Chapter 333: Fengwang Temple
"NO!" Seeing his son lose the game by a single move, the sturdy black man couldn't help but burst into tears.
But there is no use saying NO. Since they have already lost the game, James and his son can only face the reality and go home to prepare for the next competition.
Yang Ming was about to leave when his cell phone suddenly rang.
Yang Ming answered the phone and heard an anxious ringing sound from the other end.
"It's bad, Minister. The two deputy ministers left the branch last night and haven't returned yet!"
"What?!" Yang Ming's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
Before leaving the branch, Yang Ming specifically instructed his men to closely monitor Gotu and Mu and report their every move to him every day.
Fortunately, the two seemed to have been completely subdued by Yang Ming and had behaved very well in the past few days. Now their disappearance made him feel very uneasy.
Did these two sneak out of the branch and plot to seize power secretly, or were they assassinated by external enemies? Yang Ming frowned, he had no idea about this matter.
Gotu and Mu were standing in front of an office with their heads down, not even daring to breathe. In front of them, a burly man was flipping through the documents in front of him carelessly, without even looking at them.
"I heard that Buriyan died while I was away. Is that true?"
"Yes... sir." Gotu swallowed his saliva, very afraid of the man in front of him, "According to the acting minister, Minister Wuliyannan died in an assassination attempt by the alliance..."
"Oh? Acting Minister?" The man slammed the folder shut and glanced at the two men. "Are you talking about the young man named Yang Ming?"
"Yes, sir," Mu's face was pale, and his legs couldn't stop shaking. "Although Director Yang Ming is young, he is already an elite trainer. In terms of strength, even if the two of us join forces, we may not be his opponent, so we can only support him as the acting director..."
"Since he is so powerful, are you more afraid of him or me?"
"Of course we are more afraid of you, Lord Bishas!" Gotu and Mu said in unison.
When facing Yang Ming, they were just afraid of him, but when it came to Bixias, the real controller of the Rockets in the Johto area, they only had fear from the bottom of their hearts.
Bixias laughed, and his laughter echoed throughout the room.
"Very good, remember your fear." The man slowly stood up and walked in front of Gotu and Mu. "I am here this time to deal with some things. I need to know more details about the death of Wuli Yannan and the acting minister Yang Ming. Tell me everything you know."
Gotu and Mu looked at each other and began to tell what they knew. They did not dare to exaggerate their guesses and could only report the actual situation honestly, for fear of accidentally angering the king-level strongman in front of them.
"Sir, Yang Ming was able to rise from a second-level member of the Giant Stone Division to an elite in just one year. His talent should not be underestimated," Gotu whispered. "It is better to accept such a person as your subordinate..."
To be fair, the two did not want Bixias to deal with Yang Ming, because at that time Bixias would definitely send them to act as pawns, and while Yang Ming might not be Bixias' opponent, it would not be difficult to kill them.
"Hmph, do I need you to teach me how to do what I want to do?" Bixias snorted coldly, and Gotu immediately fell silent.
"You guys go down first. I have arranged rooms for you two. Don't leave here without my order."
The two men left the room as if they had been pardoned.
"Humph, a bunch of cowardly bastards."
Bixias snorted coldly and continued to look through the information in his hand. These materials recorded all the information about Yang Ming since he joined the Rockets, including his performance after passing the rookie assessment with the first place and becoming the deputy director of the Manjin branch.
In addition to these materials, there is also a photo, which shows Yin and Yang Ming meeting up after the game.
"It seems that we have finally found this little bastard," Bixias said to himself while looking at the photo. "This guy named Yang Ming suddenly left the Manjin branch four months after joining. Apparently, he went to be the bodyguard of this little bastard. We have been looking for him for so long, and he is right under our noses. It's really easy to get him."
"Now that we have found this little bastard, we should get rid of him as soon as possible. We cannot let Sakaki's bloodline continue to survive."
"As for that kid named Yang Ming? If he's smart, I can take him under my wing. Otherwise, I'll just kill him. There's no shortage of geniuses in this world anyway."
"Yang Ming, let's go play."
Ever since leaving the venue, Yang Ming has been acting absent-minded. Even Feng Lu can see the uneasiness in his heart. In order to cheer him up, Feng Lu decides to do everything she can to make him happy.
"Forget it. I've been here for a few days and I've already played all the games I could." Yang Ming said absentmindedly.
"We haven't made a wish at Fengwang Temple yet," Fenglu held him back, "I heard that making a wish at Fengwang Temple is very effective."
"I'm not interested in making a wish." Yang Ming shook his head.
"Take me with you," Fenglu shook his arm, "Besides, didn't Xiaoyin make it to the semi-finals? Maybe if we go there and pray, it will bring him good luck."
After saying that, she looked at Yin who was standing beside her and said, "Well, what Master's wife said is right, right?"
Yin turned his head away. Like Yang Ming, he didn't believe in things like making wishes and praying for blessings.
"When did you become my apprentice's mistress?" Yang Ming was finally amused by her, "Okay, let's go there together to pray for Yin."
"Great! Long live the boss!" The first person to cheer was Tokugawa. "He has been wanting to try his luck at the Hoouji Temple because of his broken heart."
Louis was also very interested in Fengwangji and rarely gave up his nighttime hunting activities.
When everyone arrived at Fengwang Temple, they found that three people had already arrived here before them.
The green-haired boy standing in the middle making a wish was N. Unlike Silver who won with difficulty, N still performed in an overwhelming manner in the quarterfinals, and the opponent couldn't even force out his second Pokémon.
"Are you guys here at the Hoouji Temple to make a wish as well?" N acted very friendly and extended his hand to Yin. "I've been following your competition. I hope we can meet in the finals and have a wonderful match."
Yin still had a poker face. Given his personality, he was unwilling to shake hands with strangers.
Yang Ming looked at the two people beside N. They were two old men in linen robes and tall crowns, protecting N in the middle like guards.
Yang Ming felt awe in his heart. Based on his memory, he knew that these two people were definitely not ordinary people.
There are seven people of noble status in Team Plasma, known as the Seven Sages. Except for the eldest of the Seven Sages, Quixotes, the other six are also no ordinary people. In terms of strength, they are comparable to the cadres of Team Rocket.
Among these six wise men, two of them actually served as N's bodyguards!