Open the Door to Check the Water Meter

Rope knocked on the door and someone opened it a little later.

"You're here?"

Lance said as he looked at Rope standing in the doorway with a flat face.

"Uh, coming. How's it going now?"

Rope asked straight away without being polite. Then walked into the room.

Walking in, the room was spacious, even with so many people and things stuffed inside it still didn't seem crowded.

There was a large table in the center of the room, with a bunch of people sitting on either side of it.

The Elite Four were naturally all present, and there were a few other people from other systems. A Jenny wearing a police uniform with a gentle smile sat on one side, while the middle-aged fat man across the table wearing a suit and constantly wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief was the manager of this hotel.

According to reason he shouldn't panic, after all, the ownership of this hotel is League, he is just a laborer.

But this really live together for so many years how can there not be a little bit of emotion in the place? If this was a real conflict, this hotel could basically be renovated and rebuilt.

"Rope you're here!"

Lorelei watched Rope come in with a smile on her face. Then patted the stool beside herself.

Rope smiled and responded, "Coming."

Then he and Bruno looked at each other and nodded to each other as a greeting. Then he looked over to Granny Agatha on the other side of the table and said, in all seriousness, "Granny, I'm here!"

Granny Agatha lifted her eyes and squinted at Rope, then gave an "Eh", signaling that she knew.

Rope smiled sarcastically, although he knew that this was Granny Agatha's usual style, he would still inevitably feel some awe. After all, he had let Granny Agatha educate him too many times.

Then Lorelei pointed to the bit of Jenny across the table and said, "This is the current minister of the Kanto police department, Jenny Qin."

Rope got up and extended his hand, "Hello, Ms. Jenny."

"Professor Rope, I've heard great things about you." Jenny Qin similarly got up and extended her hand to shake Rope's hand.

This Jenny's voice was gentle without losing its majesty, rich in the flavor of a mature woman.

Rope glanced at the other party and could vaguely see the fine lines at the corners of his eyes.

Seriously this was the first time he had met an older Jenny.

The two's hands quickly parted. Then Lorelei pointed to the fat middle-aged man over there who was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief and said.

"This is Manager Katsuya. It's the general manager of this hotel."

The fat man shivered when he heard someone call his name, then hurriedly got up, bowed towards Rope and smiled, "Hello, hello, I'm Katsuya."

Saying that, he also put out his hand.

Rope stood up and held out his hand as the two crossed over to Lorelei who was in the middle then shook hands.

Lance glanced rather helplessly at Rope who had taken his original seat and shook his head before taking a random seat.

Rope scanned the circle, "Are we the only ones?"

Then he scratched his head as if he suddenly remembered something, then looked at Lance and asked, "That's not right, this is your Elite Four's internal meeting, right? Why did you call me?"

As soon as Rope saw that Blue, Red and the other Gym Leaders and strongmen weren't there, he realized that the meeting itself was an internal meeting between the Elite Four and the people in charge of this matter.

It's nothing to do with him, Rope.

So calling him here was in order.

"It's not because I thought you know more about this organization. Let's hear your opinion, and by the way, confirm whether this person's words are true or not." Lance said with a straight face.

Rope tasted it, and felt that there was something wrong with it, but on second thought, this reason, if you say it's far-fetched, it's indeed quite far-fetched. But if you want to say it is reasonable, it is also true that there are a few points of truth is it.

Thinking about this Rope shook his head. He couldn't figure out the reason why Lance must have called himself here for a while. But with things having come to this, there really was no point in running back.

He raised his head to look at the large screen on the wall.

The gazes of the crowd were also focused over, looking at the images on the screen in silence.

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"Number 1, I'm heading towards the target's room. No abnormalities have been detected in the hotel corridor for the time being."

A woman wearing a mask and a pair of cleaning staff was carrying her tools of labor then walking towards the room not far ahead.

"Roger, Number 4, please pay attention to safety, and retreat directly if things get out of hand."

That clear and cold female voice once again resounded in the channel. But this time, no one else ever came out to say more than a few words after she finished speaking. After all, everyone was actually clear in their hearts that this was not the time when they could still be playful just now.

With this push of the door by this sister, it was very likely that she would be saying goodbye to them forever.

Jenny's family's ability to sit at the top of League's police department, and even Interpol, had never relied on a handsome, pretty face.

Rather, it's been that long list of sacrifices each year.

Privileges are all about contributions.

League was still very much a place of fairness.

"Yes, Number 1, Number 4 copy."

Number 4 licked her lips, and without further ado, headed straight for the last room that should be cleaned, Taito's.

On the screen, the conversation between the two Jenny's was put up. Listening to the words of the two, all the people in the room looked solemn.

"Don't worry Ms. Jenny, we won't let a tragedy happen,"

Lance's words were gentle in their gentleness yet firm. It was both comforting to others, but also showed people his decisive determination.

Jenny Qin smiled bitterly and shook her head, "I didn't mean anything else, Champion Lance, and that child has long been ready for sacrifice."

"Being Jenny, a suicide note is always something to always have on hand."

The tone of voice was light and even carried a hint of a pretense of lighthearted teasing.

Rope looked at the image on the screen, his lips pursed slightly, honestly, this was not the first time he felt moved.

Back when he spent time with Professor Oak and the others a few years ago, he knew he couldn't deal with the world in front of him as if it were a game. Everyone he met in it was truly flesh and blood.

It was also only by actually being in this world that he could feel that the game, the manga, and the anime couldn't add up to this complete world. A dojo in the game that takes no more than half an hour to clear from start to finish is basically the equivalent of decades or even centuries of legacy in this world.

Jenny's that just aren't appearances in the anime are also different in reality, rather than superficially talking about cousins, but in reality there's no difference between anything, as in the anime...

Of course, it's undeniable that even in this world, for many people, they still don't have the opportunity to differentiate between the Jenny's.

Because it takes a long time with the Jenny's.

Except for demons like Brock...

But even if you don't spend a lot of time with the Jenny's, you can still tell the difference between the Jenny's in some details.

The game brings a touch that is always different from the real world.

Even if it's all from a limited perspective. The limited world of one's own choosing is naturally different from the limited perspective that is forced upon one.

And just as Rope was rambling, on the screen, the image of the door had been presented.

Jenny looked at the door in front of her and licked her lips.

The cleaning tool gripped in her hand tightened once again, inadvertently squeezing the Pokéball hidden in her wide blouse pocket.

The Pokéball shook gently, as if saying.

[Don't be afraid, I'm here!]

Jenny smiled, in the Pokéball was her partner since childhood, they grew up together, faced dangers and challenges together. Time and time again, they turned danger into safety.

This time must be no different.

She took a deep breath, then knocked on the door.

'Dong, dong, dong.'

"Is mister there? Please open the door, I'll change your toiletries and clean up after you.

Thankfully the service of these hotels is indeed very attentive, all kinds of cleaning services are available, in fact, a simple sentence of room service will be finished.

But the problem is in front of the room in the guy previously is really looking for the front desk said to let people come to him to clean up a bit of health.

It felt as if he couldn't wait for someone to check up on him.

At that time when the plan was formulated, it was also simply set like this. Of course this was only option one. After all, it was the other party that gave the opportunity, so who knew if it would be a trap?

That was why Jenny was nervous.

Room.

Taito slapped his head violently, then muttered in a low voice, "Damn, I forgot about this one, and I don't know if the one who came is here to investigate me."

He then walks towards the main entrance while muttering in a low voice, "I don't even know what you Kanto League guys are hesitating about... I've been acting so obvious, did you guys not notice? Or don't you want to catch it?"

"I really don't know what kind of stuff you guys are afraid of."

It was true that he hadn't really considered the possibility that it was League who hadn't noticed him.

If that was indeed the case, then this League was truly not to be pitched.

If one couldn't even catch a criminal throwing himself into the net, then this League was pretty much ruined.

"Coming, coming!"

Shouting so, he quickly walked towards the front door and then opened it with a smile.

Opening the door, a person wearing the clothes of a cleaning staff, and by the looks of it, he was indeed here to carry out cleaning, appeared in front of Taito.

"Are you planning on making an arrest now?"

Rope asked as he looked at Taito's goofy face that the camera was sending back on the screen.

"No actually still just seeing what happens. This man should already know he's been exposed. It's safe to say he's waiting for us to catch him, but we have our concerns."

Jenny Qin shook her head before speaking.

If Taito had attacked during this reconnaissance, then this reconnaissance operation of theirs would have immediately degenerated into an arrest.

But if not, then a reconnaissance is a reconnaissance.

Because the Indigo Plateau Conference was still going on, and to add insult to injury...

"As I recall, I'm supposed to be playing him in the semifinals tomorrow."

Rope asked, speaking up.

Lorelei nodded, "That's right. In fact, if we're really looking at ratings and stuff, it would be best to put you two favorites to win the title at the absolute end of the tournament to meet."

"But actually when we scheduled Quarterfinal for the last match we had already scheduled Morio, who is second only to you and him in terms of strength, as his opponent."

"But it didn't occur to me that Morio had conceded defeat... but our goal was sort of achieved. He did expose part of his strength."

Rope's mouth twitched a little at that.

"No, is it true that you guys manually assign your matches yourselves?"

"Of course not, it's just that Lance singled him and Morio out after determining that this Taito guy had a ghost before the Quarterfinal, and then the six of you made separate assignments."

Lorelei, who was in charge of this stuff, naturally knew what Rope meant.

She softly said, "Don't worry, Rope, how could I target you? All of your opponents on this journey were assigned by the system!"

Rope: ...

You might as well say that you're deliberately making the matches harder for me!

Isn't that just like saying I'm super unlucky and this death match put on a normal player is a result of my own luck!

Are you polite!!!

Rope's face darkened and he let out a bitter laugh, then stopped talking.

Lorelei didn't know what she had said wrong, and looked at Rope, who was silent all of a sudden, and then at the crowd, who were snickering, and couldn't make sense of it for a moment.

"Okay, Mr. Taito, can I ask if the sheets and stuff need to be changed too?"

Jenny's disguised cleaning staff cleaned Taito's room before opening her mouth to inquire.

"Of course... no need!"

Taito said with a smile on her face before it faltered steeply.

Jenny glanced suspiciously at the quilt, then gave a 'I see' look, then gave Taito a rather contemptuous look.

In Taito's mixed feelings of wanting to explain, but not knowing how to do so, the cleaning staff that Jenny was pretending to be quietly retreated. With an expression of I will definitely keep the secret for the guest, looking at Taito's mood was getting more and more complicated.

Once outside, Jenny let out a sharp breath, then forced herself to walk outside.

When she reached the corner, she opened her mouth and said, "No. 1 No. 1, the target is not acting aggressively, I have safely evacuated, the target's bed should have some kind of important evidence, but I didn't get it."

"Number 4, you are doing the right thing. The evidence is not urgent, keeping yourself safe is most important."

"Alright, you little guys have had a hard night, switch shifts with the others and then get some rest."

Jenny Qin's voice appeared in the channel again.

"Yes!" × n.

And in the conference room, Rope and the others were all relieved.

"It's pretty clear that this guy defected."

Bruno shook his head and spoke.

"No matter what, we'll definitely see the difference after tomorrow's semifinals."

Lance said with a smile on his face once again.

"It's good that nothing happened, it's good that nothing happened."

Katsuya manager wiped her forehead shouting a little slower less frequently.

Granny Agatha looked at the relaxed crowd and shook her head before getting up and saying, "Wifey I'm too old to stay up late compared to you youngsters, I'll go back to bed first."

With that, she got up and left.

"Alright, everyone disperse as well! Things..."

Lance's eyes snapped.

"It'll be over tomorrow."