"You, back in the day, with your bald head, a middle-aged man, what's there to talk about?
Besides, it's not like we just met today. Don't we know exactly what you were like before?"
Asakawa Chinatsu sat nearby, her tone full of sarcastic mockery.
"Exactly, you're a crooked melon and cracked date, and you're still reminiscing about the past."
Further away, another man laughed mockingly.
The uncle, whose words were interrupted and mocked before he could finish, wasn't angry. He let out a disdainful laugh: "A bunch of defeated subordinates, the barking of strays."
Tetsuya found their bickering quite amusing.
Further away, the energetic young women playing in the swimming pool and water park would occasionally cast their gaze towards the prominent handsome young man in the fishing area, sometimes bursting into laughter and playfully hitting each other.
"Whoosh~" Tetsuya pulled up the fishing rod that had a bite. It was a Qwilfish, not bad, at least it wasn't a Magikarp.
He motioned to Pidgeot, and it immediately blew the inflated Qwilfish back into the sea with a flap of its wing.
He raised an eyebrow at the old man next to him, "Old man, this is my first one today, you haven't caught anything since I got here."
"Hmph, I caught a lot before you came, you brat."
The old man, still dressed in a youthful style, replied thus.
Tetsuya chuckled happily, "Speaking of which, old man, what's your name again? I didn't ask you yesterday."
"Rowan."
The old man, oh no, Professor Rowan, answered casually.
The two fell into silence.
Professor Rowan was seriously fishing, he didn't want to be outdone by a kid.
Tetsuya, after hearing the name, carefully looked at Professor Rowan's appearance and fell into thought.
This name, this appearance, it seems like the Pokemon professor from the Sinnoh region in his previous life, just a little younger.
He then let out a self-deprecating laugh, what did it matter? Didn't they get along just fine before he knew?
He casually cast out his hook.
"Rowan, are you Professor Rowan who researches evolution?" Although Tetsuya didn't care, with an authoritative professor present, learning something wouldn't hurt.
"Yes." Professor Rowan looked at Tetsuya strangely, "You know me?"
It was understandable that Professor Rowan was surprised. At this time, Professor Rowan's fame was far from what it would be later.
Although he had already published many articles on Pokemon evolution and was recognized as an authority on Pokemon evolution in the industry, only those within the research field knew the significance of this name.
In the eyes of other Trainers who didn't care, they only knew that some new research results had come out, and they basically didn't know about the author.
Moreover, at this time, Professor Rowan was still affiliated with Professor Oak's laboratory, and every article was written as coming from Professor Oak's laboratory. Ordinary Trainers were even less likely to remember who wrote it.
Furthermore, young people like Tetsuya were more focused on training the strength of their Pokemon, so it seemed even more incredible for him to have knowledge about research scholars.
"Yes, I have read your 'On the Possibility of Eevee Evolution - Based on Genetic Instability', 'The Connectivity of Pokemon Evolutionary Forms', 'Conjecture on the Complete State of Pokemon Evolution', and so on, old man."
Tetsuya skillfully listed several of Professor Rowan's papers.
Professor Rowan nodded. He had originally thought Tetsuya only knew of him, but he didn't expect him to have real knowledge.
It should be known that among these papers, only the first one was widely followed. While the latter two papers had significant research value academically, they didn't help with increasing strength.
Therefore, most people who knew him only knew about the first paper and wouldn't pay attention to the latter two.
This indicated that Tetsuya was usually very fond of learning.
"Oh? Do you have any thoughts after reading them?" Professor Rowan certainly wouldn't let this young man off so easily.
Although he felt that Tetsuya wasn't someone with just a superficial appearance, he still needed to test him just in case.
"No specific thoughts, just a few questions.
Regarding the conjecture about the complete state, where Pokemon would eventually become Legendary Pokemon like Ho-Oh and Lugia, reaching a conceptual perfect state, and thus inferring that these Legendary Pokemon might not have devolved forms, I don't quite understand. If..."
Tetsuya temporarily put aside the fishing. Opportunities to learn from a professor were rare, so he had to seize the time to have a good chat.
This was related to Zero's knowledge deduction.
Professor Rowan listened to Tetsuya's questions and nodded with satisfaction.
The questions Tetsuya asked were based on his thoughts about his articles, and they had a strong personal style, showing that he had put effort into studying.
Having finally met a young person who was interested and studied seriously, Professor Rowan wouldn't be stingy with his knowledge and answered Tetsuya's questions in detail.
After all, professors in the Pokemon World were truly scholars. Most professors certified by the Alliance, in addition to having clear scientific research achievements, also needed to have good character.
Otherwise, the Alliance wouldn't feel confident entrusting the task of distributing Starter Pokemon to these professors.
Naturally, most of the time, they were happy to teach young people.
So, the old man and the young man began discussing research topics.
The elders fishing nearby were also chatting among themselves, looking at Tetsuya with very kind eyes. After all, no one would unreasonably dislike a handsome child who loved to learn.
They chatted for two or three hours. During this time, their fishing rods moved, but they didn't react, completely immersed in their discussion.
After asking the questions he had planned, Tetsuya stopped on his own.
After all, he couldn't keep asking forever. He already felt he had gained a lot.
They hadn't just discussed evolution; Professor Rowan had been at Professor Oak's lab for so many years and was clear on all sorts of issues, enough to answer his questions.
"No more questions?" Professor Rowan looked at him kindly. Over the past few hours of questions and answers, he had grown more and more fond of this young man.
"Not for now. I need to digest it. There's too much information," Tetsuya said honestly.
Professor Rowan nodded in satisfaction. Although he didn't mind Tetsuya continuing to ask questions, he was very pleased with Tetsuya's attitude.
The young man clearly understood his own limits and managed the pace perfectly. He stopped when continuing would no longer be very beneficial.
Knowing when to stop is not something everyone can do; greed is the norm.
"Then I'll leave for today. Sorry, uncles and Grandpa Rowan, I'll come back tomorrow, I'll come back tomorrow." Tetsuya stood up, eager to go back and summarize what he had learned today.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to add them as friends on his wristwatch, and everyone happily agreed.
Watching him leave, someone couldn't help but sigh, "There aren't many young people like this anymore. It seems Kanto is about to produce another commoner genius."
The others didn't voice their opinions, but they agreed with this statement in their hearts.
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Thanks to Magic Dragon for the 100 Qidian Coin reward.
PS: The update scheduled for 9 PM will be delayed, likely until around 11 PM. I got back late from the Level 6 exam. You can wait and read it with tomorrow morning's update.
Professor Rowan researched Pokemon in the Kanto Region with Professor Oak before the story began, and only later returned to Sinnoh.
Of course, the story doesn't seem to explicitly state that Professor Rowan is related to Professor Carolina. This is considered a fan setting here.
Because it doesn't seem to mention Cynthia's grandfather specifically.
But it does say that Cynthia helped Professor Rowan a lot when she was a child.
And Professor Carolina protected the Legendary Pokemon at Lake Verity with Professor Rowan, which I think is quite reasonable.
Professor Rowan likes sweets, is patient, kind, and has a strict appearance!
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