Jubilife City, Civic Center.
Li Wei stood out in the bustling Civic Center, especially with Lucario walking beside him and Diancie skipping along.
Diancie's pink diamonds gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight, making them hard to miss.
Combined with Li Wei's own Center of Attention, this meant everyone's eyes had been on him all morning.
Elsewhere, people might have needed to discuss who Li Wei was, but that certainly wasn't necessary at Jubilife's Civic Center.
Li Wei had been here several times, and almost all the staff knew him.
"Good morning."
"No need to trouble yourselves. I'll go find Mayor Luca on my own."
He greeted the staff he knew, then declined someone's offer to take him to Mayor Luca...
People came and went through Jubilife's Civic Center.
The Civic Center's main entrance stayed open throughout working hours, so even ordinary people could enter with ease.
This was one of Mayor Luca's initiatives.
The Civic Center's cafeteria was open to residents and tourists, and ordinary people could also come inside to use its public rest area.
Leaving the main entrance wide open might have seemed unsafe, yet Mayor Luca's initiative had actually kept the Civic Center free of trouble.
Well-planned parking spaces and orderly management left several evacuation routes clear, allowing people to leave quickly even in an earthquake.
Mayor Luca had been at work since early that morning.
Knock, knock-
Mayor Luca's secretary knocked on the open door.
Mayor Luca was buried in paperwork.
"Come in."
"Mayor, Li Wei is here."
When he looked up and saw Li Wei, Mayor Luca broke into a smile. "Come, have a seat."
Li Wei had approached Mayor Luca two days earlier.
He had said there was something he wanted to discuss with him.
But Mayor Luca was a busy man. For the past