"Mr. Shen Qi, thank you for providing the lead and guiding the Security Bureau's investigation to the Team Rocket Warehouse."
Officer Jenny stood and bowed toward the hospital bed.
"No, no, please. The Security Guards did all the hard work. I really couldn't do much."
Shen Qi's contribution had been winning Porygon over, getting him to open up a little and become willing to cooperate with the investigation.
His contribution had indeed been substantial, and crucial, but he still ought to show some modesty.
"Please don't bow in front of my hospital bed, Officer Jenny. Anyone who didn't know better would think I'd died in the line of duty."
Pfft-
Officer Jenny couldn't help laughing. "You certainly have a way with words."
"That's what you call having a way with words...?"
"There's something else." Officer Jenny handed Shen Qi the fruit platter. "Should we transfer this reward of 100,000 b to the same account as last time?"
Shen Qi had received a reward of 50,000 b for the Psychic type Storm incident in Ruins Forest.
Of that, 30,000 had come from the Security Bureau for reporting a major safety hazard and participating in the rescue;
the other 20,000 had come from the Pokémon Ranger Union for contributing to the protection of wild Pokémon.
This time, the Security Bureau's reward had increased to 80,000 b, while the Ranger Union's remained at 20,000 b.
In fact, the direct harm caused by the Team Rocket Warehouse explosion hadn't been on the same scale as the Psychic type Storm. Only the risk of subsequent forest fires had raised it to the 20,000 b reward bracket.
Their assessment criteria concerned only the natural environment. Whether some earth-shattering conspiracy lay behind the incident wasn't considered.
"100,000 b!"
That really was an enormous sum to Shen Qi.