An unknown island on the sea.
The Hunter Guild also has its own small island, located in an inconspicuous corner off the coast of the Sinnoh Region.
The island is not big, but it can serve as a small base or a temporary transit station.
A large number of Hunter Guild members have gathered here.
According to Joanna, the employer requests that the island's location not be disclosed, so only the core members of the Hunter Guild are participating in this mission.
Moreover, currently, only the person in charge of this task knows the location of the island.
Although the Hunter Guild has many members spread across the entire Pokemon Realm, there are indeed not too many core members.
Moreover, quite a few core members have missions in other regions, so not many core members of the Hunter Guild have come to the island this time. Natsuhiko looked around roughly, seeing only about thirty or forty people.
But the Hunter Guild members are most skilled at capturing Pokémon.
So thirty or forty people are enough.
And leading them.
A thin gauze skirt half-covered her long, white jade-like legs, an exquisite oval face pure and flawless, her eyes like a peach blossom within an autumn water, crimson lips outlining slightly puffed cheeks, an untimely lollipop rolling back and forth in her mouth.
"Is this person one of the current top seats, Miss Q?"
After listening to Joanna's introduction, Natsuhiko inconspicuously scanned the woman once again.
Hmm.
The figure is quite good.
She is Joanna's nominal superior now.
Also the person in charge of this mission.
Logically.
Since such a task is brought by Tom Rokicki, then she should be the person in charge.
But the other top seats are not fools either.
Letting Tom Rokicki expand endlessly like this, they really would be overstepped one day.
So she became the final person in charge.
Miss Q, or Hunter Q.
Seemingly noticing Natsuhiko's gaze, Miss Q's pair of alluring cat-like eyes blinked, locking onto the source of the gaze.
She playfully blinked at Natsuhiko.
Even though Natsuhiko was used to seeing beauties like Hilona, Kona, and Nanami, seeing this scene still made his heart quiver, his nose tingle.
Completely different feelings.
Kona, Hilona, and Nanami have the beauty of immature women.
Even Hilona, who walks the mature lady line, behaves quite conservatively.
But the one in front of him is purely a mature lady type, plus the revealing attire and unabashedly alluring eyes.
Although the face value is slightly lower, but this figure and behavior... tut tut.
Natsuhiko finally understood why the men standing here were all bowing their heads, seemingly searching for something on the ground.
A group.
Real men!
"Buyi!"
Eevee jumped up, holding its body, trying to use its little paws to block Natsuhiko's eyes.
'We promised Togekiss boss to watch over you!'
Unfortunately.
Little Eevee's body is too short.
Natsuhiko's gaze met Miss Q's gaze, without avoidance, and even nodded slightly towards her.
Nominally speaking, she is the superior of Natsuhiko's superior now.
Be a little polite.
Be a polite "bad guy."
Seeing Natsuhiko nodding at her, calmly retracting his gaze, Miss Q was stunned for a second.
Then took out the lollipop from her mouth, tip of her tongue gently playing with the moistened candy.
The corners of her mouth slowly curved upwards.
Interesting.
...
Once most of the members had arrived.
Miss Q sauntered forward without much ado, and shouted sweetly, "Set off."
The members summoned their respective Flying Pokémon one after another.
In terms of Flying Pokémon, Joanna is definitely a more prominent and unusual presence.
Miss Q's leading Flying Pokémon was somewhat unexpected to Natsuhiko.
A Tropius.
The kind full of fruits.
Survival skills are excellent.
Under the leadership of Miss Q, everyone passed through the clouds, flying in the air for about four hours before arriving at the destination.
Four hours of high-speed flight.
Some hunters with relatively weaker strength even needed to change Flying Pokémon in the middle just to barely keep up and not fall behind.
Natsuhiko's ride, Noivern, and Joanna's Salamence belonged to the first echelon that was able to follow closely.
Several other equally composed people, Natsuhiko remembered their profiles.
Potential competitors.
When they crossed the clouds once more, descending towards the sea.
Below was dense fog.
And the closer to the sea surface, the thicker the fog, vaguely only seeing a dark shadow, getting closer to ascertain it was an island.
The island's size is not small.
But because it's surrounded by fog, no one knows how broad this fog area is, nor would many dare to search through such thick fog at sea.
After all, the last time Natsuhiko came across an island amid dense fog.
He saw Giratina.
With Miss Q's Tropius, Hunter Guild members landed one by one.
Even at the island's edge, without being in the densely forested area, visibility is very low.
The humidity in the air is also very high.
Stepping on the ground feels like stepping in mud.
Natsuhiko holds Eevee in one hand and rests the other on Noivern.
With the high-frequency sound waves emitted by Noivern and the ripples bounced back, Noivern is already helping Natsuhiko to explore this island.
Around them, many others are using their abilities to understand the island's situation.
However, the results are not optimistic.
The water vapor in the dense fog is too much, significantly obstructing Noivern's sound waves.
In this situation, psychic exploration might be more appropriate.
"Old rules, I won't say much more. Check your own abilities."
Miss Q, with a lollipop in one hand and her other hand on her hip, swiftly completes the so-called "big shot speech," clearly someone who gets things done.
The so-called "old rules" were also mentioned briefly to Natsuhiko by Joanna.
Since the island was discovered by the employer, the ownership belongs to them; they are only responsible for helping to clear out some wild Pokémon.
They don't need to clear everything, mainly targeting the stronger ones that might affect the employer's subsequent exploration of the island.
Moreover.
No matter what Pokémon they catch, ownership belongs to the employer.
The Hunter Guild will score based on the Pokémon they capture.
Then, a portion from the employer's payment is divided as their "bonus;" the more captured, the more excellent the Pokémon, the higher the bonus.
At the same time.
If a hunter catches a Pokémon they feel suits them and wants to keep it, they can.
But they need to pay a certain amount of Hunter Points or money.
In summary, it's relatively humane, and the more work, the more reward.
The big earners are definitely the employer and the guild.
Of course, if you want to stash some privately, you can.
But it depends on if you have the ability.
"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing that might be important to some of you."
Miss Q squints, her gaze sweeping over everybody.
"The top three scorers this time can get the opportunity to be nominated for twenty seats, don't miss it."
There was quite a stir in the crowd.
Even though it's just a nomination, requiring identity verification, strength verification, ability verification, and many other complicated processes.
And there's also a lot of competition, making success unlikely.
But it's still an opportunity!
Many are participating in this task just for this chance.
Moreover.
Competitors?
Why not take them out in advance?
"Three days' time, you can start acting now." Miss Q casually waved her hand.
Immediately, the hunters present scrambled in.
Some plunged directly into the forest, others rode Flying Pokémon into the forest depths, and some skirted the sea surface to the other side of the island.
"Joanna, wait a moment." Miss Q stopped Joanna, who was about to ride Salamence into the forest depths.
Hearing this, Joanna was stunned for a moment.
Then she looked at Natsuhiko.
Their eyes exchanged a simple message in the air.
Then Natsuhiko lightly patted Noivern's body and plunged into the dense fog.
Joanna came in front of Miss Q, face respectful.
"That little boy, did you bring him?" Miss Q asked with interest.
Little boy?
Little?
If Natsuhiko were here, and heard someone say that about him, who knows how he'd react.
Joanna's expression was strange, but she nodded, "Yes, his name is Natsuka."
"What about his identity? Have you investigated it?"
"A simple investigation has been done, there should be no problem."
"Should there be?" Miss Q playfully licked her lips with her tongue.
"When we go back, I'll do an investigation report for you."
Joanna's heart skipped a beat.
This is the difference between a confidant and a subordinate who later joined.
She couldn't earn complete trust.
Natsuka's plan was correct.
Miss Q narrowed her eyes, looking in the direction where Natsuhiko disappeared, with her fingertip somehow nestled between her crimson lips.
Whenever she is truly interested, she makes this move; it's almost a trademark.
Knowing this reputation, many men from the Hunter Guild would probably have weak knees.
She thoughtfully remarked, "Very interesting~~"
Joanna lowered her head.
In her heart, she silently mourned for Natsuhiko.
Being targeted by this Miss Q is not a good thing.
In the Hunter Guild, countless people have tripped in her hands.
Some don't even know where they are buried.
Because her nickname was...
"Black Widow" Hunter Q!
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