When Luther woke up again, the bus was already very close to Shuangye Town.
He took out his cell phone and looked at the time. Only an hour and a half had passed. Luther stretched himself beautifully. This time he slept well and replenished his excessive energy from staying up late last night.
Halfway through stretching, Luther's movements became cautious, and he suddenly discovered that Lulili and Larulus were sleeping soundly.
After taking a look at the Futaba Town stop sign, which was visible to the naked eye, Luther took out the Poké Ball and temporarily put the two little guys in it, then checked himself to see if anything had slipped out of his pocket due to his improper sleeping position.
"Shuangye Town, Shuangye Town, passengers whose destination is Shuangye Town, please be careful not to stop at the wrong stop." The bus driver stopped in front of the stop sign and started to use the radio to remind.
Not many people got off the bus with Luther. When we first got on the bus, the bus whose terminal was Kurogane City was two-thirds full. Most people got off at several stops between Futaba and Masa.
When the car parked in Futaba, the car was already empty.
Initially, Luther was still thinking about how to find Dr. Yamanashi's research institute after getting off the bus. However, after getting off the bus, Luther saw a large dome building on the hill opposite the stop sign at the first sight.
As Luther got closer, he discovered that although there were not many buildings in the institute, the area was surprisingly large. The first iron gate of the institute was nearly one kilometer away from the institute, and the radius from this distance belonged to the institute.
, a large number of elves from the research institute are active in this area.
Luther pressed the video call button on the door, and after a while, a short-haired female researcher in a white coat appeared on the screen.
"I am Luther from Shuangye Town. Dean Qilan made an appointment for me to meet with Dr. Yamanashi today."
The night before departure, Luther entrusted Dean Qi Lan to contact Dr. Yamanashi through personal communication. He knew very well the role a good stepping stone could play.
Because of social anxiety in his previous life, Luther had always had a hard time getting along with others, which also led him to deeply understand the role of connections. Each circle has different friendliness to outsiders, but you can get the friendship of people in a circle.
For referrals, the situation is completely different.
"Luther..." The female researcher picked up something similar to a circulation board and looked at it, then pushed up her glasses, put her head close to the screen and looked at Luther carefully.
After confirmation, the electronic lock opens with a "click".
"Go straight along the road to the gate. Dr. Yamanashi is waiting for you in the lobby of the institute. Oh, by the way..." the female researcher glanced at Luther, "I heard that you have a phobia of Pokémon?"
"There was before."
Satisfying the curiosity of the female researcher, Luther walked into the research institute.
Luther looked around curiously. Most of the elves visible in the institute were mainly water, grass, and flying types. Rock and steel could be seen sporadically. It was unknown whether other attributes were in other areas. At least Luther did not see any of them.
While Luther was looking at a tropical dragon taking care of a small grass-type Pokémon in the distance, the Overlord Flower led the Stinky Flower and Walking Grass brigade through the pasture of the research institute. The mighty marching army blocked Luther's progress.
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Luther suddenly remembered something and released Larulas and Lulili from the elf ball.
After putting Larulus on his shoulders, Larulus became obviously a little excited. It was the first time for this little guy who had only been around the nursing home since birth to see so many Pokémon moving together.
Lulili's mouth was open and her eyes were shining. According to Dean Qilan, this Lulili was just hatched and it should be the most curious about the world now.
The walking grass walking at the end of the team raised its head and glanced at Larulus, who was looking down at it from a high position, and suddenly stopped walking. The two elves looked at each other dully.
Luther looked at Larulas, then at the cute walking grass, and felt that it was necessary to ask the main palace Larulas for his opinion: "What do you think about adding a walking grass to the team?"
After the walking grass evolves into the overlord flower, although the properties of the grass and poison are bad, since it is an animated world line, there is a high probability that the battle will not be turn-based. Although there are racial values and individual values, the effort value does not seem to exist, or
In other words, it is directly the bond between the trainer and the elf.
Just when Luther was thinking about abducting the walking grass, the leader of the team, the Overlord Flower, turned back angrily, glanced at Luther with an evil look, and quickly left with the walking grass.
Is this being looked down upon?
"That King Flower is the star of the research institute, and the grass-type Pokémon listens to her very much. I probably misunderstood that you have strange thoughts about that walking grass."
No, no, no...she really didn't misunderstand me.
The female researcher who watched what happened at the door of the research institute couldn't help but explain to Luther, and then led Luther to open the door and come inside the research institute.
Walking through the corridor of the institute, the female researcher took Luther around several turns and finally came to a large room. In the sunlight cast by the skylight, an old man with silver-gray hair and a white research coat was facing away.
I was holding some instruments and measuring something against a shellless sea hare.
"Doctor, this is the Luther who made an appointment with you today." The female researcher reminded Dr. Yamanashi, who was in a daze.
Dr. Yamanashi paused for a moment, slowly turned around, his eyes stayed on Luther for a while, he stroked the body of the sea hare with his hand, and said: "Okay, just stop here today, and I'll leave the rest to you."
Here you go."
After the female researcher carried the shellless Aplysia out of the hall, Dr. Yamanashi pointed to the sofa nearby and motioned for Luther to sit down.
"I learned about you from Qilan. You said you wanted to travel, become a trainer, and then... you wanted a illustrated book, right?"
Luther nodded.
"I may not be able to agree to your request because you are not qualified to have a illustrated book."
Luther was confused... Not even a minute after he entered the institute and sat down, he and Dr. Yamanashi didn't even say a word, and he was rejected directly?
"Dr. Yamanashi, can you tell me the reason?" Luther was unwilling to give up. At first, he came here just for a sense of ritual, trying to start his journey with the illustrated book as the starting point like Master Zhi.
But not anymore. Such a simple and clear refusal was difficult for Luther to accept. He really wanted to know what kind of thing he was missing and would be judged as unqualified.
Dr. Yamanashi picked up a paper document from the table next to him: "This is what Qilan sent to me. It is a brief introduction about you. It describes your working conditions in the nursing home and your work attitude. It's great.
The introduction is touching, especially for a person with Pokémon phobia."
Yamanashi spoke expressionlessly, feeling extremely serious when such a compliment came out of his mouth.
"Wouldn't that be nice?"
"It's quite good." Dr. Yamanashi's serious face still showed no other emotions, "for your work as a therapist."
"You mean, I can't be a good trainer?" Luther grasped the point.
"Qilan said that you suffered a drowning accident half a week before overcoming your phobia. After the accident, you began to dare to challenge your lingering nightmare. Overcome your phobia until you make a move.
The decision to travel was made only half a week ago."
Dr. Yamanashi looked at the somewhat absent-minded Luther with sharp eyes: "Have you really overcome your phobia?"
Luther suddenly realized that he had made a stupid mistake.
The original Luther's phobia was deep-rooted, otherwise he would not have been able to get along with Pokémon normally for more than ten years. However, after he traveled through time and replaced him, his mentality changed too quickly.
In Dean Qilan's view, he had not completely overcome his phobia, but was just painfully trying to adapt to it through patience, so he saw through it without telling it and paved the way for himself.
However, from the perspective of Dr. Yamanashi, who had never interacted with him before, the decision he made was full of impulsiveness and he acted impulsively. Even though his phobia was not cured, he deceived Qilan and tried to solve the problem through patience.
There is absolutely no way to explain this loophole. These researchers have obviously also studied Pokémon phobia. They have a lot of knowledge about deep-rooted phobias, and have used a large number of experiments and clinical evidence to support the data. It is obvious that monsters like themselves will be
Doubt it to the end...
If you can't explain it, explaining it through mentality will only make you fall into Dr. Yamanashi's field of expertise. Lying in other people's fields is simply seeking death.
"Qi Lan said that Larulas saved you when you were drowning. It can be seen that you took being saved by Lalulas as an opportunity to try to overcome your phobia, and you chose Lalulas as your
The original elf, it means that you hope that Larulus can witness all this with you."
Luther wanted to tell Dr. Yamanashi that he chose Larulus just because Kirulian and Gardevoir were so good-looking...it wasn't as far-reaching as he thought.
But he couldn't say that. He could only follow Dr. Yamanashi's way of thinking and continue to help Dr. Yamanashi continue what he said.
"Yes, I lied to Dean Qilan. I am still afraid of their existence, but is this a contradiction?" Luther tried to act frightened, but his words were as sonorous and powerful as possible, "Larulas' kindness made
I learned that it was wrong to fear them all this time."
"I have wasted more than ten years, I refused to live with them, refused to understand them...Larulas gave me the courage. Although I was still afraid, I still came here to look for opportunities to break through myself. Do you judge a person?
Are people qualified just by a resume?”
"I never judge a person by flat data." Dr. Yamanashi threw the documents aside, "but they have reference value."