"A Pokémon I've never seen before!"
The other children in the camp were also drawn to Raikou.
They gathered around, but because Raikou's appearance and expression were anything but approachable, they only dared to observe from a distance.
"Professor Oak, what kind of Pokémon is that?" a boy couldn't help but ask.
"It's Raikou, a very rare and precious legendary Pokémon. As far as I know, there's probably only one Raikou in the world," Professor Oak explained.
As he spoke, he was filled with emotion.
He never expected to see Raikou here today.
"Wow!" Hearing this, the children in the camp looked at him with admiration. One of the girls looked at Fuyuki and couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, are you Raikou's trainer?"
Hearing this question, Professor Oak immediately perked up his ears.
Although at first glance, this boy named Fuyuki seemed like Raikou's trainer, Professor Oak thought Raikou was more likely a Pokémon that the boy's parents had placed with him to protect him.
"Trainer?" Fuyuki glanced at Raikou, then smiled and shook his head.
"I know! I know!" Ash and Serena excitedly shared, "Raikou is Fuyuki's second dad!"
He was also quite surprised when he first heard it!
"Second dad?" The children were dumbfounded.
Professor Oak was stunned again.
Second... dad?
What does that mean?
Could it be that this Raikou and this boy aren't trainer and Pokémon, but father and son?
But why is he the second dad? Could there be a first dad, a third dad?
"That's right!" Fuyuki laughed and climbed onto Raikou's body, "My dad and I have been playing outside these days, and we happened to run into Ash and Serena today."
"But how can a Pokémon be a human's father?" a young girl asked, looking puzzled.
After she said that, the other children also realized the problem.
"That's right!"
"Mom said we were all picked up from the trash can by Mom and Dad!"
"No way, I was born from Mom's tummy!"
Professor Oak: "..."
"Alright, alright, it's getting late. Lunch has been prepared for everyone at the camp. Let's fill our stomachs first, and then we can observe the Pokémon together, okay?" Professor Oak said to the group of children.
Hearing their most admired Professor Oak speak, the group of children obediently nodded and went to the small table in the camp to eat.
Seeing the crowd disperse, Professor Oak breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at Fuyuki and Raikou again and invited them:
"Fuyuki, Raikou, if you don't mind, would you like to join us for lunch?"
"Then we'll have to bother you, Professor Oak!" Fuyuki said politely. Raikou frowned slightly. It disliked humans very much because, in its eyes, all humans except for the little ones were treacherous and cunning.
However, seeing the little one's eager expression, Raikou finally gave in, following behind his child like a helpless old father.
"No problem, no problem," Professor Oak said with a smile. "Ash, Serena, you two come along too!"
"Okay!"
"I want to sit with Fuyuki!" Ash said.
"Me...me too!" Serena whispered. She didn't know anyone here; the only people she was familiar with were Ash and Fuyuki beside her.
"No problem, Gary, you come along too?" Professor Oak looked at his grandson.
Gary looked at Ash with an arrogant expression: "This young master doesn't want to sit with Ash!"
Then, he sat down to Fuyuki's right, separated from Ash and Serena by Fuyuki and Raikou.
Fuyuki: "..."
Lunch at the camp consisted of sandwiches and mushroom soup, along with special snacks for Pokémon.
Fuyuki placed some snacks in front of Raikou, his face full of anticipation, and said, "Daddy, please play with me here a little longer! Please!"
[Fuyuki used his charm on Raikou, and it worked wonders!]
Raikou sighed silently, then nodded, "Okay."
"Let's eat first, try some human food!" Fuyuki chuckled and placed the snacks Professor Oak had prepared in front of Raikou.
The others watched Fuyuki and Raikou's interaction.
Serena felt that Fuyuki and this Pokémon had a really good relationship.
Ash's heart was filled with longing.
"When I grow up, I want to become a trainer too!"
Gary proudly remained silent.
Professor Oak smiled as he watched this scene. He watched Raikou eat the snacks, then asked,
"Fuyuki, where did you come from?"
Fuyuki didn't want to answer this question. The Azure Mountain was a sacred place for them, and if too many people knew, it would disturb their lives.
Therefore, Fuyuki shook his head and mumbled, "We live in the mountains!"
"In the mountains?" Professor Oak hadn't expected this answer.
"But... I heard from my father that it found me in Viridian Forest," Fuyuki added, something Entei had told him before.
Professor Oak was actually a very good doctor, and he didn't intend to hide his identity, because there was no need.
"Really?" Professor Oak was stunned. "Raikou, it's really your father?"
"Of course." Fuyuki nodded.
A child raised by a Pokémon? How could that be?!
No… it wasn't entirely impossible.
Professor Oak thought calmly.
He remembered that in some Pokémon groups, some Pokémon had the habit of raising their young. When they encountered human or other species' children, they would care for them like mothers, raising them to adulthood.
The most famous example was a Pokémon called Kangaskhan.
The Research Daily had published a news article about a Kangaskhan mother who adopted a human child and raised him until much later when this was discovered by humans.
But… a legendary Pokémon like Raikou would adopt a child?
Professor Oak felt both incredulous and astonished.
If this were true, it would definitely cause a huge sensation in the academic world!
Because ecological records about legendary Pokémon are so rare and scarce,
Professor Oak exclaimed, "It's truly incredible!"
Looking at Fuyuki and Raikou before him, Professor Oak, a professor specializing in the relationship between Pokémon and humans, felt that perhaps the relationship between humans and Pokémon was more than just partners and friends.
At that moment, Professor Oak suddenly recalled his own experience of traveling through time with Celebi in his youth.
Many unknown things still existed in this world, waiting for them to explore.
While Professor Oak was lost in thought, Fuyuki glanced at his stats; since arriving, he had extracted nearly 600 Shock Points from Professor Oak.
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