Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off.

Then came Cattleya's merciless mockery.

While people are having fun playing games offline, something different is sparking online.

While most people are filled with optimism about genetics, a few unique comments have quietly emerged.

Anonymous User 167: He wants to use our Pokémon for genetic modification to create monsters!

Anonymous User 149: With gene editing, what's the point of bonds? He's destroying the very foundation of the relationship between humans and Pokémon!

Is Chapter 10, "The Blessing of the Evergreen Forest," related to being a bad guy?

Such "I am the only one who is sober while everyone else is drunk" comments can be found everywhere. Although they don't attract much attention, some netizens will still notice them and plant a seed of doubt in their hearts.

After all, maintaining skepticism towards new things is one of the foundations for human reproduction. Curiosity killed cats, as the old saying goes. Embracing change and ensuring safety are not contradictory.

A small number of netizens also tagged Xia Ye's account or sent her private messages, trying to get a reply.

However, the latter was busy blaming others for the game they had just lost and was unaware of the uproar online.

We played two more games and won two consecutive matches. Although we were on fire, we decided to end the game halfway through, considering that it was getting late.

Xia Ye led Xiao Cai to the suite where Zhu Lan and Grandma Jie Zi Lan lived.

As she opened the door, she saw Dr. Mustard Seed Orchid returning from her meeting. Natsuno greeted her respectfully, "Hello, Grandma."

Jie Zilan smiled and invited Xia Ye to sit down next to her.

"Good boy, that's amazing. By the way, if you have any gene-related research projects, be sure to publish them online; it will be of great benefit to you."

Natsuno nodded, remembering the words of guidance from Mustard, which were essentially the same as Professor Oak's.

I understand. I'll just make promises to netizens to get their support for me to become the leader. I'm good at making promises.

Back in his suite, Natsuno saw Professor Oak drinking tea in the living room, waiting for him to return.

"Natsuno, after the academic conference, where will you conduct your next research? What projects will you be working on? Have you found collaborators yet?"

Natsuno sat down and refilled Professor Oak's empty cup: "Gym Leader Giovanni found me yesterday and said that a group of Eevee that cannot evolve has appeared in Viridian Forest. I plan to go there to study them first."

"Subsequent research is actually not easy to carry out. We don't know how to manufacture the machines needed for the research, nor do we know which technology groups to cooperate with."

Daiki nodded: "The Evergreen Forest, huh? That's a magical place. As for potential partners, I suggest we rule out the major chain breeding farm groups first."

"The vast majority of them made money through illegal means before the League's laws were established, such as forcing Pokémon to overdraw their life force to reproduce, and causing ecological collapse by capturing wild Pokémon populations, etc."

"After the law was established, although they were pressured not to commit the crimes again, it is said that they cooperated with underground organizations in various regions to conduct underground black market transactions. In short, cooperation is not advisable."

"Device Technology Group is the top choice among technology groups. The Zvoich family has a very strong reputation among the public and within the alliance, and is trustworthy."

"I suggest you don't give out your contact information yet. Let those conglomerates contact me first, and I'll help you screen them. After all, I've dealt with most of them before. You're in high demand right now, and there are plenty of people asking you for cooperation."

"You must choose someone with good character. You are no longer an ordinary trainee researcher. Every choice you make from now on will affect countless people and Pokémon. It's better to have fewer but better collaborators."

"The alliance will probably provide sufficient funding. Have you considered setting up a research lab? Where would you like to do it?"

Xia Ye answered the final question without hesitation, because he had already considered it: "Not for now. Let's cooperate with the technology group to build the research equipment first. Otherwise, even if we build the research lab, we won't have any equipment to use."

Then Natsuno thought of Team Rocket and decided to probe: "Doctor, are there any underground organizations in Kanto? Does the League have any relevant information?"

Professor Oak looked at Natsuno with surprise: "I guess so. After all, there will always be people who develop uncontrollable ambitions. We'll have to investigate from the League. Why are you suddenly asking this? Are you being watched?"

Professor Oak's expression was serious: "Who is it? Perhaps you should be more careful these next few days and try not to step outside the school gates to ensure your safety."

Xia Ye shook his head: "No, but I do feel that something is not right. Doctor, could you get some information from the Alliance? There are some things I want to confirm."

Professor Oak thought for a moment, then picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"A-Du, are you on a mission?"

"Taking a vacation? It's rare for you to take a vacation. That's perfect. You came to Yuhong University. There are some very important things to discuss. I'd like to introduce you to Xia Ye."

After hanging up the phone, the professor stopped talking and invited Xia Ye to have some tea together.

Half an hour later, there was a knock on the door. Xia Ye opened the door and brought in the red-haired man in the cloak.

"A-Du, you've arrived. This is Natsuno, you should know him by now. Natsuno, this is A-Du, a member of the Dragon Envoy clan, currently the acting champion of the Kanto Alliance."

With Professor Oak's introduction, Natsuno stepped forward and shook hands with Watari.

Lee! The strongest of the Kanto Elite Four, but because of his lifelong rival Lorelei, he couldn't achieve a four-on-one victory and win the championship, so he could only be a substitute, Dodo!

After A-Du sat down, Natsuno poured him a cup of tea.

"Mr. Awatari, how much intelligence does the Alliance have about the underground organizations in Kanto?"

Upon hearing Natsuno's question, Awata raised an eyebrow, quite surprised: "Researchers are also interested in fighting crime? Interesting."

"There is indeed an underground organization called Team Rocket active in Kanto, engaging in various black market transactions such as underground Pokémon auctions, forcibly capturing Pokémon from the wild, and stealing Pokémon from trainers, among other evil deeds."

"Currently, the alliance only knows that the organization has four high-ranking officials, but they know nothing about the leader."

Xia Ye nodded: "Do you know the detailed information about the four top officials? Do you know where their headquarters are? Or which cities they are most active in?"

Adu took a sip of tea: "Their hideout is unknown. As for the most active city, it's Changqing City."

He then picked up his phone and showed Natsuno several profile pictures: "These are profile pictures of the four top executives drawn based on the confessions of the captured Team Rocket members."

Natsuno swiped through a profile picture of Apollo and noticed that it looked nine-tenths like Apollo's face. She was a little excited and couldn't wait to speak.

“I’ve met this person before. He was the one who picked me up when I asked to meet him. He said he was Sakaki’s younger brother and his name was Apollo.”

At first, Awa was startled, but then she calmed down: "Sakaki shouldn't be like that. He, like me, also has the blessing of the Evergreen Forest."

Natsuno pushed up his glasses, which weren't even real: "Mr. Watari, I'd like to know, is there any basis for the blessing of the Evergreen Forest? For example, is it only those with good character who are blessed?"

"If the character of the person who received the blessing changes afterward, will the blessing also disappear? Or is the blessing actually random, and the good character of the person who received the blessing is all cultivated later in life?"

With a muffled "thud," the teacup in A-Du's hand fell onto the carpet, spilling tea everywhere.

Natsuno's words reversed A-Du's long-held misconceptions, leaving A-Du's hand frozen in mid-air as his mind raced.

"I'm going to arrest Sakaki!"

When Natsuno heard A-Du utter such a sentence after thinking for a long time, he couldn't hold back anymore.

Dude, does having a super brain give you superpowers?

"Wait a minute, I have a plan!"

Chapter 11 The Young Master's Visit

"If we arrest Giovanni directly, what will happen to his subordinates? What if the four executives go into hiding and cause trouble in various cities with their henchmen?"

"We should try to uproot everything completely from the beginning and eradicate evil completely."

After finishing his story, Natsuno told Wataru and Oki about the purpose of Sakaki's meeting with him, including the Dream Fossil, explaining everything to them clearly.

Professor Oak's expression changed as he listened: "You mean, Giovanni wants to use your technology to create an ultimate weapon of war using the genes of the Dream?"

Xia Ye nodded: "Ah, extracting genes from fossils and even reviving Pokémon represented by fossils, this is also one of my research directions. I will find time to tell the netizens."

At this point, Xia Ye sighed inwardly: I was thinking that after the theory was published, a large number of people would flock to study it, and I could just be a theoretical guide, slack off every day and write papers. Why did the system give me another task?

"As for the ultimate weapon, that's just my guess, but I believe the other side definitely has that idea. After all, aren't all ambitious people like that, destroying the world without saying a word?"

"At the very least, he's trying to find a way to quickly improve Pokémon's strength through genetic research, so he's definitely not up to any good."

A-Du nodded, agreeing with Natsuno's words: "So what's your plan?"

"I plan to go undercover and join his plan, to find out where his organization is located, to find out how to steal his fossils, and to see if he has any other plans that I can sabotage."

"When the time is right, we'll cooperate with the league to take down the entire Rockets team in one fell swoop, so we won't have any worries about the future."

Natsuno nodded after speaking, inwardly praising his flawless plan.

Professor Oak blurted out, "No! It's too dangerous! You are the hope of the entire field of genetic research, we can't take the risk!"

"Don't be impatient, Dr. Sakaki needs my technical or theoretical guidance, he won't hurt me. And it seems he plans to first invite me to stay in Evergreen for a while through official channels."

"He might not include me in the final plan; there might be layers of testing involved. He wouldn't risk exposing himself and harming me, and harming me would only take him further away from his goal."

"After all, I am now the founder of the theory, and I am the most likely to help him achieve his plan. At least before the plan is realized, he would never harm me."

Seeing that Natsuno's analysis was so logical, Wataru was already tempted, but still looked at Professor Oak.

Professor Oak sighed, "Perhaps you're right. You might not be able to gain their trust, and the plan might not go smoothly. Go ahead, but make sure you're safe."

Natsuno then looked at Awatari: "So, how should we contact them? If we really get there, we'll definitely be under full surveillance, and even messages sent online could be intercepted."

"If the other party really has a secret base or something, then it would definitely be more heavily guarded, and it wouldn't be surprising if they listened to your conversations, even when you go to the toilet or talk in your sleep."

While Natsuno's words were a bit exaggerated, upon closer examination, they were quite plausible. After all, it would be impossible for someone to keep so many things a secret from the league without keeping their mouth shut.

A-Du was also stumped for a moment, unable to think of any good ways to contact them.

"Alright, let's set the plan for now. I'll go back to the Alliance headquarters to find a suitable means of communication and give it to you before you go to Changqing City."

After exchanging contact information with Natsuno, Awatari left, leaving only the words, "Vacation over."

Natsuno secretly saved the other person's contact as "Gyarados is also a dragon," and then took Aya back to her room to sleep.

Time flies when you can't slack off, and before you know it, it's the second night.

Natsuno pulled a stack of business cards from his pocket. They were all handed to him by some company representative on his way to the restaurant at noon. Upon closer inspection, they were all from some xxx chain breeding company. Remembering Professor Oak's words, Natsuno threw the stack into the trash can.

After the afternoon presentation, a large group of self-proclaimed CEOs of XX Technology Company waited outside the auditorium, handing out a bunch of business cards. Xia Ye's impression of this group improved considerably; the CEOs themselves were much more courteous than the company representatives at noon.

But looking at the tech groups from various regions, Natsuno was at a loss. Just then, he noticed someone knocking on the door and got up.

I came in first.

Rich, powerful and handsome

elegant young nobleman

Ah, it's Daigo!

Daigo bowed slightly, his manners impeccable: "Hello, Natsuno Researcher, I apologize for the intrusion. I am Daigo Zufuki, and I am here on behalf of the Devon Group."

Natsuno quickly invited the other person in: "Ah, Champion Daigo, it's an honor to meet you, please come in."

Natsuno went to make tea, and Daigo placed the beautifully packaged box he had brought on the table, his gaze drawn to the unique patterns on Aya's clothes.

"The colors and the shape remind me of the painting 'Sunflower Monster' by the famous artist Tutu Dog, which is in my collection and is full of emotion."