Chapter 187: Dragonair, Dratini

Huo La stared at the black patterns appearing and disappearing on Dratini's body, and couldn't help but touch his chin.

The patterns in front of him were indeed somewhat similar to the patterns on the Super Ancient Dragonite he had seen before, but they also carried an indescribable difference, as if subtle adjustments had been made in the details.

He carefully recalled the scene when he saw the Super Ancient Dragonite, his brows slightly furrowed, and suddenly patted his head, as if he had grasped the key but it was blurry.

Mr. Kaiser on the side saw his appearance and hurriedly asked: "How is it? Did you think of something?"

Huo La pondered for a moment, looked up at Kaiser: "Mr. Kaiser, can you let Dratini swim to my side? It's too far away, the details of the patterns can't be seen clearly, and I can't confirm my guess."

Kaiser turned to look at Dragonair in the water, and said after deliberation: "Dragonair, this is a reliable young researcher, I specifically invited him to see the black patterns on your child's body. Can you let it get closer, so it's convenient for us to observe?"

Dragonair immediately looked at Huo La vigilantly, its wing-shaped ears flapping rapidly, and an invisible probe force quietly shrouded over.

"Brat, this Dragonair is peeping at you with special ability, do you want me to help you isolate it?" Gengar's voice sounded in Huo La's heart.

Huo La shook his head silently.

Dragonair's peeping was a test, if he took the initiative to shield it, it would cause suspicion instead, who knows what changes would be triggered.

He met Dragonair's gaze and said frankly: "Dragonair, I have seen a Super Ancient Dragonite, the patterns on your child's body are extremely similar to the patterns on its body!"

As soon as the words "Super Ancient Dragonite" came out, Dragonair's ears flapped faster, a clear fluctuation flashed in its eyes, and the vigilance seemed to fade a bit.

After a while, it raised its head and made a long cry, Dratini also followed with a light hiss, its small body swinging, and slowly swam to the shallow water area beside Huo La.

Bilan hurriedly leaned over, holding her breath and not daring to make a sound, for fear of disturbing this rare cub.

Huo La squatted down, his gaze tightly locked on the patterns on Dratini's back—the lines were more regular than when viewed from afar, as if drawn in one stroke, and the edges shimmered with extremely faint silver-gray light.

"These patterns..." Huo La's fingertips gently brushed over the surface of the patterns, Dratini didn't dodge gently. "It does seem to be of the same origin as the patterns of the Super Ancient Dragonite, but more refined, like some kind of mark that hasn't fully awakened, it should be an atavism phenomenon."

Mr. Kaiser also squatted down, his eyes full of urgency: "Atavism? Huo La, can you be sure?"

"Basically can be sure." Huo La nodded slightly, but his gaze turned to Dragonair beside him, his tone carrying a hint of speculation: "However, it doesn't exclude another possibility—this little guy is the offspring of that Super Ancient Dragonite."

When he said this, Dragonair was also looking at him, then made two low cries, the voice was soft but carried a clear meaning.

"Hahaha, brat, it's telling you." Gengar's voice sounded in Huo La's heart. "This Dratini is its own child, and it was born by it alone, it has nothing to do with any Super Ancient Dragonite."

Huo La shrugged helplessly—since Dragonair had "said" so, the second conjecture could naturally be excluded.

Dratini seemed to enjoy Huo La's touch, its small head kept rubbing against his arm, making a comfortable low moan.

Bilan was jealous, and also reached out to touch it, but Dratini swam to the side immediately, nimbly avoiding her hand.

"Stingy! If you don't let me touch, then don't!" Bilan stomped her feet angrily, turned and took out her phone, taking pictures of Dratini and Dragonair in the lake, and muttered in her mouth, "Take pictures and save them, I can see enough anyway."

Huo La smiled, stood up and took out the Rotom Phone, aimed at the Dratini in front of him, the screen instantly lit up, popping up a detailed data panel:

Pokémon: Dratini (Atavism)

Gender: Female

Level: Lv8

Aptitude: SS

Status: Healthy

Nature: Docile

Attribute: Dragon

Ability: Marvel Scale (When affected by an abnormal status, this ability increases the Pokémon's defense)

Height: 1.7m

Weight: 3.2kg

Held Item: None

Moves: Wrap (Proficiency 10%), Twister (Proficiency 5%)

Improvement Count: 0

Looking at the words "Atavism" on the panel, he breathed a sigh of relief, but then the "SS" aptitude made his brows instantly furrow.

Except for the legendary divine beasts, this was the Pokémon with the highest aptitude he had ever encountered, far exceeding ordinary Dratini, and even more astonishing than the Pokémon transformed by Namba.

"What's wrong? Did you find any problems?" Mr. Kaiser saw his expression was wrong and asked nervously immediately.

Huo La put away the phone, shook his head, and suppressed the surprise in his heart: "Nothing big. Now it can be completely confirmed that this is an atavism phenomenon, and Dratini's state is very healthy."

It was just that he didn't say that the secret on this Dratini was probably more complicated than simple atavism.

"It's good that there's no problem, it's good that there's no problem!" Mr. Kaiser nodded repeatedly with excitement, his tone full of relief.

He had witnessed Dragonair's childhood, but the black patterns that suddenly appeared on the cub born by Dragonair had been hanging in his heart for these days.

Now, with Huo La, who was highly recommended by Blaine and Oak, saying it was fine in person, his uneasy heart finally fell to the ground.

Huo La looked at the Dratini in the water still rubbing against his arm gently, his eyes firm: "Mr. Kaiser, I want to camp by the river tonight, carefully observe Dratini's state, especially the patterns on its body, and I have to trouble you to accompany me."

Mr. Kaiser almost didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement: "Of course! I was also worried about them, I will stay here and guard with you tonight."

Bilan on the side put away her phone, raised her hand and echoed: "Then I'll stay too! I also want to take more pictures of Dratini and Dragonair at night."

"I'll be together too." Brock walked over with the cooked dinner and said with a smile, "Just move the camping equipment over, the night view by the river is also good."

Saying do it, the four worked together to move the tent and campfire equipment to the open space by the lake.

Dratini seemed to be particularly close to Huo La, even if it returned to the deep water area, it always swam in the place near the shore, the black patterns appearing and disappearing in the night, occasionally flashing a trace of extremely faint light.

Dragonair also swam in the lake, its body leaning beside Mr. Kaiser, its gaze always falling on its cub, looking up at Huo La and the others from time to time, the vigilance in its eyes gradually dissipated, adding a bit of peace of mind. ===== CHAPTER 188 =====