Chapter 97

"As for Alola, I probably won't be going there for a short while."

Marmen thought for a moment; the schedule for the coming days was already set, so naturally, there would be no trip to Alola in the near future.

Although going for a day or two to relax wouldn't hurt, after all, Lusamine was indeed very alluring.

Tsk~ Now that I think about it, I'm a bit tempted.

"Oh..." Lillie's expression clearly showed disappointment upon hearing this, evident to all.

"Because I also have matters to attend to. If I have time, I'll let you know, Lillie, before I head to Alola."

Marmen said with a smile.

"If you have time, Lillie, you can come visit me too. Just have Cosmog take you over."

"Eh? Is that really okay?"

Lillie's expression held some surprise, but she was still a bit apprehensive, after all, she had never left Alola before.

Traveling thousands of miles to another region just to find Mr. Marmen... was that not too bold?

"Of course it's fine. With Cosmog here, it will definitely be able to protect you, Lillie, right, Cosmog?"

"Ma-shi~!"

Cosmog responded with great confidence. What a joke; it was the 'Moon-Invoking Beast'! Was protecting Lillie not an easy task?

Lillie was truly tempted!

"Then... can I come find you, Mr. Marmen, in a while? It's not very convenient for me here recently."

Lillie pondered carefully; she felt this was completely feasible.

It just felt like she was secretly meeting her best friend's boyfriend behind her back; this sense of immorality made Lillie feel very embarrassed.

Moreover, she needed to find a suitable reason. One thing that troubled Lillie greatly was that my lord Mother did not seem very willing for her to have too much interaction with Mr. Marmen.

"Of course it's fine. However, I will also be leaving Kanto in the next few days, and Gladion is here with me too. You can tell President Lusamine that you are coming to visit your brother."

Marmen guided her gently; he knew Lusamine too well. He could tell what pose she wanted to change to just by her shifting her weight.

Lusamine herself had completely accepted her relationship with Marmen, and since Gladion was currently following Marmen, Lusamine would not entertain any other thoughts.

But this did not mean Lusamine was willing to let Lillie come into contact with Marmen, or rather, Lusamine had always been guarding against this possibility.

"Is Brother Gladion here with you, Mr. Marmen? Okay! I understand!"

Lillie was very happy; this was the best outcome possible. Wasn't there a reason now?

"Mm, I await your arrival, Lillie. It's been a while since we last met; I think you must have become even more beautiful."

"No... that's not true, Mr. Marmen is really..."

The innocent Young Lady Lillie, despite having suffered many of Marmen's 'straightforward attacks' before, still had very thin skin.

After exchanging a few more simple words, Lillie was reluctant to hang up the phone.

Here with Marmen, as soon as the call ended, Marmen felt the atmosphere had become somewhat subtle.

"That girl just now must be very cute, right?" Leaf's faint voice drifted over.

Marmen raised an eyebrow.

"She is a girl I met in Alola; indeed, she is as cute as you, Leaf."

Marmen replied with a smile.

Leaf's small face immediately turned slightly red, her heart pounding, pounding, pounding non-stop.

Caitlin glanced sideways at Leaf. Look at this white lotus act; wasn't that just a compliment? Why are you blushing like a bubble teapot?

The following time passed quickly; under Athena's dedicated arrangement, one by one, high-end precision laboratory instruments were secretly delivered to Lavender Town.

A laboratory was formed very quickly.

"How is it? Grandpa Fuji, if there are any other instrument requirements, feel free to mention them."

After the laboratory was prepared, Marmen brought the old man Fuji over.

"This laboratory is right here in Lavender Town. We have already purchased a house; you can enter from there in the future."

"No problems. What about Mewtwo?"

The old man Fuji looked around and asked Marmen.

Marmen opened the Heavy Ball, and Armored Mewtwo appeared beside Marmen, quietly looking at the old man Fuji ahead.

"Mewtwo..."

Looking at Armored Mewtwo, the old man Fuji's eyes were very complex; in fact, for him, Mewtwo born under his hands was no different from his own child.

Armored Mewtwo's eyes also held some turmoil; although it was inside the Poké Ball, it could sense the situation outside.

It also knew that the old man before it was the human who truly created it.

"This is a Restriction Armor, right? Take off the Restriction Armor, and then I want to carefully check Mewtwo's body data."

Then the old man Fuji spoke; before Dark Mewtwo fully awakened, he had already left the New Island.

For a scientist, direct data is a very important thing.

Dark Mewtwo was very cooperative; after about an hour.

"Mewtwo's physical constitution is extremely excellent; the quality of its Psychic power has already surpassed the quality of all existing Psychic-type Pokémon. Even this Young Lady's Tapu Lele cannot compare to Mewtwo."

The old man Fuji handed a report to Marmen.

"Marmen, you said Mewtwo has hidden power; I want to know where you drew this conclusion from?" the old man Fuji asked Marmen.

Under his inspection, Mewtwo's various data points far exceeded those of normal Pokémon, reaching heights he dared not even imagine.

He could not imagine how strong Mewtwo could become if it went even further.

"Grandpa Fuji, have you heard of Mega Evolution?" Marmen glanced at the report and asked the old man Fuji.

"You also know about Mega Evolution?" the old man Fuji was very surprised; he had once researched Mega Evolution but ultimately did not succeed.

"You actually want Mewtwo to Mega Evolve?!"

Old Fuji finally understood, but how could this possibly be done?

Gladion and Lillie were both utterly bewildered.

"That's right. Mega Evolution, also known as Super Evolution, transcends the limits of Pokémon evolution up to now; it is an evolution on a higher plane."

Mamon took a beautiful, gem-like stone from his pocket.

"Pokémon that undergo Mega Evolution temporarily release hidden power, unleashing abilities that cannot be attained through ordinary evolution."

Mamon spoke with confident fluency.

"But the authenticity of Mega Evolution has never been proven, let alone Mega Evolution for Mewtwo."

Old Fuji's brows knitted tightly; he had once been an exceptionally outstanding research scholar, and even Professor Oak deeply admired Old Fuji's expertise in the field of Pokémon research.

And Old Fuji had also researched Mega Evolution, but he had not succeeded.

"No, Grandpa Fuji, Mega Evolution truly exists; all that is needed is a Key Stone and a Mega Stone."

Mamon stomped on a shadow, and the shiny Gengar, yawning, slowly drifted out from the shadow.

Was this to demonstrate it?

Old Fuji stared intently at the shiny Gengar, a hint of excitement appearing in his eyes; his scholar's heart had been reawakened.

"Gengar." Mamon held the Key Stone between two fingers.

The Key Stone instantly blazed with brilliant light, and simultaneously, the shiny Gengar bared its teeth, its long tongue lolling out, a beautiful Mega Stone on the tongue also glowing.

A rainbow-colored evolution light flashed in an instant.

When the rainbow colors dispersed, a brand-new Pokémon stood before everyone.

This was a Pokémon whose entire body was white, with eerie, dark black eyes, its mouth still twisted into an evil grin, its arms hanging down to the ground.

Shiny Mega Gengar!

"This..." Lillie's eyes widened.

"It's too incredible." Gladion was also stunned.

"So Mega Evolution truly exists."

The most shocked was naturally Old Fuji, staring blankly at the Mega-evolved shiny Gengar.

"Mega Evolution can not only greatly boost a Pokémon's strength, but also has a probability of changing the Pokémon's Ability."

"Just like my Gengar; after Mega Evolution, its Ability became Shadow Tag."

"Hehe~"

The shiny Mega Gengar laughed eerily, and three shadows instantly shot out from beneath it, pressing down on the shadows of Old Fuji and the others.

Instantly, an indescribable, eerie sense of binding enveloped Gladion and the other two; they couldn't even take a step, and Lillie was drenched in sweat.

They had been Shadow Tagged!

"Gengar!"

Mamon glanced at the shiny Mega Gengar.

The shiny Gengar pouted; wasn't this just a joke on them? So fierce.

"However, Mega Evolution cannot be sustained for long, so this dictates that Mega Evolution can only be used to decide the outcome."

Mamon added another sentence; the light on the shiny Mega Gengar faded, it exited Mega Evolution, and dove headfirst into Mamon's shadow to catch up on sleep.

"Can any Pokémon undergo Mega Evolution?" Lillie couldn't help asking; as for the so-called Mega Evolution, this was the first time she had heard of it.

But she could imagine how this Mega Evolution would sweep the world!

"No, not all Pokémon can; as for what I have discovered so far, I will tell you after we return."

Mamon shook his head.

"Do you mean Mewtwo can undergo Mega Evolution?" Old Fuji began frowning again.

"That's right; I believe it can, which is why I asked Grandpa Fuji to come out of retirement. There is no way a Mega Stone for Mewtwo exists in the outside world, but we can create one ourselves."

"... I understand."

Old Fuji pondered; this was a highly challenging task, but precisely because of that, it was interesting.

"I need you to leave some Mega Stones and Key Stones for me to study; additionally, you need to find several trainers capable of Mega Evolution so I can collect data and details."

Old Fuji stated his demands without any hesitation.

"You must also have Mewtwo return periodically to cooperate with me."

"No problem; I will have Athena fully cooperate with you." Mamon nodded.

"Additionally... I cannot guarantee success." Old Fuji finally offered a warning in advance.

How could one guarantee the success rate when manufacturing a Mega Stone for Dark Mewtwo?

He feared that if it failed, the Pokémon House would be blamed by Mamon.

Something like this... Old Fuji felt Team Rocket was entirely capable of doing.

"Of course, but I still hope Grandpa Fuji will go all out; I will assign several assistants to help you."

"Rest assured; since I agreed to you, I will do my best. I am not your Team Rocket." Old Fuji said coldly.

Mamon shrugged, knowing this old man now had a very poor impression of Team Rocket, but it didn't matter; as long as he was willing to work hard, that was enough.

On the Alola side.

On the beach, Lillie gazed at the sunset on the horizon; that direction must be Kanto, right?

"Indeed, I still don't know how to bring it up with my lady." Lillie felt a bit conflicted.

But she must summon her courage!

"Every time I communicate with Mr. Mamon, I feel so relaxed; Mr. Mamon... is truly a very good person, don't you agree, Nebby?"

Lillie pressed her lips together, raising a serene smile as she asked Lunala.

Lunala tilted its head slightly and pondered for a moment.

"Does Lillie like Mamen very much? Are you two going to have babies someday?" A magnetic, slightly husky female telepathic voice sounded beside Lillie's ear.

"Um... that's not true at all, Little Nebula. Who did you learn that from?" Lillie's face instantly turned bright red; shy and bashful, she fiddled with the hem of her clothes.

"And... Mr. Mamen is so outstanding. There must be many girls who like him."

As she spoke, Lillie's tone grew somewhat gloomy. Mr. Mamen was such a gentle, considerate, sunny, and humorous boy, and he had already become a Champion-level Trainer at such a young age.

He was truly too outstanding, outstanding like the sun in the sky, visible but unreachable.

"It's alright. Mamen must like Lillie too. If you like him, you should fight for him. I will always support Lillie."

Lunala, like a caring older sister, encouraged Lillie.

"If there are competitors, I'll help you defeat them! Lillie, I am very strong now."

Lunala was extremely confident. Now that it had fully awakened, it was completely no longer the battle-incompetent weakling it used to be!

It was now the legendary Lunala!

"Eh?" Lillie was stunned.

"Besides, I have a partner too! As long as I ask, he will definitely help. Lillie, go ahead and boldly capture Mamen!"

Lunala nuzzled Lillie's head. In other words, even if it alone wasn't enough to support Lillie's grand project of "winning" Mamen, it still had the Solgaleo, the Great Lion!

Earlier, when heading to the Ultra Space, it had already found Solgaleo in the Ultra Megalopolis world!

What a joke! With itself and Solgaleo present, Lillie had absolutely no need to fear those evil women who wanted to snatch Mamen!

"Pfft~ Little Nebula, this kind of thing isn't decided by force." Lillie looked at Lunala, half-amused and half-frustrated.

Indeed, even a legendary Pokémon thinks differently from humans when it comes to matters like this.

This is about falling in love, not about war. Lunala can fight, yes, but what's the use of just being able to fight?

And... Mr. Mamen is Mizuki's boyfriend. She couldn't possibly let him fight Mizuki, could she?

Lillie sighed in her heart.

Mizuki clearly treated her as a sister, yet she secretly liked her sister's boyfriend.

She was truly so despicable.

I'm sorry, Mizuki...

Mini Theater:

One day.

Lunala: Lillie, I will defeat all your competitors and lead you to victory!

Lillie: Will we win?

Lunala: We will win.

They met Mizuki on the road, but despite their utmost effort, they could not defeat her.

Mizuki: Hey! A battle! So cool! I've never encountered such a strong wild giant bat before. I probably won't forget you for the rest of my life.

Lillie: Little Nebula?

Lunala: ()

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(End of this chapter)