Before Professor Oak could finish speaking, two voices calling his name came from not far from the research institute.
Roy felt that the two voices sounded familiar, and when he looked up, he saw two children running over from the backyard of the research institute.
One of the boys was wearing a purple shirt and had blond hair, followed by a boy with spiky hair wearing a black short-sleeved shirt.
They're here! They've finally arrived.
Upon seeing the two familiar faces, Roy finally met Ash, the protagonist of the anime.
His eternal CP, childhood friend, rival, main heroine, and female lead... Gary.
However, Ash and Gary look to be only 7 or 8 years old right now.
Gary was running ahead of Ash seemed to be carrying someone on his back, so he couldn't go very fast.
Gary, who was running ahead, was panting and about to say something to Professor Oak when his eyes suddenly fell on Agatha beside him.
"Grandmother!"
Upon seeing Agatha, Gary excitedly shouted and rushed to Agatha side.
Agatha's eyes showed a rare tenderness as she gently stroked Gary's head.
Grandmother!?
Roy was also completely bewildered.
He didn't understand whether Gary called her that out of politeness or if he and Agatha were actually grandfather and granddaughter.
However, Roy didn't have time to be surprised, because he noticed a little girl with long chestnut hair on Ash's back.
The little girl had a handkerchief tied into a bow wrapped around her legs, and tears welled up in her eyes. The more Roy looked at the little girl, the more familiar she seemed.
This is... Serena?
She's the only female lead in Pokémon officially recognized as having the strongest romantic chemistry with Ash, and they even shared a kiss when they parted ways, completely breaking the definition of a children's anime.
Roy remembered that Ash and Serena met at Professor Oak's summer camp.
Serena, on the other hand, came all the way from the Kalos Region to attend Professor Oak Pokémon Summer Camp.
I never expected that I would arrive during this time.
Serena looked pained by the pain in her knee, and two tear tracks clung to her face.
"Ash, Gary, why are you back? Where's Serena? Ash, is that Shuli behind you...?"
Professor Oak was completely bewildered by the situation before him.
"Dr... whoosh... Doctor, Serena... she was startled by the Poliwag and tripped and fell... hurt her knee. Gary and I couldn't find Researcher Shuli, so we brought her to the lab."
After saying that, Ash, panting, put Serena down on the grass. He was also quite tired from running all the way.
"Where has Shuli gone off to again?"
Professor Oak sighed helplessly as he thought of his apprentice.
This summer camp was specifically organized by him for children aged 8 and under.
The goal is to allow the next generation of children to better experience nature and the Pokémon ecosystem, thereby fostering a genuine love for Pokémon.
So he invited teenagers and children from all over the world who aspired to become Pokémon Trainer to a summer camp.
Most of the children attending the summer camp came from nearby Johto and Kanto Region.
Serena was practically the only one to travel across the ocean to attend his summer camp, and the fact that she was a little girl made it even more remarkable.
The summer camp was held in the forest on the outskirts of Pallet Town, where he had basically wiped out all the powerful Pokémon.
Although there was no longer any danger, he still asked his student Shuli to look after the children who came to participate in the summer camp.
Shuli Researcher?
Roy felt that the names Ash and Professor Oak had just mentioned sounded familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere before.
Just as Professor Oak was about to return to the lab to retrieve the medicine, he discovered that Roy had already taken a bottle of special effects spray out of his Spatial Bracelet.
"Doctor, I have medicine here."
Serena was initially in tears because of the pain in her leg, but she paused for a moment when she saw Roy, and her eyes lit up.
"You're Roy!"
Hearing Serena call his name, Roy's hand, which was about to turn on the spray, froze in place.
No?
How come everyone knows me? It's one thing for Lisia to know me, but now Serena knows me too?
Roy was very puzzled. He was only able to recognize the other person because he had seen the anime, so it was completely strange that the other person knew him.
Recalling the process of meeting Lisia.
You wouldn't happen to be one of them too...
Before Roy could finish speaking, Serena pulled a Litwick keychain figurine from her pocket.
Roy remembered that Lisia also had a small figurine like this.
The case is solved; the other party was also one of my fans, and a first-generation fan who owned the Litwick figure.
That means Serena had watched her Rookie Cup match in Rustboro City before.
Roy wasn't surprised that Serena would watch the Rookie Cup.
As the Coordinator of the Kalos Region's four-person team, Serena also won the Lilycove City Pokémon Contest together with Lisia.
So what should it be called now?
"Serena from Another World is my fan."
"Did I guide Serena onto the path of Coordinator?"
Roy is now starting to wonder what kind of people are in the fan group that Erika has set up.