dmims Chapter 733: Receiving the Bounty
Chapter 733: Receiving the Bounty
Yang Ming did not give up, and led his men to search for treasures in Po Town, the former headquarters of the Skeleton Team, and the "Ether House" left by the Ether Foundation on Ula Ula Island.
Aether House is the base of the Aether Foundation scattered throughout Alola. Their ostensible job is to treat injured Pokémon, but in reality they are also engaged in some shady activities. The leaders of all this are naturally the chairman Lusamine and her subordinate Zaobo.
Yang Ming searched several Ether Houses in succession but found nothing. This time, the Ether Foundation took away all the valuables, leaving Yang Ming with no benefit at all.
Things didn't turn around until he came to a particularly luxuriously decorated Ether House.
"This 'House of Ether' ahead is where Zaobo is in charge. I heard that Zaobo made a lot of money when he was the branch director. Maybe we can get some benefits this time." Gladion, the guide, explained.
Yang Ming's spirits lifted, and he immediately sent his men to search the Aether House from top to bottom. It wasn't long before they found something. After searching through boxes and cabinets, his men finally discovered a secret passage, and inside, they found some antiques and ornaments.
Yang Ming was overjoyed and immediately ordered these things to be sold for money, and then prepared to go to Po Town, the former headquarters of the Skeleton Team, to hunt for treasure.
"Guzma, the leader of the Skull Corps, has always obeyed my mother's orders. He must have emptied Po Town of all its valuables long ago," Gladion reminded.
Yang Ming disagreed. He felt that if he could dig out the "small treasury" from the major warlords and Zaobo's former territories, he would definitely be able to gain something in Po Town. Although the wealth he could entertain was not too much, accumulating it over time would definitely help him get through the difficulties.
However, when they arrived at Po Town, they found that Guzma had looted the place and there was almost nothing valuable left. Yang Ming led his men to dig deep into Po Town, but in the end they only found some scrap metal and pocket money that even the Skeleton Team soldiers were too lazy to take away. Yang Ming converted these things together and found that the total value was 3383 yuan.
Looking at the pitiful 3383 yuan, Yang Ming felt hopeless and gave up the treasure hunt.
Yang Ming returned to his residence in the Marie Quiet Room with a dejected look on his face. Kahili, Xiaojuer and Lilia were already waiting for him at the door.
"You've worked hard. Should we eat first, take a shower first, or eat first—"
"No, I won't eat anything. By the way, tell everyone else that I'm staying up late tonight. If you have nothing to do, don't bother me."
Seeing Yang Ming's gloomy face, Kahili and Xiaojuer could only swallow the words that were pent up in their hearts. Lillie was a young girl who knew nothing about the world after all. Seeing Yang Ming's gloomy face, she went to ask Gladion about the situation, but found that her brother also had a sad face.
"Don't ask any more questions," Gladion sighed. "As much as I hate this stingy guy, I have to admit he's someone who wants to do something practical for Ula'ula Island. It's best if you don't bother him right now."
"Oh." Lilia nodded in confusion.
"Damn it, my method must be wrong! I must find a new way to make quick money!"
Yang Ming tossed and turned in bed, and finally had a new idea.
"Didn't the rich girl get me a fake identity as an Alliance investigator? Maybe I can try to get funds from the Alliance."
Yang Ming slapped his forehead and immediately used the grassroots search officer authority given to him by Yin Yue to log into the alliance's internal network. Soon he made a new discovery.
It turns out that the alliance has been wanted for those brutal criminals and offering bounties of varying amounts depending on the degree of danger. The highest bounty goes to those who can capture these criminals alive, followed by those who kill them, and then those who provide information about them.
The "warlords and bandits" that Yang Ming killed during this period were actually all wanted criminals on the alliance's wanted list. From Liangzi and Little Thomas to the elites under them, and even the low-level pawns, they could actually be exchanged for bounties of varying amounts. The most valuable quasi-king-level warlord had a bounty of over 100 million yuan, and the low-level bandits under them could also be exchanged for a few thousand yuan.
After killing these warlords and bandits, Yang Ming placed their bodies in the cold storage of the funeral home, planning to cremate them together sometime. However, looking at the current situation, it seems that he can get a large bounty from the alliance with these people's bodies.
"In the battle of Marie City, I killed a total of eight quasi-kings. Add to that the miscellaneous elite leaders and low-level scum that my subordinates killed. Although the dead are not as valuable as the living, this is still a lot of money."
Yang Ming felt a little regretful. If the bodies from the battle at Ultra Metropolis could also be teleported to Alola, the bounty income he could get would probably have quadrupled.
However, this money is not so easy to get. Yang Ming has also heard that there are layers of exploitation within the alliance. A grassroots investigator was lucky enough to catch a robber with a bounty of 10, but when he sent the prisoner to the alliance, he only got 5000 in the end. This is because his superiors, his superiors' superiors, his superiors' superiors' superiors... all deducted the bounty, so this grassroots investigator with no background could only suffer this loss in silence.
"My fake identity in the League is just a low-level investigator. I can't keep such a large bounty. But if I claim the bounty as 'Team Rocket Officer', I'm afraid I won't get the money. And if Sakaki knew I secretly took money from the League, God knows what he would think."
After much deliberation, Yang Ming decided to find an ally with whom he had a good relationship, and the two of them would work together to get the bounty and then divide the money together.
Among the strong men in the alliance that Yang Ming knew, the strongest and most prestigious one was Du, the current champion of the Kanto Alliance. However, he and this Dragon Messenger only had a little acquaintance during the battle of Tongshulin, and at that time he was just a branch manager of the Rocket Team, and his strength was not as good as Du's subordinates.
The second is the evil king Lihua of the Kanto Alliance. Compared with Du, Yang Ming has a closer relationship with her. However, he heard that Lihua has been practicing hard in Baiyin Mountain recently, so he can't contact her for a while.
Then there is Carlos's Steel King Yan Kai, but Yan Kai still doesn't know his true identity and still thinks he is just a talented low-level investigator. If he showed him the corpses of so many quasi-king-level wanted criminals, he would probably be scared to death.
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After selecting a large group of people, Yang Ming finally set his sights on Yin Yue and Xing He, a pair of siblings.
"Xinghe has now been exiled to the Seven Islands, and the journey is too far. It seems that I can only find the rich woman in Galar to discuss and see if we can make this money together." Yang Ming said in his heart.