"You guys want to follow us out?"
Rope asked, frowning as he looked at the group of Pokémon in front of him.
Whitley and Diana behind him were both puzzled as well, after all, they hadn't agreed when Rope invited them previously. Now they actually took the initiative to send them to the door?
Was this considered a self-invitation?
Rope shook his head and said, "I have no problem with you guys joining, but I need you guys to give me an explanation."
"I understood your reasons for not agreeing to me at that time, so now give me a reason I can understand for your agreement."
It wasn't that Rope was being pretentious. Rather, if you promised too dryly, your sincerity would seem cheap, while the other party would not only belittle the value of this goodwill, but might even overestimate their own importance. Leading to some not-so-good results.
Rope was also trying to prevent some things in the future. Rope didn't care if they were a threat to him or not, but there was no doubt that Rope didn't want to see a clichéd and disgusting scene like a backstabbing.
Gabite stepped forward, just Rope's eyes, and said seriously, "Kah ow!"
"She says they're just too weak to succeed in whatever they're doing right now, and there's no chance for them to get stronger here. Loto!"
Rotom dutifully translated.
Hoopa also nodded, such a reaction was what the Garchomp clan should say! What kind of Garchomp doesn't pursue its own strength? Hoopa had never seen such a Garchomp.
Rope also thought that their idea was very reasonable, seriously, if this was the existence of water Pokémon that pursued their strength, then they would definitely want to stay here instead of leaving. Because of the Water Origin, this place was really suitable for Water Pokémon to survive and become stronger.
However, this was a desert, and Water-type Pokémon that could survive in such a place were almost non-existent.
And the Ground- and Rock-type Pokémon that lived here would have a hard time adapting to such an environment full of Water-type energy. Such a situation is really just fatal.
That's why Rope could completely understand them. The situation in front of them was simply fatal to a Pokémon with a quest. No, even a Pokémon that didn't pursue strength couldn't stay in the middle of such an energy hedging environment for a long time.
Not every Pokémon could accept the environment of fire and ice or fire and water.
It's like there aren't many Pokémon that can accept the properties of the hedge. It's really hard for a Pokémon to be able to overcome itself...even if every time it advances, it's gambling with its own life...
This was the real Pokémon world, where every advancement thrown was accompanied by danger and crisis in the true sense of the word.
"Your reasons are not bad. But is this the wish of all of you?"
Rope looked at a clearly reluctant Gible... he was doing a good deed and didn't want to stop people from complaining that he was meddling.
So he could leave Gible here if he had a really strong opinion.
"Khaw!" Gabite said with a determined look on his face. Gible's eyes widened and he couldn't wait to take a bite out of Gabite's head.
"Er, he said Gible was just being arrogant, but was actually quite willing in her own right. That's just her nature. Told us not to mind. Ptt-hahaha, loto, haha..."
Rope didn't really hear any laughs, but he did sense that there was actually just something about Gible that didn't connect. But since that was already the case, there was no point in caring about such small things.
"Yeah, that's fine, but let's get this out of the way. It's not just a matter of you guys agreeing to do it, I'm not some kind of saint, I don't have the obligation to take care of you guys, so you'll have to pay a price if you want to live a good life under my hand."
Gabite knows that now is when it really gets tight. After all, everyone was going to have to negotiate. After all those previous conversations, the initiative to negotiate was no longer in their hands either.
Then he let out a bitter laugh. That's right, the initiative was no longer in their hands. But what could be done about it? It was said as if they still had something worth coveting only.
For Rope to treat them as slaves was just a matter of opening his mouth. Rope had already given them face by allowing them to negotiate on a negotiation table. Otherwise, if they were to directly load them all back up with balls, would they still have any chance of resistance?
"Kah!"
"Go ahead, loto."
Actually, just from that frustrated expression, Rope could read it just as well even without Rotom's translation.
"Actually, my conditions are quite simple. I have an institute and you guys are going to watch the door."
Its Gabite's entire dragon was on the verge of breaking down when he heard Rope say he had an institute. They could never agree to an end like becoming a human experiment. It was truly irresponsible of them.
But he froze when he heard the second half of the sentence.
"Kah? Ow?"
"Caretaker? Don't we need to cooperate with the experiment...why are you under the illusion that you have experimental value loto?"
Rotom looked at the Pokémon in front of him with an odd look on his face.
Rope's mouth also twitched, "Of course we don't need you guys as experiments, our institute's experiments aren't for ordinary Pokémon like you."
Hoopa also had a complicated face when he heard this, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. After all, Rope had made it very clear that they, the gods, were the experiments in the institute. If this had been said by any other human, then the gods would have already been gracious by simply killing this person without spilling over to the others. Not to mention talking about other things.
But it was Rope who was saying this now, a person they had to cooperate with. You know, the first research subject of the Asama Institute was Hoopa himself...
Gabite and Gible, who didn't know what was going on, were dumbfounded, and for a while they couldn't quite figure out the situation.
So the outside world has completely disdained the quasi-god race of Pokémon?
Has the version weakened me?
Seeing that they were in a daze, Rope shook his head and said, "Forget it, you guys go straight to the research institute wait until you get to wherever you are you'll understand."
Said Rope and gave Hoopa a wink. Hoopa understood and a circle flew out from his body and expanded and soon a space door appeared.
Hoopa flew to the opposite side of the door and waved to these Pokémon, "Come over here."
The Pokémon looked at each other in disbelief. Then they walked through the space door with Gabite leading the way. Still, they actually had no value at all to be plotted against.
If you don't have anything of value, don't spend all day being paranoid and thinking that someone is trying to target you.
It's simply not worthy.
Rope said to Sennogi, "Sennogi, do you want to go over there first as well, and get the Milotic's settled in."
Rope looked at the dozen or so Pokéballs that Sennogi held in his arms as if they were treasures. For a moment, he was also a bit emotional. Sennogi and Milotic's friendship was really something to be felt!
Sennogi frowned and asked, "Aren't you coming along?"
Rope nodded and said, "I'm not in a hurry over there for the time being, it's not too late to organize the information at hand before going."
Rope now has a mixed but important handful of information at hand. What's more crucial is that he really doesn't have time for such trivial matters these days. Although all these research results would cause an earthquake in the research world.
However, compared to a truly earth-destroying earthquake, these researches are still a little bit inferior. Rope will send the documents to the research institute after finishing them during his vacation, so that Daisy, Yutsuki, Eri and the others can use them, or let them seal the data themselves. Rope doesn't have much time to care about these things for the time being.
Moreover, the real major research results are still to come.
Sennogi showed a torn expression. It was as if she was caught in a dilemma. Only she didn't seem to be torn for very long.
"Wait for me."
Rope didn't know what kind of medicine Sennogi was buying for a while, so he looked at her seriously.
On the contrary, Whitley and Diana seemed to have thought of a possibility.
Sennogi trotted over to this side and Hoopa floated over and said, "Are you coming along?"
Sennogi shook her head, then took off the jacket Rope had given her, then wrapped the Pokéball in her arms and shoved a brainful of it at Hoopa.
"Find them a place to stay, please."
Whitley and Diana's mouths twitched. They guessed it would be like this now...
Hoopa looked over at Rope to ask for his opinion.
Rope could only wave his hand, signaling him to do it himself.
So Hoopa did not hesitate, directly took over this pocket of Pokéball, these things do not need him to arrange. He just gave these Pokéballs to Eri and the others.
So he watched as Sennogi happily ran back to Rope's side, even with a smile on his face.
It always felt like there was a cry coming from somewhere. Was it an illusion?
Hoopa scratched his own head without thinking too much about it and reached out his hand, opening another interdimensional hole, signaling Rope that they could go through now.
Rope nodded at Hoopa before leading the three girls towards the villa he had bought earlier.
Hmm, something doesn't seem quite right.Hoopa didn't realize anything was wrong and quickly flew through the interdimensional hole before closing it to retrieve the same gold ring that had been used for Rope and the others, and then the one in front of him.
"This is it, make yourself at home all, come in and have a seat."
Rope opened the door to the small cottage in front of him. Then said to the crowd behind him.
Behind them, WhitleySennogi and the others followed closely and entered the middle of the house.
The decorations in the house were rather minimalist, but there were a lot of plants, potted plants and greenery were spread out in almost every corner of the house, and it was said that walking in the living room felt more like walking in a garden.
A Roserade and a few Floette bowed to a few people.
A few people politely returned the bow.
Rope smiled softly and said, "This is the Pokémon I hired to look after the flowers."
Whitley looked around and nodded in satisfaction. Rope's taste in decorating was still on point. Even though there was a lot of greenery, it was cluttered and uncluttered. It was still great.
"But it does kind of surprise me that your house is so small now."
Whitley wasn't talking nonsense, Rope the guy's houses were huge. Even his residence in the Ooki Institute was a separate large villa. It was the same with the others. After all, he was a researcher, and his demand for his own exclusive space was still quite high.
What's more, Rope wasn't poor in money, so it was reasonable to say that he would definitely buy towards the big ones.
The house in front of her wasn't that big. Of course, it's not small either. That's why Whitley asked.
Rope shook his head and smiled, ''This is Celestic Town, which isn't very big itself. How can there be that much room to build a big house in.
Both Whitley and Diana couldn't help but give Rope a blank stare.
Celestic Town as a town that could appear on the big map of Sinnoh League, it was definitely impossible for it to be small in size.
But it was just like Pallet Town. Pallet Town was also this slightly crowded with many small houses. But you have to realize that the Oak Research Institute is also considered part of Pallet Town. Can you say that Pallet Town is small?
Similarly, Carolina Research Center is also very big, and the size of Rope's current house is only two people in the staff dormitory of Carolina Research Center, which has a research team of 20 to 30 people.
Carolina Research Center has a research team of twenty to thirty people, and that's because Professor Carolina is a mythologist. There might be even fewer people in other research fields.
There are only a few people at the Oak Research Center. Even the Oak Research Institute only had three or four researchers. With Rotom's automation, there will even be fewer and fewer people at the Institute in the future.
The research community's involution would also become more and more serious...
Sennogi was curious about everything in front of her, running this way and that, looking completely unsteady as a grandmother of several dozen years old.
Well, actually, she was just young. A young girl who wasn't even twenty yet.
Rope shook her head and said, "Roserade, please take them to pick their respective rooms."
"Rose."
Roserade nodded before making a please gesture towards the three girls.
Under Roserade's guidance, the three girls went to the second floor to pick their rooms.
Rope, on the other hand, sat paralyzed on the sofa. Receiving the tree fruit juice that Floette handed over to him, he said thanks, followed by a violent 'gulp gulp' and took a large sip.
"Cool~"
Rope collapsed onto the couch in an instant. Looking at the potted plant hanging above him, breathing in the fresh scent of the forest grasses lingering around him. Then lay quietly, not saying a word, first as if he had fallen asleep.
He was already very tired. It had been a period of time of high mental tension and a great deal of tedious matters. This was also a rare time for him to give himself a vacation.
He now only hoped that those people would quickly appear and end this this crisis.
He was tired.
So he fell asleep.