Chapter 197

Early the next morning, a rush of knocking on the door woke Huo La from his deep sleep.

Yesterday, he experienced a life-and-death battle in the ruins, and his mental energy was greatly depleted. After hanging up the phone, he took a simple shower and fell asleep. At this moment, his head was still a bit dizzy.

Huo La struggled to climb out of bed, rubbed his eyes, and opened the door. He saw Professor Oak standing at the door with two heavy dark circles under his eyes, but his spirit was unusually excited.

And at the door of the next room, Hanako was knocking hard on the door, clearly coming to call Ash to get up.

"Professor Oak, you are..." Huo La was a bit surprised.

Professor Oak squeezed in sideways without hesitation and sat on the edge of the bed: "Is there coffee? I rushed over overnight, and I'm so sleepy that my eyelids are almost sticking together."

Huo La shook his head.

"Then tea? Strong tea is fine too!"

"Only plain water." Huo La said helplessly.

Professor Oak sighed, looking like "hating iron for not becoming steel": "You kids really don't know how to live, you don't even have anything to refresh your mind."

Huo La: "..."

Professor Oak poured himself a glass of plain water and drank more than half of it.

Huo La finished washing up quickly and patted his face with cold water, and his spirit was significantly better.

"Professor Oak, is it necessary to be this early?" Huo La asked while wiping his hair.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Professor Oak put down the water glass, and his eyes instantly became sharp. "I rushed here as soon as my plane landed. Ancient ruins, Aerodactyl that can Mega Evolve, which one of these doesn't make people anxious? If you are a step late, there might be new changes!"

He paused and added: "In addition, if nothing goes wrong, Zheng Hui will also arrive this afternoon."

"Ah? Dr. Zheng Hui is also coming?" Huo La was a bit surprised.

"Otherwise?" Professor Oak rolled his eyes at him. "Did you forget the topic you researched with Zheng Hui about Super Ancient Pokémon before? Now that a real ancient ruin has been discovered, it would be strange if he could sit still."

Huo La remembered the cooperation with Dr. Zheng Hui before, nodded, and then frowned: "I'm afraid it won't work just by relying on us researchers and trainers. The strength of that Mega Aerodactyl below is too strong, and ordinary manpower simply can't contain it."

"Don't worry, you don't need to help, you guys go do whatever you want." Professor Oak waved his hand, his tone firm. "The Alliance has already coordinated, Bruno and Lance are on their way. According to Lance's temperament, he will likely arrive riding his Dragonite by noon."

"Bruno... Lance... why is it them two?" Huo La chewed on these two names in a low voice, his eyes a bit complicated.

"Why, not satisfied?" Professor Oak teased. "Could it be that you want to see your grandmother come to sit in town?"

Huo La shook his head repeatedly.

Although his grandmother Kikuko was also one of the Kanto Elite Four, Bruno, who was good at Fighting-type, and Lance, who was good at Dragon-type, were clearly more suitable for the current situation.

What really made him care was the stance of these two Heavenly Kings.

Although there was no clear data showing that Bruno was related to Team Rocket, Lance's stance had always been ambiguous in different timelines.

Now, whether Lance in this world was a righteous Alliance Heavenly King or had other hidden identities, Huo La had no bottom in his heart.

Professor Oak restrained his joking tone: "Their strength is beyond doubt. The Fighting-type Heavenly King deals with the Rock+Flying-type Aerodactyl, which can just form a suppression. Lance's Dragon-type Pokémon can even exist as a sweep. The Alliance choosing them is also carefully considered."

Just then, Ash's excited shout came from the next room: "Mom! Professor Oak is here too? Are we going to the ruins now?"

"Go, go, go, only know how to play, Professor Oak is talking to Huo La about important things, you let Mom see if you are injured." This was Hanako's voice.

"What is it that needs to be said face to face?" Professor Oak put down the water glass and went straight to the point.

Huo La thought for a moment and said: "I contacted my father and Professor Platane last night and told them about Mega Aerodactyl and the ruins."

Hearing this, Professor Oak had no surprise on his face, but nodded: "When did they say they could arrive in Kanto?"

"Didn't say." Huo La shook his head and then asked curiously: "Professor, don't you feel surprised? I thought you would be surprised that I contacted them."

"What am I surprised about?" Professor Oak smiled and drank another sip of plain water. "Although I have heard of Mega Evolution, I am not a professional researcher of this. Professional things naturally need to be led by professional people. Your father and Platane have researched in Kalos for so long, their experience is the most valuable."

He paused and added: "Even if you didn't contact them, I planned to call them today to synchronize the discoveries here. After all, this may completely rewrite our understanding of Mega Evolution."

Huo La nodded, didn't hesitate anymore, took out a small box from his backpack, opened it, and several glowing crystals lay quietly inside—it was exactly the Mega Stone in his hand.

He picked one up and handed it to Professor Oak: "Professor, these are Mega Stones."

"Hmm?" Professor Oak's eyes lit up instantly, and he hurriedly took the Mega Stone, held it in his palm carefully, and took out a magnifying glass to look at it carefully.

The texture on the surface of the crystal was delicate and peculiar, faintly exuding weak energy fluctuations, which made him couldn't help but marvel.

A moment later, he placed the stone gently on the table and looked up and asked: "Where did you get these things?"

Huo La didn't hide it and told Professor Oak everything about encountering Team Flare and taking these crystals himself.

"Team Flare..." Professor Oak's face sank, and his fingers tapped the table gently. "I didn't expect that the organization in Kalos had already started to actively collect these things. It seems that the research of your father and Platane has probably been leaked."

Ginger is still old and spicy, Professor Oak instantly saw through the key behind it.

He changed the subject and returned to the core question: "But according to what you said, Mega Evolution requires the resonance of the Trainer's Key Stone and the Pokémon's Mega Stone, and it also requires a deep enough bond to trigger. That Mega Aerodactyl has no Trainer, so how did it complete Mega Evolution?"

"I don't know either." Huo La recalled the details in the ruins and spoke slowly. "But from the situation at that time, the Key Stone and Mega Stone of that Aerodactyl seemed to be directly embedded between its chest and abdomen. I guess this might be some special means left by the ancients, binding the stones to the Pokémon's body, allowing it to trigger Mega Evolution autonomously."

"Means of the ancients..."

Professor Oak pondered, his eyes drifting out the window: "It seems that Mega Evolution is not a phenomenon discovered only in modern times, it already existed in ancient times. According to the ruins photos you took and those texts of the Feyto Ancient Kingdom, this ruin has at least a thousand years of history, or even longer. If we infer this, the existence of Mega Evolution is probably thousands of years old."

"I really can't imagine how the ancients did it."