Chapter 609

Under such a premise, let some small willfulness be as it may.

Besides, why else would they say Mewtwo can make a comeback? With this kind of drive, what could it not succeed at?

As for the cloned Pokémon it leads, they are clearly much more laid back.

I don't know if it's because Mewtwo can use its psychic powers to urge them to evolve, making them feel that their own strength isn't all that important.

Aside from following Mewtwo's commands, these little guys spend their time thinking of all sorts of ways to slack off, including but not limited to using Bulbasaur's Vine Whip to climb onto the roof, or simply playing hide-and-seek, trying to keep Mewtwo from finding them, and other such whimsical ideas.

Although most of the time they are immediately discovered by Mewtwo, who then helplessly uses its psychic powers to pluck them out one by one.

These naturally mischievous little guys have actually added quite a bit of laughter to the gym.

Occasionally, they will also sit in a row on the lawn, quietly enjoying Pokémon battles that don't require them to participate, and from time to time, they let out cheers and various cries.

However, these naughty little guys have one natural enemy in the gym; as soon as they see it, they immediately turn into well-behaved babies.

That is the Intimidate-ability Incineroar...

The reason is also very simple: the Tiger God's appearance indeed has a strong sense of oppression for these little children, even surpassing Mewtwo, whom they are already familiar with.

Whenever Incineroar passes by, these cloned Pokémon will stand at attention on the spot, and only let out a long sigh of relief after it leaves.

Xiang Qingyu has also seen all of this in his eyes.

Actually, this Incineroar's personality is quite gentle; it has always wanted to get along well with these little guys, but because its appearance is rather wild, it is instead disliked by them...

By comparison, it is actually Sableye, who is also a Dark-type and often plays pranks, that can play better with the children.

So whenever Sableye is dragged by the cloned Pokémon to be "it" in a game, Incineroar always casts an envious gaze.

This is truly a sad story.

Besides them, Shelgon also has its own unique troubles recently.

After evolving, it is very unaccustomed to its current life.

Facts have proven that no matter what world it is, it might just be a huge, makeshift stage.

Perhaps the certain Alpaca had a good idea when creating Pokémon, letting the bipedal Bagon evolve twice into the quadrupedal, winged Salamence, which can be called a miracle of biological evolution.

But in the transitional stage of evolution, Shelgon appears a bit awkward.

It has no mouth to eat with, and walking on four legs, it is not as agile as before; its heavy body makes it sway while walking, and it often tips over while moving.

Like right now.

Weighing a full 200 jin, after tipping over, it can only flap its four short legs, looking straight at Xiang Qingyu with aggrieved little eyes.

Xiang Qingyu is actually quite helpless too...

The evolved Shelgon weighs over 200 jin and can no longer be picked up as easily as before.

However, if it's just turning over, although it's a bit difficult, it can still be done if it cooperates.

Just as Xiang Qingyu stepped forward, preparing to help, Lucario took a step ahead, reached out, and easily picked it up, placing it back on the ground in the correct posture.

Xiang Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief, then walked up and touched Shelgon's hard head shell.

"If you want to become more agile, work hard to accumulate more strength, complete your evolution as soon as possible, and become a Salamence that can fly into the sky."

Pokémon that are late bloomers generally have some small problems during evolution.

For example, Pupitar, which is the same as Shelgon; Zweilous, which bites itself because the two heads have a bad relationship; and Hakamo-o, which is incompletely evolved and needs to be beaten constantly to become stronger...

However, in the Sun and Moon games, it is said that you can catch a very low-level Salamence, which can be considered a small bug, skipping the juvenile stage directly, right?

But in reality, it is clearly very difficult to achieve.

So Xiang Qingyu really has no good way, and can only rely on Shelgon to endure this awkward phase itself.

"..."

Shelgon stared at Xiang Qingyu with resentful little eyes for a long while.

If it had known earlier that evolution would suffer such misery, it would have forcibly held back and not evolved at the time!

Maybe if it had accumulated enough strength during the Bagon stage, it could have evolved twice in one breath and skipped this awkward stage now?

Unlike now, not only can it not eat anything, but it's left with a belly full of anger!

Just as Shelgon was secretly sulking, a crisp knock on the door soon came from outside the house, followed by Miraidon's impatient cry.

Very clearly, the takeout the Pokémon had been looking forward to for a long time had arrived.

Seeing this, the corners of Shelgon's eyes couldn't help but moisten, and it soon shed envious tears.

Damn it!

Why is it that just after evolving, the trainer can suddenly make normal dishes, and also order super delicious takeout every Friday...

It must be on purpose!

Because it can't eat anything at all, it can only leave sadly and curl up in its little nest, wrapping itself tightly in a small quilt.

The happiness is all yours, I have nothing, woo woo woo...

(Probably like this)

After Xiang Qingyu opened the door, he originally thought it would be the same as before, seeing that Indeedee sister who works several jobs.

But he didn't expect that the delivery person today would actually be a Machoke.

For Indeedee, the takeout bag was somewhat heavy, but Machoke could easily lift it with one hand.

It seems that Machoke is indeed more suitable for this job.

Xiang Qingyu nodded secretly.

Like last time, while taking the takeout, he also handed Machoke a few Energy Cubes and asked curiously:

"Is that Indeedee from before not working anymore?"

"Machoke?"

Machoke scratched its head, seemingly not quite clear what Xiang Qingyu was talking about.

"..."

Seeing that it seemed to not know that Indeedee at all, Xiang Qingyu already roughly knew the situation in his heart.

It seems it was optimized by the restaurant owner.

So Pokémon in human society also have the risk of unemployment?

Xiang Qingyu sighed secretly.

It is said that Indeedee are highly adapted to human society, possess high intelligence, are very qualified candidates for housekeepers, and most of them are very good at cooking.

If he had known earlier, he would have kept that Indeedee at the time and let it find a job in the gym.

He might even have been able to learn how to cook from it.

However, now that he doesn't even know where that Indeedee sister went, it seems he can only give up.

After sending Machoke away, Xiang Qingyu carried the heavy takeout into the gym, and Miraidon followed closely, smelling the scent.

Just as he was about to speak to greet the Pokémon for dinner, he suddenly discovered that there was another uninvited guest in the gym.

"Mew~"

The familiar pink-skinned kitten appeared out of nowhere, lying on Mewtwo's forehead, lazily waving its hand at him, letting out a light cry as a greeting.

Compared to him, the gym leader, Mew's behavior is more like the owner of this house; its personality is indeed very much like a cat, no mistake.

For this old friend who came uninvited, Xiang Qingyu just nodded silently.

Hmm, you never know when or where Mew will appear, so you just need to keep a normal state of mind.

A cat's personality is just like this; the less you pay attention to it, the more it likes to come up to you...

Xiang Qingyu understands this very well.

"You came just in time, there's a big meal today."

"Mew!"

Speaking of this, Mew was no longer sleepy, immediately floating from the top of Mewtwo's head to Xiang Qingyu's side, even skillfully hooking its long tail around his arm, showing a very affectionate appearance.

"..."

Mewtwo on the side silently held its forehead, indicating it couldn't bear to look.

To be able to do this for a bite to eat, it's completely like acting spoiled.

In a sense, to have such an unserious personality, Mew is also quite amazing...

On the other side, Sylveon silently curled its lips, looking clearly a bit unhappy.

So, it walked to Xiang Qingyu's side in two or three steps, then jumped lightly and landed steadily on his lap.

Feeling the numbness coming from his thigh, Xiang Qingyu's mouth twitched immediately.

Perhaps because of the evolution, Sylveon has directly become a little vinegar jar, indeed very fond of acting spoiled towards him, but sometimes these affectionate little actions are also quite terrifying.

Sylveon weighs a full 50 jin; occasionally coming like this out of the blue, he really can't...

Just as Xiang Qingyu was complaining in his heart, Sylveon seemed to sense something, and the four ribbons extending from its neck skillfully wrapped around his other arm.

I can handle it! After all, it's the cute one I raised; even if I can't handle it, I have to!

A Mew on the left hand, a Sylveon on the lap, there is no greater winner in life than this, right...

So this kind of happy trouble, it's enough for me alone to bear!

Human food seems to unexpectedly suit Mew's taste; after dinner, Mew's belly was already round, lying quietly on the sofa, savoring the deliciousness just now.

For this little kitten that didn't treat itself as an outsider at all, Xiang Qingyu could only smile helplessly, subconsciously reaching out to poke its slightly protruding big stomach.

Consequently, Mew immediately unleashed a "death stare" at him.

"You've already freeloaded our meal, what's wrong with letting me touch it?"

Xiang Qingyu smiled and spoke, the reason was very sufficient, so much so that Mew couldn't find any reason to refute, and could only lie on the sofa and play dead.

Just at this moment, Xiang Qingyu, who was petting the cat, suddenly thought of something related to Mew—

Speaking of which, for his "Mythology" series of videos, couldn't Mew also be taken as a protagonist for a single episode?

Although in the Sunshine Gym, Mew always gives other people and Pokémon a feeling of being unreliable and acting on its own, in reality, its background is definitely not small.

Although it is not a Legendary Pokémon, it possesses all the genes in the bodies of all current Pokémon, and is even regarded by scholars as the common ancestor of all Pokémon, and thus can learn various moves.

Xiang Qingyu has witnessed this point with his own eyes, and it's even more outrageous than in the game; let alone the exclusive moves of ordinary Pokémon, even the moves of divine beasts can be used just the same.

When rescuing Mewtwo at the Viridian Gym, he had once seen Mew use Darkrai's exclusive move "Dark Void".

Its outrageous transformation ability has also been shown in the animation, and it can even transform into the Sea God Lugia, which the people of Johto have worshipped for generations.

Although the strength is likely not as powerful as the real body, it can be seen that its ability is very outrageous.

It can be said that if used properly, just by relying on this one Pokémon, it could possess the power of all other Pokémon combined...

This is perhaps also the reason why Team Rocket would be obsessed with it.

Moreover, although Mew is mysterious, it has also left behind urban legends in many regions, and coupled with the fact that it is also the guardian of the World Tree, it indeed plays a very important role in the composition of the Pokémon world.

Hmm... although it probably spends at least half of the year not doing its proper job.

So introducing it barely fits the core of his "Mythology".

Of course, the idea is there, but the most important thing is to confirm Mew's own thoughts.

If Mew doesn't want its existence to be known by humans, he will definitely not do anything out of line without authorization.

Thinking of this, Xiang Qingyu soon looked at Mew, who was enjoying his technique, and quickly said:

"Mew, I plan to film a video for you, I wonder if you are interested?"

"Mew?"

Mew soon showed a confused expression.