Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

The use of the power of Z has a very obvious characteristic, which is the appearance of golden flames, a unique "aura" that wraps the whole body...

Since the same characteristics also appear in the Ultimate Beasts, people have corresponding associations.

Now, the Alliance has preliminarily selected suitable candidates in the Alola region, who will soon serve as the Four Heavenly Kings. As for the "champion", the selection will be conducted after the establishment of the alliance. Before the first champion is selected, the doctor who is in charge of the alliance affairs in the Alola region will temporarily take over.

At least in terms of strength, the other party is definitely at the king level, and can still control the situation.

"I will report Lowe's condition to the Alliance, is that ok?"

Luo Wei nodded decisively, "Of course, there is nothing to hide~"

Although Z-Power is very rare in the entire Pokémon world, it is not rare in the Alola region. There are quite a few trainers who master Z-Power. In comparison, there are also the power of the wave, the power of the superpower, the power of the evergreen, and other powers of the god, and even psychics like Nancy...

...Comparatively, the power of Z, which can be mastered by anyone through tests and whose source is clearly a blessing from the gods, is not so rare.

At most, it is rare for someone outside the Alola region to master the power of Z, but since it involves the Ultra Beasts, it makes perfect sense. At least the explanation given by Lowe is logical.

"Well, that's fine. Anyway, this is a good thing. At least I have mastered a good power..."

Du Juan changed the subject and smiled. She was just about to say a few polite words to wrap up her speech when suddenly someone rushed into the gym.

"Oh no, Teacher Du Juan, there's an accident at the mine, please go and take a look!"

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Chapter 45 Entering the side story

"Teacher Du Juan, there's an accident in the mine!"

A man rushed into the gym in a hurry, and the first words he said after entering made Du Juan frown.

"what's the situation?"

"..." The man glanced at Lowe and seemed to be hesitant in his words, but Du Juan nodded decisively, "This is Mr. Qianli's son. Don't worry, he is absolutely trustworthy... an excellent trainer!"

Since Du Juan, the gym owner, had already spoken so, the visitor naturally did not hesitate any more and immediately told the whole story in front of Lowe and Du Juan.

"The mine was operating as usual today, but about an hour ago, a group of people who called themselves the Lava Team came and attacked the workers in the mine. Now the mine has been completely controlled by them. I don't know what those people want to do in the mine..."

"..." Du Juan frowned even more after hearing this. After a few seconds, she sighed helplessly, "...I originally thought that after the Rockets were dealt with by the Alliance, the world would be a little quieter. It turned out that this was just a pure wishful thinking."

In the past, when Team Rocket was the only villain in the Pokémon world, trainers all over the world believed that as long as Team Rocket was eradicated, the world would definitely become a better place.

So, with the help of the legendary trainer Red, the alliance raided Team Rocket's headquarters and successfully captured all of them. Except for Sakaki, whose whereabouts were unknown, all other Team Rocket leaders were captured...

But facts have proved that after the main culprit was eliminated, all kinds of second and third culprits emerged one after another. The ideal peaceful days did not last for more than a few years, and many messy evil organizations emerged in various places.

Of course, currently none of these organizations has more influence than Team Rocket, and they have not yet reached the level when Team Rocket was wiped out, which assembled a lineup of several large regions, several champions, a dozen kings, dozens of gym masters, and thousands of elite trainers.

That could be said to be one of the biggest events in the entire Pokémon world so far. The fact that it attracted so many experts to join forces to deal with it also shows how strong the influence of Team Rocket is. But with so many experts gathered together, it is reasonable that they were all caught in one fell swoop.

In short, although the Rockets were successfully uprooted in that battle, the league also suffered heavy losses. Although there were no casualties, there were definitely many injured.

After that, the legendary trainer Red went to Platinum Mountain alone to practice, and it was rumored that he also went to recuperate from the injuries he suffered in that battle. Three years have passed since then, and the impact of that battle on the alliance has not yet been completely eliminated.

Perhaps because of this, the organizations that were secretly active in various regions seized the opportunity of the alliance being severely damaged and began to take active actions.

...Then, many of these organizations were slapped to death by the severely weakened Alliance.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a rotten boat still has three pounds of nails. No matter how badly the Alliance is damaged, it is not something that an ordinary organization can challenge. Even if it is badly damaged, it is still the undisputed number one force in the entire Pokémon world.

Of course, there are clowns who are easily killed, and there are also organizations that can really cause trouble to the alliance. Although ordinary people may not have heard of them, the gym masters belonging to the alliance naturally have their own intelligence channels to obtain relevant clues.

Currently in the entire Hoenn region, there are two organizations marked by the Alliance as needing special attention, namely "Team Ocean" and "Team Magma".

Although the soldiers of these two organizations are weak and can be shattered at the slightest touch, there are indeed several cadres among them who are quite strong. As for the leaders of the organizations, their true identities have not been revealed yet.

Maybe they themselves know that they have not been caught in one fell swoop by the league yet, and the league is afraid of alerting the enemy. Once their leader is exposed, they will most likely face the same fate as the Rockets and be packaged and thrown into the air by the league on the spot.

However, the Lava Team and the Ocean Team, who had been operating in secret all along, actually took the initiative to make such a big fuss this time. It seems that a big action is about to take place.

"...Mala Team?" Hearing the man say the name of the Lava Team, Lowe also pretended to be surprised, "...When I was in the Orange Forest before, I met a guy who called himself the 'Ocean Team'. He wanted to attack the employees of Devon Company, but he ran away after I stopped him."

"Oh?" Du Juan immediately asked, "Is there anything like this?"

"Well, then, is there any connection between the Marine Team and the Magma Team?"

"…Originally it was a confidential matter, but since Lowe has already met Team Aquarius and fought with them, there's no need to hide it from you. Yes, you know Team Rocket, right? Team Magma and Team Aquarius are similar organizations. Of course, they're not as powerful as Team Rocket."

Then, Du Juan briefly explained the situation of the two organizations to Luo Wei. Of course, to be honest, Luo Wei knew the specific situation better than Du Juan. In short, Luo Wei just wanted to open up the plot.

"...In that case, let me go with you to take a look, okay?"

Du Juan must go to the mine to deal with the Lava Team immediately. After all, as a gym leader, she cannot ignore it no matter what that group of people want to do.

But theoretically this matter has nothing to do with Lowe. He can leave after getting the badge.

But Lowe knew that if he wanted to continue advancing the plot, he had to complete this mining branch quest, otherwise he would not be able to start the next plot missions to Wudou Town and Kaina City.

After all, Lowe had no idea how many times he had completed the game, and he had memorized the plot so well that it had almost become muscle memory.

"I'm also a registered trainer in the league, I can't just ignore this kind of thing!"

Seeing that Du Juan seemed to be still a little hesitant, Luo Wei directly took out the killing weapon. Sure enough, as soon as he said this, not only Du Juan, but also the young man who came to report the news showed a look of admiration.

"You are indeed an excellent trainer, you are really ambitious!"

"Now that we've come to this point..." Du Juan nodded in approval, "No problem, Luo Wei is strong enough, let's go together, he will definitely be able to help."

After that, she smiled and stretched out her hand to Lowe, "Thank you~"

Just as Lowe was about to reach out to shake hands, he felt his arm being pulled hard. The Masked Cat, who was holding Lowe's arm, puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction. It was obvious that he felt that he could have celebrated the victory of the first battle with Lowe right away, but he didn't expect to be dragged into new trouble right away.

Now, I have to solve the problem at hand before I can go and apply the stickers.

However, since it was the decision made by Lowe, a trainer, and it was completely reasonable, Catman did not say much.

"Sorry, sorry. I will definitely reward you later~"

As soon as Lowe said this, Masked Cat became energetic and immediately took Lowe's hand and ran out. Lowe was dragged along all the way, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. At the end, he remembered something when he was leaving the gym...

"Wait a minute, where is the mine going?"

Chapter 46: Anyway, let’s run a branch line first

Masked Cat was obviously not very happy about the current situation. After winning the gym battle, he should have been able to celebrate.

Especially in the past two days, Masked Cat had the habit of basking in the sun at noon every day and then letting Lowe comb her hair. However, various troubles in the past two days interrupted this several times, making Masked Cat very unhappy, and the accumulated dissatisfaction was about to overflow.

Of course, this dissatisfaction was definitely not directed at Lowe, she was just unhappy herself. At this moment, seeing that Lowe was about to be involved in trouble again, she was naturally not very happy.

Having said that, after all, Lowe had something important to do, and Masked Cat could certainly understand that, so even though she was unhappy, she still accepted it obediently.

Lowe also felt the Masked Cat's mood, so he quickly spoke to comfort it. Of course, all the "rewards" owed had to be paid back, otherwise it would be too much of a dampener on the Masked Cat's enthusiasm.

Upon hearing what Lowe said, Masked Cat naturally became energetic immediately, with an expression that said "Let's quickly solve those troubles and then go back to patch things up!" He pulled Lowe's arm and rushed out, running all the way out of the gym, only to then suddenly remember that he didn't even know the way to the mine.

Lowe was pulled out of the gym, and Lalulas behind him was startled and quickly chased after him. When Lowe saw her movements, he quickly reached out and picked up the little guy and put him on his shoulders.

In fact, you can just put them into the Poké Ball directly, but Lowe still prefers to leave the Pokémon outside and let them move freely. Anyway, unless he encounters a particularly huge Pokémon in the future, Lowe will definitely prefer to have the Pokémon follow him.

After rushing out of the gym, Luo Wei stopped and found that he didn't know the way. Just as he was about to turn back to look for Du Juan, he saw a middle-aged man rushing towards the gym in a hurry.

When I looked forward to it, it turned out to be another familiar face, the employee of Dewen Company whom I met in Chenghua Forest before.

"Hey, uncle, is that you?"

Lowe recognized the other person, and the other person also recognized Lowe. At the same time, Du Juan also followed him out of the gym, and the few of them got together.

"Ah, what a coincidence, ahem, no, now is not the time to talk about this..." The member wiped his sweat and quickly said to Du Juan, "Teacher Du Juan, was there an accident at the mine just now?"

"Yes, I'm going to take care of this matter. What's the matter?"

"Ahem, actually... the final parts of the 'thing' that we completed earlier in cooperation with the Kusnogi Shipyard are in the warehouse over at the mine... I suspect..."

"...Okay, I understand. Don't worry, I will definitely take care of it."

From here on, we can roughly infer the basic context of the incident. As the most famous industrial group in the Hoenn region, Dewen Company also often accepts cooperation commissions from major factories.

This time, Devin Company is cooperating with Kusnogi Shipyard, which is also quite famous in the Hoenn region, and the product of this cooperation is about to be completed. The miscellaneous soldiers of the Marine Team encountered in the Orange Forest before wanted to steal important documents related to this.

At this moment, the Lava Team attacked the mine, most likely for this thing. It can be seen that both the Ocean Team and the Lava Team coveted this thing, and its importance is self-evident.

Now that the other party's goal has been determined, the next thing to do is simple: take back the mine and prevent the other party from stealing important key plot props. This is an important branch line that opens up the next main plot.

"Don't worry, the mine will be left to us..."

The "we" that Du Juan mentioned was naturally referring to her and Luo Wei, and after hearing this, the clerk looked at Luo Wei with admiration.

"I see. I was wondering if you must be a pretty good trainer!"

After all, Du Juan's statement was equivalent to acknowledging that Lowe had enough ability to assist her in handling this incident, which naturally made the uncle confirm his judgment.

In response to this, Lowe could only express it with a helpless smile.

"Well, I'm really a newcomer... Oh, forget it, think whatever you want..."

After all, there is not much time to waste. Who knows if the other party will just snatch the things and run away. We must stop them before they take any action.

"go!"

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At the same time, located in the eastern suburbs of Kanaz City, this is the lifeline of Kanaz City and the largest mining area in the Hoenn region.

Based on industrial needs, a complete set of factories have been set up here, providing a one-stop service from ore mining and smelting to forging and processing. It is a cooperative industry jointly held by the official Kanaz City, the Pokémon League and Devin Company.

Such an important place naturally requires elite trainers to be stationed there, but in fact, on weekdays, the elite trainers here have very little work to do.

If this happened on other film sets, if such an important place was not strictly managed, a small accident would occur within three days and a major accident within five days, and the troublemakers would line up to come to the door three times a day.