Azure Star is also a Pokémon Master!

Weary from their journey, Daigo and Su Yi arrived at a house on the outskirts of Autumn Leaf Town by transport helicopter, where they were greeted by a somewhat neurotic old man.

Upon entering the room filled with fossil display cases, the old man eagerly said to Daigo, "You must have found the fossil! As we agreed beforehand, give it to me quickly!"

An excited flush appeared on the old fossil fanatic's wrinkled face.

Su Yi looked at Daigo with a puzzled expression: "What did we agree on?"

Daigo laughed and said, "Of course I agreed to trade fossils for key stones for you. I knew you would definitely need key stones, so I agreed in advance for you."

Su Yi nodded. Daigo was afraid that someone else would trade for the Key Stone. He was also planning to trade Pokémon fossils for the Key Stone. Daigo's decision to act first and ask for permission later was understandable.

"Here." Su Yi placed the claw fossil on the table.

"Oh!!!" The fossil fanatic immediately pulled out his magnifying glass and examined the patterns on the fossil with fascination.

"Hey! Where's the keystone?" Su Yi banged on the table impatiently.

"Take it, take it!" Fossil Maniac pulled a keystone from his pocket and casually tossed it to Su Yi, his eyes fixed on the fossil.

Su Yi caught the keystone with lightning speed, only to hear Fossil Maniac mutter in a low voice, "I didn't expect to actually find it. At least I don't have to take any risks."

Su Yi frowned and asked suspiciously, "Old man! What did you mean by what you just said? What do you mean we shouldn't take risks?!"

Upon hearing this, Daigo immediately frowned and looked at the old man.

He had only heard the fossil fanatic say that fossils existed in the Tower of Illusions, but now that he thought about it, given his obsession with fossils, why didn't he go and get them himself?

The fossil fanatic stammered, "I climbed up the Phantom Tower and saw two fossils on the top floor, but when I went to get them, the Phantom Tower suddenly collapsed, and the two fossils I had obtained fell away."

"After that, I heard that the Phantom Tower had reappeared, so I hoped someone could help me retrieve those two fossils."

You're really greedy. You wanted two fossils all by yourself, and you even assumed they were already yours.

But Su Yi frowned, slammed his hand on the table, startling Daigo and Fossil Maniac.

Su Yi shouted, "No! Tell me the truth! Why didn't you search for the Phantom Tower again after it reappeared? Why did you give up and ask others for help instead? Aren't you afraid that someone else will take the fossils away?"

"The truth is, you've encountered something that's making you hesitate, haven't you? You're afraid you'll never be able to come back to protect your precious fossils again," Su Yi said with a gloomy look in his eyes.

"You've all come back safely, haven't you?" Fossil Maniac cautiously argued.

"Fine! You won't tell the truth, huh!?" Su Yi's face darkened, and he grabbed the bottom of the table and pulled it sharply.

Su Yi easily lifted a corner of the solid wood table covered with fossils with one hand, causing the fossils on it to wobble and almost fall to the ground.

"Not going to talk? Then let's all stop playing!" Su Yi pretended to flip the table.

The fossil fanatic was immediately horrified. He clutched the fossils on the table and shouted, "I'll talk! I'll talk! I've seen how the Phantom Tower disappeared. That terrifying sight makes me afraid to explore the Phantom Tower again! I'm afraid I'll never come back!"

Daigo looked displeased; this was information that was being withheld from them that was extremely important!

Boom!

Su Yi put down the table, and Fossil Maniac steadied the fossil, immediately letting out a sigh of relief.

Swish!

Su Yi pulled out the peeling knife and stuck it into the table. It went deep into the wood, and the fossil fanatic's heart jumped into his throat again!

"Lying about military intelligence is punishable by death! We almost turned into fossils! This is murder!" Su Yi said with a terrifying look in his eyes.

The fossil maniac cried out in panic, "What are you doing? Don't be impulsive!"

Su Yi slowly opened his palm, then clenched his fist and said fiercely, "Fine! More money!"

Daigo recalled Su Yi's previous predicament of selling stones (in Daigo's opinion, needing to sell stones to make money was already a very difficult situation), and looked at him in surprise. Had he really become that poor?

The fossil fanatic quickly agreed, "Money is no problem! How much do you want?!"

Su Yi shook his head and said disdainfully, "Who cares about your few stinking coins?"

Daigo's eyes turned strange.

"I don't want money, I just want something like a keystone!" Su Yi took out a keystone and waved it.

Su Yi refused to believe that the old man had spent half his life digging for fossils and hadn't found anything good.

"Okay! I'll give it to you!" Fossil Maniac gritted his teeth and nodded, even though he intended to use most of those things to exchange for fossils.

After the fossil maniac rummaged around for a while, a bunch of strange things appeared in front of Su Yi.

"Leave some for me..." Fossil Maniac muttered softly.

Su Yi glanced at the items and exclaimed, "Wow, there's quite a lot!" Super Stones, comet fragments, blazing rocks, sandy rocks, dragon fangs, fire orbs, light stones, hard stones, soft sand, and some high-quality evolution stones.

Su Yi didn't stand on ceremony at all, taking away an uncarved super stone, a dragon's tooth, a flame orb, a blazing rock, and a sandy rock—these were some of the more valuable items.

"Stop taking it! That's enough!" Fossil Maniac wailed.

"Tch!" Su Yi finally swiped the very beautiful set of evolution stones with a displeased expression.

After leaving the Fossil Maniac's house and boarding the transport helicopter bound for Kanaz City, Su Yi's expression changed. He chuckled and took out the things he had taken from the Fossil Maniac, saying to Daigo, "Let's split them."

Daigo pointed to himself in surprise and said, "I got a share too?"

Su Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Come on, we almost turned into cavemen, it's not too much to ask for a little something from him! I know you're rich and might look down on this 'junk,' but we absolutely can't tolerate that old man's bad habits!"

Daigo took the set of evolution stones, both amused and exasperated, and said, "I'll take this one. I don't need the others. You can keep it."

"You don't want the Super Stone either?" Su Yi asked in confusion.

“I understand now. This thing needs to be given to someone who can use it to realize its value,” Daigo said, waving his hand.

"Quite insightful," Su Yi joked, then began to carefully examine the super stone.

But when Su Yi confirmed the Pokémon corresponding to the Mega Stone, his expression became somewhat strange: "Giving this Mega Stone to someone else would be a bit like harboring malicious intentions."

"What's wrong?" Daigo asked curiously.

Su Yi said with a deep look in his eyes, "There is a Pokémon that is a late bloomer. Its life is accompanied by two jokes that people will talk about for a lifetime. One is 'What dragon can't do Dragon Dance?' and the other is 'Speed ​​-10.'"

Chapter 329 Daigo: How much for fossils?

In Kanaz City, on a special floor of the Devon Corporation building, Su Yi and Daigo, after resting, arrived at a research hall filled with instruments.

"Su Yi?"

A familiar voice came from behind, and Butler and Diane, dressed in researcher's uniforms, came to greet them.

"Oh? Long time no see. How's it working here?" Su Yi greeted them with a smile.

Butler wore a satisfied expression and said, "Here I can finally use my talents properly. The research atmosphere here is excellent, and what I'm doing here is research related to fossil resurrection."

"Fossils resurrected? Looks like you're still a bit hung up on it," Su Yi teased.

Butler smiled wryly and said, "Don't even mention it. After spending some time here, I've realized how naive I was before..."

After a pause, Butler smiled and said, "I have more opportunities to improve myself here, and I will cherish this opportunity."

"By the way, I've almost finished preparing that thing you wanted before. I'll give it to you in a few days."

Su Yi's eyes lit up, and he said, "Thank you very much."

"I should be thanking you for recommending me," Butler said with a smile.

Next, Devon's fossil resurrection team began to resurrect the collected fossils and record the experimental data.

Watching the fossil Pokémon come back to life one after another, displaying the vitality of the ancient times, Su Yi couldn't help but marvel at the power of this technology.

After careful verification, the research team officially announced that the technology is now fully mature.

"Professor Oak will be very happy to know this." Su Yi couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the fossil Pokémon that the researchers had captured and brought into the ecological park.

Daigo laughed and said, "Professor Oak will probably arrive as soon as the news is announced."

"By the way, don't you also have fossils you want to revive? You can do it now."

Su Yi said excitedly, "Alright! I'll try to see if I can revive him!"

There are definitely many differences between Pokémon fossils and monster fossils. So, can a machine that revives Pokémon fossils also revive monster fossils? And after reviving them, are they considered Pokémon or monsters?

You really have to try it to know.

At this moment, after a moment of thought, Daigo suddenly asked, "If I may ask, is the Pokémon you want to revive very important to you?"

Su Yi was somewhat surprised, then thought for a moment and explained, "It's not that important, but verifying whether they can be resurrected is very important to me."

Indeed, the Ice Shard definitely has the Ice type, but it already has the Windfury and Barioth, and both of them occupy the same ecological niche as it.

While the Lava Beast, after evolving into the Flame Dragon, possesses the strength of a Map King, it would take a very long time to evolve if it were left to grow naturally without using precious Life Dragon Vein Stones.

Even if a Pokémon grows up very quickly, it is still the kind of Pokémon that matures late in life, and the accumulation required for its final evolution is far greater than that of ordinary Pokémon.

Furthermore, he already has Sky Pirate and Moltres for fire-type damage, which is more than enough, unless the characteristics of the Fiery Dragon are particularly powerful.

Daigo smiled and said, "So, you just want to research the revival of that Pokémon, right?"

"More or less," Su Yi nodded, while also considering how to deal with the two companion beasts after reviving them.

The two monsters live in vastly different environments, representing two extremes. He doesn't yet have a foothold in either the Elder's Recess or the Everfrost Reach, and now he has an increasing number of companion beasts to care for.

"Then can you sell me that fossil?" Daigo suddenly asked.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Su Yi asked in confusion.

Daigo said casually, "Since we're going to revive and study these Pokémon anyway, and you haven't figured out how to handle that Pokémon, why don't our team revive, train, and study it? You'll get the data and won't have to worry about raising the Pokémon."

Is this an attempt to lighten my burden?

Su Yi smiled and said, "Well, these two fossils are very special. They are unique for the time being, and they were extremely wild and untamed when they were alive. Only a skilled trainer can completely tame them and make them obedient."

Su Yi picked out the things he could talk about and explained the differences between monsters and Pokémon, especially the difficulty of raising and taming them.

"Now that you mention it, these Pokémon are quite special."

Daigo stroked his chin and said, "But these are not difficult matters. What I'm more curious about is that, according to you, your big and wild Pokémon are in a similar situation, right?"

Daigo seemed to understand why Su Yi had been so short of money before.

Su Yi smiled wryly, "That's right. It was quite a struggle just to get to know them at first, and the training and nurturing afterward was even more difficult."

“It’s alright, just sell me the fossil!” Daigo said magnanimously.

Through their interactions over the years, Daigo gradually came to realize that Su Yi was indeed a learned person.

He knows everything about Mega Evolution, understands spacetime distortion, and has detailed information about legendary Pokémon. So if he says that the fossil is very special, it must have something unique about it.