Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 485 Let's set up a Skynet.
The Red Chains are one of the backdoors left by the alpacas for humans. Link mentions this not because he really wants Cynthia to fight the Time Dragon, but because he wants her to realize Team Galactic's true purpose sooner in a later incident.

Zhu Lan clearly had no intention of using this last resort. Now that Link had arrived, she decided not to stay in the research institute staring blankly at the data on the screen any longer.

Leave the professional matters to the professionals (referring to Porygon). She is better suited to wander around Sinnoh at will and investigate those anomalies that are not easily noticed.

The next day, Zhu Lan, who usually wanted to retire, left the research institute and returned to Shenhe Town to see if there was a corresponding strategy guide in the ancient books.

Link stayed at the research institute, entrusting the task of monitoring the data collected by the League from various parts of Sinnoh to Porygon, while he himself coordinated the expedition teams and adventure groups from another world.

The Pokémon, who came from another world where there are no humans, are not yet used to the daily routine of encountering wild trainers while walking in the grass.

Wild trainers who frequently emerge from the tall grass often attempt to capture these Pokémon combinations that appear to possess extraordinary strength and live in unusual habitats.

In the first few days, there were occasional mishaps where a few members were captured... but this turned into rescue missions for other rescue teams, exploration teams, and adventure groups. The elves seemed to enjoy it immensely, and some even found new aspirations.

Gradually, the Pokémon from the other world adapted to this place and began to act collectively as a team to deal with both spacetime distortion and wild trainers.

Link was somewhat surprised by this, but he couldn't think of a solution for the moment.

Since Poké Balls don't have built-in brainwashing capabilities, it would indeed be a waste of time for someone to capture adventurers.

Although Team Galactic here still maintains a certain level of ethical conduct and does not participate in the sale of Pokémon, some rare Pokémon dealers who call themselves "Pokémon Hunters" are a threat.

No elves have encountered them yet, but who knows what will happen in the future.

"Is there any way...?"

That morning, Link, who was routinely organizing data, was deep in thought, feeling that he should be responsible for the elves who had come to this other world on his behalf.

Providing logistical support is one approach, forging proof of capture doesn't seem out of the question either, or perhaps attaching a symbol to get the League to give the green light to prohibit trainers from battling and capturing?
Neither of them is perfect.

"Senior Kobayashi, what's troubling you?"

Assistant Mingyao always felt that the other person's mind wasn't on the time-space distortion, but rather on other trivial matters.

"I'm thinking about how to protect the elves from the hunters in the Sinnoh region."

That's very necessary. Mingyao thought to himself, "As expected of the champion, he even thinks about people and Pokémon in his daily life."

Kobayashi and Takeran are truly exemplary champions, unlike some regional champions Mingyao has heard of who spend all their time digging for stones or participating in beauty pageants, or climbing mountains and jumping off high places...

However, the abundant energy of the Sinnoh region has nurtured many unique and powerful Pokémon, and has also given rise to organizations that will stop at nothing to hunt Pokémon.

I've heard that the most notorious hunter among them, Hunter J, has emerged out of nowhere in the last two years. He even kills trainers of rare Pokémon in order to hunt them. A few years ago, he stole two Heritage Orbs from the Hoenn region, almost causing the entire Hoenn region and several surrounding areas to be destroyed in the conflict of the ancient Pokémon.

Organizations like these give the Rangers a major headache, and they are constantly trying to defeat and dismantle them. "I heard from Cynthia that the Sinnoh League once considered having the Champion and the Elite Four deal with those Hunters."

Seeing Link pondering how to deal with the Elf Hunters, Mingyao brought up an attempt the Alliance had made a long time ago: "But in the end, because these high-end combatants were simply too busy, and the hunters were elusive and only carried out small-scale operations, they had already fled by the time the others arrived."

In recent years, in particular, the Elf Hunters have also been fighting against the League, not only waging guerrilla warfare, but also starting to use the doctors who have joined these organizations to develop various new technologies to arm themselves.

Rumor has it that Hunter J might have his own stealth aircraft.

Link couldn't help but sigh, "The league has it tough too. I forgive them for tanking."

Mingyao tilted his head. Where did the claim that he's just giving up come from?
In any case, Elf Hunters are like cockroaches parasitizing the shadow of the Alliance. People know there are many of these cockroaches, but very few have actually seen an Elf Hunter.

Breakthroughs are needed in information technology, and regions cannot rely solely on the four kings and champions with high-end combat capabilities.

"How about we have Porygon hack into the Sinnoh region's network and monitor it in real time?" Link had a sudden inspiration and began to repeatedly teeter on the edge of the law.

"Hmm, I just walked in and I already heard such explosive news?"

Link and his assistants looked in the direction of the sound and saw Dr. Yamanashi returning by car after spending several days flying from Kanto to Canal City.

Back at the research institute, the latter placed the safe on the table, opened it to reveal a lone Poké Ball and two Pokédex entries.

“I’m sorry, Mingyao. When I came back, I saw that Minghui and his childhood friend were in danger, so I let them choose the beginner Pokémon first. So now we only have this Piplup left.”

Mingyao, Minghui, and Xiaoguang were Dr. Yamanashi's original choice for assistants this year. Two months ago, Xiaoguang took a Piplup from Masago Town and wanted to ask Mingyao and Minghui to choose together, but an accident happened.

"But it doesn't really matter. Just tell me which beginner Pokémon you want. The research institute has most of them."

Because he received training from Cynthia while serving as an assistant, Mingyao is able to raise and command Pokémon that ordinary trainers simply cannot control.

Even if he wants a beginner Pokémon like Gible, or a fully-trained Ursaring, Professor Yamanashi can provide it.

"Hmm, now that you mention it, I'm actually more interested in the white-striped Savage Bass. Can I choose the Savage Bass from the research institute as my starter Pokémon?"

Since Link's fish meat laid eggs out of nowhere at the Spring of Deliverance, both the League and the Research Institute have obtained a batch of incredibly precious Savage Bass, allowing the elves, once thought to be extinct, to see the light of day again.

Mingyao has been very interested in his pufferfish ever since then, and has been taking care of the bass in the research institute, looking forward to the day when they will become fish meat.

However, so far, his breeding efforts have yielded no results; not a single Savage Bass has evolved in the past three years.

Since the goal is to select beginner Pokémon, Mingyao wants to take these endangered species out of the research institute and expose them to different environments.

(End of this chapter)