Chapter 530: The Green of the Earth

With these two high-quality academic papers, plus the fame brought by the new evolution of Pokémon and the extinct past forms of Pokémon.

Even if Luo Mu wants to become a formal researcher in the future, it is not impossible for him to apply to become a Pokémon doctor after completing his basic knowledge.

After all, the websites behind the two journals that Dr. Oak has already contacted are both top-notch in the research community.

It is an opportunity for anyone to rise to the top.

But for Luo Mu, does he really need such a title?

On the other hand, the numerous interviews, attention, and even many troublesome follow-up matters that follow must have taken up a considerable amount of his energy. The profession of researcher is also a profession that is prone to hair loss and death from overwork.

Although he wouldn't say that he likes lying down, Luo Mu still tries his best not to cause trouble for himself.

What's wrong with just following two research giants and getting a resume?

Thinking of this, the answer naturally emerged in Luo Mu's mind.

Although your proposal is quite tempting, I refuse!
I thought so in my heart, but when the words came to my lips, I changed my mind.

"Thank you for your kindness, doctors. However, my personal ability is still not enough to bear the title of first author, and I am not mentally prepared to become a researcher."

Very tactful and humble words came out of his mouth.

I don’t know what other people think, but Professor Oak and Professor Yamanashi really admire juniors like Luo Mu who are not swayed by interests. This is the most difficult thing to do.

However, if you think about the fact that he has never appeared in any interviews since his active performance on Asia Island, you can roughly know that Luo Mu is a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune.

Professor Oak nodded slightly and accepted Luo Mu's choice with a smile.

"Then, let me, an old man, be listed as the first author, and you can be listed as the second author, behind Dr. Yamanashi. Xiaojian has also made a lot of efforts, so you can be listed as the third author. Do you think this is okay?"

Dr. Oak gave his own solution.

Dr. Yamanashi, who helped a little, naturally had no objection. In fact, he still made a profit by just helping remotely.

Luo Mu had no objection.

As for Xiaojian.

He seemed to have won a jackpot that had fallen from the sky. He stood there in a daze, and before he knew it, even his eyes had started to turn slightly red.

These two papers were enough to cause a sensation in the Pokémon research community. How could he, a guy who only did odd jobs like drawing, get his name signed on them?

The excited Xiao Jian hugged Professor Oak's thigh without thinking, and loudly promised that if Professor Oak secretly made instant noodles in the future, he would occasionally pretend not to see it.

Then he hugged Luo Mu, the real big brother who brought the Black Moon Bear and the Wind Speed ​​Hound, and his tears and snot were so excited that they almost stuck to Luo Mu's trouser legs.

With a terrified look on his face, Luo Mu could only let He Yuexiong pick up Xiao Jian like a chick.

The matter of academic papers has come to an end.

With the data in hand, Dr. Oak is ready to start writing his paper.

After several rounds of refinement, it can be sent to the email address of the journal website that has been agreed in advance. There, a special reviewer will be arranged to conduct an impartial review to confirm and verify the reliability of the paper before publication.

According to the calculation, it will be published in the December issue at the end of this month, which will be printed at the end of November.

Then you can prepare to enter Arcanine, Uzumaki and Uzumaki into the illustrated database.

Since the relevant data had already been collected in advance, Luo Mu didn't need to make another trip.

Everything was over, and after touring Pallet Town thoroughly, Luo Mu was ready to ride Dragonite back to the Padya region.

However, before that——

Looking at Xiaozhi who came to him, Luo Mu repeated what Xiaozhi had said thoughtfully.

"You said you were planning to set off for the Hoenn region?"

"Yeah! Charizard has returned to Charizard Valley, and Pikachu and I can't lose!"

Xiaozhi nodded heavily, his thoughts fully written on his face.

The Pikachu on his shoulder was much the same, his eyes full of anticipation for new areas and new challenges.

Luo Mu naturally had no reason to stop him. Just think about it and you will know who was the "trigger" that made Xiaozhi plan to travel to the Hoenn region.

Naturally it was Ye Yue, who lost to Satoshi in the Silver League, but also left a deep impression on Satoshi with Blaziken and Dragonite.

He just muttered something about Kyogre and Groudon waking up soon, and then Luo Mu asked, "Have you decided who to take with you to travel to the new area?"

Luo Mu always felt that Xiaozhi could completely change the Pokémon he was holding during his travels, and at the same time start to cultivate the new Pokémon joining the team to achieve the common progress of new and old Pokémon.

Instead, the old partners could only watch the world's top competition on TV, and only appeared at the end to bring back a wave of memories.

Xiaozhi obviously heard what Luo Mu said, and first raised the right shoulder of Pikachu.

"Pikachu will come with me to the Hoenn region."

Then he called out a few more names.

"Then there's the Crimson Armor Knight, Pidgeot, and Young Kiras."

Luo Mu noticed that among the three Pokémon, only Young Kiras had not yet evolved.

Unlike Bulbasaur who has no intention of evolving, or Squirtle who returned to the Squirtle Fire Department to work and earn money to support his family, young Kiras has no intention of rejecting evolution, and even looks forward to his own evolution.

It seems that Xiaozhi has finally figured it out.

Luo Mu saw Xiaozhi off with relief, and asked him, seeing Xiaozhi's strange expression, whether he had paid back the money for Xiaoxia's bicycle.

Xiaozhi, who didn't understand, still answered Luo Mu's question.

A bicycle is too expensive and has not been paid off yet, but Misty, who returned to Cerulean City to take over the Cerulean Gym, was merciful and gave Satoshi another hour to travel to another region out of consideration for their relationship.

Looking at Xiaozhi's back as he left with his head scratched, Luo Mu sighed deeply.

Come on, young man from Pallet Town.

After a while, you'll be in debt for two bicycles.

However, since we are bringing along three powerful fighters, namely Crimson Armor Knight, Pidgeot and Young Kiras, maybe nothing will go wrong like in the original plot?
But no matter what, this does not prevent Luo Mu from scolding these unscrupulous businessmen who monopolize the market by selling bicycles at sky-high prices.

As a result, he can only ride Arcanine and Dragonite when he goes out. Although the income from the farm is enough to buy a bicycle, it is too expensive. He feels like he would be wronged if he buys it.

"call--"

Exhaling, and looking at the white mist that rose and disappeared because of his breathing, Luo Mu sighed that the temperature in the Kanto region had finally dropped.

The temperature change in the past few days has been significant, and many Pokémon in the backyard of Oak Research Institute have begun to huddle together for warmth.

However, judging from this trend, it probably won't snow in Pallet Town, just like a certain basin area in the country where he lived before he traveled through time.

Thinking about all sorts of things in his mind, Luo Mu turned and walked towards the research institute.

Calculating the time, it was about time to call back the Pokémon playing in the backyard, and then go find Professor Oak and say goodbye to Xiao Jian.

There were only a few days until the Blueberry Academy challenge team arrived. This time, Luo Mu did not bring many Pokémon to Pallet Town.

In addition to Arcanine and Ursagi who serve as "research subjects", there is also Blue Blade Demon who is brought to meet Tan-no-Sama who has now become the Crimson Lotus Knight, and Dragonite who serves as the confidence for Luo Mu to travel around the world.

The Azure Blade Demon should have left with Charizard at this time, so he could only practice controlling the fire with the Infernape he trained.

Dragonite went to find Professor Oak's Dragonite, which looked quite unfathomable.

Arcanine should race against several Arcanines native to the Kanto region that are fostered by their trainers in the backyard of the Oak Laboratory.

The He Moon Bear stayed with the evolved Moon Moon Bear.

Speaking of this Moonbear, Luo Mu seemed to suddenly remember something and murmured to himself, "Could it be the Pokémon of those two people?"

Those two people, naturally, refer to the legendary trainers who set out from Pallet Town.

Luo Mu still remembers what happened when he was holding a block of peat and was led by Professor Oak to find the teddy bear.

Even in the backyard of the Damu Research Institute where there are many crouching dragons, the cuddly bear occupies a pretty good living place, which shows how powerful it is.

Xiaomao's Twisted Flute definitely doesn't have this strength. Professor Oak also mentioned that this is a Pokémon that is fostered in the backyard, and it doesn't sound like it's his Pokémon.

Aren’t these the only famous and powerful trainers in Pallet Town?

Luo Mu, who lamented that Pallet Town was full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, called back Azure Blade, Dragonite, and Arcanine in order of distance.

But on the way to find the moon bear, he met someone he didn't expect.

He was a handsome young man with brown hair and an unknown pendant on his chest. He looked somewhat like Xiao Mao, but was an advanced version of him. He was about the same age as Luo Mu.

There seemed to be some arrogance in the young man's eyes. He held his head high, folded his arms, and looked at Luo Mu with a scrutinizing look.

Then, a voice that was highly consistent with his temperament sounded.

"In order not to wrongly accuse anyone, I will ask for the time being."

"You are not a poacher who sneaked into the institute, right?"

The young man's eyes flashed with an imperceptible coldness, as if he would attack Luo Mu without mercy as long as he made any unusual movements.

It can be seen that he has a very strong confidence in his own abilities, which is expressed as a "characteristic" in the way he speaks and behaves.

He must have received advice or complaints from someone, so he didn't mind giving Luo Mu some time to react.

Luo Mu looked at the young man's face and said thoughtfully: "Green?"

"Ok?"

There was a look of confusion on the young man's face. Does this person know him?

But he had no impression of Luo Mu at all.

Luo Mu looked at Qinglu, then looked at the path behind Qinglu that led to the nests of the Heyue Bear and Yueyue Bear, and asked, "Did you go to see the Yueyue Bear, or did you just leave after seeing it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qinglu, who was, after all, the descendant of Professor Oak and had outstanding intelligence, immediately realized his identity by understanding Luo Mu's words.

".Are you the person the old man mentioned?"

A smile appeared on Qinglu's face, and the slight hostility from before was gone. She hooked her arm around Luo Mu's shoulder generously and invited him.

"It just so happens that I'm planning to go see the evolved form of the Circle Bear that the old man mentioned. Do you want to come with me?"

Luo Mu naturally would not refuse and nodded, "Well, I plan to go get my Lunar Bear back. That Lunar Bear is indeed your Pokémon."

"He Yue?" Qing Lu was a little confused, but with his carefree personality, he put all this behind him and shrugged his shoulders. "Yes, the kubiki that the old man used as an 'experimental subject' is the Pokémon that I fostered in the backyard."

At this point, Qinglu seemed to be gritting his teeth as he said, "Relying on the fact that I am his grandson, the old man sent me a message and then went silent. This made me rush back, fearing that the old man would go astray in his research and do something wrong, and bring disaster to Circle Bear."

In just a few words, Qinglu explained clearly how he, who had been missing for several years according to Xiaozhi, suddenly appeared in Damu's backyard.

So it turned out that Professor Oak acted without his permission, so he hurried back?
Seeing Qinglu muttering angrily beside him and exposing Professor Oak's dark history, Luo Mu, who didn't want to hear too much about his family affairs, simply interrupted his high-speed divine words and reminded him: "Then let's go straight up?"

".good."

As if realizing that she had lost her composure, Qinglu nodded and asked one last question.

"Come to think of it, I don't even know your name."

"My name is Green, a powerful trainer. What about you?"

"Luo Mu, my current occupation is a farmer."

"Farmer? That's strange. I feel an impulse when I see you."

"What impulse?"

"The urge to battle Pokémon."

in the cave.

"Wow, is this Moon Bear? I didn't expect that Circle Bear could evolve again. That guy will definitely be surprised if he knows."

Qinglu looked carefully at the Lunar Bear that was sticking to him, and was very sure that Lunar Bear was his own Lunar Bear, and not some other Pokémon that had been swapped out.

Not only did his muscles become stronger, but his claws also had great potential for development, which rarely aroused his long-lost spirit of cultivation.

If you train hard, you will definitely become a new general in your team.

Then, Qinglu looked at the Heyue Bear beside Luo Mu and looked it up and down.

"Indeed, it looks obviously different from the Moon Bear. It's called the He Moon Bear?"

"You look pretty strong, are you really just an ordinary farmer?"

"I am currently running a farm in the Padiya area. You can come and have a look if you have a chance."

Luo Mu blocked Qinglu's doubtful voice with one sentence.

Qinglu raised the corner of his mouth, "Padia region? I remember that the alliance was established there only in the last ten years or so. It seems that you came from quite far away."

"However, if it were before, I might have accepted your invitation, but I'm afraid I don't have the free time these days."

"why?"

Luo Mu asked out of pure curiosity.

Qinglv, who only held the title of the Kanto League for five minutes and is currently an unemployed person, is there any chance he can get busy?
Qinglv stroked the hard fur of Moon Bear, which made her palm a little irritated, and whispered to it, "Ground and general attributes are very suitable for me who will soon take over as the leader of the Tokiwa Gym."

"Let me think about it. The new title will be——"

“The green of the earth.”

"how?"

(End of this chapter)