Whitley's Arrival

At night, the plane broke through the clouds to an altitude that wouldn't normally be found in any of the Flying-type Pokémon's.

It was a long-haul airliner flying from and Unova to Kanto. At this point, the journey was not yet half over, and almost everyone was resting, with only a handful of kids on their first long-distance trip and a few people who still had work left to do still silently going about their business.

A beautiful girl with two pills and a double ponytail on her head was looking through the window at the rippling clouds outside.

"What's on your mind Whitley."

Beside the girl, Juniper, who was wearing his regular clothes on a rare occasion, asked with a smile.

"Thinking again about what kind of person Professor Oak would be." Whitley turned her head and looked at Juniper with a smile, looking curious about both the unknown faraway land of Kanto and the elder who would be looking after her, Professor Oak.

Juniper reached out and touched Whitley's head, smiling, "Professor Oak is a very gentle old man. It is said that he was also a powerful trainer when he was young, only to become a researcher for some reasons, and then all of a sudden he became the strongest researcher as of now."

There was no one who wouldn't envy such a talent. Possessing the strength to become a champion, but then rushing back to become a researcher at the height of his glory, and then ultimately achieving great success in the field of research. Professor Oak was a living legend in his own right.

"I heard from the guys around me that Professor Oak is a tall man who looks young despite his age. Pallet Town is a town full of powerful trainers and a large number of treasured Pokémon survive. Is that true, Professor?"

Whitley questioned as she tilted her head in doubt.

[It's not!]

Juniper's smile froze.

When Blue and Red's stories were being told in Unova, these two people, along with the old man sitting in the institute in that distant town, had become mythical figures.

The worship of the strong and the spreading of rumors were both instincts engraved in human bones...

"Pallet Town is just a small town, harmonious, peaceful and calm. Most of the townspeople aren't trainers. Professor Oak is a very normal old man. Blue is a smelly little brat. Red is a mostly silent but dependable guy. Daisy is a very gentle person. You can ask Daisy for help with things wherever you go."

Professor Juniper said to Whitley in a tone with a soft sunny warm feeling.

Whitley couldn't help but feel a sense of longing rise in the bottom of her heart as she listened to Juniper's words.

"But Whitley, there is another legend in Oak Research Center."

Juniper smiled and piqued Whitley's curiosity again.

Whitley looked at Juniper with a 'tell me' look, and the smile on Juniper's face grew even wider. Then he said, "It's a guy named Rope. He's the youngest doctor in our research community right now. And it's rumored that he recently chose to travel and become a very strong trainer again."

"Isn't that the exact opposite path of Professor Oak?"

Whitley asked, a little puzzled. It was also true that most people had the same reaction. Compared to Professor Oak's process of trainer before researcher, wasn't Rope the exact opposite of choosing the path of researcher before trainer.

But that was also bound by the situation first.

"The situation is indeed like this, but I'm not familiar with Rope, so if you have doubts, you can ask him yourself."

Juniper indeed did not know Rope well. Juniper had lived in Pallet Town for a while, at that time, her father and Professor Oak had another academic cooperation, in order to pursue efficiency, Juniper's father simply took Juniper to live in the side of Professor Oak for a period of time.

And at that time, Rope was still at home eating fried chicken, drinking coke and playing video games...

And Juniper and Professor Oak didn't really have much contact with them after that, and when she became a Professor herself and was busy with the training of new trainers in a region and other matters, she had even less time to contact the others.

That's why she didn't even know as much about Rope as she did about her college friend, Fennel, when Rope rocked the world at Research Summit.

Of course, after the summit, Juniper began to consciously pay attention to information related to Rope.

Thanks to the well-developed internet, even if Rope's exploits were suppressed by the League, there was no way that Rope would become famous in this relatively high-end circle.

Everyone is curious about this hidden god at Oak Research Center.

Juniper was also curious about this hidden god in Oak Research Center, and it just so happened that she had recently encountered a bottleneck in her research, which was related to the legendary Unova Dragon God, so she simply took the opportunity of sending Whitley to Kanto to discuss with Professor Rope, who was recognized as having the deepest knowledge of Legendary Pokémon in the research community.

When I told Fennel that I was looking for Rope to discuss my research, that Fennel guy even asked me to give Rope his regards.

Thinking about it gave Juniper a headache. She wasn't a fool, although she wasn't a famous "public lover" like Professor Sycamore, Juniper had been in love before. She could tell something was wrong just by looking at Mamoru's red face.

But Juniper knew that Rope was supposed to be with Cynthia, the Sinnoh Champion.

On one side, she felt that her own friend was actually good, but on the other side, which one of them seemed to really have no need to care about anyone's challenges...

[Never mind, let's take it one step at a time. Let's also see what kind of charm this Professor Rope, really has, that can attract so many good people].

Juniper shook his head a little tiredly, but did not see the strong curiosity in Whitley's eyes.

"Well, don't think so much, the journey is still long, so you can sleep for a while. I'll tell you some of the do's and don'ts and interesting things when you wake up from your nap."

Juniper said with a smile as she came back to her senses.

To be honest, Juniper didn't really think she would be attracted to Rope, after all, she wasn't really that interested in martial arts schools. And a guy like Rope, who had left his good doctorate to become a trainer, genius indeed, but that restless martial arts faction heart was enough to make Juniper respect him in some ways.

Besides...her dad was the equal of Professor Oak, and technically, Rope, Red, Blue, and Daisy were all a generation younger than her...

[Thinking about it like this suddenly makes me feel like I'm really old...]

Juniper smiled helplessly.

Whitley obediently leaned back on the seat, tilted her head, and made an appearance of sleeping. Seeing this Juniper nodded before turning back to sleep herself.

She was tired as well and wasn't about to take care of business on the plane.

But on the other side Whitley not only didn't sleep, both eyes were staring out the window.

[That Professor Rope, what kind of person would he be again?]

Whitley couldn't help but think as she looked out the window at the sea of clouds.