75. Association’s Rewards

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Jacob's name was on the hot search yesterday and today, but the comments below were almost all sarcastic, complaining that Jacob achieved such success thanks to his family connections.

"If I had a grandfather like Mr. Scott, I would have published three papers by the time I was 18."

"I'm really envious of a 30-year-old research student from a prestigious university who passed by. I couldn't even get into the lab when I was 18, but they've already published papers, and now I'm just a handyman."

...

Most people made malicious guesses and comments, and some even insisted that there were problems with Jacob's paper, and that Scott was the original author of the paper, and that he let Jacob be named the first author in order to pave the way for him.

Jacob looked at such comments and just laughed it off. No matter what you do, the trolls will find ten thousand reasons to troll you. It would be better to use this time to train.

Because of the publication of the paper, Jacob has become very busy recently. First of all, he received many interview invitations from the media. Jacob could directly reject ordinary interview invitations, but he could not reject the official invitation and could only arrange to be interviewed in the laboratory this afternoon.

In addition, the laboratory and the Pokémon Association have also negotiated that starting from tomorrow, Jacob will have to design Z-Moves of two types every day. It will take a total of 8 days to complete the design of Z-Moves of the other types except Dragon and Ice.

He has to stay in the laboratory for these eight days and cannot go out.

...

At the same time, when Jacob went to Fountainhead Laboratory this time, for safety reasons, he was personally escorted by Maximus, the Dragon King. Jacob was naturally flattered and thanked him repeatedly.

"Thank you for your help, Dragon King."

"It's just on the way. The association also asked me to be in charge of the corresponding actions for this Z-Move." Maximus waved his hand indifferently: "Let's go. The interview starts at two o'clock. It's about time for us to rush over now."

"Ah."

...

"Jacob, how does it feel to be famous?" Sitting in the car, Maximus looked at Jacob with a smile and started chatting with him.

"Dragon King, to be honest, I don't feel anything myself." Jacob said seriously: "I have been training in the secret realm recently. Except that my classmates pay more attention to me, there is really no change."

"Jacob, don't call me Dragon King anymore, just call me Uncle Maximus." Maximus waved his hand and said, "In addition to escorting you this time, there is another thing. The Pokémon Association also asked me to ask you, what reward do you want?"

What reward? A Pseudo-legendary Pokémon, of course.

"Can I choose a Pseudo-legendary Pokémon?" Jacob expressed his thoughts directly without any hesitation.

"This might be difficult." Maximus thought for a moment and said, Pseudo-legendary Pokémon are extremely rare. Although their numbers have increased through breeding in recent years, one must know that the demand for Pseudo-legendary Pokémon is really too great, and the demand far exceeds the supply.

Maximus paused, then continued, "But it's not impossible. The Pokémon Association is negotiating with other countries on the price of the corresponding moves for Z-Moves. If it sells well, once the deal is reached, it's possible that you'll be rewarded with a Pseudo-legendary Pokémon. As for choosing, that's impossible. You can only accept whatever Pseudo-legendary Pokémon the Pokémon Association gives you. You have no choice."

"I'm not picky, as long as it's a Dragon-type Pseudo-legendary Pokémon." Jacob quickly added.

If the association gave him a Tyranitar and a Metagross, he would be really upset. He couldn't refuse them, otherwise the mission would be ruined.

"Oh, do you want to be a Dragon-type trainer?" Maximus looked at Jacob. He didn't realize that Jacob wanted to be a Dragon-type trainer.

After all, among his three Pokémon, only Noibat is a Dragon-type Pokémon, while Sceptile and Charizard are not Dragon-type Pokémon.

It's not easy to be a Dragon trainer, Maximus knows this very well. Although Dragon Pokémon are powerful, they have a long growth cycle and are very expensive to train. He glanced at Jacob, but in his heart he was thinking that he didn't know how talented Jacob was as a trainer, so he would go back to ask Nina this time.

"Well, I want to be a Dragon-type trainer." Jacob nodded without hesitation. He was already determined to be a Dragon-type trainer. Even if he didn't want to, there was nothing he could do. The most he could do was to wait until he had gathered six Dragon-type Pokémon before training a second team.

"I will ask for you. If possible, I will try my best to help you get it, but you have to be mentally prepared. There is a high probability that you won't get it." Maximus paused for a moment: "Besides the Pseudo-legendary Pokémon, is there anything else you want?"

Jacob frowned and thought. If it was not a Pseudo-legendary Pokémon, he would not have many choices. His team was in urgent need of physical attackers, so there were only a few best choices.

The Goodra, the Haxorus, the Appletun and the Duraludon.

Among them, Goodra and Haxorus are the most precious, so Jacob's first choice must be these two Pokémon: "Goodra or Haxorus."

"It seems that you are determined to take the Dragon path." Seeing Jacob's firm attitude, Maximus did not ask any more questions. After thinking for a moment, he said, "As for the Duraludon, it is more difficult, because there are no wild Duraludon in China. If you want it, you can only capture it from abroad. As for the Haxorus, there is a great chance. I will help you convey it to the alliance."

The two chatted for a while along the way, and Jacob also seized this rare opportunity to ask Maximus some questions about cultivating Dragon-type Pokémon.

Naturally, Maximus answered Jacob's questions one by one with a smile. He was actually quite optimistic about Jacob.

...

When the two arrived at the laboratory, it was almost half past one. After hurriedly putting on makeup, Jacob sat in front of the camera for the interview.

The person who interviewed him was a man in his thirties, which disappointed Jacob a little, as he thought it would be a beautiful host.

"Jacob, I heard that you were still studying before I came here. I want to ask how you came up with the idea that the power of Z-Moves is related to the resonance between the trainer and Pokémon, and how you designed corresponding actions to enhance the resonance between the trainer and Pokémon?"

"I also found inspiration from Ryan."

"Is it Ryan, the strongest Lucario trainer?"

"Yes, the bond between him and Lucario is the deepest and strongest of all the people I have ever met, which touched me deeply at the time. When I accidentally watched a Z-Move being released, Dragon King pointed out the problem of the unstable power of the Z-Move. At that time, I thought about whether the power of the Z-Move might be related to the bond between the trainer and the Pokémon, and that's how this paper came about."

Because we had reviewed the manuscript in advance, the interview went quite smoothly and was completed in just over two hours.

After the interview, Jacob immediately found Scott. Because Jacob was going to the laboratory today, Scott also came to the laboratory specially.

"Grandpa, I have something to ask you."

"Jacob, what's the matter? Tell me." Scott looked at Jacob with a smile. In recent days, he often had a smile on his face. Especially when he heard his old friends praising Jacob, saying that he had a good grandson and that there was someone to carry on his family's legacy, he felt even happier.

"Grandpa, let's talk in your office. It's not convenient here." Jacob looked around and said cautiously.

"It is good."

Seeing Jacob's cautious look, Scott also knew that what Jacob said was of great importance, and he immediately agreed.