Chapter 217

Holy crap, I've become an important national figure!

"Your contributions to saving your compatriots and allied nations cannot be overlooked either, especially those allied nations — they've been clamoring to properly thank you, to thank the Dragon Nation."

"And the Ice-attribute secret realm you brought back!"

"These are all achievements; this honor is well-deserved by you!"

Bai Jing was delighted. "Alright then, I'll not stand on ceremony!"

"This is an honor award; next come the substantive rewards."

"First, regarding the Ice-attribute secret realm — once the nation finishes exploring the situation inside, it will be selectively opened to the public, and you may be the first to go in and train."

Tch, after exploration, what good stuff could still be left? At best, just picking up scraps!

Forget it, I'll just treat it as going to visit Celele (cfbg) mi then!

"And this!"

Long Yangyun handed Bai Jing a property deed, a set of car keys, and a bank card.

"This is..."

"I heard you're looking to buy a house and want to open a spirit shop — I trust this place won't disappoint you! The location isn't far from Magic Capital University; you'll know once you go take a look!"

Is this an unexpected surprise? He doesn't have to go find a house himself now.

Holy crap, he'd only mentioned this matter to his three dormmates — how did the nation find out too?

Which big mouth blabbed it out?

"A few cars are parked inside the house, and there's a hundred million in the bank card — it's living expenses from the nation."

A hundred million isn't a small sum, but for Bai Jing, who had only recently earned a hundred small goals...

My heart doesn't waver in the slightest!

"Those are the rewards for now. Do you have any other requests? If you do, feel free to make them — the nation will do its best to fulfill them."

That good?

Bai Jing decided to try opening his mouth wide like a lion!

"I have the Evolution Keystones, but I'm short on a lot of Mega Stones — could you guys..."

"No problem. Whatever Mega Stones for whatever Pokémon you want, just report them — the nation will definitely find them for you."

That generous?

Then let me try being a bit more excessive!

"Ahem~ What about Z-Moves? Do you guys have those?"

Long Yangyun frowned. "Z-Moves? What's that?"

Huh? Does that mean the Alola secret realm hasn't appeared yet?

That's not right — then how did some Pokémon unique to Alola end up appearing in the world?

Truly bizarre!

"Oh~ it's nothing, forget it if you don't know!"

Long Yangyun stared at him suspiciously — could this guy still be hiding some secret?

"Don't look at me like that. Everything about Z-Moves is recorded in my documents; if you've seen them, you'll understand on your own."

"Ahem~ Legendary Pokémon data is top-tier national classified information — it's not something I'm allowed to view."

Top-tier classified? Then doesn't that make him, who contributed all this, a top-tier figure?

"This is for you!"

"A watch?"

Long Yangyun handed over another gorgeous watch.

"It's no ordinary watch — besides a locator, it also has a distress function."

"Distress?"

"There's a fingerprint system inside; set it up and you can activate the hidden buttons."

Bai Jing did as instructed, and the surface popped up — underneath were actually three buttons.

Long Yangyun explained: "The yellow button means you need help, the red button means your life is in danger, and the black button means something major has happened — a big event significant enough to affect the nation's safety!"

Bai Jing scratched his head. "Sounds pretty fancy, but why give me all this?"

Long Yangyun said solemnly: "Because you are now a critically important figure to the nation. The military has a duty to ensure your safety! And I am the one directly responsible for you — you can come to me for anything!"

Bai Jing was stunned. So he's actually this important — his prestige is shooting up, up, up, isn't it?

"You mean I'm now a national first-class protected animal?"

"Exactly — you're now more of a national treasure than a national treasure!"

"Holy crap, doesn't that mean from now on, even if I cause trouble, the nation will help me smooth it over?"

Long Yangyun immediately got a face full of black lines. "Please don't do anything unnecessary, unless you want your freedom restricted."

"Ahem~~ just kidding, don't be so serious!"

"This concerns national affairs — please don't joke around casually!"

"Got it!"

Bai Jing pouted. This guy is too rigid, and he's actually his point of contact — doesn't that mean he'll have to deal with him a lot from now on?

Isn't this torture?

"Right, although we have that document of yours, if any new secret realms open in the future, we'll still need you to go help explore them — just giving you a heads-up so you can be mentally prepared!"

Bai Jing thumped his chest with a resounding thump. "No problem, I'm happy to serve the nation!"

Heh heh, new secret realms mean tons of treasures — only a fool wouldn't go!

"I'm very gratified that you have this awareness!"

After exchanging contact information, Long Yangyun left behind a single line: "If you need anything, just come find me. If I can do it, I'll definitely help you get it done!"

Then he left!

"That rigid old fossil is finally gone. Being around him even made the air feel a few degrees more stifling."

"Still, the rewards from the state are quite generous — my heart is greatly comforted!"

Then he immediately pulled out his phone and made a call.

"Hello~ Mom, Old Bai's ancestors' coffin lid just popped up… ah no, the ancestral grave is sending up green smoke!"