Chapter 511: The Pouting Lugia, Gardevoir's Thoughts
In the central area was a zone where the time flow was clearly abnormal.
A Bulbasaur's movements and daily life inside were sped up tenfold.
"So this is the Time Zone?"
Looking at the Bulbasaur inside, Hikaru was a little curious.
The Pokémon nearby, seeing him enter, all rubbed against him. Dragonair, in particular, directly wrapped the end of its tail around his arm.
Gardevoir explained.
"Gardevoir..." (Yes. I've placed enough Grass-type Pokéblocks inside. It's just that this space seems to be a different space from ours. Although we can see each other, we can't hear each other's voices.)
Hikaru nodded. "Is that so..."
He turned his gaze to the Bulbasaur inside. It didn't seem to have any abnormalities, which put Hikaru's mind at ease.
Lugia flew over.
"Wooo wooo~"
This little Legendary had originally planned to follow Hikaru to see the outside world.
But now, staying in the training house every day, it had long been feeling a bit discontent.
Seeing Hikaru look over now, it whined coquettishly, wanting to go out.
"Alright, alright, I'll let you out. Just shrink down and stay in my hood, okay?"
Hikaru stroked its head, marveling at how good-natured a Legendary Pokémon raised from a young age could be.
At the same time, he thought to himself that Lugia paired with the [Time Zone] skill would actually be the best.
As a Legendary Pokémon, its growth rate was truly astonishing...
The current Lugia was already level 58.
Moreover, the frantic increase in its energy level hadn't caused its mastery of that energy to decline.
It just needed to practice its skills occasionally to stay proficient.
But it just couldn't stay put. Although Lugia could play with the other Pokémon, there was always a sense of... distance?
Is this the unique status of a Legendary Pokémon?
"Wooo wooo~" (Okay~)
Lugia's eyes immediately squinted. Its body shrank, and then it snuggled into the hood on the back of Hikaru's sweatshirt.
It even asked Hikaru if this was okay.
After getting permission, it completely settled into the hood.
"But, every few days, you have to come into the training house to train your skills."
Hikaru patted his hood, giving Lugia a restriction.
"Wooo~"
The Lugia inside the hood didn't even pop its head out, but it was considered an agreement.
Helplessly, Hikaru had no choice but to say to Gardevoir:
"Alright, Gardevoir. In the future, every few days, I'll put Lugia in here. You arrange the use of this skill. Try to let every Pokémon take turns training and getting stronger in this area. Or, if a Pokémon has an urgent need, you can let it use it first."
Gardevoir nodded.
Hikaru stroked its head, then turned to look at Charizard.
This guy seemed to be a bit out of it.
It wasn't until Hikaru walked up to it that it came back to its senses.
"Kouga!"
Greninja, standing together with it nearby, was the first to tattle. "Kouga!" (After coming back, it's been daydreaming sometimes. I don't know what it's thinking about.)
After speaking, it looked at Charizard with some disdain.
This look of being in heat is too obvious.
Greninja could naturally see it.
Not like me...
Charizard was instantly angered into shame, showing its dragon claws. "Roar!" (Don't talk nonsense! Greninja!)
Its appearance seemed to say, "You can't beat me now."
Hikaru also became interested. "Hey, before we went to Charicific Valley, who was it that told me, 'a mere female dragon'?"
Charizard immediately fell silent.
It could still argue with Greninja for a while, but in front of Hikaru, there was no chance for nonsense.
"Hahaha...."
Hikaru laughed and patted Charizard's big belly. "She's already been caught by Sakura, so she probably can't run away. It's all up to your own skills now. But, I have to tell you first, without Mega Evolution, you probably can't beat her."
"Roar..."
Charizard scratched its head sheepishly but immediately burst with strong confidence.
She was pinned down and beaten by me. How could I not be able to beat her?
Ignoring Charizard's lofty ambitions, Hikaru walked up to Garchomp. "Little shark, want to try Mega Evolution?"
He naturally had Garchomp's Mega Stone.
It was just that this little shark hadn't evolved yet, so he hadn't tried it with it.
"Ga!"
Garchomp first vented its dissatisfaction at being called that, but it quickly focused its attention on Mega Evolution.
Charizard's Mega Evolution before had greatly shocked it.
The Mega Evolution of one person and one dragon didn't have any major surprises.
This little shark, after all, was one he had raised from an egg. The bond between the two was naturally not weak. After trying Mega Evolution once or twice, it succeeded.
Looking at its brand-new appearance and the powerful energy within its body, Garchomp flew happily in the sky.
Hikaru didn't let it be happy for too long.
After all, this was just a try.
Finally, looking at the training house where everything was developing in an orderly manner, Hikaru nodded with satisfaction.
The atmosphere was quite good.
After thinking for a moment, he walked over to Gardevoir's side again and patted its shoulder.
"Gardevoir?" (What's wrong, Hikaru?)
Gardevoir asked curiously.
"Now, they already have the ability to take care of themselves. It's really been hard on you."
Hikaru rubbed his nose and said with some embarrassment.
Why limit the number of Pokémon a trainer can catch?
Because as the number of caught Pokémon increases, the energy required to take care of them also increases.
Although one could place some temporarily unneeded Pokémon in a Pokémon storage house, this would undoubtedly prevent the bond between the trainer and the Pokémon from being cultivated.
Hikaru felt that on this point, he hadn't been very competent.
Most of the time, it was Gardevoir managing things.
Gardevoir revealed a gentle smile.
A voice sounded in Hikaru's mind, "If you want to thank me, then just give me a hug."
"Aha..."
Hikaru didn't refuse this time and lightly hugged Gardevoir.
Then he said, "Didn't you always say you wanted to stay outside before? Now there's nothing much to pay attention to in the training house. Do you want to go out too?"
This was an idea Gardevoir had been clamoring about since it first evolved.
But the current Gardevoir looked much more mature than at that time.
He didn't know when the change had happened.
Could it be from raising the "kids"?
Gardevoir blinked, the corners of its mouth turning up slightly.
Now in the training house, it really didn't matter if it was there or not.
"Okay. But, Hikaru, I have a new wish now."
"Mmm..."
Although Hikaru vaguely guessed what it was, he still asked.
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