The old man continued to speak. "I will contact you if I need anything and when I am at a safer location. By then you will have to complete one of my tasks if you wish to qualify to work with me."
Kimi shrugged. "That is fine so long as you do not disappear on me. Since I will be working with you, there needs to be some level of trust between us so.."
Kimi removed the mask on her face and pulled down her hood which revealed her slightly tanned skin, teal coloured hair and red eyes along with the facial features which matched those belonging to the Jenny family but much younger.
The old man was startled upon discovering her identity and became increasingly uneasy. 'This.. is this some trick?'
It seemed like Kimi was luring him in before then she revealed her identity to him which was a member of the Jenny family, he expected his door to be broken down very soon as if Kimi had been involved in an operation to expose his crimes or identity.
He became very on edge and nervous but there was no change once Kimi had placed the mask back on and pulled up her hood. "I will not go too into my identity yet but if you work hard enough, you should be capable of finding it. My face should be enough to prove to you that I am trusting you to become my partner. I know who you are so it is only fair that you can find out about me.
Just know that I am taking a different route from those of my family and that If we work together, we could do a lot of good together while funding our own goals. I am sure that you want to gain enough to fund your own ideas."
The old man listened quietly with his fists clenched then he spoke up. "Since you have revealed your identity so soon.. you must have done it for a reason. What do you want?"
Kimi took out a small printout which had a photo of a man on it. "I need to find this man who is currently wanted and there are two reasons for doing so. One is personal while the second is for the reward… I have some idea myself on how to find him but my information is not so precise so that is why I need you to help me narrow things down."
The old man looked over the photo then put his hand onto his chin. "Give me a moment."
He started typing rapidly and motioned for Porygon to come over. "Come here and get to work."
He showed the image to it then the Porygon suddenly disappeared near the laptop like it had been sucked into it.
The old man continued typing while he was looking up a lot of information that had been gained over a short period of time.
The Porygon had surfed through a vast amount of information and found anything that was remotely similar to the photo and what information Kimi had given about the man then brought it to the laptop.
After a page had been brought up and the old man spoke up again, the Porygon reappeared by his side. "Found him, his last location should be around here."
On the screen was a map which was around Viridian City and Pewder City while the old man zoomed in closer to Pewder City and then pointed towards a certain area.
Kimi looked at the screen carefully and nodded. "This should be enough for me to find them. Now we should discuss in detail what we will be doing together."
A brief plan was written down about how they would operate in the future and how he would handle his own duties while directing her to certain tasks.
The old man looked over towards Kimi and pointed to her disguise. "This may work for most but you cannot completely hide your appearance or certain features so you will need something better. If you can gain my approval and can gain the funds then I will design you a suit but for now… how about a new mask?"
Kimi took a book from her bag and opened it up to reveal some sketches.
Most of them were masks which either looked like white skull shaped masks and had varying markings on them while being in the shape of different kinds of animal skulls.
She pointed towards one which had a couple of simple markings on the skull and under the eye which were tribal like or similar to a type of marking used in the manga Bleach for the hollow or vizard masks. "This type in the shape of a Gogoat head shape. Something that fits similar to how a Cubone or Marowak wears a skull over their head. The horns are optional or could be added to a costume or hoody if it can be done later.."
Explaining the otherworldly things like goats or Wendigo type creatures or monsters to the old man would not get her idea across so the closest possible example that she could bring up was Gogoat for goats and using Cubone as an example for wearing the skull over her head.
The markings on the mask were a dark purple while they mainly were positioned on the top of the skull and around the eyes to make it seem like a helmet shape.
The old man's eyes lit up. "It seems that you know quite a lot for someone your age. Is it your connections with your family or are you just well read up on certain things?"
He started to show some general interest towards Kimi because she had displayed many pieces of knowledge beyond her age and where she comes from.
Most people that knew a lot were usually taught strictly by the higher ups and were nurtured but those people were not so free to come track him down and were even more unwilling to go against the family to avoid handing him over to the league.
He had guessed that Kimi was not someone from so high up from that but he was not so certain how she could find out about himself and many other things.
Kimi shrugged. "I just like to look into research papers published online from other regions. Most of it is public knowledge but most are too lazy to learn unless they have been told to read certain things by their family or school."
She was correct because most children were very uneducated before they went out into the world unless they had been part of a school or a family which could afford a private tutor.
Most others would have to have access to the internet to be able to study and look up the necessary knowledge they needed so that they could apply for and pass certain tests before they could enter a certain field of work or study.
If someone was living in poverty and had no access to any of the available services then they would be stuck as an ordinary shop worker or labourer unless they got the opportunity to become a Pokémon trainer.
Kimi had very little knowledge about the world she was living in when she first arrived so she had to spend some time studying and catching up to the others for a long time in her previous life but she could not reveal that to the old man.
The old man went to the other room where there were different kinds of tools and devices laying around. "I will try to make a quick version of what you want but what should I call you when talking to you?"
Kimi answered calmly. "You can call me Luci, Lu… or just L as a codename or whatever."
The old man revealed a smile. "Okay then L, you can call me P."
Kimi rolled her eyes behind her mask. 'I know that he is a Porygon lover and enthusiast who is interested in all kinds of topics related to their research but to name himself P..'
After taking some head measurements and making some calculations based on the growth of Kimi's head within the next year, P had begun his work as a new mask was made according to how Kimi had specified.