The subject changed so quickly that Mingyou couldn't even react. How had he suddenly ended up being asked to take care of Meltan? Didn't Professor Vero have assistants like Candila?
"Because you have experience taking care of Pokémon. I watched that interview about your Manor, so I trust you in that regard."
Professor Vero answered with a smile. Although the idea had only struck him after seeing Meltan take a liking to Mingyou, neither he nor his assistants had time to look after Meltan lately. The moment they took their eyes off it, it would disappear or eat some of their metal lab equipment.
It was quite a headache for him...
He had originally agreed to give a public lecture at Blueberry Academy so he could leave Meltan in the Terarium for a while and ask the students to look after it. But now he had found an even better candidate.
Mingyou's headache only grew. "This really isn't a shelter! Besides, I'm busy lately too. I've even got a tournament to compete in..."
Flutter Mane and the others made a racket at home every day, and he was also busy putting Snivy through special training. How could he have time to babysit, especially a mischievous kid like Meltan?
And why... hadn't he come to ask Professor Vero for help? How had the tables suddenly turned, leaving the professor asking him for help instead?
Professor Vero smiled calmly at that. "Don't worry. It'll only be a few months at most. Once I finish my work here, I'll head to Cerulean Cave to investigate Meltan. It's very close to Kitakami, so I can stop by there as well to study the effects of Terastal energy on the environment."
"You'll come to Kitakami?"
Although Mingyou knew the professor was deliberately dangling bait in