Following.

On the last day of April, a little early morning mist lingered in Shuizhou Town, and the air was filled with a refreshing atmosphere.

A few rays of sunlight shine through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and fall into the fog and fall on the street.

Xu Qiansu sat alone on a bench in the backyard, carrying the flute of the gods, facing the score, practicing without saying a word.

The distance between the backyard and the ward, there is no need to worry about disturbing anyone.

Shanaiduo sat on the chair next to Xu Qiansu, holding the chair with both hands, squinting his eyes, and enjoying this rare leisure time.

The vine snake yawned pleasantly, and rested on the branch of an ancient tree in the backyard, its tail hanging down with gravity, and the dappled sunlight hanging on her back.

Zoroa, Six-Tails, and the Saccharmon were chasing each other among the flowers in the backyard.

Only the Steel Crow is still in the ward for treatment due to his injuries.

At nine o'clock, Xu Qiansu's mobile phone suddenly rang.

Is it Gadelia, or Miss Marie?

Xu Qiansu thought in his heart, put down the flute of the gods, took out his mobile phone, and looked at the screen, but his eyebrows were slightly raised...... It's Miss Joy.

That Prosecutor Joy.

Xu Qiansu's boss.

Dial it up.

"Miss Joy, what's the matter?" Xu Qiansu held the mobile phone in one hand and put it to his ear, sorted out the music score with the other, and asked in his mouth.

"Two little things~" Miss Joy's voice was very brisk, and she sounded in a good mood.

"Huh?" Xu Qiansu sorted out the score, hung the flute of the gods on his waist, stood up and stretched his body, and responded casually.

"Doesn't sound interested at all?" Miss Joy's voice changed from brisk to dissatisfied.

"Well, I'm not a Marley anyway, and I don't expect you to be so enthusiastic about me." As the words fell, Miss Joy continued to complain.

"So what the hell is going on?" Xu Qiansu sat back on the bench and said helplessly.

Shanaido leaned on his shoulder and listened to Miss Joy's voice on the phone.

"Hmph, that's boring." Miss Joy paused, and then said, "The matter of the territory has been confirmed...... Yanmo City, how much do you know? ”

"Yanmo City?" Xu Qiansu was stunned, "I know a little, I heard that the other name of Yanmo City is the hometown of dragons, and there is a dragon hall there...... Although the location is relatively remote, deep in the mountains to the northeast, the size of the city is not small......

Land of Dragons, literally, home to many dragon-type Pokémon.

Xu Qiansu paused, and then asked with some uncertainty, "The above wants to hand over Yanmo City to me?" ”

"Huh? Are you stupid? Even if you catch the needle bee, it is impossible to hand over that kind of metropolis to you, and you haven't even joined the Johto Alliance. Miss Joy asked, confused.

She definitely did it on purpose...... is to scold Xu Qiansu for being stupid.

Xu Qiansu rubbed his eyebrows, too lazy to play with Miss Joy, he asked with a straight face, "So my territory is just an area near Yanmo City?" ”

"Clever." Miss Joy smiled happily...... Mainly because he can find a reason to say that Xu Qiansu is stupid.

After laughing for a while, Miss Joy restrained her smile and said, "There are five hundred miles to the east of Yanmo City, named Qingxu, which is full of greenery and the breeze is ......."

"Five hundred miles?" Xu Qiansu couldn't sit still, he stood up, attracting the attention of a group of Pokémon, and Shanaiduo also blinked and looked up at him.

Xu Qiansu glanced at the Pokémon, then calmed down and sat back in his place...... Shanado smiled softly and leaned back on his shoulder.

Five hundred miles, which is almost 250,000 square meters.

In the Water Margin, Liangshan is also known as Liangshanbo for 800 miles, but in fact, Liangshan's sphere of influence at that time was about 600 miles.

And Xu Qiansu is about to become the master of 500 miles of Qingxu in a blink of an eye...... Rao is him, and he is a little unbelievable for a while.

Isn't Interpol too generous?

He's a Galel, just like Miss Joy said, he didn't even join the Johto Alliance, but he can own such a large piece of land in the Johto region...... It was not in vain that he waited for a month.

"Who let you catch Sakaki's trump card?" Miss Joy's tone was also a little incredulous, and she explained,

"Although Sakaki is the boss of Team Rocket, he is actually quite humane, so it is impossible for him to give up the big needle bee in public or private...... In fact, in the past month, a lot of fake news about the big needle bee has been released, which has set traps, arrested many tricky Rocket cadres, and even eliminated some Rocket branches...... You undoubtedly have some credit for this. ”

"Plus......" Joey said with a slight smile, "I have said a lot of good things for you, and I have emphasized your relationship with Gardelia...... That's why you can get such a big piece of land! ”

Gardelia?

If the upper echelons of Interpol knew about the relationship between Xu Qiansu and Jiadeliya, it would be so generous, and it would be said that it would be in the past.

The Four Heavenly Kings deserve any treasure from the Interpol to befriend, not to mention that in addition to the Four Heavenly Kings, Jiadelia also has superpowers, nobles, Zhulan's best friend and other identities.

Only 500 miles of land can be exchanged for the friendship of Gardelia, which is undoubtedly a profitable deal for Interpol and the Chengdu Alliance.

"Hey, Xu Qiansu." Miss Joy saw that Xu Qiansu didn't speak for a long time, and couldn't help but call him.

"Thank you, Miss Joy, I've made a note of this favor." Xu Qiansu knew what Miss Joy meant, so he smiled kindly.

"Lovers, lovers, lovers, look, how much favor you owe us Joey?" Miss Joy snorted, and said unceremoniously, "You should repay it with some practical actions." ”

"I will do my best to abandon everything except Cordelia, even if I can't do it, I will find a way." Xu Qiansu said at this time.

These words choked Joey's words in her mouth, and after her pink lips spurted for a while, she had to sigh softly.

"Why is it Qingxu?" At this time, Xu Qiansu asked.

Joey seemed to have guessed that Xu Qiansu would ask like this, and gave the answer very simply,

"Qingxu is located at the junction of the Chengdu area and the Guandu region, but the terrain is relatively rugged compared to other parts of the city, so the development is also poor...... But you are the master of Qingxu, how you want to develop, that's your business, and neither the alliance nor Interpol will interfere. ”

Xu Qiansu frowned, muttered a little, and asked, "The power of Interpol is so great that it can give me land from the City Alliance?" ”

"The headquarters of Interpol is in Yuanzhu City, and naturally it has a close relationship with the Chengdu area." Joey patiently explained, "You don't have to worry about this, you are not going to govern Qingxu as an official of the Chengdu Alliance...... Qingxu is your belongings, I say this, can you understand? ”

"Understood."

In other words, it is equivalent to Xu Qiansu buying the land in Qingxu with merit...... After that, even if it is the Chengdu Alliance, it is Interpol and has no right to intervene in the affairs of Qingxu.

The so-called sanctity of personal property is more or less so.

If you look at it this way, then Interpol is indeed very generous.

And about Qingxu's resources, population, Pokémon distribution...... These are all things that Xu Qiansu needs to know.

But for the rest of the things, Xu Qiansu didn't ask more...... I can't tell you on the phone, the specific matters, it's better to wait for Xu Qiansu to arrive in the Chengdu area, and then check in detail.

Joey asked again, "Have you been idle lately?" ”

"Need my help?" Xu Qiansu asked.

"First, you should also go to Qingxu as soon as possible...... At the very least, go there for a while and work out a development plan. Miss Joy thought for a moment and said, "But you need to come to Yuanzhu City first, appointing a place as big as Qingxu is not a trivial matter, and you need to go to the headquarters to go through the relevant procedures,"

"Two?" Xu Qiansu nodded slightly, what Miss Joy said was reasonable.

"Second......" Miss Joy was silent for a moment, as if she was organizing her words, and after a few moments, she said slowly, "two little things, the second ...... It's about your Snow Witch. ”

"Huh?" Xu Qiansu frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "Found Scarlet?" ”

He turned his head to see the Snow Demon floating in the shade of the tree and the Dream Demon circling around the trunk.

Scarlet, the trainer of the Snow Maiden...... Xu Qiansu has been looking for her whereabouts.

"Not really......," Miss Joy whispered, "Because of the Needle Bee, we've made a lot of progress recently in our campaign to clean up Team Rocket, and thanks to that, we've got a lot of inside information about Team Rocket...... Shiori deliberately pursued and got a little bit of Scarlett from one of our captured Rocket cadres. ”

"I'll just go straight to the conclusion." Joey paused and said, "She's still alive, and she's ...... Most of them are in Yuanzhu City. ”

Xu Qiansu's hand holding the phone tightened slightly, and his heartbeat accelerated a little, but he didn't show too much emotion, and only asked calmly after a little silence, "What about the detailed news?" ”

"Wait a minute." There was a soft sound of documents flipping through the phone, and after a while, Joey said,

"According to the information analyzed by the intelligence services, the goal of Team Rocket's recent operations is nothing more than the needle bee and the mask on your body...... Because we've spread a lot of fake news, the Rockets don't seem to suspect you of being a mask holder at the moment...... And it is impossible for Sakaki to suffer so many losses and be indifferent, so he organized some people in Yuanzhu City, presumably to rescue the big needle bee, or to carry out some terrorist activities to deter us. ”

Joey took a deep breath before continuing, "Scarlett, suspected to be among the personnel sent by Sakaki. ”

“…… I thought she had washed her hands. Xu Qiansu looked at the happy and smiling snow demon girl and whispered to herself.

"During this time, no one knows what happened to her...... But this information was painstakingly traced by Shiori, and the accuracy is still there. Joey explained briefly, then fell silent for a moment before asking in a low voice, "What do you want to do?" ”

"I want her to live." Xu Qiansu gave the answer very simply.

"Even if she's Team Rocket? If the fact that you're wearing a mask is revealed, she won't do anything to you......" Miss Joy said quietly.

"She's the Snow Maiden's trainer." Xu Qiansu shook his head slightly, he had been looking for Scarlet for nearly half a year, during which he asked for the help of many people, Shiori, Zhulan, the Joy family, and Gardelia were all trying to find a way to track it down, and now that there is finally news, no matter what, Xu Qiansu can't sit idly by...... At the very least, contact with her.

If you can pull her out of Team Rocket and find a way to make up for what she has done, then everyone will be happy.

But if not...... Xu Qiansu looked at the Snow Demon Girl again, should she tell her the truth about this kind of thing?

"Then you'd better come to Yuanzhu City as soon as possible." Miss Joy's voice interrupted Xu Qiansu's thoughts,

"No one knows when Sakaki plans to make a move...... If you're not there, she'll either die here, or be captured, or Sakaki will succeed, and she'll complete her mission, and disappear again...... If you really want to do something for the Snow Demon Maiden, come to Yuanzhu City as soon as possible. ”

At the end, Miss Joy emphasized again.

Xu Qiansu nodded silently, and then realized that Miss Joy was not around, so he said, 'Understood'.

Miss Joy laughed, "That's it, two little things, that's it, when you come to Yuanzhu City, remember to contact Shiori...... Oh, and by the way, she's the same as you're getting a promotion and a raise, so for now, she's still your immediate boss...... You have to be respectful of your boss~"

At the end, Miss Joy seemed to tap her finger on her pink lips and then hung up rather simply.

Xu Qiansu put down his phone and rubbed his eyebrows, two little things about Miss Joy...... It's barely two pieces of good news.

It's just that...... His original plan was to accompany Lilia to Alola.

If the information provided by Miss Joy is true, then there is no time for Xu Qiansu to go to Alola at this moment.

Xu Qiansu sighed lightly.

"Mr. Xu?" I don't know when, Lilia's voice suddenly sounded.

Xu Qiansu was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look, but saw Lilia carrying the food box, walking slowly from the corridor in the backyard, seeing Xu Qiansu surprised, she smiled softly, and raised the food box in her hand, "I thought you might forget to eat breakfast, so I came over and brought you some." ”

As she spoke, she stepped forward, bent down slightly, raised her eyes to look at Xu Qiansu, and reminded, "At three o'clock in the afternoon, my mother's plane will arrive...... Does Mr. Xu want to go back to the hotel to prepare his luggage? ”

Xu Qiansu was silent for a while, thinking that he would send Lilia back to Alola first, and then take a plane to Yuanzhu City, but he wouldn't be able to delay much, so he nodded lightly, "I have already cleaned up last night." ”

Liliai was slightly stunned, her emerald green eyes looked at Xu Qiansu, and asked suspiciously, "...... Still going to Alola? ”

"Huh?"

Lilia hurriedly took a few steps back, reached out to hold the blonde hair in front of her shoulder, and whispered, "I just ...... I heard that Xu Qiansu was going to Yuanzhu City. ”

"When?" Xu Qiansu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.

"It's early...... Because Mr. Xu has been on the phone, I waited silently......" Lilia lowered her eyes to her toes and whispered.

Xu Qiansu looked at Liliai with a somewhat timid expression, and after a while, he nodded slightly, "That's it...... But it's okay, I won't delay much time when I send you back. ”

"Really?" Liliai's eyebrows couldn't help but bend into crescents, but she quickly restrained her smile and asked cautiously.

"Really." Xu Qiansu shook his head slightly, and then took the food box from Liliai's hand, "What did you bring?" ”

"I made scones with milk~"

In the afternoon, Lilia answered a phone call and nodded lightly at Xu Qiansu.

It's time to go.

Xu Qiansu found Miss Joy, said hello, and took the steel crow back to the Poké Ball.

Painted Beans have always been in the Pokémon Center.

She stepped forward, tilted her head and asked, "Ready to leave?" ”

"Hmm."

"Be careful on the road."

Caidou's expression was cold and calm, completely similar to last night.

Xu Qiansu said, "I'll come back as soon as possible." ”

"That's good."

"Take care of yourself, you can't drink alcohol, understand?"

"Are you a master or am I a master?" Caidou glanced at Xu Qiansu.

Xu Qiansu shook his head slightly, smiled at Caidou again, and left the Pokémon Center with Liliai.

Caidou and Joey stood in front of the Pokémon Center, looking at Xu Qiansu's back.

After Xu Qiansu's figure disappeared out of sight, Joey tilted his head and asked, "Where is Miss Caidou going next?" ”

"Where to go...... Caidou Xing's eyes narrowed slightly, a little confused, and after a while, he shook his head slightly, "After staying in Shuizhou Town for a month, it's time to go back to the town, these days, it has always been Ernio who is in charge of the affairs of the temple in the town......"

When Xu Qiansu and Lilia returned to the hotel, they simply cleaned up and pushed the door out.

"Leaving?" Lulina stood in the hallway with her hands behind her back, leaning against the wall, and when Xu Qiansu left the door, she looked up and asked calmly.

Xu Qiansu bowed slightly.

"Go to Yuanzhu City?" Lulina apparently learned about Xu Qiansu's next destination from Liliai.

"There's something to deal with."

"I'm still a busy person~" Lulina snorted lightly, looked away, and after a while, she glanced at Xu Qiansu again and asked in a low voice, "That day...... You can't get me wrong, right? ”

"What?"

"You know what I mean, but you still pretend you don't understand." Lulina was louder.

Xu Qiansu smiled, "If you treat me as a friend, then it's okay to report each other's current situation occasionally......"

"Friends? Be all abroad. Lulina muttered quietly, "There are so many people who want to be friends with me, how can I miss you." ”

"Huh? Most people just want to approach you as a friend, right? Xu Qiansu glanced at Lu Lina, "After all, you are very popular." ”

Lu Lina was slightly stunned and turned her head to look at Xu Qiansu.

"Huh?" Xu Qiansu's eyebrows are slightly raised.

Lulina asked curiously, "Do you still care about me?" ”

"It's just ordinary advice, what are you doing to yourself?"

"Don't you have a little romantic cell in your body?" The corners of Lulina's eyes twitched slightly.

"You are neither Gadelia nor Miss Marry."

"Miss Gadelia, Xu Qiansu has romantic fantasies about women other than you......" Lulina shouted to Jiadelia, who was still tidying up in the room, and Xu Qiansu hurriedly stepped forward to cover her mouth.

He whispered, "Less and more mouth." ”

"Woo woo~" Lu Lina grabbed Xu Qiansu's wrist with one hand, her small mouth opened slightly, and the moist heat surged in Xu Qiansu's palm, but there was a touch of pride and ridicule in her eyes.

Finally deflated you...... That was in her eyes.

Click.

The door opened, Ma Li was carrying a satchel and a beret, and when she looked away, she saw that Xu Qiansu and Lulina had separated, separated from each other a few steps.

Lu Lina combed the long hair on her shoulders with one hand, and glanced at Xu Qiansu intentionally or unintentionally.

Xu Qiansu ignored Lulina and looked at Ma Li, "After a trip to Alola, I will immediately take a plane to Yuanzhu City...... Is it troublesome? ”

Ma Li reached out and stroked the corner of her skirt, and said casually, "This kind of thing is okay no matter what...... But I can't wait to see that fiefdom of yours. ”

"Huh? The transportation there is inconvenient, the economy may not be developed, and maybe in the end, the town will have to be pinned to help the poor. Xu Qiansu said with a smile.

"Poverty alleviation is naturally possible, but you have to sign a deed of sale for me for 50 years first." Ma Li stretched out her little hand to arrange her hat again, and then looked sideways at Xu Qiansu, smiling.

"Why fifty years?"

"Fifty years from now, you old man with half of your body in the ground, what do I want you to do? I can't say if I'll need to take care of ......," Ma Li paused.

"Huh?" Xu Qiansu tilted his head to look at her.

Ma Li coughed lightly and squinted at Xu Qiansu, "Fifty years later, you are worthless, if the deed of sale is still effective at that time, I will have to spend more money to take care of you, which is a waste." ”

Lulina blinked, wondering what was the difference between Marry's change of words?

"I'm afraid Miss Marley will pay me to take care of you at that time."

Lulina understood...... One is to take care of it personally, and the other is to pay someone to take care of it......

Her eyes glanced at Xu Qiansu and Ma Li's faces, thinking that these two guys had to quarrel even such a small detail, which was really tiring.

Ma Li glanced at Xu Qiansu and didn't bother to say more.

When Gadelia, Lilia and Sonia also left the room, Xu Qiansu nodded lightly to Lulina, "You and Sonia don't have to send it." ”

"Narcissistic, Sonia and I are not that idle." Lulina folded her arms and stood in place, not intending to move as soon as she could.

"Huh?" Sonia blinked, her face confused.

Xu Qiansu didn't say much, just smiled and waved lightly at the two, "Goodbye." ”

With that, he turned and left.

"Don't you really send it...... I'll see you later, I guess it's going to be a few months, right? Sonia nodded her chin and looked at Lulina.

Lulina raised her hand and waved it lightly at Xu Qiansu's back, before looking back at Sonya, "What is there to give?" First, I don't know him well, and secondly, it adds to the sadness...... It just so happened that he also left, returned the hotel, and slept directly at my house. ”

"Huh?" Sonia tilted her little face, feeling that Lulina's words were a little contradictory.

But if you don't send it, you won't send it.

It's not like we'll never see you again.

Sonia laughed, "Buy a cake and eat a big meal tonight?" ”

"Good~"

"Qingxu ......" On top of an unmanned luxury car, Jiadelia pondered a little before slowly shaking her head, "The name is unknown, and the only sense of existence is also close to the vicinity of Yanmo City, which is known as the hometown of dragons. ”

"It's not a wasteland where birds don't lay eggs." Xu Qiansu retracted his gaze from the scenery speeding by outside the window and smiled.

"If so, then I'll tear down the Interpol headquarters." Gadelia erected her plump and round legs, propped up her side face, and smiled.

Xu Qiansu shook his head slightly, then suddenly remembered something, looked at Liliai, and asked, "Liliai, the mask is still with you?" ”

"Yes." Lilia was stunned for a moment, then took out the mask from her satchel and handed it to Xu Qiansu.

"Put it with me now, Team Rocket has been tracking down the mask recently, and if it is still in your place, it will cause you a lot of trouble." Xu Qiansu explained, took the mask, and put it in his backpack.

"Hmm." Lilia bowed slightly, then looked out the window a little distractedly.

Xu Qiansu glanced at Liliai, then withdrew his gaze and didn't say much.

However, Gadelia stepped forward and whispered to Xu Qiansu, "It's more timid to be close to home...... This is the way I should use it, right? ”

Xu Qiansu was slightly stunned and looked at it.

Gadelia tapped her chin with a curious and innocent expression.

Xu Qiansu couldn't help but laugh, "It's so smart." ”

"That's not it~" Gardelia's eyebrows curled slightly, and she also smiled.

When the luxury car drove into the agreed private airport, I saw a team of uniformed people waiting in front of a luxurious plane.

The first person was wearing a tight-fitting white research coat that highlighted his figure, with long bright golden hair hanging down behind him, reaching to his feet, with a mature and beautiful temperament, and a face that resembled Lilia, delicate and with the unique charm of a young woman.

"Huh?" Lilia was stunned, "Mom...... How could you come and pick me up in person? ”

Lusa Minay...... Liliai's mother, the chairman of the Aether Foundation......" Xu Qiansu glanced at Liliai and muttered to herself.

He didn't expect Lusa Minay to come in person......

(End of chapter)