhaled another puff of white smoke from its nostrils, and its fierce aura, which was even more ferocious than that of Salamence, subsided slightly.

Joanna's Salamence finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He glanced at the jet-black fire-breathing dragon without making a sound, feeling extremely wary.

Joanna watched Xia Yan's actions.

You know what?

Xia Yan, dressed in all black, paired with such a majestic, jet-black fire-breathing dragon, actually complemented each other quite well.

"What do you want?"

Xia Yan continued to press Joanna about why she wasn't competing for the top spot.

In a word.

Even if Joanna is not the highest-ranking member or even a current member of the Hunter Guild, as long as she represents the Hunter Guild "Hunter N", she will have the highest management authority in the Hunter Guild of the Unova region.

At first.

Two people who were just striving to become Hunters of the Hunter Guild have now become people who can, to a certain extent, influence the development direction of such a large force as the Hunter Guild.

In other words, the Hunter's Guild is too loosely organized.

Otherwise, Xia Yan's power would probably be ridiculously large.

Of course, this is also why "Hunter N" didn't become the second most wanted person on the League's wanted list, second only to the leader of the Rockets.

Moreover, the Hunter's Guild's ability to grow to such a large size is partly due to its loose organizational structure.

For most hunters, the Hunter Guild is more like a convenient, fast, and safe channel for "selling stolen goods".

Only when the Hunter Guild issues quests with substantial rewards will these idle and profit-driven hunters work together.

When it came to serious matters, Joanna also put away her joking expression.

Looking directly at Xia Yan, he slowly said, "The Plasma Team is making a move."

"Plasma team?"

Xia Yan raised an eyebrow.

I couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"Heh, weren't you scared enough after being beaten last time? You're making a move so quickly?"

Last time, Xia Yan rode the White Dragon Reshiram and wiped out the entire Plasma Team's base.

In other words, the Plasma Team had multiple burrows and couldn't be completely wiped out.

Are they going to make new moves so soon?

Have you forgotten the pain once the wound has healed?

Joanna shook her head, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"Most importantly, this Plasma Team operation has broken away from Akroma."

"Ok?"

Xia Yan was slightly stunned.

"Has it broken away from Akroma?"

“Yes. As you put it, we have someone lurking around Akromar all along. In our daily work, we have indeed found that Team Plasma’s Ghetsis relies heavily on this genius and mad scientist, and almost every operation revolves around Akromar.”

After a brief pause, Joanna's words still carried a hint of disdain and sarcasm.

"Those who know know that Kui is actually the real controller of Team Plasma. Those who don't know might think that Akromar is the one behind Team Plasma."

Speak only the truth.

Xia Yan shook his head inwardly.

In various regions, there are so many underground forces and dark organizations of all sizes.

If we're really talking about who has the least prestige, it's this Team Plasma leader, Quigley.

Initially, he relied on his adopted son N as a spokesperson to bewitch people and secretly manipulate the Plasma Team. When N realized his problem, he used Akromar's technology to try to control the Black and White Dragons and Kyurem.

Aside from some underhanded schemes and scheming, he hasn't really shown much of his true abilities.

Needless to say, his courage and personal charisma are also exceptional.

Not to mention comparing him to the Rockets' leader, Giovanni Sakaki.

Even compared to the leaders of Team Galactica, such as Sun, and Team Flare, such as Vladari, there's no comparison.

After Ghetsis was captured, Team Plasma fell into Akromar's hands, and only then did Team Plasma truly become troublesome and difficult to deal with.

Without Ghettos resting on top of him, the mad scientist Akromar's technological prowess truly revealed his formidable side.

However, the technological achievement of manipulating and influencing wild Pokémon on a large scale, or even affecting Pokémon that have already been captured, is not so easy to deal with.

and so.

Compared to Quixote, Xia Yan was more wary of Akromah.

That's why Joanna sent people to secretly monitor Akromma's every move.

of course.

It's also because, aside from his courage and abilities, Quixote's self-protection and awareness are quite good. The Dark Trio always stays by his side to protect his safety, making him difficult to approach.

"Since they left Akromar, could it be because they found out we had planted someone among his people?"

After a moment's thought, Xia Yan asked.

This time, Joanna showed a helpless expression.

He shrugged and said, "To be honest, Akromar has known for a long time that we have people planted around him. It's just that for some reason, he has kept quiet and maintained a certain tacit understanding with us."

"Oh?"

Xia Yan frowned.

Akroma knew that members of the Hunter's Guild had been planted around him, which didn't surprise Xia Yan much.

He was just a little surprised that Akroma and they maintained a certain tacit understanding, with each other keeping their thoughts to themselves.

What does it mean?

Joanna continued, "Moreover, this information was actually given to us by Akromar through that person."

"What Akromma said?"

Xia Yan was even more surprised.

"Have Quixote and Akromma had a conflict or disagreement?"

Joanna shook her head. "We don't know either. Although we can monitor Akromah, we can't go anywhere with him, let alone when Akromah meets with Quixote."

Joanna didn't know the specific details either.

But the fact that Akroma sent a message to the Hunter's Guild through someone he had planted is somewhat intriguing.