Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off

Chapter 93 Contact with Dream Fossils, Progress Update

Red and Yellow rode the fire-breathing dragon back to Evergreen City.

Because Xiao Huang had twisted her ankle, she sat in front, while Chi Hong sat behind her, supporting her.

At Xiaohuang's insistence, they went to the Pokémon Center to treat Shychomp first, and then to the hospital.

Red asked Yellow why he was being chased by the Rockets.

Yellow's opening line stunned Red: "I ran away from Team Rocket's base, and Giovanni is the boss of Team Rocket!"

Before I could even process it, the second sentence came: "I am Sakaki's disciple."

His bright red chin fell to the ground, his mouth agape: "Ah, you, this, ah?!"

Thankfully, it was a private room and no one else heard it, otherwise the consequences would have been serious.

With a hint of sadness on his face, Xiaohuang said, "When I was 10 years old, I tried to save a Pokémon but was captured by Team Rocket."

"It was Old Man Sakaki who saved me, then took me as his disciple and taught me a lot."

"Who would have thought that he was behind all of this! I really can't accept it!"

Seeing this, Crimson didn't say much and gently patted Little Yellow's shoulder.

At this moment, Qianqianqiu gently hugged Xiaohuang, offering silent comfort.

Xiao Huang told Chi Hong that he had accidentally discovered the passage in Sakaki's office and entered the underground base.

She also recounted what she overheard about Sakaki and Natsuno discussing using fossils to create the ultimate weapon.

As Xiao Huang said this, he gritted his teeth and said, "I thought this researcher Natsuno was a good person, but I didn't expect this."

At this moment, Chi Hong interrupted her: "Well, Natsuno-nii seems to be a good person. He might have his own plans."

"I believe in Natsuno-san. His love for Pokémon is no less than anyone else's. He wouldn't be that kind of person."

After listening, Xiao Huang nodded gently, keeping Chi Hong's words in mind. Then, he clenched his fist and made up his mind.

"No matter what, I'm going to try to stop Sakaki-sensei. He shouldn't be doing this."

Seeing this, Chi Hong couldn't stop it, as it was Xiao Huang's private matter.

Considering that his own strength was too weak to stop anything, and that Evergreen Gym still had no challenge schedule open.

Red decides to leave Viridian first, challenge other gyms, and obtain other badges before returning.

He wasn't stupid; he knew that since Giovanni could become a gym leader, he couldn't be brought down by just a few words.

Making baseless accusations might provoke a reaction from Sakaki's side, potentially affecting Natsuno's plans.

Thinking of this, Crimson looked at Little Yellow with a serious expression.

"As your disciple, I will not stop you from trying to dissuade your teacher, but you need to come up with a detailed plan."

"Actually, you already have a guess in your heart. Since the other party has great ambitions, they will not be easily dissuaded by you."

Xiao Huang thought of Sakaki, whom he knew, and how he would never give up in order to achieve his goal, and sighed.

Crimson continued, "If you fail to dissuade them, you might as well pretend to find out their true intentions."

"That explains why Sakaki designed the way he took you as his disciple; he must have had some ulterior motive."

"Why don't you just pretend to agree to Sakaki's request, and secretly sabotage his plans? Wouldn't that be better?"

Xiao Huang gave a wry smile: "I'm just an ordinary kid from an ordinary family. What's so special about me?"

"If I had to say, it would be the blessing of the Evergreen Forest, the possessor of the power of evergreen."

Speaking of this, Xiao Huang thought of how well Sakaki understood the blessing of the Evergreen Forest and how he could teach her to control it.

He gave a wry smile and nodded in agreement to Crimson's suggestion.

Upon hearing Red say that he is a new trainer in Pallet Town and is about to leave for Pygmalion to collect badges.

Xiao Huang took out his phone and exchanged contact information with Chi Hong before seeing Chi Hong off.

"Keep going! I believe you can do it!"

...

"Wow, boss, you guys found such a small fossil. Team Rocket is really full of talented people."

Looking at the dreamlike eyelash fossil, which was only the size of a pigeon egg, Natsuno examined it closely with a magnifying glass.

They took every angle without missing a beat and gave Sakaki a thumbs up.

This is a hidden room in the underground base, accessible only through a secret passage in Sakaki's office.

Sakaki ignored Natsuno's perfunctory compliment and spoke in a somewhat unfriendly tone.

"This took countless hours of hard work to obtain, so don't let me down."

He then looked at the real bird: "Raise the protection level near the laboratory and station a senior official there permanently."

Xia Ye waved his hand: "Relax, boss. With the security of your base, no one who doesn't know the area can get in at all."

"Even if someone came in, they wouldn't think of stealing this fossil that looks like a bird droppings egg."

"The most important thing is to get the genetic information into the computer as soon as possible; it doesn't matter if the fossils are stolen."

After looking at it for a while, Natsuno reached out and grabbed the eyelash fossil, played with it in his hand, and then put it in his pocket.

Sakaki's eyebrows twitched as he watched.

[I have personally touched the Dream Eyelash Fossil. The quest chain progress has been updated, and Influence Points will continue to be awarded.]

[Next step: Extract gene fragments from the fossil, or remove the fossil from the underground base]

[Note: Giovanni's main Beedrill has the title of Champion and is at the Elite Four level, level 75 or higher.]

[Sakaki also possesses the Evergreen Power, which enhances combat effectiveness. It is recommended that the contractor's strength far surpass that of the opponent before considering taking him away directly.]

Xia Ye rolled his eyes inwardly: If I had that kind of ability, would I need an undercover agent?

Let's start with zero frames and show Boss Sakaki how many floors a bag of rice can be carried up, okay?

Unaware of the intense scrutiny he was receiving in Natsuno's mind, Sakaki shook his head.

Adopting the mindset of "out of sight, out of mind," I turned and left the room.

Natsuno and Fuji also left, returning to the base laboratory without stopping.

After completing the preparations, the two began the work of extracting genes from the fossils.

After dissolving, filter carefully, searching inch by inch for any eyelash-like substances.

Natsuno originally intended to secretly keep one of the eyelashes she received.

Take it back to Devon and try it out using Anthony's method. Maybe we'll get some results?

Looking up, I saw more than a dozen surveillance cameras pointing directly at me, with no blind spots, so I immediately gave up on the idea.

Use tweezers to pick up one of the DNA molecules and put it into the sequencer; preserve the rest of the DNA molecules properly.

The central control computer started the detection, and this time the speed was even slower.

After watching for ten minutes without moving an inch, Natsuno, who had been full of interest, was now yawning.

Mew possesses the genes of all Pokémon, and its base pairs might even be on the order of magnitude higher than those of human genes.

Moreover, what is read here are all broken gene fragments, which have to be pieced together manually.

Thinking of this, Natsuno immediately lost interest and started to get a headache.

"Sigh, they say they'll do their best, but with billions of bases involved, it's going to drive me crazy."

"How long would it take the two of us to get this done?"

"Dr. Fuji, is there any way to lighten the burden? Let's not even talk about advanced intelligence."

"It would be great if there were some kind of auxiliary program, but unfortunately the technology is too advanced for me to use."

Dr. Fuji frowned as he saw the long, completely unmoved progress bar on the screen.

He hesitated for a moment, staring at Natsuno's face as if he was thinking about something.

The Fujifilm lenses reflected a sharp light, and Natsuno felt a chill run down her spine from that piercing gaze.

But Fuji looked serious, and he didn't dare interrupt the other person's thinking.

After a long while, Fuji took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind.

He reached into the inside pocket of his clothes and pulled out a USB flash drive.

"Natsuno, this might be able to help us."