Pokémon: Pikachu Bonds

"I once participated in a Pokémon tournament, where I met a very strong trainer. If it weren't for my participation, he would have been the trainer with the greatest hope of becoming the champion. However, because of my participation, he was eliminated in the semi-finals."

"If you only recruit champions and the Four Heavenly Kings, you might miss out on such a powerful trainer."

"So my proposal is to push the existing eight regions to hold a joint conference, and the requirement for participating in the joint conference is to go to the eight regions and obtain the gym badge from the strongest gym trainer."

"Also, we need to discuss with those gym trainers in advance and let them use their second-tier teams to fight against the challengers. You know, in each region, there are several gym trainers whose strength is comparable to or has reached the Elite Four. With such strong gym trainers, even if we use the second-tier teams, we can still screen out strong trainers."

"What's more, as long as the contestants perform well in the joint conference, we can absorb them. The ranking in the competition does not mean anything. After all, there are always stronger ones among the strong."

"Perhaps a trainer could win the championship with his strength, but he met a trainer who was too strong, causing him to stop at the top four. This situation has happened before."

"So as long as we see a suitable trainer, we can recruit him. After training him, I think he can take on the responsibility of protecting the world." The gray-haired man expressed his thoughts.

"Using gym trainers and joint conferences to screen out the strong ones? This is indeed a very good method." The leader agreed.

"I didn't expect that although you are not strong, you are so smart." The girl in the beret praised.

"Your compliment is worse than no compliment at all." The gray-haired man rolled his eyes helplessly, and then added: "Leader, we can also take this opportunity to absorb the powerful gym trainers from various regions. After all, the gym trainers in some regions have already reached the level of the king, and they can even become champions in other regions."

"Not only are there gym trainings in various regions, but I remember none of the retired champions and retired kings from the Agalar region came, right?"

"This time we must go to the Galar region and recruit all the retired champions and kings. It would be best if we could go to the Pokémon families and Pokémon groups. After all, those families and groups have many trainers who are as strong as the Four Heavenly Kings and Champions."

"As part of the Pokémon world, I feel they have an obligation to fight together against the great disaster in three years."

"Especially the Sasaki Group. I heard that the Sasaki Group has recruited a lot of retired king-level and champion-level trainers. If we bring the Sasaki Group into our team, our chances of winning will be much better." The gray-haired man suggested.

"Sasaki Group? Are you talking about the Sasaki Group that has industries spread across all regions?" the red-haired young man confirmed.

"Yes~ It's the Sasaki Group."

"After I won the league championship that year, the Sasaki Group sent someone to find me, wanting to hire me as a bodyguard for the Sasaki Group at a price of 100 million League coins per year." The gray-haired man explained.

"What? One hundred million? Is the Sasaki Group so rich?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

"That's right~ If the leader hadn't found me first and told me the situation here, I would have become a bodyguard of the Sasaki Group long ago." The gray-haired man sighed.

"If you say so...there are quite a few king-level and champion-level trainers in the Sasaki Group. After all, no trainer can withstand the temptation of 100 million a year." said the silver-haired young man.

"Now that you mention it... I suddenly remembered that there was a guy who claimed to be the steward of the Sasaki Group who came to me and invited me to be a bodyguard for a large sum of money. However, I was young and ignorant at that time. I felt that as a Pokémon champion, there was no way I would be a bodyguard for a chaebol group for just a few Alliance coins, so I refused." said the young man with a green headscarf.

“Now that you think of it…I seem to have encountered a similar situation before, but I didn’t want to bow down for a few dollars, so I refused.” All the trainers present said.

"I've encountered that too, but I thought he was a scammer at the time and I beat him away with my Charizard." The taciturn leader said.

Upon hearing this, everyone gave a thumbs up and said, "Leader, you are worthy of being like this. You actually regarded the spokesperson of the Sasaki Group as a fraudster."

"No, that's not right. When Sasaki Group invited me, their offer was only 2000 million. Why is he willing to spend million to recruit you?" the sexy girl asked in confusion.

"When they invited me, they only offered 3000 million." said the little boy.

"Because I'm a divine beast master, of course they have to offer a high price to recruit me~" the gray-haired man said as a matter of course.

"(??w?? ?) You are a divine beast, so you are awesome!" Everyone was speechless when they heard this...

"As far as I know, the Sasaki Group has a King Guard Team and a Champion Guard Team. As the name suggests, the strength of each member of the guard team is at the King level and the Champion level." The young man in light blue clothes suddenly said.

"Impossible? You're exaggerating too much," said the plump girl in surprise.

"It's true~ My master is now the chief instructor of the Sasaki Group. Every year after the Pokémon Conference in each region ends, they will send people to recruit trainers above the top 16 at a high price, and then invest a huge amount of resources in them."

"Hundreds of trainers join the Sasaki Group every year. With one-on-one guidance from champion-level trainers and a large amount of resources, even a Softpig can become a top-level trainer, not to mention those trainers who are already strong."

"Although their strength is not as strong as those of us here, perhaps their strength is only that of the champion of the Baby Conference, but they are also real champion trainers."

"You know, the Pokémon League has been held for so many years, and so many top 16 trainers are born every year. At least 70% of the trainers are absorbed by the Sasaki Group. In addition, the Sasaki Group sends people to each region every year to find stronger trainers and bring them back for training, so it is not surprising that they have a team composed of kings and champions." The silver-haired young man explained.