Northern Liaoning Province.
Inside the regional commander's office at the Inspection Department's Pokémon Investigator headquarters in Yinzhou City.
Regional commanders were divided into three levels: first-level commanders oversaw major regions, second-level commanders oversaw the provinces within them, and third-level commanders oversaw parts of a province.
He Youguang was one of Liaoning Province's three third-level regional commanders, responsible for affairs in the north.
Ring, ring!
The shrill ringing drew He Youguang's attention from his paperwork.
His brows drew together on his stern face as he slowly picked up the phone.
The voice on the other end made his expression change at once.
"What? A Gyarados over twenty meters long?"
Gyarados was a powerful and rare Pokémon.
But it was considered rare mainly in comparison to the enormous number of Magikarp spread across the world.
In fact, thanks to those staggering numbers, there were plenty of Gyarados overall.
The vast difference between its forms before and after evolution had also driven generations of scholars to study it.
As a result, the figures on Gyarados had long since been settled.
The largest Magikarp, for instance, measured around two meters, while the longest Gyarados measured only fifteen.
That was a limit countless scholars had failed to surpass, no matter what methods they tried.
And now, first thing in the morning, a subordinate claimed to have seen a Gyarados over twenty meters long.
If the caller had not been his most trusted subordinate, He Youguang would not have believed a word of it.
"Give me the details."
He Youguang capped his pen and asked in a grave voice.
"Here's what happened. Over the past few days, we followed the plan and investigated..."
The caller soon walked him through the entire incident.
"Write up a report and submit it. You don't need to concern yourself with