[New Translation!! [Warhammer: Starting as a Planetary Governor]
In the following days, Dak wasn't always with Charlotte. After all, as the Alliance Leader, he had a lot on his plate with the first-ever Pokémon Battle Tournament about to begin.
Charlotte didn't cause any trouble either. Under Dak's guidance, she got to meet some of the 'legendary figures.'
For example, Monet.
Although Monet hadn't accomplished anything significant or made major contributions to the Alliance in this era, Charlotte spoke of her as a textbook-level historical figure, one of the more popular figures in the Founding Hall who received many offerings.
As for Dak, aside from the preparations for the first Pokémon Battle Tournament, he was making sweeping changes based on the things Charlotte had mentioned.
These matters didn't require a formal Alliance meeting. A gathering with a few relevant members was sufficient.
First, regarding the evaluation standard for a [Major World].
According to what Charlotte had mentioned, a major world should establish lower-ranked champions, the Four Heavenly Kings, and eight gyms. Essentially, this was equivalent to establishing a lower-ranked alliance.
This system is similar to how different regions operate in the Pokémon world.
Each region has its own alliance, champion, Four Heavenly Kings, and gyms.
The difference is that in the Pokémon world, there is no overarching Pokémon Alliance; each region has its own.
"Hmm…"
Dak thought for a moment and began writing on paper.
[Major World]: Can establish a lower-ranked alliance and allow trainers from other worlds to challenge the local alliance.
[Evaluation Standards]: Vast land area, population over one billion, developed economy with a unified economic system, and the current theme of the world leaning toward peace.
[Currently Existing]: One Piece World
After jotting these down, Dak nodded but soon frowned.
After some consideration, he decided not to include [Pokémon Island] under 'Currently Existing' just yet.
Currently, Pokémon Island hasn't established eight gyms, mainly because it only has four cities.
The city of 'Yggdrasil' is being built as a landmark city, and it's a time-consuming and labor-intensive project that won't be completed anytime soon.
Once Pokémon Island has eight major cities, it can establish an alliance there.
Given Pokémon Island's area, future population, economic development, and other factors, it meets the standards of a major world.
Moreover, as the headquarters of the Alliance, it holds an absolute safe zone status with systematic regulations, making it more than qualified to meet the standards of a major world.
[Medium World]: Establish a world administrator, maintaining the original style under the theme of 'peace and coexistence' while retaining autonomy.
[Evaluation Standards]: Medium land area, population over one hundred million, well-established economic system, and the current world theme leaning toward peace.
[Currently Existing]: None
Dak glanced at this and wrote 'Ninja World' underneath.
This indicated that, apart from the theme not leaning towards peace, the Ninja World met the standards of a medium world.
[Small World]: Under Alliance management, trainers in the current world must achieve 'Senior Trainer' status to travel to other worlds.
[Evaluation Standards]: Does not meet the standards of a medium world.
[Currently Existing]: None
Dak considered that the 'Nier: Automata' world he had encountered during his previous selection might qualify as a small world.
However, that world had little to no practical value except for tourism, so Dak wouldn't choose to link to it unless the other options were too terrifying.
"Very well, the world evaluation standards are complete. The first Pokémon Battle Tournament will essentially serve as the One Piece world's first alliance battle tournament."
Dak thought for a moment.
With the world evaluations divided, the upcoming Pokémon Battle Tournament would have a more defined nature.
This tournament would select the temporary Four Heavenly Kings and Champion of the One Piece world, most likely from the top five contestants, with future procedures to be determined.
Next up was the Pokémon Academy.
The Pokémon Academy was now conducting its second round of admissions.
The current planned enrollment was ten thousand students.
Dak planned to take this opportunity to establish the three departments that Charlotte had mentioned.
The second batch of students would enroll in the first grade of elementary school, while Sabo and others from before would enter the second grade of elementary school.
Considering the age and maturity of the students, Dak also decided to introduce the option of 'skipping grades.'
If a student feels they have outgrown their current grade, they can apply for an exam, and if they pass, they can move up to the next grade.
Time quickly moved to January 14th.
Tomorrow would be the day when participants could start entering Alliance City.
This didn't mean they had to arrive on the 15th. In reality, they could arrive the day before the tournament started, but then there might not be enough time to complete registration.
Alliance City was already well-prepared, just waiting for everyone to arrive.
The trainers coming to Alliance City this time were mainly natives of the One Piece world, most of whom had visited Pokémon Island before.
This first visit would surely be lively, as they would see the kind of environment the people of Pokémon Island lived in.
On another front, the Flying News Agency had begun distributing newspapers across the entire One Piece world and Pokémon Island.
[First Pokémon Battle Tournament—One Piece World Division to Officially Begin Next Month]
[Trainers from all over the seas can enter Alliance City to prepare for the competition starting January 15th]
[During the tournament, all participating trainers will have free recovery, meals, and lodging at the Pokémon Center]
[The Alliance will provide participants with comfortable living arrangements in the Athlete's Village]
[Other spectators can enter Alliance City a week before the tournament starts to prepare for viewing]
[The entire event is expected to last about 15 days]
[During this time, the Pokémon Alliance will broadcast the entire event on all screens worldwide, so even those who haven't come to Pokémon Island can watch the tournament from their screens]
Morgans, responsible for editing the official newspaper, wouldn't mess around like before.
Naruto even brought a few copies of this newspaper back to the Ninja World.
In Konoha Village, at Training Ground 7.
Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, and the rest of their friends were gathered, reading the newspaper and discussing it.
"Can we watch the tournament too?"
"I think so."
Naruto said uncertainly, as he really didn't know.
If so many people went to watch the tournament, would the stadium be big enough to hold everyone? Of course, it wouldn't.
So, Dak never intended for people from other worlds to attend. The seats for a Pokémon Battle Tournament were reserved for participants' friends and family and Pokémon Island residents.
According to what Charlotte had mentioned, in the future, wealthy outsiders familiar with the rules would buy a 'friend or family' pass from participants just to watch the tournament.
Many trainers made quite a bit of money this way.
Dak, having heard of this, didn't plan to stop it. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Sometimes, it's best to turn a blind eye. If there were no benefits to being a trainer, who would go through the trouble of challenging eight gyms and competing in a tournament?
Chasing dreams is mostly for the young. For adults, chasing dreams is often too extravagant.
However, since this was the first Pokémon Battle Tournament, people from the outside didn't yet know about these rules, so they wouldn't be buying passes from trainers in advance.
"We could sneak in, like when we skip class?"
"Idiot! In Alliance City, you won't have chakra to use your Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Shikamaru scolded Kiba for his suggestion.
"A Pokémon battle, huh? I wonder what it's like."
Ino seemed quite curious.
She had always liked cute Pokémon and had begged her father, Inoichi, to buy her a Pokémon egg, though it had yet to hatch.
"I don't know if the battles will be interesting, but there are bound to be tons and tons of people there."
"So, does that mean there will be tons of handsome guys too?"
Ino's focus was always on things others wouldn't think of.
As everyone was deep in discussion, no one noticed the newspaper suddenly disappearing.
They didn't pay much attention when they realized it was gone.
After all, it was just a newspaper and not worth much. Besides, they had already read the contents.
Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office.
Hiruzen held the newspaper, reading it with great interest.
"Hmm, let's see if we can get some spectator seats from the Alliance. I'd like to watch this battle tournament myself."
Sarutobi nodded and looked at Kakashi on the side, "Kakashi, go ask Manager Gama at the village's shop if this broadcast can be aired in our Konoha Village as well."
"Yes."
Kakashi nodded immediately.
He also wanted to see the grand tournament. If it could be broadcast in Konoha Village, everyone in the village would have a new daily entertainment.
It didn't take Kakashi even ten minutes to return.
After all, the breeding shop's branch was just across from the Sarutobi Clan, which was next to the Hokage building, so it didn't take much time.
"So, what did he say?"
"Mr. Gama said that originally, the Alliance Leader hadn't planned for this, but since the people of Konoha Village are interested, they'll arrange for the broadcast."
"Hohoho, that's great."
Hiruzen nodded in satisfaction.
(End of Chapter)