Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 691 Xiaoshi Research Institute
Dr. Olin and Dr. Futu didn't keep Naoki waiting too long.

Half a month later, after learning in detail from Papa what had happened over the years, they made a decision in their hearts.

He stopped researching the Paradox Pokémon, stayed in Little Key Town, set up a research institute dedicated to the research of Tai Crystallization and Star Crystallization, and accompanied Papper.

As soon as the news came out, the Padiya Alliance headed by Ye Ci immediately invested and built a research institute in Xiaoshi Town.

This is both out of kindness and as a way of thanking the two doctors for discovering Taicrystallization.

In the early spring of the 209th year of the Alliance Calendar, the Taijing Research Institute was officially completed.

On that day, many friends of the two doctors in Padia came to celebrate.

The staff of the Padiya Alliance, some former employees of the Zero Zone Research Institute, the current president of Padiya College, Clavel, Yeci, Xiaoqing, Nimo, Mudan...

Naoki also brought Xiaoshu to this place to attend the completion ceremony of the research institute.

The Xiaoshi Research Institute was built on the original location of the lighthouse. Inside the institute were crystal fragments brought back from Beishang Township and lake water containing Tai crystals.

Dr. Olin and Dr. Futu stood in front of the institute, welcoming the visiting guests with smiles on their faces.

After not seeing each other for a long time, the two doctors have changed out of their classic attires and put on casual clothes that are more full of life.

At this time, Dr. Olin was chatting with Principal Clavel with a smile.

The rest of the guests were also talking to others around them.

Naoki and Koki were standing on a patch of grass.

His eyes were not directed at Dr. Olin and Dr. Futu, but at the Zhuzi team of four on the other side.

Xiaoqing, Papa, Nimo, and Peony.

The return of her parents made Papa look radiant, as if she had been reborn, and the smile on her face almost never left her face.

"Piper, that's great!" Nimo patted Piper's shoulder: "From now on, Dr. Olin and Dr. Futu will always be by your side!"

"Come to think of it, all this is all thanks to Xiaoqing!" A smile appeared on Mudan's face.

"No, it's not just my credit, Mr. Naoki also helped a lot!" Xiaoqing quickly shook her head.

"Huh? Mr. Naoki is here today too? Why didn't I see him?" Upon hearing this, Nemo immediately began to look around, searching for Naoki in the crowd.

Soon, she found Mr. Naoki on a stand.

Their eyes met, and Neemo jumped up happily, waving her arms over there: "Hey! Mr. Naoki!"

Naoki smiled and nodded at Nemo.

"Mr. Naoki is here too?" Mudan said.

"Yes, that's right!" Nimo turned her eyes to the girl next to Mr. Naoki: "That girl is Mr. Naoki's daughter, Xiaoshu, right?"

Xiaoqing, who had seen Xiaoshu before, chuckled and nodded: "That's right! Although the child is young, she has become a formal trainer now! I once fought against her, and my Magical Masked Meowth lost."

What?! Nimo was shocked, but then her eyes showed excitement.

"I also want to have a Pokémon battle with Xiaoshu!" Nemo made the decision immediately.

Nimo has always been a person of action. As soon as she finished speaking, she ran over there excitedly.

The remaining three people: "..."

"Nemo is still the same Nemo!" Xiaoqing was powerless to complain.

More than three years have passed since their original adventure together. A lot has happened during this period, but Nemo seems to have not changed at all.

"That's what Nemo is like!" Piper couldn't help but interrupt.

The three of them looked at Nimo's back, then looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

The world may change, but our friendship will never change.

Xiaoshu agreed to Nemo's invitation to a battle without hesitation.

The two of them had a fierce competition right in front of everyone on an open space.

Naoki and Yeci stood behind and watched the scene.

"Xiaoshu's personality is very similar to Nemo's!" Ye Ci said softly.

"That's true." Naoki was also quite helpless.

"Oh, time flies!" Ye Ci was filled with emotion. In the blink of an eye, the little tree is already six years old.

"...Chief, what do you want to do?" Naoki noticed something was wrong.

Ye Ci smiled and said, "No! Looking at Xiao Shu's appearance, I just think she is very suitable to join the Padiya Alliance and replace Poppy to become the new king."

Naoki: "...Xiaoshu is only seven years old now."

He couldn't help but remind her.

"I'm talking about the future!" Ye Ci said softly, "Children will eventually grow up. They are like Pokémon. When they grow up, they will leave their parents and start their own lives."

Hearing this, Naoki couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Yes! Yes, Yesi is right.

People in the Pokémon world are all like this.

When a child turns ten, he or she will leave their parents and embark on their own journey.

Just like Xiaozhi, he travels for ten years, only going home during the Chinese New Year or holidays, and spending the rest of the time traveling outside.

Ten years later, the children will become adults and turn twenty years old, and what they will face next is the problem of their future life.

Continue to be a champion, become a gym owner, become a breeder, or choose to retire...

Then, you should meet someone you love, get married, and have your own children.

As Naoki imagined the future, he felt an indescribable emotion in his heart, and even had an urge to cry.

This feeling reminded Naoki of the time when he and Qishu got married and Qishu's father cried at the wedding.

He must have felt the same way at that time, right?

Because he knew that from now on, his daughter would have her own home and start a new life, and would be less and less with them as parents.

Ye Ci looked at the scene over there and couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

Naoki calmed down and couldn't help asking, "Chief, you seem very happy today?"

"Well, yes!" Ye Ci said with a smile: "It's great that Dr. Olin and Dr. Futu can make this choice!"

For a long time, their Padia region has lacked more authoritative doctors and famous research institutes.

Now that Orin and Futu have stayed, it means that from today on, the Padilla Alliance can hand over the task of giving initial Pokémon to new trainers to the two professors.

Later, if the children in the nearby towns are ten years old or above, they can go to this research institute and receive the initial Pokémon prepared for them by the Padia Alliance from Orin and Futu, as well as the Taicrystal bracelet that can allow Pokémon to Taicrystalize.

It just so happened that Dr. Olin and Dr. Futu were the first people to discover Taicrystallization. This matter was also a professional match for them, and no one was more suitable for this job than them.

Naoki followed Yeci's gaze and saw Dr. Olin and Dr. Futu in the crowd.

Combined with the smile on Ye Ci's face, he instantly understood why Ye Ci was so happy.

Naoki: "..."

That's enough. The battle between Xiaoshu and Nimo has come to an end.

Because of what Xiaoqing said, Neemo thought that Xiaoshu had become a champion-level trainer.

But since returning from the last trip to Beishang Township, Xiaoshu rarely uses Tailebagos to fight, but only uses Incinerator and Dratini.

Although compared with other trainers of the same period, Dratini and Incineroar can be said to be geniuses.

But in front of Nemo, who has become the champion, the strength of the Burning Bug and the Dratini is simply not enough.

When Neemo saw both of Xiaoshu's Pokémon fall down, she finally understood what was going on.

She quickly apologized to the little tree, but the little tree didn't care. The two agreed to have another formal Pokémon battle when they have time in the future!
At this time, the celebration ceremony has come to an end.

The guests around said goodbye to the two doctors one after another and left Xiaoshi Town.

"I still have things to do at the Padilla Alliance, so I'll leave first!" Ye Ci greeted Naoki and Xiaoshu, then walked up to say something to the two doctors, and followed in the footsteps of others and left the research institute.

Naoki was in no hurry to leave.

He took Xiaoshu and Gulden to the stands and looked out at the sea in the distance. Xiaoshu rode on Naoki's neck and pointed at the long-winged gulls flying in the golden light and said:

"Dad, it's the long-winged gulls! There are so many of them!"

"I saw it." Naoki thought of the conversation he had just had with Yeci and couldn't help asking, "What do you want to do in the future, Xiaoshu?"

Xiao Shu's attention was completely attracted by the long-winged gulls flying above the sparkling sea.

Hearing this, she answered loudly: "I want to fly to far, far away places like those long-winged gulls, to see the scenery and Pokémon over there!"

Naoki: "But if that happens, Mom and Dad won't be able to see you!"

Xiaoshu had never thought about this question before, and when she suddenly heard it, she was stunned.

But soon, Xiaoshu came to his senses. She asked in confusion, "Xiaoshu can come back to visit mom and dad anytime, right?"

Naoki: "..."

Alas, forget it!

It’s too early to talk about these things now. No matter what, as long as the little tree is happy, that’s enough.

At this moment, applause suddenly came from behind.

Naoki turned his head and saw Dr. Olin slowly walking towards him.

She looked at the small tree on Naoki's neck and said with a smile, "What a nice dream!"

"Dr. Olin!" The little tree was very happy.

"However, although the scenery while traveling is important, don't forget your family!" Dr. Olin said softly.

"Xiaoshu will never forget his father, mother, Gulton, Babu Tubo and the others!" Xiaoshu promised.

Hearing this, Dr. Olin smiled.

Only then did she turn her gaze to Naoki and Gulden beside him.

Although I already understand what happened in the Padya region in the past two years.

But Dr. Olin and Dr. Fotu were still somewhat puzzled by what happened to the Motor Lizard.

"Naoki, can you tell me about Gulton... the Motorcycle Lizard?" she asked.

Naoki did not refuse. He looked at Gulden beside him and slowly began to tell the story.

Including the Motor Lizard falling into the time machine and becoming Gulton.

Including its encounters with Flutterhair and Tailebagos in ancient times millions of years ago.

Including it was summoned to the "present" by the two doctors eleven years ago through a time machine.

Including things that have not happened yet, he will go back to the past at some point in the future, accompany the Motor Lizard on that journey, and save the Tailebagos tribe that is about to become extinct.

“Is that so…?”

At this moment, Dr. Olin understood everything.

She finally understood why the Gul'ton beside Naoki was so special and why the Flutterwing was so close to the Gul'ton.

According to his and Futu's investigation, Taijing energy can indeed connect different time and space, but the energy required is extremely huge.

If there is only one Tailebagos, it is far from being able to achieve permanent time and space travel.

This was also the reason why she was called to the future when she was investigating the Great Void, but could only stay for a short while.

This is why the time machine can only be built in Area Zero.

Past, present, future, time paradox...

Dr. Olin looked at Gulden with complicated and somewhat moved eyes.

"Its thoughts of you transcend all time."

"I know." Naoki nodded slightly.

Dr. Olin pondered and continued, "In the future, you will go back to the past, save the Tailebagos tribe, and change their fate..."

The Tailebagos who survived to this day used their power to change the fate of her and Futu.

If Naoki hadn't done this, the power of just one Tailebagos would not have been enough to change their fate.

The origin of all this is that the Motor Lizard turned into Gulton.

Because it became Gultun, it led to the subsequent events and changed the fate of many people.

Dr. Olin had mixed feelings.

At this moment, she has deeply felt the shock brought by time and fate.

But... does Naoki have to pay for the mistakes they made?
To outsiders, Naoki's motorcycle lizard has never left.

But for Naoki himself, the Pokémon that had lived with him for so many years suddenly left. Which trainer could accept such a thing?
If Motor Lizard had not become Gultun, then everything that followed would not have happened, and she and Futu would have died at the Fourth Observatory...

"I..." Realizing this, Dr. Olin suddenly didn't know what to say. She looked at Naoki, her heart full of apology: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

However, Naoki smiled and asked a question that she didn't expect.

"Doctor, do you feel that everything we've been through is like an Ouroboros?"

Dr. Olin was slightly startled.

"The Motor Lizard keeps going back to the past and becoming a Gultun, until it sees its past self fall into the time machine again... Now, it's my turn to complete the rest of the cycle."

"But...if you go back in time and send the Motor Lizard back to eleven years ago, where will you go after that?" Dr. Olin asked.

"I don't know." Naoki shook his head, "But if possible, I will return to the present Gulerton and accompany them forever."

Dr. Olin no longer knew how or what words to use to express his feelings at the moment.

After a long time, she finally spoke:

"I understand...if you need anything, please feel free to come to us and we will do our best to help you."

(End of this chapter)