Ultra Wormhole and Aether Foundation

"Not bad for a former Hoenn Champion and Steven Stone's ace Pokémon, the child of shiny Metagross!"

Professor Oak circled Aisha's shiny Metang with a look of amazement, an expression of wanting to touch it but not daring to do so.

"..."

Shiny Metang kept silent.

It had the right to remain silent.

Although shiny Metang usually acted like it had a good personality, it was actually a very proud Pokémon.

The reason it treated Instructor Ai so well was because Instructor Ai was gentle and it liked it.

Then, facing this strange old man, shiny Metang naturally didn't need to be so friendly.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Professor Oak was still tsk-tsking on the side.

He looked at shiny Metang's silver-white body, which looked like moonlight and glowed with bright light, and his eyes glowed with amazement.

"Another treasured Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, another one-in-a-million different colored Pokémon among Pokémon."

"Other than you, shiny Metang, and that former Hoenn Champion's shiny Metagross, I'm afraid there's no third shiny Beldum Pokémon in this world." Professor Oak looked at Aisha with an envious face and said, "Ai-chan you are really lucky too."

"Haha, Steven's just being kind."

Aisha laughed and waved his hand.

"If it wasn't for Steven trusting me and handing this child over to me to nurture, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to meet a child as excellent as Metang in my lifetime."

"Me-ta-!!!"

At those words, shiny Metang twisted his head with a touched face.

Instructor Ai didn't say Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon or heterochromatic Pokémon, he just said that Metang was very excellent child.

In his eyes, what made him like Metang was not because of the value of the off-color Pokémon as well as the Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, but purely just because Metang was a Metang.

"You guys are so affectionate..."

Seeing the disparity between how shiny Metang treated himself as well as Aisha, Professor Oak also smiled helplessly.

This kid's affection for Aisha was already on the verge of overflowing from the bottom of its eyes.

Even Professor Oak couldn't help but be moved.

Even Professor Oak, who had lived for decades, had not seen many trainers who maintained such a good relationship with their Pokémon, and who let their Pokémon "love" their trainers almost wholeheartedly...

Even Professor Oak, who had lived for decades, had never met a few trainers who had reached such a level of relationship with Pokémon, and none of them were great achievers.

"The future is truly limitless..."

Professor Oak sighed.

It was as if he was talking about shiny Metang, a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon of a different color that was precious to the extreme, or Aisha, a trainer who had treated Pokémon unreservedly and given his heart, while at the same time using his own charisma to make his own Pokémon give their hearts and souls to him as well.

"However, Ai-chan isn't this shiny Metang of yours a bit of an unusual oddity?"

Professor Oak looked at the shiny Meetang again, looking at its steel body, and said, "As I recall, although Steven Stone's shiny Metagross also had this body color, however, the silver-white color of his Metagross was more on the side of true silver, and the body color of this Metang of yours that seems to be a bit brighter?"

"Ah..."

Aisha froze, and then he was impressed by Professor Oak's observation.

Of course, the fact that Professor Oak could tell the difference between his shiny Metang and Steven's shiny Metagross was probably because he had long coveted Steven's shiny Metagross.

"Yes, the boy is a bit unusual."

Aisha told Professor Oak about what happened to him back in Mt. Moon.

Including the fact that shiny Beldum evolved to protect himself, and then because it saved the Clefable and Clefairy clan, shiny Metang was "blessed by the moon" under their "ritual" and possessed a body as bright as moonlight.

"Ah... That's really marvelous."

After listening to Aisha's explanation, Professor Oak also had a look of emotion on his face.

"There are still a lot of secrets we don't know about Pokémon."

"Indeed."

"This is precisely the reason why this old man, who is clearly a handful of years old, still studies Pokémon day in and day out despite the ridicule of onlookers." Professor Oak shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "I want to, at least before I can't go any further, endeavor to help the trainers in this world to research some more Pokémon information."

"You are great."

Aisha also praised Professor Oak's idea from the bottom of his heart.

It was impossible for Professor Oak to lie.

This great old man had already practiced these words with his entire life...

His research had an immeasurable significance and impact on this world.

This value was the reason why Professor Oak was recognized by the world as a leading figure in Pokémon academia.

No matter who it was, no one would doubt his driving force on the relationship between Pokémon and humans...

"I'm getting old."

Professor Oak was a bit emotional, and his voice had changed quite a bit.

This old man looked at the sky, his hand patted Aisha's shoulder, and turned his head towards the young man with a smile.

"You young people still have great years ahead of you, go for it!"

"Well, I will, cheers!"

Looking at his smile, Aisha laughed out as well.

Professor Oak's eyes, on the other hand, were complicated.

His eyes were venomous, a vision cultivated by long experience.

He had seen correctly that Aisha was, indeed, a young man who was incomparably in love with Pokémon.

This young man was not very old, but his love for Pokémon was not inferior to anyone Professor Oak had ever met.

It wasn't wrong to give him the First Generation Pokedex...

'In terms of his pure love for Pokémon, he has the qualifications to be on par with Red, Green and Blue.' Thinking so, Professor Oak's smile became even more amiable.

He looked at Aisha's Caterpie again.

"..."

Looking at the large green worm that was almost two meters in length, with a meter at the thickest part of its body, Professor Oak didn't know what expression to make for a moment.

A big part of his appreciation for Aisha was Aisha's willingness to use Caterpie, a Pokémon that was very weak in the eyes of the world.

However... He didn't expect that Aisha would actually be able to cultivate a Caterpie to such an extent.

A two-meter Caterpie?

It hasn't evolved into a Metapod yet...

Are you preparing to transform into a dragon?

"It seems that you, Ai-chan, have truly developed a brand new evolutionary type of Caterpie." Professor Oak had an exclamatory look on his face.

When they first met, Aisha had indicated to him and Blue that he had developed the Caterpie's Dragont type evolutionary form.

At that time, although Professor Oak was surprised, he didn't put too much weight on it.

After all, with such a large racial base of Bug-type Pokémon, it wouldn't be strange for one or two tough guys to come out once in a while.

Didn't Giovanni's Beedrill still beat Lance's Dragonite?

It wouldn't be that surprising to see a Dragon Caterpie over here...

Then, a few months passed, and Aisha's Caterpie turned into such a behemoth.

"Hmm..."

Professor Oak looked at Caterpie, and Caterpie looked at Professor Oak.

The old man and the Pokémon were staring at each other with wide eyes.

Then, Professor Oak recorded Caterpie's figure data in silence and put away his book.

"Go for it, Ai-chan."

With an expectant look on his face, Professor Oak said, "I'm really curious as to what you can evolve into as a Caterpie."

"... Good."

Aisha agreed to Professor Oak with a smile.

He wasn't going to tell Professor Oak that this Caterpie of his was actually Rayquaza in Caterpie skin.

"Speaking of which, what's that Blue guy up to these days?"

Aisha asked as if he was not thinking.

He wasn't ready to challenge Blue's Viridian Gym just yet.

Fang, after Green's description, there were at least two Pokémon within his own team that were close to evolving.

Instructor Ai was prepared to do some extremely intense workouts on his Pokémon next, to fully utilize their potential.

After everyone's combat power had risen to its peak, he would then challenge Blue.

Of course...

If Blue knew that he had already gotten seven badges, that acute guy would definitely chase after him.

He had been waiting for himself for a long time.

Erika and Misty usually complained when they chatted with Instructor Aisha that Blue, that guy, was yelling all day long inside their Kanto Dojo Masters' group that he wanted to fight Aisha.

That look, fanatical as hell.

So, Instructor Ai was going to avoid Blue for a while...

Of course, Red had to avoid a bit as well.

"Oh, you mean Blue?"

Professor Oak, who was gathering information, raised his head and said, "He, ah, I'm afraid there's no way for you to challenge Viridian Gym right away if you want to."

"How so?"

"Recently, there have been some problems over in the Alola region, and the League sent him to the Alola Region Protection Investigation Team to investigate something..."

Professor Oak pondered for a while, spread his hands, his expression a bit helpless, and said, "It is said that the League of Alola applied for not releasing the information to the outside world, so Green didn't say much to me, and I only know that the codename of that operation seems to be called something like 'Project UB', and the other nothing else."

"Oh..."

Aisha had a blank look on her face, but in reality, there was a pang in her heart.

UB?

Isn't that the abbreviation of Ultra Beast?

The Alola region, an operation that required the protection of a champion-level trainer...

I see, Ultra Wormhole has appeared.

Then...

"Heh~"

Instructor Ai's smile was a bit wild.

He moved his little head again.

Since, Ultra Wormhole had entered the Alola League as well as the League's vision, and the League had sent such a heavyweight Champion-level trainer like Blue to escort those groups exploring Ultra Wormhole, then it was a sign that the version of getting into Ultra Beast was not far away.

What is Ultra Beast?

It was an existence that was positioned no less than a Second-level Legendary Pokémon, and was equivalent to the Paradox Pokémon that inhabited Area Zero of Paldea Region.

These special Ultra Beasts are highlighted by their beast-boosting traits and their deceptively distributed racial values, and there's no shortage of extremely strong combatants among them.

Kartana, Celesteela, Pheromosa, Nihilego, Buzzwole, Xurkitree, Stakataka, Blacephalon, and Naganadel.

These Ultra Beasts can be really strong.

What?

Did you say Guzzlord?

What's that, an unrecognizable child...

"Did Blue say how long he'd be out on this mission?"

"Hmm... That's what I said." Professor Oak spread his hands and said, "The League itself seems to have conservative ideas about the 'UB Program', so this exploration is only for a month, and the essence of it should be to test the waters, and wait for some intelligence before proceeding with more radical and efficient plans. "

"Oh... A month, okay."

Aisha nodded.

He was also afraid that Blue would be gone for a year and a half, that would be a mistake.

Almost a month would be just enough for him to work out his Pokémon and challenge Viridian Gym at its peak.

"Professor Oak, is there any place around here suitable for exercising Pokémon?"

Regarding the location of the workout, Aisha decided to turn to Professor Oak for help.

He wasn't going to return to Dayan.

It would be too troublesome to go back and forth, and airplane tickets weren't cheap.

Since Blue wasn't at home then, he decided to exercise around Pallet Town and wait for Blue to return from the Alola region.

Besides, with the level of Pokémon practice in hand, it was now possible to brush the high level wild Pokémon in the core area of Viridian Forest.

"Ah, this you don't have to go out and run around."

Once he heard Aisha's words, Professor Oak then proudly raised his chest.

"The old man's backyard is the best place to exercise!"

"Eh... ah!"

Aisha froze, and then he reacted.

Within Professor Oak's backyard, there were almost all the Pokémon races that had been discovered so far.

Among them, there were some very high-grade Pokémon.

In addition to that, there were also many senior trainers who chose to store their Pokémon in Professor Oak, and those Pokémon were all kept in the backyard.

In other words...

Here, Aisha could meet any Pokémon of any power stage and any type.

From offensive type to defensive type, from field control type to change type.

From rookie level to elite level, from quasi-Elite Four to Elite Four level.

Even, if Aisha wanted to, he could presently learn the power of the Champion-class Pokémon that Red and Blue had sent here...

There was no easier way to improve a Pokémon's strength than through actual combat.

At the same time, there was no place more suitable for actual combat exercises than here.

"I can exercise Pokémon inside Professor's backyard?"

Aisha looked at Professor Oak with two glowing eyes.

Professor Oak, on the other hand, smiled kindly and looked at him as if he was looking at a favorite junior.

"Uh-huh."

"Yeah~ long live Professor!"

Instructor Ai let out a cheer.

And so his devilish training with the Pokémon began.

...

Alola region, Aether Paradise.

"Gulp."

The blonde girl wearing a white dress walked above the long corridor.

She had a pretty face, but her face was wearing a cloud of gloom, and her frowning appearance was very cute, however, anyone could tell that this young girl was distressed.

"..."

As if she had thought of something bad, the young girl quickened her pace.

A touch of anxiety colored the inside of her emerald bright and beautiful eyes.

On the way, she passed by quite a few staff members.

Those staff members wearing white uniforms were both male and female, and after they saw the blonde girl, they greeted her in a very friendly manner.

"Good afternoon, Miss Lillie."

"Miss Lillie is also so pretty today."

The young girl known as Lillie just responded to them absentmindedly.

She continued on and made her way to an office.

However, standing in front of the door, Lillie didn't have the courage to knock on the door.

The person behind the door was her mother and the chairman of this Aether Paradise, Aether Foundation, and Lillie was the chairman's daughter-in-law.

However, the relationship between this mother and daughter was not as cordial as outsiders thought.

Instead, Lillie is a bit... Scared of her own mother.

"Lillie."

The young girl was still hesitating outside the office when that familiar voice rang out from behind her.

"Yes, yes, in!"

Hearing that voice, Lillie turned around in a hurry like a frightened little beast.

She looked up at the tall figure behind her.

That person had the same blonde hair and green eyes as her, while her figure and appearance were undoubtedly more mature, and her body was filled with the unique charm and flavor of a mature woman.

This was Lillie's mother, Lusamine.

"Lillie, what's the matter with you?"

Lusamine stared at her daughter, that look

"I... I..."

Lillie had definitely chickened out after all.

The aura of her mother's superior femme fatale took her breath away.

Lusamine didn't give her own daughter too much patience either, and when she saw Lillie's delay in speaking, she stepped away from her pair of slim and slender legs and walked straight to the office.

"Mother!"

However, when Lusamine was about to close the door and turn Lillie away, the young girl suddenly shouted out that title.

"...What?"

"I want, mother, to stop using Nebby!"

Broken as if she was broken, Lillie shouted those words towards Lusamine.

After that, she lowered her head as if deflated with anxiety, only daring to observe her mother's expression with her afterglow.

"Nebby, did you say Cosmog?"

"Uh..."

"No." Lusamine rejected her daughter's request very dryly.

"But!"

"There's no buts, Cosmog is a key prop for Aether Paradise's investigation of 'Ultra Wormhole', I've applied for 'Ultra Wormhole' investigation right, you don't mess up." Lusamine didn't care that Lillie's expression changed for the worse at this moment, and just spoke to herself, saying, "You should know how much I paid to capture those Pokémon."

"Children should listen to their parents, that's how they can be happy."

With those words, she closed the door.

Leaving Lillie alone, standing in silence above the hallway.