Pokémon: Master Pokémon has a fish-frying system.

Chapter 130 Promotion Conditions

As the Holly and Peace Department emerged one after another, the investigators recalled Lu An's "feat" of taking on ten first-class officers single-handedly a few years ago.

He also suddenly realized that the Umbreon next to Lu An was just an ordinary, unknown Eevee a few years ago.

However, after only a few years by Lu An's side, it was able to easily subdue Bai Ling's superior Soul-Hooking Eye and possess champion-level strength.

"Ya Nuo..."

Sableye, who returned to Whitebeard's side after being released by Umbreon, looked very unhappy.

It wanted to say that it was only because it was careless that it was so easily defeated by Umbreon.

But consider that Umbreon has already broken through the Champion level, which is a whole rank higher than Sabrina's Alakazam, and it is not at a disadvantage in terms of attributes like Alakazam.

Even if he were to fight it one-on-one, he would most likely suffer a crushing defeat, so it remained silent with a purple face.

After resolving the petty squabble between the two Pokémon, Lu An, seeing Lance present, was prepared to keep a low profile and leave the matter to Lance.

But now all the investigators' eyes are on him. As one of only two Special Class Investigators on the field, Lu An knows he can no longer keep a low profile.

"Ahem, everyone, it's been a long time."

As soon as Lu An spoke, one of the investigators who knew Lu An well immediately laughed:

"Since Lu An was suspended for challenging the Konoha Gym, it has indeed been a long time since we have seen any special-class players."

Upon hearing this, many investigators covered their mouths and chuckled.

Clearly, the fact that Lu An, as one of the top special investigators in Kanto, had trespassed into the Kuye Dojo and seriously injured Ma Zhishi was widely known within the organization.

Everyone knows that Lu An went to Golden University during this time to become a college student, and only returned today.

Lu An never expected that someone would expose his past as soon as he opened his mouth, which was completely different from the treatment he received as a fellow special-grade student.

He glared menacingly at the young investigator who had spoken:

"Zicong, it's been a long time since we sparred, hasn't it? Next time I'll definitely catch up with you and see if your skills have improved."

Upon hearing this, the investigator named Zi Cong's expression changed drastically:

“Lu Ante, please spare us! My Pokémon and I are no match for you. You should spar with Mr. Lance instead.”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

The tense atmosphere that was originally caused by Alakazam and Sableye's sparring match was completely dispelled by the banter.

After joking around for a while, Lu An waved to all the investigators:

"Alright, alright, what are you all still doing here? Disperse, disperse."

Upon receiving the order, the other investigators naturally dispersed as instructed.

Seeing that Hirabe was about to leave with Ryuzawa, Lu An had an idea and grabbed them both:

"Hirabe, First Class, and you and Ryuzawa, etc."

After a while, only Lu An, Du, Na Zi, Bai Ling, Heibu, and Long Ze remained on the field.

As a big fan of Lu An, Long Ze wanted to spend more time with him, so he naturally didn't say anything more.

Hirabe was curious about why Lu An had stopped him.

Lu An looked at the people on the field, lost in thought.

He called out to Hirabe and Ryuzawa because he remembered some things he had talked about with Shirashi in the conference room earlier.

“Lu An, although Bai Ling has some talent as a trainer and has become a near-Elite Four trainer at her current age, in my opinion, she is still far from being a true Senior Investigator, or even just a First-Class Investigator.”

"Oh? Old man, Bai Ling is still your granddaughter, how can you belittle her like this?"

"It is precisely because she is my granddaughter that I am telling the truth."

"how do I say this?"

Inside the meeting room, Bai Si slowly said:

"Although Bai Ling became a Senior Investigator, I have to admit that a large part of the reason for this is because the organization considers her to be my granddaughter. Otherwise, she wouldn't have become a Senior Investigator so quickly."

"As you and I both know, the path to promotion for investigators often requires meeting two conditions simultaneously."

"One is having enough strength. In this respect, Bai Ling's strength as a quasi-Heavenly King is enough to qualify him as a top-level investigator."

"However, another condition for an investigator's promotion is to have enough merit, which means to execute and complete a sufficient number of missions."

"Only by meeting both of these conditions and passing the organization's review can an investigator gradually rise from a rookie to a higher-level investigator."

"To become a high-ranking investigator without either of these two conditions, one would have to first have a sufficient identity outside the organization, like Awa and Natsume, before joining the investigators."

Inside the meeting room, Lu An nodded.

Wataru joined the investigators' organization after he had already become one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto and possessed champion-level strength.

It would be extremely disrespectful to make a trainer of such skill and status have to start from the bottom as a third-class or second-class investigator after joining the investigator organization.

Therefore, as soon as he joined the investigation team, he was parachuted into the highest-ranking position of Special Investigator.

Naturally, no other investigator would raise any objections.

After joining the investigation team, A-Du solved numerous major cases, living up to his status as a special-class investigator.

Sabrina joined the organization at his urging, serving as the Saffron Gym Leader and part-time Investigator.

Although she had just come of age at the time, she already possessed the strength of a veteran gym leader.

For this reason, the organization specially promoted her to a higher rank, granting her the status of a Senior Investigator with the strength of a dojo.

Years later, Naz even became a semi-special class member while working part-time.

Apart from these two, in recent years, almost all the investigators have risen step by step from the bottom, just like Lu An.

Among them, Bai Ling is the investigator who has been promoted the fastest, besides Lu An.

Therefore, there were occasional rumors within the organization that Bai Ling's promotion was only due to her having a high-ranking grandfather.

Lu An never commented on these rumors.

However, since Bai Ling's grandfather, Bai Si, had brought this up, Lu An said he would listen attentively.

"Although Bai Ling has the strength of a top-level investigator, she is still somewhat lacking in experience in carrying out missions, and her personality is also rather naive."

"The organization is going to entrust this mission concerning Team Rocket, Blaine, and the three legendary birds to you and Ghost."

"I hope that during this mission, you can demonstrate to her the qualities that a truly experienced and seasoned investigator should possess."