Fang Yuan, Xie Qingyi, these two outstanding young researchers from Hua Nation, joined hands in collaboration.
This should have been a cause for celebration…
However, the boat of friendship capsized just like that.
"Super Evolution even requires reciting an incantation?"
Xie Qingyi pressed a palm against the table, her expression changing constantly.
Even… resisting to the point of grinding her teeth.
She looked at the innocent-faced Fang Yuan with some suspicion.
"This is an inevitable step in our research..."
Fang Yuan repeated the same rationale he had given to Master Ye Hui and Master Jiang Liu to Xie Qingyi.
His expression was dead serious; relationships aside, the procedure could not be neglected.
If I don't speak, you don't speak, nobody speaks, what future does the field of Super Evolution have??!
That won't do at all.
Sincerity is the key.
Xie Qingyi fell into deep thought.
How come… Super Evolution requires doing such a thing?
What sort of strange ability is this that demands reciting lines like some ability from an animated show?
The setting is too weird.
"Rotom…"
Fang Yuan's smartphone, Rotom, shivered in fear. What kind of situation was this… Would it actually have to record when Xie Qingyi recited the lines later?
After all, that was its principal. The smartphone Rotom respected Xie Qingyi greatly.
But after thinking it through, secretly recording the principal's embarrassing history, Rotom felt that might be somewhat thrilling.
"Is there a reference?"
Xie Qingyi had lost her appetite, her mind filled with the middle school language arts knowledge she possessed.
Crafting lines seemed to be a technical task.
"Yes, before you, Master Ye Hui and Master Jiang Liu also conducted the Super Evolution experiment."
"I can tell you their lines."
"These two masters…" Xie Qingyi paused slightly, the names Ye Hui and Jiang Liu were familiar to her. Both were veteran Two-Star Masters with considerable fame. It seemed Fang Yuan hadn't lied to her.
"Yes, in general… the incantation must be sincere and fitting for one's own Pokemon…"
"For example, Master Ye Hui's lines… I seem to have forgotten, but Rotom, you have the recording, right…"
Smartphone Rotom: ◔‸◔ Are you selling me out?
Xie Qingyi looked towards the smartphone Rotom, staring…
Oh no.
The smartphone Rotom felt a tingle in its case, but then it gave in. With a turn of its head, it immediately played the Super Evolution incantations of Master Ye Hui and Master Jiang Liu.
While the lines played, the room fell deathly silent…
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The Fang Yuan Institute fell into a brief silence.
Xie Qingyi, looking up, said after deep contemplation, "I've finished eating."
"Do you… need to rest at noon? Or shall we go experience Super Evolution right away?" Fang Yuan asked.
What he meant was, do you need some time to think of your lines?
Xie Qingyi replied, "Let's go for Super Evolution… I'm already prepared."
Oh, she's prepared her lines already, huh… wait, what? Prepared already??!
I'll be damned, she came up with her lines so quickly???
Why does everyone seem more talented than him? It's only been minutes.
Fang Yuan's mind descended into chaos, but that wasn't the issue; it seemed he would soon witness Sister Xie's Super Evolution.
The two chatted and ate at a leisurely pace.
As for Pokemon like Eevee, they quickly finished their Energy Blocks with a few bites and had long since gone off to do their own thing.
When the two decided to head to the back mountain for Super Evolution research, those Pokemon were training.
Currently, every single Pokemon in Fang Yuan's Team was preparing for the magnificent competition at the Fang Yuan Tournament, mainly researching Combination Skills that could handle the assessments.
In this edition of the Fang Yuan Tournament, the first segment "Gorgeous Performance Competition," participating Pokemon had to display a gorgeous and practical Combination Move.
The judges would score the Combination Skill, and based on the scores, they would determine which contestants would advance to the next round.
At the moment, seven Pokemon from the Fang Yuan Team, that is, seven main forces, had signed up for the competition.
However, no matter how many Pokemon signed up, there were only four advancing spots available. Compared to previous Fang Yuan Tournaments, this one was even more ruthless, deciding the top four based purely on the score of a single Combination Skill.
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Then the advancing 4 Pokemon, based on their scores, will compete in two splendid battles to determine the champion.
This rule made Monferno suspect that Fang Yuan was targeting it, as the combination moves mentioned in the rules are not necessarily better by merely being powerful, while the splendid battle is not just about winning, but about considering how to win with the least cost.
This was completely the opposite of Monferno's thunder flame mode, which traded damage for power.
But rather than considering it a targeting, the rule was more of a test for Monferno; the Thunder Flame Mode was extremely powerful but came with significant drawbacks. Balancing the power and the side effects was an important part of Monferno's training.
"Uwa uwa uwa!!"
As Fang Yuan and Xie Qingyi passed through the backyard, they saw Monferno practicing the Thunder Flame Mode, and the other Pokemon, even Dragonite, who usually partnered with Milotic for special training, were practicing Outrage on their own through the Silver Feather in the Darkness Tyrannosaur form.
Passing by, Xie Qingyi was attracted by Fang Yuan's self-motivated Pokemon... Indeed, there was a reason for Fang Yuan's achievements.
"Speaking of which... The Mega Decidueye sure is beautiful," Fang Yuan mulled over something at the same time.
He hadn't decided on an opponent for the opening ceremony of the August Splendid Contest Fang Yuan Cup, so why not invite Sister Xie to bring the Super Decidueye and have it battle Milotic then?
Yeah, that actually seemed like a good idea.
Fang Yuan planned to ask her about it later.
...
A short while later, in a spacious area behind the mountains of the institute, Fang Yuan and his team appeared.
At that moment, Xie Qingyi was holding a Key Stone bracelet, and the Decidueye by her side had the Super Stone strapped to its foot.
The Decidueye had an appearance akin to a bird of paradise, with a sky-blue body and fluffy wings like cotton.
It must be said, Xie Qingyi had raised this female Decidueye remarkably well; it was likely a nemesis for Dragon Types, a nemesis in both senses of the term for males of that type.
The environment behind the Fang Yuan Institute's mountains was lovely. Just arriving there, the Decidueye got drunk on the fresh air and soared high into the clouds, where it danced and sang a mesmerizing melody.
Watching the Decidueye in the sky, Xie Qingyi took a deep breath, then turned her head towards Rotom, who was preparing to record behind Fang Yuan...
Recording the process of Mega Evolution was the right thing to do, but thinking about reciting the Mega Evolution script filled Xie Qingyi with dread.
She turned her fine, fair face, her eyes reflecting fierce determination, and said, "The research footage won't be uploaded publicly, right?"
"Don't worry, I'll be the only one to see it," Fang Yuan assured.
He had to keep these Mega Evolution trainers' embarrassing history safe, for it would be a powerful weapon for the Heart Source Style, a single mobile video to suppress all the top trainers of Hua Nation... the Heart Source Style would surely become Hua Nation's number one school!
Unless they were as thick-skinned as himself, they surely couldn't remain unaffected by such a thing.
Clearly, Xie Qingyi had made her decision; she couldn't let herself fail the opportunity Fang Yuan had given her, to pass up on letting Decidueye experience a higher level of power...
"Decidueye—"
She lifted her head, looked towards Decidueye in the sky, and pulled out the Key Stone; at that moment, Decidueye also looked towards Xie Qingyi, their gazes meeting—one trainer and one Pokemon eye to eye.
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Xie Qingyi took another deep breath, and under Fang Yuan's anxious gaze, she touched the Key Stone and shouted, "Rising against the flowing wind, countless shining moonlight, clouds hanging from the heavens above, together with my fervent soul, give birth to new power!!!"
"Decidueye, Mega Evolve!!"
"Hoooot~~~~" In the sky above, Decidueye excitedly let out its growl in response, and at the same time, the Super Stone at its ankle began to emit countless dazzling lights, completely shrouding its entire body and obscuring its appearance from view!!
"Mega Evolution..." At this moment, Xie Qingyi also felt the strong energy emanating from the Key Stone!!
The light from the Key Stone and Super Stone wrapped around Decidueye, and in that instant, Xie Qingyi suddenly looked up, her beautiful eyes wandering, her gaze following the light, locking onto Decidueye, unwilling to look away.
Under the Light of Mega Evolution, Decidueye's form began to transform, and immediately after, an astonishing surge in aura swept out——
The surrounding airflow began to roar and surge, producing an impressively grand sound.
Although it wasn't the first time witnessing a Mega Evolution... watching different Pokemon undergo Mega Evolution was still so thrilling each time.
As Fang Yuan was feeling moved, he glanced toward Rotom at his side.
With the dispersion of the evolutionary light, Rotom finally captured the visage of the Super Decidueye.
In the midst of the spiraling air currents, tail feathers and cotton-like fluff fluttered in the wind like ribbons, with the Mega Decidueye soaring in the air like a noble monarch!
"So beautiful..." Trainer Xie Qingyi, upon seeing her companion after its Super Evolution, openly expressed her delight.
After the Mega Evolution, Decidueye's tail became somewhat longer, and at the same time, its previously pristine and fluffy white feathers now densely covered its back. Its primary coloration, compared to before, had become much paler, blending in more with the sky.
The cotton-like feathers on its head now resembled a crown, endowing the Super Decidueye with a majestic appearance in addition to its beauty!
"Rising against the flowing wind, countless shining moonlight, clouds hanging from the heavens above... Very apt," Fang Yuan suddenly repeated Xie Qingyi's incantation.
Decidueye's Special Ability allows it to use its cotton-cloud-like wings to ride rising air currents into the high sky. The glittering moonlight symbolizes the Fairy attribute, and the image of clouds... fits perfectly with Decidueye's form. Sister Xie is meticulous, pity her words are now recorded...
"I..." Xie Qingyi, because of Decidueye's Mega Evolution, had forgotten about the issue with her lines, and Fang Yuan was intentionally bringing up the very thing she wished to avoid. For a moment, she wanted to use the Dig move to burrow under the ground.
The airflow created during Decidueye's Mega Evolution was not insignificant, and this change immediately attracted the attention of certain Pokemon, such as a Dragonite undergoing Flying training in the air.
Combining Extreme Speed with Tailwind, now Dragonite's strongest flying method, its speed reached the peak, becoming like a wild gust of wind. Sensing the commotion in the airflow, it instantly arrived at the scene.
Let this handsome Dragon see, which little Fairy is kicking up a storm!!
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So it's the Fairy King's Decidueye that has Mega Evolved...
Dragonite remained calm inside, but as it clearly saw Super Decidueye's figure, its expression gradually became stirred.
So beautiful!!!!
How can there be such a beautiful Pokemon!!