Ever Grande City, Terrance was accepting interviews from League reporters, providing firsthand material for the League’s coverage.
These reporters were all directly affiliated with the League, so they naturally would not ask questions that would put Terrance in a difficult position. The entire process went very smoothly for him.
And according to the Pokémon League’s policies, Terrance also directly obtained the title of Fairy Elite Four.
The title “Fairy Elite Four” could be said to be the biggest selling point for the upcoming reports. Whether there would be successors in the future was unknown, but being unprecedented was absolutely true.
After taking commemorative photos with the current Champion and Elite Four, Terrance remained in Ever Grande City to participate in the first meeting held after assuming his position as the new Elite Four.
“Fairy Elite Four, you still don’t know how to use this thing, right?”
In front of the meeting room, a young man wearing dark pink trousers and a black jacket with yellow patterns stepped out from out of nowhere. With a roguish grin on his face, he pointed at the medal casually pinned to his shoulder and spoke.
“I’d like to hear the details,” Terrance stopped and said.
“The medal contains the crystallization of the highest scientific achievements in today’s internet and communication field. Unless it’s between two dimensions, there won’t be any signal loss. Secondly, the medal is also proof of identity. It can connect to the Elite Four-exclusive network, allowing you to apply to the League for resource usage based on your merits,” Elite Four Sidney slowly explained.
After becoming an Elite Four, it was equivalent to becoming a higher-level civil servant than a Gym Leader.
If Gym Leaders lived off part of the local residents’ taxes and League subsidies, then Elite Four lived off part of the taxes from the entire region. The benefits they enjoyed were far beyond what Gym Leaders could compare to.
The wealth of a Gym Leader was directly proportional to the development of their local town. Terrance had originally belonged to the relatively poor category of Gym Leaders. Even if someone wanted to compete for a Gym Leader position, they would never fight over the Fallarbor Gym. Becoming a Gym Leader in one of the major cities was far more desirable.
However, with the establishment of the Fallarbor Scenic Area, the development of Fallarbor Gym was unstoppable.
After becoming an Elite Four, Terrance would now have the entire Hoenn League backing him. Even so, it did not mean Elite Four could mobilize resources without restraint. The League had corresponding regulations regarding how many resources an Elite Four could use. Aside from a portion of fixed income, the amount beyond that depended on the merits they earned while serving in their position.
Of course, just the fixed income of an Elite Four alone was enough to crush 95% of Gyms.
As for those exceptionally wealthy Gyms overflowing with money, they could already be treated as special cases and excluded from the standards of normal Gyms.
“I’ll remember that. Thanks,” Terrance looked at his Elite Four medal and nodded.
“Although the Elite Four Challenge Competition didn’t take place, I’m looking forward to battling you next time.” As Terrance nodded, Sidney licked his lips.
“Haha.” Before entering the meeting room, Sidney adjusted his dark pink mohwak, looking especially flashy.
More optimistic than expected…
Watching the supposedly former delinquent Elite Four Sidney walk into the meeting room, Terrance grinned slightly and followed him inside.
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“Everyone’s here now, right?”
As the last arrival, Terrance, took his seat, Hoenn League’s strongest group of Trainers had all gathered here.
The five present were Hoenn Champion Steven, Dark-type Elite Four Sidney, Ghost-type Elite Four Phoebe, Ice-type Elite Four Glacia, and Fairy-type Elite Four Terrance.
“According to the assignment of duties, Elite Four Terrance will be responsible for the popularization and educational work of breeding knowledge, training knowledge, and coordination knowledge throughout the Hoenn region. The Breeder Association, Pokémon Contests, and the research team led by Professor Birch will fully cooperate with your primary work, Elite Four Terrance.”
After taking out a document, Glacia directly handed it to Terrance for him to review.
It was exactly the same as what Terrance had originally requested. Compared to fighting on the front lines, Terrance wanted to settle down for a while, and this also involved consideration for Master Victor. That old man had always been hoping for Terrance to inherit his genetic knowledge.
Now that he had already ascended to the position of Elite Four and was about to touch the summit, Terrance also hoped to arrange everything properly and leave no regrets behind.
It was not that being responsible for Hoenn region’s educational work did not require investing time, but comparatively speaking, this job’s schedule was very stable and would not leave him constantly rushing around because of sudden incidents.
“No problem. I’ll adapt as quickly as possible and arrange my affairs in the shortest amount of time,” Terrance said immediately after glancing through the documents a few times.
“No need to be so serious. Compared to the matter regarding duties, why don’t we talk about what we’re most concerned about instead… such as the next regional exchange tournament.” Phoebe said with a grin, “Now that Terrance has joined us this time, I suggest we send Elite Four Terrance to participate instead.”
“The chances of winning could be very high.”
Every few years, the Champions would hold a gathering and conduct Contest Battles to determine who the strongest Champion was. These battles were not held publicly, but in order to promote regional exchange, each region would send one Elite Four to compete and determine who was the strongest Elite Four.
This way, although the Elite Four represented a region’s Trainers to some extent, they would not play a decisive role, leaving some room for weaker regions to save face. If the Champions were to publicly battle each other, some regions would more or less lose face.
“That really is a good idea, but it still depends on the person’s own willingness,” Steven said with a smile. His previous defeat in the Champion exchange battle had bothered him for quite a while, but judging from Terrance’s current momentum, it was not impossible for him to obtain the title of strongest Elite Four in the regional exchange tournament.
“After veterans like Agatha and the older generation of Elite Four retired, among the new generation of Elite Four, Caitlin from the Unova region has vaguely become recognized as the strongest. But perhaps this situation will change soon,” Glacia suddenly said.
“That Psychic Elite Four named Caitlin is indeed troublesome. Back then, I only looked at her from afar once and already felt tremendous pressure, so as expected of a natural psychic…” Sidney absentmindedly picked at his nails.
As everyone chatted, Terrance really wanted to interrupt, otherwise he felt that sooner or later he would be sold off by this group of schemers.
However, before the discussion could reach a conclusion, Phoebe’s expression suddenly changed and she immediately stood up.
“What’s wrong?”
“A message just came from Mt. Pyre. Team Aqua and Team Magma took advantage of the new Elite Four’s medal-conferring ceremony to break in and seize the ‘Red Orb’ and ‘Blue Orb.’”
“Wait… not only that. Incidents of the two organizations invading again have erupted all over the region. Devon Corporation, the Oceanic Museum, Fallarbor Gym, the Weather Institute, and many other locations have all been attacked by Team Aqua and Team Magma, resulting in heavy casualties.”
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