Rumors

White Eagle Alliance, Orchester Town.

This was the town closest to the White Eagle Alliance's famed dangerous area—the Electric Grand Canyon. The town had a thriving livestock industry, with quite a few ranches raising ordinary animals such as dairy cows.

This town was under the control of the Carlisle Family, who specialized in Electric-type Pokémon.

Compared with other, more overbearing families, the Carlisle Family was already considered quite reasonable. Though they also collected taxes for the state government, they at least did not double or triple them like the towns controlled by other families. At most, they added a thirty-percent handling fee.

In this land where families and powerful figures monopolized everything, and ordinary people's paths to advancement were practically blocked unless they joined them, the residents of Orchester Town already felt fortunate enough.

At the very least, they were not subjected to suffocatingly harsh pressure, and only had to work eight hours a day, five days a week.

If a child in the family happened to show talent as a Trainer, they could choose to attend a school established by the Carlisle Family. Their parents would then receive better treatment as well.

This peaceful town had become bustling ever since, a few days ago, an explorer who had ventured into the Electric Grand Canyon returned with a photograph.

The photograph had been taken inside the Electric Grand Canyon. On a somewhat blurry cliff face, an unknown bipedal Pokémon with golden fur was moving at thunderous speed.

Judging from the electricity flashing around its body, it was undoubtedly an unknown Electric-type Pokémon.

The news first reached the ears of the Carlisle Family, which controlled the town.

Then, Tran Carlisle, a member of a collateral branch who was considered outstanding in both ability and influence—and had even exceptionally been granted the