Even if Lila said Shigeru had led the Four Heavenly Kings to raid the Rocket Team, and they were forced to disband, he could accept that.
But a Trainer who nobody had even heard of, leading 15 Legendary Pokémon to dissolve the Rocket Team? Who could believe that!
"Wait a second—" Handsome Guy's expression suddenly tightened. Lugia? The Three Divine Birds? The Phoenix Guard's Three Sacred Beasts? Fang Yuan?
Wasn't the name Fang Yuan mentioned in the Orange Archipelago event?
The Trainer who recklessly rode Ho-Oh and was then disliked and abandoned by it?
Moreover, the Legendary Pokémon mentioned by Lila, weren't they all connected to the Orange Archipelago event?
Handsome Guy's expression grew stern, and he immediately abandoned his current mission, deciding to start investigating this matter.
"Contact Shigeru and see..."
Handsome Guy had cooperated with the Champion of Quartz Plateau several times before. Although they weren't from the same system, both were Trainers who despised evil, and they had a fairly good relationship.
As far as Handsome Guy knew, Shigeru had also been investigating the Orange Archipelago incident in Kanto. Maybe he knew something.
Right now, the most critical thing was to confirm the truth of this matter.
......
Quartz Plateau.
Inside a meeting room.
After a meeting, Shigeru and Konoha gathered together once again.
The two had nearly been driven to their wits' end dealing with the Orange Archipelago, Gil Ruth, Rocket Team, and Fang Yuan over the past couple of days.
Now, many factions within the Alliance had concluded that Fang Yuan had obtained the key energy source for Gil Ruth's airship.
This dangerous weapon couldn't be allowed in the hands of a Trainer by the Alliance, and with Fang Yuan having "fled in fear of his crimes" and gone missing, if it were not for the support of the academic faction led by Dr. Oak, and both Shigeru and Konoha not regarding Fang Yuan as a bad person, Fang Yuan would have nearly become an Alliance's wanted criminal.
At the same time, over these two days, with regard to the most crucial information about the Rocket Team, Shigeru and Konoha had hardly uncovered anything... It could be said that they were at a disadvantage at every turn.
"Assuming that some people and the Rocket Team both want to compete for the technological data on the airship that can capture Legendary Pokémon, which Fang Yuan possesses, then currently, Fang Yuan himself is in the most danger... After all, whether it's official forces or underground ones, they could all potentially be investigating his whereabouts."
"Maybe that's why he's gone into hiding." Konoha said.
Shigeru: "I would prefer that he contact me. It was Fang Yuan who informed me about the Gil Ruth incident, which enabled me to swiftly take action. I don't believe what Gil Ruth said, Fang Yuan is certainly not a petty thief Trainer; he has a strong sense of justice, I can feel it."
"If he were that kind of person, he wouldn't have informed me. He should be just like me..."
In Shigeru's heart, Fang Yuan was also someone who despised evil, there was absolutely no way he would steal the airship's energy core.
It must be Rocket Team and Gil Ruth slandering Fang Yuan, perhaps the airship data was reclaimed by the Rocket Team themselves, intending to use Fang Yuan as a scapegoat.
Shigeru had seen through it, sadly... Even if he was willing to help Fang Yuan, but with Fang Yuan stubbornly not appearing, it was hard for Shigeru not to doubt that something unfortunate might have happened to Fang Yuan. After being framed by the Rocket Team, he might have been confined somewhere.
Indeed, that was a possibility, but Fang Yuan was not weak. Even the Rocket Team would not find it easy to capture him." Konoha responded seriously after listening to Shigeru's conjecture.
Certainly, there were some changes that the two of them didn't know about.
At that moment...
A communication interrupted their conversation.
Looking puzzled at the caller ID, Shigeru saw, Handsome Mister?
Since there were no outsiders in the room, Shigeru connected directly.
"Handsome Mister, what brings you to call?" Shigeru asked.
Handsome Guy: "Shigeru, I wanted to consult about Rocket Team information with you. You're in Kanto, so you should have received the information before me."
Shigeru: "What are you referring to?"
Handsome Guy: "Did Giovanni really announce the disbanding of Rocket Team?"
Shigeru: "???"
Shigeru: "What?? When did this happen, where did you hear about this, why don't I know about it?"
Handsome Guy: "..."
Handsome Guy: "It came from one of my operatives who's undercover in Rocket Team, a report they sent back."
"She said that a Trainer named Fang Yuan attacked the Rocket Team base, defeated Giovanni and all the executives, and single-handedly took down Rocket Team..."
If that's true, they all need to act quickly, there must be a joint operation!
Bang.
Doo-doo-doo...
Shigeru accidentally dropped the communicator, completely flabbergasted.
Handsome Mister, are you messing with me???
Konoha looked at Shigeru, bewildered: "Shigeru, what's wrong?"
Shigeru: "It's the international police Handsome Guy, he... he says, the missing Fang Yuan, found the Rocket Team base all by himself, defeated Giovanni, and dissolved Rocket Team, and now, Rocket Team has already announced their disbandment."
Konoha: ???
Shigeru: ???
...
Rocket Team had indeed disbanded.
However, the ones that disbanded were the inherently dark Rocket Team.
In any case, Rocket Team still had plenty of illegal records, such as poaching and illegal Pokémon trading, and these dark aspects had to be cleansed no matter what.
It was only after the cleansing and reorganization that the Rocket Team became Fang Yuan's envisioned Rainbow Rocket Team.
Fang Yuan could hardly wait to see the reformed Rainbow Rocket Team led by himself and Mewtwo take on evil organizations like the Magma Team, Ocean Team, Plasma Team, and so on.
"Aaah, that's refreshing—"
After thrashing Rocket Team with Legendary Elf Blood, Fang Yuan had returned to the Orange Archipelago, and had sent back the Three Divine Birds, Dark Lugia, and other Pokémon.
It was only at this point that Fang Yuan realized he had accumulated a pile of messages.
Because he had been busy dismantling Rocket Team, he had turned off his phone, and hadn't had the time to check and respond to the multitude of calls and messages from Shigeru, Konoha, Dr. Oak, Hirona, Xiaozhi, and others.
"What's this, even that guy Mikkeli left a message." Fang Yuan opened Mikkeli's message first.
How had he gotten his contact information?
Did Xiaozhi or Konoha give it to him?
Mikkeli: "Mr. Fang Yuan, please allow me to properly introduce myself, I am Mikkeli from the Glass Gym, the Museum Owner. Regarding the matter in the Orange Archipelago... Your joint battle with the Pokémon was simply magnificent, and I'm still excited remembering it after our parting. Therefore, please allow me the cheeky request to invite you to visit the Glass Gym and have a friendly Pokémon exchange with Mr. Fang Yuan————Mikkeli."
A selfie was also attached, in case Fang Yuan mistaken him for someone else.
No way!
With a face full of black lines, Fang Yuan closed the message, thinking it was all so gay, why did I even open this, exchanges, not interested... Eh, wait a second?
Mikkeli's Milotic seemed pretty strong &
Fang Yuan had seen it with his own eyes, and even felt it was a lot more formidable than his own Milotic, a true Higher Guardian God.
Among the Champion Level power, it was part of the stronger group.
Having an exchange between his Milotic and the other's wasn't out of the question, and he could also learn how to better develop in the Grand Festival... Well, he had to go to Hoenn for the Tablet anyway...
Only, the other's Milotic seemed to be male? And so handsome! Sending his own Milotic to interact with the other, wouldn't the foolish Dragon get jealous...
"Hmm... I wonder if jealousy can increase Dark Power, and then by surpassing Mikkeli's Milotic in strength..."
Knowing how to increase Dark Power, Fang Yuan couldn't wait to extend his devilish claws towards the Dragonite; that fellow had a promising future.