The thick black clouds were adorned with specks of sparkling white light, like a vast starry sky, and the gentle and radiant glow scattered like a brilliant full moon.
Within the white light, there was a hidden aura of happiness.
The Beedrill and Abra, bathed in and covered by the white light, showed expressions of intoxication.
As if wandering on the shores of happiness, joy and good fortune made them intoxicated, unconsciously taking a few steps closer to Natsuhiko.
"Togetic..."
The small, nimble eyes slowly opened, reflecting Natsuhiko in their pure gaze.
A pair of small wings did not flap but, with the aid of the extended aura of happiness, the pure white, angel-like little creature floated in front of Natsuhiko.
"Togetic..." Looking at the little creature in front of him, as the white light faded, it also took away the appearance of Togepi.
It evolved.
Just now, bathing in the white light of happiness, Togepi successfully evolved into the Togetic before him.
It stood taller, shedding its round eggshell, with red and blue triangles appearing on its belly.
Togetic can sense the goodwill in the hearts of other Pokémon and humans; this ability is similar to that of a Blissey, also bringing good fortune to kind people.
No matter when, Togetic always pays attention to people with pure hearts, approaching them and spreading happiness and enthusiasm, which is known as "Joy Dust."
However, if they are not with kind people, they become very depressed and spiritless.
At this moment, the Togetic, floating in front of Natsuhiko with the aura of happiness, was in excellent condition.
"Togetic!"
The pair of pure white wings fluttered lightly, and the invisible aura of happiness extended from its body, enveloping Natsuhiko.
Natsuhiko reached out his hand.
Slap!
Togetic also extended its hand, tapping Natsuhiko's palm, while playfully winking at him.
Natsuhiko breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it was still his Togepi.
He then smiled, gently placing his hand on Togetic's head, "Congratulations, little one, you finally evolved."
Natsuhiko knew that the affinity between Togepi and him was about to reach the critical point, but the higher the affinity, the harder it was to increase. Even though he was prepared for Togepi to evolve, he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
It seemed that Marshadow's words and actions earlier had given Togepi a significant impact.
"Togetic!" Togetic raised its little head proudly, with an indescribably smug expression.
Isn't it even cuter now?
"Hahaha—yes, yes!" Natsuhiko said with a laugh.
Upon hearing his affirmation, Togetic's overly confident and slightly arrogant expression couldn't be maintained. It secretly winked and raised its eyebrows at Beedrill and Abra nearby.
Beedrill and Abra exchanged a glance and smiled.
Even after evolving, Togetic's personality remained unchanged.
It's playful when it wants to be.
Putting away his joking manner, Natsuhiko said seriously, "Togetic, now that you've evolved, do you feel any differences or changes?"
What he was referring to was, of course, changes in strength.
"Togetic?"
Togetic tilted its head, pondering slightly.
Soon, its eyes lit up.
"Togetic!"
It slowly raised its hand, as specks of emerald green light floated forth, and thin leaves surrounded its body, seemingly carrying a special wave.
And as Togetic waved its little hand, these leaves followed its movement and flew towards the nearby grass.
Boom!
A not insignificant roaring sound and the ground blasted into a pit.
"Magic Leaf." Natsuhiko identified the technique, his mind flashing with the basic information about it.
It didn't have very strong additional effects, nor any that synergized with Togetic's Celestial Grace trait.
But as a Grass-type Technique, it was crucial for Natsuhiko's current team.
Because Natsuhiko only had Beedrill, Abra, and Togetic, the current situation was that the range of attacks wasn't sufficient.
For instance, facing pure Water-type Pokémon, there wasn't an appropriate technique to counter effectively, causing significant damage.
But now it's different; Togetic's "Magic Leaf" technique, although it couldn't fundamentally solve this issue, undeniably filled this gap significantly.
And it is now more important, considering they are at sea, where Water-type Pokémon are everywhere.
In the time of Togepi, Natsuhiko intentionally didn't let it learn many techniques; training was focused only on improving the proficiency of its existing techniques.
The advantage of this was that Togepi wasn't overwhelmed trying to master too many techniques.
The downside was that as Togepi trained and mastered its techniques, it slowly reached a bottleneck in using and enhancing them.
The speed of its power growth slowed considerably.
But now, having evolved into Togetic and learned "Magic Leaf," it opened a new direction for future training.
And also...
"Such a destructive force, using a technique it just learned and not yet mastered, has Togetic reached... Senior Level?" Natsuhiko murmured.
Because Togetic is a relatively rare Pokémon, there aren't many books on how to raise or gauge the strength of such Pokémon.
Upon first seeing Togetic, Natsuhiko couldn't determine what level of power it had reached or if it had progressed.
But now,
Seeing the destructive power of the technique it displayed, Natsuhiko was sure that Togetic had reached the Senior Level!
Aside from Beedrill, finally, another of his Pokémon reached the Senior Level!
This was a significant boost to Natsuhiko's overall strength, and in combination with his tactical formations, could elevate the battle power of his Pokémon to a new level.
So...
"The chance of dealing with Druddigon just became much higher."
With Togepi evolving into Togetic just before challenging Druddigon, it was undoubtedly good news.
"Excellent."
Natsuhiko happily patted Togetic's head again.
Beedrill and Abra also showed joy.
Another Pokémon's strength significantly increased in the team, which was undoubtedly a huge advantage for them.
"Kadabra..." Abra looked at the evolved Togetic, uncontrollably fantasizing about its own evolution scene.
Its yearning for evolution grew even stronger.
"Togetic..."
Allowing Natsuhiko to pat its head, Togetic fell into deep thought.
It felt as if there was a very peculiar power within its body, a power it had never encountered before.
So mysterious, it seemed this energy had been accumulating in its body for a long time, but it hadn't noticed until this evolution brought awareness.
Waving its little hand, its wings quivered slightly, and a faint pink whirlwind emerged with the flapping of its wings, interspersed with tiny pink powder.
Whoosh—
It gently brushed against the rock in front of it, causing a fairly large rock to crack open.
At the same time, Togetic could feel that the peculiar energy in its body diminished a little.
Unlike when using General Type Techniques, where general energy could slowly recover after being consumed,
this mass of energy... seemed not to regenerate by itself.
Because it couldn't absorb energy waves of the same kind from the air.
Meanwhile, seeing Togetic use this technique, Natsuhiko was stunned, his eyes constantly changing, his mind replaying the scene of the technique Togetic had just used.
"Fairy... Wind?"