Pokémon: The Climb

The time has not yet reached 8 o'clock, and the hall is almost full of people.

The number was much higher than at the dinner party.

It was obvious that all but the necessary stay-at-home personnel were here.

Kashima put on black clothes and walked toward the front of the hall with a sad expression.

"Everyone, we encountered a big battle yesterday. A group of powerful Chubby and Gyarados attacked our ship. Although we won in the end, many people's Pokémon also died because of this. We Thank you for their hard work and respect their sacrifice!"

"Now, please, everyone in the audience, please join me in observing three minutes of silence for them!"

After saying that, Kashima turned around and bowed his head in silence before the Pokémon urns.

The others behind him also followed closely.

Three minutes later, Kashima turned around and everyone looked up.

In fact, what Yang Yan and the others didn't know was that this kind of memorial behavior would be carried out by the alliance after basically every war.

You can understand the purpose without having to explain it.

It's nothing more than emphasizing the bond between people and Pokémon, and using this method to win the hearts of those below.

Later, Kashima said a lot of condolences, and even accidentally mentioned some of the wars that had happened before.

Yang Yan had to admit that Kashima was worthy of being from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under his words, he almost managed the atmosphere of the hall and the mood of everyone just right.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Kashima finally turned to the next topic.

That's where these Pokémon came from.

Kashima's words were almost entirely blamed on the Chengdu Alliance for this war, accusing them of not discovering in time that such a powerful ethnic group had arrived in the waters under their jurisdiction.

They just didn't send someone to deal with it, and they didn't alert the passing ships. This was obviously a mistake on their part.

Kashima said that he would seek justice from the Chengdu League for them.

After hearing what Kashima said, many people turned their anger towards the Chengdu Alliance.

But Yang Yan felt that this matter had nothing to do with the Chengdu Alliance.

The battle took place in the sea area under their jurisdiction.

But the ocean is the ocean, and it is completely impossible to predict what Pokémon will pass by below, and it is impossible for them to monitor the sea areas under their jurisdiction in real time.

If the Chengdu Alliance can really be blamed for this incident, will other ships that were attacked at sea also ask for explanations from the alliances in various places?

This is obviously unrealistic.

But the reality is not what Yang Yan imagined. People present will look at this matter calmly.

On the contrary, there were many more people shouting to the Chengdu Alliance for an explanation than Yang Yan imagined.

Even Gao Liu and Song Ming around him were like this.

Even though they didn't sacrifice any Pokémon, and even though Song Ming was a smarter person, they still targeted the Chengdu Alliance like everyone else.

This was really puzzling to him.

In this situation, of course Yang Yan would not ask inappropriate questions.

He only understood something later after asking Jiumei about it.

In fact, this goes back to the separation of Guandong and Chengdu.

Although Guandong is still the nominal big brother, Chengdu, as a "sibling from the same mother", has always wanted to become the big brother on its own.

After all, before the separation, Chengdu was indeed the big brother.

Why did he become the second child in this family separation?

Moreover, after the separation, the headquarters of the Guandong and Chengdu alliances are still together, both on Baiyin Mountain. They can't see each other when they raise their heads, so it is normal for some friction to occur.

As time goes by, the friction in the alliance will naturally become friction between the two regions.

Therefore, the people in these two areas were even more at odds with each other than Yang Yan, an outsider from Fengyuan, could imagine.

This also explains why Kashima blamed the Chengdu Alliance for this incident and why so many people clapped in agreement.

Anyway, they are already in conflict with each other, and no one will care if they take advantage of another person.

Kashima said that although he would seek justice for everyone, he knew without thinking that the Chengdu Alliance would definitely not admit it, and both sides would definitely argue. This would definitely be a long process.

Therefore, in order to express sincerity, the Kanto Alliance will first distribute this "justice" to everyone.

All trainers who participate in the battle will receive a bonus.

If there are Pokémon casualties, the Alliance will make up for them.

If the sacrifice is an alliance mission-type Pokémon, you will be given another one later.

Of course, the strength and type will definitely not be the same as the one that was sacrificed, and you will need to spend more time cultivating it.

If you sacrifice a Pokémon that you have carefully cultivated, you can also get one from the alliance.

Of course, the qualifications are limited, but you can choose any type, as long as it is available on the ship.

Yes, there are some on the ship.

The meaning of this sentence is to let them choose one of the Pokémon that was originally intended to be brought to the Kalos Alliance.

Yang Yangai really didn't expect Kashima to arrange it like this.

Is this really okay? Carlos doesn't care?

Yang Yan couldn't figure it out.

In fact, the main reason is that there are too few people to choose Pokémon from.

2000 Pokémon, so what if there are a few missing?

Even if Kashima casually mentioned the loss on the road, Carlos would not be able to refute it.

While those who had lost their Pokémon were still thinking about which Pokémon they should want, Kashima spoke again.

The meaning is also simple.

It means that they must work hard to ensure that there are no mistakes in this trip, otherwise they will face extremely serious punishment.

Only then did they realize that what happened yesterday was far from over.

As the saying goes, giving both kindness and power is the way to control your subordinates.

Kashima obviously understands this.

Kashima said some more words later, but in Yang Yan's opinion, they were all useless nonsense and not worth paying attention to.

After Kashima finished speaking, he asked them to return to their posts and each do what they should do.

There are still some finishing touches to what happened yesterday, but the ship has returned to the state it was in before the war.

The training ground has been reopened, and Yang Yan and the others made an appointment to go there together.

"What's wrong, Gao Liu, you don't seem to be in high spirits?" Yang Yan looked at Gao Liu who was unhappy and asked curiously.

Usually when it comes to training and competition, Takayanagi is always the most excited one. This is the first time Yang Yan saw Takayanagi showing such an expression on the way to the training ground.

"Yangyan, tell me, should I be like you and not specialize in a certain type of Pokémon?"

Gao Liu felt extremely painful when he thought of the powerlessness he felt yesterday.

Indeed, as a trainer who specializes in the fire element, it is indeed difficult to exert much combat power at sea.

He might not have thought about this issue before under Xia Bo's guidance, but this personal experience made him question his specialization in the fire element.

This is normal, because any trainer who specializes in a certain system will face this problem sooner or later.