Pokémon: Rise of Evil

Chapter 540: Insidious Plot

When he saw these eight big words, Kawashima Ikeda felt that his heart almost slowed down for half a beat, but then quickly started beating rapidly again, as if it was about to rush out of his body in the next moment.

After a long time, he noticed the gazes of others, then slowly turned around and calmly wrapped the jade with yellow cloth.

After a light cough, Kawashima Ikeda looked at Shota with a baby-like gaze and slowly said:

“Mr. Grayscale, thank you for the four treasures, no, I should thank you for the five treasures.

With Mr. Grayscale's intelligence and talent, if he joins me as my deputy, he will definitely become my fifth treasure."

"Thank you, my lord! I am willing to go through fire and water for you, even if I die!"

Without waiting for Shota to kneel down, Kawashima Ikeda immediately rushed down from his seat and quickly grabbed Shota.

Holding Shota's hand, Kawashima Ikeda felt an indescribable sense of weirdness, perhaps because it was the first time he recognized his brother-in-law.

Thinking of this, Kawashima Ikeda helped Shota up.

"We are relatives from now on. This kind of etiquette is no longer necessary between you and me. Get up, Gray."

"Thank you, Lord!"

Most likely he had already imagined the moment when he ascended to the highest throne in the league. The gloomy expression on Kawashima Ikeda's face began to gradually disappear, and was replaced by an extreme excitement.

He put his arm around Shota's shoulders and said in a very heroic tone:

"From now on, you can call me Lord in public, and call me brother-in-law in private. We are a family, so don't be so formal."

"Yes, Master...Brother-in-law."

"Hahaha! Good, it's really good! Others have double happiness, but we have five happiness! Ah! Hahahahahaha!

Come on, brother-in-law, sit opposite me, and let's talk about how to get those flaming horses in the hands of that damn guy."

Putting his arm around Shota's shoulders, Kawashima Ikeda brought him to the chief seat.

The sensible Wada Miko immediately made way and gave up her seat.

But Kawashima Ikeda did not give her a good look. He snorted coldly and ignored Wada Miko.

This made Wada Miko terrified, but she couldn't say much. She just stared at Shota's back with a fierce look, as if she wanted to cut him into pieces.

Kawashima Ono, who was crawling at the bottom of the stairs, was already trembling with fear. He could hardly imagine what his future life would be like.

When Shota and Kawashima Ikeda were relatively cooperating, Shota began to slowly tell him about his control over the batch of Fiery Horses and how to implement the strategy to completely obtain the batch of Fiery Horses in the future.

But before that, Shota took out the so-called real training atlas and handed it to Kawashima Ikeda.

Kawashima Ikeda looked at the ancient parchment scroll that Shota presented to him with both hands, and did not choose to refuse it. Instead, he put it directly into his pocket, and then waited for Shota's plan with anticipation.

"My lord, maybe that damned fellow trusted me too much, or maybe he thought that my brother and I were easy to bully. Half of the Fiery Horses are in my hands, and I am responsible for selling them.

I can bring this batch of fiery horses to join you tomorrow, but what we need is an entire army of fiery horses.

So, my lord, you have to buy this batch of flaming horse troops first.

This is not to make the Lord spend more money. Besides, even if money is spent, it will just flow into our own pockets. My sister's money is still your money."

"That makes sense, that makes sense, please continue."

"I spent this money just to create an image of a cowardly wealthy businessman in front of that damn guy, so that he would be willing to sell the other half of the Flame Horse to you.

After all, if there is a timid guy who can accept his batch of fiery horses, he can also throw away this hot potato early.

However, he always sent his subordinates to do every transaction and rarely showed up alone.

Considering the extent to which this guy is afraid of death, I think the lord should show sincerity and allow this guy to come in person to make the deal, and then catch them all in one fell swoop.

This will not only allow the lord to gain a troop of flaming horses, but also allow the lord to gain a considerable income in terms of political achievements.

However, this sincerity may harm the interests of the army currently led by the lord. "

"What is this sincerity? Tell me quickly. As long as I can do it, I can do it."

Seeing Kawashima Ikeda's anxious look, Shota spoke calmly:

"This sincerity means that you should cut down the forest area in the north of Huipi Town, and we don't want to cut it down horizontally, but vertically, so that a convenient passage connecting to the outside world can be created.

My lord, please don't rush to refute me. I know this may harm the overall defense of the army.

But based on my observations of the present tense, the disaster- and war-torn Hoenn does not have an army comparable to ours. They can only pray to survive while defending their homeland, and there is no way they can even think of counterattacking.

Having said that, the lord should also worry about his future.

According to the gossip I got, the lord should be the deputy commander-in-chief of this army, but he is not the one who leads the army to attack aggressively, but the one who leads the army to defend conservatively.

Of course, this does not mean that those in charge of defense have no achievements, but since ancient times, the achievements of those who have accomplished great things have been made through adventure.

Then it is obvious that when this war is successfully concluded, the achievements in your hands will definitely not be as great as those of the little princess of the Yuto family who served as the attacker. Even if you ascend to the throne of the head of the Kawashima family in the future, you may be suppressed by the one of the Yuto family like your grandfather is now.

This is what I don't want to see, and it's definitely what you don't want to see either.

That's why I talked about taking that guy's head to count as a merit in your hands, my lord.

Suppressing a secret riot appears more wise and heroic than suppressing an open riot.

Moreover, the army led by you is not entirely yours. It is mixed with various interests and shadows of other families.

Even if Hoenn really sent troops to attack and suffered some losses that shouldn't have happened, everyone would bear it together and share the burden equally.

Relying on your status as the young master of the Kawashima family, my lord, you will only be given points for your meritorious service in defense in this war, and you will not receive any so-called punishment.

By that time, the lord might have really suffered some losses, but the Fiery Horse troops could completely make up for the losses.

Don’t you think so, my lord?