"Um... Elite Shauntal, is this also part of the solution?"
Cheren asked in a low voice, standing beside Shauntal while watching Lucas and Gengar taking out a rice cooker and a large pot.
Shauntal was also a bit confused for a moment. She saw Gengar skillfully taking rice to the lakeside to wash it, with Lilligant squatting nearby washing fresh vegetables, and she didn't quite react.
Didn't he say he was going to solve the abnormal emotional issues of the Pokémon? Why did he suddenly start cooking?
Shauntal quickly walked to Lucas's side and asked in a low voice: "You wouldn't happen to have asked me to find an open space just to cook, would you?"
"Don't worry, by the time the food is ready, it'll be lunchtime anyway."
Lucas told Shauntal not to worry.
"Am I talking about eating? I'm talking about the Pokémon issue."
"That's exactly it. Cooking is just the thing to regulate the circulation of the Electric-type energy in their bodies."
Just as the two were talking, a strong gust of wind suddenly blew over. The two turned their heads to look and found that Garchomp was placing a large electric fan on the ground. The fan's plug was connected to a Mareep. The chaotic current in its body flowed through the metal plug to the electric fan, and the fan started blowing wind as soon as it got power.
"Look, isn't this just putting that chaotic current to good use? It allows them to regulate the current in their bodies, provides us with electricity, and lets us have a full meal at the same time. Three birds with one stone."
Shauntal tilted her head, looked at the big fan spinning around, and pushed up her glasses. "You have to admit, the wind is quite strong."
"Right? The biggest problem for these Electric-type Pokémon affected by powerful currents is that they cannot regulate the chaotic current within themselves. As long as we can reasonably help them release the current from their bodies, then when new current accumulates in their bodies, it will return to normal." Lucas explained.
"Researcher Lucas is right." The Researcher ran over, panting, and said: "I asked many of the Trainers of these Electric-type Pokémon, and they all said that ever since that rainstorm, their Pokémon have had difficulty using Electric-type moves. At first, they thought the Pokémon were just in a bad state."
Shauntal picked up the drink on the table and handed it to the Researcher. The Researcher didn't stand on ceremony, took it, and gulped it down in two mouthfuls.
The situation was indeed similar to what he had guessed.
Lucas nodded. He remembered that when Ash first came to the Unova region, he also encountered this situation, but at that time, Pikachu was directly hit by Zekrom's lightning, making it unable to use Electric-type moves. This also led to Pikachu losing to a fledgling Snivy, which was only level 5.
So now the problem is clear.
During that rainstorm, Zekrom happened to pass over Striaton Academy, and the energy it carried was affected by the weather, striking the lightning rod at Striaton Academy, thereby affecting the Electric-type Pokémon at Striaton Academy. At the same time, the terrifying air pressure left behind and the situation of the Electric-type Pokémon caused other Pokémon to fall into an abnormal state.
Fear, worry, and terror spread among them, causing them to lose their motivation and vitality.
But logically speaking, if Zekrom just passed by, the aura it left behind couldn't have persisted for so long.
That means that at that time, it shouldn't have been just Zekrom here. Added to what Shauntal said about seeing Pokémon battles nearby, it can be determined that besides Zekrom, there were other Pokémon here, and they were particularly powerful Pokémon.
Zekrom—the only Pokémon that corresponds to it is—the Dragon of Truth, Reshiram? And the Dragon of Emptiness, Kyurem?
But shouldn't Zekrom and Reshiram be sleeping?
Could it be that they have already been awakened?
Who was it that awakened them in the original work—
Too much time has passed, and plus Lucas didn't like the plot of the Unova region at the time, so he didn't watch it a second time.
He vaguely remembered that in the end, it seemed like Zekrom and Kyurem fused, and there was a young man with green hair at the time.
That's right! N!
He is a child born to a Pokémon and a human, possessing the ability to foresee and sense hearts.
Could it be him?
"Thank you for your hard work. Wait here for a while and then we'll enjoy lunch together." Lucas withdrew his thoughts, looked at the Researcher, and smiled.
Gengar floated slowly back to the rice cooker, put the washed rice in, and brought back a Galvantula from afar to use the current on its body to cook the rice.
"Gen gengar!" Done.
Gengar clapped its hands, extremely satisfied, then took out an iron rod and floated toward the forest, humming a little tune.
"Researcher Lucas, there is one thing I don't quite understand. Why do only Electric-type Pokémon get affected by the current, causing energy disorder, while ordinary Pokémon don't?"
Hearing the Researcher's question, Lucas thought for a moment and then said: "You know Seviper or Arbok, right?"
The Researcher nodded.
"Actually, the principle is related to them. We all know that these types of Poison-type Pokémon have poison glands in their bodies specifically for storing poison. When facing an enemy, they release the poison from the poison glands to attack the opponent. Electric-type Pokémon are the same; most of them have something like an electric sac in their bodies to store their current, and current also has positive and negative electrons to achieve balance."
"After they are affected by a powerful current, it causes the positive and negative electrons in the electric sac to be in an imbalanced state. Simply put, the current in their bodies is running around, colliding with each other, causing them to lose control of the current in their bodies. And Electric-type Pokémon are Pokémon that need to release the excess current in their bodies. After they lose the ability to control the current in their bodies, the current cannot be released and accumulates in their bodies, thereby causing them to lose their vitality."
"In terms of cooking, it's like overeating, so we need to help them release all the excess current in their bodies."
"The reason other Pokémon don't have this situation is that their attraction to current is not that strong, of course, excluding Pokémon with the Lightning Rod ability."
The Researcher suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
"But I feel like there are some Electric-type Pokémon missing from the field?" Cheren suddenly asked.
Lucas glanced at the Electric-type Pokémon lying on the open space and nodded, "That's right, because some Electric-type Pokémon absorbed too much current, ordinary methods cannot attract the current out of their bodies. At this time, we need to help them massage, so that they can release the current."
Cheren nodded thoughtfully, "Then I'll go over and help them massage too. Actually, my massage skills are pretty good."
Seeing Cheren turn to leave, Lucas hurriedly stopped him. Seeing the confused expression on his face, Lucas said awkwardly: "Actually—our massage is different from your massage. Your effect is too slow, and ours is fast-acting."
Cheren: ???
Shauntal understood what kind of "massage" technique Lucas had from the expression on his face. She had seen this scene at the Breeding House too.
Thinking that Lucas was here, Shauntal simply found a chair and sat down, waiting for the meal.
Cheren sat beside her, "Um—is Researcher Lucas really going to be okay?"
Shauntal nodded, "Don't worry, when it comes to dealing with Pokémon, no one in any League can be compared to him."
Cheren was still a bit skeptical. Just as he was about to speak again, he heard a "sizzle" sound around him.
It seemed to be accompanied by a "clanging" sound.
What is this sound?
Cheren stood up and looked curiously at the forest behind him.
"Maa!"
Suddenly a high-pitched sound came, the sound carried a lot of pain, but Cheren felt that he also heard a sense of comfort?
"Elite Shauntal, what is happening back there—"
"Don't worry, Gengar and the others have a good grasp of their strength."
"Is that what I'm talking about? Shouldn't it be why are they beating up the Pokémon?"
"Massage, not beating."
"Massage has screams?"
"The intensity is just a bit high."
"Eelee!"
"Listen, isn't that quite comfortable?"
Cheren: ——
After a while, Gengar, Garchomp, and Ninetales walked out of the forest, followed by a dozen Electric-type Pokémon, such as Mareep, Eelektross, Luxio—
"Look, aren't they back to normal?"
Cheren looked closely, and it really was.
"So it was a massage. I thought it was—that was clearly an iron rod, right?!"
As soon as Cheren sat down, he discovered the large iron rod hidden behind Gengar, and immediately stood up again, pointing at the iron rod behind Gengar and shouting.
Gengar did a flip, and the iron rod disappeared.
"Gen gengar?"
Gengar stared at Cheren with a confused face.
What iron rod? I don't know anything about it—
Cheren: ——
Gengar floated beside Garchomp, and Ninetales also followed. Garchomp led this group of Electric-type Pokémon toward Lucas.
"Ma Machamp."
I already said, wouldn't it be fine if you used your fists like me? You insisted on getting an iron rod and almost got caught.
"Gen gengar"
My fists don't have strength, and the electricity on the body is numb, it hurts to death.
"Ninetales."
Tails are useful.
Gengar and Garchomp looked at Ninetales together, remembering the scene where it used its nine Iron Tails to whip frantically just now, and shook their heads together.
Scary female Pokémon.
"Elite Shauntal—"
Cheren still wanted to complain. He turned to look at Shauntal and found that Shauntal was in a daze. Shauntal stared at the backs of Garchomp and the others, and then suddenly slammed her right fist into her left palm.
"I know! My next book, I'm going to write a Pokémon gangster novel! Let Gengar be the protagonist! Great, I have inspiration again!"
Shauntal was overjoyed.
Cheren: ——
Forget it, I'm tired, let it be destroyed.
"Done?"
Lucas hung the light bulb on the rope above his head, turned on the power, and asked.
"Gen gengar"
All done.
Thank you for your hard work. Sit for a while longer, we're getting ready to eat.
"Gen gengar"
I'm going to help Gothitelle brew the herbal medicine.
"If you want to eat sweet honey, just say so. Go on, let her share some with you, just say I said so."
"Gen gengar"
Yay.
"Ma Machamp."
I want some too.
"Ninetales Nine."
Me too.
"Alright, alright, go ahead."
Gengar happily took Garchomp and Ninetales to Gothitelle, and righteously brought up Lucas's name. Gothitelle looked back, and Lucas nodded slightly.
Only then did Gothitelle take out the very high-quality sweet honey and scooped three big spoons for each of the three Pokémon.
Gengar didn't actually lack sweet honey, but Gothitelle was holding some very high-quality sweet honey. This high-quality sweet honey could only be found in Vespiquen's hive and in Gothitelle's possession; no one else had any, except for Lucas.
Lucas reserved the right to the final interpretation.
"Uncle."
Shauna's voice came over. Lucas turned his head and found Shauna dragging Tomoyo towards him, moving like a gust of wind.
Diani, who was following behind, was panting and had been left quite a distance behind.
When Diani finally reached Lucas and was just about to mention what Shauna and Tomoyo had bought, she saw Lucas holding that large stone and examining it carefully.
"Little Shauna, do you mean to say... that you bought this stone for one million?"
"No, there was also a tooth."
"A tooth? Where?"
Shauna handed over the tooth. Lucas took it, glanced at it, and then looked at Shauna, smiling: "Little Shauna, you aren't thinking of buying a tooth to replace yours because you're losing them, are you?"
Shauna's cheeks puffed up immediately. "That's not it! Uncle is making fun of me. Uncle is a big bad guy, Little Shauna won't play with Uncle anymore."
"Alright, alright, Uncle was wrong. Uncle shouldn't have teased Shauna."
Lucas laughed heartily.
Beside them, Sister Nina opened her arms. "Your uncle is a big bad guy, so come over to Sister Nina's side. Sister Nina is a good person."
Shauna and Tomoyo obediently ran over.
"This tooth fell off a certain Dragon-type Pokémon. It's called a Dragon Fang. Holding it can increase the power of Dragon-type moves, which is quite suitable for Dratini."
After saying this, Lucas handed it to Tomoyo. "Let Dratini hold it so it can better master Dragon-type energy."
Tomoyo obediently took it, said thank you, and then picked up the Dragon Scale on Dratini's body and handed it to Lucas.
"Uncle, look."
"Little Dratini has been biting this scale."
Tomoyo said.
Lucas took the Dragon Scale and examined it. "A Dragon Scale? The quality is quite good, though not as good as the scales shed by your Sister Cynthia's Garchomp. Even if Little Dratini wants to eat it, I'll grind it into powder later and mix it into its food."
"Okay~ Thank you, Uncle."
"Dra~"
"How much did this Dragon Scale cost?"
"One million."
"A bit expensive. Next time, remember to haggle a bit first. Learn more from Little Shauna."
"Okay."
After speaking, Lucas held up the stone in his hand. Seeing this, Shauna spoke up: "Little Shauna liked this stone from the beginning. That shopkeeper said it was over a million, but Little Shauna isn't stupid. I said this stone and that tooth together for one million, and the shopkeeper sold it to Little Shauna. It's a good thing Sister Muzi was there, otherwise Little Shauna would have been tricked."
Diani, who was nearby, explained the whole process, and Lucas nodded.
"Lucas, is this stone... very good?"
Diani asked curiously.
Lucas nodded. "If nothing goes wrong, there should be a Mega Stone inside."
Speaking of which, Lucas looked at Shauna and gave her a thumbs up. "As expected of Little Shauna, your eye for things is truly good."
"Hee hee, actually it's because the wooden plaque around Little Shauna's neck got a bit hot when Little Shauna got close to the stone, otherwise Little Shauna wouldn't have discovered it."
It has a resonance with the pendant around Shauna's neck? It wouldn't be another Chimecho Mega Stone, would it?
"What's wrong?"
Shauntal walked over and asked.
"I'm thinking about how to get the Mega Stone out of this."
"Mega Stone?"
"Yeah, Shauna bought it back for one million. I just don't know which Pokémon's Mega Stone it is."
"Pfft—"
Cheren spat out the water he had just taken into his mouth.
One million? A Mega Stone? So cheap?!
"Gothitelle."
Gothitelle floated over. Lucas handed it the stone. "Can you feel what's inside?"
Gothitelle closed its eyes to sense it, then took out a marker and drew something simple.
"Gengar, the iron rod."
Gengar handed over the iron rod, and Lucas gave it to Dash.
"Follow what Gothitelle drew and smash it."
Looking at the iron rod in Dash's hand, Cheren had an expression of "I knew there would be an iron rod."
Dash smashed it lightly twice, and the stone was cracked open, revealing the brilliant Mega Stone inside.
Lucas took it. The Mega Stone flashed in his hand, and then Dratini shifted its attention from the Dragon Scale to the Mega Stone in Lucas's hand.
Lucas grinned.
So that's how it is.
[Dragonite's Mega Stone: An incredible stone that seems to allow Dragonite to undergo some kind of transformation.]
"Little Shauna, Dratini seems to like this Mega Stone. Can we give it to it?"
"Okay."
Shauna was being held in Sister Nina's arms, chewing on a sausage. "Little Shauna doesn't mind."
Seeing this, Lucas handed Dragonite's Mega Stone to Tomoyo. "Keep it safe. I believe you will find it useful in the future."
After Tomoyo said thank you, she stuffed Dragonite's Mega Stone back into her small bag and kept it close to her.
"Gothitelle."
It's ready.
Gothitelle's voice sounded. Lucas looked at Gothitelle, who took out a small bottle of sweet honey and poured a few drops into the herbal medicine.
"Everyone, please feed the herbal medicine to the Pokémon."
Not long after feeding them the herbal medicine, all the Pokémon regained their vitality, and their faces wore expressions of happiness.
After the Pokémon returned to normal, Lucas let them go back to the building they started in to observe them for the night before deciding what to do next.
After the Pokémon left, Lucas and the others finished their lunch happily.
"I'm back."
Latias's voice sounded in Lucas's mind. Lucas reached out his hand, and a cool sensation came from his palm.
"Thank you for your hard work. How is the situation?"
"I didn't find it, but I'm sure it was caused by Pokémon, and not just one. I felt a familiar aura there."
"A familiar aura?"
"Yes, very familiar. It seems I encountered it a long time ago, but I can't remember it."
"By the way, when I just came back, I saw a huge dark cloud on the other side of the sea drifting towards here. Let's hurry into the house and hide. According to my guess, this rain shouldn't be small."
"Okay."
Lucas nodded and led everyone back into the house to hide.
In less than half an hour, the sky outside turned black instantly. It was as if a floodgate had been opened, and the rain started pouring down all at once.
At the same time, it was accompanied by rolling thunder.
Lucas sat by the window with Shauna, Tomoyo, and Sister Nina, watching the rain outside and wondering when it would stop.
Meanwhile, Latias enjoyed the lunch Lucas had left for it.
"What is... what's going on? Such... such a huge Twister—"
Lucas turned his head to look and found a huge Twister sweeping towards the side.
Shauntal: !
"Lucas, I'll leave the academy to you. Cheren, come out with me, and at the same time contact all the Gym Leaders in the League who can come over. Get ready for repair and rescue work."
After saying this, Shauntal summoned Cofagrigus and chased in the direction of the Twister.
Cheren followed closely behind.
"Lucas, will they be okay?"
Sister Nina watched their retreating figures and asked Lucas with some worry. After she finished speaking, she noticed that the expression on Lucas's face was somewhat solemn.
"Sister Nina."
"What's wrong?"
"Stay here for now and watch over Shauna and Tomoyo for me."
"Okay."
Sister Nina didn't ask anything else.
Lucas gripped the wooden plaque pendant on his chest, and a light flashed across it.
During the wait, Lucas stared intently at the sky through the window glass.
Standing beside him were Gengar, Dash, Gothitelle, Ninetales, Lilligant, and Latias, blocking Sister Nina and the others behind them.
As the Twister left, the storm quickly passed.
However, the sky above Striaton Academy remained pitch black, and blue lightning flashed from time to time.
"What's wrong?"
Darkrai's voice sounded from behind. "Wouldn't it be better to just send me a message on your phone if there's something wrong?"
"? This aura... something's wrong..."
Darkrai's expression turned serious instantly.
"How is it? Are we going to fight?"
Darkrai emerged from Lucas's shadow and asked.
"No, you stay here for me and watch over Little Shauna and Little Tomoyo."
"Me? I, the dignified Darkrai, the Pokémon that stood against the Duo Gods of Time and Space, you want me to babysit for you? What are you thinking? You take me, Darkrai, for—"
Darkrai became dissatisfied instantly.
Without turning his head, Lucas raised a finger. "After we return to the Breeding House, you can pick whatever you want from the kitchen. Take as much as you can."
In the next second, Lucas's finger was grasped by a pair of dark, cold hands. "Don't worry, in this world, I, Darkrai, dare say that no other Pokémon can compare to me when it comes to taking care of children. After all, I watched Alice's grandmother grow up."
"You finally let it slip. You really are a lolicon."
Lucas turned back and stared at Darkrai with ill intent.
Darkrai: ...
Oh no...
Darkrai quickly covered his mouth. "What are you talking about? I don't understand what you're saying?"
"Damn it, you damn lolicon."
"If you insult me again! Do you believe I'll leave right now?"
"Sorry, lolicon old man."
"?"
"Sorry, Uncle Darkrai, I should respect your hobbies."
"Get lost!"
Due to the conversation between Lucas and Darkrai, the suffocating tension in the surrounding area was relieved.
Darkrai looked at Lucas worriedly. "Do you really not need me to accompany you?"
"You get ready below. I'll go up and negotiate with it. As long as you hear me call your name, you fly straight up. Don't look at anything, don't worry about anything, just provide fire suppression against any unfamiliar Pokémon."
"Don't worry, I'm good at this."
Darkrai patted his chest.
"Good, then I'll leave the rest to you."
After speaking, Lucas recalled Gengar and the others into their Poké Balls and mounted Latias.
He looked at Sister Nina. "Sister Nina, I'll leave the rest to you and Darkrai."
Sister Nina nodded calmly. "Stay safe."
Lucas nodded and looked at Shauna and Tomoyo. Shauna seemed to be accustomed to this kind of thing. She clenched her little fist and signaled to Lucas.
"Good luck, Uncle."
Just like usual.
"Yeah."
Lucas tapped gently, and Latias carried him, dodging the lightning in the air, and flew into the clouds.
Lucas looked at the huge figure behind the dark clouds, his face tense and his eyes cold.
"Dragon of Ideals, can you give me some face?"
Scarlet eyes looked at Lucas and the Latias beneath him. The huge engine-shaped tail behind it began to spin, and terrifying lightning began to surge out.
"What do you want?"
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