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Ralts jumped onto Ash, causing the eggshell on her head to fall to the ground. The other half of the eggshell remained in Ash's hand, but no one was paying attention to that at the moment. Misty and the others, including Pikachu, were all staring intently at Ralts.
After a long while, Misty finally let out a scream-like sound: "So cute!!!"
Her small body, light pink skin, and deep blue hair were a different kind of cute compared to Clefairy. Even without seeing her eyes, anyone who saw her would instinctively exclaim—So cute!
Especially for girls, there was practically no resistance to a Pokémon like Ralts.
"Uh, well, she seems really attached to me, doesn't she?" Ash carefully crouched down, placed the eggshell from his hand on the ground, and then gently lifted Ralts from his body, making it easier for her to hug him.
Ash didn't understand why Ralts was so clingy to him, or what kind of Pokémon Ralts was. In the time he had been catching up with the experts in the group chat, he had become familiar with almost all the Kanto Pokémon, but he had never seen a Pokémon like this. (The group chat allows sending images from one's memory or imagined images.)
Could this be a Pokémon from outside Kanto? Speaking of which, Ralts's Pokémon Egg seemed to have fallen from the sky. Could she really be from the moon?!
"Can I hold her, Ash?" Misty came up to Ash, her big, watery eyes looking at him, filled with a longing expression. It was clear she really wanted to hold Ralts, even more so than Clefairy.
Misty hadn't shown such an expression even when she first met Clefairy.
"You can, but she's not my Pokémon, so you still need to ask for her permission." This time, Ash didn't blurt out Ralts's name like he did with Ho-Oh.
Otherwise, it would be a bit strange for him to know Ralts's name but not recognize the Pokémon.
Misty crouched in front of Ash and softly said, "Um… what's your name? Can I hold you?"
Ralts turned her head at the sound. After a moment of silence, her figure suddenly vanished. Ash and Misty were both startled. Ash even instinctively tried to use Aura to sense where she went, but the next second, he felt a slight weight on his other shoulder.
Ash turned his head and, sure enough, Ralts, just like Pikachu, had jumped onto his shoulder, and her small hand was tugging at his hair.
This behavior was self-evident: she didn't want to be held by Misty, which greatly disheartened Misty.
Even Pikachu had quickly accepted Misty upon their first meeting, but Ralts showed some resistance towards Misty. Only Ash was the sole object of her affection.
"Why is she so attached to Ash? Is it because Ash caught her when she fell?" Misty asked with a mix of reluctance and confusion.
She was a newly hatched Pokémon, so why was she only attached to Ash and not to her? Was this reasonable?
"It's probably because Ash was the first person Ralts saw after she hatched. Some Pokémon become completely devoted to the first Trainer they see after birth, and Ralts is that kind of Pokémon," Brock, who had been silent until now, explained.
"Ralts? Is that this Pokémon's name?" Even Misty, with her relatively extensive knowledge, didn't recognize the Pokémon Ralts, as Ralts is not a Pokémon found in Kanto, and is even quite rare in the Hoenn region.
"That's right, this is a Pokémon that inhabits the Hoenn region. It's very rare here in Kanto, you could even say completely unseen. Even in the Hoenn region, it's an extremely rare Pokémon. I only learned about this Pokémon by looking at some Pokémon from other regions in my free time."
"Ralts, is that your name?" Ash also pretended to have just learned Ralts's name and reached over with one hand to gently stroke Ralts's small head.
Ralts wiggled her body, looking very content. On the visible lower half of her face, one could vaguely sense Ralts's happy emotions, as if such a small gesture from Ash could make her happy for a long time.
Brock also stepped closer and brought his face near Ralts. This somewhat perverted uncle-like action made Ralts immediately hide behind Ash, her small head timidly peeking out, which almost melted Misty's heart.
"Brock, what are you doing? You're scaring her!"
"Ah, ah~ Sorry, I wanted to confirm if my guess was correct." Brock made an apologetic gesture towards Ralts, but it seemed to have no effect. The newly hatched little one was indeed quite sensitive.
"Confirm what?"
"Confirm if this little one is a Shinny Pokémon."
"Shinny Pokémon? * 2" Ash and Misty said in unison. The former wore a confused expression, while the latter looked shocked.
"What's a Shinny Pokémon?" This term once again touched Ash's blind spot in knowledge.
"Shinny Pokémon are also called Variant Pokémon. They have an appearance different from their species and are extremely rare Pokémon. Among thousands, even tens of thousands of the same kind of Pokémon, not even one Variant Pokémon might appear. Because they stand out in their group like a Shinny light in the dark, they are also called Shinny Pokémon."
This time, Misty didn't scorn Ash for his ignorance, because the concept of Shinny Pokémon is indeed not widely known, and some people never encounter a Shinny Pokémon in their entire lives, let alone capture one.
Looking at Ralts, it seemed she was directly committed to Ash. Ash basically did nothing and then acquired a Shinny Pokémon… Was this reasonable?
"A Shinny Pokémon, huh? So you're that amazing, Ralts." Ash joyfully hugged Ralts from behind and lifted her high. Only he knew that Ralts was not just Shinny and rare; what was even rarer was her aptitude—an aptitude comparable to a deity, one that is difficult to find in millions of Pokémon.
Shinny combined with all S-rank aptitude—most people, even if they used a lifetime of luck, probably wouldn't encounter it. This was simply like a blessing from heaven… Wait, heaven… blessing?
Ash suddenly remembered something. He seemed to have drawn an S-rank one-time ability last night—Chosen One's Radiance.
That ability would allow him to encounter an extremely rare Pokémon within three days, with a high probability of capturing it. Ash had originally thought that an extremely rare Pokémon would be something like a Legendary Pokémon, and how could he possibly capture such a Pokémon?
But looking at the blue-haired loli in his hands, Ash realized, isn't this all S-aptitude Shinny blue-haired loli rarer than a Legendary Pokémon?