Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

He couldn't hide it along the way, so if Zaobo is dead, they'll still have to find him.

Although he wasn't very capable, he was still an executive of the Ether Foundation.

"What do you want?" Zaobo had figured it out, but he was still a little intimidated by Xia Yan, who was so close to him.

“Miss Lillie, you were the one who did it, weren’t you?” Xia Yan approached Zaobo and whispered.

"you......"

"How about we make a deal?"

"trade?"

...

...

Rosa Mina's private residence.

A lavishly decorated restaurant.

An extra-long table that can accommodate more than twenty people to dine together.

Lusamine sat in the head seat, with Lillie and Gladio on her left and right, while Natsuhiko sat on Lillie's other side.

"Gargio, take Lillie to play," Lusamine said affectionately, ruffling the two little ones' heads.

"Yes, Mother."

Gragio pulled Lillie, who still wanted Xia Yan to tell her a story, and left the restaurant.

Now, it's just the two of them left.

There are some things that can now be said more freely.

"Mr. Yan Xia, should I call you the information merchant Yan Xia, or the Hunter's Guild Yan Xia?" Lusamine asked directly.

Xia Yan shrugged. "It's all the same."

"So you approached our Ether Foundation for the sake of the guild's development?"

Xia Yan smiled and played with the fork in his hand.

"That's part of the reason, I suppose."

"Oh? What about the other half?" Lusamine raised an eyebrow.

Only then did she truly resemble the leader of a vast organization.

Lusamine's abilities are definitely very strong.

Whether it's strength or methods.

otherwise.

How could she have grown the Ether Foundation to its current size after her husband, Dr. Mohn, disappeared?

She appears very kind on ordinary days, but that's just a facade she needs to maintain.

of course.

It's true that she cares deeply about her children.

However, judging from how Gladio and Lillie address her—one calling her "Mother" and the other "Mother-sama"—it's clear that their relationship isn't as good as one might imagine.

"The other half is, of course, for myself," Xia Yan said without any pretense.

Tell me about it.

"It's too early to say."

Xia Yan put down his fork and looked at Lusamine with a serious expression.

He continued, "But you can rest assured, Chairman, whatever you do, I can provide the corresponding compensation."

"remuneration?"

Xia Yan nodded solemnly, "Absolutely equivalent compensation."

"for example?"

"For example... Ultra Beasts, and for example... 'Radiant God'."

Lusamine slowly narrowed her eyes.

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...

Ula Ula Island.

The police station in Po Town.

Surrounded by a group of seemingly unfriendly Alola Meowths and Persian, Xia Yan walked into the somewhat dilapidated police station with a smile.

There was no one inside.

There was only one middle-aged man sitting in the chair at the front desk, his head drooping, playing with a kendama, looking dejected and haggard.

He is now the island king of Ula Ula, Merdan.

When he noticed Xia Yan walk in, and that the usually unruly cats and the cat boss dared not approach him, Mo Dan slowly narrowed his eyes.

He remembered Xia Yan; he had met him once at the entrance of the library in Acerola.

Merdan sat up.

"Mr. Merdan." Xia Yan, who had entered the police station, pulled up a chair and sat down opposite Merdan.

Mo Dan, who usually likes to joke around and tease tourists who don't know him, didn't do such things in front of Xia Yan.

"You are... Yan Xia?" Mordan remembered Acerola mentioning Xia Yan's name to him.

“It’s me.” Xia Yan nodded.

"What are you here for?"

The sword in Modan's hand bounced up and down, and the seemingly irritable cats and the cat boss obediently rose and fell with the sword in his hand.

"I'd like to talk to you about some things concerning your old friend."

Old friend!

Merdan's eyes changed; his lazy demeanor was gone.

Although he had many old friends, Mo Dan knew that the so-called "old friend" Xia Yan mentioned was only one person.

Team Rocket leader, Giovanni!

"Don't get excited, Mr. Merdan, take a look at this first." With that, Xia Yan placed a letter on the table and pushed it toward Merdan.

Merdan initially didn't want to pay much attention, but he paused when he saw the signature on the letter.

He glanced at Xia Yan, then opened the letter.

It was scanned very quickly.

With a surprised and somewhat unexpected expression, he stared at Xia Yan and asked, "Are you sure?"

Xia Yan grinned and took out the Radiant Stone that Tapu Moo Moo had given him earlier.

"determine."

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...

The bow of the ship braving the wind and waves.

This is the Hunter's Guild's ship.

Xia Yan and his group left the Alola region.

According to the Ether Foundation, only three contenders remain for a seat in the Alora region, including Xia Yan.

After confirming that the seats were secured, Xia Yan gave up the idea of ​​wasting time looking for the two people.

He also had his reasons.

Some things, without a sufficiently large bait, the big fish won't take the bait.

"I've almost finished setting up the stage for you. When are you going to perform?"

Gazing at the constantly splashing seawater and the long-winged gulls shuttling back and forth with the boats, Xia Yan muttered to himself.

Putting aside the things he was preparing, both overtly and covertly.

This trip to Alora went much more smoothly than he had imagined.

Whether it's competing for Hunter Guild seats, interacting with various forces in the Alola region, or capturing and catching target Pokémon.

This trip.

The Pokémon that Xia Yan captured.

With Orangutan, who is now the core of the Hunter identity and also Alakazam's current teacher, Alakazam has gained a great deal of understanding of the "Trick Room" move.

There are also Ninetales and Vulpix from Alola, two Fairy-type Pokémon awakened by Tapu Bulu.

Although the Six-Tails is not very strong, it has great potential for future development and is worth nurturing.

but.

Xia Yan may not be able to devote enough energy to fully training the Six-Tails at the moment.

Partly because of energy, and partly because Kurama (the Nine-Tails) wanted to spend more time with her child.

Xia Yan is quite humane in this respect.

Therefore, Vulpix is ​​temporarily on his shortlist of Pokémon.

The list also includes the Feebas we brought out last time, and the Pokémon egg that Volcarona saved with its own life.

Xia Yan's goal in training Pokémon is very clear.

He currently focuses most of his energy on his four main Pokémon: Beedrill, Alakazam, Togekiss, and Aegislash.

Perhaps when they reach the near-Elite Four level, their strength will increase at a relatively slower rate, and Xia Yan will have more free time to try to train more Pokémon.