Gathering
Rope dialed Cynthia's number and told Cynthia the whole story without embellishment.
"Is that so? A very interesting little girl then, it's good to follow you, you're a careless guy who really can't take care of himself."
Cynthia's voice with laughter came from the other end of the phone. It seemed to be very satisfied with Rope taking the initiative to report this matter.
"Besides, am I such a small-minded image in your eyes?"
This was a bit of a ghostly statement. Rope scratched the back of his head and awkwardly said, "Not really, it's just that I felt that this matter should be told to you. Keeping it from you would be like I have bad intentions."
In fact, everyone knew that no matter if it was told or not, once Rope had something bad in mind, it would be doom and gloom for the relationship. Long-distance means you can't be around each other all the time.
Not being able to be with each other all the time, besides the fact that they would miss each other, the lack of security was also unavoidable.
"Don't worry, I'm confident that as long as you fall for me, you won't fall for anyone else!"
Cynthia's voice was confident and firm. Like a general who could defeat ten thousand people with one.
But it was also true that Cynthia being confident again was a given. Though love isn't decided with Pokémon vs. Pokémon. But Cynthia was confident that as long as Rope liked herself, then she was the best of all choices.
Rope smiled at her words, "Fine, got it, Missy, take care of yourself and go back to take care of my side of things first."
"By the way, I sent Lucian to deliver your stuff, has he arrived yet?"
"Arrived, Lance messaged me this morning that he got Lucian. It's heading this way towards Saffron City, guess it'll be here in a little while." Rope nodded, then asked suspiciously, "What did you have Lucian send me? And you had to bother an Elite to deliver it herself."
"A Pokémon egg, something quite precious that you should remember to hatch properly. As for having Lucian deliver it... it's more of a way to give him a little vacation time. The guy's daily workload is comparable to Lance's."
Cynthia's tone was more or less helpless and a bit embarrassed. After all, logically speaking, the one with the heaviest task should be herself. And Lucian's sense of responsibility was just too strong. There were some jobs that he really just grabbed and did. This also led to the fact that Cynthia, Flint, Aaron, and Bertha all had a lot of time to feel the fish.
Flint is afraid that Lucian will die of overwork and then she will be unable to touch the fish. So he helps Lucian with some of his work when he can. This time, Cynthia also took this opportunity to let Lucian take a vacation, and even set a time for him to arrive in Kanto. Otherwise this guy would definitely rush there and back again, and then get back to work again.
And Rope knew just how much the other four guys in the Sinnoh League really cleaned up when he heard that Lucian's workload was even comparable to Lance's.
It was a good thing, though, otherwise how would Cynthia have time to talk to herself on the phone?
"Don't worry, I'll have Lance treat Lucian well. How about having Lance take him to Silver Mountain to soak in the hot springs?"
Rope thought for a moment, then suggested.
"It's okay, it's good to let that guy relax a bit."
"Okay, that's it, I'll go back and deal with Professor Oak and the others, I'll talk to you later."
"Bye!"
"Bye!"
Fondly hanging up the conversation with Cynthia. It was said to be touching fish, but in fact, Cynthia's work was still so busy that the frequency of communication between them was almost only three times a week. It was pitifully low.
This reinforced Rope's determination to go to Sinnoh for his next area of travel. He's really had enough of this day-to-day thinking about Sinnoh.
But there was something wrong with this Rope guy, this guy was busy himself, busy bouncing around in various big events to seek to avoid them.
And as a result...
Not once has he avoided them...just outrageous...
Just put away the phone, Rope thought with a headache, "What is a better gift for Cynthia?"
Rope had a bit of a headache, Cynthia gave herself an egg, but he couldn't give her a thesis, could he?
If Cynthia could say "it's quite precious", then how precious must this egg be? A Legendary Pokémon egg?
Rope rubbed his chin.
[Why don't we send Mew this pink cat to Cynthia?]
Rope is thinking of selling Mew...
[Mew is not okay, it is linked to Tree of Beginning, Legendary Giants are not okay, too ugly. Legendary Beasts, Suicune? Too low-grade, a Legendary Pokémon that can be caught with one ball. You know, even Red used two balls to catch Mewtwo! Legendary Birds? Emmm, you have to go to Orange Archipelago to find Legendary Birds. And the only good-looking one is Articuno. Diancie is naturally the best, but it seems that Diancie is also inseparable from the tribe...]
Just as Rope was doing his best to think about what exactly he should give to Cynthia a call roused him from his state of delirium.
"Rope! You've wandered off again!" Lance led Lucian to follow Nurse Joy of Saffron City to this side, and just as he passed the corner, he saw Rope standing there with his eyes in a dazed state. Lucian thought that Rope was really thinking about something important, and didn't dare to interrupt Rope with his voice, and even intentionally slowed down his steps.
Even Nurse Joy reacted the same way.
But Lance is different, Lance knows that Rope is always daydreaming, and basically he only thinks about things while lying on the bed.
As long as this guy is standing or sitting with his eyes blank, then he is bound to be lost in thought. The odds were that calling him at this time wasn't a bad thing.
"I didn't... never mind, no explanation." Rope gave a blank look at Lance, who was grinning cheaply. Then extended his hand towards Lucian, then walked towards Lucian's side, saying as he did so, "Seriously, Elite Lucian, I've heard a lot about you. Cynthia has often talked to me about the help you've given everyone at work."
Lucian hurriedly shook Rope's hand, "No no, it's all the right thing to do."
Rope looked at Lucian and then Lance and smiled, "I didn't expect that you two League laborers would actually be free to come to my place together. This is if we call Dandi here again, you three Best Model Workers can get together and play
Lance's eyes instantly lit up when he heard that, while Lucian was puzzled and asked, "What's Fight the Landlord?"
"Hahaha, turn around and let Lance lead you in a few games and you'll see, it's fun." Rope turned his head and prepared to open the door, then smiled, "Professor Oak, and Professor Juniper are inside, it's also a coincidence that they're here, let's all go in and talk."
"I'll fetch a little snack for you all and bring it over." Nurse Joy smiled and bowed toward Rope with a grin.
"Thanks for the trouble, Nurse Joy."
"Of course."