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Chapter 104 Reputation

"Little Eevee!"

Chen Mu rushed into the rain with worry, running to the beach despite being soaked to the bone, still feeling a bit angry.

When he actually saw what Eevee had brought up from the sea, he was stunned.

Now he couldn't get angry at all.

He had originally intended to scold the little Eevee for being a little rascal, but when he actually got there, seeing the Vaporeon's tail wagging incessantly as if it were asking for credit, Chen Mu wiped his face, smiled unexpectedly, and picked up the little Eevee.

"You're such a lucky charm!"

No one expected that after the torrential rain interrupted the diving expedition, Eevee, seemingly blessed with incredible luck, brought back a sun coral directly from the sea.

When he carried Eevee and the injured Corsola back to his car by the roadside, everyone was stunned.

"My goodness! How did you find this?" Xiaoxia asked incredulously. "Bu-i~ Bu-i~"

The little Eevee, which had already reverted to its Eevee form in Chen Mu's arms, let out a joyful cry.

Chen Mu helped translate: "Ibu said she smelled a scent similar to the twig from before, so she jumped into the sea to search for it, and luckily found it."

"How lucky are they?" Everyone at the Cerulean Dojo thought to themselves.

Originally, Chen Mu would bring an Eevee with him every time he went into the water, which they complained about, feeling that it was a bit of a waste of his time.

In their eyes, every time Ibuki goes into the sea, it's just to play in the water.

Now everyone was speechless!

It was Eevee that first teased Horsea and made it spray out coral branches, and it was also Eevee that followed the scent of the branches to bring up Corsola this time!

The case is solved! It turns out that those who pretended to work were just a bunch of slackers, while the one who always looked like he was just playing around in the sea was the real big shot!

It's all thanks to Ibrahimovic in the center!

Fortunately, Eevee has a pure and innocent personality, just like a little angel, and doesn't care about other people's misunderstandings.

"Hurry back to the gym! This Corsola desperately needs treatment, and there must be a lot of clues on him."

Without needing any further instructions from Xia, everyone quickly entered a state of high-energy work!

They said yesterday that they wanted to compete against the champion Wataru, but unexpectedly they got the key clue this evening.

It has to be said that Xiaoxia's choice was absolutely right!

The next morning, the preliminary results of the treatment and examination came out. When Chen Mu and Lian Ying returned to the dojo after breakfast, Ayame, who was in charge of receiving them, excitedly came forward and gave Chen Mu a big hug as soon as they met.

"Professor Chen, you were right again!"

Am I right? Right about what? He was still completely confused.

It wasn't until Xiaoxia came out with the report that she explained to him,

"You previously told Watari that the escape of the sun corals from the nearshore waters and their subsequent ghostly transformation were two separate events. Based on the current examination results, you are very likely right again!"

The sun coral we rescued this time in the rain is completely different from the previous ones that were determined to die and whose bodies had turned severely gray!

The wounds on their bodies match the broken ends of the branches that were previously ejected from the black seahorse, most likely due to the same cause.

Chen Mu took the report from Xiaoxia and casually asked, "So, are there any speculations about the cause?"

"not yet."

Although the answer was no, Xiaoxia's expression was not particularly sad at this moment, and she was obviously much more relaxed than before when she was tense.

She then offered some good news: "However, we do have some speculations about why the two sun corals showed different results."

"What is your speculation?" Chen Mu asked, looking up.

Xiaoxia smiled brightly, her smile radiant: "It's because of you!"

It was you who discovered the clues about the ghost-like transformation, which led Adu to blockade the outer sea. This caused the temptations that lured the injured sun corals to abandon their bodies and embrace the ghost-like transformation to temporarily subside, which is why we were able to find sun corals whose bodies were still normal after being injured.

"This is all thanks to you, Professor Chen!"

Before Chen Mu arrived, they had found sun coral in the sea before.

But without exception, all of them were the same kind of sun coral that Chen Mu had seen in the underground reservoir that day, which was completely submerged in grayish-white.

This led to a significant deviation in the assessment of the ecological crisis by Du and the entire Hualan Dojo over the past few days, leaving them at a loss for what to do.

Until Chen Mu arrived!

On his first day, Chen Mu helped them decipher the reason for the sun coral's fading: ghosting!

At the same time, Chen Mu's words, "Let's have a competition," unexpectedly activated Champion Du's full power. As a result, during the entire day before the rain arrived yesterday, Du and his team of investigators unleashed their full power, completely suppressing the factors that might have lured the Sun Coral into ghosthood in the outer sea!

This revealed the real reason why the sun coral was damaged.

Just then, Eevee was blessed with another stroke of good fortune. It went into the sea and caught a vital, injured Corsola!

At this point, a large part of the fog that had shrouded the eastern sea area of ​​Cerulean City was finally dispelled!

Lian Ying summarized, "So we can now be basically certain that these sun corals have suffered two major calamities. The first calamity caused them to be injured, have broken branches, and be forced to flee the nearshore waters. The second calamity is that something took advantage of their fear and weakness."

Is it to lure them into abandoning their physical bodies and transforming into ghostly forms?

Xiaoxia nodded and said, "That's right, that's exactly it! Originally, this hypothesis lacked supporting evidence, but the Corsola that Little Eevee found yesterday undoubtedly filled in the most crucial missing evidence—because it's in an intermediate state, having just encountered the first tribulation but not yet facing the second!"

Previously, all the sun corals that Xiaoxia and Du found had already undergone two complete ordeals, and their condition looked like they had burned out, providing very little information, which made it difficult for them to find a direction in their investigation.

But to everyone's surprise, just a few days later, they made what could be called a breakthrough!

No wonder Xiaoxia's gaze towards Chen Mu was so intense at that moment.

This made Lian Ying feel a little proud and honored, but she also couldn't help but take a few steps to the side, quietly blocking Chen Mu's way as if she were intentionally protecting something.

They were happy to praise Teacher Lianying so highly, but the problem was that these Hua Lan sisters were a little too enthusiastic!

Chen Mu didn't seem to realize this, and he humbly said, "I didn't really do anything; it was all thanks to Little Ibrahimovic's good luck."

"Bu-i~"

Little Eevee chirped happily from the side.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. What are the results of the examination regarding the first major calamity that caused the sun coral's injury?"

Xiaoxia shook her head and said regretfully, "Not yet. Only preliminary results show that the broken branch has an irregular cross-section and some signs of corrosion."

Does it corrode?

After a moment's thought, Chen Mu suddenly remembered something and said, "Let me go check on that sun coral. I might have some guesses."

In an instant, everyone turned their surprised and expectant eyes to him.

"Are there already speculations already?"

When Changpu said this, her eyes seemed to be shining.

The intensity of that gaze was almost overwhelming for Chen Mu. "Don't get excited, it's just some speculation."

But clearly, everyone now firmly believes his guesses without a doubt.

Perhaps this is what is meant by word of mouth!