The Stage That Belonged to Him!

Heiduo did not keep watching such a sickening match. Instead, he found an excuse to say goodbye to Hesu and the others.

He needed to ask Yujian about the Silver Conference organizers.

If that company was secretly sponsoring the Silver Conference, Heiduo would feel even more at ease about taking their money.

Using the enemy's money to raise his Pokémon, using an event hosted by the enemy to build his own reputation—what could be more wonderful than that?

He went straight back to his room in the Competitors' Village and had Electivire spread Electric Terrain, preventing any electronic device from eavesdropping on his call with Yujian.

Although Serea had said his room was absolutely secure, it never hurt to be cautious.

Any machine powered by electrical currents would have nowhere to hide within Electivire's Electric Terrain.

Half an hour later.

Heiduo emerged from his room with a strange expression.

"An operation within an operation within an operation?"

He stroked his chin, where short stubble had begun to grow, still unable to process what had happened.

From his brief call with Yujian, he learned that someone had used their authority to bribe the personnel arranging the match lists. They had acted discreetly and left behind no evidence.

There was no way to investigate it now.

Unfortunately for them, the person they had found was an informant planted by one of Yujian's close associates in another faction—a hidden confidant of Teng Jun... That made things very interesting.

They had tried to pull tricks on their own enemy.

After receiving reports from their subordinates, Yujian and Teng Jun considered the situation and decided they might as well go along with those people's wishes. Hadn't Heiduo said he had absolute confidence? They could arrange things for him. Even if he lost, they had backup