Chapter 277

"I still find it incredible..."

Staring at the petite pink cat on the sofa, Cynthia's eyes were full of curiosity.

Even after knowing from her own questioning that Mew had found the Sunshine Gym on its own initiative after contacting Eevee, she still found it hard to believe.

This Mythical Pokémon, which comes and goes without a trace and which only Professor Oak had seen once by extreme coincidence, would actually take the initiative to come to the Sunshine Gym?

And, it even treated this place as its own home!

Mew sat on the sofa holding the remote control, sticking closely to the Eevee that was lying down with its paws tucked in, occasionally emitting cheerful Mew-Mew-Mew laughter.

It didn't treat itself as an outsider at all...

Cynthia turned to look at Qingyu and couldn't help but sigh:

"Should I say Eevee is lucky, or that you, Qingyu, actually have some special constitution that can attract these rare Pokémon?"

Regarding this question, Cynthia herself was more inclined to the latter.

Because besides Mew, who became good friends with Eevee, there was also a big secret hidden behind the Miraidon outside the gym.

When they first met, her intuition as a mythologist made her interested in this Pokémon that carried her and Qingyu to Mesagoza every day.

It looked 60-70% similar to Cyclizar in appearance, and its body had a sense of technology rarely seen in Pokémon.

It's hard not to feel strange.

Although Miraidon was already part of the Sunshine Gym, out of consideration for Qingyu's safety, Cynthia still kept a bit of a guard up.

However, from her observations during this time...

This guy seemed to have absolutely no threat at all; it seemed to have no desires other than eating and sleeping.

Honestly, she was actually relieved by this.

"Is there a difference? Isn't Eevee being lucky the same as me being lucky~"

Qingyu smiled faintly.

Actually, Cynthia probably didn't know that he seemed to have been inexplicably taken a fancy to by a black Rayquaza, which had appeared in front of him twice in a row...

However, he hadn't seen it recently.

Sometimes he would also think, could it be that he really has the protagonist treatment in this world?

It's one thing that his few Pokémon aren't legal, but even a street-roaming Mew like this could be brought back by Eevee...

It's just a pity that being a protagonist in the Pokémon world isn't easy; one has to go risk their life against Legendary Pokémon at every turn.

I'm already an eighteen-year-old old-timer, let the young people do this kind of work!

Qingyu shook his head and looked at Cynthia again:

"Speaking of which, aren't you interested in Mew?"

Mew is an extremely rare Mythical Pokémon.

Logically speaking, if one could see Mew, even Professor Oak would probably be very excited.

After all, it is speculated that it likely contains all the genes of all current Pokémon, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the common ancestor of Pokémon.

Team Rocket in Kanto only extracted some genes from Mew's eyelash fossil, and they were able to artificially create a Mewtwo with strength rivaling Legendary Pokémon, which made a comeback ten times in a year's theatrical versions.

If one could pluck a few tail hairs from the real deal, wouldn't that be enough to support several research institutes, and academic papers would come out like rain!

If Cynthia needed it, wouldn't it be possible for Qingyu to thicken his skin and ask Mew to pull out two tail hairs?

Regarding Qingyu's question, Cynthia smiled and shook her head.

"As a researcher, how could I not be tempted by Mew?"

"However... I came to Paldea this time just to participate in the Masters Tournament as a Champion, so let's put the scholar identity aside for now."

Mew's attraction is indeed great, but this isn't necessarily a good thing.

If news of Mew being here at Qingyu's place gets out, it will inevitably lead to some unnecessary trouble.

Perhaps it's because the day the Legendary Pokémon wake up is getting closer, and other regions have also had some discordant voices to varying degrees.

Paldea is rarely very peaceful, and Qingyu is living very well here, so it's better not to let his peaceful life be broken because of her arrival.

Therefore, rather than studying Mew, it's better to keep this secret for Qingyu first.

Thinking of this, Cynthia smiled.

Soon a movie finished playing, and Mew also stayed at the Sunshine Gym for a dinner without hesitation.

It wasn't until it was full and had had enough fun, and was just about to use Teleport to leave, that Mew suddenly discovered—

Besides an extra human and a few Pokémon in Eevee's home, there was actually a Pokémon egg that was faintly about to hatch?

"Mew?"

Mew quickly drifted over, examining this egg that was about the same size as its own body with curious eyes.

"Be careful, don't break the egg."

Qingyu noticed its little movements, but didn't pay too much attention; after all, although Mew is mischievous, it still has a sense of proportion.

Professor Elm's egg group theory in the Johto region has been published for some years in this world, and there is a clear division regarding whether various Pokémon can lay eggs.

But there are a few types of Pokémon that are exceptions.

For example, Legendary Pokémon and Mythical Pokémon.

Although some of them clearly have groups, how they reproduce currently has no clear result, and the egg group is also temporarily classified as the Undiscovered Group representing the unknown.

Only Manaphy is an exception; it can lay eggs with Ditto, giving birth to a Pokémon called Phione.

As for Mew, it's even more impossible, because Mew doesn't even have a gender.

So it's normal for it to be curious about a Pokémon egg.

"Mew~"

Feeling the vigorous life energy inside the Pokémon egg, Mew quickly smiled and reached out to touch the eggshell gently.

This was its first time observing the miracle of life's birth at close range; in the past, every time it approached the nest of wild Pokémon, it would immediately attract the expulsion of the egg mother.

Especially the Ursaring on Mt. Silver, which would start with a Hyper Beam as soon as they met.

Pokémon, this magical creature, needs to go through a period of development in the egg before it can hatch and enter the juvenile phase.

And the more vigorous the life energy, the more powerful the little guy inside the eggshell will be in the future.

In Mew's view, this little dragon cub inside will definitely be very lively after it is born, maybe it will be able to play with it every day like Eevee?

Thinking of this, Mew's body gradually leaned close to the dragon egg and kissed the eggshell.

This action made Qingyu feel a bit between laughter and tears.

He always felt like Mew was recognizing a little brother in advance.

However, as the oldest Pokémon, maybe Mew's "Angel's Kiss" could add some positive buff to Bagon?

Crack—

Just as he was thinking this, a crisp sound suddenly came to his ears, instantly attracting the attention of everyone and every Pokémon in the gym.

"Mew???"

Mew was also startled by the Pokémon egg that suddenly developed cracks.

What's the situation?

I really didn't break this egg!

Thanks to Panda Dog Cat Bear and Net After Fish Life for the tips.