There should be only one person called the boss in the Quicksand Team.
Kashiwagi used to think so.
But now he knows that Soshiro, the top cadre who leads the Suna group, is also called the boss by his subordinates, not the group leader.
The problem is serious.
Although it is just a title, it seems to imply something like "the lord's lord is not my lord".
He hoped that he was overthinking it, but the more he understood it, the more he felt that the ship of the Quicksand Team was teetering on the edge and could capsize at any time...
I hope the Quicksand Team is still alive before I grow up.
The fox-like man led Bai Mu inside. When he reached an elevator, he suddenly turned around and said, "My name is Liu Ge."
"Hello."
Kashiwagi responded softly, paying attention to Cocodora from the corner of his eye, and was relieved when he saw that it was just curiously looking at the metal products around it.
Pokémon are beings with human-like intelligence, but often their reason is not enough to suppress their instincts—violent instincts, reproduction instincts, and eating instincts.
Although I had fed Coco Dora before coming out, if I faced so many iron tools and couldn't hold back my desire to pounce on them and take a few bites, I would be in trouble.
Liu Ge pressed the switch, and the elevator started to fall slowly downwards.
He glanced at Kashiwagi and Kokodora, who was squatting close to his ankles and was extremely well-behaved, and asked:
"Did you bring it out from the assessment area?"
"Well, I think this is also a kind of fate, so I tried to conquer it."
"Where's the one the team distributed?"
"It's been replaced by monetary subsidies. I'm worried that I won't have the experience of raising them for the first time."
"Hey... you are quite self-aware. There are many people who get the first Pokémon and immediately want to get the second Pokémon. In the end, they cannot take care of both." He smiled.
squeak.
The elevator reaches the bottom.
A huge and vast underground space suddenly appeared in front of Kashiwagi's eyes, with various simple iron houses stacked on top of each other, colorful neon lights illuminating the darkness, reinforced steel columns running up and down, abandoned iron boxes and isolation wire mesh scattered everywhere.
It looks very much like the slum neighborhoods in some science fiction games.
【Underground City】.
The complete dark side of Huangtie Town, a paradise for violent gangs, and a hell for the poor. If there are still ineffective police stations on the surface, then the underground city completely belongs to violent gangs.
Whoever has the bigger fist will follow the rules.
Kashiwagi has not been here a few times, because it is dangerous and unnecessary. He has not been the kind of person who likes to seek death since he was a child.
And when he walked forward and looked around, Liu Ge next to him pushed up the glasses on the tip of his nose, "I like rational people, if you don't mind, follow me?"
"Eh?"
Kashiwagi was stunned for a moment, and when he was about to say something, the person who greeted him for registration yesterday came over.
"Oh, oh, oh, it's quite early. At your age, I'm--oh! Lord Ruge! Good morning!"
The man's eyes widened, he stood up straight and saluted.
"Good morning to you too." Liu Ge waved and turned to look at the surprised Kashiwagi, "As you can see, I am a cadre of the Sand Group, recruiting new people."
"I was rude just now——"
"Hey! Don't talk nonsense. The boss is still waiting for you. Go quickly." Liu Ge pushed his shoulder.
Kashiwagi had no choice but to follow the man and continue walking inside with Kokodola.
The lower position of the highest cadre in the Liusha Team is the cadre - the squadron leader, who is in charge of ten teams, and a team consists of ten people. In other words, Liuge is the leader of one hundred official members.
Is there such a young cadre in the sand group?
He thought about it carefully and suddenly remembered the gossip someone told him a few days ago about a man who inherited his dead father's position and defeated all dissenters in just one month.
I'm afraid it's this one.
Although it was much stronger than him at the beginning, it is still amazing to be able to reach this point.
Liu Ge, who lost his backer, must have been in a very difficult situation at that time.
"Hey, are you familiar with Lord Ruge?"
The leader interrupted his thoughts.
"No, we just met and we had the honor to chat for a few words." Kashiwagi shook his head, not intending to pull the flag. On the contrary, he was a little worried that he would be resented for being too rude just now.
——This kind of thing is too common in Huang Tiezhen. One of his colleagues forgot to salute an official member and was punished.
He glanced around secretly. There were not many people in the underground city, and those who appeared occasionally just watched silently.
It's just that they are different from the gazes on land that are mixed with jealousy and joking. Most of these gazes are curious and more friendly.
There were a few whispers that couldn't be heard clearly, but they didn't seem to be anything bad.
"Then you are very lucky. Mr. Liu Ge rarely invites others on his own initiative. Their team has good benefits and a good atmosphere." There was a lot of envy in the leader's eyes.
Kashiwagi smiled politely, "Thank you so much, brother, I wouldn't have come today without you reminding me."
"Hahahaha, the young man is quite sweet, go ahead, the boss is inside."
The leader patted him on the back and pointed to a tin house directly ahead.
There was constant loud music and muffled banging noises inside, like something was being beaten, which was quite scary.
Kashiwagi turned his head and glanced at Cocodora, and when he saw that its expression was normal, he walked in slowly.
As soon as you enter the door, your vision suddenly opens up.
He found himself in a place similar to a boxing ring, with a huge octagonal cage, shining incandescent lights, and screens showing videos.
The loudspeakers all around played loud and exciting music, like a lively competition scene.
However, there were no spectators in the boxing ring.
There was only a strong man who was almost two meters tall and a majestic monster. They stood in the octagonal cage and waved their fists or dodged at each other. Even though they were both wearing gloves, the muffled sound of the punches hitting the flesh was still very scary.
Kashiwagi watched for half a minute, and then he saw Wei Li suddenly punch the strong man in the abdomen. The latter spit out a mouthguard mixed with blood and saliva, and knelt on the ground panting.
"..."
He twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at the strange force opposite him. The latter stood still and raised his chin in the direction of the strong man.
He looked like what are he waiting for, and he didn't come to help me yet.
Kashiwagi had no choice but to turn over and climb up, help the out of breath strong man to a corner, hand him a towel and give him water.
The strong man accepted it one after another but didn't look down at him the whole time. He didn't raise his head until he was breathing evenly, revealing a pair of fierce eyes and said: "Who allowed you to enter the ring?"
From the corner of his eye, Kashiwagi glanced at Wei Li, who turned his head sideways, put his fists behind his head and whistled, "...Rules of the Quicksand Team."
The strong man frowned, "Huh? Why don't I know what the team rules are?"
"As a team member, you must protect the boss as soon as possible." Kashiwagi's expression remained as usual.
"snort!"
The strong man sneered and took off the gloves on his hands, "Lingya. Put it on and fight with it for one round. If you survive, I will forgive your behavior of casually coming to the stage."
"……All right."
Kashiwagi picked up the gloves indifferently, feeling quite helpless.
At this point, he still didn't understand that he was being tricked, but he really didn't expect that the most dignified and top cadres would play such tricks. Let's be more straightforward. It was indeed a mistake to listen to the rumors.
The embarrassing thing is that he has no right to refuse at all.
Regardless of the other person's good intentions or bad intentions, this feeling of having no choice but to say no is terrible.
"This leg is just right."
He twisted his right leg. A round usually lasted three minutes, but with the intensity of the attack just shown by the strange power, whether he could last for ten seconds was a question.
Opposite.
Guai Li waved his fist and made a whistling sound. There was no trace of guilt on his face, only a cruel smile.
But just as it was about to get closer, a silver figure suddenly stood between the two.
"Goo!"
Kokodora roared a warning at the monster.
"Ah! I'm an idiot, how could I forget you in such a panic?"
Kashiwagi squatted down in annoyance and patted Cocodora on the head, "It's okay, go down and wait for me. It will be over soon."
"Goo!"
Cocodora turned around and shouted seriously.
It seems to be saying that strange power is very dangerous and one should not fight it head-on.
It would be nice if you could refuse...
Kashiwagi was about to persuade him again when a terrible sound of breaking wind suddenly came from above his head, as if some object was approaching at a very fast speed!
call!
The punch failed!
Guai Li unexpectedly turned his head to look at Kashiwagi who rolled to the side. The latter was holding Cocodora, his face was serious and his brows were knitted together.
"Is there anyone else on the stage who has nothing to do with it? Has it already started?"
"Awesome!"
Guai Li smiled and hooked his hands.
The strong man drinking water in the corner opened his mouth and said: "It makes it easier for you both to come together."