New Bark Town, the town where the winds of new beginnings blow.
If Pallet Town, the starting town of the Kanto region, was just a cozy little town, then compared to it, New Bark Town was definitely a small city.
Although in the games it was just a remote town with a small population, when Natsui actually set foot here, he found that New Bark Town was far more prosperous and much larger than Pallet Town.
Not only were there many tall buildings in the town, but it also had all the facilities like shopping malls, schools, hospitals, and amusement parks. The Johto Pokémon League had even built a Pokémon Center here specifically to serve new trainers.
But just like Cherrygrove City, New Bark Town was also relatively quiet. There were few residents on the streets, and they all seemed to be moving at a leisurely pace, clearly indicating a very slow rhythm of life.
As the two walked into the town center, Sabrina was clearly still bothered by what had just happened.
She glanced at Natsui and said flatly, "I've noticed that whether it's Misty, Koharu from the Sakuragi Institute, Melody from the Orange Islands, or that girl just now, you seem to be especially friendly towards cute girls like them. You don't have some kind of special fetish, do you?"
Hearing this, the hairs on Natsui's arms stood on end.
Danger, danger, danger!
"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense!" he said, his heart pounding, quickly denying it. "I just see them as friends, or… very good little sisters. I definitely don't have any improper thoughts. And didn't you see I also took good care of Ash? That's called mentoring the younger generation. How can you say I have some special fetish?"
Sabrina stared at him for a long time. "Is that so? I was just saying. But why do you look so nervous?"
"Why would I be nervous!?" he said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead as if he didn't care. "It's just that your question is very dangerous. If someone else were to hear it, they might really think I'm some kind of bad guy."
Fortunately, Sabrina didn't press the matter further, which allowed Natsui to breathe a sigh of relief.
He remembered that Sabrina had asked a similar question before. Could it be that his recent behavior had been too brazen, so Sabrina had noticed something again?
The sixth sense of a psychic is truly amazing.
To prevent Sabrina from asking any more questions, Natsui quickly took out his phone and contacted Looker again.
This time, the two agreed to meet in a coffee shop. Following his navigation, Natsui easily found the place.
It was a small corner coffee shop. Although it was getting late, since it wasn't yet dinner time, there were no other customers.
When Natsui entered the shop, he immediately saw Looker sitting furtively in a corner.
Looker was still wearing his trench coat, but he now had sunglasses on his face and a large-brimmed hat on his head. If he hadn't been the only customer and his figure so familiar, Natsui really wouldn't have recognized him.
Plonking himself down opposite Looker, Natsui said curiously, "Yo, long time no see. What's up? Are you being followed?"
"Keep your voice down!" Looker took off his glasses, glanced at the waiter, and made a shushing gesture. "It's not that I'm being followed, but that I'm following someone else."
"Following someone else?" Natsui looked him up and down. "Come on, with an outfit like that, you'd be easily spotted in a crowd. Wouldn't you be immediately found out if you were following someone?"
"I can't help it," Looker shrugged. "My face is already on a wanted poster in Team Rocket. Basically everyone recognizes me. Even if I don't wear a disguise, the Team Rocket members will easily recognize me."
Just then, Looker also saw Sabrina. He nodded to her in greeting.
But before Natsui could say anything else, he raised his eyebrows at Natsui with a very sleazy expression.
'Not bad, kid. You really managed to win over Sabrina!'
Seeing Looker's smug look, Natsui easily understood his meaning. He glanced at Sabrina and communicated back with the same look.
'What's the big deal? It's just because I'm so charming.'
'Pfft, I never realized you were so shameless before.'
'What do you know, you single old man?'
This was a kind of silent understanding between men, something that could only be felt, not spoken. Sabrina naturally couldn't understand it.
She just looked at the two of them strangely, not understanding what they were doing with all the winks and nudges. She only felt that their expressions seemed very vulgar, and they must be discussing some offensive topic.
Seeing Sabrina's suspicious and increasingly dangerous look, Natsui quickly cleared his throat twice, then looked at Looker with a serious expression. "Alright, back to business. Tell me, who are you following here?"
Looker pointed out the window.
"Look over there."
Following his finger, through the coffee shop's window, Natsui saw a man with his back to them, eating dinner alone in a restaurant across the street.
The man was wearing a black tight-fitting shirt and dark jeans. From the back, it was impossible to tell who he was. But what was most striking was his semi-long red hair.
"Who is he?"
Looker said softly, "He is Giovanni's son."
"Giovanni's son!?"
Hearing this, Sabrina was taken aback. She had been a fellow Gym Leader with Giovanni for so many years, and only now did she learn that he had a son.
Natsui's brow also furrowed. Giovanni's son, does he mean Silver?
So the reason Looker was being so secretive and had come all the way to New Bark Town was because he was tailing Silver.
"Surprised?" Seeing their shocked expressions, Looker smiled. "We also only recently found out that Giovanni has a son. That cunning man really hid it well."
Natsui asked tentatively, "So, you plan to follow him to see if you can find a lead on Team Rocket?"
Looker nodded. "That's right. This man's name is Silver. I plan to use him to find Giovanni's whereabouts. And I guess he has come here with some kind of evil plan."
Hearing Looker's plan, Natsui sighed softly, knowing that Looker was destined for disappointment.
In fact, Silver and Giovanni's relationship was not very good. Although he was Giovanni's son, he did not approve of his father's retirement and hated what Team Rocket stood for. So, he had decided to be self-reliant, had basically no connection with Team Rocket, and had always acted alone.
Of course, Natsui couldn't tell Looker this. And he also wanted to see what Silver was up to here.
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