A familiar voice rang out, making Ash a little disbelieving for a moment.
"Professor Oak, you're here?"
Yu Feng was pleasantly surprised, after all, it was rare to see Professor Oak here.
"Oh, it's Yu Feng. You're here too. And this is? Yu... Patrol... and Gym Leader Fu Ningna."
As one of the few people who received a Pokédex, Professor Oak still recognized Yu Feng, and he had wanted to study Yu Feng's Shinny Kirlia for a long time. What was the difference between Shinny Pokémon and regular Pokémon?
Seeing Yu Huijun nearby, he felt a bit familiar, but seeing him constantly winking at him, he knew Yu Huijun didn't want to reveal his identity.
After thinking for a while, he still called him 'Patrol', as there was no problem with his identity being described as a patrol.
"Never mind that for now, Professor Oak, what's the money-making method you mentioned?"
Although Ash was very curious about that Gym Leader, for now, helping Grandpa Liu earn enough money was the most crucial thing. Challenging Gyms and such could be put off for later.
"Ash, didn't I tell you that it's rude to interrupt people?"
Delia appeared in front of Ash at some point, seemingly displeased that he had interrupted the conversation.
"Mom... Mother...? Why are you here?"
Ash seemed a little disbelieving to see Delia suddenly appear. Why would his mother be here? After all, this place was not close to Pallet Town.
"We'll talk about that later. Look at this."
Professor Oak, who had been interrupted by Ash, also stepped in to interrupt Ash, and besides, wasn't the most important thing for them right now to find a good way to make money?
Professor Oak handed Ash a small booklet, signaling him to look at its contents. At least on this beach, this was the best way to make money.
"This is the 'Beach Beauty and Pokémon Makeup Pageant'. For now, this might be the best method for you to earn money."
Watching Ash begin to read the contents of the book aloud, Professor Oak briefly explained what it was to Yu Feng and the others who couldn't see the content.
Hearing Professor Oak's words, Yu Feng and Fu Ningna, who came from an acting background, understood what he meant. Once this event was held, people would flock here, and then there would surely be hungry people, right? And when people got hungry, they would come to this shop.
The other shops were far away, even Granny Jin's shop was relatively far from this venue, while they could set up the venue right next to this shop.
Once this event started, people would continuously gather, after all, who doesn't like to see beautiful women?
"Can this kind of thing really make money?"
Of course, with Ash's mind, you couldn't expect him to understand Professor Oak's meaning immediately.
"Ash, as long as the event starts, people will continuously flock here."
"By then..."
Yu Feng didn't finish his sentence. After all, if Ash still didn't understand after all that had been said, then he really wouldn't know what else to say.
"Yes, Yu Feng is right. Fortunately, this is a beach with so many beautiful women, and Ash, you're not very confident in your Pokémon either."
Professor Oak also praised Yu Feng. Although he was raised by Pokémon, his mind was surprisingly much better than Ash's, who had been by his side since childhood.
He could grasp things with just a hint, unlike Ash, who still only half-understood even after long explanations.
"Then the next problem is the stage and publicity."
As an actress, Fu Ningna knew very well that an unknown event needed large-scale publicity to achieve the desired effect. Unfortunately, her fame was not effective in Kanto, otherwise, a single message could attract many people to participate.
"The stage is simple; Ground-type and Rock-type Pokémon can directly create it, but the others..."
Yu Feng said that the stage was simple and Brock's Pokémon could make it, but the other things were the real trouble.
"I still have some leftover props from before that can simply decorate the stage."
Grandpa Liu also mentioned the things he had, which could barely decorate the stage.
"I can have Pidgeotto scatter flyers from the sky for publicity."
Ash said that Pidgeotto could distribute flyers, and it would be very fast.
"As for the other equipment, I guess the Pokémon Center should have it."
"Then I'll take the two of them back for a trip. We can borrow the equipment and make copies of the flyers at the same time."
Yu Huijun said he was determined to join in the fun; it was rare to have such a great time.
"Are you really okay doing this?"
Professor Oak, however, was a bit surprised. It seemed his task wasn't what he had imagined, otherwise, he wouldn't need to join in this kind of fun.
"I'm just here on vacation, nothing else. Alright, I'm taking him."
Yu Huijun didn't hide anything. This wasn't a secret mission, just a vacation. They weren't busy people, constantly working without a moment's rest.
"I always feel like you're hinting at someone."
Professor Oak was a bit speechless. Why hide his identity for a vacation? But if that's the case, then it's easy to handle. Psychic-type Pokémon are most adept at this kind of thing.
"I'm not. Which Champion would hand over tasks to their subordinates?"
Yu Huijun leaned back, looking proudly at Professor Oak. How could there be a Champion in the world who would hand over tasks to their subordinates? No way, no way.
Hearing his words, Yu Feng knew he was referring to Cynthia, as besides her, no one else would hand over tasks to their subordinates.
Are Lance and Leon so busy that their capes are starting to get patched? It seems only Leon has patches on his cape; Lance just changes clothes, his wardrobe is full of the same outfit.
After confirming their respective tasks, Professor Oak took Ash and the others to build the stage first.
Meanwhile, Yu Feng and Fu Ningna went back to the Pokémon Center together to borrow equipment.
"Okay, I'll go organize the props we need right now. As for the battleground, it's in the back."
After confirming their request, Joy readily agreed to their request to borrow equipment.
This matter was also beneficial to their facility, so there was no reason to refuse.
After bidding farewell to Joy, Yu Huijun led them towards the backyard battleground.
"Fu Ningna is a Water-type Gym Leader. You must have seen the Oshawott named Oshawott following her, right? Don't let its unevolved state fool you; its level is incredibly high."
During this time, Yu Huijun briefly introduced Fu Ningna to Yu Feng. After all, they weren't from the same region, so he needed to let him know the basic things.
