On April 22, the Ancient Mythical Research Summit officially opened in the Johto Region.
Young Master Mao wore a well-fitted shirt and dress pants beneath a research institute's white coat, looking refined and handsome.
However, as he watched the enormous poster of himself and Lugia gazing at each other cycle across the auditorium screen, Gary felt his toes could dig an entire Pallet Town out of the floor from sheer embarrassment...
Damn you, Eusine. If you hadn't gone off tracking Suicune again, I'd smash your head in...
Originally, Gary had only wanted to go through the motions and submit his paper, so he could start milking the Pokémon League for benefits afterward. Those included having a research institute built for free, along with all sorts of annual funding to keep his research running...
After yesterday's events, Gary had become the summit's primary research subject...
That was right. He wasn't doing the research-he was being researched!
A whole crowd of Johto scholars looked at him as though they were seeing their great-grandmother, and some even wanted to kneel down and worship him...
After all, this was the man who had made Ho-Oh willingly reveal itself!
Their region hadn't seen its own totem for a hundred years!
Ecruteak City's city hall had granted Gary Honorary Citizen status that very night...
Gary was helpless about that, too. He could hardly admit that he was a sneaky bastard, and that Ho-Oh had only been forced to appear because he had ambushed Suicune...
Gary had absolutely no interest in becoming Ho-Oh's Rainbow Hero.
After all, Ho-Oh needed someone pure of heart. Gary had a pretty damn good idea of what his own heart was like...
If he went dark, he would have to fight Marshadow to the death. Not worth it.
Dressed in business attire,