Secret of Poison and Professor Oak's Help

Koga lost.

Rightfully so.

As a Poison type Elite Four, he was not superior to Aisha in terms of trainer level.

The Pokémon he used were even weaker than Aisha's Pokémon.

With such a configuration, it would be strange for him to really win against Aisha.

"I'm sorry, father."

After their battle ended, Janine left Koga with these words, turned her head and ran to the backyard holding her Poké balls.

"..."

Gazing at her daughter's back in silence, Koga just revealed a helpless expression.

"Your daughter respects you so much that she doesn't want to see you fail."

Aisha walked next to Koga and said, "Especially, this failure is still due to her own failure to learn the art."

"You're right."

With a shrug, Koga took off his mask, revealing a face that already had some wrinkles.

He was also middle-aged.

For the matter of educating his daughter, Koga didn't consider himself a success.

However, the fact that his daughter loved and respected him gave Koga some comfort.

Especially since his daughter was now motivated to forge ahead because of himself.

"Thanks a lot, Ai... Instructor Ai, that should be the nickname."

"Well, there's no mistake."

Looking at Koga's expression of gratitude towards himself, Aisha also had a helpless look on his face.

He was earlier able to see that Koga was preparing to use himself to motivate Janine.

Thus, Aisha did a favor and cooperated with Koga.

Unexpectedly, the effect was so good.

This is also a side show that this pair of father and daughter's relationship is very good.

"That Lance guy was right."

Looking at Aisha, Koga sighed and said, "Instructor Ai is indeed a young talent."

He did not mince words of praise.

He had already seen Aisha's strength.

The Undifferentiated Wild Battle ability that gathered all the strengths of a supernatural ability and a fighter suppressed his own Pokémon sparring level.

The technique of breeding Pokémon was also formidable and shameful.

With someone like that, it was no wonder that even Lance was praising him.

"Overpraised."

"No, no."

Koga shook his head, denying Aisha's modesty, and said, "I watched a few of Instructor Ai's videos on Lance's recommendation."

"Your Minimize team with the 'Toxic-Protect-Substitute' tactic was also quite enlightening for my tactical development."

"Oh?"

Aisha hadn't expected this ring.

However, when he thought about it, there were quite a few operations of poisoning people within the tactics instruction he had introduced.

No wonder, Koga could get inspired within his own videos.

The two were barely peers... right.

"Just now... I was also able to see it."

Koga phrased it and said, "Instructor Ai's Haunter should have focused on the development of the Ghost Attribute."

"Indeed."

Aisha recognized Koga's opinion.

Haunter had the exercise method gifted by Granny Agatha, and he himself was consciously exercising Haunter's spectral attribute, hoping to be able to utilize those magical secret methods soon.

So much so that Haunter's potential development was tilted quite a bit towards the Ghost Attribute.

Although there was no delay on the poison attribute side, however, the footsteps naturally couldn't keep up with the ghost attribute.

"Instructor Ai's Haunter has very much potential, whether it's the Ghost Attribute or the Poison Attribute, all of them should not be wasted." Koga revealed a serious expression, and his words carried some rare emotion between them, saying, "This is an excellent Pokémon, and there's no harm in Instructor Ai's right to think that I'm just being nosy, but I still suggest that a powerful Gengar must develop both the Ghost and Poison Attributes in their entirety."

"I know."

Aisha showed his understanding with a show of hands.

He had seen powerful Gengar before.

Summer's Gengar had developed both the Ghost and Poison attributes at the same time, and not only was its fighting style treacherous, its use of poison was even more defensible.

Agatha's Gengar had even developed a mysterious and terrifying spirit poison... The effect is so horrifying that even "deep into the bone" is not enough to describe it, and no one can break it.

"I'm not very talented, but I do have some in-depth research on poison properties." Koga took out a scroll from his pocket and said, "I don't think I can surpass Instructor Ai in terms of Pokémon cultivation."

He paused, a touch of pride coloring his words.

"However, these experiences were written after combining the experiences of a trainer specializing in the poison attribute, as well as the method of using poison that has been passed down from generation to generation in our ninja family."

He handed the scroll to Aisha.

"More or less it should help Instructor Ai."

"In that case, this scroll, I'll take it."

Aisha didn't make any pretense and accepted Koga's scroll.

This was also the heart and soul of an Elite Four, and it was of great use.

Besides, he also knew that most of these ninjas were a bit shafted in nature - mainly because Lance had complained a few times towards Instructor Ai during his usual phone calls about Koga's stubborn character, a bit of a will not stop until he achieved his goal.

If he didn't accept his scrolls himself... Koga would probably harass him again in the future.

Therefore, it would be better to just accept it and save the trouble.

Moreover, Instructor Ai himself was planning to seriously develop Haunter's poisonous attributes, and Koga's gift was a kind of sleepy pillow.

Just in time.

"I'm going to take a look at that Janine child before she goes off on a tangent." After delivering the gift and inspiring Janine, Koga, who had nothing more to do and was also bad at chatting with people, gave Aisha a somewhat euphemistic dismissal order, saying, "Excuse me, Instructor Ai."

"Good, I should go too."

Instructor Ai, who had a high level of emotional intelligence, also heard Koga's meaning, and after collecting the scroll with the word "Poison" on it, he walked towards the door of Fuchsia Gym.

"See you later, Instructor Ai."

After leaving such a sentence, Koga left the same spot in a flash.

"Well, see you later."

Responding to Koga's farewell, Aisha walked out of Fuchsia Gym.

...

After circling around an attic, Koga leaned against the white-painted wall and took out a cell phone with a somewhat old style.

He dialed a number.

"Di... di!"

After a default ringtone, the call was answered on the other side.

"What's up?"

Lance's voice reached Koga's ears, and the Dragon type Elite Four was a bit surprised as he inquired about the reason for Koga's call, saying, "That's a rare thing, that you would actually be willing to call me?"

Lance's surprise was not empty.

Koga was a traditional ninja... traditional to put it nicely, but archaic to put it more harshly.

He could use modern technology skillfully though.

However, Koga is reluctant to use them unless necessary.

Telephones, the necessary contact devices, were the maximum he could tolerate.

Some other technologies for entertainment, other than watching Instructor Ai's tactical instruction videos, Koga didn't touch any of them either.

This piece, he was not as good as his own daughter.

"I met the trainer you mentioned." After being silent for a while, Koga opened the door and told the reason why he was looking for Lance.

"Ah?"

Lance froze for a moment over there.

Immediately, he understood Koga's meaning, and a flash of realization appeared within his tone, saying, "You mean Ai-kun?"

"Uh-huh."

"Indeed, Ai-kun went to Unova some time ago and delayed his travel quite a bit, so if he came back to Kanto, he must have also taken a plane directly to Fuchsia City." Lance calculated Aisha's itinerary and added, saying, "I heard that you went back to Fuchsia City to see your daughter, what, the little girl was defeated by Ai-kun, and you, as a father, didn't help your daughter out?"

"No."

Koga's voice was as choppy as ever.

However, when it came to Aisha, there was more than a hint of amazement within his tone, saying, "However, I have to admit, that is a talented person."

"Ha~"

Lance let out a laugh on the other side of the phone.

"I was wondering before, what kind of person could even have you raving about him." Koga revealed some helpless expression and said, "However, I also have to admit at today's sight that there really are people outside of people, and there is a sky outside of the sky."

"Janine is not as good as that trainer... and still far inferior."

"Oh?"

Lance was a bit surprised and said, "To be praised so much by you, what exactly did Ai-kun do?"

He was aware of his fellow colleague's nature.

If there wasn't anything special, he definitely wouldn't find himself chatting simply just to praise Aisha a bit.

"This time, the Fuchsia Gym's Gym Challenge used the Undifferentiated Wild Battle, and, while Janine had the advantage of a sneak attack, it turned out to be that trainer who completely defeated her." Koga told the story of Janine's disastrous defeat, and by the way, he added that he was single-killed by Instructor Ai, saying, "Then, I used Janine's three main Pokémon to have a Pokémon Battle with Instructor Ai, and the result was also a complete defeat."

"You lost?"

"Uh-huh."

Koga heard the lack of surprise between Lance's words.

"You don't seem surprised?"

"I am indeed not surprised." Lance, who had seen Aisha's skills in the Hoenn region properly, was not surprised at all.

"The fact that you can win is the problem."

"..."

Koga's expression was a bit hard to read.

He then let out a sigh.

"That really hurts."

"You said it yourself, a ninja is one who can endure things that normal people can't, and it's not like losing in a proper way is an insult to you." Lance teased Koga over there.

"..."

Listening to Lance hitting back with his own previous words, Koga also had mixed emotions.

"That really a very excellent trainer." Koga repeated his admiration for Aisha once again, saying, "The ability to breed Pokémon is simply one in a million, the level of Pokémon versus Pokémon is good enough to crush me as a Tenno, and the ability to fight in Undifferentiated Wild Battle is also strong to the extreme."

"Especially..."

Koga paused.

He remembered how Aisha had cooperated with him and motivated Janine.

"He's also a good person."

"Of course!"

Lance's tone over there was quite excited all of a sudden.

He was as happy as if what he had endorsed had been recognized by Koga.

"I've already said that Ai-kun is a righteous trainer, and his character is the best I've seen in my life!"

"A bit of an exaggeration... however, I won't refute it."

After listening to Lance's words and realizing that this guy was guilty of another justice outburst, Koga also smiled helplessly.

He looked towards the sky.

The weather was clear and cloudless.

The warm sunlight made even Koga, who had been walking in the darkness for years, feel subjected to some pleasure.

"It feels good to make such a friend."

"That's something you'll have to work on yourself."

Lance laughed in response to Koga and said, "Ai-kun's friendship is not something so easy to acquire."

"Hmph."

Koga snorted coldly and gripped a sharp Bitterness.

He knew that Aisha had a conflict with Team Rocket.

As a former cadre of Team Rocket, Koga had some eyes and ears within today's nascent Team Rocket as well.

In this way, it was not difficult to help Aisha obtain some information.

...

Pallet Town, Oak Research Institute.

"Ah, Pidgeotto, don't fly around!" Within the laboratory, Professor Oak was chasing Pidgeotto, who Ash had passed back, and while running, he shouted, saying, "Be good, Pidgeotto, I'm just trying to measure your stature and the length of your feathers, I won't hurt you, so don't you fly around!"

Pidgeotto blankly glanced at Professor Oak in front of it.

It didn't like being touched by people it didn't know.

Pidgeotto was a Pokémon that had been teleported back to the Oak Research Institute after Ash hatched Riolu because the Pokémon that Ash was carrying on his person had once again filled up to six.

"Eee!"

Flapping its wings, Pidgeotto flew out of the window of the lab and stopped on top of a large tree in the backyard of the Oak Research Institute.

It was a bit lost.

Each Pokémon was surely willing to stay with its trainer all the time as well.

However, the restriction of carrying six Pokémon with you was also a big problem for the usual trainers.

It wasn't a limitation.

The main point is that six Pokémon is the limit of breeding and command for the usual trainer.

Unless you were a supermodel super trainer like Instructor Ai, carrying around six Pokémon instead was still the best thing to do.

"Eee..."

Pidgeotto revealed a helpless expression.

It wasn't that it was unwilling to return to the institute.

It was mainly because its own trainer was a bit lackadaisical, and didn't even see fit to make a phone call to ask about it after summoning itself back this time.

Pidgeotto always felt that this wasn't the last time...

Pidgeotto was not the only one who sighed.

Inside the lab, Professor Oak was also sighing while sucking on the bubbling noodles made with an alcohol burner.

"All this time, these kids don't take in any new Pokémon, so I don't have anything to study anymore." Professor Oak, with his mouth stuffed with instant noodles, complained and said, "That Red kid doesn't make a single phone call easily, Ash is also heartless, and that Blue kid doesn't know where he's gone."

"Would love to study Ai-chan's Pokémon." Professor Oak thought of Aisha's giant Caterpie and shiny Metang.

He still couldn't forget Instructor Ai's Pokémon.

"Ding!"

At this time, the sound of a mailbox rang above Professor Oak's computer.

"What?"

He hugged his bowl of instant ramen and came over to the computer, looking at the sender's name.

[Aisha].

"Huh?"

Professor Oak frowned once.

"Ai-chan?"

He was a bit puzzled.

What the... Aisha had to send him an e-mail?

Professor Oak opened the email, and to his eyes was a string of bolded headlines.

[The Effect of Beauty Degree on Pokémon].

"...This is a report?"

Stunned, Professor Oak even forgot to eat his ramen.

Aisha had actually sent him a self-written research report.

"He still has this skill?"

Professor Oak was instantly interested.

He himself was also very cognizant of Aisha's abilities, and for the new surprises that Aisha had brought to his attention, Professor Oak wasn't prepared to be perfunctory.

"That said, it seems like that Blue kid has said that before... Aisha showed quite a bit of knowledge about Pokémon research when he chatted with him."

Muttering to himself, Professor Oak carefully read the email Aisha had sent to him.

Then, he wasn't calm anymore.

The further he looked, the more serious Professor Oak's expression became.

Until he saw that Feebas could evolve into Milotic by reaching the standard of beauty, especially when this research had also acquired the approval of Hoenn Champion Wallace, he couldn't hold back at all.

"It's..."

Professor Oak was very surprised.

He himself had done some research on the evolution of Feebas, however, he didn't expect that the person who had completely cracked the problem was actually a trainer who seemed to have nothing to do with Pokémon research.

"Amazing."

Professor Oak's face was filled with admiration.

It was only now that he realized that he knew too little about Aisha.

He only thought that he was an excellent trainer, but he didn't realize that he also had the background of a researcher.

It could be called an all-round talent.

"I see."

Professor Oak had figured out Aisha's idea of sending the e-mail to himself with just a thought - entering the research world required a guide, and he, Samuel Oak, was the most powerful researcher Aisha knew.

"Little slick."

Professor Oak couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

However, in the face of Aisha, who possessed true abilities, Professor Oak didn't mind accommodating his little brain.

"Beauty degree... what an interesting study."

Even Professor Oak couldn't help but lament the subtlety of Aisha's choice of topic for this report.

Above this world, there were more than just Pokémon trainers.

There were also many people who simply kept Pokémon as pets, and there were even more people who were willing to dress up their Pokémon.

Not to mention the coordinated trainers who aimed to show off the beauty of their Pokémon... These participants in the Coordination Contest were all racking their brains all day long, desperately trying to improve their Pokémon's face value.

Aisha's report was exactly what they wanted.

It was very marketable.

Especially since his information had also acquired the approval of Wallace, an authority...

"In that case, I'll help you out."

Professor Oak tapped on his keyboard, muttering to himself as he posted his report in Aisha's place, saying, "Ai-chan, you must let me study your Caterpie!"

With that, a stone that could certainly stir up a thousand waves was thrown into the calm lake.