Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off

Chapter 80: How Pokémon Reproduce

Upon hearing Xia Ye's words, Anthony first shook his head to indicate that he did not.

Then his eyes suddenly widened: "You mean there's already a method to extract genes from fossils?"

Natsuno scratched his head: "Huh? Didn't Uncle Natsu tell you?"

At this time, Chapman was already asking the laboratory staff to find the necessary reagents and materials.

Upon hearing Xia Ye's words, Xia Bo's expression became somewhat awkward.

"Ah, I saw them checking the eggs when I first arrived."

"I was so busy analyzing that I forgot to tell them, but it's the same if you tell them now."

After thinking for a moment, Natsuno reintroduced Blaine to Daigo and Anthony.

It also emphasized Chaper's special reagent.

At this point, the staff had already brought the necessary materials, which Bob prepared on the spot and demonstrated.

Daigo and his companion were astonished to see the bones that had been completely removed from the fossil.

After processing the bone fragments obtained from the fossils, Xia Ye put them into a sequencer and started sequencing using computer control.

Anthony spoke up: "This will take some time. Let's do some preliminary preparations first."

Seeing him take out several small boxes from the cabinet, one for each person, Xia Ye took them despite his confusion.

The group went to the next room, which was decorated in a cozy style, and a group of Pokémon were playing happily inside.

Upon seeing the door open, the Pokémon swarmed around, chattering excitedly.

Natsuno asked in confusion, "What are you going to do, Dr. Anthony?"

The other person's expression was serious: "Obtain Pokémon breeding cells from these little guys."

Natsuno's eyes widened: "W-w-how do we get it?"

The high school biology knowledge that Lan Xing died suddenly attacked Natsuno: the hand grip method, the electric stimulation method, or the prop method?

Can I say this? Can it be broadcast?

Just as Natsuno was lost in thought, Anthony patted him on the shoulder a few times, bringing him back to his senses.

Anthony put down the box, squatted down, and gestured for Natsuno to watch and learn attentively.

With smiles on their faces, Anthony and the others started playing with the little ones.

Upon closer inspection, all eighteen were single-type Pokémon, such as Pidgey and Caterpie.

In addition, there aren't many pure Steel-type Pokémon; most Steel-type Pokémon are dual-type.

Natsuno saw a Meowth from the Galar region, made of pure steel, with very stiff fur to the touch.

After playing for a while, Anthony opened the box, which contained various tools.

Anthony pulled out a few level 30 energy cubes and smiled as he communicated with Popo in front of him.

"Bobo, do you want to eat this energy cube? How about I trade it for your reproductive cells?"

Natsuno's jaw dropped: What?! A direct exchange?! How could this be?

Then, something happened that shocked Natsuno once again.

Bobo tilted its head and looked at the energy cubes in Anthony's left palm, thinking seriously for a moment.

It went straight up, grabbed one, and ate it.

Then his body trembled, and he began to gather energy.

Seeing this, Anthony quickly took a sealed petri dish from the box, opened it, and placed it in front of Bobo.

"Just put it here, it'll be enough in a moment, it won't consume too much energy."

Popovich seemed to understand Anthony's words, but he didn't respond with a shout; he was still focusing his energy.

A minute later, a pale energy floated out from behind Bobo and fell into the petri dish.

Anthony quickly processed and stored the remaining energy cubes, placing them in front of Bobo.

He patted Bobo's head a few more times to express his gratitude.

Natsuno, who had watched the whole thing, was still speechless, her jaw dropping: "Pokémon are actually made by combining reproductive cells in vitro?"

Anthony nodded: "Although textbooks won't explain it clearly, only stating that it's an energy combination, it's not wrong."

"It wasn't explained in full, but the two Pokémon from the same egg group, male and female, use energy to guide their reproductive cells to the outside of their bodies."

"Two Pokémon use energy to envelop their reproductive cells, and then combine to form an embryo through the guidance of this energy in the outside world."

"With further energy catalysis, the embryo will turn into an egg within minutes."

"Previously, people did not have a sufficient understanding of cells, thinking that they were simply a combination of energy and did not pay attention to cell reproduction."

"I only recently discovered this; I was only halfway through writing my thesis when Daigo invited me over."

Natsuno nodded, having learned something new.

Then strange thoughts popped into my head: Why is the humanoid group called the egg group?

I can't not talk about it, I can't even think about it, thinking about it is a sin, doing the right thing is the most important thing.

Natsuno shook his head repeatedly, trying to shake off the strange thoughts in his mind.

Suddenly remembering that the energy had just appeared from behind Bobo, Natsuno humbly asked for clarification again.

"I noticed that the energy is appearing in the Pokémon's excretory channels, right?"

Natsuno already knew that Pokémon need to excrete waste.

In the fifth generation of the game on Earth, the description of the red roly-poly toy in the black and white version is mentioned in the encyclopedia entry for the white version.

The excrement of the fiery red roly-poly toy is hot, and in the past, people from Unova would put it in their clothes to keep warm.

In episode 45 of the original anime, Gary dug up a fossilized Pokémon feces.

Anthony nodded in response to Natsuno's question: "Yes, it did come out of the excretory tract."

Natsuno nodded again; regardless of whether it was useful or not, his knowledge had increased once more.

Having clarified all their questions and understood the method, the four began collecting reproductive cells.

It took an hour to finally finish collecting the samples.

Back in the lab, the computer showed that the sequencing progress was less than 5%, which was quite slow.

They also assisted Anthony in preserving and culturing the extracted proliferative cells.

After a flurry of activity, as it approached mealtime, Daigo arranged for someone to bring him food, which he ate in his rest room.

The two eggs were kept under close watch, never leaving their eyes.

After dinner, Xia Ye glanced at the progress bar on the computer again; it was 10%. He figured he wouldn't be able to wait for the test to finish.

"Dr. Anthony, Bob, I'll leave this to you. I'll head back to Evergreen first."

The two were unaware of Natsuno's undercover plan and wanted to persuade him to stay and continue his research.

Seeing that Xia Ye was determined and having received a promise that he would come to check on her every few days, she gave up.

The research was put aside for the time being, and Natsuno and Daigo returned to the latter's office to discuss other matters.

Daigo's secretary delivered another patent authorization letter, which Natsuno found incredibly confusing.

"Pokémon Genetic Builder Type 1, what is this? And what does it have to do with me?"

Daigo laughed, his voice carrying a hint of unnatural excitement, which Natsuno didn't notice.

"It's a device that breeds Pokémon genes into eggs; we helped you get it registered urgently."

"Since these devices all originated from your ideas, they are naturally your patents. Sign the contract."

Natsuno shook his head, took the pen, signed his name, and handed it to Daigo.

Daigo took it, glanced at it, breathed a sigh of relief, and handed it to his secretary.

"Then, Devon Corporation will ramp up its production lines and distribute gene culture equipment all over the world."

Natsuno asked in confusion, "Is this device a good business opportunity? Will many people need it?"

Daigo was surprised by Natsuno's reaction.

"You can't even see the value in this machine?"

"In fact, the whole world will need it."