Chapter 276 Team 0

Dragon secret realm.

In Long Fan's office, because of Lu Tinghe's presence today, Long Fan specially took out a can of fine green tea from his drawer to entertain Lu Tinghe.

"Junior brother, come and taste the fine tea from my collection." Long Fan greeted his junior brother with a smile, and at the same time turned to look at Xia Yu who was standing beside him.

"Xiao Yu, let me introduce him to you." Long Fan said to Xia Yu, "This is my junior fellow apprentice, Lu Tinghe. You have to call him uncle."

Junior brother? Xia Yu heard Long Fan's words and thought, no wonder Lu Guanjun also supported me in the meeting room just now, it turns out that this is the relationship.

As expected, this is how the world is. As long as you have connections, everything is easy, but if you don't have connections, it's difficult to move forward.

Just like in the meeting just now, what’s the point of Duan Hongzhi’s strenuous opposition? The people in the conference room are all my people. What can you use to fight me?

Xia Yu thought arrogantly in his heart.

But how come Lu Tinghe, the junior fellow apprentice, won the championship, while the master has only now become the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings? You can’t do it either, Master.

"Hello, Uncle Master." Xia Yu's eyes moved back and forth between Lv Tinghe and Long Fan. He was also very curious about how Lv Tinghe, a fighting champion, and Long Fan, a dragon champion, could be brothers. "Uncle Master is really amazing. He is a champion at such a young age. He is much better than my master."

"You little bastard, you are jealous of me, your master." Long Fan also heard the mockery in Xia Yu's tone and couldn't help but scold him with a smile.

Although Lu Tinghe became the champion earlier than him, Long Fan was not in a hurry at all. He specialized in the dragon system, and the growth cycle of the dragon system was long, unlike the fighting system, which grew quickly and had high potential.

Most dragon-type Pokémon are late bloomers. As they grow older and time passes, their strength will only get stronger.

It is almost certain that Long Fan will become the champion in the next session, but he doesn't know which region he will be the champion.

At this time, Lu Tinghe also smiled and said, "My senior brother and I are from the same school. Our master's trump card Pokémon is Scaled Dragon, and we each got one. But your master is a dragon-type trainer, and I am a fighting-type trainer."

"It's easier to train a fighting-type Pokémon than a dragon-type. You just need to work hard and be willing to endure hardships. Their strength will grow very quickly, and he will become the champion sooner." Lu Tinghe smiled and said to Xia Yu, "But the longer the time, the stronger the dragon-type Pokémon will be. It's only a matter of time before he becomes the champion."

"Xiao Yu, I called you here this time mainly because I have two things to tell you." Long Fan said with a smile: "Let's talk about the first thing first. The first thing is the matter of the Charizard Special Operations Team we talked about last time."

"Junior brother, why don't you tell it?" Long Fan glanced at Lu Tinghe and asked.

"It's better for you, the master, to do it." Lu Tinghe said with a smile, standing aside and motioning Long Fan to speak.

"Okay." Long Fan did not refuse, and said seriously: "The establishment of the Charizard Special Operations Team Zero is the recent decision made by the Pokémon Association."

"Team Zero is still in preparation. The Pokémon Association is currently selecting suitable reserve members across the country."

"The selected players are also mainly young people, with an age limit of 18-22 years old. In the early stage, reserve players will be selected first."

"Just for the reserve team spots, many people are scrambling to get in."

"Becoming a reserve member is only the first hurdle. Next comes training and assessment. In the end, 90% of the reserve members will be eliminated, leaving only 10 official spots."

"Only when you become a formal member can you truly be considered to have entered Team Zero."

"Regarding the selection of reserve members, each champion has three recommended spots, and the remaining spots will be recommended by the Pokémon Association."

"Junior brother already has three places, and this time I was shameless enough to ask for a recommendation place for you." Long Fan paused here, and then said seriously: "You have to thank Uncle Lu, otherwise you might not be able to enter the zero team."

Although he still hadn't figured out what Team Zero did, Xia Yu still said to Lu Tinghe, "Thank you, Uncle Lu."

At this time, Long Fan continued, "You are only a reserve member now. If you want to become a formal member, you still need to go through training and assessment. It is not an easy task to compete with you for the best trainer in the past five years."

"But don't feel too stressed. With your strength and status in the scientific research community, as long as you don't make any outrageous mistakes and take steady steps, you will definitely become a formal member."

"Master, you haven't told me what Team Zero does?" After hearing this, Xia Yu finally couldn't help but ask.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Long Fan said with a smile, "We haven't talked about this yet."

"The reason why I strongly recommend you to join Charizard Team Zero is because Team Zero has great power." Long Fan's expression suddenly became serious: "You have also heard that in recent years, corruption within the Pokémon Association has become more and more serious, especially among the King-level trainers who control a secret realm and the gym owners in backward areas. They have great power in their hands, which breeds their ambitions and colludes with various underground organizations."

"Some time ago, the Dawn Society attacked the Dragon Secret Realm and snatched Quasi-God Pokémon Eggs, which also made the Pokémon Association realize the seriousness of the problem."

"So at the beginning of the year, the Pokémon Association held a meeting and discussed and passed the issue of establishing Team Zero."

"The purpose of establishing Team Zero is to investigate corruption and bribery among members of the Pokémon Association."

"Among them, Team Zero is divided into two sub-teams. Team One is mainly responsible for investigating corruption and bribery by local gym leaders and the Elite Trainers who guard the secret realms and wilderness areas."

"Team Two is responsible for investigating the collusion between members of the Pokémon Association and underground organizations, such as the Aurora Society."

Xia Yu was fascinated by what he heard. It sounded like the power of Team Zero was a bit too great. No wonder the master attached so much importance to it.

And what the master just said about Team Zero is that they will focus on investigating those Elite Trainers who guard the secret realms. Isn’t this the master himself?

My master has been guarding the Dragon Secret Realm in the Imperial Capital for many years, so he is obviously a key observation target. My master wouldn't strongly recommend me to join Team Zero because he wants to leave a way out for himself, right?

However, I, Xia Yu, am upright, incorruptible, and selfless. How could I bend the law for personal gain just because of the relationship between master and disciple?

Of course, if it was Teacher Long who came forward, I would definitely give him face.

But, Teacher Long, you don’t want your father to be investigated, right?

Just as Xia Yu was lost in thought, Long Fan slapped Xia Yu on the shoulder: "What are you thinking about? Why are you so lost in thought?"

"Nothing...nothing. Master, please continue."

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