Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 938, King of Kings Tournament News
Two hundred and fiftieth day since leaving the Orange Islands, night.

As night quietly fell, on the fourth day of their journey to Lilycove City, Yu Hai and Arlong traversed the vast Hoenn region from west to east.

Along the way, the wind howled in their ears and the earth swept past their feet. Finally, on this starry night, they arrived at Water Lily City.

This city is also a coastal city, with the sea breeze carrying a faint salty smell. The streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the city is bustling with activity. A grand competition is also being held here.

It seems that the people of the Hoenn region have a special fondness for the Grand Contests, as they can see this glamorous and exciting event no matter which city they go to.

However, Yu Hai and A Long had no interest in the exciting Grand Tournament; they still needed to find Team Lava's hidden base in Lilycove City.

He pondered for a moment, then entrusted the matter to Ah Long, and pointed Ah Long in the right direction: "Go to the night market, go to places to drink, especially the bars by the sea."

"Those who live near mountains live off the mountains, and those who live near water live off the water. Most of the ordinary members of Team Lava and Team Aqua are just street thugs. It's impossible to expect them to have high moral character."

These people are already quite good if the boss tells them to charge forward without flinching and to be brave and fight.

They must frequent bars and night markets on weekdays. Just keep an eye out for guys in plainclothes loitering around, and you should be able to find clues.

Ah Long nodded slightly, agreeing with his boss's idea. He thought the same thing and quickly replied, "Okay, boss, I'll go right away."

After dinner, Ah Long followed Yu Hai's instructions and plunged into the city's nightlife.

Yu Hai then turned and headed to the hotel to rest. These past few days, he had been flying from the west to the east on a great gull. The long journey had taken its toll, and even though he was strong and healthy, he couldn't help but feel tired.

Fortunately, he has Ah Long, a capable subordinate, who can share these trivial matters, so he doesn't have to work too hard.

He even told Ah Long that they should talk about any news they found tomorrow, and there was no need to rush.

Anyway, we're already in Lilycove City, and Team Magma's base isn't going to grow legs and run away.

Just like that, it was a night without words.

……

The next morning, sunlight streamed gently into the room through the gaps in the curtains.

Ah Long came out of the next room, straightened his clothes, and knocked on Yu Hai's door.

"Tuk tuk tuk..."

"Come in." Yu Hai's voice, just waking up, came from inside the room.

Ah Long pushed open the door, entered the room, gently placed the hotel breakfast on the table, and reported with a slightly tired expression, "Boss, we've found out about Team Lava!"

"So easy?" Yu Hai frowned slightly, his eyes filled with surprise. He really couldn't believe that they had found a clue so quickly.

He couldn't help but wonder, the League has been relentlessly pursuing Team Magma and Team Ocean. It was so easy to find Team Magma, so why hasn't the League been able to take them down in one fell swoop?
“Boss, those guys didn’t try to hide it.” Ah Long explained to Yu Hai slowly while eating breakfast. He put down his cutlery, wiped his mouth, and continued, “Last night, as soon as I arrived at the bar, I saw them causing a ruckus inside. It was an easy encounter.”

“However, their base isn’t in Waterloo City.” Aaron picked up his utensils again, took another bite of food, and continued, “There’s a supply depot here. Only when they’re transporting supplies do some of them come back here to drink and rest…”

"So you mean a maritime base?" Yu Hai stroked his chin thoughtfully. He knew very well that these two underground organizations not only possessed ships, but also submarines.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh softly. He guessed that this was the reason why the alliance had never been able to catch them. Even if the alliance caught some small fry responsible for supplying materials, it would be of no use.

“Yes.” Ah Long swallowed the food in his mouth, took a sip of water, and continued, “The ships transporting supplies were just ordinary ships, and they didn’t identify themselves.”

"However, these guys are very domineering, and Team Ocean and Team Lava are two groups that don't get along and often have conflicts. Those who are familiar with the bar can basically tell that they are peripheral members of these two organizations..."

“The peripheral members probably don’t have access to the core secrets.” Yu Hai lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked up at A Long and instructed, “Your next task is to continue monitoring them, find out who is contacting them, and remember to use a tracker.”

He originally thought that after discovering the secret base, he would disguise himself and infiltrate Team Lava.

But the other side wasn't stupid either. These peripheral members were only responsible for preparing supplies. The transportation of supplies would most likely rely on submarines. Once they dived into the deep sea, the signal would be blocked, making them impossible to track and thus unable to find the ships on the surface.

After much deliberation, they could only send a Pokémon to track Groudon down and sneak over to find an opportunity to steal Groudon's body fragments.

"Okay, boss." Ah Long finished reporting the results of last night's investigation and had just finished his breakfast.

He stood up, straightened his clothes, nodded slightly to Yu Hai, and left the room with the trash, preparing to continue to the port bar to keep an eye on the group of people, while sending elves to monitor their supply warehouse.

After Alon left, Yu Hai opened the morning window, letting the sunlight stream into the hotel room. He prepared to release the Pokémon for breakfast. Looking at the lively Pokémon, a smile appeared on his face. He then ate his breakfast as well, as he was heading to the Pokémon Center.

After finishing breakfast, he straightened his clothes and prepared to head to the Pokémon Center, pondering his next move.

He planned to send Salamence to the Shagan Gym. As the local power in the Orange Islands, the Shagan Gym must have some unknown businesses, otherwise, how could that Elite Four-level Tentacruel have been so easily digested last time?

This Salamence is male and has excellent genes; it would be a shame if it didn't incubate the eggs with a female Salamence...

This includes pseudo-legendary dragon-type dragons such as Dragonite, Garchomp, Hydreigon, Kommo-o, Goodra, and Salamence's own kind, all of which can hatch eggs.

Other common Dragon-type Pokémon, such as Kingdra, Flygon, Haxorus, Altaria, and pseudo-Dragon-type Pokémon like Gyarados, Milotic, and Charizard, can also be hatched into eggs.

However, he felt that Salamence, as a pseudo-legendary Dragon-type Pokémon, shouldn't just hatch eggs with pseudo-dragons.
That would be a complete waste of Salamence's excellent genes, a terrible disservice. Only by breeding it with a pseudo-legendary Dragon-type can the benefits be maximized.

Dragonite, Garchomp, and other members of the Salamence family are relatively easy to obtain in the area near the Orange Islands.

He had secretly thought that if he could breed this Salamence, he could at least get a dragon-type pseudo-legendary cub from among the three dragon-type pseudo-legendary creatures.

He already has Dragonite, so getting a Salamence or Garchomp would be the icing on the cake for his Pokémon team. He doesn't lack main Pokémon right now.

As for ordinary Dragon-type Pokémon, there's absolutely no need to breed them with Salamence, and other pseudo-Dragon-type Pokémon are even less worth mentioning.

Pokémon like Charizard, which I didn't have the chance to obtain before for various reasons, are no longer necessary to catch now.

If it were a pseudo-legendary Pokémon, he might reluctantly consider capturing and training it. But if it were an ordinary Pokémon, he felt that he already had enough of his main Pokémon and simply didn't have the energy to train any more.

He stood in front of the screen at the Pokémon Center, tapped the video call button, and with a soft electronic sound, the image on the screen gradually became clear. It was Atsumi's mother who answered the phone.

When Dunmei's mother saw Yu Hai appear on the screen, she paused slightly, a look of surprise on her face, and asked, "Is that Xiao Hai? Is there something you need?"

"It's like this, I want to talk to the owner." Yu Hai said with a smile and a calm tone. He could only discuss this with Dunmei's father, since it involved those shady industries, and it would be difficult for others to get in touch with him.

"Okay, wait a moment." Dunmei's mother responded with a smile, without hanging up the video call. She reached for another mobile phone and dialed her husband's number; only the dial tone echoed in the hallway. The call was quickly connected.

Dunmei's mother held the phone close to her ear and whispered a few words.

Almost instantly after the call ended, a strange blue light flashed, and Dunmei's father appeared next to the video caller with Daddy.

When Dunmei's father saw Yu Hai on the screen, a familiar smile appeared on his face. He asked with a smile, "Oh, it's Yu Hai. What's up?"

"Here's the thing, I want to teleport a Pokémon over." Yu Hai said, gently placing Salamence on the teleporter. He operated the teleporter and started the teleportation process. Under the effect of the teleporter, Salamence's Poké Ball disappeared in a flash.

When the Salamence's Poké Ball appeared at the Shagan Gym, and Dunmei's father saw it, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaim, "Xiaohai, where did you get a Salamence?"

"Master, I'll explain this later." Yu Hai lowered his voice slightly, covered the microphone with his hand, and leaned forward slightly, afraid of being overheard, as he whispered his thoughts to the other party.

"Oh, I see. It's not impossible." Dunmei's father stroked his chin, lost in thought for a moment.

Letting a Pokémon hatch an egg is very taxing on its body and will also affect its combat power. Under normal circumstances, no trainer would do this easily, unless it is someone else's Pokémon.

He glanced at the Salamence in his hand and secretly thought: This Salamence happens to belong to someone else, so I'll just leave it be.

Try to breed more good baby dragons from Salamence, then Xiaomei, Ada, and Xiaohai can each get a pseudo-legendary dragon-type dragon, which would be a win-win situation for everyone.

Excellent breeding pigs are hard to find, but laying female dragons are relatively easy to find. If the female dragon has good talent, that would be even better; even if the female dragon's talent is average, as long as the father's dragon bloodline is strong enough, she can still breed a good dragon-type Pokémon.

"Gym Leader, you can arrange it as you see fit. I'm fine with anything." Yu Hai nodded slightly, looking relaxed. He didn't care what kind of Pokémon hatched. Anyway, the Gym Leader would definitely not treat his own people unfairly. He could always choose a satisfactory baby dragon based on the proficiency panel.

"Alright, you can choose first then." Dunmei's father understood Yu Hai's idea. This time, they were the ones providing the breeding pigs, so according to custom, they would naturally choose first, and the rest would be distributed to the other participants. If there were any dragon babies that no one wanted in the end, they could be sold.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now," Yu Hai said, raising his hand to press the hang-up button.

Just then, Dunmei's father hurriedly spoke up, stopping him, "Wait..."

"The King of Fighters tournament is about to start. If you hadn't called, I would have called you myself," Dunmei's father said, looking Yu Hai up and down again.

I hadn't seen him for more than half a year, and he was noticeably tanned. He also looked a bit tired from his journey, but he seemed to be in good spirits.

"What? It's about to start?" Yu Hai was slightly taken aback, then silently calculated the time in his mind.

It's been almost ten months since he left. Time really flies. It feels like just yesterday that the King of Fighters tournament was about to begin.

"Yes, come back as soon as possible." Dunmei's father earnestly instructed Yuhai, his eyes filled with concern, afraid that Yuhai would forget this important match time.

"Okay, Master, I'll be back as soon as I'm done here." Yu Hai's tone gradually became more urgent; he didn't have much time left.

It seems that after stealing the last non-flying fragment, they need to leave the Hoenn region as soon as possible and return to the Orange Islands to participate in the Elite Four tournament.

After hanging up the phone, he hurried back to the hotel, walked to his desk, and the chair made a soft creaking sound as he moved it. He slowly sat down, took out his notebook from his backpack, spread it out on the table, and prepared to make some plans.

He lowered his head slightly, his gaze falling on the notebook, and muttered to himself, "Currently, the number of Water-type Pokémon that have broken through to the Elite Four level is..."

"Poliwrath, Kingler, Gyarados, Slowking, that's all four of them." Yu Hai said, lightly tapping the corresponding names on his notebook with his finger, then continued writing, "And there's Ludicolo, Swampert, Starmie, Blastoise, who's currently breaking through..."

Thinking of Lucky Duck and Starmie, his eyes filled with anticipation. "Lucky Duck and Starmie are both close to breaking through to the Elite Four level. Lucky Duck was almost breaking through when I brought him back last time. I hope he can break through after I go back!"

His fingers tapped lightly on the table as he silently prayed that these Pokémon would break through at the crucial moment and help him achieve good results in the Elite Four tournament.

Then, his gaze fell on the notebook, staring at the name of the gem starfish, flipping through the pages and muttering to himself, "It's been more than seven months since the gem starfish got the Uranus-level ruby."

He mentally estimated the time, "It's only one or two months until the breakthrough, I should be able to make it."

"Swamp and Blastoise..." Yu Hai shook his head slightly, his words tinged with helplessness, "The breakthrough time for these two Pokémon is unknown, there's absolutely no hope, it's practically a long way off. The only thing that can accelerate their breakthrough is two Mega Stones that can make them Mega Evolve."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but recall the scene of trying out the Mega Stone with two Pokémon before. After watching Lucario Mega Evolve several times, his Mega Evolution with these Pokémon went very smoothly.

However, even with the energy acceleration of the super stone, their breakthrough was still elusive, and they had no idea how long it would take to successfully break through.

"Fortunately, the lineup of six Water-type Elite Four level Pokémon is barely complete." Yu Hai breathed a slight sigh of relief, a smile of satisfaction on his face. "Once Ludicolo and Starmie break through, we'll truly have a full six Water-type Pokémon."

Then he sighed heavily, with regret in his heart: "The time was still too short. If only we had more time to break through, but unfortunately time waits for no one."

In the same amount of time, trainers who have already surpassed the Elite Four level will only continue to make their Pokémon stronger.

In comparison, the difference in strength between these newly promoted Elite Four Pokémon is quite significant.

He slowly put down his notebook, leaned back in his chair, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he sat up abruptly and muttered, "The Great White Jewel is the only item left that can help Swampert and Blastoise quickly break through to the Elite Four level."

However, as soon as this thought crossed his mind, a new worry welled up in his heart: "Even if they can quickly break through to the Heavenly King level with the help of the Great White Jade fragments, their subsequent growth will still require a lot of time..."

The difference between a seasoned superstar and a newcomer is enormous, and does he... have that much time to let the little ones grow up?
The answer was clearly no; he shook his head with a helpless, bitter smile…

What else can be done now?
The only option is to make it cold!
He didn't know how to fight a match with a group of Pokémon that had just reached the Elite Four level, against veteran Elite Four Pokémon that had been at the level for a long time.

"Especially for the older contestants," Yu Hai frowned, feeling somewhat worried. These younger contestants had been exposed to Pokémon for a longer time, and they were really at a disadvantage in this kind of competition!

Helpless, he sighed heavily again, reached out and closed the notebook, carefully putting it into his backpack.

He stood up, straightened his clothes, and led the elves out of the room and into the hotel lobby.

The hotel lobby was bustling with people, and the front desk staff greeted each guest with smiles and warmth.

He walked to the front desk and asked softly, "Hello, I'd like to book a training room."

The receptionist quickly completed the formalities and handed Yu Hai the key to the training room.

Yu Hai took the key and headed towards the training room. He thought to himself: If my strength isn't enough, I can only make up for the gap with skill. I'll definitely give it my all in the Elite Four tournament with the Pokémon...

To strive for a wealthy and prosperous future...

(End of this chapter)