For his second stop, Ye Lan had originally planned to visit Professor Sasaki, who studied fossils. However, when he arrived, he learned that Professor Sasaki had been invited by Devon Corporation to attend a fossil symposium, making the trip a waste.
Ye Lan did not mind much and simply treated it as a visit to Celadon University. Still, the students' expressions, as though they had seen a plague god, and the way they could react within seconds of seeing him and put at least thirty meters between them made his expression increasingly strange.
"Rotom, what exactly is going on? Did we become international criminals and get wanted by the Kanto Pokémon League? How big is the bounty?"
"I just checked the official wanted notices, and there is nothing like that. These students should all be Trainers of those Grass-type Pokémon from last night. They might be afraid that you will abduct all their Pokémon when you leave tomorrow, Rotom!"
Hearing Record Rotom's explanation, Ye Lan's expression turned even worse.
Why did that make him sound like some kind of Pokémon snatcher?! This was even less impressive than being an internationally wanted criminal!
When he arrived outside Professor Nishinomori's laboratory, the grand facility immediately put the Nishinomori family's wealth on full display.
Above the laboratory was an enormous red-and-white Poké Ball made from some unknown material, gleaming with a distinctive metallic luster beneath the sunlight.
The moment he reached the entrance, several infrared beams swept over him. Ye Lan had thought it was merely a routine identity check, but the next second, more than a dozen people in white lab coats and white masks filed out through the doors and lined up in two rows before the entrance.
"Go! Tie him up and bring him back to the lab!" Standing in