Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

He tilted his head, his gaze falling on Hakron's long neck.

There's a stone hanging there.

It was small, round and smooth, strung on a thin silver chain, hanging between the gaps in the scales, and gleamed with a faint, unusual luster in the sunlight.

It's not an ordinary decoration.

Ash took a step forward, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"This is……"

"Mega stone?"

"Ow?"

Dragonite turned around, followed Ash's gaze to the stone on Dragonair's neck, and then nodded in sudden realization.

"Roar!"

It puffed out its chest, placed its two short paws on its round waist, and had an undisguised sense of pride on its face.

You know your stuff!

It got this itself!

I already told Xiaozhi, didn't I? Its influence is very powerful!

Dragonite turned its gaze to Pikachu on Ash's shoulder.

Speaking of Kalos, it seems they've just researched two new Mega Stones for Pikachu...

"Pikachu?"

Upon hearing this, Pikachu poked its head out from Ash's shoulder, its two ears immediately standing up.

Dragonite nodded.

Leave it to me!

I'll ask around for you now and see if I can get it!

156. Am I awesome?

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi was clearly taken aback.

Pikachu's Mega Stone?

He blinked, his face full of uncertain confusion.

He only knew that Raichu had one, but Pikachu... did it have a Mega Stone? Doesn't Mega Evolution usually require evolving to the Ultimate form first?

With this question in mind, Xiao Zhi's CPU immediately started running at high speed.

First, we need to establish a major premise.

That means Dragonite wouldn't lie to himself.

If that's the case, then... the answer is quite obvious!

Xiao Zhi clenched his fist suddenly.

This is definitely because I haven't been paying attention to scientific research information lately and I've fallen behind!

He carefully recalled the research posts he had recently glanced at.

It seems there was indeed an episode of Pokémon Science last month that mentioned some research findings on Lucario's new Mega Evolution branch.

He was thinking he'd take a closer look when he had time, but he completely forgot about it as soon as he turned his head.

Xiao Zhi's expression gradually became serious as he realized that his academic knowledge seemed to be a bit outdated.

How could someone aspiring to become a Pokémon Master not even know such crucial information?

That won't do!

The Pokémon world is constantly evolving, with new research findings and new evolutionary forms emerging one after another.

If I continue to be so slow to realize things, how can I be worthy of the goal of becoming a "Pokémon Master"?

Knowing his shame, Xiao Zhi immediately perked up.

Decided!

I'll start cramming tonight!

Let's start with the latest "Pokémon Science" and something like "Frontiers in Mega Evolution Research".

Pikachu and I worked overtime last night, reading through each article one by one!

"Pikachu!"

Ash's Pikachu on his shoulder suddenly felt a chill.

A chill ran from the tip of its tail all the way to the tips of its ears, making the whole mouse shiver violently.

It looked around alertly, its ears perked up.

After finding nothing amiss, Pikachu scratched the tip of its head in confusion, its little paws pawing at it and stirring up a few fine hairs.

Is it just my imagination?

It feels like something dirty is eyeing the mouse.

......

Another two days were spent in the hunting area.

These past two days, the Pokémon that accompanied the three of them have certainly had their fill of talking—

Ash and Goldeen are responsible for supplying the ingredients, and Brock takes care of all the cooking.

Their only concerns are what time they eat today and what kind of exercise is best for digestion after eating.

But happy times are always fleeting.

As noon approached, the three had to pack up and prepare to leave the hunting area.

Not only is Xiao Gang's seasoning packet almost empty, but even the Poké Balls distributed in the hunting area have been used up.

Xiaoxia used up her Poké Balls the fastest, and she had none left.

And the most outrageous thing is that she didn't catch a single Pokémon.

It's not that she has no Pokémon affinity at all.

In the past two days, she has become more and more certain of one thing: this hunting area is definitely incompatible with her destiny!

The Pokémon she took a liking to were all very reserved and refused to go with her no matter what.

But the Pokémon that she wasn't interested in seemed to be lining up and flocking to her one after another.

This story begins on the afternoon of the first day.

That day, she secretly showed off her skills when Xiaogang and Xiaozhi weren't paying attention.

I just wanted to prove my cooking skills, but things got out of control after that.

For no apparent reason, a large number of Pokémon became particularly fond of her.

Like trumpet buds, the shy buds that somehow came to Kanto, oh dear, the ball mushroom... and Nidoran and Nidoran.

Later on, even Nidoking came over and gestured to her, meaning that if she was willing to take his harem as well, he could come along too.

The problem is—she's a proper Water-type Trainer!

Why are all the Pokémon that are eagerly coming up to me ground and grass type?

As for Water-type Pokémon...

If Goldeen is willing to help, there are plenty of Water-type Pokémon that would be willing to follow.

but.......

The goldfish is completely absorbed in the art of blowing bubbles.

It explicitly stated that it was completely unwilling to tarnish the purity of its art for this reason.

For the sake of art, it will never yield!

Xiaoxia was at a loss for what to do with it.

After all, the goldfish said so.

Xiaoxia, you don't want me to betray you and join Xiaozhi's side, do you?

......

The three of them sat around a rock by the pool, eating the last meal Xiaogang had prepared.

They ate while discussing their plans for the future.

Pikachu, with dark circles under its eyes, holds a small bowl, nodding its little head.

It looked like its little paws were about to drop the bowl, and the food in the bowl was swaying gently in rhythm with its movements.

"so--"

Xiao Zhi stuffed the last bite into his mouth, his cheeks bulging, and mumbled indistinctly.

At the same time, he reacted quickly and reached out to save Pikachu from falling into the bowl.

Where do we go next?

"Pikachu—?"

Pikachu barely managed to open its eyelids, looking at Ash with dazed eyes, a grain of food still stuck to the corner of its mouth.

"?"

What happened?

Ash shook his head and wiped Pikachu's mouth.

It seems that the burden of reading papers is still a bit too heavy for Pikachu right now.

If you want to speed, you can't reach it.