"What do you mean?"
Lu Ze froze for a moment and looked at Zhuge Ziyu. "Do I need to be consulted on something like this? Do I have that much clout?"
Zhuge Ziyu sighed. "It's not about clout. We're mainly discussing which province should host the next eight Pokémon Gyms."
"But we don't know where the people from every province got the news. They've all started demanding that the Gyms be built in their own provinces."
"The officials and the public alike. Online discussion has already turned into public pressure. Haven't you seen it?"
"Uh..."
Lu Ze awkwardly glanced at the ceiling. He had been having too much fun lately and really had not had time to follow all that online chatter.
"Fine."
Seeing Lu Ze's expression, Zhuge Ziyu understood.
"Upper Capital has been an excellent pilot program, and it has boosted tourism and consumer spending in the surrounding area. That's why people from every province want Pokémon Gyms built where they live."
"At the very least, they won't have to travel so far if they want to challenge a Gym."
"The officials in each province think the same way. They want Pokémon Gyms built there because it would stimulate the local economy and bring all sorts of other benefits."
Zhuge Ziyu looked exhausted. "Every province is fighting over these eight Pokémon Gyms."
"We have no way around it. We can't just pick one at random, can we? The other provinces would definitely have complaints."
"Huh?"
After hearing that, Lu Ze found it strange. "You mean all eight Pokémon Gyms will be built in one province?"
"Of course. Didn't you say that one province would have eight Pokémon Gyms, and after the eight Gym Badges were collected, they would hold a Provincial Badge Tournament? Then the top finishers from the