Time passed little by little, and before long, evening arrived.
At Ranger Headquarters on the Line-Drawing Plateau, several Chief Pokémon Rangers hurried back after receiving the summons.
Some had been out on missions, while others had been on vacation.
A single order from Professor Xinyuan and the Union chairwoman had called them all back.
Several Staraptor landed in a neat row before the Headquarters building. The Chief Pokémon Rangers exchanged greetings as soon as they met.
"I was just about to clear the Capture Arena!"
Seven complained loudly, his gaze constantly roaming over his colleagues beside him.
"Do you know how hard the challenge on the final floor is?
You have to capture three Pokémon at once: Charizard, Salamence, and Flygon!
The whole thing is so chaotic, it's downright terrifying!"
As Seven spoke, he watched their reactions, hoping they would give him the response he wanted.
Unfortunately, nobody paid him any attention. They all had their complaints about this capture expert who hogged the spotlight, the Chief Pokémon Ranger most popular with women in the Union.
"Ah, I'd already figured out a strategy. I was just about to pick them off one by one.
If I cleared the arena, I'd hit the maximum level. Nobody's ever done that before!"
"All right, all right, enough showing off-"
Beside him, He Fu, the Union's strongest Staraptor user, who had become a Chief Pokémon Ranger in the same batch as him, could not help speaking up.
Of all the Chief Pokémon Rangers, only He Fu could tolerate Seven's love of showing off. She was also one of the few women in the Union who had no particular fondness for him.
She and Seven were like a pair of good buddies. They had fooled around together between classes at school and been promoted to