Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 1035, Goodbye Daigo

Kanaz City, nearby mines...

After leaving the Hoenn League headquarters, Yu Hai arrived in Rustboro City and found that Daigo was not at the company, but had gone to a nearby mine to dig for stones.

He was stunned for a while when he heard the news. He thought that Daigo quit his job as champion to go home and inherit the family business. He didn't expect him to go out to dig for stones. Rich people really have unique hobbies!

Having learned of Steven's whereabouts, he came to the mine to look for him. Not knowing exactly where Steven was, he could only release Slowking and Lucario to try and sense Steven's presence.

"Ya-dong," Slowking withdrew its psychic senses and instantly opened its eyes. It sensed a strong psychic energy fluctuation in the distance, which should be the trainer Yu Hai was looking for.

"Lucario," Lucario sensed it too, opening its eyes at the same time as Slowking. There was a very strong aura in the distance. Could this be the kind of expert the trainer was looking for? I wonder who will be the one to fight this time.

Recalling Lucario, Yu Hai placed his hand on Slowking's shoulder and called out, "Slowking, use Teleport to get there..."

"Ya-dong!" Slowking sensed the powerful superpower fluctuations over there again and instantly teleported there.

As soon as Yu Hai and Slowking appeared, they saw Daigo sitting on a rock drinking water, with a pickaxe next to him, still covered in dirt, obviously having just finished digging rocks. A strange Metagross was also with him, waiting for them to arrive.

It seemed their Metagross had sensed them all along. Both were Champion-level Pokémon; Slowking could sense Metagross, and Metagross could sense them too. So, he cut to the chase, "Steven, I heard you retired..."

"You do recognize me. Thank you for your Crystal Onix," Daigo smiled as he saw Yu Hai arrive, put down his water bottle, and explained, "I withdrew voluntarily. Being the champion was hindering my rock-digging..."

“You’re not bad either, thanks to the department store,” Yu Hai smiled back, everything was understood without words. Although they had only met once, they had been paying attention to each other for a long time.

"It's all a small matter," Daigo said. He had only seen Diaoyu Island's investment promotion efforts by chance, so he had the branch office open a department store there. Whether it made money or not didn't matter; it was just a way to repay the Crystal Onix that the other party had given him.

However, to his surprise, the department store there was actually profitable, which meant that the other party was a decent island owner.

"Interested in a match? I just came from over there and I'm really bored." Yu Hai didn't need to explain too much; Daigo should know why. The championship path is getting worse and worse each year.

"I heard that you won the championships of two regions." As the former Hoenn champion, how could Daigo not have heard about this? Even if he didn't want to know, someone would have reported it to him.

The subordinate who reported the news said that a Champion Trainer had emerged from the Orange Islands, who had already cleared the Champion Path in two regions and crushed the Elite Four and Champions of both regions. He was likely to come looking for Steven.

"The news spread that fast?" Yu Hai smiled awkwardly. He guessed that it was Kikuko from the alliance who was creating hype again. He didn't care, as it was good for him to build his reputation.

The world of elves is about to enter the internet age. At that time, everyone will have a Rotom phone, and the speed of information acquisition will be even faster than it is now.

“You’re quite the celebrity,” Daigo stood up and smiled, sighing softly. The boy he first met a few years ago had grown to a point where he had to take him seriously. He was truly impressive.

"Is that so? Compared to you champions, I'm still a bit lacking." Seeing Daigo stand up, Yu Hai also took out a Politoed Poké Ball. To deal with Daigo's ace Metagross, he would naturally use his ace Politoed.

No matter how many pseudo-legendary or even legendary Pokémon he has, he will only have one trump card: Poliwrath.

"Metamorphose, are you ready?" Steven took out a Mega Stone, smiled, and patted Metamorphose's head. He also really wanted to fight a strong opponent!

Once they reach their level, it becomes very difficult to find opponents of the same caliber, and it's hard to have a truly satisfying battle.

"Metamorphosis, Metagross," Metagross floated in front of Daigo, looking at Yukai with unwavering eyes. It would do everything in its power to defeat any enemy.

"Come out, Politoed," Yu Hai threw out Politoed and stood facing Metagross and Steven. Neither of them made any further moves, only a wisp of wind blew between them, bringing a sense of menace.

"Metamorphosis, Mega Evolution..."

"Pontoflurk, Bond Phenomenon!" Yu Hai shouted as he saw Metagross and Steven glowing because of the Mega Stone.

"It appeared? A strange evolution method? Bond Evolution?" Daigo looked at Poliwrath, which was enveloped in a waterspout, and listened to Yukai's shout. This was a Mega Evolution unique to the other party, an evolution method that would only appear if the bond was deep enough. He learned about it from Cynthia.

"Metamorphose," Metagross said, looking at Poliwrath opposite it after its Mega Evolution. It had also changed into a completely new form, taller and stronger than before.

"Fast Frog, Belly Drum, Ice Punch, Full Power Burst..."

"Yoru!" Politoed took a deep breath, its whole body shone with a blazing white light, its chest swelled up and then disappeared, its belly bulging stopped instantly, and its whole body was covered in ice armor. It then charged towards Metagross at full speed.

“Metamorphose, Thunder Punch…” Daigo was still a little surprised, not understanding why Yukai would use Ice Punch, which had no effect on Metagross.

"Metamorphose!" Metagross raised its massive fists, crackling with lightning, and charged rapidly toward Poliwrath.

boom--

The moment the two Pokémon collided, Yu Hai was carried away by Slowking using Instant Transmission, and Steven was also taken away with him.

The moment the mushroom cloud rose, Metagross was instantly sent flying backward, crashing into the mountainside of the mine. The mountainside exploded instantly, and Metagross continued to retreat, finally crashing into the ground and creating a crater several kilometers wide before coming to a stop.

The Politoed was also sent flying back. Its protective shield couldn't withstand the explosive damage, and its ice armor shattered inch by inch. Finally, it was covered in water and crashed heavily to the ground before coming to a stop.

"What is this? Such terrifying power," Daigo was taken to the sky by Slowking and could not feel how powerful the shockwave on the ground was. He looked at the distant forest and saw the trees snapped in half as they were hit. The shockwave only subsided when he went deep into the forest.

Since Poliwrath entered the Champion level, Yu Hai has never let Poliwrath unleash its full power. He has never seen what the power of a Champion-level Poliwrath's full-power attack looks like, and he came to find Daigo today with the idea of ​​testing it out.

Back when it was only at the near-champion level, Poliwrath destroyed one of the arms of a champion-level Gengar. Now that it's at the champion level, with its attack power doubled by the Huge Power ability, Poliwrath's full-power burst could easily destroy a mountain.

"The fast-paced frog swimming style is almost at its limit..."

"Only one hit?" Daigo was stunned when he heard Yukai's words. He thought this championship battle would be a back-and-forth affair, but he didn't expect Yukai to be so unsportsmanlike and start with a powerful attack right away, catching him completely off guard.

"Not really. If Metagross can still stand up, it can still throw another punch," Yu Hai smiled, gently patted Slowking to let it carry them over, and explained to Daigo, "Poliwrath's Ice Blast doesn't rely on type damage to defeat its opponent..."

"Instead, it uses the high temperature and kinetic energy generated by the explosion to kill the opponent. If it has elemental damage, the damage will be even higher. Even without elemental damage, the impact and recoil from the explosion alone are enough to kill almost any Pokémon..."

"I see," Daigo finally understood why Metagross used Ice Punch, since Metagross is resistant to Ice-type attacks.

However, the high temperature and shockwave generated at the center of the explosion are exactly what Metagross's steel attribute, and it's really hard to say whether Metagross can stand up without any protection.

"Yoru," the fast-moving frog, lying on the ground, immediately got up when it saw Yu Hai arrive, indicating that it could still fight.

"Are you alright?" Yu Hai circled around Politoed. Politoed had already exited its Bond Phenomenon state. That attack just now was truly all-out effort, otherwise it wouldn't have exited Bond Phenomenon.

"Yo-hoo," the fast-swimming frog nodded gently. It didn't feel any pain in its body, but it needed to keep panting. It was really tired, as it hadn't exerted its full strength in a long time.

"Wow, that was amazing. How long did you practice that attack?" Daigo looked at Poliwrath, who was still able to stand up. After being weakened by Ice Armor and Protect, and with Water Ball reducing the impact damage, Poliwrath was finally able to stand up and catch its breath. It was truly remarkable.

No wonder some analysts online say that this Poliwrath is freakish. Poliwrath can combine many explosive moves into one strike, and almost no Pokémon of the same level can withstand one punch from it.

"I've been practicing since I caught Poliwrath, and it's been five or six years now," Yu Hai smiled. He felt that Waterfall Burst was already stronger than Z-Move, and the power it could unleash was well over two hundred.

"Awesome, I'm going to see Metagross," Daigo nodded slightly, releasing his Claydol to teleport him there instantly.

When he arrived at the spot where Metagross had fallen, he found Metagross lying unconscious in the crater, having long since exited its Mega Evolution state. The crater looked as if it had been struck by a meteorite, with a radius of several miles, demonstrating the power of the attack.

"I was careless," Daigo said, taking out a Poké Ball to recall Metagross. If he had blocked it with all his might, there might have been a chance to stop it. If he had fought it head-on, it would have been half-dead even if it didn't die. The best-case scenario would have been like Metagross, lying unconscious in the crater.

That explosive move was something his opponent had been using since his debut. He remembered watching Yu Hai's competition videos and discovering that even before his opponent broke through to the Elite Four level with his fast breaststroke, he already knew that explosive move.

I didn't expect that even after breaking through to the champion level, the opponent's fast-paced frog was still practicing that move and could still unleash such power. He is really an interesting trainer, training in the same boring way for ten years, just for that one move.

"Is Metagross alright?" After recalling Poliwrath, Yu Hai also had Slowking bring him over. He really didn't expect that a move that was invincible at the same level would still be useful at the Champion level.

Perhaps Daigo was careless, but the fact that this move could decide the outcome in one strike was still beyond his expectations. As long as the opponent shows the slightest opening, Poliwrath's move is still effective. "It's alright, Metagross is a Metal Pokémon, it can recover by eating metal," Daigo smiled at Yu Hai as he climbed out of the crater, then, curious about Poliwrath, asked Yu Hai, "Could you tell me about Poliwrath's move...?"

"Of course, every Pokémon can unleash such a burst of power. It's just that their physical characteristics and abilities make the power they unleash vary in strength," Yu Hai explained with a smile. This move is something anyone can learn; it's all about catching people off guard.

The key points are how to hit the target, how to deal with the reflected damage, and how to persevere...

Persistence alone is not enough; if you can't hit the target, it's all for nothing. If the opponent manages to defend and dodge, no matter how high your explosive power is, it's useless.

As both are Champion-level Pokémon, even if Metagross can't block the punch, it can reduce the damage significantly. In addition, Metagross also has Psychic Shield and Reflect, which is enough to reduce the power of this attack by 80%.

The first step is to reduce the reflection by half, then maintain the remaining half. The final psychic shield will be sufficient to protect you.

After their battle, the two chatted casually as they left the mine and returned to Devon Corporation. They then sent out other Pokémon for a friendly three-on-three match, which ended in a draw.

Yu Hai saw the Crystal Onix again. This Onix had been well-trained by Daigo and was even more translucent and robust than before, and it even had some cloaking effect.

After that, he stayed at Devon Corporation and was taken by Steven to visit Devon Corporation. He also saw Steven's collection, which included all kinds of strange and unusual stones. Evolution stones were not even qualified to be displayed in the cabinet; they were just decorations on the cabinet.

Seeing this guy's outrageous wealth, he couldn't help but breathe heavily. He saw more than a dozen super stones in the collection cabinet. He had to admit that this guy was really damn rich!

Even now, he hasn't collected all the Mega Stones that allow Pokémon to Mega Evolve, while Steven has collected them all, and has also collected a lot of Mega Stones for Pokémon that he didn't have.

There are also all sorts of fossils on display here. Just to collect these strange and unusual stones, Daigo used an entire building to house them. He was speechless.

It took him three days to see all these collections, from the second floor to the top floor, and to learn about Daigo's peculiar hobby of collecting stones.

Since Daigo likes rocks so much, and he doesn't have any rocks he can show off, he doesn't want to embarrass himself. However, he knows of a very precious rock spirit called Diancie, which he believes Daigo would definitely be interested in.

"Diamond Smash?" When Daigo heard Yu Hai mention this Pokémon, he took out a Poké Ball and released Diamond Smash. He had accidentally discovered Diamond Smash deep underground and had never been able to figure it out. Did Yu Hai know about it?
The small diamond has a cone-shaped overall profile, with a diamond at the base, a ring of fluff in the middle, and blue eyes and diamond-shaped ears on its head.

Its head also has diamond-like protrusions, and the shape of its ears makes it look like a rabbit burrowing in the ground.

"In the distant Carlos region, there is a Diamond Kingdom, where there is an evolved form of this elf called Diancie..."

"What? Little Diamond can evolve?" Daigo was excited to see that Yu Hai knew, and immediately grabbed Yu Hai. Driven by curiosity, he couldn't wait to explore the secrets of this diamond spirit.

“Don’t rush, this is also a topic I’ve been researching recently,” Yu Hai smiled. He planned to bring up the Fairy type. Since he had met Daigo here, he could have this former Hoenn champion, who had enough influence, to endorse his research.

When the academic community raises questions, someone will be able to help him share some of the pressure. And he himself, who proposed and proved this idea, will naturally have his own authorship, thus making a name for himself in the academic world.

He accepted the double reward of academic research and training without hesitation. With this dual identity, he'd see who would dare interfere with his fishing.

"Ahem, haha, don't worry, once it's successful, it'll definitely be yours," Daigo laughed awkwardly, quickly letting go of Yu Hai's arm, only then realizing that he had just lost his composure.

After all, he is a Rock-type Pokémon and loves rocks, so he couldn't help but get excited. He could only invite Yu Hai to the living room so the two could chat slowly and talk things over.

“To nurture it to evolution, we’re missing one attribute,” Yu Hai said, sitting on the sofa and sipping Daigo’s herbal tea.

"What attribute? Tell me quickly, don't keep me in suspense," Daigo chuckled, he was genuinely impatient.

"Haha, don't rush, let me explain slowly," Yu Hai put down his teacup and continued with a smile, "This attribute is fairy energy. Let me think about what materials I can use to evolve it..."

After much thought, he realized that the only thing that could cause Little Diamond to break through was the intake of Fairy-type energy. Once the Fairy-type energy in his body surpassed the Rock-type energy, it might trigger Little Diamond's mutation.

"By the way, where you encountered small diamonds, did you also find pink diamonds?"

“Yes, but not many,” Daigo immediately instructed his men to retrieve them from his collection cabinet.

"It's so beautiful," Yu Hai said, gazing at the palm-sized pink diamond in his hand. He explained to Daigo that it contained fairy energy, which had caused the smaller diamonds to mutate into Diancie's energy: "This pink diamond contains fairy energy, which can induce smaller diamonds to mutate into Diancie..."

"How many pink diamonds do I need? How do I use pink diamonds?" Daigo asked hurriedly, becoming increasingly curious about this new attribute. He knew how important a new attribute was to the League, no less important than detonating a Mushroom Egg.

“Not all Rock-type Pokémon eat rocks. From now on, we’ll replace all of their staple food with these Pink Diamonds,” Yu Hai said with a smile as he looked at Daigo. This training method would be a huge pitfall for others, but it was just a drop in the ocean for Daigo.

He had considered cultivating small diamonds before, but there were no small diamonds for sale on the black market. Moreover, he couldn't afford to feed this glutton who ate pink diamonds every meal.

Even without fairy-type energy, these beautiful pink gems are still expensive luxury items. Once the little diamonds mutate into Diancie, he'll probably be eaten out of house and home. Even if he had an entire island, he wouldn't be able to afford to support them.

"Pink Diamonds as staple food? Does this mean we're going to raise them like other Rock-type Pokémon?" Steven frowned, and his lips twitched slightly as he said this. When raising Aggron and Metagross, they fed them special metals, and now they're raising one that eats Pink Diamonds. They really do eat whatever is expensive!

“That’s right, just like you thought. The only way to induce the mutation and evolution of the small diamond is through this breeding method, and only you can afford to breed it,” Yu Hai smiled slyly. It was really not easy to see Daigo get frustrated. He picked up his teacup again and took a leisurely sip.

He then added, "Actually, moonstones also contain this fairy energy. Pink diamonds can be used as the main food, and moonstones can be used as supplementary food. Let it absorb the fairy energy within the moonstones, and it should probably mutate after spending one to two billion..."

"Two billion?" Daigo's lips twitched again. He was indeed very rich, but two billion just to raise a single Pokémon...

"Two billion shouldn't be much to you, right?" Yu Haijian's lips twitched. Did this eligible bachelor really need money? He couldn't help but remind the other party of the preciousness of this Pokémon.

"You'd better be prepared, the new individual of the Little Diamond mutated is a Mythical Pokémon, similar to Pokémon like Zapdos, belonging to the Legendary Pokémon category, and it can also Mega Evolve, possibly worth more than two billion..."

"A phantom spirit? A legendary spirit?" When Daigo heard the phantom spirit, his breathing became heavy, and he didn't listen to what was said next.

If it's a mythical spirit, and this mythical spirit can even undergo super evolution, then what else is there to say? Just roll up your sleeves and go for it! Even if it costs a hundred billion, you have to raise this spirit.

However, he still had a question: why did Yu Hai know so much? "How do you know so much?"

“Of course I’ve seen it,” Yu Hai smiled mysteriously at the question and made up a story to Daigo, “I’ve seen Diancie, the queen of the Little Diamond Clan, and I’ve witnessed all of Diancie’s wonders. So I suspect that Diancie definitely has more than one rock attribute; she must have other attributes as well. I’ve been researching this topic for the past few years and have made some progress…”

He took out his notebook, which contained his observations from his trip to the Kalos region. In order to unleash the Fairy type, he actually made a trip to the Kalos region after the Lily of the Valley Tournament.

He didn't find the Diamond Kingdom, but that didn't stop him from making things up, because he had actually seen Diancie in an anime in his previous life.

He wrote some research on Fairy-type Pokémon in his notebook, and eventually connected it with common Fairy-type Pokémon. He used common Fairy-type Pokémon as experimental subjects and wrote several notebooks of research and observation notes.

Actually, most of the writing was done by the scientist Himura. He was the one who wrote the parts about Fairy-type Pokémon, such as Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Marill, Kirlia, and other Fairy-type Pokémon...

These are all Pokémon that the gym has. In order to introduce the Fairy type, he wasn't unprepared. He started with these most common Fairy-type Pokémon and found that the Fairy type was the most rare.

Because the most common Pokémon are also the ones that people tend to overlook, and the ones that no one pays attention to or cares about, it means that once a result is achieved, it will be a groundbreaking achievement.

"That's amazing. These are all common Pokémon, yet you managed to discover unusual attributes." Daigo looked at Yu Hai's research notebooks, which would take a long time to read through. He was also the creator of a system. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call Yu Hai the father of the Fairy series.

"Take your time looking around. I'm about to leave. I don't have time to identify all the Fairy-type Pokémon among these common ones. You have plenty of manpower and resources, so you should be able to quickly compile a list of the hidden Fairy-type Pokémon among the common ones..."

"What is this?" Daigo seemed to understand but not quite. Such a significant research achievement, and the other party was so confident in letting him handle it, without fear that he would plagiarize the other party's research results. This was only their second meeting.

“I believe you, Daigo,” Yu Hai smiled, waved and left Devon Corporation. He trusted Daigo’s character. After all, he planned to give Wataru a copy of the research results, so that it wouldn’t hurt for a while.

"He's quite an interesting person," Daigo said, holding his research findings and seeing Yukai off at the front door, feeling the weight in his hands.

He naturally had no other thoughts about Yu Hai's request. The other party had already put forward the general framework of a new attribute, and what followed was just a matter of time and effort, which he was happy to do.

Let's wait until they win the championship before handing over our final research findings and letting them announce them themselves!
However, Devon could begin its strategic planning. This was the reward they were offered: a completely new attribute, a brand new market, and a completely untapped blue ocean, all waiting for Devon to develop...

Devon Corporation is likely to make a fortune this time. They can set up a new company to operate the new attributes, and then reserve a board seat for the other party, plus half of the profits...

(End of this chapter)