Cosmog

"Emperor Naboo is unable to fight; the victor is the Bad Frog!"

With the referee waving the red flag, the gym battle at the Magic Stadium ended with Marie's victory.

Not only in the stadium, but also at the research center, there was a deafening roar of cheers.

"Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!"

"Wow, to see two such strong individuals clash is enough to make even dying from overwork today feel worthwhile!"

"Junior brother, your girlfriend won the dojo competition! Aren't you going to send her a message to show your affection?" Senior Sister Huang nudged Wei Xin and teased, "Maybe she'll give you an extra reward tonight if she's in a good mood."

"Marie and I aren't... never mind."

The onlookers didn't care how many bowls of noodles you ate; they just wanted to see blood flowing like a river.

Faced with his senior's teasing, Wei Xin finally chose to give up resisting.

However, we should definitely prepare some rewards, since winning a gym battle is something worth celebrating.

On the way, buy some snail rice noodles for the naughty frog, and then cook a big meal.

As for sending a congratulatory message, we'll talk about that later, at least after Mr. Nie Zi has finished offering his congratulations.

"Lunch break is over, go back to work." The professor stood up and continued, "I have a meeting with a guest this afternoon. Just bring the compiled documents to my office."

……

The school's Pokémon Medical Clinic.

His Pokémon is receiving treatment from Nurse Joy in the infirmary.

After finishing the phone call with her brother, she ignored the frenzied shouting crowd outside the door.

Mary sat on the sofa in the hall, staring expressionlessly at the fifth penguin badge that had just been placed in the badge box—a black and white penguin badge with a red scarf.

There are 12 empty slots left in the badge box. Apart from the Fairy-type Gym Leader who hasn't found a suitable candidate yet, she only needs to challenge three more Gym Leaders to qualify for the Eastern League.

However, problems arise as well. The East is a vast and populous region with varying levels of skill among its gym leaders. Challengers must challenge the top-ranked gym leaders after accumulating a certain number of badges.

The gym leaders she's about to challenge all have Pokémon that have Mega Evolved.

She narrowly won her previous battle against the Steel-type Gym Leader, and for some reason, Croagunk was unwilling to evolve.

Without Dynamaxing, even Marnie felt somewhat helpless in trying to defeat the remaining Gym Leaders, and she couldn't help but frown.

Just as I was about to sigh, I heard my phone ring. I opened it and saw a message from Wei Xin.

"Fifth badge, congratulations! Let's have a celebration dinner tonight. What would you like to eat?"

Her words were concise, yet they brought a slight smile to Mary's lips, a subtle hint of a smile that she herself was unaware of quietly appearing on her delicate face.

……

"They're planning to make me cook a Manchu Han Imperial Feast."

In the research center's office, Wei Xin looked at the long list of menus that Mary had sent him, copied from somewhere, and couldn't help but chuckle. He then stroked Eevee, who was curled up on his lap like a caramel pudding.

"Eevee~" Eevee rolled over, rested his chin on Wei Xin's hand, and his face was full of happiness.

Ralts has gone to train, and now the trainer only has one Pokémon by his side, making it the perfect time to raid the trainer's base.

Eevee rolled over, exposing its belly, and gently twisted its body in accordance with the trainer's hand movements, secretly amused at the same time.

Even if you were to look for a lanternfish, you couldn't find an Eevee as good as mine.

Although Ralts was the trainer's first Pokémon, there is no law that prevents her from surpassing the original.

Moreover, Ralts has no fur, so it's definitely not as comfortable to touch or sleep with as it is to cuddle at night.

She firmly believes that as long as she performs well, she will eventually be able to displace Ralts and win the trainer's exclusive favor.

With three thousand Pokémon in the backyard, who could possibly compete with me for favor?

They can only obediently follow their own orders, can they?

"OK, who will print the data now that it's all organized?" After backing up and saving the organized data, Senior Sister Huang pushed aside the table in front of her, stretched, and loosened her muscles that had become stiff from sitting for so long.

"I'll go," a senior student said, tugging at the neck brace around his neck.

"Come on, you're injured like this, I'm just worried you'll turn around and run away in the next hundred meters!"

Senior Sister Huang teased, then said to Wei Xin, "Junior Brother, you and Lillie go print out the materials and then take them to the professor's office."

"Received." Wei Xin stood up, hugged Eevee in his arms, and Eevee's paws clung to Wei Xin's shoulders. Eevee turned its head and affectionately rubbed its head against Wei Xin's neck.

"It seems Eevee really likes you." In the printing room, seeing Eevee and Wei Xin so close, Lillie said with a hint of envy.

A charm value of 20+ is a joke. It's only because you can't find alpacas in the newbie village that you can't get one. Otherwise, you would have given everyone a performance of being invincible from the start.

"It's alright," Wei Xin said, gently stroking the Eevee scarf around his neck. "Isn't Lillie quite popular with Pokémon too? Like Meowth and Krookodile back then..."

"Being attacked is hardly the mark of being popular," Lillie retorted. "Wei Xin, weren't you scared when you interacted with Pokémon?"

In this world, not everyone likes Pokémon or is good at getting along with them. For various reasons, there are many people who fear, reject, or even hate Pokémon.

"At least not when facing Eevee and Ralts," Wei Xin said.

While Pokémon are interesting and cute, it is an undeniable fact that some individuals have malicious personalities and frequently cause serious incidents.

"Lillie can try interacting with some gentle Pokémon. The more she interacts, the less afraid she'll be," Wei Xin said, holding Eevee by the waist and placing it in front of Lillie. "Eevee feels so good to hold, and it's so well-behaved. Want to give it a try?"

Upon hearing this, Eevee opened its front paw pads and mouth towards Lillie, sticking out its tongue in a silly manner.

Although she doesn't really like interacting with people other than her trainer, she'll let it go since it's her trainer's order.

Looking at Eevee's innocent-looking face, Lillie was somewhat tempted and hesitantly reached out to touch Eevee's head.

Just before they made contact, Eevee suddenly grinned mischievously, opened its mouth, and bit Lillie's finger.

Just kidding! Nobody lets anyone touch my body except my trainers, not even women!

Faced with Eevee's sudden change of heart, Lillie trembled and froze on the spot, while at the same time, a red light emanated from her pocket.

A gaseous creature, its body color grading from purple to light blue, emerged and struck Eevee in the face.

It was a Pokémon similar to Nebula, with pale yellow eyes, round blue cheeks, and a golden semi-circular hook embedded in the upper and lower half of its body. Its ears were cloud-shaped extensions with constantly flashing starlight, which could be used as arms.

After bumping into Eevee, the Pokémon raised its two arms, bounced around on the table, and made an unhappy noise.

"Cosmog?" Wei Xin recognized the type of Pokémon at a glance.

Although Wei Xin couldn't understand its language, he knew it was expressing its dissatisfaction with Eevee's behavior of scaring its trainer.

After being bumped, Ibrahimovic flew into a rage, flailing his limbs in the air.

Seeing this, Wei Xin hugged the angry Eevee in his arms, and the previously angry Eevee instantly became incredibly obedient.

Like a child who knows she has done something wrong, she huddled in Wei Xin's arms, raised her head, and looked at Wei Xin pitifully with her big, misty eyes.

"You little green tea, you're really putting on an act?" Wei Xin raised her finger and flicked Eevee's nose as punishment for Lillie's prank. She then turned to Lillie and asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's alright!" Lillie, who had been startled, came to her senses and looked at the Cosmog on the table. The name was given by the Aether Foundation, and no outsider could possibly know it. She was immediately puzzled and asked, "How do you know its name?"