This behavior at most only made people feel somewhat uncomfortable, it wasn't exactly detestable.
However, it was precisely because Professor Cerise didn't pay attention to Goh's character that he ended up doing something he regretted for five years.
On the day of the summer camp, he just happened to receive a Poke Egg sent from Lota City.
The Poke Egg was mailed from the main city of Lota, Orodelon City, and it was the Poke Egg of the current Queen of Orodelon City!
This Poke Egg was extremely important, related to a legend of Orodelon City, but it hadn't hatched for a long time. Whether it was soaked in nutrient solution, carried around, or through various methods, the Poke Egg showed no signs of hatching.
So the authorities of Orodelon City discussed and decided to let outside professors study the Poke Egg.
Considering Professor Cerise was relatively close and was a renowned professor with some connections to them, and his mentor was Professor Oak, if Professor Cerise couldn't figure it out, he could pass the Poke Egg to Professor Oak for research.
Therefore, they decided to entrust the Poke Egg to Professor Cerise.
At that time, Queen Erin mentioned in a letter that the Poke Egg had been with them for several months and never before had an egg taken this long to hatch.
After receiving the Poke Egg, Professor Cerise studied it every day, including during the summer camp.
However, while he was researching the Poke Egg, a boy in the camp seemed to have disappeared. Just when Professor Cerise was about to take the Poke Egg to look for the boy, Goh volunteered to watch over the egg, allowing Professor Cerise to leave without worry to find the person.
Professor Cerise pondered over it, thinking that since they were in the camp, there wouldn't typically be any danger, plus Goh had shown a mature demeanor, so he entrusted the Poke Egg to Goh.
Yet, when Professor Cerise returned with someone, Goh and Chloe were nowhere to be found!
This made Professor Cerise very anxious; how did he lose two people while finding one?
This summer camp trip was truly fraught with issues.
He then repeatedly emphasized to the remaining kids not to move and went off to search for Chloe and Goh.
Finally, Professor Cerise found Chloe and Goh a kilometer away from the camp, with them being chased by a flock of Spearow.
Professor Cerise quickly released the Pokemon he carried to rescue them, resulting in an unexpected scene...
Just as Goh was about to be pecked by the Spearow, he used the Poke Egg in his hand to shield himself!
The sharp beak of a Spearow struck the Poke Egg, creating a crack on its tip under intense impact!
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"…That's why the Poke Egg shattered. I can only blame myself; I shouldn't have left the egg there, and I shouldn't have trusted… sigh." Professor Cerise's face was full of worry and regret.
Now he often dreams of the incident at night, waking up in cold sweats, with regret clinging to his heart like a parasite.
Ash and the others became silent upon hearing this, understanding why Professor Cerise would show that expression when mentioning the event, and even Chloe was the same.
Turns out, Chloe was also involved in this incident.
"Why did that guy Goh go to that place?" Ash couldn't help but ask after a while.
Even though Professor Cerise had told Goh to watch the Poke Egg in the camp, why did he wander outside of the camp's boundaries? Not only did he run off, but he also took Chloe with him.
Moreover, the most disgusting thing was that the guy used the Poke Egg to shield himself when attacked!
Not only did he provoke the Spearow flock without taking responsibility, but he also caused the death of an innocent life.
That's right, to Ash, it was the death of an innocent life, and even with a Clear Lake full of water keeping its heart beating, the Poke Egg was no different from death.
If he hadn't come to the Cerise Research Institute today, the Poke Egg might not have lived much longer.
And all of this was the fault of that guy named Goh.
Chloe, after hearing Ash's words, looked even gloomier and more dejected: "It's all my fault for not being able to stop him… Everyone was curious why Dad brought a Poke Egg to the camp, and Dad explained the reason."
"After learning the reason, Goh wanted to hatch the Poke Egg with his own ideas and shock everyone, including Dad, which was why he volunteered to help Dad look after the egg."
"Then he took the Poke Egg into the forest, trying various methods from who knows where to hatch it, but after using many methods, he couldn't get the egg to hatch. In the end, he angrily threw a stone into the forest, which just happened to hit a Spearow on the head…"
With Chloe's recount, everyone understood the whole story; ultimately, it was Goh's vanity that caused everything, wanting to gain fame by hatching the Poke Egg, leading to all these events.
Because of vanity, the Poke Egg was taken into the forest; due to hubris and a narrow mind, a rock was thrown in anger, hitting a Spearow and triggering the flock's retaliation; and due to selfishness, the Poke Egg was used as a shield.
If that guy had lacked any of these poor qualities, the Poke Egg wouldn't have ended up like that.
"Where is that guy?" Ash asked, his voice somewhat cold.
Whether out of love for Pokemon or the enigmatic connection with Riolu, Ash couldn't suppress his anger.
Even though it was five years ago, Ash still felt extremely angry. That kind of person was no different from Damian—both scum!
"He's missing." Professor Cerise sounded slightly indifferent, but Ash and the others could hear the traces of anger in his voice.
"Why did he disappear? Someone who did something like that, why don't they have to be accountable?!" Misty frowned, her words laced with strong dissatisfaction.
"It's because he didn't want to be accountable, so he disappeared, like he evaporated into thin air. Even his parents couldn't find him." Talia came out from the kitchen, wiping her hands with a paper towel, her voice full of exasperation.
It seemed that the whole Cerise family didn't like that guy named Goh.
"That Poke Egg was extremely important to the Queen of Orodelon City, of great significance. So even though Goh was only ten years old, he had to face appropriate punishment. The punishment from the League was a permanent revocation of his qualification as a Trainer, never to own a Pokemon in his lifetime."
Professor Cerise explained Goh's punishment.
Although he was only ten, ten years old is enough for normal cognitive recognition. One must face consequences for mistakes, but due to his young age, he wasn't imprisoned, only eternally stripped of his qualification to become a Trainer.
This punishment was quite severe for someone wanting to become a Trainer but was still lighter than prison time.
"However, after finding out about his punishment, that guy went crazy, insisting it was the Spearow's fault, nothing to do with him. Of course, that argument couldn't be acknowledged, and soon after… he vanished." Professor Cerise clenched his fists, his anger finally showing a bit.
Since then, he often recalled this event, questioning why he trusted that guy, why he didn't see through his true nature!
So when he saw Ash touching the Poke Egg today, he experienced PTSD, even mistaking Ash for Goh.
Fortunately, Ash and Goh were completely different. One saved the Pokemon's life, while the other almost ruined it forever.