Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off.

Natsuno took the small discus, keeping his right hand in the discus-throwing stance, remaining vigilant.

"Take out the Poké Ball you're hiding in your chest, return the Bulbasaur, and put your own aside."

Upon hearing Xia Ye's words, Bi Lan's expression froze for a moment, then instantly turned shy, her cheeks flushed, and she hugged her chest with both hands.

"Ugh, brother, why are you staring at my chest? I don't have any Poké Balls on me."

"My feet really hurt, brother, come and help me. At worst, I'll check your chest to see if you're hiding anything."

Xia Ye took another big step back, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and dared not say another word.

Holding the small discus in her right hand, ready to throw, Natsuno quickly took out her phone from her pocket with her left hand and dialed Professor Oak's number.

Seeing Natsuno's actions, Bilan's expression froze again, seemingly unable to understand why Natsuno wouldn't fall for it.

She used to be able to use this trick on men without fail, but it failed her today, which she found hard to believe.

While Bilan was pondering, Natsuno was already shouting for help.

"Professor Oak, come quick! There's a thief in the lab!"

"The enemy is cunning; I'm afraid I can't hold them off!"

After seeing Natsuno hang up the phone, Bilan took a step back, remaining on guard. She sighed and raised her hands.

"Okay, okay, I surrender. Please don't take me to the police station! I have my reasons!"

Natsuno remained wary: "Take out the Poké Ball first, then we can talk about other things."

What he was thinking was that the office was only half a minute away from the laboratory, and the laboratory had no other entrances or exits, so he just needed to guard the door.

Azure reached into her chest, her face full of confusion: "Tell me, how did you know I hid the ball in my chest?"

Natsuno loudly stopped the other person's actions: "Wait a minute, go hide in that corner over there and get it, then release the ball first."

Azure's hand paused, a nervous smile on her face: "Well, I thought you didn't like women. It's okay, I don't mind what you see."

"If you're willing to let me go, it's not impossible for us to look at other options."

Xia Ye quickly interrupted Bi Lan's spellcasting: "Stop, stop, stop! I mind. Go over there quickly. There are surveillance cameras over there. You don't want to be seen by more people, do you?"

After hearing what Natsuno said, Azure looked up and found a shelf without surveillance cameras to hide on. A few seconds later, two Poké Balls rolled out from the ground.

Natsuno didn't go forward to take the ball from the ground, but instead put herself in Azure's mind: "Don't think you can fool me by throwing two empty Poké Balls first. Hurry up, the professor is coming."

Azure, hiding behind the shelf with two Poké Balls in her hand, covered her head and couldn't help but gently bump her head against the shelf, "bang bang bang".

"Ah! How did you know my train of thought?! Did heaven send you to punish me?"

Two more Poké Balls rolled on the ground, and Azure emerged from behind the shelf with its hands raised, completely surrendering.

Xia Ye suddenly laughed: "Haha, actually I was just bluffing you, but I didn't expect to actually get something out of it. Luckily, I'm quick-witted."

Azure sat on the ground in despair, completely giving up and abandoning all resistance.

Professor Oak finally arrived, and Natsuno's anxiety was completely relieved.

When Daiki came in, he saw Natsuno looking like he was facing a formidable enemy. He also saw the azure on the ground, the open skylight, and the huge pile of clutter.

"Xia Ye, is this the little girl you're talking about as the thief? What happened?"

Natsuno stepped forward, picked up the first two Poké Balls, pressed the button, and sure enough, both were empty.

He picked up the two more and handed one of them, the one with the grass tag, to Professor Oak.

"This guy broke in through the skylight to steal something, and he even took Bulbasaur. Luckily, he made a noise and I caught him red-handed."

"Doctor, what should we do?"

Natsuno fiddled with the azure Poké Ball in his hand, looking at the azure.

The girl clasped her hands together, tears welling in her eyes, and begged Professor Oak.

"Please, I really didn't mean it, I had my reasons."

Upon hearing this, Daiki's expression was very gentle.

"Then tell me, what's your predicament?"

Chapter 33 Two Choices, Azur Lane Chooses Cooperation

Azure began to tell a tragic story in vivid detail, combining speaking and acting.

The gist of the story is that she, Azure, was born in Pallet Town. Her parents were police officers who disappeared two years ago while investigating an evil organization. She was then placed in the care of her aunt's family, but was abused.

Having endured this until now at 16, she has decided to find her parents herself. Today, she found a clue, but is now being chased by members of an evil organization.

Left with no other choice, he climbed through the window and hid in the laboratory. Hating his own lack of strength, he saw a Poké Ball and wanted to increase his strength, so he had a bad idea.

In short, it was a momentary lapse, and he begged for forgiveness, saying that he still had to go and save his parents, and so on.

After listening to the whole thing, Xia Ye felt it was such a waste that this young girl wasn't pursuing a career in the entertainment industry.

They can come up with a story that fits the current situation in five minutes, and they can do it vividly, even acting it out.

Anyway, he knows the truth and won't believe a single word of it.

But Professor Oak, who was standing to the side, stroked his chin thoughtfully after hearing this.

No, you actually believe that?

Natsuno wanted to step forward and offer advice, but Professor Oak stopped her with a look.

"Since that's the case, and it's a starter Pokémon given to a new trainer anyway, we might as well make do with it."

"Little girl, do you have a Trainer's license? If you do, I have a request for you, and I can also give you Bulbasaur. How about it?"

Upon hearing this, Bilan realized there was a chance for things to turn around and was so happy she almost jumped for joy.

"Thank you, Doctor! My name is Bru, and I have a Trainer's License!"

Natsuno wanted to expose him, but couldn't explain how he knew the other person's real name. He could only think to himself: "Azure is azure, but 'blue' is just a euphemism. You're something else."

Then she saw Bilan reach directly to her own chest and skillfully try to take something out from there.

Natsuno stopped her again: "No, no, no, surveillance cameras, surveillance cameras!"

Azure walked back behind the shelf and came out a minute later with a Trainer's License.

Professor Oak was about to nod in agreement when he saw this.

Natsuno noticed that Azure had only shown its back and not its face, and a sudden thought flashed through his mind.

He stopped the doctor: "Doctor, let's verify it."

He quickly stepped forward and, amidst Azure's terrified expression and her clenched, white knuckles, "received" the Trainer's License.

Looking at the back, sure enough, the name was neither Azure nor Bulu, and it was a male's license.

Natsuno handed the license to Professor Oak: "As expected, you stole it from somewhere again!"

Azure covered her head again, looked up at the sky, and sighed deeply.

"Ah! Who are you?! How do you know my moves so well?!"

"Fine, just take me to the police station. I'd rather be there than stay here. You're terrifying!"

Bilan felt like a newborn baby in front of Xia Ye, with no secrets and all her moves would be seen through by him, making her feel completely insecure.

Professor Oak asked an unexpected question: "How did you know this time, and how did you know there would be one starter Pokémon left?"

When Azure heard Professor Oak's question, she couldn't help but tilt her head slightly, revealing her smooth chin.

"In the information age, it's easy to check things out. You can check the research institute's past collection records, the trainers who couldn't help but show off as soon as they got their starter Pokémon, and so on."

"Distribution time is the simplest thing. If all else fails, I can just come and wait for it after I find out the date. The only thing that's a little troublesome is to make sure there are any extra Pokémon."

"First, pretend to be from the research institute and check the initial Pokémon pre-order records, then check the new Pokémon created by trainers during this period, and verify the number of people."

"In the end, we determined that only two people would be picking it up today. I'll come back at the exact time, and once you've all left, we can start the operation."

This series of analyses suddenly reminded Natsuno of the strange question that Tomohiko had asked when he sent over the starter Pokémon.

It wasn't a misperception; Azure had actually asked that day, which is why she found out the information.

"Clap clap clap."

Natsuno couldn't help but applaud Bilan. If he hadn't accidentally discovered her, he really wouldn't have been able to catch her.

After all, the monitoring system in the lab had broken down before the academic conference.

It's been too long since I got back from the conference, and I completely forgot to get someone to fix it. Natsuno just pretended to be azure.

Hearing Natsuno applaud for herself, Bilan raised her head even higher, looking like a proud dancing swan.

Professor Oak nodded repeatedly: "Very good. He can come up with a reasonable story in a short time. He is quick-witted, makes good use of all means, and is even proficient in the internet."

"Xia Ye, what do you think about having this little girl act as your backup? After all, you're going there alone, so it's necessary to have someone to help you."

"Moreover, having a complete stranger act as a contact can reduce the risk of exposure."

"Prepare for the worst, assuming the other side even has the ability to trace the polygonal beast all the way to the end."

"It turned out that the contact person was a young girl, whose identity was a research assistant at Oak's Research Institute."

"Isn't that better than contacting official league personnel?"

"Gym Leader Giovanni's official identity is Gym Leader. The fact that he could hide his organization so well means that he must have had spies planted within the League as well."

"Maybe they'll know when we go to headquarters to see Adu that day."

As Natsuno listened to Professor Oak's highly logical analysis, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Right, what era are we living in? Still going it alone?

Moreover, if I hadn't discovered this, I estimate that Azure would have followed the path of disbanding Team Rocket along with Red and Green.

Thinking of this, Xia Ye turned to look at Bi Lan: "I think it's a good idea."

"Little girl, you have two choices: one is to send you and the surveillance footage to the police station."

"Whether you steal from a renowned doctor's research institute or steal Pokémon, no matter how many tricks you use, it's useless. You'll spend the rest of your life in jail."

"The second path is to become a specially appointed Pokédex collection assistant at the research institute, with Bulbasaur as your reward."

"There will also be additional benefits, assistant subsidies, etc., and you are free to move around when you are not busy."