Does Your Oak Family Have Some Kind of Curse?

The back yard of the Pokémon research institute encompassed nearly every known type of wild landform—from mountains to rivers, stone caves to fire pits, forests to swamps. It had everything one could want.

From this alone, one could vaguely see that Professor Oak was quite ambitious—and possessed an extremely powerful Money Ability.

In the Elven world, where strength was paramount, money was important, but after all, it was merely an accessory to power.

Not to mention someone at Professor Oak's Champion level—even Sato had rarely lacked money since becoming the Gym Leader of Dark Night Gym.

For nobles, the most important function of money was ensuring the lower limit of their descendants' growth.

But for the vast majority of commoners, the amount of money they had determined the upper limit of their descendants' growth.

To cross that gap, one had to truly be exceptionally talented like Norman. Otherwise, the chances were extremely slim.

Oh, Sato didn't count. He had cheats.

After arriving at the Oak Research Institute's back yard, the first thing they saw was a boundless grassland. It was so vast that even Tauros would have more than enough room to run freely.

The area closest to the institute was relatively flat, and the buffet for the banquet had naturally been arranged there.

Blue skies, white clouds, and a gentle breeze. A group of friends had gathered here, enjoying fine food and wine. It was exceedingly pleasant.

Most People had long since forgotten what Oak had said earlier. They each sought out familiar friends and chatted merrily.

As the host, Oak naturally took his grandson around the venue, speaking a few words with everyone and fulfilling his duties as host.

Quite a few people had gathered around Sato as well, and nearly all of them were Leading Figures