Still That Youth From Before

Kanto Region, Viridian City, Pokemon Center, Number 857 premium hospital room.

Uncle An, who had recovered his spirits, was glaring furiously at the stubborn Nicole by the bedside.

"Why do you still want to go out? Don't you know how dangerous it is outside?"

Uncle An, who had never said a single harsh word to Nicole before, could not help but raise his voice.

After being kidnapped by Team Rocket, Uncle An's only thought had been to take Nicole back to Dark Night Gym and never let her leave Dark Night Town for the rest of her life! Nicole lowered her head with reddened eyes. Tears welled in her eye sockets, but she tried hard not to let them fall.

Watching Nicole resist in silence, Uncle An grew angrier the more he looked at her. In the end, he suddenly slumped back onto the bed as though all his strength had left him.

Even for her safety, how could Anbo keep Nicole, who was in the prime of her youth, hidden in a greenhouse forever? Besides, he was merely the Bourgeois family's butler. Though they were as close as family, he was not family after all.

"You want to go..."

"Uncle An, if I stay in Dark Night Town for the rest of my life, will I really be safe?"

Anbo had been about to disheartenedly let her have her way, but Nicole suddenly interrupted him.

He was briefly stunned. Instinctively, he wanted to refute Nicole, but in the blink of an eye, he remembered Viridian City's current situation.

If one day Team Rocket... or some other Underground Forces invaded Dark Night Town while Sato and the others were away, who would protect Nicole then?

Relying on his few old partners who likewise understood the will of heaven? Not to