He knows Pokémon better than me.

Weekend, morning.

Kukui still borrowed the boat and prepared it at the dock early.

Xiaozhi and his group were already ready at the dock and were boarding the ship one after another.

"Alola, everyone~!"

This time, there was also Dr. Barnett on the boat, with a little Snorlax beside him.

"Gonbiwoo~!"

Little Snorlax greeted everyone while holding a bag of potato chips.

This is Dr. Barnett's partner, who carries the Immortal Stone with him. Once it evolves, it will be difficult to carry it with him.

  Chu Chu Chu!

After a while, the speedboat started, the sea breeze blew, and everyone headed towards the direction of the Ether Paradise.

On the boat, Barnett did not forget to wink at Xiaozhi.

“Ether Paradise.”

Xiaozhi calmed down secretly.

He had a feeling that this trip to the Ether Paradise would not be so peaceful.

The people around had different expressions. People like Kachi and Mao just treated it as a vacation trip and were in high spirits.

Liliae's interest was not so high.

  Speaking of which, I haven't seen my mother for a long time.

"."

On the other side of the boat, Man Yue was lying alone on the railing, also gazing at the sea in deep thought.

About half an hour later, the boat arrived at an island.

  Of course, it cannot be called a normal island.

The entire large building floats on the sea. Looking down from above, it looks more like a huge aircraft carrier. A wide white building can be seen in the center.

When they landed at the island's dock, two figures were already waiting for them.

"Alola, everyone~ I am the chairman of the Aether Foundation, Lusamine~!"

The speaker was a woman with long golden hair, fair face and stunning beauty.

She had thick long bangs that almost covered half of her face. She was wearing a white uniform skirt and white tights, and a pair of high heels.

She held up her waist, her posture graceful and elegant.

"Ah Liliae~! My baby girl!!"

However, after seeing Liliae in the crowd, Lusamine instantly became excited, cheering and rushing over to hug Liliae.

Liliae subconsciously hid behind Xiaozhi to avoid her mother's actions.

"Mother, please don't be like this!"

He even made a little expression to express his refusal.

Her mother was like that, she would do these embarrassing things without any scruples even in public, without caring about her own thoughts at all.

  Like Pippi at home when she was a child, she could hold him in her arms every day.

In the end, Lusamine used the Moon Stone to force evolution without asking her, and said that it would become stronger after evolution.

".!"

Lusamine froze in place, and lowered her head as if she was shocked.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The way this mother and daughter got along with each other was a little strange.

Meanwhile, Kachi and Mamane were secretly looking at Lusamine, and the two innocent little boys couldn't help but blush.

So beautiful!

It is said that Aunt Lusamine is over 40 years old, right?

But now she looks like she is no more than 30 years old.

Lilia, who usually doesn't like physical contact with others, now puts her hands on the shoulders of a boy of the same age, and looks very familiar with him.

Lusamine frowned and looked at Xiaozhi with some caution:

  "Is this one also a student?" Kukui introduced enthusiastically:

"Oh, this is a teacher that our school specially invited from out of town. Don't be fooled by his young age, but he has already defeated Tapu Kokoro!"

  Xiaozhi also responded with a smile:

"Alola, just call me Satoshi~!"

Lusamine nodded blankly:

"So he's the foreign trainer who defeated Tapu Kokoro, and he's so young."

But since you are a teacher, you should not be so intimate with your students.

Liliae doesn't even put her arm around my shoulders anymore!

Lusamine's brows raised again, she was quite dissatisfied with Xiaozhi, but also a little envious.

Xiaozhi: "?"

  The emotional changes of this student's parents don't match her cold and elegant appearance.

At this time, the woman standing next to Lusamine also introduced herself with a smile.

A gentle voice breaks the ice:

"Hehe~ Let me introduce myself. I'm the deputy director of the Aether Foundation, Pico."

This is a woman wearing a white uniform, with thick dark purple hair and large pink-framed glasses, exuding a gentle and considerate temperament.

  Compared to the cold and beautiful Lusamine, her every move exudes an unattainable temperament.

On the contrary, Bi Ke is extremely popular within the Ether Foundation.

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Even Kukui scratched his cheek uncomfortably when he saw the outline of the pink sweater on Pico's chest protruding from the white uniform.

Of course, Dr. Barnett soon saw through it and twisted his kidney hard, causing Dr. Kukui to grimace in pain.

"I will be in charge of today's internship exchange. Just follow me. If you have any questions, please tell me as soon as possible!"

Pico said with a smile, then raised a small flag of the Aether Foundation.

She nodded to Lusamine and led everyone in.

  But when passing by Lusamine, Xiaozhi seemed to faintly hear the latter muttering softly, and the tone seemed a little gloomy:

"Children, listening to their parents is the shortcut to happiness."

He turned his head subconsciously, but found that there was nothing unusual about Lusamine.

"strangeness."

Xiaozhi scratched his head and didn't care.

After all, Gladion is also weird, and it seems normal that his mother is weird, right?

"Then I'll leave this to you, Dr. Barnett~ I'll go with them."

Kukui said hello and followed at the end of the team.

Banette nodded, and when the crowd had gone away, she looked at Lusamine with a smile:

"Come on, Chairman. I'll show you some research materials from our Space Research Institute."

Since you want to obtain the other party's intelligence, you naturally have to exchange your own intelligence in equal amounts first.

"Ah."

Lusamine also smiled again and walked in front to lead the way.

  Just compared to the information from the Space Research Institute.

Lusamine suddenly came over and asked nervously:

"Dr. Barnett, are you close to that Xiaozhi teacher?! Tell me about this person!"

"Could it be possible that he is a bad guy from outside the city, trying to deceive my precious daughter?"

Barnett's mouth twitched slightly and she breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what the Aether Foundation is doing behind the scenes, at least Lusamine is still a good mother.

  So Barnett advertised for Xiaozhi as he walked:

"Oh, you mean Mr. Xiaozhi, he is the most outstanding young talent I have ever seen~!"

"But I don't think I'm worthy of my baby Liliae!"

Barnett: "Uh huh?"

Isn't it too early? (End of this chapter)