"Slowking, are you ready?"
In another laboratory, Ethan was also carrying out an experiment.
On the testing table, Slowking was operating the instruments.
During this time, Slowking had been following Professor Harris and the others in their research.
Thanks to its extremely high intelligence, it had already mastered the operation of various instruments very skillfully.
In addition, this experiment was related to its own Mega Evolution, so naturally, it was putting all its attention into it.
"Yadon!"
Slowking nodded and looked toward Ethan, who was in the field.
And also toward Slowbro and Lucario, who were standing beside Ethan.
"Good, then let's begin."
"I'll leave it to you, Lucario."
Ethan spoke to Lucario, who was beside him.
"Slowbro, what comes next is the evolution I promised you."
"Prepare yourself. We're going to begin."
Then he turned toward Slowbro. The Key Stone appeared in his hand, held between his fingers.
"Yadon!"
Slowbro nodded, looking curiously at the Mega Stone hanging around its neck.
After both Pokémon were ready, Ethan closed his eyes.
Through the spiritual connection, Lucario established a mental link with Ethan through the power of Aura.
Immediately afterward, Lucario also connected with Slowbro's mental power.
Currently, Ethan had just captured Slowbro.
Therefore, between human and Pokémon, there was no bond to speak of.
What Lucario had to do now was forcibly find, through the power of Aura, the spiritual connection between Ethan and Slowbro.
Afterward, through the power of Aura, it would establish a bond between Ethan and Slowbro, allowing Slowbro to complete Mega Evolution.
This kind of experiment had already been carried out for a long time.
When once again beginning Slowbro's evolution experiment, Lucario acted with great skill.
Very soon, the spiritual connection had already been established. Lucario easily found that point of compatibility, making Ethan and Slowbro's spirits begin to resonate.
At the same time, the power of the Key Stone and the Mega Stone was also guided outward, establishing an even stronger connection between Ethan and Slowbro.
Boom!
White light suddenly burst out from Slowbro's body.
Under the power of the Mega Stone, a powerful Mega Evolution energy flowed through Slowbro's body.
Immediately afterward, those Mega Evolution energies began to integrate into Shellder's body, making the form of the Shellder on Slowbro's tail change rapidly.
As it swelled quickly, Shellder's size became even much larger than Slowbro's. In the end, it completely wrapped around Slowbro's entire body.
After megaevolving, Slowbro no longer needed to stand on its two legs; it could support its body only with its tail.
Its entire body, except for the head, the two hands, and a small part of the tail, was wrapped by the shell. The mouth of the shell had spikes and two holes on the sides. On the third section, there were protective spikes, making Slowbro be guarded extremely firmly by Shellder.
"It succeeded, Mega Slowbro."
Seeing that Slowbro had successfully completed Mega Evolution with Lucario's help, Ethan let out a sigh of relief.
At the same time, Slowking, who was operating the instruments, was also frantically recording everything happening before its eyes.
The Shellder on Slowking's head also witnessed everything with its own eyes, and excitement appeared in them.
Although Slowking's desire to become stronger was not very intense, Shellder, whose desire to become stronger had been awakened again, was extremely excited.
"Don't worry. I believe you will also be able to achieve it."
Ethan stroked Shellder's head and smiled, making Shellder nod excitedly again and again.
After getting Slowbro to complete Mega Evolution, the research on Slowking's special Mega Evolution also entered the right path.
What he had to do now was capture that Mega Evolution energy that, after Slowbro's Mega Evolution, integrated into Shellder's body.
Then he would have the Shellder on Slowking's head try to absorb that Mega Evolution energy.
After having a research plan, Slowking also became full of motivation and began to study seriously.
...
While helping Cacturne and Slowking with their research.
Ethan also found time to enter Sandslash's Secret Kingdom.
At that moment, in front of the sealed stone door, Tyranitar, Rhyperior, and Piloswine were training with effort.
Under the enormous Rock-type energy leaking from the sealed stone door, the three Pokémon absorbed that energy frantically.
After consuming a large amount of Smooth Rock and energy from the sealed door, the strength of the three Pokémon had clearly improved considerably.
Tyranitar and Rhyperior, whose bodies were already originally formed from rock, after devouring Smooth Rock, gradually began to transform their bodies toward a composition similar to that Smooth Rock, which pleasantly surprised Ethan.
For its part, after absorbing a large amount of Rock-type energy, Piloswine was already executing its Rock-type moves extraordinarily. Its understanding of the move Ancient Power had also made a great breakthrough. Ethan believed that it would not be long before it could learn the move Ancient Power naturally.
"Tyranitar, let's continue trying Mega Evolution."
Ethan spoke to Tyranitar in front of him. After obtaining the Mega Stone, they had begun Mega Evolution training.
This time, they did not rely on Lucario's aura power to assist the Mega Evolution, but instead tried to achieve it only with their own strength.
Only through this method would Tyranitar have the possibility of mastering a perfect Mega Evolution and displaying all of Mega Tyranitar's strength.
"Tyran!"
Tyranitar nodded and began to communicate with the Mega Stone inside its body.
A faint halo began to envelop the bodies of the human and the Pokémon, representing the beginning of Mega Evolution.
Boom!
Tyranitar's body began to change.
After multiple attempts, Ethan and Tyranitar finally completed spiritual resonance and managed to connect their wills.
Completely enveloped in the light of evolution, Tyranitar's figure changed without end.
The powerful energy of Mega Evolution roared inside Tyranitar's body, making its back begin to open.
Then, six irregular spikes were seen extending from Tyranitar's opened back. At the same time, the spike on its head became a long vertical horn, while the side spikes began to lengthen following the line of its eyebrows.
When the white light dissipated, Mega Tyranitar's figure appeared in the field. At that moment, the exposed armor on its abdomen and back had changed from blue to red, and an even wilder energy flowed through them.
"It succeeded, Mega Tyranitar."
Seeing that Tyranitar had successfully megaevolved, Ethan felt very happy.
During this time, good news came one after another, bringing him closer and closer to his goal of having six Elite-level Pokémon.
At that moment, feeling the power emanating from Mega Tyranitar, he could perceive that, after megaevolving, Tyranitar's strength had also just barely touched the Elite level, allowing it to exchange some blows with Pokémon of that level.
Of course, that was still far from enough. The Elite-level Pokémon Ethan wanted were those that possessed that strength in their normal state, not depending on methods like Mega Evolution.
(End of chapter)