Chapter 1050: How could we lose? It's impossible to lose!_2

But it wasn't because he knew the situation was dire that he remained composed, but rather because Kona's Lip Sister's few "Devil's Kiss" had suppressed him, putting him into Wise Man Mode.

"It doesn't matter if you don't talk; either way, we'll be taking this airship into the custody of the Alliance for now," said Kona as she removed her hand from the airship and dusted off her palm.

Unsurprisingly, this must be another masterpiece of the Rocket Team, right?

Once they confiscated the airship, she and Du should be able to gauge the current technological level of the Rocket Team by decoding the airship's technology.

Or to put it another way, follow the vine to find even more technology companies and bases associated with the Rocket Team.

This time... the gains were good, Kona thought, pleased.

"Confiscated??" On hearing Kona's words, the grand collector Gil Ruth showed a smile.

"I'm sorry to say, but given your efficiency..."

"Not good, Heavenly King Kona!!"

Before Gil Ruth could finish, the Alliance technical personnel responsible for receiving the airship suddenly ran out from inside it, came over to Kona, and said:

"Heavenly King Kona, after our inspection, this gigantic airship is now nothing but an empty shell..."

"Inside... the essential tech codes, the energy core, the weapon parts, uh... It's as if it has been stripped by thieves, all gone, all of it!"

Kona: ???

Gil Ruth was furious, his expression clearly indicating 'just as I suspected': "That person, he's not a human, I suspect he set his sights on my airship; go arrest him!!!"

Kona: "Who is it?"

Gil Ruth: "Edogawa Conan, he claimed to be a detective."

The sky.

Inside a subspace opened up by two Celebi.

A Rotom Phone, a 3D Dragon, two Pokémon contentedly watched a pile of materials accumulating in the space.

"Give me a month, and I can reassemble a Battleship Rotom," the Rotom Phone asserted confidently.

On the side, the Celebi who were tossed aside by Fang Yuan to do menial labour were unwittingly clapping along, not understanding why.

.......

The incident in the Orange Archipelago drew widespread attention.

But officially, the authorities declared the incident an accident and did not mention Gil Ruth.

Because the issue was complex and involved much, information on Xiaozhi and Fang Yuan was also temporarily glossed over.

For now, the Alliance has not decided how to deal with Gil Ruth yet.

The faction led by Kona and Du naturally wanted to severely punish Gil Ruth, who had been secretly in touch with the Rocket Team, illegal captured Legendary Pokémon, and caused disasters.

But some capital forces represented by Silph Co., the financiers of the Alliance, felt the focus should not be on Gil Ruth. Instead, they saw Fang Yuan, who illegally invaded Gil Ruth's airship and was suspected of stealing important information, as highly suspicious.

The League Headquarters began investigating Fang Yuan, a key figure in this incident.

However.

The information they found was sparse besides his recent matches; there was a blank slate that couldn't be verified.

All the information was falsified by the Sinnoh League Champion, Hirona.

Originally, when Kona investigated Fang Yuan, she lacked sufficient authority, but this time the League Headquarters quickly found issues.

What was an internal matter for the Kanto region immediately became a matter of international relations.

"We can't get in touch with Fang Yuan, and Hirona's attitude has been very tough, constantly saying 'no comment,'" Kona recounted to Du, who had just entered the meeting room.

"This is troublesome; it seems the Rocket Team has taken an interest in Gil Ruth's assets," Du revealed his investigative findings.

"Those people at Silph Co. are more deeply involved with the Rocket Team than I thought. It will probably be tough to handle this smoothly and uncover the Rocket Team's conspiracy."

Silph Co. is a leading manufacturer in the Pokémon World, having established the foundational technology for the Poké Ball, and is a behemoth in the industry, with few competitors across the world.

If the top brass at Silph is collaborating with the Rocket Team, then dismantling the Rocket Team would undoubtedly be very difficult.

"Those idiots at Silph will sooner or later be bitten back by the Rocket Team," Kona shook her head.

"But what I didn't expect was that Fang Yuan's information... was fabricated by that Hirona..."

"Yes," Du agreed.

This time, by a twist of fate, they had come to understand why Fang Yuan's information was so well-hidden.

"Speaking of which, does Fang Yuan actually have any connection with Ho-Oh?" Du suddenly asked.

Many people had seen Fang Yuan riding on Ho-Oh.

"According to that Trainer named Xiaozhi, it should have been an accident. He also ended up on Lugia by accident."

"Ho-Oh has been at odds with humans for hundreds of years. If it weren't for the disaster at the Orange Archipelago, it probably wouldn't have appeared."

"After all, in the end, Ho-Oh seemed rather annoyed when it dropped Fang Yuan off. It can only be said that Fang Yuan is quite bold, and Ho-Oh didn't pursue the matter further."

Ke Na and Du felt heavy-hearted.

Forget it, don't think about these things anymore.

The most critical issue this time isn't actually Gil Ruth.

It's clear that Gil Ruth is a pawn put forward by the Rocket Team.

What role the Rocket Team played in this event and what their purpose is, that's what Ke Na and Du really want to know.

And then there's… that guy Fang Yuan.

He became the prime suspect in Gil Ruth's eyes who had allegedly stolen the precious data from the Legendary Level warship, and he also became a thorn in the sight of some.

The Rocket Team probably wants that technological data back very badly.

If nothing goes wrong, Fang Yuan might already be targeted by the Rocket Team, which puts him in grave danger!!

Although in the eyes of Ke Na and Du, Fang Yuan has become a Trainer of Champion Level, the organization of the Rocket Team… is quite special.

Their leader, Giovanni, undoubtedly has Champion Level strength.

Several of his executives also have King Level capabilities, and although they might be slightly weaker than the Union Kings, the difference isn't too big.

Most importantly, the Rocket Team's technological level is not to be underestimated. They basically use a combination of Pokémon and technology in battle, which makes them tough opponents. That's why even with Du leading the Four Heavenly Kings and Champions in cleansing efforts against the Rocket Team for many years, they still hadn't managed to completely dismantle the organization.

This kind of semi-official underground organization that has connections with official ones has been a headache for Du. Fortunately, the Kanto and Johto Alliance is too established to be undermined otherwise, if it were any other smaller region, they might have already been dominated and corrupted by the Rocket Team.

Such a huge organization that can stand toe to toe with some regional Leagues, if they set their sights on someone, even if that person has Champion Level strength, it wouldn't be enough.

"Let's hope nothing untoward has happened to Fang Yuan…"

"We can only continue to monitor the Rocket Team's moves for now."

...

Ke Na and Du's worries were unnecessary.

The issue wasn't whether or not the Rocket Team had its sights on Fang Yuan.

The problem was that Fang Yuan had turned his sights on the Rocket Team.

Fire Island, for the time being, had become Fang Yuan's base for mustering his forces.

It wasn't long before an ordinary Moltres living on the Orange Archipelago, located in Seven Island's Lamp Mountain area, heard the summon of the god of fire, Boss, and flew here.

In addition to that, the Moltres from Kanto region's Road of Champions, the Moltres from Chengtu District Silver Mountain, and the Moltres from the Rogersia Island volcano in Kanto... all of them responded in kind.

The Moltres that were nearby came as called by the god of fire.

Articuno, in turn, had called several of its kin, totaling four Articunos.

Over on Zapdos's side, three had been summoned.

"Caw---"

"Caw---"

Fire Island had suddenly become a Place of Sacred Beasts.

Discounting the three Divine Birds from Orange Archipelago, a total of eleven Three Divine Birds were present here.

Both Eevee and Dragonite were dumbfounded by the sight; it seemed the Three Divine Birds were serious and fiercer than they had imagined.

Though none of the eleven Divine Birds had reached Legendary Level, none was weaker than King Level either. They were essentially at Guardian God Level Combat Power, and the sheer number made their presence formidable!!

On the same day, the Phoenix Guard Three Sacred Beasts arrived as well. These three were genuinely of Legendary Combat Power, each not less formidable than the Three Guardians of the Orange Archipelago.

That made fourteen Legendary Pokémon...

Even the Dark Luojia that Lugia called hadn't arrived yet.

Mewtwo stayed silent on the side; the Rocket Team, alas, had made an unworthy move.