After finishing the phone call with Professor Oak, Ash and the others opened two rooms at the Pokemon Center. With the travel group now consisting of four people, one room has become somewhat cramped.
Although there is enough bed space, since the beds are bunk beds, it is still somewhat inconvenient for two girls and two boys to stay together.
Ash and Misty being a couple is fine, but Brock and Serena find it somewhat awkward.
So now they can only open two rooms, with Misty and Serena in one, and Ash and Brock in the other, which makes Ash feel a bit uncomfortable.
Since becoming a couple with Misty, their most intimate act seems to have only been holding hands; things going further never seem to happen.
If Ash didn't understand any of this on his own, it might be okay, but the main issue is that every night, when in the chat group taking lessons and interacting, Harem King Ash often pops up, teaching Ash some random things.
Under the tutelage of Harem King Ash, Ash has grown quite a lot...
But all this remains at a theoretical level; he has never experimented with practical aspects. Isn't it reasonable for couples to kiss? Yet, up until now, he and Misty haven't done anything like that.
In Harem King Ash's view, such behavior from Ash is a complete disgrace!
Every night when Ash enters the chat group to study Pokemon knowledge, Harem King Ash will incite him and encourage him to take steps forward.
According to Harem King Ash, "If you're not going to be active, are you expecting the girl to take initiative? Confessions are others' business, and now even the first kiss has to be proposed by someone else? You're supposed to be a man!"
In short, Ash has been criticized by Harem King Ash until he feels completely defeated, and he keeps Harem King Ash's words in mind, thinking about finding a moment when the two are alone to try taking things further.
But the embarrassing thing is, they don't have the opportunity to be alone. If it were the original trio with Misty, Brock, and him, then opening two rooms and letting Brock have one alone wouldn't matter.
But now, with four people, and another person being a girl, it's naturally impossible to let the girl stay with Brock, right?
Yet, if they opened three rooms because of this, it would seem somewhat deliberate and distant.
In conclusion—Ash is truly feeling a batch of discomfort!
Upon arriving at the Pokemon Center room, Ash set down his backpack and set aside the messy thoughts, then released Lucario.
"Ash, what are you doing…" Brock asked, puzzled, seeing Ash release Lucario.
"I want to see another possibility of MEGA evolution for Lucario. The MEGA Evolution Stone indeed has life energy very similar to Lucario, so Lucario's other MEGA evolution definitely exists."
"But whether it's Gurkinn's Lucario or Korrina's Lucario, or my Lucario, they all have no response to this MEGA Evolution Stone, so I want to see what went wrong in between." Ash explained.
Actually, he already knows where the problem lies, but he still needs to put on an act, and he might not necessarily be able to solve the problem.
Champion Ash's side opened Lucario's hidden gene chain due to the Nightmare God's MEGA evolution.
He could either use the same method, find a Nightmare God to perform MEGA evolution, or rely on the power of Aura Power.
His Aura Power reaches Divine Domain Level, so theoretically, he should be capable of doing what the Nightmare God can do.
The latter involves using his ability to pull humans and Pokemon into a real dream and realizing human desires within the real dream—as long as these things exist in reality.
For example, if you want a flying Groudon, it clearly can't be created because it doesn't exist in the real world.
But if you merely want a Groudon, it can be conjured in the dream. It depends on how much energy the Nightmare God possesses and how determined the Lord of Dreams is.
Although it seems difficult, it can ultimately be produced because it is something that exists in the real world.
If something doesn't exist in the real world, even the power of Darkrai can't forcefully create it.
Therefore, the hidden gene chain of Lucario is certainly there, just that the method of activation is still a mystery.
But as Champion Ash said, he can try using his all-powerful Aura Power!
Even if the Divine Domain Level Aura Power can't directly activate the gene chain, it can definitely explore and figure something out.
Ash's Aura Power surged into Lucario's body, and the immense Aura Power explored the depth of Lucario's genes to uncover hidden things.
Previously, he has undergone countless Aura Fusions with Lucario, so both parties are incredibly familiar with each other's Aura and bodies, but Ash never attempted to extend Aura Power to the gene chain.
This first attempt surprisingly yielded a result; Ash discovered an additional hidden gene chain deep within Lucario's genes.
However, that gene chain was almost covered by the original gene chain, which caused it to be unable to resonate with another MEGA Evolution Stone.