The next day, at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
Although Blue had gotten up early, he suddenly made a decision.
"I need to head out for a bit."
After asking Daisy to help explain where the morning market was, Blue left with an air of mystery.
"But I don't know either..."
Like Blue, Daisy had never done any household chores.
Fortunately, someone else knew: Professor Oak's assistant, the Catcher-Crystal-who had come over from home early that morning to help.
Because of Crystal's gift for catching Pokémon, Professor Oak had specifically hired her as a Pokémon capture specialist and made her his assistant.
Crystal had emailed him herself to offer her services, claiming to be a Trainer who could catch anything.
That had caught Professor Oak's interest.
Crystal's talent for catching Pokémon was unrivaled. She could quickly analyze a Pokémon's traits and level, then decide which ball to use.
She was nothing like those big spenders who threw balls around at random, one after another.
Crystal's eyes were like Li Wei's system, allowing her to judge a Pokémon's level with ease.
Once, when Slugma had caused an uproar at the Pokémon School, she had determined that their levels were lower and used Level Balls to catch them.
More importantly, Crystal had caught them by kicking the balls, leaving Professor Oak utterly dumbfounded.
As the Catcher, Crystal had already discovered over two hundred Pokémon and caught the vast majority of them.
That was already a considerable number.
After all, finding Pokémon from other regions in Kanto and the Johto Region was very difficult.
After catching Pokémon, Crystal left them in Professor Oak's backyard for him to study, just as Ash did.
Even now, Crystal continued to serve as Professor Oak's assistant, traveling around catching Pokémon to fill out his backyard.
It was fair to