Hina moving from Michina to Lilybell Island was something Su Sheng hadn't anticipated.
After all, after returning the Jewel of Life, Su Sheng lost interest in her.
But thinking about it, after learning that the Jewel of Life belonged to the Creator God, how could the League not be highly vigilant?
Last time, he stole the Jewel of Life… oh, no, it can't be said he stole it, it should be said he "sniped" it.
After all, the one in Hina's hand was fake; he entered the ruins to find the real one.
Thinking about it this way, Hina should be thanking him.
But regardless, now that Hina is under the protection of the Sinnoh League, Palmer can't easily make a move, which is undoubtedly a good thing for Su Sheng and Giovanni.
It provides more time to wait for Xerneas to awaken and allows them to accelerate the research on the Mewtwo Project.
If Mewtwo can join the battle, it would be even more secure.
Meanwhile, on the way back to Alola from Michina, the three of Su Sheng…
The League Champions returning to their respective regions from Alola had already taken their positions, completing their registration in the Hall of Fame at their respective League headquarters.
And all the Champions except Lance appeared on television programs, expressing their thoughts on succeeding to the Champion position.
On the Kalos Miare TV program, Diantha and Lysandre appeared on screen together.
Fire-type Elite Four member Malva, as the host, interviewed them about their thoughts on inheriting the League Champion and Chairman positions.
Su Sheng of Alola, Lance of the Indigo League (Kanto + Johto), Wallace of Hoenn, Cynthia of Sinnoh, and Diantha of Kalos.
Five new Champions ascended to the throne at once.
For a time, words like "Champion" and "New Era" filled the headlines of major media outlets.
"Birth of Su Sheng, the First Champion of the Alola League"
"Some Kalos citizens question whether the new Champion has truly reached Champion-level strength; the official response is pending"
"Champion Alder laments that being compared to so many young new Champions makes him feel old and defeated"
"Lance is suspected of proposing to hold three positions concurrently: Champion, Elite Four member, and Investigator; the incident with Argenta has sparked mistrust of outsiders among the Indigo Elite Four"
"…"
In addition to the simultaneous ascension of five new Champions, another matter garnered considerable attention.
That is, the Indigo League seems to have no intention of having Lance ascend to the Champion position, and after Argenta was eliminated by Karen, to fill the Elite Four position left vacant.
Some media outlets reported that Lance intends to hold the Champion and Elite Four positions concurrently.
And two days later, the Indigo League officially confirmed this news, writing in its latest update—
"Let us congratulate the Indigo League on officially entering a new era. Indigo League Champion: Lance
Elite Four: Lance, Agatha, Lorelei, Bruno
Gym Leaders: Giovanni, Blaine, Sabrina…"
Comments under the update:
[My god, counting it like this, Lance is holding three positions concurrently: Champion, Elite Four member, and Investigator. Is he growing a person on his liver?]
[It feels like the Indigo League was frightened by the Argenta incident and is afraid that promoting another new Elite Four member would lead to another mole, right?]
[Those old Gym Leaders Giovanni and Blaine can still be trusted, right? I thought they were going to promote Giovanni to Elite Four.]
[To be honest, I think Lance's performance in the Indigo Plateau Conference wasn't as strong as Giovanni's. It would be better to have Giovanni as Champion, then Agatha step down, and the remaining three positions remain unchanged.]
…
Su Sheng, on the plane, blinked when he saw the official update from the Indigo League.
If there are no accidents, Lance will lose to Blue in a few years and hand over the Champion position.
Then, in less than a day, the shortest-reigning Champion in history will be born.
When playing the game in his previous life, Su Sheng was quite curious as to why Lance had to hold both the Champion and Elite Four positions, wasn't he tired?
Now he knows the reason—
Scared by Argenta.
Unless it's someone like Blue or Red who has both strength and a clean background, it's difficult for Lance and the others to lower their guard.
"What's it matter if there's a mole in the Elite Four? Some regions even have a chairman who's a mole."
Su Sheng glanced at the trending topic ranking fourth, "Lysandre Succeeds as Chairman of the Kalos League," and complained.
After casually looking at a few more trending topics, Su Sheng sent a message to Sonia, asking her to call the certain pirated yellow-skinned mouse to prepare to go online.
Immediately afterward, he released Zoroark and the others, took out the second-generation Pokédex, opened "Pokémon Racer," and prepared to play a game together.
…
The immense traffic generated by the ascension of the five new Champions allowed the people of the Pokémon world to temporarily forget the panic caused by the Indigo Plateau Conference two months ago.
At least, the people outside the Kanto region did.
The programs even compared the strength of each League after the change of generations.
The people of each region hoped that their region was the strongest, and after the Indigo Plateau Conference, this topic was frequently brought to the forefront for discussion.
After all, the great battle between the League, Team Shadow, and Team Rocket on the Indigo Plateau sounded the alarm for the whole world.
The League must have sufficient strength to protect its citizens.
"Hello (^o^)/~ Good morning, afternoon, and evening, everyone!"
In the recording studio of Gimmighoul TV, a long-haired girl with pink and blue streaks, wearing a baggy jacket and showing her jagged teeth, swung her sleeves at the camera:
"Welcome to this episode of 'Paldea Reviews'! I'm your special guest host, Iono~ Who's here to Iono? Iono's here!"
"And me, Mallow from Galar, please take care of me."
Mallow, also holding a microphone, walked into the shot.
"Today, I and Iono will be interviewing two heavyweight guests on the program, Ms. Geeta, our Paldea League Champion and Chairwoman, and Mr. Rose, Chairman of the Galar League."
As she spoke, the two top idols from the Paldea and Galar regions sat on the left sofa, while Chairman Rose and Chairwoman Geeta sat on the right.
Mallow, who transferred to Alola after Nessa and took over as the Water-type Gym Leader, and quickly gained a foothold in Galar with her equally impressive appearance and even greater strength, asked:
"Chairman, many viewers online are curious about what the ranking of the strength of each League is?"
As she spoke, Aoki pulled a whiteboard to the center of the stage.
He was temporarily pulled in to work overtime by Geeta.
Rose smiled, stood up, took the marker pen handed over by Aoki, and wrote a line of words on the whiteboard—
[Alola ≥ Galar \u003e Paldea \u003e Indigo \u003e Sinnoh \u003e Unova \u003e Kalos]
Seeing this scene, a group of people in the audience, who were either real viewers or paid extras brought in by the TV station, burst into an uproar.
They could understand why Alola was ranked first, but… what gave Galar and Paldea the ability to rank ahead of Indigo?
Mallow, who was now a Galarian, blinked, and it took her several seconds to recover, asking: "Chairman Rose, may I ask why you ranked it this way?"
Rose said: "Dr. Su Sheng has proven to us that he possesses the strength to rival an entire regional League on his own. At the same time, his two companions, Karen and Will, both have Elite Four-level strength, plus my younger brother Peony, I think it's reasonable to rank Alola first."
"Uh… that's true, but why Galar…"
Although Mallow had tried her best to put her position on Galar's side, she really couldn't figure out where Rose got the confidence to rank Galar ahead of Indigo.
You can't even gather four Elite Four members.
"Although Leon still has a significant gap compared to Dr. Su Sheng, I believe that in less than two years, his strength will reach the same level as Dr. Su Sheng, and the brothers Raihan and Bede are also very strong, plus I once heard Piers say that his sister has a talent that makes him ashamed, I believe these young people will create a new era in Galar."
Rose said confidently.
Wait two years, when Leon's strength goes to the next level, and arrange Eternatus for him.
Rose believes that an era of unparalleled geniuses, with Su Sheng and Leon each holding up half the sky, will come.
"Chairman, Piers just sent a message saying that his sister wants to develop in Kanto."
Oleana whispered to Rose from the stage.
"Hmm!?"
Rose almost couldn't hold back.
Damn it, Kanto again!?
I'll remember this!
It's always been me, Rose, poaching from others, and you dare to poach from me?
Okay, very good!
Next time you have an accident, I'll be a dog if I save you!
At this time, Geeta also stood up and wrote her own ranking on the whiteboard:
[Alola \u003e\u003e Paldea ≥ Galar \u003e Indigo \u003e Sinnoh \u003e Unova \u003e Kalos]
Seeing the ranking given by Geeta, Rose raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Chairwoman Geeta thinks your Paldea is better than our Galar?"
Geeta made her habitual gesture of touching her nose and smiled: "As a Champion, I'm indeed not as good as Leon, but when it comes to the overall strength of the entire region, I think Paldea can still compete with Galar. Of course, Dr. Su Sheng is too strong, we can't compare to that, haha!"
Geeta's confidence came from the reports of two genius scientists under her command, Professors Sada and Turo, some time ago.
The report said that they were studying an item that could change the type of Pokémon in battle.
There are no usage restrictions, but after each use, it needs to be returned to the Pokémon Center to replenish energy.
You need to know that, in the original work, there are four ways to strengthen Pokémon.
In addition to Terastallizing, the other three enhancements, Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Dynamax, all have restrictions.
Only a very small number of Pokémon have the possibility of Mega Evolution.
And you need to find the corresponding Evolution Stone.
For example, Lance's ace Dragonite cannot Mega Evolve, so if he wants to Mega Evolve, he can only Mega Evolve Gyarados or Aerodactyl.
This is considered a shortcoming of Mega Evolution.
Wallace and Iris suffered in this regard.
Their ace Milotic and Haxorus cannot Mega Evolve.
Not to mention whether the trainer can bring themselves to do the embarrassing dance for Z-Moves.
That thing can only be used once in a while, and when you do the awkward dance, the opponent knows you're going to make a move.
The pre-motion is too big, a bit of a chicken rib.
In real battles, unless teammates help, Su Sheng doesn't think that thing is very practical.
Although Su Sheng himself is now an Alolan.
And Dynamax, not to mention, except for Eternatus, which can use this move anytime, anywhere, other Pokémon must be in a place with Dynamax energy to Dynamax.
Spikemuth is gradually declining because it does not have a Dynamax energy spot and cannot Dynamax.
Restrictions are the biggest of the four strengthening methods.
And Terastallizing doesn't have this concern.
I don't want to be like Mega Evolution, which can only strengthen a small number of Pokémon, and I don't have the location requirements of Dynamax.
Although the degree of strengthening is not as strong as Mega Evolution and Dynamax, I have no restrictions.
Once Terastallizing is completed, Geeta is confident that the strength of all Paldea trainers will collectively improve by one level.
This is her confidence!
Iono and Mallow exchanged glances.
They didn't know what trump cards their chairmen had.
But are you underestimating the Indigo League too much?
That's the headquarters League jointly run by the Kanto and Johto regions.
Not to mention, Lance, Agatha, and Gym Leader Giovanni are all Champion-level, and Bruno and Lorelei are said to have touched the Champion-level threshold and are about to break through.
The veteran Elite Four member Blaine is the second-ranked Gym Leader in the Kanto region.
It is said that Koga of Fuchsia Gym and Sabrina of Saffron Gym are also about to break through to the Elite Four level.
With such a lineup, Mallow felt that even Alola led by Su Sheng wouldn't dare to say that they were stronger than them.
Although they knew that the two of you didn't like Kanto, there was no need to belittle them so obviously, right?
However, until the end of the program recording, neither Iono nor Mallow mentioned this issue with any awareness.
After all, they had to give their chairmen some face.
…
…
This program recorded by the two "rebellious" chairmen… can only be said to be unexpected, but reasonable.
After all, it was already a well-known secret that these two chairmen didn't like the headquarters.
Su Sheng's side was also quite busy.
After the Alola League was officially established, the Gym Challenge naturally began.
Originally, this matter had little to do with Su Sheng.
After all, he wasn't a Gym Leader and didn't need to do the Gym Challenge.
He just needed to fight the winner of the first Manalo Conference in Alola next year.
But what Su Sheng didn't expect was that he had just returned from Michina.
Before he could rest for two days, he received a call from Kukui—
"It's terrible! Su Sheng! Gym Leader Sofuwo can't hold on anymore!"
Hearing Kukui's heart-rending cry, Su Sheng was stunned for a moment.
Who is Sofuwo?
After a while, Su Sheng remembered that he was the current Island King of Poni Island and the newly appointed Ground-type Gym Leader.
At the same time, he was also the grandfather of Hapu'u, the Poni Island Queen during Ash's time.
"This is too coincidental, right?"
Su Sheng couldn't help but complain.
Although Sofuwo had passed away by the time Ash traveled.
But now it's nearly four years before Ash's journey, you're leaving a little early.
A week later, Su Sheng and others, dressed in black, attended Sofuwo's funeral in Seafolk Village on Poni Island.
Su Sheng himself didn't have much emotion in his heart.
After all, he and Sofuwo only met once at a dinner party when they returned to Alola from Galar last month, and didn't say a few words.
"A Gym Leader who died before even having a single challenge, this is the first one in history, right?"
Will whispered during the memorial service.
"Shut up!"
Lihua cursed at him fiercely.
Although Lihua also found this matter quite bizarre.
"Sheng, regarding the position of the curator that became vacant after Mr. Sauf-wu's death, what do you think...?"
After the memorial service, Dr. Kukui walked to Su Sheng's side with a troubled expression.
"Well..."
Just as Su Sheng was about to answer, his phone suddenly rang.
Glancing down at the caller ID on the screen, Su Sheng said to Kukui, "Sorry, Doctor, I need to take this call."
Kukui nodded, and Su Sheng walked out of the funeral home.
"Hey, Uncle, is Liu Bo going to make a move?"
Su Sheng asked as soon as he answered the phone.
The person who called was Sakaki.
"Not really, I just heard that a Gym Leader died on your side, Sheng, so that position should be vacant, right? Do you need me to lend you Ouka?"
Sakaki's voice came from the phone.
The Ouka he mentioned was one of Team Rocket's Triad.
Saki and Chakra of the Triad have already been wanted by the League.
After all, these two are too high-profile in their actions.
The former teamed up with Lihua to snatch the Latios and Darkrai of the League President's grandson.
The latter is a bomb fanatic who stages a wave of art every time he performs a mission.
And Ouka, although tall and burly, is extremely low-key in both his behavior and battle style, even preferring to play dirty tricks rather than fight head-on.
It's extremely inconsistent with his tall and burly figure, as if he traveled from the 《JOJO》 set.
And that's precisely why Ouka hasn't been wanted by the League yet.
Now that a position for a Gym Leader in the Alola League has become vacant.
Sakaki thought it would be good to have Ouka fill it.
"Forget it, Uncle, he's not suitable."
Not to mention that the Triad are the main people in charge of Team Rocket's development of underground forces in Johto, suddenly transferring one of them to Alola would make it difficult to carry out the work in Johto.
Moreover, Su Sheng also hoped that the Alola League could be cleaner, and try not to let members of criminal organizations come in to stir things up.
"Okay, tell me in time if you have any difficulties. By the way, I have something I want to tell you. Koga and Fuji told me that they want to leave Team Rocket after the Mewtwo project is completed. What do you think?"
Sakaki changed the topic and asked.
Koga? Fuji?
Hearing these two names, Su Sheng was stunned for a moment.
After a moment of recollection, Su Sheng remembered.
Koga and Fuji had already left Team Rocket when Red and Blue started their journey.
Thinking about the timeline, it's about the same.
"That's great. Let the Mewtwo project be their last job in Team Rocket. Let's get together and break up peacefully. Tell the subordinates not to harass their daily lives after they leave Team Rocket. The two of them should also give Team Rocket some face and won't leak anything to the League or others."
Su Sheng replied.
In fact, even if he didn't say so, Su Sheng believed that Sakaki would do the same.
Ignoring the bastard things Sakaki had indeed done, purely from the perspective of a boss, he was indeed a person worth following.
"Well, I think so too. By the way, you should have already slept with Lusamine, right? It's a pity, I was originally planning to come up with a plan to have you kill Zao Bo in front of that widow and max out her favorability, but it seems there's no need for that. I'll think about what value that guy still has later. If there's really none, you can take him away and give him to Lusamine. Although I think her favorability towards you is already maxed out, if you hand this guy over to her to deal with, maybe she'll be happy and unlock some new ways to play with you."
Sakaki said seriously.
Sakaki has always been relatively kind to his subordinates.
But Zao Bo, from the beginning, Sakaki never regarded him as a subordinate.
Since Zao Bo betrayed Lusamine for profit, then how could he guarantee that he wouldn't betray himself for more profit in the future?
Sakaki planned to find a reason to optimize him after the Mewtwo project was completed.
Su Sheng:……
"Champion Brother! That!"
Just then, Acerola, who had also come to attend the memorial service, pointed to the sky and shouted.
Su Sheng turned his head to look.
That is... an Ultra Wormhole!?
Today is also a single update, sorry, I'm still preparing the outline for the next plot. It shouldn't be a problem to reply with two updates tomorrow, please forgive me, thank you for your support.
