The release of Rope's new results has finally come to a successful conclusion.
The students were shocked at both Rope's theories and research results, as well as Rope's strength as a trainer. In their eyes, Professor Rope might just be the most capable one out of all the researchers.
After all, that Entei's aura was much stronger than their Pokémon who claimed to have the strength of a gym trainer for a practical class teacher.
But that was just what the students thought.
Those who really knew the inside story knew... this bronze-skinned Professor Kukui in front of Rope... this guy was the strongest Masked Royal amongst the current professors!
The Champion of the Alola Region...
Rope is still quite a bit away from Professor Kukui's strength right now but the good thing is that Rope is still young and excessively young.
"Professor Rope! First time meeting, I'm Kukui and this is my wife Burnet, I met you last time at the Research Summit but you left in a hurry so I didn't get to meet you, this is our first meeting!"
Professor Kukui took Professor Burnet's hand and greeted Rope with a big smile on his face. At the same time, he extended his hand towards Rope.
Rope smiled and shook Professor Kukui's hand, in a sense, Professor Kukui was his role model, high research achievement, strong trainer, and a beautiful wife, and he himself was handsome, it was simply the peak of his life!
"I've heard a lot about you, Professor Kukui, and Professor Burnet, I know quite a bit about both of your legendary deeds, and your research achievements have inspired me in no small way."
That was polite, of course, but Rope was really quite interested in Blinding One.
Then there were the Ultra Beasts.. .everyone was an outsider, except one group was illegal immigrants and one was a legal crosser who had gotten an ID card. more or less there would be a bit of common ground to talk about... probably.
"Hahaha, this is a gift from the two of us, you've been very successful this time around, the discipline of 'Legendary Pokémonology' may be officially opened."
Professor Kukui said to Rope while handing over the box he received from his wife, "Inside this box are the specialties of our Alola region, the Z Crystal and the Z Ring, which allow Pokémon to make powerful Z Moves. Rope do you have any research on Z Moves?"
Rope took the box handed over by Professor Kukui and then didn't open the box directly. Instead, he handed it to Whitley at his side, who gave him a blank stare. Then took the box.
Although according to the custom of the Pokémon world, there was nothing wrong with opening gifts in person, there were always some habits that stubbornly lived on in Rope's body.
Although Professor Kukui was puzzled by Rope's behavior, he didn't really care. After all, it was a matter of personal preference.
"I've always been interested in the legends of Z Moves and the Alola region. I've never been there, but I'll definitely go if I have the chance. It would be great if I could communicate with the four Guardian Deities of the Tapu families!"
Rope smiled as she answered Professor Kukui's question.
"Then I can look forward to your visit in the Alola area!" Professor Kukui also responded with a smile.
But Rope going to the Alola region is basically a given, since the biggest power in the Alola region besides the League and the four Guardian Deities isn't actually the Aether Foundation, but the Oak family[1].
This ancient family that originated in the Kanto region chose the Alola region as the family's new continent after the situation in the Kanto region stabilized and the distribution of benefits was completed. A group of people represented by Professor Oak's cousin, Samson Oak, went to the Alola region to develop new points of interest. Given League's wariness of the family, the Oak family is hidden away in the Alola region, large but virtually unknown.
Rope, Blue, Daisy, Red, and even the future Ash, all of whom came out of Pallet Town, are naturally labeled as Oak. In a sense, they are the next generation of Oak family leaders.
Professor Kukui's creation of the Alola League, and the League's official recognition and acceptance was essentially driven by the Oak family.
Therefore, Rope and Professor Kukui were basically on the same side.
After this side had finished talking, Professor Sycamore on the other side also opened his mouth and greeted, "Hello Professor Rope, I'm Augustine Sycamore, I'm from the Kalos region, I've often heard Diantha talk about you, I didn't realize that you're still a strong trainer! "
Said he also extended his hand towards Rope, Rope also shook his hand and said, "Diantha also mentioned you to me, Professor Sycamore, I also read your article, your research on the nature of Pokémon life and the use of life energy is really too groundbreaking! "
It's time for another commercial blowjob. But that's what professors talk about when they meet each other, isn't it?
It's like those senior trainers, no matter what they start out with, their gatherings inevitably end with a tense and exciting Pokémon battle.
You can't expect trainers to look at so many opponents and not be impressed, and you can't expect professors to be able to talk about their research without their eyes glazing over. It didn't matter if it was someone else's or their own, as long as it was valuable it was like that.
"Here's a little gift I brought you. I found out about your team from Diantha and Professor Juniper, so I brought you a Mega Stone of Charizardite X. I don't have the Y-stone in stock anywhere, so I only brought you one. Hope you don't mind."
Professor Sycamore smiled humbly with a bit of embarrassment on his face. A box was handed over in his hand.
But Rope could not really say a single word of dissatisfaction.
"Aiya you're really being polite. One is good enough. Moreover, the other Pokémon in my hand don't have any that can mega-evolve. Thank you!"
Just kidding, this is a Mega Stone! This wasn't Z Crystal, Z Crystal was a thing that wasn't everywhere, but it wasn't particularly rare in the Alola region, but Mega Stone and Key Stone were different... this thing was still a strategic material, the kind that was restricted for export.
Although Professor Sycamore mouth y stone no inventory is not necessarily true, but people give you is friendship, not give you is the reason.
That's the way it was, and Rope was never one to force something.
"By the way, Diantha also asked me to invite you and Champion Cynthia to join us for a vacation in the Kalos area, she said you treated her last time you were in Kanto, and she'll treat her back when you guys go to Kalos."
"Hahaha, that guy, I will!"
Then there was another round of pleasantries.
Where it was just the four of them plus a Sonia, and a Professor Elm who was sort of an introducer, everyone else had met with Rope. Having come all this way, Celadon University certainly wasn't going to let the professors leave on an empty stomach.
The university leader took a group of people to dinner. In a moment, they were going over there as well.
And not far away, Cynthia was looking at the few people talking over there with Daisy.
[1] At this point in the timeline, Ultra Beasts still hasn't debuted.