Chapter 603 Aether Foundation

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In the meeting room.

Natsu sits behind a table with lots of Poké Balls on it.

This.

Everything was confiscated from the hunters earlier.

Hunters were people who lived with their heads pinned to their belts, and naturally carried all their possessions on their bodies.

This approach is also easier for Natsu.

Not only are their Pokemon here, but also the harvest of the last few days.

Four Poké Balls separated from others.

Here are four quasi-Elite Pokemon from the two contenders.

"Choose two?"

Natsu looked at Joanna.

Even if it's someone else's Pokemon, it's definitely not easy to use.

But if Joanna faced situation like this again, at least she wouldn't be so passive.

Only if Joanna can tame this Pokemon.

In this case.

Joanna always admired Natsu.

Because even though his Pokémon can be seen at a glance that they're being subdued in last stages, they really listen to his commands.

Joanna hesitated a little.

Even though she didn't like this kind of Pokemon, she also suffered a loss today.

In the end, she chose Drapion and Purugly.

These two Pokemon are relatively smaller than the others.

Then Natsu looked at the others, all of them with multiple wounds.

"You seven, choose one from each of you."

Hearing this, the seven people suddenly showed shocked expressions.

While it's impossible for them to choose a quasi-Elite Pokémon like Joanna did, it would be nice to get a Pokémon Gym Leader.

They are all hunters, not for Pokemon.

It's good enough to have a harvest.

"You keep this, deal with what needs to be thrown out, and save the rest." Natsu stood up slowly and said to Joanna.

"en."

"Starting tomorrow, in Malie City's black market, set up a Hunter's Guild branch and start recruiting hunters."

Natsu walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside the window.

He wouldn't trust anyone who came out of the Hunter's Guild.

Instead of reining in those who might betray at any moment, it was better to recruit back sooner.

However.

There are also many people in the Alola Region.

There are also many people who specialize in catching Pokemon to sell.

It's just that they didn't know there was an organization like the Hunter's Guild.

Recruited.

Whether it's releasing missions or gathering intelligence, everything is fine.

He can use these Pokemon as gifts and rewards.

Even though they wouldn't be here long, the Alola Region would open up after a while, opening up some roads early and making future plans more convenient.

"Oke."

Joanna didn't mind.

Through today's battle, she had fully realized Natsu's power.

Also acknowledged his ability to the seat.

Helping him means helping yourself, Joanna always had that voice in her heart.

Possible.

Joanna narrowed her eyes.

Wait until the Alola Region opens, and the Hunter's Guild has the right to speak in this region, who has the final say?

"By the way, there is news regarding the Skul Team and the Aether Foundation which you asked us to contact last time." said Joanna finally.

"You go and contact the Skul Team and pay them to help gather information on the remaining competitors for seats."

Natsu lifted his hat over his head. .

"I will go meet the people from the Aether Foundation."

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The next day.

Natsu takes his Pokémon to Mount Lanakila, the highest mountain in the Alola Region, which is completely covered in snow.

Here would be the headquarters of the Alola Alliance once the Alliance was fully settled.

He wanted to come and see if he could find Alola Ninetales, or Alola Sandslash.

These two Pokemon are more practical.

Alola Nintales was only an enemy of the Dragon Type.

The most important thing is to look good.

Think about it, in the future, when Eevee has evolved, and then got a bunch of Milotic and Alola Ninetales, paired with Togekiss , how many cards are there?

How about declaring an outright champion in a Contest tournament?

This is of course a joke.

When Natsu subdues a Pokémon, the first thing he sees is the compatibility between the Pokémon and himself, the compatibility with the lineup, and then the Pokémon's appearance.

Besides Alola Ninetales, Alola Sandslash is also good.

The combination of Ice-Type and Steel-Type, even though it was beaten by Fighting-Type and Fire-Type, had enough resistance to make up for that shortcoming.

The Characteristic Trait of "Snow Plow", plus the self-learning "Sword Dance", can also become the physical attacker of the Snow team.

He believed that Lorelei and Steven who know this Alola Sandslash will be very interested.

But unfortunately.

He searching, but did not see their form yet.

He only found a few Snorunts.

But he didn't have much desire for these types of Pokemon, and they weren't strong either, so there was no need to catch them.

After appearing, several young child were having fun.

After looking around, he couldn't find anything interesting, and he knew he couldn't force it. Seeing them having fun, he decided to take a break and let them play for a bit.

"Oss!"

Latios picked up a snowball and threw it at Eevee.

"Evvv~~ Eevv!!"

Shaking her body violently, she was unable to shake off all the snow mixed in her thick hair.

Suddenly jerked.

Pointing her butt at Latios, and pretending to be angry.(ˇεˇ)

"Oss?"

Latios stepped forward cautiously at this, Want to see how Eevee is doing

The result.

The Eevee's eyes turned sly with their backs to it.

Facing Latios head on, its hind legs slammed into the ground, making the snow pass as sand, and giving it a "Sand Attack".

Latios, who was drenched in water, blinked.

"Eevvv~~"

Seeing Latios' embarrassing appearance, Eevee laughed until tears fell and rolled on the snow.

"Os!!"

Latios knew that he was being tricked, and instantly became "angry".

I don't know where Latios get inspiration from, so he takes a deep breath and moves toward the Eevee.

A breath of extreme cold came out of his mouth with several ice balls in it.

"Icy Wind?"

Natsu was dumbfounded when he saw this sight.

Didn't expect Latios to be playing around and learning moves?

In fact, Latios himself had no idea.

He just did it subconsciously.

Then use it.

The Eevee rolled a few times on the court.

When she stood up again, her expression was dumbfounded, and her body was covered in a ice.

"Osios~~"

This time, it was Latios' turn to happily spin in a circle.

Not far.

Togekiss brushed the ice ball off her face expressionlessly.

Suddenly.

Latios and Eevee's expressions froze together.

Togekiss eyes fixed on them.(￣-￣)

"Ososs~~"

"Evve~~"

The two Pokemon raised their arms repeatedly and continued to step back.

"Chaaa!!"

Togekiss flapped her wings, rolling up a large mass of snow, moving towards Latios and Eevee.

Two Pokemon saw this.

Suddenly startled.

And run fast.

Finally.

They found supporters.

Snorlax!

With Snorlax's massive body as the city wall, he resisted Togekiss's "baptism" of wind and snow.

It's just that Snorlax is covered in a lot of snow.

Then the three Pokémon start a snowball fight around Snorlax.

As the "War" expands, some Pokémon are "forced" to join their "Battle".

And when Pokémon intervene.

Everything is different.

That's when Bewear comes into play.

Latios gulped quietly, looking at the huge Snowball Bewear was holding, twice the size of Snorlax.

He leaned against the back of the Snorlax.

It was followed by Togekiss and Monferno.

"Eevv~~"

'Wow~~'

Eevee's eyes are full of little stars, and her reaction is a bit slow.

Luckily, Latios quickly pulled her back.

A rare expression appears in Bewear.

Finally

Snorlax, who was buried in the snow and almost turned into a huge snowman, is briefly played.

Natsu saw that a few Pokemon were bored playing, so he clapped and called them back, signaling that it was time to go.

Little kids are enough.

Resummon Pokemon, Natsu leaves the top of Mount Lanakila with Eevee, who is curled up in his arms yawning into sleep.

But after they left.

A snow-white and pure silhouette appeared where they had been playing just now.

Pure blue eyes flashed.

Faintly visible in the snow.

You can vaguely see nine slender tails behind her, flying freely along the wind and snow.

And at her feet, followed by the same white little child.

Glancing at the shadows of Natsu and the others in the distance.

She lowered her head and played with Snowball who was left on the ground, showing a happy smile.

"Vuuull~~" shouted the little child.

But after playing for a while, it didn't seem like much fun playing alone, and she looked up at the distant view.

The bigger Pokemon picked her up, dodged her a few times, and disappeared into the snow.

...

Aether House.

Building complex on the west coast of Ula'ula Island, on the other side of Mount Lanakila.

This is the base of the Aether Foundation on Ula'ula Island.

A large number of Pokemon live in it.

There are many children who love Pokemon, and they love going to the Aether House to play with these Pokemon before they can fulfill Alola's local regulations and become a Trainer.

Of course there are people who are already Trainers and come here to play Pokemon.

Like Acerola.

Natsu came to the door of the Aether House.

He is greeted by a woman in a white coat with a pink sweater, high heels, and pink-rimmed eyes.

Wicke.

One of the executives of the Aether Foundation.

This description.

Some of the information Natsu gave caught the attention of the Aether Foundation.

"You are an intelligence agent from outside Alola, Mr. Yanxia?"

Wicke saw Natsu waiting at the door, and greeted him with a smile.

Wicke is a softly and caring person who treats her subordinates and others without putting airs into her head, and is highly ranked in the Aether Foundation.

The Aether Foundation is one of the few good persons in a seemingly neutral organization.

As for the "intelligence agent".

It's just a name that Natsu came up with.

Because the Alola Region is about to open.

A lot of information about outside region was needed by Alola.

This allows for better and faster integration into the Alliance system.

Though Alliance didn't skimp on this.

But what the Alliance offered was of course only good directional information.

And a lot of bad information about the current Alliance, such as some underground organizations, it is estimated that not much will be disclosed.

How could anyone want to attract others and say they are no good?

And this is just as important to the Aether Foundation, an organization that plays an important role in the Alola Region.

Of course, the Aether Foundation would definitely send people to do their own research.

However, Natsu is confident in some aspects of intelligence.

He knew something that maybe even today's Alliance didn't know.

Natsu thought it was Faba who had come to contact him.

But thinking about those people who are secretly prostitutes and throw themselves into research, Faba, who just wants to get ahead, and won't pay attention to a "nobody" like Natsu.

Smile and shake hands with Wicke.

"Alola."

Hearing this, Wicke was stunned for a moment, then answered with a stiff smile, "Alola."

Wicke led Natsu into leaving.

"It seems Mr. Yanxia has some understanding of our Alola culture."

"hehe - as intelligence, this is a required course."

"Yes." Wicke chuckled softly, covering her mouth.

"I don't know which region Mr. Yanxia is from?" Wicke asked again.

Natsu lifted his hat.

He felt that he should give himself a crutches, which would be more befitting of his current status.

"Sinnoh Region."

Natsu also understood Wicke's question.

After all, in terms of identity, he was a person of unknown origin. If he couldn't answer a few basic questions, there was no need to continue going inside.

"Sinnoh Region? I traveled to the Kanto Region for a bit and heard that there is an organization that is very difficult to deal with, it seems to be called Team Rocket?" Wicke said with a smile.

Natsu's eyes flashed.

It's not surprising that Wicke went to Kanto.

Like Leon from the Galar Region, wasn't he wandering around the Alliance region now?

Aether Foundation As the largest organization in the Alola Region, the Alliance definitely grants it some privileges.

And he knows better.

The Aether Foundation and the Sinnoh Region are inextricably linked.

It could even be that the current head of the foundation, Lusamine's family, were not natives of Alola, most likely from the Sinnoh Region.

Also.

Artificial Pokémon Type-Null created by the Aether Foundation.

Or Silvally.

"AR System" installed.

Much of it was developed based on some materials found in the Canalave Library in Canalave City, Sinnoh Region.

Silvally, who can change its Attributes at will according to the disk loaded, and Arceus, the "creator of the world" who changes its Attributes according to the power of the slate.

No one would believe them if they said it didn't matter.

Moreover.

Silvally is called "Little Arceus".

Maybe by now Type: Null has been created.

This is a testament to the power of the Aether Foundation.

Thinking that the Aether Foundation can't do it is only a small group of people in society who don't understand the difficulty of creating Divine Beasts.

Even if it's based on the original part.

"Yes, Team Rocket is a very powerful organization." Natsu's expression remained unchanged, and his mouth was full of admiration.

"Really? Not sure how it compares to our Aether Foundation?"

"Mrs. Wicke, you are kidding."

Aether Foundation dan Team Rocket?

Is this comparing yourself to an underground organization?

Wicke smiled "I was the one who said the wrong thing."

It seems to talk, but it's not a temptation.

Test if Natsu is a serious agent intelligence.

They, the Aether Foundation, had a different attitude.

Then the two chatted a bit more, seeming relaxed, but they were always on edge topics.

At the end of the Aether Foundation road.

Final.

Wicke finally asks for the message Natsu sent to Joanna.

It was this message that made him knock on the Aether Foundation's door.

"Mr. Yanxia, I don't know what you are saying, 'I have seen the Ultra Beasts, and even people who came out of the Ultra Wormhole', Is that true and reliable?"

Appropriate.

Natsu knows that Lusamine shares a similar love for Pokémon, collecting all kinds of Pokémon.

In the basement of his private house, there are a large number of frozen Pokémon, which are his "collection".

The ultra beast was an existence that Lusamine had chased so far, but had yet to see and gather.

Natsu knew that his words would definitely get Lusamine's attention.

It was also the only effective and fastest way he could think of to approach the Aether Foundation and Lusamine.

Why go near Lusamine?

Near the Aether Foundation?

Because in the Alola Region, the help that the Aether Foundation was able to provide him was incomparable even after the Alliance had settled in the Alola Region for a period of time.

What kind of help?

Bringing the Hunter's Guild to the Alola Region!

He didn't even have a seat now, so he started to consider letting the Hunter's Guild settle down in the Alola Region?

The moment the Alola Region opened up, this was destined to become a place the Hunter's Guild strived for

Because it's impossible for Natsu to just be satisfied with an ordinary chair.

Because he has to face Tom Ritchie in the top seat, he must also have a similar identity.

Since he was in the Alola Region, he saw the possibility of obtaining a lot of resources.

Part of Agatha's mission is also to plan for his future.

Things that are planned beforehand may not work out in the end.

But can't help but try.

Moreover, his current opportunity was the best time.

The current Aether Foundation, the current Lusamine, had not completely blackened yet.

Hearing Wicke, Natsu said with a smile: "I don't know, such a topic, can you let me talk to chief?"

He didn't answer Wicke's question, instead, it was a rhetorical one.

Wicke pursed his lips, thought for a while and said, "Actually, Mr. Yanxia, you are not the first person to provide information like this in these years. But after our investigation, everything went wrong."

Naturally, considering the size and capabilities of the Aether Foundation, there are not a few people who want to try their luck.

As for their results, Wicke didn't say anything, but Natsu thought of something, said with a smile: "Isn't that why Mrs. Wicke accepted me?"

He was the first to examine Lusamine.

Wicke also smiled, nodding.

The ID card is swiped on the device next to the gate.

The high-tech iron door slowly opened.

Inside is an office.

A woman is sitting at the back of the office facing the front door, leaning her head back, and had long golden hair, a very refined, and attractive appearance.

Chief of the Aether Foundation.

Lusamine!

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(end of this chapter)