"Huh?"
Professor Oak froze, then reacted, a surprised expression appearing above a wrinkled old face.
"Ya, Ai-chan!"
He greeted him and said, "Green and I were just talking about you and you came back, what a coincidence."
Professor Oak patted Aisha's shoulder and after examining him up and down, he nodded with a satisfied face.
"Well, it's true that a trainer after experiencing a trip only has an aura."
"Huh?"
At these words, Instructor Ai was a bit stunned.
"What do you mean by 'Sure enough, it's an aura that only comes from a trainer who has experienced traveling'?"
"Ah, this, there's certainly a bit of a gap between academy and traveling trainers." Professor Oak waved his hand and explained his words with a smile, saying, "Academy School trainers still have more or less a bookish aura about them, while Traveling School trainers don't have that kind of aura at all... After all, their strength is all the result of exercising in the wilderness with their Pokémon themselves."
"I see..."
Aisha nodded thoughtfully.
He looked at his hand... the skin was still as fair as ever, and the wind and rain of traveling outside for so long hadn't changed his facial features.
Stopping short of the traveling school trainer's aura, Instructor Ai was also half-understanding it.
Red and Blue also did not mention such a thing.
Perhaps, such things could only be seen by an old man like Professor Oak who had seen a lot and still had decades of experience.
"That said..."
As if he suddenly remembered something, Professor Oak looked at Aisha with a surprised expression and said, "Since, you've come back, then it also means that you've finished collecting your badges?"
Although his interactions with Aisha were not deep, however, he more or less knew the nature of the teenager in front of him.
Bold, tough, and unpredictable.
If there wasn't something urgent, he would definitely not interrupt his journey of collecting gym badges, which was the most important at the moment, to go elsewhere.
"Hmm."
Aisha nodded, then reached into his bag and took out his badge case.
Opening it, seven badges of various shapes and colors, but invariably of exquisite and excessive workmanship, also came into Professor Oak and Green's eyes.
These were all the badges of the eight major gyms in the Kanto region, except for Viridian City's Viridian Gym.
"I just defeated Blaine at Cinnabar Island's Cinnabar Gym and got the Volcano Badge. "Aisha smiled and said: "Cinnabar Island to Viridian City just happened to be passing by Pallet Town, so I came back to visit Professor for a bit."
"Ah... Really good efficiency."
Professor Oak nodded repeatedly with a relieved face.
It was mainly because Aisha's visit to the Kanto region was preceded by a trip to Pallet Town before he officially set off on his trip.
He also took an Eevee from inside his institute, rounding it up to be considered a trainer that went out from Pallet Town.
Therefore, Professor Oak was still very concerned about his trip.
Especially since Aisha had taken care of Ash, a new trainer from Pallet Town, more than once...
"Hey."
Thinking of Ash, Professor Oak's smile collapsed again.
"What's wrong, Professor?"
"Professor is probably thinking of the other rookie trainers from Pallet Town this year." Green smiled petulantly in response to Aisha's confusion.
"Huh?"
"Right..."
Professor Oak acknowledged Green's guess with a bitter smile.
"This year, ah, counting Ash, we Pallet Town departed a total of four newbie trainers, and as a result, none of these four have collected all eight badges so far, and Ash hasn't called me for a while, so it seems that he hasn't arrived at Cinnabar Island yet."
Professor Oak, as the person who gave out beginner Pokémon to these four new trainers, was naturally looking forward to these kids being able to bring honor to Pallet Town.
Unfortunately, the quality of the newbie trainers in this session didn't seem to be too high.
"Ya, Professor you're thinking too much!"
Green patted Professor Oak's shoulder, smiled reassuringly, and said, "Is there a possibility that it's not that Ash and the others are moving too slowly, but that Instructor Ai is collecting the badges too fast."
"Well..."
"Look." Green took out her cell phone and pulled up the advertisem*nt page of Indigo Plateau Conference, pointing at the time of the conference, saying, "There is still so much time left before the conference is held, it's totally enough for those kids to collect the rest of the badges, so don't you worry, there's no use in hurrying anyway."
Speaking at the end, this girl also finally exposed the essence of her imp character.
Professor Oak could only smile helplessly and shake his head.
This was just an everyday exclamation on his part, and it didn't get in the way.
Anyway, Ash and the others were only ten-year-olds, and Professor Oak didn't really expect them to reach any heights right out of the gate.
"Right!"
After switching moods, Professor Oak also looked at Aisha with two glowing eyes.
"You came from Cinnabar Island, so that means Ai-chan, you've already taken in Pokémon that can cross the sea or fly through the air, right?"
"Hmm... That's not true." Aisha smiled and waved her hand, saying, "As you know me, I don't really like to take in Pokémon on a large scale per se, and I haven't evolved any large-scale Pokémon that can carry people within my team yet, so this time, when I traveled to Cinnabar Island, as well as from Cinnabar Island to Pallet Town, I actually had a friend using her Pokémon to bring me there."
"Her?"
Green looked up as she felt her gossip radar light up.
Should I say no shame in being a girl?
Green's brain was racing just by Aisha's words.
Close enough to share a Pokémon across the sea... Or the opposite sex... Or with Aisha, a big shot who could stir up the market at the drop of a hat.
"Hmm..."
After some thought, Green, who was full of curiosity, also showed a curious expression.
"Eh, in that case, that person, must be a powerful trainer, right?"
"Yes oh~ little girl."
Before Aisha could respond, Lorelei's voice entered the laboratory.
"Huh?"
As soon as she heard this voice, Green's expression became ugly.
"Eh?"
Professor Oak, on the contrary, showed a look of surprise.
"Ah..."
Aisha twisted his head and watched Lorelei, who was stepping on a pair of high heels, walk in through the front door with a smile on her face.
Her smile was like a flower, and her eyes were full of provocation and flirting within her eyes as she looked at Green.
"Little girl, I didn't expect that after so long, you still have this
Lorelei bit down on the words 'young and cute'.
"Ah... thanks for the compliment, Elite Lorelei," Green returned Lorelei's "compliment" with a smile on her face, saying, "Naturally, I can't compare to a ripe woman like Elite Lorelei. "
She also bit down on the word "ripe".
"..."
Then, the two of them fell into silence at the same time, with only their eyes colliding in mid-air.
A fierce spark seemed to have erupted between them.
"Hmph~"
Lorelei snorted coldly.
Such a small girl with no boobs and no ass, she didn't put it in her eyes.
"Heh~"
Green also sneered.
She didn't bother with women like this who were old enough to be aunts.
"..."
Aisha and Professor Oak exchanged a glance, and the two of them very silently took a few steps back, not getting involved in these two women's business.
These two did have a bit of a conflict.
At first, when the Kanto Elite Four weren't good people, Green ran into Lorelei and suffered a lot under her Secret of Ice technique.
Now that the Kanto Elite Four has been established, the conflict between Green and Lorelei has continued.
No, it couldn't be considered a conflict.
These two just didn't see eye to eye with each other, and they wouldn't do anything excessive because of it.
"Forget it."
Lorelei shook her head and looked at Aisha, saying, "Sorry, Ai-chan, there's a bit of work on the League side, so I can't touch the fish."
"But..."
She winked and said, "I'll be there for your gym challenge match with Blue."
"Uh, okay."
Aisha nodded.
She sent Lorelei out of the Oak Research Institute, and that's when she saw Lorelei release a Pelipper.
"Sister is leaving~"
"See you later, Lorelei-san."
Lorelei smiled and gave Aisha a flying kiss, and then flew up into the sky on a Pelipper, flying in the direction of the Indigo Plateau Conference.
"It's water and ice that don't separate... Worthy of being Kanto's Elite Four."
Looking at Pelipper's flying speed, Instructor Ai was in awe.
"Alright, Ai-chan!" said Professor Oak as he poked his head out from behind with a look of impatience, "Hurry up and let our old man take a look at your Pokémon!"
"Sure enough, I still can't hide."
Instructor Ai shook his head helplessly.
He then went to the backyard with Professor Oak, and the curious Green followed.
Aisha released all of his Pokémon in the backyard.
At once, the different colored Metang and Haunter, the robust Charmeleon, the coquettish-looking Eevee and Chansey, Azumarill and Larvitar, who were known to be very tough at first glance, and the Caterpie, which was already bigger than a human, appeared on top of the lawn in the backyard.
Rotom hid inside Instructor Ai's bag and wouldn't come out.
"Ah... hiss!"
Professor Oak looked at Aisha's Pokémon with glowing eyes.
His eyes were drooling like a hobo who had been starving for three days and saw a table full of food.
"Boo... ee."
Eevee showed a disgusted expression.
It was the Pokémon that ran out from the Oak Research Institute and followed Instructor Ai, and it was natural for it to know exactly what kind of behavior Professor Oak usually had.
After such a long time, this old man still looked like he couldn't walk when he saw a peculiar Pokémon.
Should I say it's worthy of being a senior researcher?
"Ai-chan, your breeding level is really high." Professor Oak gave Instructor Ai a thumbs up.
"Ah... I'm flattered."
Aisha accepted Professor Oak's praise with a helpless smile.
Professor Oak had seen eight thousand trainers in his life if not ten thousand.
His grandson was also the famous 'Breeder'.
Even so, Aisha's Pokémon had been cultivated to a level that would amaze even him.
Such skill... Naturally, it deserved a compliment from Professor Oak.
"Hiss~"
Professor Oak's eyes suddenly became complicated.
The team that Blue had newly bred for the Gym Challenge with Aisha, Professor Oak had also seen it.
Originally, Professor Oak had been overwhelmed by the speed and quality of Blue's breeding.
However, once he saw the Pokémon that Instructor Ai had today, Professor Oak's heart was suddenly a bit uncertain...
In terms of the quality of the Pokémon alone, Blue would not be able to do well on Aisha's side.
If the two of them were to fight each other, whether they won or lost would depend on their own level...
"Forget it."
Professor Oak shook his head.
Aisha and Blue's matters were left to their own devices, and he only wanted to record the data of Aisha's Pokémon and do some serious research on these children.
"Yah, this Charmeleon, this is still the child of Blue's kid's Charizard, and that Charizard is another Pokémon Blue claimed from my side."
Professor Oak circled around Charmeleon that Instructor Ai had with a face of relief and another face of exclamation.
He touched Charmeleon's muscles every now and then, and after that, he was crouching behind Charmeleon's buttocks, looking at the flames burning on its tail.
"Roar~"
Charmeleon didn't resist either.
It felt that this strange old man was very kind, so it was very cooperative and let Professor Oak record its information.
"Jie~"
Suddenly, Haunter floated out, and a pair of ghostly hands patted Professor Oak's shoulder.
"Ah, what's wrong?" As soon as Professor Oak twisted his head, he was seeing Haunter's ghostly face.
"Oh!"
Instead of being scared, the light in Professor Oak's eyes was even more intense.
For some reasons, he had studied the Gengar family very deeply.
Therefore, with a single glance, Professor Oak was able to tell that Haunter's body color was a bit off.
"Actually, it's actually a different colored Haunter!"Professor Oak was very excited, saying: "Ai-chan, you're really lucky!"
"Ah, haha, just a little luck..."
Aisha laughed helplessly from the side.
Haunter, on the other hand, immediately drifted off into the distance as if he was frightened by Professor Oak.
"Haunter, don't run, let me see, let me see!"
"Jie!"
Haunter ran away with a mournful cry.
Professor Oak, on the other hand, was in hot pursuit.
"Oh, Professor is still like this, studying Pokémon, not like an old man at all."
Green had a helpless look on his face.
Aisha, on the other hand, wrapped her arms around her chest and said, "Luckily, Professor likes it too, he's not the kind of old man who likes to quietly spend his days."
"That's true."
Green and Aisha smiled at each other.
"That said..." Green looked at Aisha's Pokémon as well.
"What's wrong?"
"Inside Instructor Ai's team, there seem to be some kids who are close to evolving."
"Oh?"
Aisha's eyes lit up.
He knew that Green was'Evolver' and knew a lot about Pokémon evolution.
If she said that it was about to evolve, then it must really be about to evolve.
"This child."
Green raised her chin and looked towards Aisha's Eevee.
"Not far from evolving, and..."
She frowned, and after a few moments, she stretched and said, "An Eevee that was actually bred in the direction of Umbreon, a good choice."
"As expected of 'Evolver', actually saw the direction in which this Eevee of mine was bred."
"Instructor Ai overpraised, these are just the basics." Green smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Several of Eevee's evolved types are all single-attribute, so it's easy to see that the moves that trainers in a position like yours make this child habitual, as well as the Pokéblocks and secret treasures that they consume, must also be biased towards that attribute when they breed it."
"Uh-huh."
Aisha nodded thoughtfully.
Eevee's evolution, he also had a premonition.
After Green said that, it was instantly more certain.
"And... this child!"
Green pointed at Charmeleon.
"Oh?"
"It's doing a great job of realizing its potential, and the Three Royal Family Pokémon itself isn't a Pokémon with a long evolution cycle, and Instructor Ai, you've nurtured it so wonderfully, it's only wrong that it hasn't evolved all this time." Green rubbed his hands together and said, "Instructor Ai, if you're interested, we can give you some advice on how to evolve your Pokémon, the price of friendship isn't expensive!"
"Haha~"
Aisha also laughed helplessly.
Green's money-hungry nature really couldn't be changed.
However, once he thought of this girl's upbringing, he understood.
"Good, the advice of 'Evolver' is hard to find for thousands of dollars, so this time it's considered that I've taken advantage of it."
"Instructor Ai is really a good customer~ happy cooperation!"
The two of them smiled and shook hands.
A business deal was concluded.
"Roar?"
Charmeleon heard Aisha's conversation with Green.
Although it didn't understand the other words, it still keenly caught the word "evolve".
Evolution... only a few months ago, it had experienced evolving from a Charmander into a Charmeleon.
Now, the Charizard that could spread its wings and soar in the sky was actually close at hand?
"Roar!"
The Charmeleon was instantly excited and spewed out a beam of flame toward the sky.
Hooray!
"..."
Shiny Metang was a little envious from the side.
This Charmeleon fellow, every evolution was also faster than himself.
At first, it was like this, but now, after evolving to the final evolution type, I'm afraid that this guy could leap to become the strongest within Instructor Ai's team, aside from Caterpie.
It was lamentable.
"Me-ta..."
Shiny Metang sighed darkly.
When would it evolve into a Metagross?
...
Above the sea, Second Generation Mewtwo had its back to the azure sky, gazing at an island in the sea not far away.
On top of that island, there was a fortress.
The fortress was already in a state of disrepair, however, it still retained the ability to shelter from the wind and rain.
If it was cleaned up, it could be used as a grand residence.
"Hmm..."
Second Generation Mewtwo nodded.
This was the information he had acquired when he was at Team Rocket's base.
The island was called New Island, and the fortress on top of it the former institute of Team Rocket.
Along with Team Rocket's last demise, New Island was abandoned, and the institute became an uninhabited haunted house in the present day.
Just in time, for the homeless Mewtwo to live in...
"I'll use this place as my base to start my plan."
Second Generation Mewtwo floated towards the fortress.
Yes, it was going to implement a plan.
A plan to challenge the world's strongest trainer!
Well, it didn't know what it was going to face yet...
