Hidden Boss!!!

Lavender Town is under martial law.

Rope didn't hear about it until he arrived. The town had only been on lockdown for less than two hours.

"Emm, can I I ask exactly what happened?"

Rope came in anyway, on Red's honor.

In front of him was a bald, white-browed old man. His name was Mr. Fuji, a philanthropist and a bit of a friend of Red's. Rope was led into the town by him as well.

"Recently the ghosts in the town seem to be in a state of frenzy. Any minute now they'll come out and attack the humans. The town has basically evacuated, and we've sent a rescue to the League gods. Everyone has basically left. I was relieved to see these children, so I didn't leave, here, have some tea."

Mr. Fuji had a kind smile on his face as he spoke while handing the tea to Rope.

Rope took the tea and said thanks. Then took a sip and showed a comfortable expression.

It was already dark when he reached Lavender Town. It was even more so now that it was time for dinner. It was still cold at night in early spring in Kanto, and Rope, who had had enough of the cold wind outside, felt much more comfortable after taking a sip of the hot tea.

Fake...

Rope is a Flame-Flame Fruit power user, so he can wear cotton clothes in the desert and short sleeves in the snow and ice. As long as he wasn't swimming in the lava of the road, the sensation of hot and cold was basically irrelevant to him.

But if he behaved like this, he would look different from normal people. Ace and Sabo, who are also Flame-Flame Fruit power users, don't have this kind of trouble, because the One Piece world, as a world where individual force values are extremely high, is full of monsters.

In the world of Pokémon, it's better for Rope to act like a normal person in front of strangers.

Don't scare others, after all, even Sabrina is just a normal human. There's no special body structure.

Mr. Fuji smiled slightly as he watched Rope's movements, he had a soft spot for this handsome young man who seemed to have a good face. That was why Mr. Fuji was willing to help Rope.

Plus, there was also a catch. After all, although there were Ghost-type Pokémon running around in Lavender Town at this time, on the whole, none of these Pokémon were too strong.

And after seeing Growlithe following Rope around, he thought that the little guy would be able to defend himself in a riot of this magnitude. So since Rope insisted on going into Lavender Town, he didn't stop him too much, and since he was the only one left in the town now anyway, it would be excellent to have someone to talk to.

As for why Rope insisted on coming to Lavender Town knowing the danger...

It was actually because of this old man in front of him...

If he hadn't met him, Rope probably would have forgotten that there was such a big man in the original story.

One must know that this ordinary-looking old man in front of him was the figure that Professor Oak called 'the most powerful scholar ever'.

It was also the research world boss who created Mewtwo!

If it wasn't for Team Rocket's resume and the enemies he had made in the research world due to conflicting philosophies back then. Now, it was estimated that this person wouldn't have just hidden in such a small town and retired in obscurity.

Rope was curious about the information and knowledge he had at hand!

As a researcher, Rope's attitude towards knowledge was the same absolute sense of respect and admiration.

Mind you, in Rope's eyes, Arceus isn't even as good as this big guy.

Mewtwo!

The legendary Pokémon with the strongest potential. Unlike Magearna, Mewtwo is a standard fighter. A big guy who can compete with Mega Rayquaza and Hoopa Unbound. Rope doesn't expect to copy another one. Rope is a traditional researcher, and to be honest, he doesn't agree with Mr. Fuji's approach. The existence of Mewtwo itself is not the point, because Porygon is also an artificial Pokémon, and now Porygon has been widely used in the information department of League. Artificial Pokémon isn't the problem, the point is that Mr. Fuji gave Mewtwo a human mindset.

In that case, there would have to be a question mark drawn over whether Mewtwo was a human or a Pokémon...

"Professor Fuji, let me introduce myself."

Rope put down the teacup in his hand and looked at the old man who was playing around with Marowak with a solemn face.

Mr. Fuji turned around with a smile and said, "Didn't you introduce yourself... what did you call me?"

The smile on Mr. Fuji's face disappeared as he said the latter sentence.

"My name is Rope, and I am a trainer who is traveling with the goal of earning the Eight Badges and attending the Indigo Plateau Conference. At the same time, I am also a Pokémon Professor of Ancient Legends of Pokémon, and I have studied under Professor Oak, and I have learned about you and your name from Professor Oak, and I have seen your picture, and I have also read your papers on genetics."

Rope's demeanor when he said this was sincere. It was really sincere. To be honest, one's own people knew their own business, in terms of Pokémon research in genetics, even if Rope was given 30 years, Rope wouldn't necessarily be able to surpass this old man in front of him who seemed to be on the verge of death.

Rope's arrogance was never displayed in front of someone stronger than himself.

"Professor... that's a title I haven't heard in a long time. Haven't the old guys in the research community erased my name yet?"

Mr. Fuji walked over to the chair across from Rope and sat down, looking at Rope with a complicated expression as he said.

"Truly great research is not lost in time just because the name of the discoverer disappears. Your 'Gene Transfer' and 'The Function of Genes' are both absolute classics. Some of the materials in the research community nowadays have been revamped, but the kernel is still your genetic doctrine."

Rope said with a smile. He wasn't lying, the research community couldn't bypass this big brother no matter what. Even if he avoided mentioning it, the legend of this person still circulated in the research community.

Mr. Fuji smiled happily, it was obvious that he was happy from the bottom of his heart, for a researcher, what was worse than not being able to go down in history was that his doctrine went unanswered.

"You're pretty good too, it's really the first time I've seen such a young doctor. You study the ancient legends of Pokémon? Mythologist?"

Mythologists were an exclusive category of Fellows; Cynthia, Professor Carolina, and Rope were all mythologists.

"Yes, but I'm more of a, well, realistic study of the legend Pokémon."

Rope noticed that a very faint, unnatural look still flashed across Mr. Fuji's face when he mentioned Legendary Pokémon.

"Hahaha, what an outstanding junior. So what is it that you came to see me about?"

Mr. Fuji asked with a big, bright smile.

"I actually just came to see Lavender Town, but because I met you, my main purpose has changed."

Rope said with a calm face.

"Oh, tell me about it."

Mr. Fuji asked with interest.

"What is your opinion of Mewtwo's existence itself?"

At these words, the scene fell silent. All that was left was the wind howling outside the window.