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Chapter 393 Aluminum Steel Bridge Dragon: Kids, I'm joining the Rainy Day Team!
"Losing the ability to Gigantamax?"

Qibana was immediately puzzled by Qingyu's sudden question.

However, he quickly realized what Qingyu meant, and thus immediately exchanged a knowing glance with Dan Di.

That's true. Although it's uncertain how Duraludon's form will change after evolution, unlike the Dynamax ability that most Pokémon possess, Gigantamax is a completely new form that places extremely high demands on the Pokémon's form and can only be mastered by a very small number of Pokémon.

After evolving, they actually lost this power... and there are indeed corresponding examples, such as Eevee, Pikachu, and Meowth.

They all possess the potential to evolve, but after evolving, they lose the ability to transform into special Dynamax forms, and even their proud Gigantamax moves will become unusable.

As a Galar gym leader, if the main gym cannot use Gigantamax, the gym seems to lose its unique character.

but……

The problem isn't too big.

After receiving a positive response from Dante, Qibana quickly put on a hearty smile again.

"It's okay. It's normal to have to make choices. Compared to witnessing the more powerful evolved form of Duraludon, this price is nothing."

"Furthermore, I don't only own one Duraludon, so it won't actually affect the normal use of Gigantamax."

"So don't worry, Teacher Yu. If you can get Duraludon to evolve... then go ahead and do it with confidence. I will do my best to assist you!"

After receiving confirmation from Qibana, Qingyu nodded.

"However, I need to make some preparations before trying to evolve Duraludon. Let's come back tomorrow!"

……

In the game, the evolution method of Duraludon is very simple and straightforward.

By directly applying composite metal to it, it can immediately evolve into an aluminum-steel bridge dragon.

There are no level requirements, which is the reason why it is often jokingly referred to as a "young and promising" or "early-blooming" Pokémon.

However, evolution in reality is certainly not so trivial.

At first, that was indeed what Qingyu thought.

But after Kibana and Leon left, when he returned to his room and turned on his computer to collect materials related to Duraludon's evolution, he suddenly realized—

It seems the Pokémon games really didn't lie to me!

……

Hoenn region, Green Mine City.

This is an island on the eastern edge of Hoenn. Its poor geographical location should have greatly diminished its presence in the region.

However, the reality is quite the opposite.

Whether it's the location of the Green Depths Cosmic Center or the frequent sightings of Whale in the nearby waters, Green Depths City consistently ranks among the top three most popular cities in the Hoenn region.

Of course, there are other, more important reasons as well—

This is also the hometown of the current Hoenn Champion, the perfectly elegant and noble Mr. Daigo.

Despite becoming the champion and settling in Saiyu City, and the Zuvuge family moving to Kanatsu City early on due to business reasons, Daigo often returns to stay here for a few days during his rest time.

"This is really interesting. I never expected to find such a special mineral in Meteor Falls."

Sitting in front of a display case with various rare minerals neatly arranged, Daigo played with an unknown mineral that emitted a faint glow in his hand, a satisfied smile on his face.

"Although I missed a whole month of work because of a rumor, and I'll definitely get a severe scolding from Mikoli when I get back... but as long as I can achieve results, it should be worth it, right?"

"However, since it is said to be a meteor that fell from the sky some time ago, strictly speaking it should be considered a meteorite, so no one knows if it has any special functions."

"Meteor Falls... What a great name. It would be even better if more meteorites from outside Earth could fall in the future. The last time a meteorite fell in Hoenn was about 60 years ago. It was around that time that Mega Evolution began to appear."

"As expected, studying meteorites is also a very important task for the Hoenn League. Now Mikuri can't say that he has abandoned his responsibility as champion again!"

"Alright! Before returning to the Hoenn League, our primary objective will be to uncover its hidden power!"

Full of enthusiasm, Daigo immediately made up his mind.

however.

Just as he got up to change into his work clothes and take the meteorite into his room to examine it closely with his equipment, the door was suddenly opened.

"Young Master Daigo."

A mature and composed old butler entered the room and bowed respectfully.

"Young Master Qingyu from Padia called, saying he wanted to purchase a batch of special composite metal materials from the Zvoch Company."

"Ok?"

Daigo was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.

"Oh, it's Teacher Yu."

"However, it was quite unexpected that he would contact me at this time."

"And they even specifically requested composite metal... That's a new material that Unova just developed last month, right? I didn't expect Professor Yu to be so interested in this kind of information."

After saying that, Daigo nodded, puzzled.

"If it's Teacher Yu, try to agree to his requests as long as they're not too unreasonable. After all, he's a very interesting guy, and he might have some new discoveries this time."

"Unfortunately, two interesting things happened at the same time..."

"If it weren't for this meteorite, I might have wanted to deliver the goods myself."

"Yes."

The reliable old butler decisively skipped the latter half of Daigo's speech.

"Then I'll go and have someone prepare it now."

"Thanks a lot."

Daigo smiled elegantly, and then suddenly added a sentence before the butler left.

"By the way, let's send Qingyu's order as a gift in my name this time. The Zvuch family never skimps on money when it comes to their friends."

"I understand."

After the butler left, Daigo lay back down in his seat and shook his head helplessly.

"I'm a little curious about what Qingyu is doing; it might be something very important..."

"But the meteorite in front of us is definitely more important!"

"That's right, nothing is more exciting than stones!"

It is said that Hoenn's proud Mega Evolution phenomenon is closely related to the vast power of the universe.

Perhaps by using this special meteorite that hasn't landed on this land for a long time, we can discover more of the truth about this world?
Thinking of this, Daigo was immediately filled with enthusiasm.

……

The next day, in Little Key Town.

When Chibana arrived as scheduled, Qingyu had already received an express package from overseas.

"As expected of Daigo, his efficiency is too fast."

"Luca!"

"To be honest, I thought he would be curious about what I was going to do with so much composite metal from United Industries, and maybe he would even deliver it himself."

"Luca!" "It seems that the stereotype that the Hoenn Champion is unreliable is indeed true."

"Luca?"

“That’s right, Lucario.”

Watching Qingyu, who had his back to him and was skillfully unpacking a package while communicating with Lucario across servers, Qibana wisely stood behind him, quietly waiting for him to finish his work.

Although I'm a little curious that Aoba knows the Hoenn champion, it's obviously not the time to focus on that kind of information.

After suddenly learning from Qingyu that Duraludon still had evolutionary potential, he remained excited all night after returning to the hotel, not knowing how he managed to stay awake until now.

Soon, with Lucario's help, Qingyu neatly stacked all the composite metals he had "ordered online" to the side, only then noticing that Chibana had been behind him for some time.

"Just in time."

Qingyu took out the black-rimmed non-prescription glasses from yesterday from somewhere. After putting on the glasses, his demeanor changed drastically, and he did indeed look like a researcher.

"Although I'm not sure if it will work, how will I know if I don't try? Let's release the aluminum steel dragon first!"

"okay……"

Qibana subconsciously obeyed Qingyu's instructions.

For some reason, he always felt that Qingyu seemed to be even more excited than he was.

Based on his previous statements about his love for Pokémon...

That seems reasonable, doesn't it?
Pulling the trigger in the center of the Poké Ball, a beam of red light shot out, and the now fully recovered Duraludon reappeared in front of Qingyu.

"Luka..."

Even knowing there wouldn't be a battle today, Lucario still instinctively clenched his fists when facing yesterday's formidable opponent.

The feeling of punching into hard steel and the instantaneous shock that made his arm tremble is still fresh in his memory, even a day later.

There was even a moment when Lucario thought it would be an impenetrable wall that he could never break through.

Fortunately, in the end it completely trusted the trainer's judgment and, just like in the final trial at the Isle of Armor gym, was able to break through its limits.

It's just a body of steel. As long as I keep training, one day my fist will be able to punch through the shell of Gigantamax Duraludon!
Leaning against Qingyu's back, Lucario made up his mind.

Under Lucario's dangerous gaze, Duraludon's expression clearly showed some fear.

Why is this guy even here? Are you kidding me!
Even in its Gigantamax form, it felt immense pressure; if it were to take a punch in its normal state, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Noticing the eye contact between the two Pokémon, Qingyu quickly smiled with satisfaction.

"As expected, they say you don't know someone until you fight them. These two Pokémon seem to have developed a mutual respect for each other even after their battles."

"..."

Cibana was speechless for a moment.

I really don't know where Qingyu got that idea from. I always felt that his Duraludon was completely on guard against his Lucario!
However, that's not the focus today!

"Could the key to the evolution of the Aluminum Steel Dragon be these metals?"

Qibana immediately noticed the neatly arranged composite metal on the side and took the initiative to ask Qingyu about it.

"Yes."

Qingyu nodded.

"Since it's a Pokémon made entirely of steel, its evolution method naturally focuses on increasing the hardness of its body!"

"It just so happens that Hezhong recently discovered a composite metal with extremely high hardness, which might have a special effect on the aluminum-steel dragon!"

Although it couldn't be completely certain, the success rate was at least 70-80%, so Qingyu's tone became even more forceful when she spoke.

Qingyu, of course, had no idea what the composite metal components in the game actually were.

Just as Du Ruo, who had just enrolled in Blueberry Academy, had not yet discovered the key to the aluminum-steel bridge dragon, Hezhong actually developed a brand new alloy with extremely high hardness. There can only be one possibility!
Cibana nodded, then asked another question.

"So, how do you use it?"

"Like Scyther's evolution, where its entire body is covered in composite metal and then it evolves through communication?"

There are indeed many cases of Pokémon evolving using items, and since Qingyu seems very confident, Qibana certainly wouldn't want to spoil the fun.

"It shouldn't require communication evolution, but let's give it a try anyway."

With Qingyu's signal, Lucario lifted up the metal blocks that were somewhat heavy for Qingyu and attached them tightly to the entire body of Aluminum Steel Dragon.

however……

Nothing happened.

"Ok?"

Seeing this, Qingyu was also a little puzzled.

Logically speaking, these should be all the steps in the game.

It seems I omitted some details. After all, games need to consider the players, and the controls should be as simple as possible. These are things I'll have to figure out myself.

Qingyu quickly turned her gaze to the aluminum-steel dragon, whose entire body was covered in composite metal and whose only remaining feature was a pair of eyes staring at her in terror.

As Cibaner said, evolution sometimes requires more than one condition.

For example, the flying scythe he cited, after covering its entire body with a metal membrane, still needs to use communication exchanges through simulated special terrain magnetic fields in order to finally absorb the metal membrane and evolve into the powerful giant scythe.

Wait... absorption?
Qingyu suddenly noticed the key point and looked at the metal shell of the aluminum steel dragon again.

That's right, simply attaching the composite metal tightly to its outer shell is obviously not enough to make them blend together.

So the simplest way to fuse metals...

It really does need to be refined with fire!
Thinking of this, Qingyu subconsciously reached out and pushed up her glasses again.

"Mr. Kibana, quickly send out your Torkoal and use its full fire breath on Duraludon!"

"oh oh!"

Although he didn't quite understand what Qingyu was going to do, Qibana still subconsciously followed his instructions.

Qingyu definitely knows more than I do, so I just need to trust him.

As for Duraludon... well, it's all for the sake of evolution, so we'll just have to make do with you for now!
As Qibana took out a Poké Ball again and summoned one of its teammates, a smoking Torterra, a look of confusion flashed across Duraludon's eyes.

What am I even here for? Why do I feel like I've been tricked?

How can you evolve only to get beaten up by other Pokémon!

Due to the trainer's instructions, although Torkoal didn't quite understand the situation, however...

This is a rare opportunity to strike back at my teammates, how could I let it slip by!
As the sunlight intensified, the Coal Turtle quickly gathered its strength, and soon a powerful flame erupted from its body, shooting straight at the Aluminum Steel Dragon standing not far away.

The aluminum-steel dragon couldn't dodge, and because its body was covered in iron blocks, it couldn't even move. So it could only close its eyes and rely on its momentum to withstand the attack.

Sure enough, the Sunny Team is the one I hate the most!
As flames erupted on his body and the composite metal began to melt rapidly under the influence of high temperature and fire energy, Aluminum Steel Dragon couldn't help but think this.

That’s when…

A few rays of white light suddenly appeared on the surface of the aluminum-steel dragon's body, and then a towering beam of light, symbolizing evolution, burst forth instantly.

Qingyu, who had a slight sense of Aluminum Steel Dragon's inner thoughts, also had a somewhat subtle expression at this moment.

So it was because it disliked the Fire type that it evolved into the leader of the Rain Team...

That's a really simple reason.

(End of this chapter)