Chương 138: They're so brave!

"So what? The next World Championships won't be held for another four years."

Cattleya spoke in a flat tone, without the slightest hint of regional pride.

At first, she thought that meeting the King of Wheat Leaves at this time was purely accidental.

But listening to Lu Sha's rambling complaints in the mental connection, she understood.

This was a premeditated ambush.

She and Lu Sha learned about the Galaxy Team's unusual activity near Lake Lizhi by utilizing the intelligence network of the Alliance Investigators.

The Elite Four member standing before them, besides being one of the Elite Four and the headmaster of the Celebration Academy, is also the supreme commander of the Sinnoh Investigator system.

It would be incredibly easy for the other side to track their movements and even calculate the date they would arrive at Lizhi Lake.

"But as long as you become the Sinnoh Champion, people from other regions won't dare to come to Sinnoh and cause trouble for themselves," Elite Fouror said in a deep voice.

Pick the softest persimmons to squeeze; that's an unchanging rule.

Once Sinnoh has its own champion, even if Kanto and Galar want to take advantage of their power to gain benefits, they will first set their sights on the Hoenn region, which is currently slightly weaker.

However, his words also had another meaning.

This is not only a reminder to Lu Sha and Cattleya, but also a warning to certain people.

"Click! (Alright, Old Deng, stop beating around the bush! We were going to win the Sinnoh Championship anyway!)" Lu Sha impatiently jumped off the broad back of the armored tyrannosaurus and landed on the shore with a "thud".

The young lady needs to maintain her image, but he, a Garchomp with sharp teeth, doesn't.

If he's dressed up as a Pokémon, and he still has to be respectful to elders and care for the young, then he's just being a nobody.

"Crack! (Don't play dumb. Speak your mind! Otherwise, the first thing we'll do when we become champions is fire all of you Sinnoh old guys and replace you with Kalosers!)" Lu Sha shouted.

He sensed that King Maiye's words had a hidden meaning, but he was too lazy to guess.

The young lady is already a superstar, what's the point of guessing?

If all else fails, I can just go to Carlos and come back after I become a champion.

"Haha! Young people are just so impatient."

Instead of getting angry, King Maiye burst into hearty laughter: "No wonder that old bastard Jiezizhu suggested that I be the one to contact you. If it had been Kikuno, he probably would have already started fighting with you."

This was the second time he had mentioned Kikuno, and he even glanced at his own pocket.

Lu Sha naturally noticed it and subconsciously looked at the bulging pocket on his clothes.

After checking the contents, it was unsurprisingly a cell phone.

Goodness, you're already a Sinnoh Elite Four member, is it really necessary to keep it so secret?

By the way, is that Kikuno Tenno on the other end of the phone?

"Crack! (You, a Fire-type Elite Four member who plays with fire, have a temper that's not as fiery as a Ground-type Elite Four member? Where's your passion as a Fire-type trainer?)" Lu Sha still didn't hold back in his criticism.

"I'm getting old, really old. I had a much worse temper when I was younger. If I were still young, I would have pulled out a Poké Ball and taught you how to be a Pokémon right away." Elite Four member McLeod chuckled and touched his bald head.

"Click! (Come on, to put it bluntly, they just think we don't look like greenhorns and that their tricks won't work on us, right?)" Lu Sha strode forcefully between the young lady and the King of Wheat Leaves, and plopped down on the shore.

"They're really not easy to fool. To be honest, I don't like doing this kind of dirty work that only politicians do."

King Maiye's smile faded, and he stopped beating around the bush, his expression becoming extremely serious: "Then I'll be frank. Quite a few people from the Alliance's upper echelons have come to us Four Heavenly Kings to act as intermediaries."

"They support Sinnoh merging with Carlos, and they also support you becoming the Sinnoh Champions. But the condition is that Sinnoh must remain unchanged after you become the Sinnoh Champions. In exchange, all the benefits from Carlos's side can be distributed among you."

"Click! (Is Carlos yours? How come he was traded for? Have you no shame?!)" Lu Sha laughed in anger.

He felt that even after being reborn, he still underestimated the limits of those nobles in the Alliance.

"Haha! That's shameless, really. To be honest, I think so too."

King Maiye nodded in deep agreement, revealing a gossipy expression that suggested he was enjoying the spectacle.

"However, I suggest you consider it."

There were some things that Mai Ye Tianwang couldn't say clearly, so he just winked at Lu Sha.

After all, some rules only need to be followed when you are not strong enough.

Once you become the champion, who will care about you anymore?

"Click! (Since we've come this far, let's be frank.)" Ignoring Elite Fouror's hint, Lu Sha stared intently at the other's pocket, deliberately raising his voice and shouting with full force, "Crack! (Listen up! We've secured the Sinnoh Champion position! You can't stop us! The purge you fear most will definitely happen! If you want to keep your wealth and status, you'd better send someone to take us out before we've fully developed!)"

"Click! (We need to grow stronger so that when we become champions, we'll settle scores with anyone who's done something inhuman, one by one, without hesitation!)"

"Good! That sounds refreshing and straightforward! I really hope you can keep your word!" King Maiye laughed heartily again.

He showed no anger at being offended. Instead, he calmly pulled his phone, which had been on a call, from his pocket and said into the microphone, "Did you all hear that? Old hag Kikuno, you're a dignified Ground-type Elite Four member, surely you can understand Gible's language? Translate for them. They wouldn't stoop to associating with that trash from the League! Let those idiots think about the consequences!"

"Received it, and translated it as well."

An aged yet dignified female voice came from the phone's speaker.

"Cadelia was lucky; she encountered an excellent giblet."

Kikuno Tenno left only this comment before decisively cutting off the communication.

But even a second before the call ended, Lu Sha could still clearly hear furious shouts and the chaotic sound of a glass shattering on the table from the other end of the line.

That was clearly not the sound made by Kikuno Teno.

The noise was loud and distant, as if a large group of high-ranking officials were listening from behind the scenes, their defenses broken by his arrogant declaration.

"Click! (We're really innocent here. We meant well, wanting to become champions and bring some benefits to the Sinnoh people, but before we even took office, a whole bunch of people were plotting to kill us. Tsk tsk, this is a really murky place.)" Lu Sha looked at the black screen of his phone and then glanced at Mai Ye Tian Wang with a mocking expression.

At first, he genuinely believed that Old Deng was representing the league's top management to psychologically manipulate and brainwash them.

After all that trouble, it turned out that this old man was actually one of our own.

From the moment Mai Ye started stacking armor and making some subtle moves, Lu Sha understood the other party's intentions.

The Four Heavenly Kings made it clear that they were not on the same side as those high-ranking officials, and they hoped that the young lady would pretend to agree to the alliance's high-ranking officials first.

After that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the four old men will secretly protect the young lady as she grows up.

Once they truly possess championship-caliber skills, these old guys will immediately jump out to support them in causing trouble.

"Since you've seen through it, why not go with the flow and pretend to agree? You two don't seem like the kind of inflexible, stubborn people who can't think straight." King Maiye raised his sparse eyebrows.

His words were both a warning to Cattleya and a deliberate rebuke to the politicians on the other end of the phone.

At this critical juncture, the Elite Four least want to see a firefight break out within Sinnoh.

Because neither side can completely crush the other right now, once a war breaks out, it will severely deplete Sinnoh's already meager resources and slow down Cattleya's growth.

"Crack! (This all started with the Flash Foundation incident. They didn't give us any face, so why should we give them any?)" Lu Sha sneered.

"Hahaha, you're just like them. They feel you're not giving them face by not sharing any of your donations, so they came to us as intermediaries to get an answer from you." King Mai Ye laughed heartily.

"Crack! (You're already one of the Four Heavenly Kings, why don't you get rid of them?)" Lu Sha rolled her eyes and complained.

But he was actually aware of it too.

The Elite Four are the strongest force in Sinnoh, but they are not invincible; there are many Elite Four-level powerhouses in Sinnoh.

Moreover, the operation of a region can never be separated from those local powerful families, and those powerful families form the upper echelons of the alliance.

Moreover, the Four Heavenly Kings also have families behind them, and they also have offspring who need resources to be raised.

They prefer a smooth transition.

When the day comes that Cattleya and Lu Sha are completely invincible, they will rise to the top with overwhelming force, and all opposition will naturally disappear.

"You're all still seedlings, why can't you be more patient?" Wheat Leaf King said irritably.

"Click! (I understand the logic. But if Cynthia were standing here, would she hold her nose and swallow this insult?)" Lu Sha let out a mocking clicking sound.

The young lady is now a true king-level fighter, and she also has the support of the Carlos region.

Those people dare to blatantly embezzle disaster relief and life-saving funds; what other heinous things wouldn't they do?

Instead of compromising and playing the submissive role now, we should just overturn the table and fight to the end.

It's as if they're really afraid of those parasites!

"she?"

King Maiye curled his lip in disdain: "If that silly girl Cynthia were in charge of this donation, the higher-ups wouldn't even ask her a question! Because the money she donates out of her own pocket will definitely reach the disaster victims. But the social donations she raises based on her reputation, once they enter the Alliance's account, will be split 30/70 as soon as they arrive."

Hearing this incredibly vivid description, Lu Sha almost burst out laughing: "Crack! (My bad, my bad, I almost forgot that silly cabbage wouldn't even bother checking the accounts.)"

"Huh? (But is it really that exaggerated? Those people don't even give face to the Mustard Seed Bamboo King, yet they dare to take 30%?)"

"Thirty percent? You wish! Seventy percent belongs to the alliance's higher-ups, and the remaining thirty percent is reserved for the Mustard Bamboo family!" Mai Ye sneered.

"You really have no idea how greedy those beasts in human skin are. Especially that Sinnoh League vice president Damaranzo, who was parachuted in from the Kanto League. He wants a piece of every profitable industry in the Sinnoh region, and he was the one who supported Team Galactic back then!"

"Crack! (Tsk tsk, people have become this rotten. Are you Four Heavenly Kings turtles? How can you tolerate this much?)" Lu Sha raised his shark-like eyebrows.

"What can we do? He hasn't broken any League laws. It's all those local Sinnoh families who are fawning over him like dogs for their own benefit! As the Sinnoh Elite Four, what legitimate reason do we have to target a vice president appointed by the Kanto League?" Elite Four member Mugi's voice was filled with helplessness.

The world of Pokémon is far more than just the thrilling battles on the surface.

The evil organizations, tycoons, and allied politicians have long been intertwined, forming a huge malignant tumor.

"Crack! (To put it bluntly, it's because your Pokémon aren't tough enough.)" Lu Sha commented incisively.

Ultimately, it's because Sinnoh doesn't have a champion who can suppress everything.

If a champion were present, even if they couldn't physically eliminate the vice president, they could absolutely strip him of all power.

To be blunt, even if Kanto only sent Kikuko Elite Four member, she could easily defeat the entire high-level combat force of Sinnoh.

It's no wonder that those opportunistic families in Sinnoh would rather curry favor with an outsider who was parachuted in as vice president than stand with the native Elite Four against a common enemy.

"Yes, strength is still strength in the end..."

The King of Wheat Leaves sighed bitterly, about to continue his lament.

However, in the very next instant...

boom!!!!

The once calm and still Lizhi Lake in front of them exploded!

Literally, it exploded.

It was like a deep-sea nuclear bomb being detonated at the bottom of the lake.

The violent energy instantly tore the surface of the water apart.

A terrifying shockwave, visible to the naked eye and accompanied by a deafening sonic boom, swept wildly in all directions with overwhelming force.

Lake Lizhi covers an area of hundreds of square kilometers, and the epicenter of this explosion affected at least one kilometer, making it far more powerful than the previous self-destruction of the partially crippled Regirock.

This sudden and devastating explosion instantly created terrifying waves hundreds of meters high in the center of the lake.

The apocalyptic wave, carrying a despairing shadow that seemed to devour everything, was hurtling toward the lakeside resort town at a terrifying speed.

Once this colossal wave crashes into the town, the dense commercial streets, holiday-goers, and countless innocent Pokémon will be instantly swallowed up by it.

At that time, countless people will die or be injured.

"Click! (Holy crap? Their efficiency is off the charts!)" Lu Sha was shocked.

He had barely hung up the phone when he gave them a demonstration of an underwater nuclear explosion?

Are those people really that brave?

Should we bomb Lizhi Lake as a warning?

Lu Sha had imagined a million ways the other party would retaliate, but he never expected it to be blowing up Lizhi Lake.

Even if you blow up the lake, it won't hurt them.

We can't just accuse them of failing in their rescue efforts and make them fall into a media storm like Iwasaki did, can we?