Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

A crisp sound.

All the lights in the room came on, and Kikuko, sitting on the sofa, appeared before Natsuhiko.

“Gengar—” At the entrance, Gengar, standing next to the switch, looked at the lights that had come on in the room and nodded in satisfaction.

Gastly creatures emerged from the wall and disappeared into Gengar's shadow.

"Is it fixed?" Kikuko asked.

"Hehehe!" Gengar returned to her side.

"Sit down, we've met now, no need to be nervous. It's just that this house has been uninhabited for a long time, and there's a problem with the wiring," Kikuko explained, a rare occurrence for her.

So friendly?

Xia Yan nodded and sat down on the sofa opposite Ju Zi.

Half an buttock.

This villa should belong to Kikuko, but I estimate she won't be here many times in the next few years, so it's normal for problems to arise.

Click-click—

The two fell silent. Only Kikuko sat there, slowly eating her snacks, while Natsuhiko felt only one thing: like sitting on pins and needles.

To be honest, Xia Yan might not be so reserved when facing other Heavenly Kings, but this Kikuko is the only one who makes him really dare not be too presumptuous.

The other Heavenly Kings, after all, valued their status and wouldn't make things difficult for Xia Yan. But with the unpredictable Kikuko, it was hard to say.

Didn't you see the conflict between Professor Oak and Akiko when they were young? Now that they're older, will Akiko teach a lesson to anyone who looks like Professor Oak?

reason?

The reason is just like Professor Oak.

Moreover, Ghost-type Pokémon are the most difficult to deal with, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. If you really want to deal with someone, there are countless ways to do so.

Therefore, Natsuhiko was genuinely a little afraid of Kikuko.

After a long while, when Kikuko finished eating the last bit of biscuit in her hand, she looked at Natsuhiko again.

"Team Lava, are you having fun?"

A sudden remark almost made Xia Yan lose his composure.

“Save him…”

Before he could finish speaking, Kikuko interrupted him, "That little guy Watari didn't say, I just guessed it myself."

"......"

"I know him quite well. Although he's capable, he's too upright. If he were to infiltrate Team Lava, he could at most become an ordinary member and wouldn't have any contact with the decision-makers," Kikuko said slowly.

The implication was that they had guessed the role Xia Yan played in the information provided by Du.

That's a very fair assessment.

Du seems like a righteous person, so asking him to go undercover is simply not feasible.

An undercover agent must be adaptable, intelligent, and even cunning to succeed, like...

Xia Yan nodded repeatedly, then slowly froze. He turned his head with difficulty and looked at the smiling Kikuko. A very bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

Should we send him to go undercover?

Seeing Xia Yan's change in expression, Kikuko's smile became even brighter. "Looks like you guessed a little bit."

"I refuse." Xia Yan's answer this time was firm and decisive.

"Oh? Won't you consider it?" Kikuko asked meaningfully, her smile unchanged.

"I won't consider it." Xia Yan said, forcing a smile, without changing his attitude.

"What if it involves Tom Ruchi?"

"Huh?!" Xia Yan's eyes widened slightly.

Kikuko is like a cunning old fox; she has already grasped Xia Yan's weakness.

long silence.

Xia Yan's slightly hoarse voice rang out again, "I still refuse."

"Oh?"

Kikuko was somewhat surprised this time, glancing at Natsuhiko, whose face was gloomy but whose attitude remained firm.

The fact that Xia Yan is not controlled by his inner hatred shows that he has extremely strong self-control and a comprehensive understanding of himself.

Slowly raise one finger.

"I will accept you as my disciple."

The disciple of the Four Heavenly Kings, and a disciple of a veteran Four Heavenly King, is a title that alone is enough to make many people fight tooth and nail for him.

But Xia Yan still shook his head.

Being Kiku's disciple is a prestigious title, but it probably won't be very effective in the Sinnoh region where he wants to stay.

“A gym leader from the Sinnoh region.” Kikuko held up her second finger.

Xia Yan was somewhat taken aback.

Can a mere Elite Four member simply grant someone the title of gym leader?

Moreover, he was promised the title of Gym Leader of the Sinnoh region by one of the Elite Four from the Kanto region.

Why does it seem so unreliable?

"In addition, there is a dojo start-up fund of 50 million Alliance Coins."

The third finger.

"..."

Actually, when the topic of the gym leader's identity came up, Xia Yan had already begun to waver.

"A Pokémon worth no less than 100 million Alliance Coins."

The fourth finger.

"Whoosh-"

Stay calm.

"An opportunity to enter the Silver Secret Realm."

The Silver Secret Realm is the largest secret realm in the Silver Mountains. It is completely controlled by the Alliance headquarters, and only a small number of people are qualified to open it. It is considered one of the Alliance's secrets.

"Where to?" Xia Yan's eyes were red, and her hoarse voice rang out again.

no way.

They gave too much.

They really gave us too much.

Xia Yan really wanted to refuse, but he found that he knew he couldn't refuse, both physically and mentally.

Such treatment.

To put it bluntly, this is already the highest level in the League's plan to cultivate its own trainers.

Only a veteran star like Kikuko could make such a promise; Xia Yan wouldn't believe it if it were someone younger.

Upon hearing this, Kikuko smiled. "You've dealt with them before, the Hunter's Guild."

"Hunter's Guild?" Xia Yan was somewhat taken aback.

He thought he was being asked to join the Rockets, so he was quite resistant, as the Rockets were not an easy place to work.

But the Hunter's Guild...

Even if Kikuko didn't say anything, wasn't Natsuhiko already dealing with Joanna from the Hunter's Guild?

This feeling...

It's as if someone deliberately walked right into your trap, delivering something to your doorstep.

If he had known it was the Hunter's Guild, he wouldn't have hesitated.

They got so many benefits for nothing.

Ugh.

"Tom Ruchi went to the Hunter's Guild, causing chaos within the guild. This presents an excellent opportunity," Kikuko explained simply.

Xia Yan was silent.

After a long pause, he finally asked the question he was most worried about, "Who are the people on this mission...?"

The alliance isn't very safe right now either. The incident during the last trial showed Xia Yan the problems within the alliance.

At this point, Kikuko knew what Xia Yan was worried about. She understood the current situation within the alliance better than Xia Yan did, and her smile faded. "Don't worry, only you and I know. There is no third person."

I forgot to mention that Kikuko is now in charge of the entire Kanto Alliance's investigation department, wielding immense power.

This made Xia Yan feel much more relaxed.

"What do you need me to do?" Xia Yan asked again.

"The specific tasks haven't been fully determined yet, but the first thing you need to do is to secure one of the twenty-six seats in the Hunter's Guild."

"Twenty-six seats? King Kikuko, aren't you overestimating me a bit?" Xia Yan said helplessly.

He wanted to, but his abilities didn't allow it.

"Given your rate of improvement, five months should be enough, right? Any longer and the internal chaos within the Hunter's Guild will be over."

Five months is enough for just twenty ordinary seats; it's not impossible to have a chance.

"Then I have a request."

"Oh? Tell me about it." Kikuko raised an eyebrow.

“Use the identity I provide as a basis.”

Xia Yan also has another identity, "Yan Xia," which he fabricated himself. It's untenable and can't withstand investigation, but since Ju Zi has given him this task, she should be able to help him complete this identity.