Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off.

Natsuno glanced at Komaru and Aya and shook his head repeatedly: "I'm just a researcher, I don't have that kind of ability."

"A researcher? He must be very smart. Please help us think of a solution, Uncle."

The uncle's eyes lit up, and he was about to bow to Xia Ye, but Xia Ye quickly helped him up and stopped him.

Instinctively, I wanted to refuse the older man's request, but other considerations flashed through my mind.

Although I said I came out to slack off, I can't slack off too much; I still have to do the serious stuff.

And remember that Giovanni mentioned before that the group of Eevee that couldn't evolve was in the Evergreen Forest.

Natsuno realized he would be staying here for a while and immediately changed his mind.

"Okay, uncle, I'll give it a try, but don't get your hopes up too high. If so many of you can't handle it, I might not be able to either."

Seeing Xia Ye nod, the uncle quickly pulled Xia Ye and walked into the vegetable market.

"You can call me Uncle Caitou. By the way, this colorful Tutu dog is really cute."

Xia Ye and Uncle Cai Tou exchanged pleasantries for a while, trying to learn more about the Pikachu.

Before long, we arrived at the vegetable market.

At this moment, inside the market, a group of people were looking dejected at the mess on the ground.

Natsuno noticed that there were two to four ground squirrels working together to tidy up the stalls at each one, and there were several goldfish in the tanks in the seafood area.

When they saw the uncle bringing Natsuno over, they assumed Natsuno was there to buy groceries and enthusiastically tried to sell her the produce.

Upon hearing the uncle introduce them as helpers, the others became even more enthusiastic, stuffing their own tree fruits into Xia Ye's arms for him to taste.

Xia Ye raised his hand to stop him and opened his mouth to explain, but a dozen or so pieces of tree fruit were stuffed into his mouth at once, almost reaching his throat.

Natsuno stared wide-eyed in terror, covering her mouth with one hand and backing away repeatedly. Aya, whose mouth was also stuffed with tree fruit pieces, did the same thing, backing away in fear.

With great effort, Natsuno chewed the fruit pieces in his mouth and swallowed them, then loudly explained.

The crowd finally stopped feeding the animals, their surprise vanished, and they all let out a long sigh.

"Don't be discouraged, everyone. Only by working together can we have a chance to solve this problem."

Natsuno's words of comfort had no effect; everyone still looked very dejected.

"We understand what you're saying, but we've already tried every possible method."

"Never once could exhaust that Pikachu?"

"No, our Diglett are only around level 20, and those Goldfish, although they have the Lightning Rod ability, are also only level 20."

Natsuno nodded. Although the ability is very useful, it is limited by the Pokémon's own level.

If your level is 10 levels lower than the opponent's move level, the effect of your ability can easily reach its limit and be broken by the opponent's move.

"Have you tried working together? With so many Pokémon sharing the burden, even a level 40 opponent would be exhausted."

"Combining our efforts is useless. That guy is very cunning. If we all combine our efforts, we won't be able to keep up and he'll just run away without fighting us."

Natsuno smiled, stroked his chin, and began to think.

This Pikachu is practically a spirit! It fights when it can win, and runs away when it feels like it can't. It's so cunning, it must be wild.

With so many Pokémon, it's possible to fight them off together, but the market is too spacious, and if we don't divide our forces to defend it, they'll escape.

Then we need to find a way to force that Pikachu to stop and face the combined attack, thus limiting its speed advantage.

Considering that goldfish must stay in the tank, these lightning rods are essential, so let's arrange the location in the aquatic area.

After making some rough plans in his mind, Xia Ye had a rough idea forming in his head.

"Everyone, are you willing to close for one day tomorrow and cooperate fully to set up an inescapable trap to completely solve the Pikachu problem?"

Natsuno's words left everyone hesitant, their expressions conflicted.

Uncle Cai Tou thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and was the first to stand up and support Xia Ye.

"Anyway, after that guy caused trouble, there's hardly any business left in the market. If we don't solve the problem, it's no different from going out of business."

"It's just one day of closure, I support that. Once the problem is solved, it's easy to reopen, isn't it?"

The uncle's words resonated with the others, and the hesitant stall owners all stood up to respond.

"Okay, we agree. Anyway, if we keep going like this, we'll be doomed. It's better to solve the problem completely."

Seeing that everyone was responding enthusiastically, Xia Ye gathered them together and shared his ideas.

The others followed Natsuno's ideas to make additional trap arrangements, and everyone was mobilized.

Everyone pitched in and thoroughly cleaned the entire market.

The next day, Pikachu followed the path it remembered to the vegetable market.

Then a big question mark appeared in his little head.

?

At this moment, there wasn't a single piece of tree fruit residue to be seen in the entire market; it was so clean it could be used as an ice rink.

People hiding in the shadows watched as Pikachu wandered through the entire market, then left dejectedly.

Natsuno dropped his disguise and greeted them.

"Everyone, proceed according to plan! Invite Pikachu into a trap! Move out!"

Chapter 37 The crowd hunts the hill, and Crimson reaps the benefits.

"We gained nothing today, but he will definitely come again tomorrow, and he might even come earlier."

"We need to hurry and set up every line of defense. If we have enough time, we can test it once."

"We must also make sure to provide everyone with the necessary supplies and backup plans, and try our best to achieve victory in one battle."

With Xia Ye's decorations, the vegetable market was bustling with people, and the sounds of clattering bells and rattles filled the air, creating a lively atmosphere.

Time passed quickly.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, the disguised crowd discovered an uninvited guest at the entrance of the market.

Pikachu has visited again.

Sharp-eyed Natsuno noticed that Pikachu's movements were slower than yesterday, and its belly seemed a little flat.

Hmm? Did this guy not find anything at the market yesterday, and can't find any food in the Evergreen Forest either?

Strange, how come there's no food in the forest?

Thinking about it carefully, this guy always takes away a big bag of tree fruit. If he were to eat it all by himself, it would last him two or three days.

Why does this guy come and steal so much food every day? Is he feeding his companions?

While Natsuno was brainstorming, the Pikachu also began to make its move.

He lay down on the ground and sniffed carefully. As his nose twitched, he raised his head and found something!

With all four legs pushing off, it sprinted towards the seafood area, where a large pile of tree fruits in bags was stacked.

Everyone hid in various places, held their breath, and stared intently at Pikachu without blinking.

Pikachu stopped in front of the berry table and cautiously looked around.

Seeing that no one was around, it jumped onto the table and then quickly jumped back down to the ground. It tested the waters three times before finally standing on the table.

When Natsuno saw that the other person was indeed standing on the table, he couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his brow.

Step one, the super glue table, went smoothly!

The Pikachu turned its head to look around on the table, and then realized that its limbs felt wrong and it had to use more effort to lift them.

The strange feeling of being stuck together by glue startled Pikachu, who began to look around, but when it saw that nothing was happening, it relaxed.

It walked towards the fruit bags, using all four limbs and its tail to carry the fruit bags on its back.

But this time, when Pikachu was carried on his back, his body was pressed down and then lifted back to its usual height.

The second step was to add weight to the fruit bags; successful!

Just then, his ears perked up as he heard the sounds of "..." coming from all directions of the market.

Pikachu became very alert, jumped off the table, and ran outside at top speed.

But with the added glue and weighted fruit bags, his movements were slower than usual.

Meanwhile, the commotion on the periphery revealed a large group of Grass-type Pokémon.

At this moment, everything is gathering energy and releasing sleep powder towards the central area.

Behind them were several Pidgeys, flapping their wings and using the Wind Rush move to create a gust of wind that blew the sleep powder in.

Pikachu, which was rushing outwards, used Agility to speed up its journey, but it was still hit by Sleep Powder Storm and its pace began to slow down.

From a distance, it looks as if this thing is actively heading towards the sleep powder puff.

Meanwhile, people hiding on the outskirts appeared wearing insulated protective suits and gas masks, throwing out piles of Poké Balls and releasing a large swarm of Diglett.

Surrounded by three forces, the attack appeared overwhelming and actually frightened Pikachu.

The latter turned and ran back to the aquatic product area, which was exactly where there were no ambushes.

In a second, everyone, including Natsuno, emerged from a hidden spot near the seafood area, wearing insulated hazmat suits and still carrying gas masks.

This large group threw out a huge number of Poké Balls, and this time there were even more Diglett than before, with their heads swarming everywhere you looked.

All the Diglett stacked on top of each other, forming walls of Diglett walls that closed in the blink of an eye, surrounding Pikachu within them.

The practice that lasted all night was very effective; the mole hamsters were able to transform from a Brownian distribution into four mole walls in five seconds.

Step 3, the mole wall, successful!

This sudden change caused Pikachu to stop in its tracks, and the electric sacs on both sides of its cheeks began to flash with electricity, clearly a sign that it was charging up its energy.

"Pikachu~!"

With a shout, lightning surged from all directions around Pikachu—it was Electric Discharge! An AOE Electric-type special move.

However, Ground-type moves are immune to Electric-type moves, and although the Diglett were 10 levels lower than Pikachu, they easily withstood the combined attack.

The intense flash of light caused everyone to close their eyes and turn their heads away, blocking their view.