Larvesta suddenly sprang to its feet, spitting out white and red silk threads. With a few "whoosh" sounds, the threads wrapped around the ceiling, the other end precisely binding the body of Deino.
"Heave-ho!"
Before Deino could react, it was suspended in mid-air, head down and feet up, by the dense silk threads. Struggling incessantly.
"Roar! Roar!"
Deino was clearly caught off guard by this fat bug's attack, and roared in fury, twisting its body and opening its mouth to try and bite the silk threads, trying to break free of its bonds.
Seeing this, Larvesta spat out another mouthful of silk, precisely binding Deino's mouth, silencing it.
Deino manipulated its internal energy, trying to break free of the silk threads, but it couldn't.
Clearly, the difference in strength between the two Pokémon was significant.
Larvesta's silk threads, reinforced by its Bug-type energy, were incredibly tough; Deino's energy was far inferior to Larvesta's.
Larvesta had been at a disadvantage earlier because it was posing and hadn't expected Deino to launch a sneak attack; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to hit.
Now, when it got serious, Deino was no match for Larvesta; in terms of strength, Deino was far inferior to Larvesta.
Deino was Completely helpless, it could only kick its limbs wildly, looking like a giant, hanging rice dumpling—a truly comical sight.
Watching Deino struggle futilely in mid-air, Larvesta smugly jumped onto the table, raised its head, and squeaked loudly, as if declaring its dominance:
"Newcomer, you know how powerful you are now, right? From now on, you'll listen to me in this house!"
Lionel watched this chaotic and amusing scene and shook his head helplessly:
"Alright, alright, Larvesta, put it down. Stop fooling around."
Although somewhat reluctant, Larvesta obediently retracted its silken threads.
Deino landed on the table with a "thud," looking a little dazed.
It shook its head, glaring fiercely at Larvesta, looking defiant, and letting out low growls.
Lionel knew it was time for him, the "Good Cop," to step in.
With a thought, a ball of green light appeared in his hand—a mid-level spirit energy Orb.
A faint aura of life energy instantly spread out.
The previously furious Deino sniffed sharply, instantly falling silent, all its attention drawn to the green light orb.
It made gurgling swallowing sounds, clearly tempted by the mid-level spirit energy ball.
Lionel smiled and held the energy orb to its mouth.
Deino swallowed it almost without hesitation.
Then it closed its eyes, tilted its head slightly, and slowly chewed, a look of utter enjoyment on its face, forgetting even the anger it had just felt.
Lionel seized the opportunity to reach out and gently brush aside the bangs that covered its eyes.
This time, he finally saw Deino's entire appearance face-to-face.
Its crimson eyes narrowed slightly, a satisfied smile playing on them. It looked less fierce and more endearing, even strangely cute.
Deino seemed to sense something and abruptly opened its eyes.
When it realized its bangs had been lifted, it recoiled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, violently retreating and shaking its head to pull its bangs down to cover its eyes.
At the same time, it growled a few times at Lionel, clearly disliking having its eyes seen.
Lionel didn't force it, but simply produced another mid-level Pokémon energy orb in his hand and waved it in front of the dragon.
Deino's gaze was immediately drawn to the energy ball, a hesitant whimper escaping its throat, clearly struggling between "dignity" and "food."
Ultimately, the temptation of food triumphed.
After hesitating for a long time, Deino slowly approached Lionel.
It gently nuzzled his palm with its head, brushing its bangs back to reveal its scarlet eyes, which stared longingly at the energy ball in his hand.
Lionel smiled. This little guy was quite sensible.
He didn't immediately give it the energy orb, but instead pointed to its companions beside it, introducing them softly:
"Isn't this delicious? As long as you behave, you'll have it every day from now on.
Come, meet your new companions:
This is a Larvesta, it was just playing with you earlier;
That's Milotic, the eldest sister in the family; and that big metal behemoth next to it is Metagross, the third oldest.
You've already seen the second oldest, the Behemoth, so I won't go into detail;
Next up are these last two..."
"Hey, it's Little Ice and Little Fire, let's get to know each other!"
Larvesta was nodding in agreement with Lionel, but upon hearing this ranking, its big head started thinking:
The eldest is Milotic, the second is Tyrantrum, the third is Metagross, so what about itself? This doesn't make sense!
So Larvesta immediately squeaked, indicating that Lionel had misspoke, that this wasn't how it was introduced. It immediately reintroduced itself to Deino, stating that it was the eldest.
Deino nodded repeatedly, but its eyes never left the energy Orb in Lionel's hand.
Seeing that Deino agreed, Larvesta immediately rushed to Lionel's side, snatched the energy orb, and shoved it into Deino's mouth.
Meanwhile, it held its head high, showing off to Milotic and Metagross that it was now the boss.
The chaotic introductory ceremony gradually settled into a warm and humorous atmosphere.
Lionel, watching the Pokémon he was becoming more familiar with, considered giving Deino a little more of a "welcome gift."
With a thought, his system panel reopened, this time selecting two TMs: Dark Pulse and Dragon Pulse.
Both were powerful ranged energy attacks.
Perfect, Deino's current moves were mostly melee attacks, and its proficiency was nearly complete; it was time to focus on controlling the energy of ranged moves.
"Deino, come here."
Lionel beckoned to Deino.
Deino was circling around the two Vulpixes, seemingly lost in thought. Hearing Lionel's voice, it immediately ran over, sniffing his hand, clearly still thinking about the Pokémon energy orbs.
"I can't give it any more Pokémon Energy orbs; I have to wait until it's absorbed them before giving them to it," Lionel said, taking out two TMs that glowed white.
The small white orbs floated in his palm, emitting gentle and pure energy fluctuations.
"Watch closely," Lionel said, gently pressing the two small white orbs onto Deino's forehead.
The white orbs instantly merged into Deino's body, and the little creature trembled, instinctively closing its eyes.
The next second, knowledge about how "Dark Pulse" mobilizes the Dark-type energy within the body, spreading out in the form of an energy impact; and how "Dragon Pulse" condenses dragon's might, compressing energy into a wave-like burst… poured into Deino's mind.