Chapter 543 Dr. Bratano and Korni
As Yang Ming and the other two walked into the research institute, they heard a man and a woman arguing in the room.
"I already said I'm going to travel around the Kalos region and I won't be returning to Sala City for the time being. You should ask someone else to deliver the things."
"But……"
The three of them looked at each other and gently pushed open the door. They saw two people sitting in the room, one of whom was tall and slender, wearing a sloppy white coat. Although he was not young, his handsome appearance in his youth could still be seen from his eyebrows. This person was Dr. Blatano, an authority on mega evolution.
The one arguing with him was a petite blonde girl with beautiful and lively eyes. When they saw someone coming in, their argument came to an abrupt end. Dr. Blatano stood up and saw that it was Serena and the others. He smiled and said, "Hey, you're here." The blonde girl also turned around and looked at them curiously.
"Hello, Doctor. I'm Serena from Asaka Town. Today I'm here to pick up my first Pokémon." Serena greeted politely.
"I'm Satoshi from Pallet Town, and my goal is to become a Pokémon Master!" Satoshi also introduced himself.
"My name is Qiong Gui, and I'm an ordinary trainer from the Johto region." After Yang Ming introduced himself, he looked at the blonde girl.
Although she looked younger than he remembered, Yang Ming recognized the girl at a glance based on his memories of his previous life - Korni, the gym leader of Sala City.
"According to the time, Korni should not have become a gym leader yet. Is she traveling alone to improve her strength?" Yang Ming pondered.
"Salina, your mother has asked me to select high-quality starting Pokémon for you," Dr. Blatano smiled, then he clapped his hands, and a pair of young boys and girls in white clothes came out. They were Dr. Blatano's assistants, responsible for guiding new trainers in selecting Pokémon.
Just like that, Serena went to choose her starting Pokémon with excitement and trepidation, and only four people were left in the room.
"Since Xiaozhi and Mr. Qionggui are here, I also happen to have a troubling matter that I want to talk to you two about." After sending Serena away, Dr. Blatano's expression became serious.
"Please rest assured, Doctor. I will definitely help as long as I can!" Xiaozhi said, patting his chest.
Dr. Bratano cleared his throat and said, "It's like this. There is an old man named Kokobul in the city of Sala. He is my good friend. I want to send something to him recently, but I really don't have the time. I originally wanted to ask Korni to send it for me, but she didn't want to. So I want to ask you if you can help me send the things to Mr. Kokobul."
At this point, he forgot to look at Kerni who was standing beside him. Kerni immediately showed an apologetic look and said with a wry smile: "I can't help it. I finally got out of Sala City. I really don't want to go back and listen to my grandfather's lecture again."
Yang Ming couldn't help but smile when he heard this. This reason was too childish.
"No problem, since Korni is in trouble, I'll take care of it!" Xiaozhi agreed readily.
"I just don't know what you are going to give me." Yang Ming suddenly said, staring straight at Blatano.
Hearing this, Bratano's face was a little hesitant, but after a moment of silence, he slowly took out an exquisite box from behind and said, "This is my latest research result, which is related to a strange cell. To be honest, this thing is of no use to trainers, but it is easily coveted by some bad guys. You must think carefully before making a decision."
"Strange cells?!" Hearing this, Yang Ming's face suddenly changed. He stood up and answered before Xiaozhi could speak, "Since this matter is somewhat dangerous, I will transport this thing alone. As for Xiaozhi, you can just focus on challenging the Miare Conference."
"This..." Xiaozhi was about to say something, but suddenly thought of the unfathomable abilities of this big brother-like person in front of him, so he immediately agreed, "It just so happens that I also want to go to Baidan City to challenge the gym, so I'll trouble big brother Qionggui to make the trip."
Seeing that Yang Ming took the initiative to take this matter for her, Kerni felt a little guilty and whispered, "The security in Carlos is not very good recently. If you go on the road alone, will it be..."
Yang Ming shook his head: "This is not a problem for me, but I would like to ask Miss Korney to travel with Xiaozhi and the others. After all, they are just rookie trainers who have just debuted. It is difficult for them to protect themselves when they encounter danger."
Seeing Yang Ming so confident, Kernee stopped trying to persuade him and nodded in agreement: "Since that's the case, I'm also looking for a way to become stronger, so let's go with them. They'll take care of me along the way."
Seeing that everything was arranged properly, Dr. Blatano took out another bracelet and handed it to Yang Ming: "I don't have anything else to offer as a reward. This is a 'Hyper Ring' with a key stone embedded in it. When used with a mega stone, Pokémon can complete mega evolution. It was originally commissioned by my old friend Cocobul as a birthday present for Miss Korne, but I accidentally made one more. This remaining super ring can be regarded as a reward."
Yang Ming solemnly unveiled the super ring. One of the purposes of his coming to the Kalos region was to master mega evolution. Now that he had obtained the key stone, which was one of the keys to mega evolution, all that remained was to obtain the corresponding mega evolution stone.
Ke Er Ni also came up and showed Yang Ming her super ring: "Actually, I came here today to receive Grandpa's gift. Look, our super rings are a pair."
Serena also received her initial Pokémon, a Fire Fox, which was now lying obediently in Serena's arms.
"What, Mr. Qiong Gui is going to leave alone?!" When she heard that Yang Ming was going to part with them, Salina's face was full of shock.
What shocked her even more was the joining of Korni.
"I'm Korni from Sala City. Please give me your guidance in the future." Korni put her arm around Xiaozhi's neck and extended her hand to Serena.
Selina's face suddenly turned as ugly as the bottom of a pot. When she thought that Yang Ming, the reliable big brother, was about to leave the team, and the new guy joining the team was a suspected rival in love, Selina's mood at this time was very complicated.
Yang Ming felt a little amused. Serena got jealous so quickly. It seemed that Xiaozhi would have to suffer in the future.
However, Xiaozhi didn't seem to notice this. He still waved to Yang Ming as he left with the same sunny attitude as before: "Goodbye, I will definitely be stronger when we meet next time."
"Well, I'm waiting for you to challenge me." After simply responding to Xiaozhi, Yang Ming strode out of the door.