hotmtlnovel Chapter 1462 left even Sakaki speechless.
Chapter 1462 left even Sakaki speechless.
Three minutes later, Chizuru, wearing headphones, looked at the tablet on the table. As the video call connected, Sakaki's figure appeared in the video.
It was still the same bright room, but instead of the sun shining through the huge floor-to-ceiling window at the back, it was already night. The room was brightly lit, and Sakaki sat behind the huge desk, his face expressionless.
The cat boss lay at his feet, its eyes half-open, its gaze seemingly fixed on the camera.
"Long time no see, Boss Sakaki," Chibayashi greeted with a smile.
"Has it been a long time?" Sakaki leaned back in his chair, his voice barely rising and falling. "Not long."
He placed his right hand at his side and gently stroked the cat's head: "How does the real bird feel to use?"
"Could you use a different word?" Qianlin looked at the screen, somewhat speechless.
Sakaki paused for a moment: "I'm not very good at small talk."
See it.
Chibayashi leaned back in his chair, mimicking Sakaki: "I understand, and I'm willing to answer your question... It's very useful. The thought of not having such a useful secretary to help me in the future is going to give me a headache."
"She speaks very highly of you," Sakaki said. "Your skills, character, and personal charm are all top-notch. And your skillful use of so-called...abstract ideas? Is it this time?"
"Yes." Qianlin nodded with a smile.
"Hmm." Sakaki nodded slightly, recalling as he said, "Using so-called abstraction to hide oneself, but not to show weakness to the enemy, is different from my direction in controlling Team Rocket."
"I think they're all the same," Qianlin accepted the compliment.
“Oh?” Sakaki looked at him.
Qianlin held up one finger: "They all rely on personal charisma to make their subordinates submit or obey."
Sakaki paused again, his hand stroking the cat, a slight surprise appearing on his usually placid face: "Submission and surrender... interesting."
After the initial surprise came a relaxed smile that was hard for most people to notice.
Chibayashi lowered his right hand and looked at Sakaki with a smile: "So, what are your thoughts on this project?"
“I agree,” Sakaki said with little interest. “All authorizations, including those from the League, will be given to you by tomorrow. From now on, you don’t need to come to me for these small matters; just let Makoto handle them.”
Qianlin couldn't quite keep up the smile.
As expected of Sakaki, such a small matter? No big deal!
This is an authorization from an entire league, including not only the Elite Four members and Gym Leaders, but also various families such as Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, and Dragon Village, etc. This is not something that can be easily dismissed.
Now I owe people a huge favor...
"This is me repaying the favor I owe you." Sakaki seemed to see right through Chizuru's heart and spoke first.
Qianlin was taken aback: "What do you owe me?"
"Team Rainbow Rocket," Giovanni said impatiently. "Don't make me repeat myself any more times."
Qianlin's lips twitched: "Alright, then this video call..."
“It’s something else.” Sakaki looked at Chizuru, his expression becoming slightly more serious. “Team Rocket is going to move into the Summer League.”
Qian Lin: "..."
He didn't answer immediately; his relaxed expression vanished, and his face turned serious as he stared at Sakaki.
Sakaki didn't say anything, just calmly stared at Chibayashi.
About ten seconds later, Sakaki spoke first: "Formal entry."
Qianlin's lips curled into a smile: "How so?"
Sakaki, feeling bored, calmly explained while petting his cat, "Team Rocket will abide by the laws of the Summer League. The people we send are clean members with no criminal record. Without the permission of the Summer League, Team Rocket will not appear outside of the Summer League. Everyone is open to your surveillance."
"Why?" Qianlin asked curiously. "For money?"
"For reputation." A slight smile played on Giovanni's lips. "Right now, no Pokémon world trading companies have entered Yanxia, have they?"
Qianlin was silent.
Indeed, there are currently no Pokémon world merchants or similar organizations involved in the Summer League. Even the cooperation with Devon Corporation is carried out by the Summer League members going directly to Devon Corporation's headquarters in Hoenn.
Devon Corporation itself had plans to enter the summer market, and the two sides were currently in negotiations. However, Giovanni... actually approached him directly.
Qianlin's expression was strange: "Boss Sakaki, it's true that I am the champion of the Summer Heat, but you may have misunderstood something. I do have decision-making power, but I can't say that I don't have decision-making power in this regard. I can only say that no one listens to me at all."
When it comes to Pokémon, Chihaya's words are like heaven.
But his words are only of reference value in other aspects.
There was no other reason. The higher-ups in the Yanxia League were afraid that he would be sold out and then help the other party count the money. So, regarding things like cooperation with the Pokémon world, he was only responsible for proposing ideas, and the rest was handled by the League.
For example, the proposal to trade Pokémon eggs with breeding centers in various regions was put forward by Chihaya, but he was not the one who actually negotiated the cooperation.
Before the portal opened, he was a deliveryman.
Now that the portal is open, he's completely useless.
Go wherever is cool.
Don't forget why he came to the Pokémon world.
The big disliked person and the little disliked person huddle together for warmth.
It was obvious to the naked eye that Boss Sakaki froze, even stopping his petting of the cat. His eyes held a look of disbelief, and a very strange...disdain.
Qianlin blushed and said, "Your gaze is a little hurtful."
Sakaki took a deep breath, his tone becoming much stiffer: "Let Makoto talk to the people from the Summer Alliance."
“That’s no problem.” Qianlin nodded. “Although I don’t have decision-making power, I do have the authority to go through the back door and provide a convenience, after all, we’re the league champions.”
Sakaki: "..."
To be honest, he hadn't seen a league champion do so poorly in a long time.
You don't even have the decision-making power to allow a chamber of commerce to move in. You, the league champion, can't just be concerned with the battles, can you?
If you ask Chihaya to answer this question... Hello, I can't even manage the battles.
Now, the only thing the Summer League needs him to manage is training trainers. Once this generation has grown up and can take over to train the next generation, his only remaining role will be as a safety net.
Even after the restrictions on Pokémon games were lifted, it wasn't under his jurisdiction anymore. After all, Yike brought the entire series of games from the Mirror World, and as long as he upgraded the games and added a real-time voice dialogue system, the new games could be launched directly.
Oh right, he also has the task of final review (laughs).
Sakaki took a deep breath: "Who is the person who can decide these things?"
Qian Lin paused for a moment, then grinned and said, "Che Chi was the first president of the Yanxia Alliance. From now on, all matters concerning the Yanxia Alliance will be reviewed by him."
Although it is still like this now...
Poor Manager Che, he's doing the same things he did before taking office, which is basically a waste of his job.
Qianlin couldn't help but burst into laughter at the thought of this.
Sakaki was speechless as he watched Chibayashi squealing like a pig on the other side of the screen.
Seriously? Are you sure the information you gave me is real?