One day earlier, Sakura Nation Alliance.
Master Semin set out in high profile, heading to the Divine Land Alliance to face Su Hao, the Shenzhou Champion now at the height of his power.
There was no need to hide his whereabouts, nor could they be hidden.
Once the Legend Cup matchups had been determined, this had already become a well-known certainty.
Many Sakura citizens lined the airport to see him off, hoping Master Semin could lead the Sakura Nation Alliance to even greater heights and secure a better ranking—one that would grant them a larger share of resources.
Not long after Cicada Ninja boarded his private jet, Molten Mountain, who had secretly entered the Sakura Nation Alliance days earlier and concealed herself within Mount Fuji, the nation's highest peak, quickly received the news.
—Even faster than the information gathered by R Institute's agents scattered across the territories of the various Pokémon Leagues.
She had personally confirmed Cicada Ninja boarding the private jet, and the jet departing Sakura airspace, through a Live Broadcast Room opened by some Sakura citizen.
That was right. Intelligence work in the new era was just this plain and unadorned.
Having once used false identities to serve as a spy in several small Pokémon Leagues, secretly expanding the Earth God Cult under her command before eventually being absorbed by the New Star Organization, Molten Mountain had never been a rigid person.
She was skilled at exploiting the advantages of being female, and she accepted new things quickly.
Standing on the snow-covered mountainside at an altitude of roughly three thousand meters, Molten Mountain put away her phone and lowered her hood. Her dyed fiery-red hair fluttered in the freezing wind.
A trace of fervor surfaced in her eyes.
Finally. Finally, she could finally awaken the God of Earth,