Lance's New Mission

A male voice said with a sigh, "There have been fewer and fewer people lately."

Another man chimed in, "Yeah, ever since the connections between the five regions have grown closer."

"It won't be long before all five regions are fully integrated into our Pokémon League."

"But it's been rough on us inspectors. Those five regions still aren't under our control."

"We can't trust people from other regions, so we can only send inspectors and International Police officers over there."

"And their control over local criminal forces is far too weak. They can't handle a whole pile of problems, so we have to go."

Lance nodded in agreement. That was indeed the case. Other regions did not have inspectors like this, only police officers, and their local upper echelons were exceptionally chaotic.

Their internal conflicts were also especially severe.

That was why Kanto region and Chengdu region needed to help them now.

"Oh, right. I've already accepted a mission to Hoenn Region. It's to investigate their Lava Team, and the pay is especially generous. Want to come with me?"

"Sure. The pay is too good to pass up."

"But too many people are heading to other regions now. The Pokémon League is severely short-staffed."

"I heard that both the International Police Academy and the inspectors are expanding recruitment this time."

"And they're taking in quite a few people. There are mainly three regions, and once everyone gets spread out, there really aren't many people left."

Hearing this, Lance learned that the International Police and inspectors would be expanding their recruitment. He had been busy carrying out missions before, so this was the first time he had heard the news.

After leaving the mission hall, his phone rang.

"Hello."

"Champion Lance, I have some news for you. Both the International Police