July 18th, Wednesday, clear weather.
Kalos region, Lumiose City.
"So I ca here after all." Johan looked up at the blue sky with its rolling clouds and sighed wistfully.
Although Kanaz Pokémon Academy's final exams weren't over yet, what remained were mainly battle and Pokémon breeding exams, which had little to do with him as an elective course instructor.
The benefits of being an elective teacher were fully displayed during winter and sumr breaks - over two months of long vacation...
"Rotom—"
Johan was about to call out Rotom to transform into Rotom-Bike when he saw Gengar had already gone to the roadside and hailed a Gogoat taxi.
"This guy..." Johan shook his head helplessly.
Having co here just once, this fellow was already familiar with everything.
"Doesn't even try to save money for the family..."
Though he grumbled internally, Johan wouldn't actually scold Gengar for it.
After all, Lumiose City was indeed too big and complex. Even with a map, getting lost was quite normal.
Back when he played "Pokémon XY," he got lost constantly - there were cafés everywhere, and just one Lysandre Café had him going in circles for ages before he finally had to rely on taxis.
"Ka-kaah~Ka-kaah~~"
Gengar cheerfully led over two Gogoat - one for it, one for Johan.
Destination - Professor Sycamore's Pokémon Laboratory!
There were many things to do on this trip to the Kalos region: League Police simulation exercises, visiting Laverre City's Valerie to design clothes and learn about Fairy-type Pokémon training, searching for Pokémon hunters, etc.
But regardless, greeting the "local boss" Professor Sycamore first was never wrong.
Clip-clop, clip-clop—
The Gogoat's steps were steady and rhythmic, and its speed wasn't slow at all. As long as you didn't "speed," it was quite safe.
"Vii?"
Victini sat on Johan's shoulder, looking at the buildings on both sides of the street and the architectural styles different from Unova, Sinnoh, and Hoenn, its eyes full of curiosity.
"Ka-kaah~─=≡Σ(((°Д°)))"
Nearby, Gengar rode its Gogoat and whooshed past.
Soon after, Gengar ca racing back on its Gogoat from the opposite direction.
The key point was... as long as you wanted to "speed," it didn't matter what you were riding.
It was just a bit hard on the goats.
Before long, Johan and the others arrived at the entrance of Professor Sycamore's Pokémon Laboratory.
Looking at one Gogoat in good condition and another with its tongue hanging out, eyes rolled back, covered in sweat and seemingly exhausted, plus several tis the normal fare, the staff mber responsible for collecting the Gogoat was full of question marks.
Wasn't this supposed to be from Lumiose Airport to Professor Sycamore's Pokémon Laboratory? How did it seem like they'd circled Lumiose City?
"Johan, you're here."
Entering Professor Sycamore's Pokémon Laboratory, the stubble-faced, disheveled middle-aged Professor Sycamore imdiately ca out to greet them.
Since Johan had called ahead, Professor Sycamore had been waiting in the laboratory early.
However, looking at the laboratory that was obviously much dimr than during his last visit, Johan showed so curiosity.
What was going on?
Could Professor Sycamore's funding be so tight recently that he was even saving on laboratory lights?
Seeming to notice Johan's confusion, Professor Sycamore smiled helplessly:
"I don't know what's been happening lately, but Lumiose City's power supply facilities seem to have problems and frequently lose power."
Power outages?
Johan showed so understanding.
No wonder he'd seen many coffee shops on the way that were pitch black - he couldn't tell if they were open or closed.
But this brought even more confusion.
With Lumiose City's scale, power outages or insufficient power supply shouldn't happen, right?
Moreover, Lumiose City's Gym was an Electric-type Gym. Although he wasn't sure if it was currently Clemont, but... an Electric-type Gym Leader's city having power outages was probably a bigger "humiliation" than having the Gym Leader beaten to the ground.
Furthermore, even if Professor Sycamore's Pokémon Laboratory wasn't as large as Professor Oak's, it was still a Pokémon Professor's laboratory. Didn't they have so Electric-type Pokémon to generate power?
Johan voiced this confusion, and Professor Sycamore imdiately explained:
"It's not that. It's just that so instrunts have particularly high power demands, so we've shut off so unnecessary electrical outputs to save so energy for the Pokémon working hard to generate electricity and reduce their pressure."
In Pokémon research, extrely precise instrunts were inevitably needed, and the more precise these instrunts were, the greater their power consumption.
"I see."
Johan nodded. He didn't delve too deeply into this matter since he wasn't Volkner and his knowledge of electronics and circuits only extended to series and parallel circuits.
"Ka-kaah~~"
At this mont, Gengar beside Johan suddenly bent down and pulled two unusually large waterlons from Johan's shadow, grinning as it offered them to Professor Sycamore.
"These are..."
Looking at those two waterlons, Professor Sycamore was stunned.
Johan smiled: "Two waterlons we grew ourselves. I didn't know what to bring, so I hope Professor Sycamore won't mind."
"Johan, you can grow crops too?"
Professor Sycamore was even more surprised. Looking at those two waterlons larger than Gengar's head, he unconsciously clicked his tongue and exclaid:
"And, and these two waterlons... aren't they a bit too big?"
Honestly, this was the first ti he'd seen waterlons this large.
Johan smiled.
Just kidding - waterlons blessed by Calyrex, how could they not be big?
"We chilled them at ho beforehand. Gengar kept them in its shadow, so the temperature should be just right. Eat them while they're cool - sumr and chilled waterlon are a perfect match~"
"Oh, oh..."
Professor Sycamore quickly had his assistant help carry the waterlons.
"By the way, where's Alain?"
Today, the one who ca with Professor Sycamore to greet them was a cute young lady, but he didn't see Alain, who would be Ash's future rival.
Speaking of Alain, Professor Sycamore handed the waterlons to several researchers and smiled:
"That guy has been helping a lot lately, finding many ga Stones from outside."
"Oh?"
Was Alain already helping Professor Sycamore collect ga Stones at this stage?
In contrast, Ash... at this stage, Ash should still be playing in the mud in Pallet Town.
No wonder he could bring out a Charizard later (not really).
"Co on, Johan, let show you my recent research results!" Professor Sycamore rolled up his sleeves, changing from his previous disheveled appearance and becoming energetic.
So, under Professor Sycamore's guidance, the two ca to a research room in the laboratory.
Sure enough, compared to the dim lighting outside, this research room was brightly lit. Many researchers in white coats were buried in their work, and neat rows of precision instrunts were constantly operating, faintly making "buzzing" sounds.
Then Johan noticed that on the central table of the research room, transparent glass covers were placed, and inside them were ga Stones that countless Pokémon trainers dread of!
Each one of these, regardless of which Pokémon's ga Stone it was, was worth no less than eight figures.
Just what was on the table was probably worth seventy to eighty million Pokédollars.
Johan suddenly realized that perhaps collecting ga Stones in the Kalos region was also a path to wealth?
Even Alain could help Professor Sycamore collect ga Stones, so he should be able to casually "obtain" so, right?
He seed to see a sunny avenue leading to his "small goal."
"Johan?"
Professor Sycamore walked to an instrunt and, seeing Johan staring blankly at the ga Stones, called out.
Johan snapped back to reality.
"Hm? Hm."
"Over here." Professor Sycamore was already operating the instrunt.
Behind the instrunt was an isolated room with transparent glass on the wall that allowed a clear view of everything inside.
As Professor Sycamore pressed a button, virtual images appeared in the sealed compartnt.
"This is the latest holographic projection technology developed by Lysandre Labs." Professor Sycamore explained.
Johan nodded, not unfamiliar with this.
Although Lysandre Labs' holographic projection technology hadn't been truly popularized, so high-end individuals or organizations had already obtained usage rights for this technology.
Not only Professor Sycamore's Pokémon Laboratory, but even Team Rocket internally used holographic projection technology.
What he was more interested in was the projection displayed in that sealed room.
A burly middle-aged man wearing a Blaziken mask, and a Blaziken standing in front of him!
Blaziken Mask?
Clemont and Bonnie's dad?
Professor Sycamore operated while explaining:
"This is a trainer who didn't want to reveal his na. What's being played now is footage of their ga Evolution..."
In the sealed room, Blaziken Mask looked excited and shouted:
"Blaziken, ga Evolve!"
Buzz—
Brilliant light was displayed through holographic projection technology as Blaziken evolved under the embrace of ga Evolution energy.
When the energy dispersed, what appeared before them was a majestic ga Blaziken!
And the ga Evolution symbol that flashed briefly in front of it.
"Ka-kaah~!"
Gengar pointed at the holographic projection on the glass and turned to look at Johan.
Hey, their evolution isn't as cool as ours!
What Professor Sycamore really wanted to show Johan was so data on the instrunts.
The data was very complex, but Professor Sycamore summarized it.
"Through our analysis, we found that ga Evolution is not only closely related to the physical condition of the Pokémon and trainer at the ti, but the emotional state of the Pokémon and trainer might even account for a larger proportion of influence."
"Generally speaking, the most basic ga Evolution might bring ten to twenty percent improvent to Pokémon."
"But this Blaziken Mask - after he and his Blaziken underwent ga Evolution, ga Blaziken's overall stats improved by at least thirty percent!"
"This is the highest among all our research cases so far."
Thirty percent?
Johan nodded silently.
The reason ga Evolution was, in his mind, a superior enhancent thod compared to Z-Moves, Dynamax, and Terastalization was because ga Evolution brought comprehensive improvents.
Unlike Z-Moves that only enhanced moves, Dynamax that enhanced HP and so moves, or Terastalization that changed types and enhanced so move power...
Of course, ga Evolution's drawbacks were also unavoidable - only certain specific Pokémon could undergo ga Evolution.
And it required higher standards for trainers and Pokémon, placing greater burden on trainers.
An assistant brought over a plate of chilled waterlon.
"Ka-kaah~"
"Vii~"
Gengar and Victini weren't shy and imdiately took so and started eating.
Professor Sycamore also picked up a piece of waterlon and took a bite.
Instantly, the cool, crisp sensation made him squint his eyes, and he continued:
"Johan, if possible, could I collect so ga Evolution data from you and Gengar?"
Although Johan and Gengar had demonstrated ga Evolution once before, Professor Sycamore's laboratory equipnt was obviously insufficient at the ti and couldn't record it.
Moreover... Professor Sycamore had a premonition.
Although Blaziken Mask and Blaziken had left the highest ga Evolution values so far, if it were Johan and Gengar...
"Ka-kaah?"
Gengar, with waterlon juice on its face, looked up at Johan and blinked its eager eyes twice.
How about giving them a little shock?
Shock?
He wasn't particularly interested in shocking anyone.
He was just... sowhat curious about how much his Gengar's overall stats could improve after ga Evolution.
Could it reach an exaggerated fifty percent?
Before Johan could speak, Professor Sycamore quickly added:
"Of course, such data collection is compensated..."
Hm?
Johan imdiately coughed lightly and said seriously:
"Professor Sycamore, that's too formal. Contributing to Pokémon research is sothing every League trainer should do!"
Clap clap clap—
Applause rang out throughout the research room.
Teacher Johan was truly Teacher Johan, showing everyone the "teacher's brilliance."
So, Johan and Gengar were led by staff to the previous sealed space, under the lenses of many instrunts.
For a mont, after Gengar's form briefly blurred, it struck completely different poses for all the caras.
"Johan, Gengar." Professor Sycamore's voice ca through speakers on the wall.
"You can start anyti."
"Gengar." Johan took a deep breath and looked at the purple little fatty in front of him.
"Ka-kaah~"
Gengar cheerfully made an "OK" gesture.
At the sa ti, it subtly winked at the invisible Victini on Johan's shoulder.
Give them a little shock!
Don't slack off, Victini~
Here we go!
Johan and Gengar's expressions suddenly synchronized, both revealing smiles with identical mouth curves.
Unbuttoning his clothes, his coat fluttering without wind, Johan took out the Key Stone hanging at the end of his monocle chain.
"Gengar, ga Evolve!"
"Ka-kaah——!!"
Buzz—
Seven-colored ga Evolution energy opened from the Key Stone in Johan's hand, responding to the ga Stone on Gengar's tongue.
Hm?
Johan suddenly felt that the connection between him and Gengar seed to beco closer.
This feeling was strange - it wasn't like they hadn't ga Evolved before.
Then he realized.
It was his aura!
This was the first ti he had ga Evolved with Gengar after his aura was enhanced by Arceus.
His current feeling was as if even without the Key Stone and ga Stone, he and Gengar had so probability of achieving ga Evolution?
Bond Evolution?
Like Ash and his Greninja?
His aura leaned toward emotions, so it further stimulated ga Evolution which was influenced by emotions and bonds?
Johan couldn't explain exactly what it was in such a short ti.
But as ga Gengar appeared before him, Professor Sycamore and all the researchers in the research room nearly dropped their jaws.
"Thirty percent, forty percent, fifty percent, sixty—"
BANG!!!
Amid the continuously rising values, this top-tier ga Evolution value detector in the Pokémon world directly exploded!
A puff of black smoke rose.
"Ex-, exaggerated..." a researcher murmured.
"Even the instrunt couldn't withstand such value changes? Just how much improvent must that be..."
Professor Sycamore hadn't expected such an incident to occur.
But it had to be said, his guess was indeed correct - the enhancent brought by ga Evolution between Johan and Gengar far exceeded Blaziken Mask's.
The commotion from the explosion was heard by Johan and ga Gengar in the sealed laboratory.
"Ka-kaah?"
ga Gengar looked at Victini on Johan's shoulder.
Did you use too much force?
"Vii, Vii..."
Victini blinked.
It hadn't even used its power yet...
Had it used its power? It didn't think so...
ga Gengar floated directly to the wall, stuck its head through the glass, then imdiately pulled it back.
"Ka-kaah?"
You say you didn't? The instrunt exploded!
Then Gengar shed the ga Evolution energy and tugged at Johan's pants.
"Ka-kaah?"
Do we have to pay compensation? Should we run away?
Johan: "..."
He looked at Gengar with its sneaky expression and rubbed his chin in so confusion.
Did he and Gengar really have such a strong bond?
It didn't seem like it...
anwhile, in Lysandre Labs, in a dim control room lit by screen light, a group of Team Flare mbers in orange-red suits were operating computers.
"Report, Lord Xerosic, we've received holographic image information from Professor Sycamore's Pokémon Laboratory. It appears to be... Pokémon ga Evolution information collection."
Xerosic, a Team Flare executive with a red mohawk-like hairstyle and sunglasses, was recording his report and casually said:
"Sa as usual, just record it."
"Yes!"
However, within seconds, that Team Flare mber cried out in alarm.
"Lord Xerosic, the, the values are too, too exaggerated—"
BOOM!!!
Before he could finish speaking, the detection instrunt directly exploded.
Red warning lights flashed throughout the laboratory.
Xerosic, his face blackened by the explosion, removed his sunglasses, revealing only his eyes that hadn't been stained by the soot, with a completely bewildered expression.
"What's the situation?"
Even he was encountering this situation for the first ti.
The instrunt just exploded directly?
Just how strong would the ga Evolution values need to be?
"I, I don't know..."
Xerosic's expression imdiately beca serious. He dropped his report and ran to an instrunt, his hands flying rapidly.
"Such ga Evolution data... who is it? And what Pokémon?"
Team Flare desperately needed talent with such abilities, unless they were die-hard League loyalists!
Even if they were League personnel or high-ranking officials, Team Flare might not be without the possibility of turning them.
Just like the current Kalos League mber who...
Under Xerosic's operation, the remaining data after the explosion displayed a blurry image, becoming clearer with each refresh.
Everyone held their breath and focused intently on the screen, waiting for the figure to be fully revealed.
Suddenly.
Buzz—
The screen of the instrunt Xerosic was operating instantly turned to static, and he completely lost control of the device.
Then, strange characters appeared in the static screen.
"Gastly, Gastly, Gastly..."
Dense "Gastly" characters, shapes, avatars, and cute version patterns appeared on the screen.
The next mont, as if infected, the screens of other previously intact instrunts in the control room also began displaying "Gastly" characters.
This scene exceeded everyone's expectations.
"No, no good! Lord Xerosic! We're under extrely powerful hacker attack!"
Hackers?
How did this involve hackers?
For a mont, the entire Team Flare secret base beca chaotic. Countless computers were "infected," and Xerosic led nurous Team Flare mbers in desperate "resistance," finally barely containing the "virus" spread.
This strange virus they'd never seen before was dubbed the "Gastly Virus" by Team Flare!
It nearly caused all instrunts in a Team Flare secret base to fall completely.
"This is probably the infinite possibilities that exist between humans and Pokémon."
Regarding the previous results, Professor Sycamore could only provide such an answer.
It was an answer that made sense no matter how you looked at it.
Gengar nearby curled its lips.
I haven't even used my full power yet, and they can't handle it...
How does this feel a bit unsatisfying?
Actually, Johan was more curious about what the exact values were, but judging from Professor Sycamore and the researchers' reactions, they should be quite high...
I'm being stupid - this is the Pokémon world, why believe in values... Johan shook his head silently, coming to his senses.
Values?
Those were for ga players to see.
For soone like him who used tactics, bonds, battles, and dirty tricks, wasn't it about using whatever worked?
"Cha~"
Tinkaton shouldered its hamr and looked at the instrunt in front of it, shaking its head at Professor Sycamore.
No saving it - want to give it to ? I'll help you lt it down~
Professor Sycamore's eye twitched.
This instrunt... was very expensive.
At this mont, Rotom erged from the still-smoking instrunt, looking puzzled.
"Strange, feels like soone was stealing electricity, Rotom!"
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