Elf Trader: My trump card is the Light/Dark Mantis.

And, uh, Tauros...

He smiled with satisfaction.

Although Professor Oak is the most famous researcher in the Kanto region, his passion for raising Pokémon remains unchanged for decades.

As a result, he often does things himself.

As Wood watched the elves eat with great joy, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

This was precisely his happiness, Ooki Yukinari's happiness...

The elves' happiness also made him feel healed and purified.

After spacing out for a while, Professor Oak opened his phone, ready to browse through the Alliance's recent papers and academic journals.

Let's see if we can find some interesting research topics.

But he was soon drawn to a video with a somewhat sensationalist title.

[Shocking! Celadon City Gym Leader Rika did something incredible to her challenger!]

"What are all these?"

Daiki felt like he was no longer keeping up with the ideas of modern young people.

But, for some inexplicable reason, he glanced at the cover of this rather clickbait-like video.

Then, Daiki opened the page.

The video cover features two of these never-before-seen sprites!

Curiosity allowed Daiki to overcome his aversion to clickbait headlines.

This video is obviously not the scene of Rika using Dingding to fight against Xiaoyin.

Instead, the video clips show Rika greeting her challenger today with two brand-new Grass-type Pokémon.

Although the title is a bit clickbait, the content is quite detailed, at least showing most of Dingding and the cactus's characteristics and abilities.

Soon, Professor Oak showed a somewhat surprised expression about this matter.

Two brand new Grass-type Pokémon?

He realized almost instantly that these two elves were of great research value!

The reason is simple: discovering new Pokémon often means that the League has connected with a new region.

In places like the native regions of each country, with the Pokémon scholars now on a large scale, it's unlikely that there are still undiscovered Pokémon.

So……

Where did Rika's two Pokémon come from?

Professor Oak was quite curious.

He was slightly surprised as to the properties of the painted skin and chlorophyll.

The professor wasn't concerned with the Pokémon's strength, but rather pondered why a Grass-type Pokémon could possess abilities similar to the Ghost-type Mimikyu.

Amazing!

In an instant, he forgot all about feeding the Pokémon and went straight into the research lab, giving his assistant some instructions.

"Please buy me a plane ticket to Rainbow City..."

"Forget it, I'll just go with Charizard."

After thinking for a moment, Professor Oak rushed back to the backyard.

He needed to find his old comrades who had fought alongside him back then, and ask them to help him fly to Rainbow City as soon as possible!

……

"The winner is Rikka, the Celadon City Gym Leader!"

"On the edge of the battlefield," the referee of the Celadon City Gym said listlessly.

Today alone, he hosted over ten dojo challenges!

By this time, the passion had long since vanished.

Meanwhile, Lijia stood opposite a challenger, gently combing the leaves off Dingding's body as she spoke.

"You did well, you almost won."

Keep up the good work!

She encouraged her opponent, whom she had just defeated.

Soon, with the departure of this challenger...

Rika made a decisive choice and put up a notice of temporary closure at the entrance of the dojo.

She herself is alright...

Dingding and the cactus are already very tired!

They need a rest!

Afterwards, Rika put Dingding and the cactus back into the capsule and prepared to go back to the gym's rest room to lie down for a while.

She is very tired now.

Perhaps it's because it's been too long since any new Pokémon have been discovered.

This morning, the news that Rika had two undiscovered Grass-type Pokémon was finally revealed.

By this time, she had already received dozens of purchase requests and invitations from several research institutes.

However, before Rika could finish silently complaining to herself...

She then discovered that the battle passage connecting to the dojo's main gate was blocked by a huge shadow!

Then——

"boom!!"

The giant dragon roared as it landed on the ground...

Is that... a Charizard?

Lijia recognized the elf in front of her.

But then, she was somewhat surprised, yet not entirely unexpected, of...

A figure jumped down from the fire-breathing dragon.

"Dr. Oki?"

The visitor was an elderly man with his usual bright smile.

"Rika, it's been so long!"

"The beautiful flower you entrusted to me seems to have finally mastered aromatherapy recently."

Professor Oak greeted them warmly.

"Ok?"

"Really! Thank you so much!"

Lijia originally thought the other party would get straight to business, but unexpectedly brought her some very good news!

"Yes, in a few days, you can take that little guy back with you!"

"It misses you."

Professor Oak said seriously.

He came with the purpose of research.

But he wholeheartedly helps any Pokémon that is fostered by Professor Oak.

Lijia nodded.

"I know."

"By the way, you came here for the two newly discovered, undiscovered Grass-type Pokémon, right?"

"I've been nurturing Dingding and the cacti these past two days, and I've saved all the observation data I've collected."

Rika didn't rush to accept invitations from other research institutions because she was waiting for a visit from Dr. Oki, a leading scientific researcher in the Kanto region.

It would be more in Rika's best interest to keep Dingding and the cactus's research findings in the Kanto region.

Professor Oak, whose character is absolutely trustworthy and whose research capabilities are strong, would definitely be the first choice to entrust the task to Cinnabar and Cactus.

However, Lijia did not expect that the doctor would arrive so quickly; the news had been circulating for less than a day before he arrived.

"You mean those two, the new Grass-type Pokémon?"

"To be honest, I'm also a little impatient!"

"How did their population groups and their characteristics develop?"

"I feel like I can't understand your matches at all just by watching the videos of your matches circulating online!"

Professor Oak's eyes lit up as well.