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  "thia, this is Natsume from the Touran Region that I mentioo you earlier."

  thia approached the camera, her figure gradually ing into focus.

  Her usual bck coat was repced by a researcher's white b coat, aall nose was adorned with a pair of gold-rimmed gsses.

  She wasn’t wearing any makeup, her cherry-colored lips, fair and delicate plexion, and those deep gray eyes made her look stunning.

  Her dazzling golden hair reached down to her waist, and the beauty with thin gold-rimmed gsses left Natsume momentarily stunned.

  She’s… too beautiful!

  "Hello."

  thia nodded, a faint smile. "Professor Roeaks very highly of you."

  "Professor Rowan is too kind…" Natsume said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

  "The Professor doesn’t praise people lightly."

  thia smiled. "Besides, your researterests align somewhat with mine."

  thia herself was a mythology schor from the Sinnion, having dedicated much effort to the study of time and space-reted legends.

  Rarely entering a peer, especially one praised by Professor Roiqued thia’s i.

  "You two chat for a bit. I’ll go get some coffee."

  Professor Rowan stood up as he spoke, leaving thia and Natsume on opposite ends of the s.

  The versation fell into a brief silence.

  Natsume stroked the sleeping Eevee, lost in thought.

  Her voice sounds so familiar…

  Where have I heard it before?

  Suddenly, a fsh of realization struatsume.

  The thia before him seemed to overp with the golden-haired girl from the game, and the slightly magic voice from the team chat matched perfectly.

  It was as if a thunderbolt had struck, leaving Natsume frozen in pce.

  Wait, is she really thia?

  The wealthy patron I’ve been pying games with is actually the Sinnoh Champion?!

  Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!

  Natsume’s expression was a mix of shod disbelief.

  thia looked puzzled. "Is there something on my face?"

  "You’re just really good-looking… I mean…"

  Natsume wiped his face. "Give me a moment to process this."

  thia was slightly taken aback, a small smile tugging at her lips.

  The smile bloomed briefly before fading, like ripples on water left by a graceful Swanna.

  thia said softly, "Have we met before?"

  Natsume shook his head.

  "No?"

  thia rested her on her hand, deep in thought.

  "Then why does your voice… sound so familiar?"

  thia genuinely couldn’t remember where she’d heard it before.

  After all, a Champion’s schedule was incredibly busy, not to mention her mythology research.

  The fact that thia even found time to py games was a rarity.

  Natsume’s expression turned awkward.

  How am I supposed to ahat?

  I’m the one who’s been pying games with you?

  Is this really the right time t that up in such a formal academic setting?

  Natsume frowned.

  No, if she asks who Natsume-sensei is, things could get really awkward.

  This isn’t the right time to e .

  Natsume replied vaguely, "Maybe you’re just mistaken."

  "Hmm…"

  thia scratched her head in frustration.

  Just then, Professor Rowaurned with the coffee.

  thia nodded, Natsume a faint smile. "Excuse me."

  Her graceful figure disappeared from the s.

  Professor Rowan took a sip of coffee and said, "Anyway, if it’s ve, you transfer Eevee over in a while."

  "Other than that, is there anything else you need?"

  Natsume thought for a moment.

  "Are you still hiring at your researstitute?"

  "Huh?" Professor Rowan’s eyes widened. "Are you thinking of joining us?"

  "No, just asking out of curiosity."

  Natsume had to admit.

  Seeing thia had shaken his resolve a little.

  But as a responsible young man of the times, staying true to his principles was Natsume’s foundation.

  If he said he wouldn’t bee a researcher, then he wouldn’t. That’s just how itted he was.

  After thanking Professor Rowan.

  Natsume ehe call and carried Eevee to its soft cat bed.

  Staring at the curled-up, sleeping Eevee that occasionally shifted in its sleep.

  Natsume fell into deep thought.

  "My wealthy patron is actually thia… no wonder she’s so rich."

  "Huh? Now that I think about it, does that mean I’m being supported by thia…"

  Natsume suddenly coughed, swallowing hard before saying:

  "Let’s just stick to the usual…”

  "She’s rich, sure, but I, Natsume-sensei, am not someone who eats soft rice!"

  In the short span of two months sihe worldline shifted, Natsume had caught Haunter and Eevee.

  The group chat had gained so many big shots, and now he was ected to thia.

  It all felt incredibly surreal to Natsume.

  But Natsume-sensei rofessionally trained individual, and he quickly accepted the reality that his wealthy patron was thia.

  "No wonder she said her rates were cheap," Natsume mented.

  "The Sinnoh Champion—chargiens of thousands of Pokémon s per hour wouldn’t be unreasonable!"

  After a round of intense self-refle, Natsume let out a sigh, his mood gradually calming down.

  "Stay calm. If even Red is my follower, pying games with thia isn’t that surprising."

  "I should still charge her the usual rate. I ’t give her special treatment just because she’s pretty!"

  Natsume’s reasoning was simple.

  Business was business. Just because she’s the Sinnoh Champio meas a friends-and-family dist, right?

  Otherwise, wouldn’t I, Natsume-sensei, lose face?

  The logic was self-sistent, and Natsume couldn’t help but give himself a mental pat on the back.

  "Want to freeload? Not a ce!"

  The night had grown te.

  After a long day of running around and the mental shock he’d just experienced, Natsume was exhausted. He colpsed onto his bed and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

  In the dark room, faint rustling sounds could be heard.

  Eevee, fully healed, opes shiny bck eyes, alertly sing the surroundings.

  "Eevee?" (Mission tonight?)

  A sinister face slowly emerged from the wall, Haunter grinning wickedly as it nodded.

  "Haunter!"

  "Eevee?" (What are we training tonight?)

  "Haunter!" (You’ll know whe there!)

  ……

  At the Rowan Researstitute.

  thia was still puzzling over the vague impression she had.

  "Where have I seen him before?"

  thia murmured. "Why does it feel so familiar…"

  Voices over the i could often sound distorted.

  Plus, thia hadn’t had time to py games retly, so she couldn’t quite pce it.

  Professor Rowan was busy jotting down the case details Natsume had provided.

  "An Eevee with the Anticipation Ability, yet so aggressive…"

  Professor Rowan couldn’t help but smile. "What an iing pair."

  "The Eevee from earlier?" thia asked curiously.

  "Yes." Professor Rowan nodded, reting Eevee’s symptoms.

  "I think it might be reted to stress from adapting to a new enviro… but it refusing to be transferred is a bit troublesome."

  thia chuckled. "I’ll go see this little one myself. I’m heading to the Touran Region soon anyway."

  "Oh, for the Master League ter this year?"

  Professor Rowan stroked his beard.

  "Who are you battling?"

  "It’s being held in Tokyo. I’ll likely be fag Lance from the Kantion."

  thia covered her mouth as she yawned, looking tired.

  "That’s why I said, after this break, I won’t have any free time at all."

  Professor Rowan nodded. "Do you know anyone iouran Region? Should I introduce you to some friends?"

  "That won’t be necessary."

  thia’s mind drifted to the Strategy Master who specialized in Perish Song teams and had some rather… unventional strategies.

  "I’ve retly met a friend who’s also from Tokyo, I think."

  thia scratched her head.

  "His name was… Natsume-sensei?"

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