Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

But this had no effect on Su Hao, who knew the girl was a man; his expression remained completely unmoved.

"You're really boring, standing there like a block of wood~ I've been here for over ten minutes now, so let's call it a day for information exchange. Leave the Crescent Moon Cult investigation to the adults, you just go and participate in the competition~"

The girl was a qualified disguiser and actress. After transforming into a woman, her movements and expressions were impeccable. He pouted somewhat dissatisfied, not very happy with Su Hao's reaction.

"After all, I know exactly what gender Mr. Mei is, so it would be strange if I had a reaction."

Su Hao also intended to end the conversation. His purpose in approaching the girl was to subtly convey the seriousness of the problem to the Interpol organization behind her, since it was impossible for him to investigate the Crescent Moon Cult within a week on his own.

Only by leveraging the power of Interpol to first expose the Crescent Moon Cult can we then determine whether or not to resort to divine intervention to deal with it.

"Alright then, let's stop here for now."

The girl left the private room first, but before leaving, she deliberately made her clothes look quite disheveled, and then left the room with a blush on her face.

This left Su Hao, who came out later, feeling like he was in an oven under the ambiguous gazes from those around him. Even if it was to minimize the problem of "the barista being in the private room for over ten minutes and still not leaving was a bit abnormal," this solution was just too...

With his head down, Su Hao gritted his teeth and fled the "Men's Elegy" coffee shop under the gloating gaze of the pretty girl.

Su Hao suffered a humiliating defeat and returned home in disgrace.

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For the next two days, the Crescent Moon Cult seemed to remain quiet, as did the R Research Institute behind it.

Time quickly came to the day of the competition.

Tokyo, at the foot of Mount Fuji, the vast Aokigahara forest.

In a high-tech facility, major Asian consortia

The league's top players and champions gathered together.

The champions include Liao Xingchen of the Shenzhou Alliance, Ito Ryuzaki, the Dragon-type champion of the Sakura Kingdom Alliance, Park Jung-yu, the Ghost-type Elite Four of the South Korea Alliance, Hadan Batel, the Fighting-type Elite Four of the Ulaanbaatar Alliance, Kim Rin-joo, the Grass-type female champion of the Korea Alliance, Aguinaldo, the Ground-type Elite Four of the Thousand Islands Alliance, Galatia Vyas, the Psychic-type Elite Four of the Tianzhu Alliance, and so on.

Although they were all gathered together, the powerful figures maintained a degree of restraint and caution towards each other. While they chatted, their eyes remained fixed on the images on the numerous large screens in front of them.

The footage comes from a camera mounted on the latest drone of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom Alliance, which was deployed into the "Sea of ​​Aoki Enju," and has a certain element of flexing its muscles.

Liao Xingchen crossed his arms and kept looking around the big screen, searching for the Shenzhou Alliance team led by Su Hao.

Aokigahara Forest... Liao Xingchen remembered that the Zarude tribe, the Mythical Pokémon reported by Marshadow, seemed to live deep within the forest.

The Aokigahara Forest was once the best place for people from the Sakura Kingdom Alliance to end their lives due to the oppression of the underworld and society.

It wasn't until a Zarude from the Zarude tribe, who lived in seclusion deep within the Aokigahara Forest, took pity on the human and used a special healing technique to save him from taking his own life.

It was this act of assistance that led to the official alliance of the Sakura Kingdom... I think it was called the Emperor back then?

This led to contact between the Emperor and the Zarude tribe, which ultimately became a secret history that the Sakura Kingdom Alliance guarded closely. As a result, the Zarude tribe, a Mythical Pokémon, began to be worshipped by the Sakura Kingdom Alliance and was elevated to the position of national guardian Pokémon.

Just to be on the safe side, he kept Marcia in Su Hao's shadow. This way, he could not only protect Su Hao's safety in times of crisis, but also take care of the other four members of the Divine Continent Alliance.

With a curious look, Kim Lim-joo, the female champion of the Korean League, asked, "Speaking of which, in two days, we'll be able to clearly see the rare new moon night here in Tokyo?"

Wearing a distinctive black haori that was easily recognizable, Ito Ryuzaki knew that Jin Linzhu was asking him about himself, and nodded, saying, "It's coming soon, but unfortunately, the night of the new moon will be the most competitive moment. Neither you nor I, nor the contestants, will have the extra energy to pay attention to these things."

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I'm typing away, almost finished! I'll release it before 1 AM; Reshiram's resurrection is just around the corner...

Chapter 623 Aokigahara Forest, the Realm of Plants

Ito Ryuzaki chatted with Jin Linzhu as if nothing was wrong, but his expression was a little strange, and he would occasionally check his phone as if checking some news.

This open-world points competition will randomly drop 240 players from 48 leagues into teams and send them to a location in the Aokigahara Forest using Psychic-type Pokémon.

The contestants might be placed in an extremely safe location, or they might be directly placed in the territory of powerful wild Pokémon. In addition, the Psychic-type Pokémon being placed are provided by the Sakura Country League, so there is a lot of room for maneuver.

If an unlucky team is teleported to the territory of a wild Elite Four Pokémon, they will probably have no choice but to press the help button, automatically forfeit the match, and be rescued by a rescue team patrolling the Aokigahara Forest.

Nevertheless, the various alliances tacitly accepted that the Sakura Kingdom Alliance might engage in some minor, not excessive, actions during the teleportation process, since they were the ones providing the venue and other facilities.

Liao Xingchen's gaze quickly found the Shenzhou Alliance team, and he raised an eyebrow slightly.

This location... is quite interesting.

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After a dizzying moment, the five fully armed individuals, carrying equipment provided by the competition organizers and wearing point bracelets on their wrists, appeared in a gently sloping forest.

Upon landing, Su Hao's waveguide took in the surrounding terrain like a scanner.

There were no other human teams emitting auras within a one-kilometer radius, so the wild Pokémon's strength was only around the Gym Leader level, making it a relatively smooth landing.

After confirming, Su Hao nodded to the four people who were holding Poké Balls and keeping watch around.

Xiao Zijian breathed a sigh of relief, a hearty smile spreading across his face. He put his arm around Su Hao's shoulder and said, "Luckily, we have an all-around special ability user like you in our team. It really saves us a lot of trouble."

Bai Linglong reminded, "That's true, but we can't neglect our vigilance duties. Let's release the Pokémon quickly."

Xiao Zijian stopped smiling, exchanged a glance with Jin Lin and Cheng Liming, nodded, and each released their Pokémon.

Xiao Zijian's Bricaron served as a shield, guarding the group's sides. Cheng Liming's Dragon Head Groundhog, acting as a surprise force and a hidden asset, burrowed into the ground and followed the group. Jin Lin's Cunning Tengu leaped among the trees in the forest as if it were home, serving as an active scout. Bai Linglong's Fossil Pterodactyl flew low in the air, wary of attacks from above.

The group did not release all their Pokémon. Doing so would not only make them a large target and easy to be surrounded, but would also create a chaotic scene if a fight broke out.

The best option is to leave a small number of Pokémon on guard, and then switch and replenish them as needed during the battle.

The Pokémon beside Su Hao was quite something—a harmless-looking, ordinary-level late-stage Motosaurus with a broken tail.

Bai Linglong's gaze fell on the motorcycle lizard, and her memories were awakened...

She remembered this motorcycle lizard; it had caused quite a stir in the clan before, with rumors that a flawed motorcycle lizard from the dragon's lair had been taken away by a genius with questionable judgment.

So, this person is Su Hao?

However... this Motolizard's level is far too low. She felt that any wild Pokémon she picked up from the Aokigahara Forest could easily handle the Motolizard.

Xiao Zijian and the others looked at Su Hao and the Motor Lizard with bewildered and doubtful eyes. After hesitating for a moment, Jin Lin, who was the gentlest of them all, asked, "Su Hao... the Motor Lizard might have some difficulty moving around in the Aokigahara Forest."

To everyone's surprise, Su Hao raised an eyebrow and smiled, "It's alright, I have you guys as my teammates. I'll leave the wild Pokémon above the professional level to you, and the ones below the professional level to Lizard."

"If I encounter other teams, I'll switch to other Pokémon."

None of them had the intention or ability to force Su Hao to change his Pokémon. Putting aside Su Hao's authority as the captain who made the decision, his own team support ability, which was even more monstrous than Pokémon, was enough to make the four of them submit to him. If Su Hao told them to go east, the four of them would go without the slightest hesitation.

Through these few days of coordinated training, the group has gained a deep understanding of each other's skills.

They immediately realized just how outrageous Su Hao's abnormal waveguide power and Eternal Power were.

And so, the Shenzhou Alliance team quickly formed a stable formation after landing and began exploring the Aokigahara Forest.

On the other side, the Sakura Kingdom Alliance team, having landed, headed in the direction they remembered without the slightest hesitation.

Captain Tachibana Mahiru is the most talented person in the Sakura Country League in recent years. She is a Steel-type Gym Leader and has the title of "Imperishable Steel Fortress". She is favored by the Sakura Country League and is considered to have the potential to become an Elite Four member.

At this moment, Tachibana Mahiru is accompanied by Aegislash, a Steel-type Pokémon that exudes a sharp and imposing aura, while her other four teammates are accompanied by Pokémon responsible for vigilance and reconnaissance.

Their goal was clear, and after some minor adjustments, they were very particular about their landing location.

The landing point is located deep in the Aokigahara Forest, a place where powerful Gym Leader and Elite Four Pokémon reside. However, the place they landed in was in the gap between the territories of these powerful Pokémon. The place that can be reached from this gap is... the territory of the Zarude tribe!

The rules of this competition are very simple: compete for points, and teams will be ranked according to their total points. As time goes on, the location of each team will be clearly displayed on the map on the wristband the next day.

On the third day, the map on the points bracelet will display something called the "range circle". As time goes by, the range circle will shrink, and all players must move into the range circle. Teams that are outside the range circle when the time limit is up will automatically forfeit and will not be able to gain points.

This also prevents some teams from choosing to avoid battle in order to take shortcuts.

These are the only rules; they are simple and straightforward.

Blank space is the best canvas for creative expression.

Not only alliances, but also ambushes and sneak attacks are among the methods that are "tacitly" accepted. This selection competition can be described as the most brutal jungle battle, where the strong prey on the weak!

Of course... relying on the power of wild Pokémon to render other players powerless is also a method "within the rules".

In this way, the Sakura Kingdom Alliance doesn't need to expend energy hunting down other alliances' teams; they only need to go to the Zarude tribe deep within the Aokigahara Forest and find the Zarude reinforcements they've already arranged to assist them in battle...

In Tachibana Mahiru's eyes, the outcome of this match was already predetermined.

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Chapter 624 The Power of the Motor Lizard

At 9:00 AM on the day they entered the Aokigahara Forest, there were 71 hours left before the 72-hour time limit for the end of the competition.

Su Hao led the team representing the Divine Continent Alliance to begin exploring the surrounding area.

Although it will take another 23 hours for the location of other teams within a one-kilometer radius to be displayed on the map on the points bracelet, this feature is meaningless to Su Hao.

His waveguide is currently deployed at full capacity with a detection range of two kilometers in radius around itself. Even if it maintains a large detection range without becoming too tired, a normal range of one and a half kilometers in radius is no problem at all.

This function was useless to him.

Jin Lin checked the leaderboard and said, "No teams have faced each other yet, and each team still has 50 points, no change."

Su Hao nodded as he moved forward. The Aokigahara Forest was so vast that the organizers couldn't possibly deploy teams too densely; otherwise, the strong teams would probably finish the battle in a day or two.

Su Hao asked, "Speaking of which, which teams do you think need to be on guard?"

He had been observing the Crescent Moon Cult for the past few days, but aside from not going to one of its branches as a precaution and planning to go after the competition, he hadn't gained anything.

As for Su Hao, the yakuza organization "Shinsengumi" mentioned by Kazuhito Sato, he had never encountered him before; he had never seen anyone wearing a black haori on the streets of Tokyo's Minato Ward.