Intelligence Lowland

A new note had appeared on the phone, containing someone's distinctive verbal tic.

New Champion~ The Incubation Nutrient Solution little Dragonite is holding is Silph Co.'s lat~est research product. It's a li~ttle expensive, but the effects are immediate~ Please check the Instruction Manual for details. That's all (<ゝω·)~☆kira

Some people's personalities could be roughly discerned through their writing alone, like Levincia's new Gym Leader, who had only taken office a year ago.

That line on the note alone would not have made Luo Mu Couldn't Hold Back. What truly filled him with sorrow was checking his Bank Card balance.

After buying several bags of experimental Crop Seeds, some fertilizer, and enough Pasture Seeds to cover the Ranch Area, Luo Mu had been left with 210,000 League currency.

Yet his Bank Card balance clearly showed that those 210,000 had now dwindled to just 60,000 League currency.

In other words, this box of Incubation Nutrient Solution had cost him a full 150,000 League currency.

What kind of Incubation Nutrient Solution cost 150,000? Even the one Dragonite had used back then had only cost 50,000 in total.

His savings had now completely fallen into a deficit crisis!

Filled with grief and indignation, Luo Mu viciously tore open the box and threatened, "Once your fans hit a thousand, I'm dragging you over here to livestream product sales for me!"

The box was not large. Once opened, three bottles of emerald-green liquid, well protected by Bubble and completely undamaged, Came into View along with their containers.

Luo Mu did not even Look at the liquid. To him, it was now the physical embodiment of money, and even a Glance at it made his heart ache.

He grabbed the Instruction Manual and began reading. A moment later, his anger gradually faded, and all his emotions turned into a sigh.

Iono had put a lot of thought into this.

This Incubation Nutrient Solution was Silph Co.'s newest product, specially developed for Pokémon with congenital deficiencies inside Pokémon Eggs and Pokémon unable to Shell Smash. It could effectively replenish the nutrients lost by Pokémon within their eggs and alleviate problems such as congenital weakness and frailty after hatching.

The three bottles in this box were to be used at a rate of one bottle per week, with three weeks, or twenty-one days, making up one full course.

The fact that Iono had found such an Incubation Nutrient Solution showed that the girl had seriously considered the Pokémon Egg.

Fine. When he got her to livestream product sales later, he would exploit her a little less.

Luo Mu set down the Instruction Manual, opened his phone, and searched through his Contacts. He muttered, "I nearly forgot. While there's still battery, I should call Professor Sada and let her know we're safe. She and her husband must be worried sick."

But no matter how many times he searched, he could not find any missed calls from Professor Sada. Luo Mu frowned deeply, then Looked at Arven behind him, who seemed to want to speak but was holding back. How could Luo Mu not understand what had happened?

Perhaps Professor Sada did not even know Arven had gone out?

Luo Mu almost laughed in anger. He had actually been completely fooled by Arven, this half-grown kid. The boy had not suddenly decided to come play with him at all.

His parents had clearly broken their promise. Lost in sadness and confusion, he had happened to meet Luo Mu, someone who had not existed in the original storyline, and had run to him like a wounded little beast to lick his wounds.

And Professor Sada and Professor Turo were probably not home because of some urgent matter these past few days, which was why they had not noticed that Arven had left home and still had not returned late at night.

Luo Mu Looked at Arven's cautious expression, as though he feared Luo Mu would kick him out. Remembering the loneliness hidden in every detail of senior Arven's story when he had once cleared Scarlet/Violet, Luo Mu could no longer get angry. He sighed. "Fine. Tell me what your parents went off to do. Had they already Was Not Present since last night?"

"Yes."

Arven Nodded very slightly and told him everything: how Dragonite had taken him home last night, the empty house, the ingredients on the dining table that had yet to be cleaned up and assembled, and the note.

Luo Mu crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. "So you're saying they had no choice but to break their promise because of an emergency at work?"

Arven nodded dully, as if he had just cried. "Mm."

"Listen, Arven." Luo Mu Take Out a hand and rubbed his forehead helplessly as he sorted out Arven's thoughts. "Even though your parents were in such a rush, they still deliberately left a note to explain things because they cared about how you felt, instead of leaving without a word like before. Doesn't that prove they care about you?"

It was not that Luo Mu was speaking for Professor Sada and Professor Turo. In this situation, was he supposed to take Arven's side and scold those two parents for being irresponsible? Don't be stupid. Despite how Arven acted, he was deeply attached to his parents. Luo Mu would have to be crazy to badmouth his parents in front of him. All he could do was stroke him the right way.

After hearing Luo Mu's words, Arven merely blinked without speaking. At the same time, Luo Mu's phone began emitting a busy signal.

The phone call Luo Mu had been trying to make to Professor Sada had gone to a busy signal, which meant they had probably reached somewhere without reception.

Combined with the fact that they had rushed out this time, it was most likely related to the Paldea Great Pit.

Luo Mu Looked at Arven and decided not to take him back to South District One. He suggested, "Forget it. You can make do sleeping here tonight, and we'll figure out everything else tomorrow. No problem?"

Arven nodded vigorously. He hated that empty house. Rather than going back, he would rather sleep at Brother Luo Mu's home.

"Then it's settled."

Luo Mu did not try to change Arven's mind any further. Haste made waste; matters like this could only be handled one step at a time.

The next morning.

Having long grown accustomed to waking early for training, Luo Mu got up promptly at seven.

Luo Mu threw back the covers and looked around. Seeing nothing, he nodded in satisfaction.

Good. It seemed Serperior, Mimikyu, and Dragonite had not secretly slipped into his bed last night.

Still, Mimikyu should Were still out in the wild searching for a suitable Pokémon with the Flame Body Ability, so it was normal that it Was Not Present.

Under Luo Mu's continuous additions and renovations over this period, the three-story Small Western-Style House had begun to acquire the warmth of a home.

On the bedside table, the Pokémon Egg that had been soaked in Silph Co.'s Incubation Nutrient Solution rested quietly inside its incubator. After one night, the emerald-green liquid had begun to change color.

Luo Mu remembered the Instruction Manual saying that once the liquid changed from emerald green to transparent, it meant the Pokémon Egg had absorbed all the energy in the solution.

"Isn't this changing a little too fast?"

Luo Mu was somewhat puzzled. Realizing that his own intelligence was completely insufficient to figure it out, he spoke in his mind, "Yuan Fang, what do you think?"

"Sir, I'm watching while seated."

"Stop fooling around. You spend all day making references. Hurry up and tell me why."

"Host, have you misunderstood the Hint System's functional scope? Are you treating me like a search engine and an encyclopedia?"

Luo Mu tried to confuse the system. "...We need to learn to innovate. Who says a Hint System can't switch careers and become a search engine? Think about it—once the child inside this Pokémon Egg hatches, won't I have another fighting force?"

"Strength accumulates bit by bit, just like that."

"Damn it, Host, you make a lot of sense."

This is a Pokémon Egg from the distant past. Its talent is exceptional, but the energy contained within the Pokémon Egg itself is insufficient for hatching. Recommended hatching methods: 1. Provide sufficient energy. 2. Have a powerful Pokémon with Flame Body assist in the hatching process.

Luo Mu fell silent for a long while, his emotions incredibly complicated. He poked his own head and asked himself, "Why didn't I ask you from the start?"

"Perhaps... you have amnesia?"

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