Even though Pikachu had successfully evolved, Kangaskhan still habitually carried him and the baby Kangaskhan together in her pouch.
However, Pikachu, who was noticeably a size larger than Pichu, looked somewhat cramped together with the baby Kangaskhan.
Before long, the group returned to the entrance of Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pallet Town.
Including Iono, Serena, Trip, and others, the children who had come to participate in the summer camp were already gathered here in groups.
"Dr. Sō, here! Here!"
Seeing Sō and the others walking towards them, Iono was the first to raise her hand high, jumping and waving in greeting.
"Is the summer camp already over?"
Sō asked, remembering something.
According to Serena's earlier statement, Professor Oak's summer camp seemed to last only three days.
"Yes, yes, I feel like the experiences these past few days in Kanto might be more exciting than my entire life," Iono said, interlocking her fingers nervously like a chihuahua, then suddenly opened her arms, excitedly like a happy cat, "But! It was also very rewarding! The video I uploaded yesterday exploded again! The subscriber count on the Iono Zone channel has now exceeded 1 million! Yay yay ≧▽≦!"
"Oh, congratulations ~"
Sō thought that Iono was probably evolving from the Pādea internet celebrity in the original story into an internet celebrity of the entire Pokémon world.
Iono was still showing off her channel subscriber count to Sō.
And expressed her gratitude for Sō's help.
"It's a pity that I can't film videos of you from today onwards, I wonder how much the view count will drop."
Speaking of which, Iono's little face drooped like a frostbitten eggplant.
The participants of this summer camp were gathered here, waiting for the bus from Pallet Town to Viridian City.
They would go to Viridian Airport later and then take a plane back to their respective hometowns.
"Dr. Sō, they are..."
Mei and Touko, the Unova sisters, focused more on the Kangaskhan behind Sō and the two little ones in her pouch.
"I met them last night,"
Sō had just finished speaking when Professor Oak happened to walk out of the house.
"Professor, can these three stay with you?"
"Kangaskhan and Pikachu?"
Professor Oak glanced at them.
To be honest, he had already thoroughly researched Kangaskhan and Pikachu.
But since it was Sō's request, he naturally wouldn't refuse.
Although it would cost more for food expenses, since he had to apply for a loan anyway, a little more or less didn't matter.
"They are very nice little fellows, when they grow up, they can be given to new trainers as beginner Pokémon."
Professor Oak stroked his chin and observed the baby Kangaskhan and Pikachu.
"Woof ~"
Kangaskhan raised her eyebrows in dissatisfaction.
This old human actually wants to separate me from my children?
Sō stopped her: "Calm down, Kangaskhan, Professor Oak will find suitable trainers for them, and even if they become someone else's partners, you can still see each other often."
Hearing Sō's words, Kangaskhan barely calmed down.
"Professor Oak, I think this Pikachu is very suitable for Ash."
Sō pointed at Pikachu.
"Ash? Uh... well, I'll let them get along and see if there's an opportunity."
Professor Oak was stunned for a moment.
Recalling Ash's performance in front of Sō these past few days... well, he really couldn't remember Ash showing any shining points that would catch Sō's eye.
But since the other party said so, he must have unique insights.
However, Sō really didn't have any insights.
He just felt that if Ash didn't end up with Pikachu, it would feel a little strange for some reason.
Sō himself hated the behavior of male protagonists in some novels who liked to play matchmaker.
What's wrong with you?
Are you addicted to shipping CPs?
But Ash and Pikachu were an exception.
It was simply like Little Japan and Little Boy, a truly locked CP.
Moreover, this butterfly of his had already stirred up a considerable storm, and Sō felt that it was better to remind Professor Oak, just in case.
"Oh, by the way, Sō, the video of you popularizing the Pokédex that Iono uploaded yesterday has once again attracted a lot of attention, well, it has also caused a little controversy."
When speaking of "a little controversy," Professor Oak made a gesture of losing the South Korean market.
"Ah?"
Sō didn't understand what Professor Oak meant for a moment.
"Sō-san, look."
At this time, Iono approached in a timely manner and used her phone to search for the news page.
The headline of the first trending news item was: "Dr. Sō Once Again Ushers in an Era of Change, the Indispensable Travel Tool for Future New Trainers - the Pokédex."
This title was still quite normal, but as you read on, it gradually became strange.
The second item was an interview video from Kanto's highest-rated Goldenrod Television.
As a member of the Indigo League and also the chairman of the Pokémon League Association, Dāmitsu faced the camera and smiled kindly like Santa Claus: "Sō is the pride of our league, he has invented another epoch-making product, the Pokédex will greatly enhance the safety of new trainers when they go out on adventures, in fact, we have always wanted to raise the minimum age for new trainers to travel from 10 to 14 or even 16 years old, but with the Pokédex, there is no need to worry about this problem at all, without a doubt, Sō is a genius who has made outstanding contributions to the league, no, the whole world."
However, as you read on, the third trending search was a publication of the words of the chairman of the Macro Cosmos in the Galar region: "I am very happy to cooperate with Dr. Sō and Rainbow Company, the Pokédex is expected to be released within a month, and will be sold by our Macro Cosmos Company and Rainbow Company, only for registered trainers in Alola and Galar, welcome everyone to buy the Pokédex at Macro Cosmos's official flagship store, the first batch of customers will receive a Dynamax Band for free."
Looking at the publication time of the two news articles.
Almost within half an hour after Dāmitsu's interview video came out, Rose took action.
Sō immediately understood what was going on.
The main thing was that Rose's remarks had caused trouble.
The Pokédex is only sold to registered trainers in Galar and Alola, isn't this a clear discrimination?
Trainers from other regions said: "Am I not human? Am I human or not??!!"
Dāmitsu also praised the Pokédex highly in the video.
This seemed a little embarrassing.
...
Soon, major regions reported on this matter.
Among them, in the Kalos region, the top-tier beautiful reporter of the Lumiose Press, Viola, conducted a news report on this matter.
"Hello, everyone watching TV, the Pokédex invented by Dr. Sō from Alola has become the biggest topic now, but according to the public remarks of Chairman Rose of the Galar region, the Pokédex is only sold to trainers in Galar and Alola, which has sparked widespread discussion among trainers in various regions, and I am now at the entrance of Rose Tower in Hammerlocke, Galar..."
Behind Viola, Galar trainers kept making faces at the camera.
Then, Viola stopped a youth with a decadent hairstyle and asked: "Hello, what do you think about the fact that the Pokédex is only sold to trainers in the Alola and Galar regions?"
The youth with the decadent hairstyle said weakly: "It doesn't matter, anyway, my sister is from Galar, she can get the Pokédex, that's enough."
Saying that, the youth waved his hand and entered Rose Tower.
Viola looked embarrassed, this, why isn't this following the script?
Viola said to the camera: "Maybe it's not appropriate to interview Galar trainers, let's ask trainers from other regions."
At this moment, the entrance of Rose Tower was already crowded with people, many of whom were emotional, holding signs with the word "Protest" written on them.
"Hello, where are you from?"
Viola pointed the microphone at a youth with a red afro, next to him was a blond youth.
Compared to the red-haired man who was excited and red-faced, the blond man seemed much calmer.
"I am from Sinnoh, so is he, originally we were preparing to participate in the Gym Leader assessment, but after hearing about the Pokédex, we ran over to protest."
The red-haired man said excitedly.
The blond man said lazily: "It doesn't matter, we don't need the Pokédex anyway, after becoming a Gym Leader, we will basically stay in Sunyshore City and not leave..."
"Bastard! How can you say that!? What about the children of Sinnoh in the future!?"
The red-haired man shouted at the camera:
"Rose! How can you be so selfish? Such a product that benefits mankind should be shared by everyone! Dr. Sō, you should also come out and explain why you agreed to such cooperation conditions!? Did Rose use a beauty trap or something to seduce you? Good! You come to our Sinnoh! Our genius Cynthia is also a great beauty, as long as you come, I, Aaron, will personally connect you two..."
The Lumiose channel screen went black, and then displayed "Due to technical reasons, the channel is being repaired."
In the news and various video website comment sections—
[Damn it, Rose doesn't even want his face in order to recruit people to Galar!]
[Rose's heart, everyone knows it, by the way, didn't Sō invent this thing? Why can Rose make the decision?]
[Yeah, it seems Professor Oak also participated, then the decision-making power should be in their hands, what does Rose have to do with it?]
[Damn it, Sō is from Johto, why is he excluding us Johto people?]
[Hehe, upstairs brother, do you have a high-quality mature woman like Lusamine in your Johto?]
[I suddenly remembered, the Gym Leader Melony in Circhester Town, Galar region, is a widow, her husband died some time ago!]
[Damn! Now everything is explained! Good guy, Sō, you with the thick eyebrows actually like this kind]
As a result, terms such as "small horse pulling a big cart," "beauty scheme," and "widow killer" once again topped the trending searches.
...
...
The perspective returns to Pallet Town.
Originally, Iono and the others were waiting for the bus to come and take them to Viridian Airport to go home.
As a result, a large group of reporters and protesters suddenly ran over and surrounded Professor Oak's Laboratory layer upon layer.
There was no way, after all, after Iono's three consecutive videos, people all over the world knew that Sō was here.
Although the people who came to join in the fun were not as irritable as Aaron in the news, they were all very curious as to why Sō would agree to Rose's conditions.
"Sō, many people on the internet are saying that you are a widow controller."
Lihua approached Sō with her phone.
The news even photoshopped Sō and Melony together and put a question mark on it.
"Get lost!"
Lihua pushed Sō irritably.
"Sō-nii, why can't the Pokédex be sold in our Pādea? I heard that you have a good relationship with Chairwoman Geeta."
Iono asked curiously.
After these few days of getting along, her address to Sō has changed.
As soon as these words came out, Serena from Kalos, Mei, Touko, Trip from Unova, the Pallet Town four brothers from Kanto, and others all cast curious glances.
They were also very concerned about this issue.
"I have a deal with Chairman Rose, the sales agency rights for the Pokédex are given to him, and he will help me search for the traces of Articuno and Moltres, I want to let my companions capture these two legendary bird Pokémon."
Saying that, Sō raised his finger and pointed at Lihua and Kazuki.
The two of them changed their expressions drastically.
They also guessed that there must be some deep meaning in Sō's words, but they didn't expect it to be for themselves.
Lihua walked over and hesitated, "Sō, you don't need to..."
Sō raised his hand to signal that Lihua didn't need to mind, and continued:
"It's okay, recently you two have been constantly running around for my affairs, and you haven't had the opportunity to replenish your partners, consider it a small reward from me."
They had been living together for almost three years, and Lihua still only had three Pokémon.
This was a bit unreasonable.
Not to mention Kazuki.
As early as half a year ago when he went to Sinnoh to get the Life Orb, Kazuki said that he wanted to go to Hoenn if he had the opportunity, and wanted to capture a Gardevoir.
As a result, one thing after another happened, and such a small matter was not resolved for him.
Even though Kazuki was usually carefree and didn't have a proper demeanor, Sō could also see that he was sometimes very aggrieved.
As soon as Sō said this, the research room suddenly became quiet.
Even Ash, who was trying to say hello to Pikachu, was stunned.
"Dr. Sō, you are truly a person of great loyalty."
Serena, who was afraid of strangers, was the first to speak.
When they first met, Sō used Sylveon to heal her injuries.
Serena had a good impression of this brother who was several years older than her.
However, she didn't expect him to give so much for his companions.
"Sō, that... actually my team is quite sufficient."
Kazuki felt quite uncomfortable in his heart.
To be honest, recently he had cursed Sō and Lihua as "dog men and women" a lot in his heart.
Now that Sō suddenly made such a move, Kazuki wanted to slap himself.
Damn, I'm really not human.
"It doesn't matter,"
Sō said with a smile: "I think those two birds are very suitable for you, anyway, they are just wandering around outside, it's better to follow you two."
The research institute was silent again.
Even Blue, who was somewhat disdainful of words such as "friendship" and "bonds," couldn't help but feel "what more could one ask for than to have a friend like this" when he heard Sō's words.
"Hey, wait a minute, Sō-nii."
Gary, who had been conquered by Sō's generosity, also changed his address to the other party, and thought of a question:
"Aren't Articuno and Moltres from our Kanto? What does it have to do with Galar?"
After being said by Gary, the others also reacted.
Unlike Diancie and Xerneas, which hardly ever appear before humans, the Legendary Birds, like the Legendary Beasts, are the kind of Mythical Pokemon that enjoy wandering around aimlessly.
They are extremely well-known.
Anyone with a bit of common sense knows that the Legendary Beasts mainly reside in Johto, while Su Sheng wants the Legendary Birds in Kanto.
So why is Su Sheng looking for Rose?
If he wanted to find someone, shouldn't he be looking for Damara?
Even Professor Oak, Lorelei, and Will looked puzzled.
"Has everyone heard of Regional Forms?"
Su Sheng asked rhetorically.
Professor Oak nodded, "Of course, Alola is the region with the most Pokemon with Regional Forms, like Geodude, Rattata, and Vulpix... Hmm!?"
Professor Oak's cousin, Samson Oak, is also in Alola, so he naturally knows about Regional Forms.
Halfway through his sentence, Professor Oak realized, "Su Sheng, are you saying that the Legendary Birds also have Regional Forms?"
Su Sheng nodded, "The Galarian Legendary Birds have completely different attributes from the Kanto ones. Articuno is Flying/Psychic, and Moltres is Flying/Dark."
Lorelei and Will suddenly understood, realizing how much thought Su Sheng had put into it.
"Some people being able to follow Su Sheng is truly like stepping in dog poop."
Lorelei didn't miss the opportunity to mock Will.
Will, however, unusually didn't retort, secretly turning his head to wipe his eyes, hooking his arm around Su Sheng's neck and laughing:
"Then we can't let Zapdos go either, Su Sheng, why don't you catch it!"
Su Sheng:……
To be honest, the Galarian Moltres's design is really cool, the red and black color scheme is incredibly stylish.
And while Articuno feels a bit strange, at least it's not too bad.
As for Zapdos... ε=(ο｀*)))sigh, why did you have to be so disappointing?
……
……
"Prepare a helicopter to fly me to Pallet Town!"
Indigo Plateau, Damara, who had only been happy for two days, felt his blood pressure rising again.
The way he used Su Sheng to divert public attention from the Celadon City tragedy was, truthfully, quite successful.
The videos of Su Sheng filmed by Katy, Ryme, and Tulip were released, and the attention of people not only in Kanto, but almost across the entire Pokemon continent, was drawn to them.
The attitude of Mythical Pokemon towards humans, the announcement of the Fairy type, the "release conference" for the Pokedex.
Each piece of information revealed was more explosive than the last.
Especially the last one, once Damara's Pokedex is released, it will greatly improve the safety of new trainers traveling abroad.
But before he could be happy for an hour, that traitor Rose sent a message stating that the Pokedex would only be released in Galar and Alola, and trainers from other regions were not allowed to buy it.
Instantly curing Damara's low blood pressure.
Indeed, if the Pokedex was invented by the people of Galar, it wouldn't be strange for Rose to pull such a stunt.
But the problem is, according to the information he received, the research and development of the Pokedex was led by Su Sheng and assisted by Oak.
What does Galar have to do with it?
Why can you interfere?
Damara felt he needed to fly to Pallet Town immediately to ask Su Sheng himself.
Before leaving, Damara also came across the "scandal" news between Su Sheng and Ryme.
His eyeballs almost fell out of his wrinkled eye sockets.
Damn, are young people playing such wild games these days?
After a moment of thought, Damara went to another floor, barging directly into Lorelei's room without knocking.
"What time is it, and you still have time to sit here!?"
Looking at Lorelei, who was scrolling through her phone, Damara shouted with disappointment.
"Chairman, what's wrong?"
Lorelei, who was about to buy a ticket to Alola, frowned slightly.
After the Fairy type was announced, Lorelei became quite interested in this type. She heard that there was a beautiful Ice/Fairy-type Pokemon in Alola, and she wanted to see it.
More importantly, that was also that person's workplace.
Lorelei felt that this would give her a reason to spend more time with him.
"Your man is about to be snatched away, and you haven't made a move yet!"
Damara placed the picture, photoshopped by the media, of Su Sheng and Ryme leaning together in front of Lorelei.
Lorelei stood up abruptly, her beautiful face showing confusion, but also a hint of darkness.
Starting today, I will try to resume updating with more than 10,000 words every day. Although I have things to do in a couple of days and will need to go out, I will try my best to update twice a day with 10,000 words. Please forgive me and support me, thank you.
