Pokémon: Hoenn Storm

Chapter 359 The high-level structure of the alliance (25)

Of course, Lai couldn't waste this rare opportunity. He humbly asked Tie Xuan for advice and compared it with Bernardo's statement.

For this junior whom he was very optimistic about and who was now strong enough to know about this matter, Tie Xuan had no intention of hiding it and informed him of all the historical information retained by the gym.

Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with Bernardo's story. However, in the two big cities of Zijin and Kanaz, which were originally the most expansionist, the conflicts between the wealthy families and the gymnasiums, which are the main body of the force, are quite sharp. .

The two gym leaders have no interest in further developing the mountainous area, but the two wealthy families who made their fortunes based on military exploits and land are as enthusiastic as ever.

Differences in concepts will lead to misaligned actions and intensify conflicts.

The power under the Electric Power Gym has always been unable to contribute on the dividing line between the north and the mountain people. Unless the Murata family and the direct line of the alliance have suffered heavy losses and cannot maintain the line, they will help maintain the front.

Most of the time, Tie Xuan, who is in charge of the Electric Gym, enjoys seeing Murata Yasuji being beaten by Bernardo's reverse attribute. However, due to the face of his fellow alliance members, he will also help when there is a real crisis. One or two.

At this point, he and Bernardo already had some tacit understanding, and the other party rarely made fatal moves. Most of the time, he just walked away after being humiliated.

In the past ten years, Murata Yasuji, who was originally high-spirited and became a king just after turning 35, has become more and more gloomy. He has gradually become irritable in private, and it is even harder to improve his strength.

During this period, the previous generation of the head of the Murata family, the original king of the sky, Murata Retsu also died of old age and illness, and failed to leave a champion-level Pokémon.

The championship is the most critical hurdle in a Pokémon's life.

If an ordinary Pokémon breaks through to the King of Heaven, it can extend its life by three to five years through life transformation. For them except for the insect type, which generally have a life span of several decades, this is not much.

And once you break through to the championship, even the insect-type Pokémon can have a lifespan similar to that of ordinary humans. The other Pokémon can have a lifespan of more than a hundred years. If there are several dragon-type Pokémon with long lifespans, if they are in old age Fighting infrequently can be used as a family heritage for hundreds of years.

Although the Murata family and three other wealthy families have had powerful kings for generations, they have not produced the real Four Heavenly Kings for many years. The reason is that they cannot produce championship-level or pseudo-champion-level Pokémon with an energy level above level 68.

Above the King of Heaven, pure energy accumulation and physical fitness are no longer the decisive factors, and the importance of extraordinary power has become increasingly important.

Extraordinary understanding often requires extremely high levels of early foundation, and cannot be achieved by wealth alone.

After Naqi and Lai got together, among the several Pokémon, Tanabata Bluebird had the best qualifications and had already embarked on the road to transcendence. The six other partners also had their own embryonic forms, but whether they could truly break through, or two explain.

This is the case with the subtle influence of the power of the heart, let alone other Pokémon.

A strong champion above the king of heaven does not exist in today's Hoenn, at least according to Tie Xuan's knowledge, because except for the Tyrannosaurus in Meteor, there are only a handful of other legendary Pokémon. , and a true champion must have a legendary or near-legendary trump card.

"Look at this, we have been exploring the Murata family's information over the years. Of course, they do the same to us. Both sides may know each other better than the other."

A thick stack of papers was taken out of the bag by Tie Xuan, obviously prepared for it.

On the paper, there is a summary of the three generations of geniuses and experts from the Murata family, old, middle and young, as well as the only champion-level Pokémon, Gyarados, who is currently over a hundred years old.

From skill mastery and physical condition to energy accumulation and attribute development that are unclear and can only be vaguely described, it can be seen that the Electric Gym has put in a lot of effort over the years.

Relying on the photographic memory brought about by the power of his heart, Lai quickly flipped through it, wrote them down, and then handed them to Naqi beside him.

Tie Xuan, who had learned Lai's shorthand as early as in Southwest China, didn't take it seriously at all and just asked: "Lai, what else do you want to ask?"

"Master Tie Xuan Pavilion, I also want to know why the four powerful families have been able to stand still? Judging from your information, their strength is not very strong, at least the Murata family should be so."

"I knew you were going to ask this. The reason is very simple. We stick together for warmth and form a fairly large and tight-knit group at the top."

Anticipating Lai's question, Tie Xuan spoke slowly, and the two apprentices wisely withdrew before the topic even started.

Feng Yuan's pattern, which had been faintly presented in front of Lai, became much clearer under Tie Xuan's introduction.

The highest authority in the Hoenn region is the Hoenn Alliance Council.

The structure of the board of directors is very simple. In theory, there should be 16 members. In practice, there are often vacancies.

These 16 people can be divided into three parts: the chairman holds two votes, the Four Heavenly Kings and the champion total five people, and the distribution of the other ten people is as follows:
Send the water people of Shenshan and Liuli City, these two local forces each occupy a director seat.

With their status as founding members of the alliance and their huge influence in the four cities, the four wealthy families each occupy a seat for each generation of family heads.

The militant faction of the alliance's military has won a seat with its maritime conquests from decades ago.Zijin City Electric Power Gym, Nurturers Association, and Devon Company have also relied on their strong strength and huge influence, especially the latter, to suddenly emerge in recent years.

In the early years, the board of directors only had 12 people and votes. The martial arts faction, the Electric Gym, the Breeder Association, and the Devin Company were all newly added seats in recent years.

Today, Hideyuki Iketani, a representative of the martial arts faction, has been missing for nearly half a year and will be declared dead soon, and the director's seat will be taken over by relevant parties.

In the absence of a regional champion, Hoenn's council now has 15 people and votes.

In the future, the Alliance Council may also add one vote from the Coordinator Association and one vote from the People of the Forest to the existing basis to draw together these two forces that have become increasingly powerful in recent years. However, currently, this is only limited to above the imagination.

The Four Great Clans originally had three allies among the Four Heavenly Kings, namely, the ground-type Heavenly King Gat, the ordinary-type Heavenly King Jingzi, and the Grass-type Heavenly King Drizzt. Except for Jingzi who was born in Kanaz City, the other two are from other regions. .

Among these three, only the current Day Two King Gat has a Biting Land Shark that has barely broken through to the championship level. The other two's ace Pokémon have not yet been able to break through, and they are the weakest among the four kings.

Half a month ago, Bonnie's ace Ice Demon Guard, who was the candidate for the Heavenly King, broke through to the championship level. After defeating the three Heavenly Kings in one fell swoop, he was defeated by Genji and took over as the Second King of the Hoenn Region. Drizzt, who was ranked fourth, was deprived of his power. assumed the position of King of Heaven.

Now, this person has returned to his hometown of Galar.

Against this background, the structure of the Alliance Council is also very clear:
The four wealthy tribes, the people of the water, the sent god mountain and the two kings, as well as Hideyuki Iketani, together constitute the conservatives who maintain the alliance's current policy of judging military merit by land and protect the rights and interests of the wealthy tribes and local forces. They have a total of nine votes, more than half of the council. .

Tiexuan, Yuanji and the newly joined Bonnie formed a neutral faction that rarely paid attention to world affairs. The alliance chairman also held this position most of the time, focusing on multi-party coordination.

The only ones who clearly advocated changing the status quo are the president of Dewen Company, Zifuqi Hibiscus, and the chairman of the Breeders Association, Master of Breeding Yuan Xin.

"This is how the rich and local overlords are. This is clear and easy to understand."

Listening to Tie Xuan's introduction, Lai was thoughtful.

"So, if we can seize two heavenly king seats, the situation will be greatly improved?"

"exactly."

Tie Xuan smiled and touched his beard.

"However, I'm afraid your current strength is not enough. Although Nagat is restrained by you in terms of attributes, its strength is truly extraordinary."

"This is natural." Lai admitted frankly that it is not embarrassing to be inferior to others, "but time is always on our side."

"That's right, that's right. This guy has a lot of energy, and he looks a bit like that old guy Yuanji when he was young."

Looking at Lai, who was in high spirits, and Naqi, who was sitting next to him with a matter-of-fact expression, Tie couldn't help but nod.

"But energy alone is not enough. This afternoon, Yuanji called me and asked me to use all my strength to examine your growth in the past few months. How about tomorrow morning?"

"That's what I have in mind, and I would like to ask the Master of the Tiexuan Hall for advice."

"Speaking of which, if I fight against a little guy like you who hides so well, I will bring out my old friends."

"This is natural. I also want to test my strength."

That night, in the name of ensuring safety, the three of them were forced to stay in the gym after being carried out by Tie Xuan, the two elders, Sazha and Yuanji.

Sleeping in the gym's guest room, Lai secretly looked forward to tomorrow's battle with Tie Xuan.

As one of the top three gym leaders in the Fengyuan region, and also a director of the alliance, Tie Xuan is also a battle-hardened king-level powerhouse, and his attributes are incompatible with him.

It is the perfect opponent to train yourself and your friends.

Thinking like this, Lai slowly fell asleep.

Beside him, in the spacious room, several Pokémon were lying or lying down, sleeping together.

(End of this chapter)