Lucian: Shouldn't This Line Be Mine?

Actually, if it hadn't been for Hunter J's prison break.

Given Luo Mu's current reputation among the upper ranks of the various Pokémon Leagues, Lucian had no need to make this trip at all.

Take Steven Stone, the Hoenn League Champion. He often traveled between different Regions just to mine.

Cynthia, the Champion of Sinnoh, even owned a massive villa in Undella Town in the Unova Region, along with properties and businesses in several other cities.

Whenever the sweltering summer drove Lucian to despair, she would unceremoniously toss aside piles of low-priority work and run off there for a vacation.

These Champions also possessed tremendous power and traveled freely between the major Pokémon Leagues without drawing excessive suspicion.

The main reason was that they had built up positive reputations. Given their character, they simply would not do anything outrageous enough to put the various Pokémon Leagues on edge.

When Cynthia went to the Unova Region, she really was just vacationing. At most, she would block an entire road solid while agonizing over ice cream flavors.

Once Steven Stone disappeared into some remote mountain, he probably would not emerge for ten days or half a month, and that would not affect anyone at all.

No one cared how many of their main Pokémon they brought or what they intended to do.

Rather than guard against them, it was better to worry about extinguishing the local evil organizations and curbing the rampant arrogance of the poachers.

But then again.

Was Luo Mu really so untrustworthy?

In fact, no.

Lucian had said it before. Given Luo Mu's reputation, there had been no need for him to come here at all.

The core reason he had come was not because the Sinnoh League distrusted Luo Mu and wanted him to confirm the latter's main