May took Beautifly and followed Raoul Contesta to the side to continue practicing.
At this point, with the help of this professional, Raoul Contesta, neither Ash, Misty, nor her own brother Max could help much, so they simply withdrew.
Seeing May practicing intently, Natsui turned to look at Ash and the others.
"Since we are not needed here for the time being, instead of waiting around, why don't we go visit other places?"
His proposal was agreed upon by everyone.
After greeting May and agreeing to meet at the Pokémon Center in the evening, the group left and walked toward the urban area again.
Time had unknowingly reached the afternoon. The warm sunshine fell on people, making them feel warm and cozy.
Facing the sea breeze, walking aimlessly for a long time, Misty stood at the intersection, looking left and right, and couldn't help asking Ash and the others.
"Do you have any good places to go?"
She only arrived in this city with Natsui today. Before this, she didn't know anything about this place, so naturally, she didn't know where to kill time.
As soon as her voice fell, Max couldn't wait to shout, "I want to go to the Oceanic Museum!"
"Oceanic Museum?" Several people turned their heads to look at him together.
"That's right." Max pushed his glasses and spoke as if enumerating his family treasures. "The Oceanic Museum here is very famous! It not only has all kinds of marine knowledge but also strange Pokémon models. I wanted to visit it a long time ago, but I didn't have time to come here before. Today happens to be the opening day. Now is the right time to go!"
It can only be said that he is worthy of being Max, who likes to enrich himself. Most little boys of his age like facilities such as amusement parks or parks. Few are as eager for knowledge as he is.
Natsui and the others naturally had no objection to his proposal. However, just as they were about to walk toward the Oceanic Museum, Brock stood still and said to them:
"You guys go ahead. I have to go to the market to purchase some ingredients and supplies. Like May, I'll wait until evening to meet you at the Pokémon Center."
To be honest, sometimes Natsui really envied Ash. Having a full-time nanny like Brock to take care of him, he almost didn't need to intervene in anything. He just had to battle seriously.
And he only experienced such treatment briefly when Erika was traveling with him!
Sigh, the N-th day without Erika, missing her as always...
The Slateport Oceanic Museum was built on an open space by the sea, not very far from that lighthouse.
When Natsui and his party arrived here, they saw three towering glass dome-shaped buildings connected from a distance, constructing a grand museum.
Max walked at the very front with great interest, even humming a song happily. But when he arrived at the museum gate and saw the notice on it, his face fell immediately.
"How can this be..."
Seeing him retreat several steps in despair, Natsui raised his eyebrows and walked a few steps quickly to look at the notice.
Only then did he discover that although today was an opening day, unfortunately, the museum was temporarily closed because the curator had something to do.
"It seems we came in vain."
Although a little disappointed, for Natsui and the others, this was nothing, at most just a walk. Only Max seemed very unwilling to accept such an outcome. He looked to both sides, then ran under a window of the museum on the side, jumped up, and actually grabbed the windowsill with both hands!
"Hey..." Misty raised her eyebrows, looking somewhat similar to Natsui. She shouted, "What are you doing? That's dangerous, get down quickly!"
"I don't care!" Max was unmoved. Instead, he gritted his teeth and tried hard to climb toward the window. "I must enter the museum today! There is a lot of knowledge waiting for me to visit!! I've been looking forward to it for a long time!!!"
It's over, this kid is obsessed...
Afraid that he would be in danger, Natsui was just about to carry him down. Just then, because of exhaustion, Max's fingers slipped, and he fell from the windowsill.
Thump.
Max landed on his butt. Fortunately, there was a patch of grass below, and he hadn't climbed high just now, so this fall didn't hurt him much.
"Forget it, let's go." Ash pulled him up from the ground and couldn't help persuading, "Since it's not open today, it's the same if we come back tomorrow."
Perhaps their voices were too loud. Just then, the folding window in front of them suddenly opened from the inside. A man about forty years old in a suit and leather shoes showed half of his body and looked at them.
"Excuse me, is there something wrong?"
No one expected there to be someone in the room behind the window!
Max looked a bit embarrassed but still said, "We are here to visit, but the museum gate is closed. I could only try to get in this way!"
Fortunately, Max was just a child. As the saying goes, children's words carry no harm. His action just now could be described as illegal trespassing, but precisely because he was young, he didn't feel anything wrong saying it.
Sure enough, after hearing Max's words, the man just smiled and nodded without pursuing it.
"So that's how it is." He looked at Natsui and the others again and continued, "My name is Captain Stern. I am the curator of this museum. Actually, there is a reason for the closure today. But since you are already here, I can't let you go back disappointed. I'll make an exception this time and let you in."
Saying that, he left the window and disappeared into the room. Not long after, he opened a small door on the other side of the museum and stood there waving to them.
Max was overjoyed and ran over almost immediately.
Natsui and the others looked at each other. They didn't expect things to take a turn for the better!
And this man was the curator, the highest person in charge here. What a pleasant surprise!
It can only be said that the siblings May and Max were indeed lucky today; both met their respective benefactors.
Following behind Max, the group entered the museum.
Although they entered from the side door, it was actually not far from the main gate. After walking a few steps, they arrived at the museum hall.
As soon as they stepped in here, they were awed by a huge, life-size Wailord model hanging from the ceiling!
"So big..."
Looking up from their angle, the huge blue body hung high, almost occupying the entire ceiling of the hall. It made them deeply realize how small humans are in front of such a behemoth!
Looking at it, Ash couldn't help asking, "Curator Stern, this Wailord shouldn't be real, right?"
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