Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 245 The Keystone of Super Evolution

The group eventually arrived at the Skywood Research Institute.

Here, Xiao Zhi entered his information into the Chengdu Alliance system.

Furthermore, to express their gratitude, the three of them each received a banner from Dr. Kumo.

"Um, I'm sorry, the research institute needs renovations, and the funding application is still pending."

Dr. Kuki scratched his head sheepishly.

"It's alright, Dr. Kongmu, it's what I should do."

Xiao Zhi received a banner for the first time, and his face beamed with a smile.

"Pikapi!"

Pikachu also curiously examined the red flag in Ash's hand, wondering what its purpose was.

"Professor Elm, Ash has registered as a participant in the Johto League. Can he pick up his starter Pokémon here?"

Xiaoxia asked curiously from the side.

"Theoretically, that's possible, but you'd need to go to another research institute. I only handle complete newcomers here."

"Of course, I can give it to you here, but..."

Kongmu scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

These rigid rules don't actually need to be followed so strictly; he could let Ash choose one.

However, he is not very skilled in breeding, and his initial number of Pokémon is among the lowest in all the research institutes.

With the addition of Team Rocket's attack, many Pokémon took the opportunity to escape.

Ash and his friends only recovered the batch of Totodile that Team Rocket had stolen.

After listening to Dr. Kongmu's explanation, everyone nodded blankly.

"Alright, there are only a few small saw-tooths available right now, so the three of you can choose one."

"Let's forget about this."

Xiaoxia looked fearfully at the baby crocodiles scattered on the ground and couldn't help but touch her hair.

Perhaps wild saw-alligators are more docile?
"I don't need it, I have many friends."

As Xiao Zhi spoke, he swept the ruins behind the Empty Tree.

"I like Rock Pokémon." Brock shook his head.

"Okay, let's go."

Natsume waves from the entrance of the Skywood Research Institute.

Kongmu breathed a sigh of relief as he watched everyone leave.

He had received many banners from the league a long time ago, but he always felt that they were not very useful.

Now that the roles have been reversed, it seems to be actually somewhat useful, at least in terms of dealing with people.

but
Favors always need to be repaid.

As Kūki watched Natsume and the others leave, he rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

"Natsume-nii, what is this?"

On a road, Ash held a crystal in his hand.

The crystal looks like a glass bead, with two staircases twisted together inside—at least that's how Ash described it.

"This is a Mega Stone!" Xiaoxia exclaimed enviously.

"Mega Stone, what is this?" Ash asked, puzzled.

We just passed through a dry forest where Heracross and the Megaloceros were fighting for territory.

During this process, he captured a Heracross.

It was at that time that Natsume tossed this small crystal to him.

Xiaoxia didn't answer, but turned to look at Natsume.

"Natsume-nii, Natsume-nii, do you have any extra?" Xiaoxia's eyes gleamed, and her tone was gentler than ever before.

"Hey, hey, hey, that's what Xiao Mao and I call each other!"

Xiao Zhi, unwilling to accept this, pulled Xiao Xia back.

When they were kids, he and Shigeru fought several times over who called him "Natsume-nii" first, and they finally reached an agreement.

"What special title? You—thank you, Natsume-nii!" Xiaoxia put her hands on her hips, unconvinced. Before she could finish speaking, Natsume handed her an identical super evolution crystal.

Not only Xiaoxia, but Xiaogang and Jiaozi also received one.

"Wow, that's amazing! Where did you get those Mega Evolution Crystals from the Kalos region, Natsume?"

Xiao Gang was amazed, took out a small box, and put away the Mega Evolution Stone.

Upon hearing this, Natsume touched his nose.

Where did you get it?

It was, of course, a gift from the sea god Lugia.

"Mega Evolution?" Ash leaned closer.

He held the Mega Evolution Stone in his hand and held it up to the sunlight.

The Pikachu on his shoulder also cast a curious glance.

"Wow, these two staircases twisted together are actually quite harmonious."

Xiao Zhi thought of the glass marbles he played with when he was a child, which had similar patterns inside.

However, the two staircases in my hands have much more delicate twists and turns, giving them a unique aesthetic appeal.

"Idiot, this is called a double helix, not some twisted staircase."

Xiaoxia covered her face and tugged at Xiaozhi's clothes.

"Mega Evolution is a battle system being developed in the Kalos region that allows Pokémon in their final evolution form to unleash their genetic potential for a short period of time, breaking through the norm and evolving again."

As Xiao Gang spoke, he flipped open the picture book and muttered to himself:
"Currently, there are about forty types of Pokémon that can Mega Evolve, including Heracross."

"I think Natsume gave you the Mega Evolution Stone so that you could use Heracross's Mega Evolution to get acquainted with this battle system."

As Xiao Gang spoke, he looked at Natsume.

"Yes, the super evolution system will definitely be promoted throughout the region in the future, so it's good that you get in touch with it early."

Natsume nodded, affirming Xiaogang's statement.

"Natsume-nii, can you tell me about the super evolution system?"

Ash stared blankly at the evolution crystal in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

Natsume glanced at him in surprise.

The current Ash seems to be more conscious of understanding the world than the one in the original story.

"no problem."

Natsume raised an eyebrow slightly.

Mega Evolution is different from Dynamax. It has no regional restrictions, and all you need is an Evolution Crystal and sufficient synergy with your Pokémon.

The only thing currently limiting the promotion of the super-evolution system is the progress of the Carlos Regional Research Institute's research on super-evolution.

According to Dr. Bratano's theory in the Carlos region.

Mega Evolution unleashes genetic potential, which essentially allows some genes that were not originally expressed to be expressed through the power of Mega Crystals, thus affecting the Pokémon itself.

However, not all of these unexpressed genes are positive.

The expression of some negative genes can, at best, cause Pokémon to become irritable, manic, or even insane, and at worst, cause physical deformities.

Evolution crystals only enable the expression of genes that are not being expressed; they do not have the ability to select positive or negative genes and must be done entirely by humans.

With strong support from the Alliance, researchers in the Carlos region have largely devoted themselves to the development of super evolution.

The first step they need to obtain an evolution crystal that allows a Pokémon to express certain genes that are not being expressed.

The next step is to screen out the negative genes through comparison.

Based on this data, gene-suppressing agents are then customized for these Pokémon to specifically suppress the expression of negative genes, ensuring that Mega Evolution Key Stones can only express positive genes.
It's incredibly complicated.

It has been almost five years since the first Mega Evolution Pokémon was introduced.

Within five years, almost all the scientific research resources of an entire region were exhausted, and only less than fifty Mega Evolution Pokémon were developed.

Of course, it may also be related to the alliance's high standards.

The League defines the successful development of a Pokémon's Mega Evolution form as—

In Mega Evolution form, base stats increase by over 100, with no side effects, and the effect lasts for over 10 minutes.
Natsume pondered whether he should think of a way to send Mewtwo over, which might greatly accelerate the process of establishing the Mega Evolution system.

After all, they control the genetic code, so they can do these things much faster than research institutes.

Perhaps Mewtwo can rise to a very high position.
(End of this chapter)