Search Officer, Aisha

"Pi..."

As Aisha and Misty walked down the Mt. Moon Square, the little guy who had met Aisha at the beginning when it was running away and led him along with his Pokémon to the Team Rocket brigade was just as reluctant to catch up with the beautiful boy who had saved itself and its family.

"Good kid."

Aisha saw it and naturally smiled as he crouched down and gently stroked the little one's head.

"You're strong child, if you don't want your family to still suffer from bullying in the future, then just work hard to become a powerful Pokémon and then protect everyone!"

"Pi!"

Hearing Aisha's words, the little guy also wiped away his tears and revealed a determined look.

"Bye, we can meet again someday."

Patting the little guy's back, Aisha also stood up and made a promise.

"Pi!"

The little guy ran back in the direction of Mt. Moon Square.

However, it still waved its hand reluctantly, its eyes gazing at Aisha.

"..."

Misty watched Aisha and the little guy's actions in silence from the side.

The Cerulean Gym Leader's favorability towards Instructor Ai quickly rose by a large margin.

"Let's go, Gym Leader Misty."

"Oh, oh!"

Aisha walked in front, and after reminding Misty, Ceurlean's Savage Bass quickly followed his footsteps.

"Instructor Ai isn't going to take in that little guy?"

Misty was a bit curious.

The Clefable clan's Pokémon didn't just look cute, the fairy type allowed them to acquire a huge boost in their practical combat value as well.

Clefable were also one of the Pink Demons.

Misty, as a girl, naturally liked this class of cute and powerful Pokémon very much.

"Utilityally speaking, my team is already very complete. We don't actually need Pokémon like Clefable right now, so it's best for that child to stay within the group."

"Oh..."

Misty, however, trailed off and came up next to Aisha with a playful look on her face.

"This is a utilitarian idea, so what is the emotional idea?"

Although she had known Aisha for a short while.

However, Misty could also tell that Aisha wasn't that cold-hearted, and naturally couldn't judge a Pokémon all from a utilitarian perspective.

"...Hmm."

Aisha also shrugged his shoulders helplessly and spoke his concerns, saying, "The main thing is that there is a slight problem with that child's character, it's too timid, although it's said that it can be very brave to lead the way in order to protect its family, however, it's not exactly the type that's suitable to become a trainer's Pokémon."

"Understood."

Misty revealed a cheerful smile.

She also gradually understood the reason why Aisha was so highly regarded by Red and Blue.

If it was purely a matter of trainer strength, Red and Blue, as two-time Kanto Champions, naturally had no trainers that could enter their eyes, but in terms of character and attitude towards Pokémon, Aisha was undoubtedly the type that people liked.

"Instructor Ai's breeding level is really good."

Within Misty's tone, there were no compliments, she was purely amazed by Aisha's Pokémon breeding techniques.

Her eyes swept over Aisha's Pokémon and said, "The quality of the Pokémon is also excellent, if this team is bred into shape, Instructor Aisha's strength might be able to go even further."

"That said, where did you take in these children's Pokémon?"

Misty finally asked that important question.

Her eyes locked on top of the shiny Metang's silver and white body as bright as moonlight, and she sighed at Aisha's handy work.

It was amazing that such an expensive and treasured Pokémon could be gotten just as well.

"These children, with the exception of Marill who is a Pokémon I picked up in the wild, other than that, they are all gifts from others."

"Uh?"

Misty choked on Aisha's words.

Aisha, on the other hand, began to report the origins of these children as if they were a family.

"Blue gave me Charmeleon from Charmander form, Steven gave me Metang when it was a Beldum, Eevee was a gift from Professor Oak, Rotom was a toolman prepared for me by Summer, the head of Dayan's Elite Four, and Caterpie was a Pokémon I chose to have within one of the Dayan's breeding bases. "

"Uh..."

"Wallace was going to get a Feebas for me to breed at that moment." Aisha added at the end as if he remembered something, saying, "However, since I have Marill as the water-type Pokémon, I declined the Feebas' proposal, even though I also like the Pokémon, Milotic, very much."

A team full of champions and Elite Four main second generation Pokémon.

Whoever gets involved and loses will lose the face of his parents.

Get out!

"We're not the same..."

After hearing Aisha's explanation, Misty shut herself up on the spot.

"Master Wallace's Feebas... I couldn't buy Master Wallace's Feebas even if I saved up all my life."

Misty's voice was gradually colored with a touch of grief within her voice.

As a Water type Proficient trainer, her idol and goal was naturally the Water type Proficient Champion trainer of the Hoenn region.

Now, in front of herself actually stood a trainer who had refused the Feebas that Wallace had taken the initiative to present to him....

At once, Misty felt the gap that existed between people.

"Boo~ee~"

Eevee suddenly jumped into Aishia's arms, and then looked at Misty with a strange expression, whose face was full of despair.

"Boo?"

This big sister is a bit strange?

"Hello little one~"

Noticing Eevee's sight, Misty instantly put away her own obscure expression and revealed a smile that she thought was kind.

Seeing Misty's face-changing expression that was comparable to that of a Sichuan opera, Eevee buried its face in Ai Xia's arms and distanced itself from her as far as possible.

"Ee..."

This big sister really isn't a good person...

"Ahem!"

Aisha was a bit tense, but for the sake of politeness, he forced himself to hold back his laughter.

"..."

Misty's expression collapsed and she tilted her head to look at the clean sky and sighed.

"Hey..."

Beauty always needs to endure the persecution of this world.

Doesn't matter!

Aisha didn't care about Misty's reaction.

"..."

As he gazed at Eevee's body, he felt that the little guy's fur seemed to have changed a bit.

The brown fur hadn't changed much.

However, the fur, which was very delicate in itself, was a bit more beautiful nowadays, as if it was covered in a thin layer of light.

"Little one, if you had participated in the Gorgeous Contest, you probably would have been able to obtain a good result just the same simply by virtue of such a look."

"Boo~ee~"

...

In the afternoon, Aisha and Misty finally made it out of Mt. Moon.

It just so happened that the police, who had taken care of the problems of the Team Rocket members, hadn't left yet, as there were still quite a few more Team Rocket soldiers in the lower cavern that needed to be arrested.

The two of them seized this opportunity and got into Officer Jenny's police car.

It was nearing evening, and Aisha and Misty were finally arriving in Cerulean City.

"Hoo~"

Misty stretched her waist, showing off the style of a sporty youthful girl.

"Cerulean City..."

Aisha also looked around at the nearby buildings.

It had to be said that Cerulean City was worthy of being a popular city for traveling in the Kanto region.

Unlike Pewter City which was a gray and still dead.

Cerulean City almost perfectly blended the elements of the city and water, as if it was the land of water.

Unlike Sootopolis City, which is a city on water.

Cerulean City was a completely different type...

"How does it feel?"

Misty looked at Aisha with a bit of anticipation, waiting for his comments on Cerulean City.

"Well, very beautiful city."

Aisha also very cooperatively praised Cerulean City.

"It's getting late now."

Misty glanced at the sunset in the sky and said, "Whether it's the Gym Challenge or some of the normal amusement programs, it's not suitable to carry on anymore, and when we were over at Mt. Moon earlier, we had agreed that Instructor Ai could take a rest at my house this evening if he doesn't mind."

"In that case, I will respectfully accept."

Aisha didn't refuse either.

Misty's home must have surpassed the Pokémon Center in terms of environment.

Moreover, such a high-powered Gym Leader had gone out of her way to repeatedly take the initiative to invite himself as a guest, so it would be a bit unkind to say that he had repeatedly refused.

Misty's character doesn't need to be said much.

The special manga has adequately portrayed the character of this water mermaid, and although she is a bit deep in the defeatist side of things, she is certainly the type of person who can be a good friend.

"Ah, here it comes."

Suddenly, Misty looked to the end of the road.

"Huh?"

Aisha also looked over.

"Lady Misty."

A black high-class car stopped on one side of the road.

A young girl wearing a maid outfit got out of the car with a respectful face, walked over to Misty's side, and said, "You're finally back, the chef inside the house has already prepared dinner, I wonder what Lady Misty is going to do to arrange the time behind her?"

"Just go home, there's nothing much going on."

Misty skillfully responded to the maid's words.

The maid nodded in understanding.

"Lady Misty." The maid looked at Aisha next to her again and said, "This gentleman is Lady Miss's guest?"

"Yes."

Misty very familiarly patted Aisha's shoulder and said, "This Mr. Aisha is a valued guest of our Cerulean Gym, he is resting in our home for a night tonight, you guys entertain him seriously."

"..."

Meeting the maid's gaze, Aisha was a bit uncomfortable.

Upon careful recollection, Misty was indeed a young lady of a large family, and the number of beautiful maids in her house was a reinforced company, living a life of clothes and food from childhood.

"Ai~"

Aisha also sighed.

Originally, he had planned to take care of Jasmine's exclusive Pokéblock making on the side while exercising within Mt. Moon.

As a result, Team Rocket's problems had caused himself to directly skip his workout at Mt. Moon, arriving directly at Cerulean City several days ahead of schedule.

However, this wasn't a bad thing.

At least after this battle, shiny Beldum had successfully evolved into a shiny Metang.

Since that was the case, this evening, he could try to start making his Pokéblock...

"Instructor Ai, get in the car!"

Rich girl Misty greeted Aisha as she got into the car to go home.

"Coming!"

Aisha didn't hesitate and decisively got into Misty's family's black premium car.

The all-round maid drove back to Misty's villa.

The two of them finished dinner within the dining room, after which, the maid led Aisha to the guest room where he could rest.

Just after entering the guest room, a call came to Aisha's cell phone, Rotom.

"Huh?"

Aisha froze.

There weren't many people who knew the number of Rotom phone.

Why was it suddenly calling now?

"Answer the phone, Rotom."

"Good."

Rotom phone floated to Aisha's face and picked up the other party's video.

"Yo, haven't seen you in a while, Aisha!"

After connecting the video, Lance, who was cloaked in a cape, was reflected in Aisha's eyes.

This Johto Champion was clearly in a very good mood, clearly usually the type who didn't smile, but today he showed a beaming smile.

"Indeed, it's been a while." Aisha also obliged Lance's pleasantries and said, "Lance, what happened?"

"Hey!"

Lance gave a "You kid is still pretending to me even now?" expression.

"Don't pretend to be stupid, Instructor Ai!" He said Aisha's nickname jokingly, and Lance's smile was filled with a look of appreciation and relief, saying: "You single-handedly defeated Team Rocket on Mt. Moon. With great fighting power, the news that Carr, one of the Three Beasts, was captured alive has reached me, and it's worthy of you!"

Speaking at the end, an excited Lance gave a thumbs up towards Aisha.

"Oh..."

Aisha also finally understood.

Lance was the supreme leader of the search officers.

Although it was said that this Johto Champion had made a little mistake in his youth.

However, in the end, it was still a cynical person.

He himself had ruined Team Rocket's plans today, so of course Lance was happy.

"Mainly because you arrested Carr, and, through our interrogation of Team Rocket's grunts, we learned of Team Rocket's actions in preparation for their comeback, the League can take precautions in advance in Kanto and Johto region, although it is true to say that Team Rocket is still hidden in the shadows, however, we are no longer so passive!"

Lance excitedly spoke of Aisha's credit.

"Though it's true that those pawns don't know about the more secretive plans, but with Carr awake, we can definitely pry something inside that guy's mouth!"

"However, there's one more problem." Suddenly, Lance's words changed, saying, "Today, you ruined Carr's plan, and Team Rocket will surely not stop.

"Though that being said, I believe that you're so strong that you're not at all afraid of the covetousness of those rats.

"However, being thought of by sewer rats all day long shouldn't be too comfortable for you either." After a pause, Lance finally spoke out his intentions, saying, "I have discussed this with Elite Summer, and I am prepared to grant you the status of 'Search Officer', in the future, you will no longer be limited in the number of Pokémon you can hold, and at the same time, you will have the authority to apprehend criminals, so if you are willing to do so, the uniform and badge can be delivered to your location within the next two days."

"Oh?"

Aisha's eyes lit up.

The permission of no longer limiting the number of Pokémon in hand was really an unexpected pleasure.

"Yes, Champion Lance, I'm willing to become a 'Search Officer'!"

"Good!"

Lance had a "I was right about you" face.

"Since you're a Dayan trainer, that means your 'Search Officer' file is affiliated with the Dayan region." Lance's expression was suddenly a bit strange as he stared at Aisha and said, "Elite Summer has raised your rank above that of a first class search officer, and since you were also responsible for what happened to Archie and Maxie, it means that you are now under the orders of the Elite Summer only, and that you don't hinder normal travel during the week, and that you are given your assignments under the responsibility of the Elite Summer."

Lance was really curious, what was Aisha's relationship with Summer...

Why did Summer care for Aisha so much?

"Summer..."

"Okay, that's pretty much all that's going on."

Lance wasn't very good at chatting and didn't know what to say when he was done with his business.

"OK, Lance Champion take an early rest."

Aisha also lent a hand.

The two then ended the call.

If Lance had been replaced with Wallace, Aisha kind of wouldn't need to sleep tonight.

"There must be a way to thank Elite Summer..."

Sitting on top of the chair, looking at the 'Search Officer' related documents that Lance had sent to him, Aisha was a bit emotional for a moment.

Since Summer had given himself the identity of 'Search Officer'.

Then, if he met Team Rocket again in the future, he would have a justifiable reason to strike!

...

"Heroes are made out of boys."

"With such an enthusiastic and also powerful young trainer, the Dayan region is blessed in the future."

"Hey, why isn't Aisha a member of our Imperial Dragon Family?"

After hanging up the phone, Lance continuously praised Aisha within his office.

His favorability towards Aisha had always been high.

"?"

"?"

Bruno and Lorelei, who were also fishing within the Kanto's Elite Four office, glanced at each other and both saw the doubt contained within each other's eyes.

Then they glanced at Agatha, who was not speaking.

Within their impression, it seemed that only Agatha, an old woman, liked to speak these kinds of words of praise for her juniors.

How come Lance had become like this as well?

"Lance, what's wrong?"

"I don't know, maybe he had a bastard child..."

Shippa and Lorelei glanced at Lance, who was still composing his report.

Then, Lorelei lightly paced next to Lance and glanced at the papers laid out on top of Lance's desk.

"Huh?"

Seeing the pictures taken by Officer Jenny at the scene within the document, Lorelei was a bit surprised.

"This degree of ice type power..."

Pinching up the photo of the Sword of Ice created by Aisha above Mt. Moon Square, Lorelei, who was also a master of ice type, flashed an amazed color.

"Lance, you seem to have met a nice little handsome guy?"

Looking towards the photo of Aisha, the momentarily awestruck Lorelei also spoke out in a teasing manner, saying, "When will you introduce me to him?"

"?"

A question mark rose above Lance's head.

How come all you female divas like younger boys?

"Lorelei, I advise you not to get in the way of the pure friendship between Aisha and me!"

Lance had a righteous face.

In defense of a man's friendship, the Dragon Elite Four, angry!

Lorelei: "...?"

"Otherwise, let's spar again?"

"No, Aisha is traveling in the Kanto region, we'll probably have a chance to get together when he attends the Indigo Plateau Conference."

Lance immediately turned back into a flying type Elite Four.