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The energy reserves were completely full, and Little Nebula's evolution was only missing one crucial opportunity.
The most common opportunity would undoubtedly be stimulating the potential within its body through battle experience.
However, Roy looked at the 'cute but helpless' Little Nebula and felt that putting it in combat would result in it being defeated within seconds.
The opportunity for Little Nebula's evolution was obviously not going to come from battle experience.
After Mew finished training Pheromosa with great satisfaction, Roy decided to consult it about this matter. Although Mew had a somewhat lazy personality, it was still a Legendary Pokémon that had lived for tens of thousands of years and had witnessed countless events throughout history.
Not disappointing Roy's expectations, Mew immediately offered its advice.
"Mew! (Open wormholes! Open many wormholes!)"
Roy suddenly understood what Mew meant.
Little Nebula only knew one move: Teleport.
Opening Ultra Wormholes was undoubtedly the advanced application of Teleport, utilizing the divine power hidden within Little Nebula's body. By having Little Nebula open Ultra Wormholes multiple times, it would become familiar with the power coursing through its body and eventually trigger its evolution.
In the anime, Little Nebula had also evolved after being captured by the Aether Foundation and forced to open multiple Ultra Wormholes for their research purposes.
"Mew." Mew happily perched on Roy's shoulder, expressing that when Ultra Beasts appeared through the wormholes, it would be responsible for defeating them.
"Weren't you unwilling to battle before? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Roy asked.
As soon as he said this, Roy noticed the expression on Mew's face that any trainer could understand immediately.
Good grief.
Mew wanted to capture some Ultra Beasts to keep Pheromosa company.
The truth was that Mew had become addicted to showing off its powers.
[Roy, could you show me the Time Flower?]
Lucario, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up.
Only then did Roy realize that Lucario had been staring at the Time Flower in his hands from the very beginning.
"What's wrong?" Roy asked curiously as he handed the flower over.
[There's a wonderful feeling emanating from it...]
Lucario injected its aura power into the Time Flower, causing it to bloom once again.
The mystical realm of time travel descended upon them once more.
Lucario closed its eyes, lost in deep contemplation and understanding.
Little Nebula had expended its energy not long ago, and now that it had entered a state of rest, it wasn't being stimulated by the power of time.
After quite some time had passed, Lucario suddenly opened its eyes. Its eyes glowed with a red light, and its body emanated a powerful psychic aura.
Immediately, it launched a sphere of concentrated psychic energy into the air.
The sphere escaped into a dimensional void and disappeared without a trace.
Roy had a vague suspicion about what was happening.
Sure enough, seconds later, the sphere emerged from the void without any warning, and its energy had increased several times over from before.
However, since there was no target to attack, this energy ball could only hover in mid-air.
Roy spoke the name of the move aloud.
"Future Sight."
This was another Psychic-type move that a normal Lucario would never be able to learn.
Lucario, which possessed excellent psychic talent, had reached a very advanced level in sensing the surrounding space after mastering natural energy.
Therefore, it had been able to comprehend Teleport, a move involving spatial manipulation. But now, under the stimulation of the Time Flower's temporal domain, it had gained new understanding of time itself and learned the move Future Sight.
The important aspect wasn't the Future Sight move itself.
It was the underlying principle behind the move.
Roy's perspective as a trainer had long since evolved beyond focusing merely on the surface effects of moves.
The essence was what truly mattered.
The move Future Sight worked by confirming that at a specific point in the future, the enemy would be unable to dodge or defend, and would definitely be struck by the user's attack sent through Future Sight. Therefore, the psychic energy ball was sent into the future itself.
In the games, the Future Sight move was also unavoidable and could not be blocked by moves like Protect.
Therefore, the real strength of this move lay in its ability to grant Future Vision.
However, even the mightiest Psychic-type Pokémon could only enter the Future Vision state for a brief moment when using the Future Sight move.
But if Lucario could combine Future Sight with the power of aura...
Roy transmitted his idea to Lucario telepathically.
Lucario's eyes lit up with understanding, and it nodded eagerly.
[I will do my best to master this technique.]
With that, Lucario's next training plan had been established.
First, it would follow Mew to learn how to harmonize with the Tree of Beginning, thereby exercising its aura abilities.
Second, it would attempt to combine Future Sight with the power of aura.
Third, it would perform a Mega Evolution once each day to maintain its mastery.
"This flower really is my lucky charm..." Roy said as he gazed at the cyan-colored Time Flower in his hand.
The opportunity for Little Nebula's evolution and Lucario's comprehension of Future Sight were both changes brought about by this mysterious flower.
As expected of a flower that only responded to the power of aura.
It must have sensed that this particular aura hero had exceptional potential.
"Little Nebula, starting tomorrow, you can't continue being lazy," Roy said with a smile. "You need to open at least one Ultra Wormhole per day, or else I'll reduce your food portions by half."
"Mo??"
Little Nebula displayed a shocked expression as if the sky were falling.
Seeing that Roy wasn't joking at all, it quickly made a statement.
"Momo!"
It tried to communicate that it had long felt the daily routine of only eating and resting was too empty! It was ready to work hard!
"Really?" Roy showed a surprised expression and said with a grin, "Then let's make it two Ultra Wormholes per day."
"Mo!"
Little Nebula couldn't contain its distress any longer.
Why hadn't it kept its mouth shut?
That evening, Roy stood at the summit of the Tree of Beginning, overlooking this spiritual realm.
Standing on the edge of a cliff at least ten thousand meters above the ground, the view looking down would be enough to make anyone with a fear of heights faint, but Roy's mood remained perfectly calm.
For this trip to Europe, his original goal had been to obtain a Key Stone.
Unexpectedly, they had encountered unexpected adventures such as battles and encounters with legendary Pokémon.
There had been distress, twists and turns, exhaustion, and complex strategies to navigate.
During the competition, in order for Lucario to master Z-Moves, Roy had lost nearly twenty pounds in just a few days, which had been quite taxing on his body.
Before the competition, there had been countless hours spent developing breeding plans and battle strategies.
He and his Pokémon had put forth tremendous effort to reach where they were today.
Fortunately, this effort had been met with incredible rewards.
This gave Roy even more motivation to continue moving forward.
It was mid-April now.
Summer vacation would run from July first to August thirty-first—two full months.
He planned to rest for the first month.
When August arrived, it would be time for the grand tournament that captured the attention of the entire country.
Nearly four months remained until then.
Z-Moves, Mega Evolution, the Time Flower of the Tree of Beginning, training under Mew's guidance with aura techniques, the inheritance of the three legendary titans...
These were all epoch-making discoveries and sources of power.
Therefore, even Roy himself didn't know just how much transformation he and his Pokémon could achieve in these four months of intensive training.