Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

Weibai Town.

Odamaki Research Institute.

It was Suolin who opened the door for Wang Jin.

She was very happy to see the visitor. Although there was still a lot of work to be done throughout the house, Thorin still took the time to make a pot of tea and did not lose her common courtesy.

Wang Jin sat on the sofa, picked up the cup and took a sip, then asked, "Mrs. Solin, where is Dr. Odamaki?"

"Xiao Tianjuan?" Suo Lin frowned and walked to the stairs and shouted, "Xiao Tianjuan—Wang Jin is here!"

The sound made the whole house buzz, but the person who came down was not Odamaki.

Dengdengdeng-

Dense footsteps stepped on the solid wooden stairs.

Safiya trotted down quickly, with obvious joy on her face.

She threw herself next to the sofa, as if she had seen a spirit she had not seen for a long time, and opened her arms. Unfortunately, with Safiya's size, she could only hug Wang Jin's arms, but she did hide her face well.

"Saphia!" Solin immediately frowned and scolded.

Wang Jin just happened to put the cup back and apologized, "Madam, I'm so sorry. When the Lava Team came yesterday, I happened to be away for something..."

Solin waved his hand nonchalantly and turned to tidy up the messy cupboard: "They must have taken action because they saw you leave."

bang bang—

There were intermittent heavy footsteps on the stairs.

Odamaki twisted his hips and came down with difficulty, still talking on the phone: "Yes, that's right. He was here at that time, just a few minutes after the Lava Team left... This is of course suspicious! If he can catch some people from the Lava Team, it can be considered to clear some suspicion!"

"Odajuan!" Sorin continued to raise his voice, "What are you doing?"

"Okay, okay, I can testify at any time. The orb is definitely in Genji's hands, and it is definitely related to him..." Odamaki said quickly and hung up the phone.

He then walked happily to Wang Jin and sat down, pouring himself a cup of tea and drinking it all.

Wang Jin took the opportunity to ask, "Dr. Odamaki, what happened to King Genji?"

Odamaki paused, holding the teacup in his hand, and explained in a serious voice: "Wang Jin, to be honest with you, Genji should be the leader behind the Magma Team..."

"The leader behind the scenes?" Wang Jin did not hide his surprise. He was surprised that Odawara could tell lies so seriously.

Slandering Genji...seems to be beneficial to Odamaki, as it clears the charge of stealing the lost orb and puts all the blame on Genji.

"Yes! The leader behind the scenes!" Odamaki said anxiously, "He was the one who brought the Lava Team to steal the orb. I only told him the location..."

"Odajuan!" Solin called him with a hint of anger in his eyes.

"Dad is lying!" Safiya raised her head and shouted.

Odama's face was completely frozen. He had never thought that the two people closest to him would refute him in such an occasion. And they were facing Wang Jin, who might have a decisive role in the verdict.

Wang Jin also said bluntly: "Dr. Odamaki, why did you wrongly accuse King Genji? You are the Pokémon doctor. Even if you lost important items due to such an emergency, the most you will do is to be stripped of your doctoral status. There is no punishment."

If things are handled well and someone in the alliance vouches for him, his doctorate status may not be revoked. At most he may receive some verbal criticism from within the alliance.

In short, you will definitely not be caught and thrown into jail.

Alliance laws have always been very lenient towards senior officials.

In other words, even if Genji proved that he was the mastermind behind Team Magma and stole the orb, the most he could do was to hand over the orb and then remove him from his position as the king.

Of course, if Genji really has the orb and refuses to hand it over, then the alliance may have to take some unconventional measures.

However, in the case of Odawara, Dr. Odawara, who has fallen to such a state, seems to have no need to hide anything. Even though his doctoral status has been taken away, his living conditions seem to be no different from now.

This is what Wang Jin doesn’t understand the most.

Odamaki's face suddenly turned pale, then red, and his voice began to stutter: "No, no... I am..."

Seeing that he was extremely embarrassed, Wang Jin did not delve into it and asked, "What about Metz? The research on the ancient Pokémon in Hoenn is led by you, Professor Odamaki, right?"

Upon hearing this, Odamaki instantly calmed down and begged, "Why don't we go upstairs and talk in detail?"

He really didn't want to continue sitting there under Sorin's scrutiny and Safiya's look of suspicion and contempt.

Out of respect, Wang Jin still shook off Safiya, stood up and said, "Okay, please."

The two finally went upstairs one after the other.

Safiya took off her shoes and tried to catch up on tiptoe, but just as she stepped onto the first step, she was picked up by Solin and forcibly taken away.

...

In a guest room on the second floor.

After Odamaki closed the door, his knees went weak.

Fortunately, Wang Jin reacted very quickly and supported him immediately, preventing him from kneeling directly on the ground.

"Wang Jin, please! I have a wife and children, I really can't bear it..." Odamaki's body was weak, and he begged in a crying voice: "Genji just helped me take some responsibility. He wanted to kidnap Safiya before, you know."

Wang Jin did not answer directly. He helped him to sit on a chair next to him and then asked, "Has being stripped of your doctorate title had any impact on you?"

Odamaki lowered his head and spoke slowly: "I originally planned to collect the two orbs and seal them in a place where no one could find them... and everything would be back to normal."

"You mean the research institute?" Wang Jin laughed.

"No, there are also Sorin and Safiya's lives. They shouldn't just stay in this small town every day, like those ordinary townspeople who grow fruit trees. Safiya could have come into contact with Pokémon every day. Even if she didn't become a trainer, she should have a powerful Pokémon to protect her..."

Odamaki said this while daydreaming freely.

All of this was as it should have been, but because of the damn Water Fleet and Magma Team, the evil research on super ancient Pokémon, and the inaction of the Alliance... everything became like this.

He was once a talented researcher who became famous at a young age!

Which PhD is not one of the most talented researchers?

Is it necessary to stay in a small town in fear every day and let your apprentice do research on your behalf?

Wang Jin did not comment, but asked, "Then where is Metz? Where is his research institute? Where is it located?"

Odamaki was silent for a moment, then said, "Chenghua City."