What Looker dropped on Shannon and I is something that is definitely going to change the course of history of the world.

From what Looker told us, the PWL had very recently set up a new organisation called the International Police. The interpol's duty is to solve any huge pokemon-related problems in the world. It is a group that will only consist of the best experts in their respective fields in anything related to pokemon. It will be an elite task force that will consist of only the best of the best.

The fact that Looker had extended an invitation to Shannon and I meant that to the PWL, our skills and works had been recognised, which is a great honour. However, the real reason why Looker wanted to invite us into the interpol had us concerned.

It was then Siebold and Grimsley also helped explain what the world's current state really is. Beneath the fragile peaceful facade is in actuality a simmering pot of tension that is about to reach its boiling point and explode in everyone's faces.

As it turns out, there is a highly guarded secret of the PWL that was the real reason why no wars broke out across the member regions for more than 500 years since the PWL's founding. On second thought, it should have been obvious in hindsight that there has to be something fishy happening behind the scenes because it is impossible for no wars to have occurred for more than 500 years. After all, human nature can be a very ugly thing and there are no limits to our greed. The Kalos War is a very good reflection of human nature. For peace to have been maintained for more than 500 years, something drastic must have been done to keep it that way.

The revelation made known to us was that over the centuries, the PWL constantly trains and uses a team of highly trained seer type psychic pokemon to help them foresee the future. There are many types of psychic pokemon in this world and each species are naturally more inclined in certain aspects of their psychic powers. Species like gardevoir and espeon are what people refer to as empaths due to their ability to sense and feel the emotions of others. There are also the rarer types of psychics like metagross and alakazam who are naturally talented in doing complex calculations. Then there are the seer types like xatu who are good at peering into the future and foretelling prophecies. Ancient civilisations around the world had all revered seer type psychics as some sort of prophets at one point in time due to how accurate their foretelling abilities can be if they are trained to use their powers well. People are not as superstitious in modern times, but that is no reason to brush off the foretelling ability of seer type psychics if they are indeed accurate in their prophecies.

The team of PWL's seer type psychics has only one job, and that is to foresee any future threats that might prove to threaten the world's order and safety. Once a prophecy has been made, it will be analysed and then a team of PWL agents will be sent out to avert it, to nip it in the bud before the outcome of the prophecy can be realised. Many times, the region in which the prophecy had foretold will take place will also work with the PWL and send in the best agents they have to neutralise the possible threat. This is how the peace across the world was really maintained for the past five centuries.

Psychics can never claim to see every single thing or foretell every single outcome. There will always be things that they can never foretell, like the Lilycove Invasion, the attack on Lacunosa, and the attack on Johto National Park, for instance. Even then, for every single thing that the PWL's team of psychics had foretold thus far, they have a 100% accuracy track record to date, which is actually very impressive. Everything and anything that the team of PWL psychics had foretold had always been proven that it would come true. As a result, every warning they gave us had always been taken very seriously by not only the PWL, but also every single region in the world that we know.

Therein lies the problem. A new prophecy has been made some time back. This time, the PWL's psychics had foretold the end of the world.

Naturally, this got every world leader alarmed. To make things worse, the psychics could not see any further than that no matter how they tried. Be it in the cause, the perpetrators, the future, the location, anything. No psychic could see further than what we already know about the prophecy and they never managed to find out any more details regarding it. There's nothing the PWL and the seven member regions could do in an attempt to find a way to stop the prophecy from fulfilling itself.

Until now.

Finding a way in stopping this new prophecy is the true reason behind the setting up of the interpol. The fragile truce initially set up between the seven regions more than 500 years ago existed more for the sake of formality than being of any real use. This time, for the first time in history, every member region had decided to really work together in a desperate and last ditch attempt to protect the world we live in. They had pooled their resources together to set up an elite task force that will be capable enough to handle any task, big or small, in matters related to pokemon. From beating up the bad guys like Team Plasma to finding ways to better allow humans and pokemon to live alongside each other to stopping even legendary pokemon themselves if need be. As long as the problem is related to pokemon, the task force must be capable of stopping it. That task force is the interpol. Agent Looker is the appointed director of the interpol and he is here to recruit us.

I can understand if Looker wants to recruit Shannon because as airheaded as she is in her daily life, there is no hiding how brilliant she is in the field of pokemon research. It's like she could learn and understand any single thing that she wanted to study if she puts her mind into it. Her studies on Unova's pokemon migratory pattern and unravelling the secrets behind the evolutionary stones are more than enough to qualify her to be a part of the interpol. Her contributions to discovering the secret behind evolutionary stones is something that many renowned scholars had failed to uncover throughout the centuries, and she only took less than a month to crack it. That's how smart she really is.

As for me, what Looker values is my skill to uncover the truth. According to Siebold, what I had pieced out in my quest to uncover the true history of the Kalos War and subsequently deduced the location of the Ultimate Weapon had greatly contributed to learning more about certain confidential secrets that the Kalos League had known but never managed to verify. That is something that even I never knew until now, because confidentiality.

In short, what I was told by Siebold was that my findings were what helped the Kalos League finally locate the exact location where Yveltal and Xerneas are slumbering in Kalos, something which they never managed to find out ever since the founding of the Kalos League. It shocked me too, that I was the reason why that happened. My ability to find the truth behind ancient myths and legends is what Looker deems as invaluable to the interpol's cause because there is a high chance that the various region's legendaries and mythicals that reside in their lands might be involved in the prophecy that foretold the end of the world. Legendary pokemon do have enough power in their hands to easily do such a thing. We all know that Groudon had helped shape the continents and Kyogre expanded the sea. Regigigas had been said to shift the lands groudon had created and rearranged the continents into what we know today. Anything related to this category of pokemon that the world does not yet know, it will be my job to help them find out should I join the interpol. This is so that if the prophecy does involve legendary pokemon somehow, we will have some sort of clue to help prevent them from destroying our beautiful world.

Joining an international and elite group such as the interpol sounds exciting and a dream come true if I have to be honest with myself, because not only I now have authority and clearance to freely study the myths and legends behind my region's legendaries and mythicals, I can also now study this same category of pokemon belonging to other regions, something that is in any other normal circumstances, impossible for me to do because I am not allowed to do so as a foreigner. National secrets and all that.

Not only that, this is a good chance to explore and see things that I will usually not have the chance to see. With this, Shannon and I might also just be able to use the PWL's resources to help us find the other five people that we suspect are like us. If they do have an unnatural affinity for certain types of pokemon, surely that abnormality will be recorded in the PWL's database? If we have such an advantage on our side, finding the additional five people will not be as impossible as it seems. Not anymore.

The only downsides of joining the interpol are that I will have to devote a lot of my time for the interpol's cause, which will take up a few years at the very least. I will probably not be home a lot due to the nature of this job which means I probably won't be seeing my uncle all that much, but we are used to not seeing each other for months on end due to our individual work. Being a part of the interpol means facing certain risks given the kind of things we will be tackling, but I can hold my own in battles as long as they are not Gym Leaders or Elite Four level kind of strong.

Given that the pros of this job far outweighs the cons, it's not hard to come to a decision.

I'm joining.

I told Shannon my decision and the reasons for it while we were discussing if we want to take up on Looker's offer. She took some time to think about my rationale but what finally gave her the push was my reasoning on how we could use the PWL's resources not only for our own individual interests, but also to find the other five people as described in the stone tablet. I also finally managed to convince Blob to let Shannon in on his existence after much praising of his greatness and countless belly rubs on our part.

Blob claims that he is the legendary Zygarde but to me, it doesn't matter what kind of pokemon Blob is. It is a fact that he can do many things that the ordinary pokemon cannot do and he is also a good friend despite his usual arrogant and bratty behaviour. On Blob's end, he claimed that this is also the first time he had heard of such a prophecy and he is also legitimately concerned for whatever reasons, which might be his motivation to finally decide to reveal himself to Shannon.

And so, it's decided.

Shannon and I will join the interpol and (hopefully) help save the world.


"I see. As long as you are sure about it, then go ahead."

"I won't be home as often because of this. Remember to take care of yourself, okay? You always have the bad habit of overworking yourself." I reminded my workaholic uncle because after today, I probably would not have much time on my hands to call him as frequently.

"I don't want to hear that from you."

"Guess it runs in the family."

"Maybe." My uncle snorted as a holographic image of him sitting on the couch while lazily swirling the wine in his wine glass with a hand lit up in front of me through my holo caster. "If the interpol work gets too much for you to handle, just come home. Don't worry about the repercussions, I can handle it."

I cannot help but smile. My uncle really goes over the top when it comes to pampering me.

"I think I am up for the task, Siebold and the Kalos League would not have recommended me to Looker otherwise. But did my findings really help pinpoint where Yveltal and Xerneas are sleeping?"

"Yes, it did. Indirectly." My uncle nodded before giving me a big smile. "You have no idea how proud I am when I heard that piece of news. You just did what so many people had not accomplished for centuries. Good job, Nova."

"Couldn't have done it without your prompting and a whole lot of external help. Malva, Professor Sycamore, and Gurkinn, remember?"

"Don't sell yourself short. It's good to be humble, but it's also equally important to know when to accept praise as it is." My uncle said and took another sip from his wine glass before continuing. "I will keep an eye out for the interpol as well. Just promise me that you will try your best to keep yourself safe. If it gets too much for you to handle out there, just come straight home. I will set everything straight for you."

"I will try my best to stay safe." I promised. "Thanks, uncle, for supporting me."

"It's what uncles are for." My uncle replied with a roll of his eyes. "Do you have enough cash on you?"

"Uncle. I'm a working adult." I deadpanned. There he goes again. How many zeroes will he be trying to shove into my bank account this time?

"I can earn my own keep and besides, I earn quite a fair bit as a historian. The pay Looker promised me for becoming an interpol agent is very lucrative too. Keep the money for yourself, or donate it to those who need it. Use it to make the world beautiful or something."

"You can never have too much money." My uncle shrugged. "If you ever need more cash or anything else just give me a call. I will reply as soon as I can."

"Got it. Take care of yourself, okay?" I reminded my uncle again because I know the moment the sun rises the next day, my workaholic uncle would definitely forget every single reminder that I am telling him right now. "Make sure you eat your meals regularly or your gastric problem will come back again. Remember to bring your medicine with you too. Set a reminder in your holo caster if you need it."

"I can take care of myself."

"Could have fooled me with how often I have to remind you to eat."

"Respect your elders, you spoiled brat."

"You spoiled me."

"Guess I did." My uncle said in a dry tone. "Just be careful out there. Indigo is not exactly known for being a safe region to travel in. It's a lot better in Johto but it's not the same for Kanto. If you ever go to Kanto make sure you always have one of your pokemon or two around you at all times."

"It's that bad?"

"Last I heard, yes." My uncle affirmed with a nod. "There's a distinct rich-poor divide between Johto and Kanto. It's getting a little better, but the difference is still there. If you dig a little more into their history, it's not hard to see why. Johto naturally has more favourable conditions which resulted in a much more rapid development and modernisation of their cities. Kanto is not as blessed. Like Kalos, Kanto faces the same constraint of limited resources but the problem in Kanto is a lot more worse because the only thing they have are mountains and stones. At least in Kalos, we have many other types of resources other than those to help develop our region, limited as they are. Kanto? Not that much. This is why poverty is a lot more prevalent in Kanto. Help is always given a little too slowly and the people there are often a lot more desperate."

Huh, interesting.

"How's it going with the Infinity Energy?" I asked curiously. "Or am I still not allowed to know about it?"

"I will check with Diantha again on whether you are given clearance to know about it, considering your new status as interpol agent and all that." My uncle replied after some thought. "But all I can say is that we had several breakthroughs after studying the Ultimate Weapon you helped us locate. The breakthroughs we made are nothing too big, but are still breakthroughs nonetheless. If all goes well the company might engage in a joint venture with Devon Corps regarding the commercialisation of the Infinity Energy, with approval from the PWL, of course. At this rate, we might really be able to not only meet Kalos' energy needs, but also the world. We will then be one step closer to preserving the beauty of our wonderful world."

"Looking forward to that." I said with a big grin. "And then I can proudly tell the world just how noble and great a man my uncle is. Lysandre Labelle, the man who revolutionised and helped create a beautiful world!"

"Don't be dramatic."

"It's what nieces are for!"

"First time hearing that."

"Well, now you know. It's my job as your niece to spread your greatness far and wide across all corners of the world!"

"I'd rather not have that happen thank you very much."

"Too bad, you don't have a say in this matter. I'm still going to do it regardless and nobody can stop me from spreading the gospel about you, the world's lord and saviour! Lysandre Labelle!"

"Spoiled brat."

"You spoiled me."

"I'm disowning you."

"We've been through this many times, uncle, you love me too much for that."


Character and pokemon list:

Nova Labelle, Age: 26, Female, Ground Specialist, Historian, Niece of Lysandre

Pokemon on hand:

1. Mamoswine (Berg), Male

2. Golem (Crust), Female

3. Excadrill (Solid), Male

4. Golurk (Drift), Genderless

5. Garchomp (Core), Male

6. Claydol (Vision), Genderless

7. Whiscash (Seis), Male

8. Marowak (Tinen), Female

9. Torterra (Terra), Female

10. Gigalith (Mantle), Male

11. Tyrantrum (Jaws), Male

12. Aurorus (Sail), Female

13. Sandile (Rumble), Male

14. Unknown creature, self-proclaimed Zygarde (Blob), ?