"It's like this—whether humans or Pokémon, there are subtle differences between males and females. And I have had the privilege of observing the population of Fennekin..."
Lorze started spewing serious-sounding nonsense, his logical analysis completely baffling Professor Sycamore. However, all those words boiled down to one sentence—
"Anyway... please, by all means, let me see that Fennekin. Perhaps I can bring her to heel!"
As for the method... don't worry about that for now.
Looking at the young man whose eyes were sparkling with light, Sycamore seemed bluffed as well:
"Uh, okay, of course, no problem... Mr. Steven, are you busy right now?"
"Don't worry, I am also free at the moment."
"I understand. Since that's the case, let's all go to the backyard and take a look."
Looking at the excited young man walking ahead with his hands in his pockets, Mewtwo following behind understood implicitly. Now, whenever Lorze even twitched, she knew exactly what he was planning—
"Planning to catch a Fennekin?"
"Hehe, I still can't hide it from Big Sister Mewtwo..."
"Big Brother Lorze, you playboy!"
He rubbed Kirlia's head, and she happily purred, no longer minding.
"You're going to completely ruin someone's Pokémon and then take her away. You get all the good deals. Will the Professor agree to that?"
"It's just a Fennekin, not some rarity~ Anyway, I know a lot about Mega Evolution. I'll just consider it an exchange and share some knowledge with Professor Sycamore. He'll even have to thank me!"
Not fully understanding but thinking it was awesome, Latias nimbly circled the young man: "Lorze, so amazing!"
Scratching the dragon sister's chin, Lorze thought of a quote from Teacher AG and couldn't help but chuckle dumbly: The Pokémon world isn't just about fighting and killing, it's also about worldly wisdom and socializing!
The young assistant took large strides leading the way. Throughout the walk, Alain was very serious and silent, putting on an affected mature and reserved look. This personality really stayed with him from childhood to adulthood...
The lab's backyard was quite spacious, although compared to the backyards of Professor Oak and Professor Birch, it paled in comparison.
Hearing the person before seeing them—before even stepping onto the grass of the backyard, the purring whimpers of a fox mixed with the arrogant cry of another Pokémon rushed into their ears.
A fight? No, it sounded more like a one-sided beating...
Until a red and yellow shadow curled up in a ball on the grass came into view. Fennekin, with her fur messy, was being firmly stepped on by a Froakie.
Then that Froakie walked away with a look of being accustomed to this, seemingly having no intention of entangling with her at all.
"It looks like she lost the fight?"
Alain covered his forehead and sighed: "Actually, every time there's a fight, she's the one who starts it, but she never wins a single time."
Sycamore also scratched his head awkwardly: "This Fennekin's personality seems to be a bit special. According to my observation... she's not the type of Pokémon that maliciously starts fights, but she still inexplicably ends up scuffling with other Pokémon..."
"Alright, let me see what's going on."
At that time, Fennekin was seriously closing her eyes, sticking out her tongue, and kicking her four limbs while lying on her back on the ground, her indecent parts under her tail exposed.
However, looking at her body, there were no wounds; her fur was just messy.
Lorze pinched Fennekin's wet nose. The intense feeling of suffocation immediately made her struggle to turn over, glaring at the young man with wide, angry eyes!
"Z-Zako (Small fry)! What are you doing, meow!"
Huh?
Hearing her words, Lorze immediately knew why this guy could never gain an advantage—it turned out she was a mesugaki (bratty girl) who was tough on the outside but weak on the inside!
Even if Pokémon Professors could understand the behavioral motives and intentions of Pokémon, they had no way of understanding exactly what they were saying. As a result, this would lead to misjudgments about the Pokémon's personality and language...
And the telepathy ability Kirlia brought him could break through species barriers for direct communication.
Although powerful mesugaki with rich experience did exist, for many mesugaki...
Despite calling people "zako" (small fry) left and right, when it came to an actual fight, they would be incredibly weak, and many were even pure, innocent virgins.
Lorze boldly guessed that this Fennekin probably belonged to the latter category.
"Hey! Why is a fox meowing like a cat?"
"Meow!? Z-Zako can actually understand my words, meow, truly incredible, meow..."
Just as the young man reached out his hand towards Fennekin wanting to stroke her fur, that Fennekin nimbly darted to the side, raised her paw to her mouth, and showed an incredibly punchable smile: "Hehe meow~ Zako zako~ You can't catch me, meow~"
His outstretched hand impressively clenched into a fist, and veins popped on Lorze's forehead—No wonder she always gets beaten up. Just two sentences made my fist harden.
Using telekinesis to hard-CC Fennekin, Lorze directly grabbed her tail and hung her upside down in the air!
Her body temperature is really high. I can't even imagine how comfortable it would be to go inside...
The suspended Fennekin frantically kicked her four limbs and let out squeaking fox cries, immediately causing the surrounding Pokémon to show disgusted expressions and stay far away from this side.
"Wah, wah wah! Z-Zako!? Q-Quickly put me down, meow!"
"Eh!? Sir Lorze... holding Fennekin like this might not be very good. It could cause excessive pressure on her cerebral blood vessels from being upside down for a long time..."
"Don't worry, Professor, I know what I'm doing. Also, could I have custody of this Fennekin for a few days?"
Looking at Alain and Steven in dismay, Sycamore scratched his head: "That wouldn't be a problem..."
"Then I will take my leave first? I have to go to the inn and settle down."
"Sir Lorze, do you need me to lead the way?"
"Thank you, Mr. Steven! I'm already very grateful you helped me book the inn in advance. I'll just take a taxi there directly."
"Alright, then I still have the work of analyzing the giant stone's data with Professor Sycamore, so I won't accompany you, Sir Lorze."
After saying goodbye to the three, Lorze left the lab carrying the subdued Fennekin and his Pokémon.
"I thought you were gentle to all Pokémon."
"Not at all. If it's you girls, I would definitely be more gentle, but for a restless mesugaki... she has to be ruthlessly humiliated and trained!"
"Z-Zako! What are you trying to do to me, meow!"
Bringing Fennekin to his face and shaking her, Lorze showed a very dark and creepy "gegege" weird laugh—
"Don't rush. You'll find out when we get to the inn later~"
Fennekin's fur stood on end as if triggered. Even though the sunlight was so bright, bursts of cold chills rose from the bottom of her heart—I a-absolutely cannot fall into this man's hands, meow!
But his telekinesis was so strong, she had no way to resist at all...
Wearing an expression of despair, Fennekin was carried in the young man's hand like a chicken and entered a taxi.
The sound of the engine rang out, and the human vehicle drove towards her imagined hell...