Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

Lando is a skilled fighter with extensive experience.

Carmen was an instructor at Company Z, so she had even less of a problem.

All of their subordinates were also fine.

Their arrival slightly alleviated the manpower pressure on the countermeasures department.

But problems started to arise when it came to Dragon.

It's fine for Dragon's subordinates to join the countermeasures department, but he himself... is too busy!

The reason is simple: after his second brother lost to him, he is now the Dragon-type Gym Leader of Shenzhou. He has proposed to return the position of Gym Leader to his second brother, but his second brother absolutely refuses to agree!

He declared that even if he were to die today, he would absolutely never want to be a gym leader again!

Therefore, Dragon can't really abandon the gym and come over.

If it were Ruozong a few days ago, he certainly wouldn't have been able to understand this matter at all.

But now, when he thought of the guys in the champion and king chat group, especially Rocco, he easily expressed his understanding towards Dragon.

It's nothing unusual!

At the same time, although this incident has some impact, it is not significant!

After all, if something really happens that requires a trainer of Dragon's caliber to take action, it can be left to the Elite Four and Champions to handle, and the Countermeasures Department has no problem in this regard.

For Ruozong, what truly mattered was the side he placed at the very end of the communication.

That is, the headquarters of Company Z!

He needs to transfer a group of clerical staff from headquarters; that's the most important thing!

It directly relates to whether he can finish his work efficiently and whether he and Nibiru can free up their time.

Then something unexpected happened to Wakamune...

"What did you say? That guy Changshi has already made his move!?"

"The Seven Islands are so remote that you haven't received the news yet?"

"What? He used those underhanded tricks again!?"

After several sighs, Ruozong's face visibly darkened, but at the same time, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"This guy is still the same as ever. He's capable, but he's too shameless, his bottom line is too flexible, and his methods are too underhanded!"

"Just like a rat."

"He probably thinks that even if I don't die, I won't be released after being captured by the Alliance, so he dares to use those underhanded tricks openly. Ha, alright, don't panic, I'll handle this."

after all...

How can we turn down sales opportunities that come knocking on our door?

...

In Los Angeles, Luo Ke is having dinner with Jiang Chuan.

Ruozong thought that Luo Ke had been indulging in eating, drinking, and having fun after handing over the work to him, but that wasn't actually the case.

Although Luo Ke didn't miss his meal, the main reason he postponed all his work was because of the matter of the Three Gods War.

At the League headquarters, he took Necrozma and the others to see Groudon and check on Groudon's condition and the strength of its protective defenses.

Then Necrozma discovered some problems, which is why Roko has been running around these past few days.

"Groudon should have been awake by now, but instead of waking up, it is accelerating the gathering of energy. I've been traveling around these past few days and found that several volcanoes in China are reacting. The power of the earth is rapidly converging on Groudon, as if it is on guard against something."

Luo Ke looked at Jiang Chuan and slowly spoke.

"I think the only thing that could make it like this is Kyogre. So, Jiang Chuan, although I've seen the information you reported, could you tell me more about Kyogre's situation?"

Hearing Luo Ke say this, Jiang Chuan was somewhat puzzled.

"Kyogre...nothing unusual."

"Kyogre is located in the deep sea below the Seven Islands. I was very surprised when I first discovered it, but when I rushed to the Seven Islands, I didn't find anything wrong there."

"If Kyogre is really acting strangely, then the Seven Islands will never be as peaceful as they are now."

"So it really is because of Kyogre?"

Um...

Luo Ke now understood why Jiang Chuan's report hadn't mentioned anything related to this matter.

But Rayquaza doesn't sit on the ground, and Necrozma also said that its way of replenishing energy is different from Kyogre and Groudon, so the only one that can truly affect the sleeping Groudon should be Kyogre.

In this case......

"I'll go to the Seven Islands."

"I need to see Kyogre's condition with my own eyes!"

......

2. Nagayoshi and Wakamune

Seven Islands.

During this period, employees working at Company Z's headquarters felt a bit more comfortable.

Since they contacted Ruozong, Company A, or rather, the underhanded tactics of Changshi, have stopped!

No more worrying about being suddenly grabbed by a few burly men while walking at night, dragged into an alley, and then... forced to drink heavily, only to wake up the next afternoon to find yourself passed out on the street, surrounded by these burly men!

Or you might wake up to find that you and your elf have both been shaved into a receding hairline, and you're too embarrassed to show your face!

I don't often encounter traffic jams on my way to work, so I can get to the company smoothly!

The company dormitories and company toilets will no longer have occasional problems!

The mysterious phenomenon of intermittent power outages has also disappeared!

Um...

Even some new employees who were unaware of the situation learned that these things had stopped after they contacted Ruozong, and they all started to worship Ruozong!

It works so well!

To achieve this effect, what Wakamune did was very simple.

That was a message he sent to Company A before he went to the Seven Islands.

...

[A complaint has been filed alleging that your company is engaging in unfair business practices, with many actions exceeding the Alliance's regulations. Therefore, our investigation team will be dispatched to investigate in five days. - Alliance Official]

The news did not cause too much panic among the people at Company A.

It's not that it's unimportant, but...

“We are very experienced.”

Chang Shi looked at his employees, crossed his arms, and rested his chin on them.

“We have conducted similar investigations at least eighty or a hundred times since our company A was founded, but the results have always been the same.”

"The Alliance is too idealistic. If we do something serious that violates the rules, then the Alliance's idealism will give them the motivation to keep targeting us—just like the 'Covenant Alliance' formed by those unwilling Legion trainers in the early days of the Alliance."

"They've been hunted down by the Alliance for thousands of years because they made too much of a fuss and were too reckless in the very beginning."

"An ideal alliance never forgets every single person who died because of them."

"Otherwise, given their resources and strength at the time, who knows what kind of achievements they might have made if they had been willing to keep things hidden."

"So stop all your little tricks for a while, and don't hide those previous little tricks anymore. I'll be the one to receive the Alliance's investigation team. Be nice to them then."

"Whether we smile and pretend to be polite, or we are found out that we did these shameless things, we'll just lose face and be punished. Even if they arrest me and lock me up for a while, I won't die."

"As long as we control the situation, prevent any deaths, and arrange compensation for those who are injured in the accident, the league will at most make us lose face."

"But it's true that this period affected the work of Company Z, and it's also true that we recruited those employees who couldn't stand the pressure. It's also true that we seized the market by taking advantage of the news of Ruozong's arrest while their work was affected."

"These are all we need."

"Face and all that... to swear, screw it!"

Hearing Changshi say this, the employees of Company A sitting below grinned and laughed. Changshi laughed along with them, as if he wasn't the one being laughed at at that moment.

Only after everyone had almost finished laughing did Chang Shi give his final reminder.

"We don't need to hide what we've done; the alliance will investigate and we'll just have to admit it."

"Everything is proceeding according to the alliance's rules."

"Of course, things like sudden power outages, sewer problems causing individual toilet explosions, and traffic jams—these are none of our business."

"After all, our seven islands have always been divided into two regions. It is normal that the four islands of China and the three islands of Australia have different or even conflicting experiences."

"It's normal for some 'misunderstandings' to occur during exchanges and personnel changes on the seven islands."

At this point, Changshi's smile became even brighter.

His main objective in this move was to devour Ruozong's 'legacy'.

But besides that, he also needs to let the alliance know one thing at this time – that is, it would definitely be bad to divide such a closely connected region as the Seven Islands into two parts!

Don't worry about whether the harm is natural or man-made.

In short, if problems occur frequently, it means there is a problem with the situation itself!

This is also the prelude to the 'Seven Islands Regionalization Plan'!

Although the Seven Islands had previously considered regionalization, they lacked sufficient experience and preparation.

But by his generation, the preparations were already quite complete.

Thinking of this, Changshi thought of Ruozong, and a cold sarcasm appeared deep in his eyes.

When Wakamune came to Nanashima to establish the headquarters of Z Company, Nagase saw his strength. Nagase talked to him many times and even proposed that if Nanashima successfully regionalized, then Wakamune could be the champion and manager of the Nanashima region!

He means it sincerely.

If the seven islands can successfully localize and achieve better development, they wouldn't hesitate to grovel and eat shit, let alone simply hand over power.

Unfortunately, Ruozong is too arrogant!

He was born in China and his eyes have always been on China.

I'm ready to go big this time!

Just like that 'national covenant alliance'!

This incident became the trigger for the conflict between Nagayoshi and Wakamune!

After that, they saw each other all the time, and friction became commonplace, causing their relationship to deteriorate. However, both sides maintained a certain tacit understanding and didn't really cause any major problems.

Therefore, Wakamune understands but does not comprehend Nagayo.

Therefore, Nagayo knew about Wakamune but did not understand him.

Thinking of this, after everyone else had left, Chang Shi remained alone in the conference room, leaning back in his chair and shaking his head repeatedly.

"Ruozong, Ruozong, you always talk about 'the strong,' but how could someone as talented and capable as you truly understand the 'weak' you speak of?"

"The experience of hardship, the humiliation and burden... these things may just be a tragic past for you, but for most 'weak' people, they are very likely the 'life' they are experiencing now and will continue to experience in the future."

“These ‘lives’ won’t be miserable to the end, but living in misery all the time is a despairing thing.”

"You think our methods are underhanded, but don't we think you're incredibly foolish?"

"You always win after going through hardships and putting in effort, but for us, we've all gone through hardships and put in effort, and we still expect to win? How come all the good things happen to us!"

"We...we don't have it as easy as you."

......

3. Human diversity

Luo Ke decided to come to the Seven Islands later than Ruo Zong.

However, Luo Ke departed earlier.