Love and Understanding

The next day.

The sun shone brightly.

Baimu went to the New Aqua Gang Research Institute early that morning, only to learn from a Team Aqua member at the entrance that the doctor was out.

"He went to test the Porygon drones. He might be back this afternoon. Did you need something?"

"I got a Porygon from him yesterday, so I wanted to ask him a few things." Baimu answered calmly, then politely declined the man's invitation to join the New Aqua Gang.

He had no idea whether they had a recruitment quota to meet, but the Team Aqua member was remarkably enthusiastic.

"Are you sure you don't want to join? The benefits are great! How about a Pokémon battle?"

"Come on, handsome, let's talk about it!"

"Saving the ocean is a noble cause!"

Baimu had walked a hundred meters away, and the man was still standing there shouting after him.

Seeing how full of energy the man was, Baimu felt increasingly sure he might have misunderstood the New Aqua Gang. A criminal organization did not necessarily have to recruit in secret, but being this desperate to sign up everyone who passed by...

It was starting to resemble the Pokémon Fan Club.

Baimu sent Dr. Akihabara a message as he walked, but got no reply, so he headed back to the Pokémon Center.

Compared with the bustle of yesterday,

the Pokémon Center was much quieter today. The travelers who had come specifically for the beach bonfire party had evidently left.

Since the doctor was out, Baimu returned to studying Dragon Rush and working on communicating smoothly with Porygon, the newest member of his team. He wanted to avoid having Porygon look down on his intelligence after it evolved.

In truth,

Aggron and Deino could learn Dragon Rush largely on their