Jubilife Breeding Center
Because of this incident, Fumie decided to give her employees a day off to rest.
However, fostered Pokemon were still accepted, as there were still Lucario and others who could care for the young ones.
"What happened just now?"
Not long after Officer Jenny departed, Belle arrived with Growlithe.
There had been many onlookers earlier, and many wild Pokemon had appeared, so Belle hadn't joined the commotion.
"Seven delinquent bikers suddenly showed up to extort money."
Fumie was still very confused.
Hearing Fumie mention the delinquent bikers, Bell recalled that she had indeed heard the roar of motorcycles.
"It's really strange."
However, Bell was neither a police officer nor a detective, so she simply felt it was odd.
Claire also had a peculiar feeling. "I also think it's strange."
Before joining the Breeding Center, Claire had worked at several Breeding Houses.
Especially the previous one she had anonymously reported—she had witnessed many underhanded dealings, truly people who would stop at nothing.
This time, Claire sensed the same atmosphere.
Although suspicious, Fumie did not pursue the matter further.
"Officer Jenny and the others are investigating. We just need to wait for the results."
It wasn't their style to inexplicably suspect others.
Claire nodded. "Okay."
Leon patted his chest, still feeling lingering fear. "We still need to hire security guards!"
Alan laughed. "You said you wouldn't hire security guards during the last recruitment."
Leon quickly waved his hand. "Can't skimp, can't skimp."
Wayne shook his head. "I already have an idea."
A night passed without incident.
The Breeding Center became famous once again.
Even without Cynthia this time.
But wild Pokemon spontaneously coming to protect a Breeding Center was enough to cause heated discussion.
Especially when combined with eye-catching headlines.
"A Miracle of Nature Descends! Wild Pokemon Spontaneously Protect Jubilife Breeding Center—All Humanity in Tears?!"
This was the title from the Sinnoh NOW account on the Eevee Video Network platform, the most popular TV program in the Sinnoh region at the moment.
Wayne, brushing his teeth while scrolling on his phone, almost spat out a mouthful. "Good heavens, they're so skilled at creating titles."
"Which title genius came up with this—from the Clickbait Department, right?"
There were so many things to complain about that Wayne didn't know where to start for a moment.
Incidentally, Sinnoh NOW had been involved in Wayne's previous video of treating Garchomp.
Sinnoh NOW's account had many followers. With sensational titles, plus Wayne's trending tag, this video quickly climbed to the top of the trending list.
"Let's watch the video first."
This video completely captured Pidgeot, Fearow, Staraptor, and Beedrill descending from the sky.
Then, amidst shaking phone footage, Tauros, Luxray, and the leaping Arcanine appeared one after another.
As an eyewitness, Wayne could only say that this video had been edited.
The editing had cut out the time when Metagross, Dragapult, and others appeared.
"We were fortunate enough to interview the videographer."
Immediately after, the video cut to an interviewed person with their face blurred.
"Please tell us what happened at the Jubilife Breeding Center?"
The young man witnessed everything from beginning to end and recounted the entire incident.
From the delinquent bikers causing a disturbance on the street to attacking the Breeding Center.
"The red-haired one had Nidoking use Earthquake, and the yellow-haired one had Golem use Rollout to break the door."
"Actually, the people at the Breeding Center were tolerant at first. It was the seven bikers..."
This eyewitness had good organizational skills and told the story from beginning to end.
However, he had a very clear stance.
His video actually didn't capture who exactly made the first move, and he most likely couldn't see it.
But in his words, it became, "I saw the red-haired one make the first move, striking with a baseball bat to the head."
The actual situation was that Wayne had told Alan to strike first.
Although the delinquent bikers had been shouting and had destroyed the door, it was indeed not them who made the first move physically.
Wayne only developed such a plan when he saw the wild Pokemon surrounding them.
Otherwise, he would have had to lure them into striking first.
That way, it could be called self-defense.
"Next time, I'll give him a discount—a loyalty discount!"
"Just give him a VIP card."
Although his face was blurred, Wayne recognized him.
This young man being interviewed was a regular customer of the Breeding Center, coming once a week to wash his Herdier.
Wayne glanced at the video's comment section, which was completely one-sided.
"This person is so amazing!"
This referred to Alan, who had thoroughly beaten the Rainbow Squad.
"Such cool Luxray and Arcanine!"
"Pidgeot and Fearow together actually didn't fight?!!!"
"This Breeding Center must be excellent—even wild Pokemon spontaneously protect it."
Below, people from Jubilife City came forward to testify.
"It's really good. The fees are higher than a general Breeding House, but their breeding work is genuinely excellent. My Scizor was trained there."
Not just one, but several customers of the Breeding House came forward to testify.
Wayne's family certainly hadn't hired internet trolls.
It would cost money, and Leon would be reluctant.
So this must be spontaneous support.
"They even have fans spontaneously defending them."
Wayne felt somewhat proud. This was the result of their diligent operation of the Breeding Center.
At the same time, the joint operation of the two Champions was nearing its end.
"Take them all away!"
This stemmed from Lance's interrogation the previous night.
Time returned to last night.
After being brought to the Jubilife City police station,
"Bring them over. I want to interrogate them myself."
"Yes!"
As the Chief Investigator, even if Zorro came, he would have to obey Lance's command.
Lance and Cynthia jointly interrogated those who had lighter injuries.
The red-haired one who was brought over was bewildered.
Wait, they just tried to extort money, didn't they?
Not only did they not obtain any money, but they were also brutally beaten by the people from the Breeding Center.
Did such a matter require the Champion to personally intervene?
Looking at Lance and Cynthia, whose eyes were incredibly cold, the red-haired one knew at this moment that he had provoked the wrong people.
The red-haired one had many injuries, but Lance and Cynthia held no sympathy for him.
People who disrupted public order and extorted money deserved to be beaten.
This was also the reason Lance had not intervened earlier.
However, as law enforcement officers, Lance would still enforce the law impartially and would not falsely accuse the red-haired one and his group because of Wayne.
Lance's interrogation did not follow the usual pattern.
"Speak. Who sent you?"
The red-haired one was originally doing things for money, and after weighing the Champion against his boss, he immediately betrayed his boss, being someone who adapted to circumstances.
"It's Boss Jesse! He's the one in charge of contact—we just got paid to do it!"
At this point, things were not as Lance had expected.
He had thought these were people sent by Pokemon Hunters to probe.
Now it seemed there was another hidden agenda.
Lance couldn't help but sigh. "I still need to work harder."
After interrogating multiple people, Cynthia and Lance decided to act overnight.