The stunned silence broke away with Kai's renewed grave expression.
-/That's why I requested Simon to bring me to you, professor,/- he said. -/I lack the equipment to find out what is wrong with the last Pokemon of its species. This Ghost Serpent is blind. No matter how I looked at them, I couldn't find anything about the rest of the two eggs either. Priestess Shae, please take out the two eggs for the professor to see./-
Kai approached Professor Elm and blocked his sight.
Behind him, Meg took two eggs out of her Miscellaneous Rent Box (MRB), which Kai had already passed to her.
One egg was fist-sized, red-blue-brown stripes running over its dusty, rock-like shell. The other was a golden egg the size of a thumb. Meg handed both of them to Kai as Professor Elm ran his fingers over Selene's dragon-like scales. If it wasn't for Kai's strict command to let the Professor do as he wished, the Ghost Serpent would have killed him already.
"You are right," Professor Elm said. "There are many things out of place."
-/Professor Elm,/- Kai said, his eyes glowing with expectation. -/How about you let me assist you in finding the exact nature of the Pokemon and these eggs? I have some days to spare./-
If it was before, this kind of request would have seemed nothing but a jest.
Professor Elm grinned at the notion. "Of course, Dr. Desmond," he said, already taking out glass cylinders to store the eggs. "I would be glad to hear your point of view regarding Pokemon evolution and their breeding habits."
Professor Elm passed a white lab coat to Kai, ignoring the existence of Petyr and Meg entirely.
Kai rubbed the coat, as memories of a time he had buried deep tried to resurface. He threw off his hat, keeping the sunglasses on his face, and donned the coat as if it were meant for him.
It was then the notification popped up.
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[
Congratulations Contestant Kai Stormborn...
You have achieved a Milestone
...
Milestone: Develop friendly relations with a Professor in the Pokemon World
Milestone Rewards: Correspondence +1
]
...
Kai smiled.
Whether he was smiling at the reward, or at his nostalgic thoughts, who knew?
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Evening, June 24
Professor Elm's laboratory
Sleep seemed to have abandoned Kai and Elm.
With the barest amount of napping, the duo had managed to bury themselves in the research for the last four days.
Professor Elm had come out to be as every bit odd as it was known about him.
Not once he had asked about Meg and Petyr's presence in the lab. Nor did he ask about arranging quarters for them. Food came on time, but unlike Kai, he had eaten little.
Meg had told Kai that Professor Elm was so oblivious to his surroundings when carrying out his research that Team Rocket had stolen his Pokemon from right behind him once. Jessie and James had asked him if they could take away his Pokemon. In reply, Professor Elm had replied with yes, of course, take it away.
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Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic
Fanfiction[A Terror Infinity and the Ultimate Evolution inspired Multiverse Systems fanfic] Kai died and resurrected in the Primordial Tower with a Glitch. In the Tower, to ascend each floor, Kai must complete a series of Missions in the Infinite Random World...
