Chapter 8: Father and Son

After understanding the system's new functions, Su Hao took out the Diancite from the system space.

【Diancite】

【A mysterious stone that hides the power of evolution beyond limits. After Carbink carries it, it can accelerate the speed of its mutation into Diancie.】

Diancite can accelerate Carbink's mutation speed!

This was undoubtedly good news!

From the moment Su Hao took out the Diancite, Carbink's gaze was glued to the stone.

Carbink's own intuition told it that this stone had a very important role for its present and future.

After Su Hao finished checking the information of the Diancite, he immediately felt Carbink's longing gaze staring at the stone in his hand.

"Take it, this was originally prepared for you." Su Hao's palm was flat, holding the Diancite and stopping in front of Carbink.

"Nai nai nai!?" (Can this really be given to Carbink?)

Su Hao chuckled: "Of course, you can take this as a gift from me!"

Upon hearing Su Hao's confirming words, Carbink's mineral body jumped happily.

"Thank you for the Trainer's gift~! Carbink will give a return gift in the future~"

Carbink's jumping body gradually got closer and closer to the Diancite, until the two were about to touch—the Diancite began to emit a soft pink light, slowly floating toward Carbink, and finally completely merged into Carbink's body.

Pokémon: 【Carbink】 【Mutation 6%】 (Accelerating)

Type: 【Rock, Fairy】

Gender: 【None】

Ability: 【Clear Body】

Level: 【5】 【Novice Stage】

Item: 【Diancite】

Moves: 【Tackle, Harden, Dazzling Gleam, Meteor Beam, Reflect, Light Screen, Ancient Power】

System Note: This is a special Carbink that, by chance, was bathed in Xerneas's Fairy Aura before birth. After carrying the exclusive Diancite, without any accidents, this is the future Mythical Pokémon—Diancie.

If one had to say what changed about Carbink after carrying the Diancite, it was that Carbink's temperament became more elegant and noble.

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The sound of a lock opening rang out, and Su Hao, who was talking to Carbink, realized.

His old man, currently serving as the Gym Leader of the Shenzhou Alliance's Fire-type Gym—Su Xu, had returned.

Sure enough, a short while later, Su Xu knocked on the door of Su Hao's room.

"Knock, knock, knock, Xiao Hao, are you back?"

Su Xu's voice entered the room.

Su Hao stepped his feet, wearing white cotton socks, into cotton slippers, stretched out his long arm, scooped up the Carbink beside him, and walked toward the room door.

"I'm here~."

Su Hao answered his father's call while walking.

After Su Hao opened the door while holding Carbink with one arm, a sturdy man wearing a red plaid shirt appeared before his eyes.

Su Hao introduced Carbink to his father for the first time, and then the father and son sat on the living room sofa and chatted for a while.

Although his father still didn't quite understand why his son didn't choose a Fire-type Pokémon, he expressed his support for his son's choice.

In his father's impression, Carbink, as a specialty Pokémon of the French Alliance, was generally used as a support in the team. With high dual defense and various status moves in its move pool, it was also a very distinctive Pokémon.

However, how to cultivate Carbink in the future was something Su Hao should consider. As a father, he could only provide help within his capabilities.

The father and son communicated for a while, and his father suddenly said: "Since the starter Pokémon has been chosen, then your second Pokémon will be prepared by the family. It just so happens that an excellent Fire-type Pokémon can be prepared in the near future."

Upon hearing this, Su Hao naturally had no objections. As the father whose strength ranked in the top five among the eighteen gyms in the Shenzhou Alliance, his vision was definitely trustworthy.

"However..." his father's tone changed.

"You and Carbink

still need to work harder later and become stronger quickly. After all, many Fire-type Pokémon require you to be stronger than them before they are willing to be commanded by you."

Su Hao understood his father's meaning. If the strength wasn't enough, and many Fire-type Pokémon weren't raised from eggs, it would be very easy to have situations where he couldn't command the Pokémon.

As a Trainer proficient in Fire-type Pokémon, his father's advice was definitely spot on, so Su Hao decided to start training with Carbink tomorrow.

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