Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 73: Dr. Odamaki and the Illustrated Book
Kaina City is a port for communication between humans, Pokémon, and nature.

Located in the center of many coastal cities in Hoenn, Kaina City has constant ship traffic and has been the commercial center of the Hoenn region since ancient times.

Although this status has now been challenged by Zijin City and Shuijing City, it is still a prosperous commercial port and tourist destination.

Sun, waves, beach, bikinis!

Tourists from all over the country and even the world gather here. People, elves and the beach are in harmony, forming a beautiful scenery unique to summer and seaside cities.

After sightseeing with the Pokémons and defeating all the trainers who challenged him, Link came to the Pokémon Center to rest, but unexpectedly ran into Haruka, whose bicycle had been damaged by an electric shock from Meowth.

"Xiaolin, are you traveling too?"

At this moment, the strong chicken beside the girl looked much more powerful than when it had just evolved two weeks ago, and it looked like a tough and tenacious warrior.

The cat-tailed cat at its feet stuck out its tongue at Link... Wait, why does it look so familiar?

"Yeah, we'll probably meet at the Caiyou Conference this year. By the way, what about this Xiangwei-nyan?"

Xiaoyao nodded and picked up Xiangwei Miao affectionately: "This is the one that broke my bicycle."

It is indeed rare to see a cat with the ability of "100,000 volts". Xiaoyao, who was collecting illustrated books for his father, captured it when he met it.

As a result, after scanning the picture book, I found out that it can not only use "100,000 Volts", but also moves such as "Blizzard", "Shadow Ball" and "Water Wave".

It makes people subconsciously suspect that it is actually a Pokémon that was "released" by the trainer, which is why it attacks Link, the trainer who is carrying the Pokémon.

However, after Xiaoyao asked it seriously, she found out that Cattail is just a simple wild Pokémon.

The reason why he can use a variety of moves is thanks to the feature of "normal skin".

The so-called "normal skin" is a skill in which normal attribute energy is used to simulate other attribute energies to perform moves, which manifests as all the moves used by the elves being transformed into normal ones.

In this case, for Cattail, different energy-releasing moves actually only differ in output power and special effects, and do not produce characteristics of corresponding attributes.

"It sounds like it's suitable for the gorgeous competition." Link commented.

Xiaoyao agreed with this. In fact, she was planning to sign up for the gorgeous competition the next day.

Anyway, there was no rush to collect badges and complete the illustrated book, so she still practiced the secrets of the waves with the gym owner Fujishu in the fighting town for a long time before taking the boat here.

Speaking of illustrated books…

Xiaoyao subconsciously looked at the Fire Fox on Link's shoulder and the Growlithe beside him.

"Xiao Lin, can you let me use the Pokémon Dictionary to collect data on your Pokémon? This Fire Fox is Carlos' Pokémon, but you don't look like Carlos. And what's with this pointy-headed Growlithe?"

As soon as the matter of elves was mentioned, Xiaoyao opened up her chatterbox, leaving Link at a loss as to which question to answer first.

So the two of them went to the arena of the gorgeous competition together, during which time they exchanged their experiences and knowledge about elves.

After receiving the gorgeous contest entry certificate and completing the registration, Xiaoyao also learned that Link is currently searching for the homeland of the endangered elves.

"This is too difficult. Besides, the homeland of the White Striped Wild Bass is not necessarily in the three regions of Kanto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh. Aren't there also the Firai region, the Almia region, and the Pokémon Island Sanctuary nearby?"

"Um..."

Link began to feel overwhelmed. He had indeed forgotten to consider these areas before. When he thought about it carefully, he realized that there were actually scattered areas such as the Orange Islands and the Seven Islands to visit.

His workload of finding the home of the wild bass has increased!

This is truly like looking for a needle in a haystack!
Seeing Link's face suddenly turn pale, Xiaoyao pondered for a moment and came up with a good idea. So she took him to the Pokémon Center and used the center's video landline to contact Dr. Odajuki who was far away in Weibai Town.

"Xiaoyao, how have you been lately?" "Dad, you are talking with your stomach."

Dr. Odamaki, who was a little overweight in his middle age, quickly adjusted the camera position and aimed it at his own fat face.

"Ahem, I was just showing off my weight loss results. This is the result of the hard work of the Serpentine Bear and the Coyote Dog."

At this time, Dr. Odamaki saw the opposite sex next to his daughter and immediately became alert: "Is there something wrong?"

"Xiaolin, this is my father, Dr. Odamaki. His research topic is 'Habitat and Distribution of Pokémon'. Maybe he can help you solve the problem of the Savage Bass."

Xiaoyao then briefly introduced Link and how he was entrusted by someone to help the endangered elves find a home so that they could lay eggs and reproduce to prevent their extinction.

Upon learning of this, Dr. Odamaki suddenly became much more serious and hurriedly asked him to release the wild bass for him to see.

As a result, the big fish floating in the air with black flames all around it instantly attracted his attention.

"The matter of the Savage Bass is of great importance. Let me lend a hand!"

As a doctor who studies the habitat and distribution of elves, Odamaki is of course much more professional than Link in this regard: "According to what you said, the white-striped wild bass was a elf that lived in the cold waters around Sinnoh in ancient times, and would swim upstream during the spawning season."

"But the temperature in several surrounding areas has been changing over the past 100 years. You need to compare the climate changes over the past 100 years and find relatively cold waters more than 100 years ago.

"The Sinnoh region is indeed colder overall, but there are also cold waters in Kanto, the Seven Islands, Firai, and Almia."

As for Hoenn?

It is true that the climate here is very diverse, but the climate is more like subtropical, and there are almost no waters suitable for the survival of white-striped wild bass.

Based on this characteristic of the savage bass, Dr. Odamaki will greatly simplify Link's water route map.

Of course, this does not mean that we will not visit the excluded water bodies, but the order of field investigation has a new priority.

"Thank you, this helps me a lot."

Link re-examined his Sinnoh water map, as well as the Sinnoh region's climate map displayed by Professor Odamaki on the computer, and already had a new route plan in mind.

"This little help is nothing. Oh, I can't explain it in more detail over the phone!"

Dr. Odamaki scratched his head in distress and suddenly came up with a plan. "Xiaolin, please come to Weibai Town as soon as possible. I will compile some information for you, which will definitely help you find the hometown of the wild bass faster!"

Not only that, Dr. Odamaki also has a third atlas on hand, which can be given to the other party to check the distribution of elves in real time, and by the way, communicate remotely with the research institute to exchange information!
　No.003Dr. Oda

　　Age: 35
　　Sex: Male
　　Height: 180
　　Weight: Pretty heavy, fat and stocky, but thinner than the mountaineering guy

　　Ruby and Sapphire settings (Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire remain unchanged):
　　○A 35-year-old Pokémon researcher who owns a research institute in Weibai Town.

　　○The research topics are the distribution of Pokémon, the weather and geology of the Hoenn region.

　　○He has a considerate personality, but like Chisato, his obsession with Pokémon sometimes causes him to neglect his family.

　　○ Chisato and I have been good friends since school days.

　　●When he was a student, Odamaki had a strong intellectual curiosity about Pokémon and wanted to "explore their ecology". After graduation, he chose to become a Pokémonologist (i.e. a Pokémon doctor).

　　●The name comes from the taro (a horticultural plant that has been cultivated in Japan since ancient times).

　　
　
(End of this chapter)