I Advise You to Write Your Resignation Letter First

Heiduo and Yuko did not have to wait long.

The fourth match was arranged quickly.

They could not delay any longer, or night would fall. Heiduo and the others had arrived in the afternoon. Though all three matches had been easy stomps, they had still taken over two hours.

Most of the time had been spent traveling, listening to the referee repeat the rules, and so on.

"Then I'll head to the next venue. We'll meet again if fate allows." Yuko smiled and waved at Heiduo. She was leaving the field, while Heiduo would be taking her place.

"See you."

Heiduo bid farewell to the girl from the Whirl Islands. Seeing many Pokémon clearing away the standing water, ice chunks, and shallow pits on the ground, he thought that Pokémon really did this sort of work at the Silver Conference too.

Umbreon watched with great interest as Geodude and Geodude used Rollout to flatten the ground. In a low voice, it said, "Do you think they do the same thing at Gyms?"

"Of course. Some Gyms use Diglett to till up the ground again and make it soft, then have Golem or other Pokémon flatten it." Heiduo had seen how Clair's Gym restored shattered ground.

Umbreon said in surprise, "Eh, Diglett? I remember those Pokémon can cultivate farmland... Your opponent is here." It shut its mouth and said no more.

Unexpectedly, the newcomer was a man dressed youthfully, though he seemed fairly old to Heiduo—around twenty-five or twenty-six, by his estimate. A faint smile hung on the man's face, giving him a gentle, pleasant air at first glance.

Yet Heiduo felt that the man's smile was extremely fake.

It was comparable to those corporate bootlickers who had spent years sucking up to their bosses.

An office worker? How had an