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Chapter 72 - 72. The Birth of Ralts

Take David's Aura as an example.

Although it is said that all things have Aura, whether Pokémon or humans, more or less Aura exists within them.

But in reality, very few people can truly wield Aura, and many, even if they awaken Aura, can only ever achieve telepathy and energy sensing.

Instead, David, who awakened his Aura not long ago and can already perform Aura Link with Pokémon, and even throw a few Aura Spheres himself, is the true anomaly.

Among the special ability users recorded in Imperial City, there were already not many Aura users. David, a rookie who only awakened two months ago, could even be said to be Imperial City's strongest Aura user.

Soon, under the guidance of Dr. Wu and David's mother, all preparations were completed according to the pre-determined treatment plan.

After David took a deep breath, he replayed the plan in his mind. His eyes instantly glowed blue, and a pale blue Aura rose from his entire body. He unleashed his Aura completely, pouring it into the incubation chamber without any reservation.

Seeing David's exaggerated Aura, even though they had heard his mother mention it and were somewhat mentally prepared, facing it directly still left them deeply shocked. This was especially true for the few who knew the inside story and were aware that David had only recently awakened his ability.

As David's Aura surged in, the dark energy within the Egg immediately erupted like a boiling pot.

This time, with preparation, David did not shrink back like last time. Instead, he gathered his Aura into a single force and continuously pushed towards the core.

The Aura and the dark energy clashed fiercely, and the two energies were momentarily locked in a stalemate. Just then, David shouted to his side.

"Riolu!"

Not far from David, Riolu, who was already prepared, heard David's call, and a strong Aura also surged from its body.

When Riolu's Aura appeared, it instantly reacted with David's Aura. The latter, using this innate resonance, flowed into David's body in a way opposite to their usual interactions.

After the two Auras merged, they erupted with several times their previous power.

With Riolu's Helping Hand, after quite some effort, David's Aura finally broke free from the dark energy's obstruction and was able to reach Ralts's consciousness at the core.

Seeing this, David wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt incredibly lucky.

Fortunately, while preparing earlier, he had Gallade run another errand to bring Riolu and the others. Otherwise, if he had relied solely on his own strength, it would have been quite difficult.

"Ralts..."

After successfully connecting with Ralts, a faint life fluctuation transmitted through the Aura.

David could feel that under the erosion of darkness, Ralts's weak consciousness was still firmly resisting, but her power was simply too small to contend with the vast dark energy.

It was like a small boat struggling in a stormy sea.

"Wake up quickly! Ralts, don't be completely swallowed by the dark energy, or your consciousness will be completely erased."

Taking advantage of the brief connection, David injected all his Aura into Ralts's consciousness. Under the stimulation of external force, Ralts's consciousness finally showed a hint of reaction.

That hazy consciousness finally heard David's call.

For the first time, in the boundless darkness, she saw the dawn of hope.

At this moment, she no longer passively resisted the erosion as before. With David's Helping Hand, she began an unprecedented counterattack against the dark energy.

"Look, there's a reaction!"

A researcher monitoring nearby exclaimed.

On the display screen showing the situation inside the incubation chamber, the Egg's life fluctuations began to rise sharply, while the dark energy, unwilling to perish, began to violently surge.

"According to the original plan, immediately inject the life-sustaining fluid. Quick!"

Seeing this, David's mother also showed a slight smile, but she knew it wasn't time to celebrate yet and immediately directed everyone to continue with the next step of the plan.

"Yes!"

With a command, a large amount of specially formulated liquid containing life energy began to flow into the incubation chamber through several pipes connected to it, quickly enveloping the Egg inside.

While Ralts's consciousness began to resist internally, the external life energy also started to weaken the dark energy.

"Report! Life-sustaining fluid has been injected. Current situation is good. Target's energy response has increased."

"Report, detected that the injected life-sustaining fluid energy is being rapidly absorbed. The contained energy is now less than 30%."

"Report, detected a large amount of unknown dark energy remaining in the waste fluid. Requesting immediate discharge."

Information was continuously gathered. At this point, the Egg's condition had begun to improve, and success was within reach. Dr. Wu, in charge of the entire treatment plan, also began to give instructions.

"Discharge the waste fluid immediately, and increase the injection of life-sustaining fluid by 50% beyond the original amount."

After all the planned measures were completed, David's mother looked at David, who was still maintaining the connection, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Dr. William saw this and comforted her.

"Director Liliana, we've done everything we can. Now, we can only rely on them."

Time passed bit by bit, and everyone's hearts grew increasingly anxious.

Suddenly, a strong energy fluctuation swept through the entire laboratory. David, looking weak, withdrew from the Aura Link state. Despite this, his face showed no hint of discouragement. Instead, he managed a slight smile.

Before he could speak, the staff member responsible for real-time data monitoring immediately let out a joyful cry.

"All values are normal! The life fluctuation in the Egg is rapidly increasing. We succeeded!"

"Oh!"

Hearing the news, everyone was first stunned, then immediately burst into a chorus of cheers like a roaring mountain and surging sea.

Soon, the Egg's data returned to normal levels. No, it couldn't be called normal. Perhaps due to the phenomenon of extreme sorrow turning into joy, the life fluctuations emitted by Ralts's Egg at this moment even exceeded those of a normal-grade Pokémon under usual circumstances.

Changing from its previously corrupted appearance, a rich life essence diffused from the incubation chamber.

Everyone held their breath, nervously watching this scene.

"Crack..."

A faint cracking sound was heard. Those around, knowing what this meant, tacitly took a few steps back, making way for David.

A powerful energy fluctuation erupted. The incubation chamber, which had been on the verge of collapse during the previous energy collision, finally shattered after fulfilling its mission.

Invisible Psychic energy, like a pair of large hands, pushed aside the surrounding smoke.

At the location of the incubation chamber, a blue and white figure finally appeared before everyone.

"Ralts...?"

"Ralts!"

The blue and white figure instantly vanished from its spot, and the next moment appeared before David, throwing herself fiercely into his embrace.

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