Dragonite understood immediately and stepped forward, pressing down on the rampaging boar ninja beast with one hand.
No matter how much it struggled, it was completely unable to break free from Dragonite's suppression.
There was no helping it—Professor Oak's Dragonite was at peak Champion level, incredibly powerful. A mere wild boar couldn't even escape its raw physical restraint.
"Alakazam, use Hypnosis!"
At that moment, Daisy gave the order to her Alakazam.
Holding its spoons, Alakazam immediately cast its technique on the struggling boar.
Under waves of hypnotic energy, the boar quickly lost consciousness and collapsed.
"Excellent! Now it's safe. Next, we need to build a sufficiently large and secure enclosure. Daisy, are you interested in studying this big fellow with Grandpa?"
Professor Oak excitedly stepped forward, stroking the boar's fur as he extended the invitation.
He was already eager to begin his research.
If they could fully study this boar—or even breed it successfully—it would undoubtedly shock the entire world.
"Sure."
Daisy nodded in agreement. "If we succeed, we could breed a population and let the family raise them. It might even become another pillar industry for us in the future."
"Oh, right!"
At that moment, Daisy frowned slightly and asked with concern, "What about the incubator and the Pokémon egg? Where did they go? Their disappearance must be related to this boar's sudden appearance, right? Could someone have… exchanged them?"
Today's events felt almost surreal to her.
"I'm not sure either… We can only hope the little one is safe."
Professor Oak sighed.
This was truly a mysterious incident.
At that moment—
High above Pallet Town, a mysterious figure flashed past and vanished.
The vision ended there.
…
"Holy—! That last one was Arceus, right?! It has to be!"
Akira suddenly opened his eyes, blurting out in shock before even paying attention to the incubator and Pokémon egg that had appeared in his hands.
He was absolutely certain—that had been Arceus.
"So… did Arceus notice this exchange? Or was it actually involved?"
Akira speculated boldly.
It wasn't impossible.
After all, the Exchange Talent had previously shown signs of interacting with the will of other worlds.
As the creator god of the Pokémon world, there was no way Arceus wouldn't notice such an anomaly.
"So… this exchange had Arceus's approval?"
With that thought, Akira looked down at the egg inside the incubator.
At the same time, a stream of information surfaced in his mind—
[Pikachu Egg (with incubator: estimated hatching time—8 days)]:
A Pikachu egg that underwent special modifications by Team Rocket and was later stabilized by Professor Oak. It possesses extremely high potential and a unique talent.
(Originally destined to accompany the chosen one, Ash, but was traded away by Arceus in cooperation with the Exchange Talent, using a boar ninja beast as the exchange medium.)
…
"So Arceus really knows about the exchange—and even participated in it. That's… interesting."
After absorbing the information, Akira rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
So this meant he had indirectly established a connection with Arceus.
Would that mean he could continue using different ninja beasts to exchange for more Pokémon?
"If I used a Tailed Beast… could I even exchange for Legendary Pokémon?"
The thought crossed his mind for a moment.
But he quickly reined himself in.
Looking at the egg again, he murmured, "So this little guy is… Ash's future Pikachu?"
"Then that 'special talent' must refer to its extremely unstable strength, right?"
From defeating pseudo-legendary and even god-tier Pokémon—
To losing against something as weak as a Caterpie—
That was Pikachu.
A true anomaly in the Pokémon world.
"So now that Pikachu is with me… does that mean Ash won't have one? Or will Arceus and Professor Oak compensate him with another?"
Akira smirked slightly.
Looks like Ash had been intercepted—and completely robbed—before his journey even began.
Judging from the egg's state, there were still about two or three months before Ash would set off.
"Whatever! Now that Pikachu's with me, it'll definitely become stronger—and live better! Heh!"
Akira grinned.
After all, he possessed the perfectly developed Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
Together, they could form the ultimate lightning duo.
"I wonder… if I use lightning from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit along with lightning-attribute chakra to nurture it… could it undergo a positive mutation? Break past the natural limits of Pikachu in that world?"
Holding the incubator, Akira dashed through the forest, his mind full of anticipation.
"Too bad I have to wait 8 days for it to hatch…"
He felt a bit regretful he couldn't meet the little guy immediately.
…
[Sufficient accumulation reached. Proceed with talent upgrade?]
As soon as he returned home and placed the incubator on the table, the system prompt sounded in his mind.
"Upgrade!"
Akira gave the command without hesitation.
[Upgrade in progress… Upgrade successful!]
He immediately checked the updated status:
[Exchange LV2 (0/100)]: Once every 3 days, you can randomly exchange any item with any target across the multiverse. (The probability of obtaining higher-quality items has increased.)
"The cooldown is reduced to once every 3 days… and the chances of getting better items have increased. Everything else is the same."
Akira stroked his chin thoughtfully.
Not bad.
The cooldown had been cut by more than half.
He was already looking forward to the next exchange.
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