Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off.

Zhu Lan's cheeks were slightly flushed at this moment. As the saying goes, a blush speaks louder than any words. Seeing Xia Ye staring at her intently, she lowered her head and dared not look at him.

Her voice was somewhat sweet and innocent: "Xiao Ye, w-what's wrong?"

Xia Ye couldn't help but kiss her on the cheek again: "It's nothing, I just can't help but keep looking at you because you're so pretty."

"Who would have thought that the more I look at it, the more beautiful it becomes, and the more beautiful it becomes, the more I want to look at it. I'm doomed, I've fallen for your charm."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Lan's face grew even rosier.

At this moment, several people ran over amidst their cheers and jubilation, led by Xiao Huan, who was speaking through a loudspeaker.

"Yay! Xiao Huan guessed right in an hour and a half!"

Natsuno scratched his head: "What? An hour and a half? Huh, the battle is already over? Where did Xiaoya go?"

Xiao Huan swayed from side to side, her eyes narrowed into slits: "You two kissed for an hour and a half, Xiao Huan guessed right!"

Xiao Cai was somewhat annoyed at this moment, realizing that she had actually forgotten to draw this scene and had neglected her drawing skills recently.

Xia Ye's eyes widened: "Really? It feels like only a few minutes have passed. Xiao Huan, you're not lying to me, are you?"

Xiao Cai then took out Xia Ye's phone and checked the time.

Natsuno opened his mouth wide and gave himself a thumbs up: "Well done, Natsuno, that's it!"

Zhu Lan was amused by him and, feeling a little embarrassed and annoyed, lightly punched him.

Xia Ye pulled her up: "It's lunchtime. Just exchanging saliva won't keep you full. Let's go eat."

Zhu Lan immediately noticed Xia Ye, who was lost in thought, and her smile faded slightly.

"Let's go, let's call Xiaoya and go explore the City Tournament venue."

Approaching Xiaoya, who was lost in thought, Zhulan gently shook her hand, and Xiaoya snapped out of her daze.

Natsuno thought the other party would either be sarcastic or at least make a few jokes.

Unexpectedly, the superpowered young lady remained calm and did not try to snatch the bamboo orchid as usual.

"Is everything alright? Where to go next?"

Natsuno raised his eyebrows, puzzled but not thinking too much about it.

"Zhulanjiang said it's lunchtime, let's go and explore the conference venue, there must be lots of delicious food there."

After saying that, Natsuno and Takeran took out their multi-faceted masks from their pockets, disguised themselves as passersby, and took the lead in the action.

Xiaoya stared blankly at the two figures from behind for a long while before she also took out a mask to disguise herself and followed them.

Xia Ye is carefree, but Zhu Lan is not; she knows her best friend Xiao Ya all too well.

"Xiao Ye, didn't you notice that Xiao Ya has been much quieter today? She's completely different from before."

Natsuno glanced back and saw that Cattleya had her head down, seemingly lost in thought.

"Now that you mention it, it's true. What's wrong with her? Could it be that she's on her period? But I don't remember it being around this time."

"On the contrary, Zhulan-chan, your period is coming soon, so you're not allowed to eat anything cold or spicy!"

Xia Ye took out his phone, glanced at the date, and gave a stern warning.

As someone who has known the two girls since they were 10 years old, Natsuno is quite familiar with their menstrual cycles.

Looking back at the superpowered young lady, Natsuno did indeed feel that something was missing.

Xiaoya usually lingers around Zhulan, chattering away, never bored.

Fortunately, Zhu Lan is quite self-disciplined, and with Natsuno's serious warning, she obediently nodded.

"Okay, I'll go with Xiaoya and we can talk."

Gently patting Xia Ye's arm, Zhu Lan released her grip on Xia Ye's hand, took a few steps back, and walked forward hand in hand with Xiao Ya.

Natsuno didn't pay attention and chose to follow behind the two women.

Large screens everywhere were playing various advertisements, all about Pokémon battles.

Since the Kanto Tournament was the first time that the Gene Modifier was made available to Trainers, it was so popular that the queues were packed even after the battles ended.

This time, the City Conference learned from their experience and prepared a larger number of gene-editing devices, and also opened up mobile phone reservations.

However, it was clear that they were also concerned about the number of new trainers, as the building where the gene-modifying device was specially set up was still packed with people queuing up.

The two girls walked ahead and whispered to each other. Xia Ye had no interest in eavesdropping and was focused on dealing with the various snacks that the two girls stuffed into his hands after they couldn't finish eating.

Caldelia, who had been somewhat silent in the face of delicious food, suddenly opened up and, along with Orchid, regained her previous lively and chatty demeanor.

Natsuno felt much better at this moment; having such an energetic guy around made things much more interesting.

Where there's delicious food, there's bound to be a big appetite. Xiao Cai and the others had already come out to eat, while Xiao Yuan flew behind Xia Ye, drooling.

Seeing this, Zhu Lan and the other person simply bought a large amount of various snacks, and the group went directly to a grassy area a little further away where there were very few people, spread out a picnic blanket, and had a picnic.

Although it's already winter, the outdoor temperature in the Johto area is still quite warm.

The place was bustling with activity, and a few bold wild Pokémon even came over asking for food, which the three of them naturally didn't refuse.

Natsuno felt the soft, fluffy shape of the little blue thing on his shoulder and couldn't help but look over, his heart stirred.

"Little Blue, what's the point of just eating energy cubes? You need to get some of this, human food, understand?"

"Quickly aggregate to 10% of the original form. I'm not saying this outright, but if you aggregated the cells from the beginning, wouldn't that help in the fight?"

Little Blue remained unmoved: 'I'll just eat energy cubes; don't try to trick me.'

Natsuno's eyes lit up: "Wait a minute, you looked like this when you first appeared, in your core form."

"Could it be that you can't contact your own cells at all? And you can only maintain your core state?"

Xiao Lan's eyes widened immediately: "How dare you slander me out of thin air? Do you even know what a guardian of order is?"

'After cell aggregation, energy consumption increases significantly, and I can no longer sustain myself by sunbathing.'

Xia Ye laughed: "What's this? Really, with me here, you'll have plenty to eat and drink, right? You're worried about this?"

"Besides, you've already eaten plenty of energy cubes in your current state, haven't you? Just merging them is a matter of eating more energy cubes, it's nothing."

Xia Ye simply reached out and grabbed Xiao Lan in his hand, bringing her to each of the various delicacies one by one to savor the aroma.

Although it was a structure that Natsuno couldn't understand, Xiaolan could indeed sense the scent, but the core form definitely didn't have a mouth.

"As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. Little Blue, come and have a couple of bites."

Unfortunately, Lord Order remained unmoved and returned to Natsuno's shoulder.

Natsuno helplessly spread his hands and opened his mouth to accept the food from Takeran.

Just then, a guy suddenly came running from the roadside shouting, "Excuse me! This old man is going to miss his race registration!"

Natsuno looked up: "Ah Jin?"

Chapter 443 Badges can be like this?

Seeing the other party's reckless behavior, Natsuno suddenly remembered the origin of Akin's badge.

By the way, can stolen badges be used to participate in the tournament?

Overwhelmed by curiosity, Natsuno looked at the two girls and their companions and said, "You guys keep eating, I'll go check it out and be right back."

Xiao Cai and her friends were wolfing down their food, not even bothering to shake it off.

The one with the tail gave a perfunctory two-tail wag in response, while Xiao Yuan simply twitched its ears, its gluttonous eating never ceasing.

Xiao Meng tried to stand up, but Xia Ye pressed her back down to sit: "You eat, I'll take Xiao Huan to see her."

The accessories on Xia Ye's body are indeed Xiao Lan and Xiao Huan, who are currently unable to eat, so they can be taken away from the delicious scene.

Natsuno got up and walked towards the tournament registration hall, where many trainers were rushing towards the venue.

"Quick, quick, today is the last day to register! Luckily I made it in time!"

"We're short on cash, and everyone here is a noob. Do you dare to challenge me to a match?"

"Wow, you're clearly a powerful trainer. I admire you greatly. Handsome, do you have enough badges? I have something good that can help you complete the registration."

In the bustling registration hall, Natsuno suddenly heard a seemingly familiar voice saying strange things, and his eyes looked around.

Unfortunately, there were just too many people, and the sound was quickly drowned out by the sea of ​​people.

Looking around, Natsuno saw Akin queuing at the registration desk and walked over.

But then they saw a number of trainers around the registration desk, holding up their badge boxes and shouting loudly.

"I'll trade any other badge for the insect badge. Anyone interested?"

"I want to collect eight Rising Dragon Badges, anyone willing to trade with me!"

Huh? You can change badges like that?

Natsuno stared in disbelief at the scene before him: the two trainers huddled together, exchanged their badges, and then left satisfied.

Unable to resist, I went up to one of them and asked, "Hey, won't exchanging badges like this affect your participation in the tournament?"

The boy in long pants, who was being held back by Natsuno, glanced at him and patiently explained, "We live in the information age. Once the badge information is registered online, it's all set. There's no need to verify the physical item afterward."

"In other words, once you've registered, you get a souvenir. It's common for people to exchange badges and collect the ones they like."

After saying that, the boy showed his badge box to Xia Ye, which already contained four Frozen Badges.

"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to continue exchanging them all for the Frozen Badges that I think look the best!"

"Furthermore, Liu Bo has already been arrested by the League, and the new Gym Leaders coming later may not be Ice-type."

The boy lowered his voice, a glint of intelligence in his eyes: "This means the Frozen Badges are likely to become unavailable. I'm going to replace all of them with these!"

The boy waved and left, leaving Xia Ye standing there speechless for a long time.

The moment the word "limited edition" was mentioned, Xia Ye was even tempted to get a few for his collection.

It's fine to talk about it online, but in reality, who wouldn't want to replace all their badges with the exact same ones, or even badges that might be discontinued, and become a Thunder limited edition collector?

Xia Ye shook his head, but then he saw A Jin walking over with a smug look on his face and couldn't help but grab him.

"Ah Jin, did you successfully register?"

Since Lu Renjia's face had already been exposed in the oak forest, Xia Ye changed to another passerby's face for disguise.