After Agatha left, the door to the research institute was pushed open, and a man with long black hair rushed in, familiarly poured himself a glass of water, and gulped it down.
Upon seeing the young man, Professor Oak's expression turned serious.
"Shuli! Where have you been? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the kids at summer camp?"
Seeing the man who looked exactly like the one in the photo hanging on the wall of the research institute, Roy finally remembered the Researcher Shuli in front of him.
This Researcher, Shuli, is also Professor Oak's student, and is a classmate of Delia and Ash's father. He is also the father of Molly in the Crystal Tower in the movie. His name is Shuli Snowton.
After being transported to another dimension by Unown while exploring the Ruins, he left behind his daughter, Molly, which led to the story of Entei and the Crystal Tower.
However, this future PhD is currently only a Researcher.
"Sorry, sorry, teacher, someone discovered a brand new Unown in the Viridian Forest, so I went there immediately."
After saying that, Shuli took out a Poké Ball from her Spatial Bracelet, and then released the Pokémon from the Poké Ball in front of Professor Oak, Roy, and the three little ones.
A flash of red light
A black question mark-shaped Unown floated out of the Poké Ball and appeared before everyone.
System Scan
Pokémon: Unown (?)
Grade:???
Gender: None
Ability: Levitate (Levitates from the ground, thus becoming immune to Ground type moves.)
Skill: Hidden Power
Items carried: None
Egg Move: None
Individual Values:???
Technical Machine /Skill Transfer: None
Roy also remembered Unown Pokémon lived in other dimensions, and even if he caught one, it might suddenly disappear.
Furthermore, Unown Pokémon possess the ability to sense human thoughts; they can sense what you are thinking and what you need.
It can also turn your ideas into reality; that's how the Flame Entei in the Crystal Tower came to be.
However, this Unown's level and Individual Values are also question marks, a situation Roy has only seen with Giratina and Deoxys.
But can Unown really be considered Legendary Pokémon?
Interpretations of the Unown vary widely in anime and games, with some saying it will destroy the world...
Roy had even heard before that collecting all the Unown would allow him to summon Arceus, which was no different from Caterpie evolving into Rayquaza.
Don't ask him how he knew.
Professor Oak looked at the Unown the! Unown, its eyes were half-open and half-closed.
The Unown blinked its eyes, also looking at Professor Oak who was staring at it.
"Yes, it is indeed a completely new and Unown."
Professor Oak admitted that he had seen this Pokémon in other research institutes before, but because they all looked different, he named it Unown.
There are currently 27 known Unown, and with the addition of the new question mark-shaped Unown that Shuli brought back, the total number is 28.
After learning that the other party was doing it for his research, Professor Oak didn't say anything more. He knew that this was crucial to whether Shuli could obtain his doctorate in the future.
He then inquired about the progress of Shuli's recent research report on the Unown.
"I've already written half of it, but two Unown suddenly disappeared, forcing me to go find them all over again."
After speaking, Researcher Shuli took out another wooden box. Inside the box were carvings of all the images of the Unown. There were 27 in total. He hadn't had time to carve the twenty-eighth Unown yet.
Upon learning that Shuli was currently at a crucial stage of his research, Professor Oak told him to focus on preparing his research report and not to worry about the summer camp anymore.
But summer camp can't be left unsupervised, so what should be done?
Professor Oak, still pondering a solution, turned around and saw Roy rubbing his grandson and Ash's heads.
Got it!
Isn't Agatha providing him with free labor?
Professor Oak walked over to Roy and placed his hand on Roy's shoulder.
Roy suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder.
"Roy, Doctor, I have a favor to ask you."
"Doctor, what did you say?"
Roy hesitated when he heard that Professor Oak wanted him to be the safety officer and instructor at the summer camp.
Seeing Roy hesitate, Professor Oak briefly explained his job to Roy. The theme of this summer camp was to let the children experience nature and get to know Pokémon.
So Roy only needs to watch over the children to prevent a recurrence of situations like Serena's, where someone gets injured but no one can provide treatment.
Since the other party had already taken the blame for him twice, this little task was naturally no problem for Roy, who readily agreed.
Upon hearing that Roy had become the safety officer and instructor for the summer camp, Serena, who was surrounding Lampent, cheered happily. Ash, who was standing next to her, didn't know what was going on, but he immediately joined in.
"Shuli, go to the research institute now and arrange a room for Roy."
"Forehead..."
Professor Oak looked at the motionless Researcher Shuli and said with some impatience:
"What's wrong now?"
Shuli, however, looked troubled.
"Teacher, have you forgotten? All the rooms in our institute are full because of this summer camp."
Professor Oak suddenly remembered that because of the summer camp, all the rooms had already been assigned to the children attending the camp, and the rooms in the backyard were now full.
You can't exactly let them camp in your backyard, can you?
If Agatha finds out, won't she come back for a surprise attack?
When Roy realized he didn't have his own room, he said it was fine; he always brought his own home when he traveled.
It comes with its own home?
Professor Oak and the three little ones, not understanding what was going on, followed Roy to the backyard, where Roy threw out a Poké Ball with his right hand.
A flash of red light
A gigantic Palossand appeared in the backyard of the research institute.
Because of its enormous size, Palossand usually has to stay inside its Poké Ball, but now Palossand can finally come out and get some fresh air.
Palossand appeared, its enormous size also caught Professor Oak's attention.
"This... this is the Palossand, how can it be so big? No! This is the Flash Palossand!"
Shiny Pokémon are hundreds of times rarer than regular Pokémon, not to mention that Pokémon like Palossand are already extremely rare.
Upon seeing this, Professor Oak's old habit kicked in again. He wanted to study any unusual Pokémon he saw, so he picked up a magnifying glass and began to observe Palossand.
But now it's dark, and since the Flash Palossand is black, all you can see at night are a few colorful Palossand on its body.
This is why the staff at the Safari Zone couldn't see the Palossand clearly at the time.
So even though the lab is lit up at night, Professor Oak can only see the general outline of Palossand. If he wants to study it, he'll have to wait until tomorrow morning.
What's the connection between where Palossand and Roy live?
Seeing this, Roy made Palossand open its huge mouth, like a city gate, and invited Professor Oak to visit inside Palossand.