Chapter 60
: Blaming Team Rocket for all the bad things that happened in Kanto is the right thing to
Natsuno smiled and extended his right hand: "Hello, I am Natsuno."
The researcher with glasses was very excited. He wiped his right hand repeatedly on his waist before carefully extending it to shake hands with Natsuno.
"I've heard so much about you, I never imagined I'd get to meet you today!"
Natsuno smiled and noticed the name tag on the other person's chest; the other person's name was Mitsunaga.
"I also have two eyes and a mouth, I haven't disappointed you, have I?"
"By the way, what were you guys discussing just now? The door wasn't closed, and I overheard some of it."
Guangning shook his head, seemingly somewhat disappointed: "Sigh, please come with me, this isn't the place to chat."
Following Guangning, we arrived at an office at the end of the road, which was very simple.
There was an empty table in the middle, and no chairs around it, which seemed to be used to place things.
After sitting down at the desk with the other person, Guangning poured Natsuno a glass of water.
"To be honest, just yesterday, Dark Grey City responded to the neighboring Evergreen City's action to aid Evergreen Forest and sent out quite a few people."
"The museum was robbed by a group of thieves yesterday afternoon, who stole a lot of things."
"Fossils are one thing, but the three secret pieces of amber in my room are the real important things!"
Guangning pointed to the empty table, his voice growing more and more excited, as if he wanted to jump up.
"Due to its solidified nature, the contents of amber can remain unchanged for tens of thousands of years!"
"Those are lakes from tens of thousands of years ago; I strongly suspect they contain the genes of ancient Pokémon!"
"Moreover, amber's internal structure is solidified, allowing it to be well-preserved, making it more likely to yield internal genetic material than fossils!"
"You're the one who announced the genetic theory, you should know what that means, right?"
The other person stared intently at Xia Ye, who nodded repeatedly in response.
Indeed, extracting genes from amber is much simpler than extracting them from fossils, but unfortunately there isn't that much amber.
Natsuno remembered that he still had a fossil resurrection technology quest in the system, which was still lying there untouched.
"Do you know what characteristics thieves have? Can you find any clues?"
When faced with Natsuno's question, the other party shook his head, looking very unnatural.
"The thieves were well-trained; they first blocked the signal, then covered the entire museum with hypnotic powder."
"The next step was dealing with the surveillance footage and the stolen items. All I know is that I suddenly fell asleep, and when I woke up, the things were gone."
"Sigh, I think these thieves are so meticulous in their operations that they won't leave any clues outside. It'll probably be hard to find them now."
Natsuno was already beginning to suspect the Rockets. Although he had no evidence, the Rockets were just so impressive.
Seeing the other person's disappointed expression, Natsuno comforted them.
"Don't worry, although the theory has been published and the genes in amber are easy to extract, it's not that easy."
"If you're not a professional in the relevant field, you'll just be staring blankly at the amber. Don't worry."
The other person looked worried, gazing in a certain direction from a distance.
"I've lost my things, I think I'll go back to Crimson Lotus Island, but I don't know how to explain it to my teacher."
At this point, the other person seemed to remember something and turned to look at Natsuno.
"By the way, Natsuno, my teacher is Uncle Xia from the Crimson Lotus Research Institute. He specializes in fossil research."
"He called me before and said that your genetic theory inspired him, and that he had wasted half his life studying fossils."
"He plans to study fossils at the genetic level, but he has absolutely no idea where to begin."
"I hope you can give him some guidance when you have time. He's always at the Crimson Lotus Research Institute, so he's easy to find."
At this point, Natsuno suddenly realized what was going on.
He wondered why he hadn't seen Chapman at Sakaki's base. It turned out that Chapman here was just a researcher who had spent half his life studying fossils.
Thinking of his system task, Xia Ye took out his phone and added Guang Ning as a friend.
"I'll find some time to go to the Crimson Lotus Research Institute. Please don't tell Uncle Xia yet, it would be good to give him a surprise."
"By the way, if you go back to Crimson Lotus Island, I have a small favor I'd like to ask you for."
"The gene sequencer has been successfully developed. If you have some free time, could you help me sequence the gene?"
"I'll input the genes of all the Pokémon in the vicinity into the database, and I'll have Devon send the equipment to the Crimson Labs."
Guangning nodded: "Although the teacher still has a lot of amber, I will make time to help you."
Natsuno clasped his hands in thanks, then stood up to take his leave: "Then I won't bother you any longer. I actually came to visit the museum today, but it hasn't even started yet. Goodbye."
Watched by the other party, Natsuno returned to the hall and began to visit the various fossils in the hall.
These are all fossils of Pokémon from the Kanto region that I remember, but the names they are labeled are different from what Natsuno knows.
Pterosaur fossils, Helmeted Beast fossils, Sickle-Helmeted Beast fossils, Rhododendron fossils, and Spiny Rhododendron fossils.
The information displayed below the booth intrigued Natsuno even more.
"Pterosaurs are widely supported by the academic community. They were dragons in ancient times and were ancient overlords that soared through the sky."
The descriptions of the other four fossils all mention that these four were all Water-type Pokémon in ancient times.
The fossils of these four creatures were unearthed in a place that was once an ocean.
Natsuno was puzzled that no rock properties were mentioned, and even had the urge to take it back for research.
Attributes also have corresponding genes, and gene sequencing can completely clarify this.
The only problem is that the technology for extracting genes from stones is not yet perfected, so even if you have stones, you can't test them.
Xia Ye shook his head and turned to leave with great regret.
He took out his phone and called Sakaki, but a woman answered.
"Hello Natsuno, I'm Sakaki's secretary, Masato."
"Please contact me if you need anything in the future. The boss is very busy, so please contact me if you need to reach him."
Upon hearing the introduction from the other side, Natsuno couldn't help but recall the Sun & Moon arc anime and almost burst out laughing.
True to her nature, the Rockets trio call her "Watermelon Peel Glasses Girl," which is quite fitting for her image.
Natsuno suppressed a laugh and stated his need: "I'm at the Dark Gray Science Museum. Send someone to pick me up and take me back."
On the other end of the phone, in Sakaki's office, Sakaki watched Masato and Natsuno communicate.
A girl in her early twenties, wearing a tank top and chewing bubble gum, was standing in front of the desk.
Masahiro nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll arrange it. You can wait at the museum."
After saying that, he hung up the phone and waited for Sakaki's instructions.
Sakaki nodded to the woman at the table: "Naza, go there."
"It just so happens that you, as a covert agent, haven't met this new collaborator yet."
"Pop!" Naz popped a bubble with her chewing gum, nodded, and said in a perfunctory tone.
"Okay, I'll go. Uncle, remember to give me a break when you get back, the organization is going to be in hiding for a while anyway."
Sakaki smiled and nodded, stopping Masato, who looked disgruntled.
After Naza left, Makoto was still staring at the doorway: "Boss, are we just going to let her be so disrespectful to you?"
Sakaki shook his head and patted the cat boss beside him.
"She's different from the others; she joined us initially just for fun."
"Her father was very strict with her from a young age, and when she grew up, she developed a rebellious mentality and wanted to do everything she was forbidden to do."
"Let her be. Anyway, she's completed all the tasks assigned to her successfully. Nothing else matters."
"I'm just using her; she's not one of my own."
"If the organization is ever exposed, we can pin everything on her to protect our own people's strength."
Seeing that Masato nodded, Sakaki asked another question.
"Have you found out anything about Natsuno?"