Tyranitar and Kammo-o

"Yuga, tell me the truth. Is the production of the Innovation Potion more than what you've said?" Professor Oak looked at Yuga with a knowing expression.

Yuga: ...

"Professor, what are you saying? I'm telling the truth! I wouldn't dare to deceive you." Yuga responded nervously.

"Really? Is the production of the Innovation Potion more than that?"

"If there's more, just share it with us, no need to conceal it."

...

Listening to Professor Oak's words, the League representatives present began discussing discontentedly.

Clap, clap, clap!

"Quiet!" Professor Oak forcefully tapped the table, silencing the room.

"Yuga, you need not hide from me. Your master has shared some things with me. Don't worry, we're not thieves; we won't let you lose out.

Here's the deal: the allocations to each region will remain unchanged. I have no issue with the portion for our Headquarters, but I propose a different trade with you on behalf of the Headquarters."

Yuga: ...Never expected my master to play me like this.

"Uh... I wonder what the alternative trade that the Professor mentioned is..."

Upon Yuga's response, Professor Oak smiled and looked at Karen. After her nod, he stood up and said, "Here's the deal: on behalf of the League Headquarters, we propose exchanging fifteen Larvitar, eight Pupitar, and a pair of Tyranitar each month for a portion of 500 bottles of the Innovation Potion."

Upon Karen's words, not only was Yuga astonished by the Headquarters' boldness, but everyone present was also taken aback.

Fifteen Larvitar, eight Pupitar, along with a pair of Tyranitar, that's a total of twenty-five pseudo-legendary Pokémon. Only the League Headquarters could make such an extravagant offer!

"Great, great! I knew why your Headquarters so easily relented; It's turns out, there's a plan! Are you taking advantage of us as the other branches can't produce this many pseudo-legendary Pokémon?!"

Mr. Alder immediately stood up with a loud voice, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the Headquarters' unfair behavior, saying what others dared not.

Indeed, among all regions, only the Headquarters could offer such large number of pseudo-legendary Pokémon because the Headquarters controlled the largest habitat of Tyranitar, Pupitar, and Larvitar—Mt. Silver.

Mt. Silver was home to numerous Larvitar, Pupitar, and Tyranitar, and the League strictly regulated the entire mountain. Each year, many forest rangers worked within Mt. Silver, ensuring no outsiders would ever encroach on it.

Countless Pokémon poachers had attempted to set their sights on Mt. Silver over the years, but all were driven away.

Why was the League Headquarters the headquarters? Mt. Silver was one of its greatest assets.

Despite the famous Dragon Tamers clan who breeding Dragonite and the Village of Dragons raising Hydreigon, when compared to the League's Mt. Silver, they paled in significance.

After Mr. Alder's complaint, Professor Oak rolled his eyes and calmly stated, "Is there a problem? We at the Headquarters are reasonable and won't make things difficult for a younger generation. Alongside the fixed allocation, we're suggesting a mutually beneficial trade. What's wrong with that?"

Mr. Alder was rendered speechless for a moment, realizing indeed there wasn't much wrong.

"You're exploiting the situation. I know exactly what you're up to. Twenty-five pseudo-legendary might seem impressive, but you've secured a constant supply of the Innovation Potion. You're really cunning, aren't you? Did your Mt. Silver's Tyranitar nest get emptied by you? You're so generous!"

Mr. Alder banged the table, appearing extremely angry, almost directly scolding Professor Oak.

Certainly, twenty-five pseudo-legendary were a big offer, but compared to a constant supply of green potential Pokémon, they seemed less noteworthy.

Pseudo-legendary Pokémon, no matter how good, were limited in number and in their breeding cost, making them impossible to widely distribute. To truly strengthen the League, a large number of common Pokémon was the way forward.

Mr. Alder and Professor Oak were from the same generations. Even though Mr. Alder didn't fare as well as Professor Oak, he had contributed significantly to the League, hence he could speak without restraint.

The other representatives looked at each other, not knowing how to intervene in this senior argument. As juniors, they had no place in this senior dispute.

Professor Oak didn't take Mr. Alder's words seriously and continued provoking him, "Whether we've emptied Mt. Silver or not, if the Unova Leagues has the capability, why don't they do the same? We didn't hindered you to make the dame trade as us." Was it possible to empty Mt. Silver? Clearly not, after years of conservation, there had to be some reserves.

"You... you..." Mr. Alder pointed at Professor Oak, his voice trembling. He was clearly very angry. If they had the conditions, why would he be saying all this!

At this moment, Mr. Drayden pulled Mr. Alder's sleeve, signaling him to calm down.

Among all the representatives present, only Mr. Drayden was of a similar generation to both Professor Oak and Mr. Alder.

Mr. Alder was very respecting to his old friends, so he sat back down, still fuming, refusing to look at Professor Oak.

Of course, Professor Oak paid no heed to Mr. Alder's reaction.

"Professor Oak, while the branches and Headquarters have always been closely linked, isn't this move a bit unfavorable?" Kalos representative Diantha stood up with a concerned expression. Her tone was gentle, not aggressive.

"Miss Diantha, what you said isn't entirely correct. While the branches and Headquarters are closely linked, if the branches want to develop, they must rely on their independence and self-sufficiency. How can they always depend on the Headquarters for support?" Karen countered.

Diantha: ...That's what I meant by "independence," "self-sufficiency," "support," and such... It's a bit too much, isn't it...

However, Diantha wasn't thick-skinned and unwilling to be the leader among other Leagues, so she sat back down.

"The people from the Headquarters are quite temperamental. Diantha is a Champion of Kalos region, but some people can spoken to her without any etiquette," defended her companion, Malva, who was visibly unhappy with Lorelei, followed by a stern rebuke.

The representative from the Sinnoh region, Aaron, wanted to say something but was halted by Cynthia.

Yuga watched the ongoing arguments below but had no intention to stop them. In the end, they were all fighting for their Leagues' maximum benefits. Despite the current dispute resembling a cockfight, who know how good their relationships behind the scenes is?

Moreover, he found the deal proposed by Professor Oak very tempting.

Similar to Mr. Alder's words, Yuga did seem to be at a disadvantage in this deal. However, he didn't want to nitpick. The fact that providing an allocation of the Innovation Potion for the League would bring corresponding accolades was noteworthy. Besides, the allure of pseudo-legendary Pokémon itself was enough.

Yuga needed the corresponding breeding Pokémon to develop more pseudo-legendary.

Though interested in the conditions offered by the League Headquarters, Yuga couldn't make an immediate decision. He had to consider the sentiments of the other League branches. Thus, the meeting adjourned halfway through.

After the meeting, the League representatives didn't depart immediately but temporarily stayed in the Verdanturf Town.

The discussions needed to continue as the matter of the Innovation Potion was crucial, significantly impacting the League's future development. Hence, no one dared to be negligent.

Following the initial discussion, a representative sent by Minister Yagi approached Yuga and informed him that the journalist who made the inappropriate remarks during the conference had disappeared.

Given the context of the conference organized by the League, the journalists present were expected to show respect, so Minister Yagi suspected something amiss and had someone follow them right after the event.

Surprisingly, the journalist vanished when their monitor briefly lost sight of them and couldn't be found despite thorough searches.

The media invited to the conference had been prearranged by the Ministry of commerce, making it easy to identify each journalist's affiliation.

The journalist who made inappropriate remarks bore the logo of a particular newspaper on their clothing, and Minister Yagi contacted the newspaper for an inquiry. However, the newspaper denied sending any reporter by that description.

It was evident someone was impersonating the missing journalist. Where did the original reporter from the newspaper go?

With the disappearance of the person, Minister Yagi had to hand over the follow-up investigation to the police.

After hearing the report from the staff sent by Minister Yagi, Yuga dispatched his Day Care's patrolling Pokémon to locate the journalist. However, their efforts bore no fruit, and that fake journalist had likely already left Verdanturf Town.

Three days later, the authorities discovered the body of a journalist from the news agency in an abandoned warehouse in Verdanturf Town. But that's another story, as on the second day of the initial discussion meeting, representatives from the Alola region arrived.

The Alola representatives were none other than the renowned Pokémon Professor Kukui and the Headmaster of the Pokémon School, Samson Oak.

Professor Kukui was highly regarded by the League Headquarters and played a crucial role in establishing the Alola branch of the Pokémon League.

Headmaster Samson Oak was the paternal cousin of Professor Oak and had long been established in the Alola region. He also an expert in Pokémon regional forms.

The Pokémon's regional forms is a prevalent phenomenon in the Alola region, such as Dark and Normal-type Rattata and Raticate, Raichu with Electric and Psychic-type, Ice and Steel-type Sandshrew and Sandslash, Diglet and Dugtrio with Ground and Steel-type... are everywhere, and Samson Oak is the most authoritative expert in this field.

The Alola region representatives arrived later than those from other League branchs due to their area not having an established branch yet, and the fact that their journey from the Alola region to Hoenn region was quiet far away.

The infrastructure in the Alola region was relatively underdeveloped, including transportation. Although the League had commissioned the Aether Foundation to expedite the region's development, the scale of the project meant visible progress would take time.

Upon their arrival in Verdanturf Town, the second round of discussions commenced.

The arrival of the Alola representatives led Mr. Alder and others to believe they had received reinforcements and anticipated Alola's support in opposing the Headquarters' "bribery" of Yuga. However, to their surprise, the Alola representatives had similar intentions with the Headquarters.

"We, from Alola, intend to exchange an additional allocation of 200 bottles of Innovation Potion monthly, using ten Jangmo-o and a pair of Kammo-o," announced Professor Kukui awkwardly to the gathering.

"You...you...you're bullying us!" Mr. Alder nearly shouted himself hoarse. "You actually switched sides."

The Alola region presenting a large number of Jangmo-o and Kammo-o caught the other League representatives off guard.

Professor Kukui: "...In Alola, we discovered the habitat of a Kommo-o a long time ago, but kept it under wraps, hoping to use it as a trump card for the new Alola League. Unfortunately, plans changed, and now we can only present the Jangmo-o and Kommo-o for more benefits."

"Why are we bullying you? If you can't produce something, why do you forbid us from doing so? What kind of logic is that?" Headmaster Samson Oak expressed his discontent with Alder's behavior.

Alder angrily pointed at Headmaster Samson Oak, "I see it now, you two brothers are cut from the same cloth, both deceitful!"

Seeing Alder losing his composure, Mr. Drayden quickly ushered him to sit down, whispering, "Calm down a bit, don't get so worked up."

As Alder sat down, Headmaster Samson Oak stated, "Alder, you're not young anymore. Its seems these years of idleness have made your temper even worse. It's better to take things easy usually, or you might end up in a bad state due to stress."

(╯‵′)╯Alder.

Before Alder could erupt, Professor Oak immediately intervened to lighten the mood, "Alright, alright, let's not provoke each other, Samson Oak, say a little less. Alder, don't get so worked up, notice how the younger people are quiet; you should learn from them more."

Alder, growing increasingly infuriated: "Are you sure you're not biased?"

Other representatives: We wanted to speak but found it hard, after all, you are all older than us.

In the end, the other League representatives couldn't overpower the Headquarters due to Alola's alignment, and the matter was settled quickly.

However, Yuga didn't fully comply with the terms proposed by the Headquarters and Alola. The Headquarters needed to keep the quantity of Larvitar, Pupitar, and Tyranitar still the same, while Yuga's supply dropped from 500 to 300.

Although Yuga could indeed provide the 500 bottle quantity, they didn't want to give the Headquarters too much leeway and provided some reassurance to the other League branchs.

Alola followed suit, keeping the quantity of Jangmo-o and Kommo-o still the same but decreasing the allocation of Innovation Potion from 200 to 100 bottles.