After being put through the wringer by both Xu Mu and Greninja, Articuno finally gave in.
What choice did he have? If he held out any longer, they might start torturing him!
Articuno was no fool. He had lived long enough to know when to swallow his pride.
Swallow his pride... swallow his pride...
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After Xu Qingqing caught Articuno, word reached the Pokémon League.
"Director, something big has happened!"
"A Trainer named Xu Qingqing just registered an Articuno!"
A staff member at the Pokémon League Center shot to his feet and shouted.
The entire office erupted.
"What? Articuno?"
"A Legendary Pokémon?"
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
"That can't be possible, can it?"
His colleagues dropped what they were doing and began talking all at once.
The director adjusted his glasses and said gravely, "Don't send this up through the usual channels. Use our Communications Oversight Department's special authority and report it directly to Chief Xiao."
"I think I've heard of this Trainer named Xu. Have any of you?"
The Communications Oversight Department was a special Pokémon League agency responsible for protecting Trainers' privacy. It was also the League's sole means of accessing their private records.
Ordinary people had no way to look up Pokémon registration records.
But this department compiled those records.
In other words, everyone here knew a great deal about countless Trainers.
That was why working here required a confidentiality agreement. Break it, and your next stop after the office might be the police station.
The director's question left everyone staring at him.
He had heard of her?
That seemed unlikely.
"Director, I know her. Xu Qingqing is a Trainer at the Snow Mountain Gym. People call her the most beautiful Ice-type Trainer!"
An unassuming young man