Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

"Yes."

Kikuko smiled with satisfaction.

Wang Jin's face was gloomy, but he was not too worried.

It's just killing a few pirates. There are still two big pirates in the Triangle Sea. This kind of small matter only affects a small part of the interests of the Sinnoh high-level officials, and it won't hurt anyone or kill anyone. Even if the Sinnoh side gets anxious in the end, at most they will come to ask for some money.

Even if he could run away and leave Sinnoh in the end, the Sinnoh high-level officials would be unable to do anything to him and could only swallow this loss.

But why did Kikuko specifically come up with this kind of thing?

Selling him a favor he doesn't need?

"Of course I'm not here to talk nonsense."

Kikuko lowered her eyes slightly, and her whole face seemed to be shrouded in shadow.

She glanced at Haunter and Gengar playing at the edge of the corridor and said faintly:

"Your Haunter is very talented and well trained... You also have a champion-level Ghost-type Pokémon in you, right? I can sense it."

Wang Jin's expression changed slightly, but he was still confused.

As a veteran ghost king of the Kanto Alliance, Kikuko's true strength is definitely above the champion level, and she should be able to cultivate a master-level ghost Pokémon...

But why did he praise Haunter for no reason? Did Haunter really sneak up on Kikuko when he wasn't paying attention?

Could it be that Kikuko, out of kindness, is teaching me how to breed ghost-attribute Pokémon?

Wang Jin made wild guesses and wasn't sure what Kikuko was thinking.

Kikuko smiled a little grimly and said slowly:

"Wang Jin, be my disciple."

Are you going to accept a disciple now?

Wang Jin was a little confused.

Even if he used his Growlithe brain, he knew that Kikuko definitely had other intentions!

"If you accept me as your master, I can help you solve the problems of the high-level officials in Sinnoh." After Kikuko finished speaking, she paused for a second and then said: "I can also recommend you to Oki Yukinari and let that bitch recommend you to become a doctor this year... As for the rest, I don't need to say more, right?"

Wang Jin thought silently and did not answer.

The Alliance is very strict about granting doctoral degrees, and there are many requirements. Not everyone can become a doctor quickly. Even if he has enough research results, in theory he needs to accumulate them for a few more years and appear more often at the general meeting.

In the eyes of many people, he now has the achievements of a doctorate and will definitely be able to get a doctorate.

But in fact it is still a few years away.

Professor Oak's personal recommendation can undoubtedly shorten this time.

However......

Why is Kikuko so nice to him?

Although his name is Kanto-style, he is a Galar. And his background cannot be said to be a mystery, at least it is unknown to Kikuko.

The conditions Kikuko proposed were more like an exchange of interests than an apprenticeship. It was just that it contained knowledge about the cultivation of ghost-attribute Pokémon, so it was just a name for an apprenticeship.

"That sounds good." Wang Jin smiled.

Kikuko also started laughing.

"So I refuse." Wang Jin replied coldly.

Kikuko's smile froze, but did not fade. She seemed to have anticipated Wang Jin's thoughts and said:

"The price is that I need you to attend the Quartz Conference afterwards."

Quartz Conference?

Wang Jin frowned.

What is the purpose of participating in that kind of baby cup? Is there anything that can help Kikuko?

wrong!

It’s still early in the timeline, the world is not a utopia, and the Quartz Conference is definitely not the baby cup in the animation.

Is it the almost rule-free wild battle tournament in the special episode, or a high-level battle between talented trainers like the King's Festival?

What happens after joining?

Kikuko continued to add slowly and clearly:

"With my recommendation, you can directly enter the top 16 as one of the eight candidates. It doesn't matter what ranking you get. What matters is that you challenge the king after this!"

Challenge the king?

Wang Jin was even more confused.

Challenge the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto?

But first of all, he is a Galar, and secondly, his background is unclear. And doesn't the requirement for challenging the Four Heavenly Kings include winning the tournament?

With his current strength, unless he relies on Emrido to cheat, how can he defeat a veteran champion who may pull out a master-level Pokémon at any time?

"Hehe, I know you have doubts." Kikuko chuckled, "But this is a serious matter. You can go back and take a look and think about it first... You can always contact me with Kona's phone number."

She emphasized the words "take a look" and "think about it".

Wang Jin remained silent.

This may involve some struggles within the alliance. He is not very clear about the situation and cannot guess the other party's true purpose. He feels a bit headache.

But if you refuse, you will never be fooled.

Kikuko did not continue to inquire, but waved her hand and said:

"We'll be docking soon... And, the 300 million Alliance coins. I'll have Kona bring them to you when you go to Kanto to attend the academic conference."

Without waiting for Wang Jin to ask any questions, she called out to Geng Gui at the corner of the corridor:

"Come!"

Gengar, who was playing with the ghost energy hula hoop with Haunter, suddenly shuddered and turned into a black mist and floated back quickly.

Kikuko went straight back to the bedroom and closed the door.

Haunter scratched his butt and followed back to Wang Jin.

Wang Jin stared at it silently for several breaths, and Haunter's eyes were wandering.

"Haunter... tell the truth!" he said faintly.

"Boom, boom?"

Haunter stuck out his red tongue, shook it from side to side, and grinned for a while, trying to evade the question.

Wang Jin frowned slightly and called out:

"Little A!"

A flash of light appeared, and the symbol A appeared on Wang Jin's right shoulder. Its single eye was very serious, and its expression was like that of a judge interrogating a prisoner.

"Tell the truth!" Little A repeated.

Under the threat of the instructor's superpowers and symbol A, Haunter pointed his paws and confessed the whole story.

It was the middle of the night when Haunter suddenly had a dream. He smelled something delicious and his body moved involuntarily... and then, nothing happened.

"My body inexplicably floated into the corridor. When I opened my eyes, I inexplicably saw Gengar eating in the corridor. Then I subconsciously asked for something, and Gengar gave it to me."

Symbol A translated Haunter's words and said angrily:

"Conspiracy, naked conspiracy!"

"Yes."

Wang Jin responded while walking towards the deck.

On the way, Symbol A used his superpowers to check Haunter's body from head to toe, and finally came to the conclusion:

"Hiss~ It seems... it has become much stronger, and its control over its properties seems to have also improved a lot."

Looking at Haunter who was holding his belly and grinning, Little A turned his back and looked at the floor, doubting his life.

It had been tutoring Haunter so carefully one-on-one, so how come it grew so much just by playing with that witch's elf for a while?

It’s not scientific...and it’s not Pokémon!

"I'm glad Haunter is okay." Wang Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought that old woman Kikuko would do something shady and feed Haunter some kind of poison that would take effect every few days, and then use it to threaten him...

Well, he was thinking too much.