I'm popularizing ecology in the Pokémon world.

The celebration continued into the night.

In the evening, beautiful fireworks lit up the sky above the town.

"Bang bang bang!"

The fireworks exploded, forming a Pikachu smiley face pattern in the air.

Perhaps due to the influence of Crimson Champion, Pikachu is still quite popular in the Kanto region.

"Buee~"

"Naru~"

Today was the first time Chen Mu's two little ones had seen fireworks. One sat on his shoulders and the other was held in his arms, both of them excitedly shouting incessantly.

Chen Mu gently stroked Eevee's back and smiled tenderly, "Human inventions are quite interesting, aren't they? This world is vast, and I will take you to see many more sights in the future."

Little Eevee looked up and gazed back, its pupils reflecting the fireworks that filled the sky, as brilliant as stars.

As the fireworks display ended and Chen Mu was about to take Little Eevee home, someone in the crowd politely stopped him.

"Hello, Professor Chen, I apologize for bothering you, but may I have a chat with you?"

"Who are you?"

"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ronis, a tourist from United States. I watched your video online a few days ago and was deeply moved. I am overjoyed to be able to meet you in person today."

The man in front of me, who called himself Ronis, had a meticulously styled haircut, a gentle and polite smile, and wore a black tailcoat and trousers, with a gold watch strap hanging from the outside of his upper pocket.

It immediately gives people the feeling of old-fashioned British aristocracy from the last century.

One word to describe it is "upper class".

Chen Mu was somewhat surprised that his fans had already spread overseas.

The other person's manner was impeccably polite, and he felt awkward about rudely refusing, so he agreed, "It's a pleasure to meet you. Shall we find a place to sit?"

Ronis led Chen Mu directly to a rather upscale elf-themed coffee shop.

As the elegant chords of the resident singer Xi Shi Hai Ren filled the air, Ronis began to speak.

(West Lion Sea Ren)

"Professor Chen, I am sorry that I overheard some of your private remarks. I deeply agree with and admire your statement that 'subduing is not just a pleasure, but also a responsibility'."

May I ask, if I may? What are your thoughts on the current phenomenon of many trainers neglecting their responsibilities and easily becoming annoyed with or ignoring the Pokémon they capture?

Emmm...

If it weren't for the other person's elegant demeanor and the absence of any camera equipment, Chen Mu would have almost mistaken them for a tabloid reporter trying to cause him trouble.

This problem... it's really giving me a headache.

Perhaps this is the difference between reality and fairy tales.

While reality certainly has its beautiful and heartwarming aspects, it can never be as innocent and pure as a fairy tale in every aspect.

There will always be people who don't quite live up to their role as trainers.

This was evident during the daytime celebrations.

At this celebration to mark the successful conclusion of the hunting season, most of the participating visitors brought along their newly captured Pokémon hatchlings from the hunting grounds.

These cubs have only been in the human world for a few days, and most of them are particularly noisy and untamed.

During this period, some complained, some were annoyed, and some even resorted to beating, scolding, and reprimanding.

Such is the diversity of the world.

Ronis seems to care a lot about this.

But Chen Mu generally maintained an optimistic outlook.

"These phenomena require proper guidance and education, so popular science work still has a long way to go."

"Does Professor Chen think that education is all that is needed?"

Don't you think that allowing these kinds of people to freely enter protected areas to capture Pokémon is a problem, or rather, the system itself?

What exactly does the nature reserve protect?

Even as his words grew increasingly agitated, Ronis maintained an elegant and proper demeanor.

This person must have had an excellent, even strict, family education during their childhood. Chen Mu thought to himself.

"We cannot completely abandon teaching someone just because they have made a mistake once."

Just as many parents in this world are not good at properly educating their children, we can't go to the extreme of simply taking the children away from them, right?

Ronis paused for a moment after hearing Chen Mu's words, then readjusted his emotions.

"You are indeed an outstanding educator, Professor Chen."

Don't you think your view of humanity is a bit too optimistic and tolerant?

Chen Mu simply smiled faintly, "Perhaps, but we are all human beings, aren't we?"

Ronis remained silent for an even longer time this time.

He seemed to want to say something more, but ultimately gave up.

"It was a pleasure to communicate with you, Professor Chen. You are a compassionate scholar, and I hope we will have the opportunity to meet again in the future."

After saying that, he got up and left.

He also very gentlemanly paid for Chen Mu's meal.

Watching the other person's departing figure, Chen Mu seemed to be deep in thought.

Some of Ronis's views reminded Chen Mu of a very charismatic villainous organization in a game from his previous life—Team Plasma.

They are the villainous organization that appears in the games Black and White and Black 2 and White 2.

Looking at all the games in the series, they can be said to be the most popular, discussed, and rated villains, apart from the original Team Rocket.

Unlike traditional villains who only want to create a big news story, Team Plasma truly has its own ideals, beliefs, and action plan.

They believed that humans' subjugation of elves was essentially a form of enslavement and oppression.

Any celebration of bonds is merely a way of cloaking this enslavement relationship in a warm guise.

Therefore, they advocate that humans should lift all forms of imprisonment of Pokémon and release all Pokémon back into nature.

Although there are ambitious and selfish individuals in this organization, some are merely using this belief as a guise to carry out extortion and plunder.

However, it cannot be denied that this villain is much more vivid than the mindless villains in previous works who just wanted to steal the power of the mythical beasts to rule the world.

Not to mention the villainous clowns in later works who hindered others simply because they failed to complete their pilgrimages or gym challenges, or who were just a bunch of delinquents from school.

The difference in sophistication is significant.

Coincidentally, Chen Mu clearly remembered that Team Plasma was the villain of the Unova region.

Could Ronis's current thoughts, and his apparent disappointment with humanity and aversion to the current protected area system, be influenced by the Plasma Team ideology?

After parting ways, Ronis quickly arrived at a platform in the city specifically for Pokémon that can take off and land as flying mounts.

Someone was already waiting there.

Upon seeing Ronis return, the man spoke coldly.

"You've wasted a lot of unnecessary time, Ronis."

Why talk so much to that person? You've been talking too much today.

There's an old saying about quartz: "Too much talk leads to mistakes."

Ronis waved his hand and said, "It's alright. A quartz scholar, not a combatant, couldn't possibly have a deep understanding of the United Alliance on a distant continent. I was just having a brief chat with him. Let's go, we should set off."

Little did they know that Chen Mu's understanding of the Union was far beyond their imagination!