Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Sakaki's movements remained unchanged; only his voice came from the shadows.

"Z said, you want to cooperate with me?"

Xia Yan and Ms. Q originally intended to collaborate with Mr. Z.

After all, in terms of geography, Mr. Z, who is in the Kanto region, and Tom Ruchi, who is in the Johto region, should be the two sides with the greatest conflict.

Previously, the top members of the Hunter's Guild did not interfere with each other.

Although Tom Ruchi's appearance has caused turmoil in the Hunter's Guild, it has not had a significant impact on the highest-ranking members.

At most, it's just that the person originally in charge of the Johto region has been replaced.

Although they knew Tom Ruchi had big ambitions, no one was willing to be the first to speak up; these people were all selfish.

Otherwise, given Tom Ruchi's strength, even if he were stronger than any of them, he wouldn't have been able to sit in the highest position so easily.

The Hunter's Guild is a loose organization, not only among its peripheral members but also among its highest-ranking members.

The fact that each person is responsible for a region and that they do not interfere with each other is the best proof of this.

But after Ms. Q was attacked last time, and it was determined that Tom Ruoqi was behind it, this is practically a complete falling out.

And so, Ms. Q was the first to step forward.

Therefore, if the goal is to deal with Tom Ruchi, trying to team up with others is undoubtedly the best option.

So she set her sights on Mr. Z as her first target.

Mr. Z's position destined him and Tom Rouch to be the most contradictory and irreconcilable people.

of course.

Their ultimate goal is still to use Mr. Z as a stepping stone to try and make contact with the Rockets.

Ultimately, Tom Ruch's biggest asset right now is the Rockets.

Xia Yan knew that the Rockets and Tom Ruch were merely partners.

It wasn't just him and Watari who were played; the Rockets were also among those who were exploited.

As for...

Why is it that the Rockets, despite being exploited, still have close ties with Tom Ruch?

To explain using Xia Yan's meaning.

There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

And he did indeed prepare some mutually beneficial conditions.

It's probably impossible to get the Rockets to choose between them and Tom Rucchi.

If Natsuhiko were Sakaki.

Watching the Hunter's Guild members fight amongst themselves and profiting from both sides is the best way to maximize one's own interests.

even.

If the timing is right, it's not impossible to eventually bring the Hunter's Guild under my control.

Judging from the current relationship between Mr. Z and Giovanni, Giovanni may have already been making plans all along.

But what Xia Yan and Ms. Q wanted was simply for the Rockets not to help either side.

That's it.

Although Mr. Z's actions have now allowed some intermediate steps to be omitted.

Now, Xia Yan has even come into direct contact with Sakaki.

However, this only accelerated the progress of the plan, and did not change its overall direction.

"Yes," Xia Yan readily admitted.

Then they heard a soft laugh from Sakaki.

Tell me about it.

"We can provide a large number of Alola region Pokémon."

This is one of Xia Yan's bargaining chips.

What is the greatest use of the Hunter's Guild?

For Team Rocket, it's simply a matter of providing Pokémon.

Pokémon from the Alola region are undoubtedly the rarest on the market right now.

Although Xia Yan's Hunter Guild branch in the Alola region is still in its early stages, with the support of the Aether Foundation, it will soon be able to produce a large number of Pokémon.

But Sakaki waved his hand.

"Our Rockets team has its own channels."

Xia Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he continued, "No, those channels will soon be gone."

The other two who became Seat Hunters along with Xia Yan naturally saw the huge potential of the Alola region and established Hunter Guild branches on their respective islands.

However, there is one thing they cannot compare to Xia Yan in.

That is, Xia Yan not only received a certain amount of support from the Ether Foundation, but he could also exert some influence within the Alliance through his relationship with Kikuko.

With the help of both the legitimate and criminal worlds, Xia Yan said that if those channels were gone, he would be gone too.

She helped Lusame achieve her goal of promoting Alola Pokémon, stabilized the League's market, connected Q with Team Rocket, and made money for herself.

This is a win-win-win situation.

Hearing Xia Yan's confident words, Sakaki didn't say anything more, but continued to stroke the cat boss beside him.

Xia Yan didn't say anything either.

Hold your breath and concentrate.

Even through a screen, the pressure from Giovanni, the undisputed underworld boss of the Elf world, was immense.

At least the alliance will act in a legitimate and justifiable manner and will not act recklessly.

But if you anger the Rockets, that would be real trouble.

Just take A-Ju's assassination attempt as an example; it would be enough to give Xia Yan a lot of trouble.

A long time passed.

"Hahaha—that's interesting."

Instead of getting angry, Sakaki burst into hearty laughter.

In terms of personal charisma, he certainly has it all figured out perfectly, Xia Yan had to admit.

"Alright, consider this one of your bargaining chips."

Sakaki continued, but his tone gradually became serious as he said, enunciating each word clearly, "But that's not enough."

The Pokémon of the Alola region are certainly appealing.

That doesn't mean they are necessities.

Xia Yan was, of course, aware of this as well.

But what he said next surprised even Mr. Z, who was standing there yawning.

"I can provide Groudon's gene fragments."

Groudon...

On the island that Team Rocket sent the Hunter Guild to clean up last time, Kyogre was sleeping. Presumably, he has already obtained some of Kyogre's genes.

But Groudon's.

Aside from the Crimson Pine, which is already missing from Team Lava, only Natsuhiko could probably provide it.

Genji and others were present during the recent battle between Kyogre and Groudon.

Even if Team Rocket is incredibly powerful, their influence over the Hoenn region wouldn't be that widespread, let alone the possibility of intercepting Groudon's body fragments right under Genji's nose.

"It seems you know quite a lot."

Sakaki was also somewhat surprised, but he didn't show it too obviously, and just said it calmly.

Xia Yan grinned.

"It's not very difficult to get this information by finding some clues."

Whether it's the Psychic-type Pokémon that escaped during the Goldenrod City era, the three Beast Warriors searching for Kyogre, or the destruction of the League's gene bank, these are all the best proof.

and.

Sakaki's tone also changed.

He has changed the previous "you all" to "you".

"These are good terms, and I can see your sincerity."

Sakaki nodded slightly, his expression subtle.

"But it's still not enough."

Upon hearing this...

Xia Yan frowned.

He did not doubt the truthfulness of what Sakaki said.

Someone of Sakaki's stature wouldn't lie for something.

That only shows that Tom Rukki can bring even greater benefits to Sakaki.

But what kind of exchange of interests could possibly be more valuable than Groudon's gene fragments?

Team Rocket is currently focused on researching Mewtwo and collecting gene fragments from various Pokémon. As a gene fragment from the ancient legendary Pokémon Groudon, it is definitely a very important material.

Xia Yan remained silent.

Sakaki remained silent, simply stroking the cat boss in quiet contemplation, waiting for Natsuhiko to offer an even higher price.

Xia Yan smiled helplessly and pressed his temple.