I'm popularizing ecology in the Pokémon world.

Chapter 103

When Lian Ying heard A Du accept Chen Mu's challenge, her palms sweated with nervousness.

At that moment, she was incredibly confused: Was the teacher deliberately challenging for the championship? She felt that Teacher Chen was doing something truly remarkable!

But when I turned around, I found that everyone seemed to take it all in stride.

Neither Du nor Xiaoxia are the kind of people who care about differences in social status.

Originally, after discovering the clues about the broken rudder wheel today, Adu planned to invite Xiaoxia and Chen Mu to accompany him on an exploration of the outer sea. However, before he could even speak, Chen Mu rejected the idea, but he wasn't angry at all.

On the contrary, they were quite convinced by Chen Mu's judgment.

"Then let's see who comes first, Professor Chen. If you're short-handed, you can contact the investigators anytime. I've already notified a group of my former subordinates to come to Hualan City. They should arrive in the next few days."

Not only was he not angry, he also adopted a posture of fair competition.

However, Xiaoxia immediately refuted this, saying, "Teacher Chen has the full support of our Hualan Taekwondo Academy!"

Watari was slightly surprised. "Aren't you coming with me to the open sea? Your Gyarados isn't very effective in the near waters, is it?"

Xiaoxia bluntly stated, "No need. I think Professor Chen is more likely to solve the puzzle first."

As she spoke, she snapped her fingers ironically, separating her thumb and forefinger and placing them in front of her chin. "Of course I'll support the side with the greater chance of winning." Du left sadly, unusually not even bothering to shake off his cloak as he went.

Even so, the next day he still exclaimed to his new subordinates, "Professor Chen is indeed very knowledgeable; he was right again."

A new investigator asked Watari, "What is the captain saying?"

Many investigators still like to call Watari "Captain" out of old habits.

"It's nothing," Du shook his head.

In fact, the phone in his hand was still in contact with Grandma Kikuko.

Last night, after he got back, he consulted with the most powerful Ghost-type expert in the Kanto region over the past thirty years: Granny Kikuko.

As a result, Grandma Ju also gave Chen Mu a very high evaluation.

Her exact words were:

"The professor is right. Blister is indeed a very fierce Pokémon. Many people, upon first seeing their appearance, would find it hard to imagine that these Pokémon are actually very dangerous."

Moreover, these niche Pokémon are rarely used, and few people have even seen them, let alone studied them in depth. I only learned by chance that they like to befriend Poisonous Algae Dragons in the wild and work together to hunt the giant Wailord and Wailord in the sea.

Ah Du, you've met a very knowledgeable scholar! This kind of young person is the future of quartz science, unlike some half-baked amateurs!

Later, as Grandma Kikuko continued her conversation, she began to criticize at length a certain unreliable researcher who had "come to the field halfway through his career."

A-Du didn't pay much attention to those criticisms anymore.

After all, which trainer in the Kanto region who experienced that era hasn't heard of the love-hate relationship between Granny Kiku and Yukinari Oki?

Even though A-Du has now been elected champion, he still finds it inconvenient to directly comment on the old lady's romantic entanglements. Therefore, whenever he hears Grandma Kikuko's accusations, he can only choose to be deaf and blind.

However, the information provided by Grandma Kikuko earlier was sufficient and fully proved the correctness of Chen Mu's statement.

This made Adu look at Chen Mu's knowledge with new respect once again.

Even Granny Akiko, a Ghost-type expert, bluntly stated that Breacher is an extremely unpopular Pokémon, but Chen Mu could immediately describe its habits and ecological niche.

As expected of an ecology expert, A-Du thought to himself.

It seems he really needs to show his skills in this competition!

Meanwhile, Chen Mu maintained the same rhythm as the previous day, arriving at the beach early in the morning. He and Xiaoxia went diving together, while data analysts from Liu Lianying and the Cerulean Dojo conducted image analysis on the shore.

However, their luck wasn't as good as it had been the day before.

After changing their diving positions several times, Chen Mu and Xiaoxia were unable to find any information related to the sun coral, nor were they able to spot any active sun coral.

After all, the ocean is far too vast compared to the area that humans can explore.

This made Lian Ying on the shore feel extremely dejected. When Chen Mu returned to change the gas cylinder, she asked worriedly, "Teacher Chen, if we fall behind, will we lose?"

Chen Mu flicked her forehead in an annoyed tone, "You really take this competition so seriously? Don't forget our core mission is still to solve the ecological crisis!"

Lian Ying covered her forehead, looking aggrieved. "I was just thinking that this was a rare opportunity."

After all, opportunities to challenge for the league championship are rare, no matter what field you're in.

Chen Mu laughed relaxedly. Taking advantage of Xiaoxia's absence, he explained to Lian Ying, "I only made that suggestion to ease everyone's anxiety. Otherwise, I think everyone in Hua Lan Dojo is like a tightly wound spring, about to snap and collapse."

For some reason, Lianying only understood it as: "Teacher, you really care about that Xiaoxia Pavilion Master, even though you've only met her a few times."

Chen Mu couldn't resist the urge to play her again.

"I was talking about everyone at the Cerulean Gym, why are you staring at Misty!"

Although it was indeed a matter of sentiment, I didn't really take special care of Xiaoxia, did I?

Just then, Xiaoxia walked back from a short distance away. "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing. Is your air tank replenished? How about we dive down to another spot and take another look?"

"Okay, but Chen Mu, you should also take care of your stamina and not push yourself too hard."

"I'm fine."

Before we knew it, it was evening.

Starting around four o'clock in the afternoon, heavy rain fell throughout Cerulean City and all the way to the seaside area.

The torrential rain blocked the view and stirred up wave after wave, making the currents in the nearshore waters exceptionally rapid.

The conditions for diving were no longer available, so Chen Mu and the others had no choice but to pack up and head back ahead of time.

But little Eevee was jumping around in the rain, seemingly still wanting more.

"Little Eevee, go back inside, stop playing!"

Chen Mu had to raise his voice to remind the little guy.

When Eevee evolves into Vaporeon, its ability is Wet Body, which is related to rainy weather. As a result, Eevee has become more fond of rain than before.

However, getting caught in the rain at this time was obviously not a good choice, and Chen Mu kept reminding Little Ibu to come back quickly.

The usually well-behaved Eevee, upon hearing the sound, was already planning to run back to the riverside road and get into the car with Chen Mu to go home.

But the next moment, a flash of purple light in the rain caught Little Eevee's attention.

"Buyi!"

She called out to Chen Mu from afar, then, driven by curiosity, quickly ran back towards the coast.

"Why is the little one suddenly being so naughty today?"

Chen Mu was puzzled, but he still quickly opened the car door and chased after them.

Then, something unexpected happened. The little Eevee, transformed into its Vaporeon form, plunged into the water. When it came out of the water, it actually grabbed an injured Corsola and leaped back to the shore!