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High Voltage Charge Room—
Elekid closed its eyes and concentrated, mobilizing the electrical energy within its body.
The alien lightning coursing through it was dozens of times more violent than ordinary electricity. Under its deliberate provocation, the energy immediately ran wild across Elekid's body like an untamed horse without restraint.
In an instant, cells throughout its entire body screamed as if on the verge of death, and Elekid's vision darkened. If it hadn't immediately clenched its teeth, it might have passed out from the overwhelming pain.
This was agony enough to drive anyone to madness.
With immense willpower, Elekid maintained this condition. With weight-bearing bracelets still on its hands, it trembled as it walked to a barbell and lifted it with both hands.
With each lift, countless voices seemed to urge it to give up and collapse.
However, Elekid ignored these thoughts, fainting and recovering again and again, continuously pushing beyond its limits.
An hour later, Elekid clearly felt its body approaching failure. Remembering Roy's instructions, it stopped, picked up a Max Revive from the nearby box, and consumed it.
Instantly, Elekid's vitality was replenished, its body restored to its original state.
"Ele~~" Elekid was amazed.
The function of this item was incredible, just like the "Senzu Beans" it had seen on TV.
Although its vitality had recovered, the electrical energy still needed time to replenish. Elekid walked to the Charge cable, inserted the catheter into its mouth, and began charging.
The current surged in and was transformed into blue divine thunder by the "Alien Lightning" within Elekid's body.
After replenishing its energy, Elekid resumed training. A trace of fear flashed in its eyes, but it still gritted its teeth and once more allowed the alien lightning within its body to rage unchecked.
On the other side of the villa, Roy was discussing the second training plan he had adjusted for Wartortle.
"How's your progress with generating Aura force?" Roy asked.
"War."
Wartortle explained that while it could already perceive mental energy, it had no idea how to generate Aura power.
Although, theoretically, the Squirtle evolutionary line could master Aura power, their talent in this area was far inferior to Lucario's.
Wartortle was only one step away from mastering Aura power.
But "this step" was the most difficult one.
Return, Frustration, Retaliate... Pokémon with high proficiency in emotional moves like these could all perceive psychic energy, and Roy's Vulpix could do it easily as well.
But the final step of "converting mental energy into Aura power" was as formidable as a natural barrier.
Throughout the hundreds of thousands of years of Pokémon evolutionary history, besides legendary beasts, only Lucario, Mienshao, "Mega Lucario" and other similar species could naturally comprehend and channel this power.
For other Pokémon, there was only a theoretical possibility of learning it. Without some extraordinary adventure or the trainer possessing secret knowledge, mastering Aura was impossible.
Roy smiled slightly. "Don't worry, I can help you learn Aura power today."
As he spoke, a bluish-colored Aura force gradually emerged from Roy's body. Not only was it ten times stronger than before, but there seemed to be something extra in this Aura force...
"That's strange," Lucario was the first to notice the anomaly. "Roy's Aura power is actually divided into two parts?"
Aura power inherently possesses the ability to transfer itself to other creatures.
The successor would receive all the power of the original holder.
However, the price of transferring Aura was typically the death of the donor.
Yet, after his Aura power had been promoted to the "master" realm, Roy was surprised to discover that he could divide his "Aura ."
Aura was spiritual energy—transferring all of it would naturally result in death.
But transferring only a portion would merely leave Roy feeling depleted for a while.
Roy split off part of his Aura power and channeled it into Wartortle's body.
For Wartortle, who was just one step away from mastering Aura power, the moment it received this energy, the bottleneck that had hindered it instantly shattered. Its entire body became bathed in bluish light.
Unable to contain its excitement, Wartortle rubbed its two stubby hands together, gathering energy to form an extremely unstable Aura Sphere.
Wartortle leaped happily onto Roy.
Lucario showed a surprised expression. In its understanding, Aura power couldn't be used this way.
It wasn't a matter of power level, but of fundamental nature...
No matter how sharp a knife was, could it also be used to solve math problems?
"It should be a mutation caused by the D virus," Roy speculated. "The D virus comes from a certain alien Pokémon. Its form of existence is completely different from yours, and the nature of its spiritual power is also unique. My Aura power was enhanced under the catalysis of the D virus's spiritual energy..."
"Aura users who achieve promotion through normal channels don't have abilities like mine."
Roy laughed, realizing this was the greatest benefit he'd gained after injecting the D virus.
The normal promotion method, of course, also included exchanges with the system.
The mutation caused by the D virus was beyond the system's scope—a situation that had never occurred in the original Pokémon world.
This was truly a pleasant surprise.
Lucario was happy for Roy but also slightly envious.
Who was the real Aura hero here?
Compared to Roy, Lucario felt its lineage had lost face.
However, since Roy had this ability...
"That means maybe even Vulpix and Elekid could try practicing Aura power."
The conceived experiment had succeeded, and Roy was extremely excited.
All of his Pokémon would now have the potential to learn Aura power—this meant Roy's "fusion" technique could be applied to all his Pokémon, not limited to Lucario.
Just as Psychics could enhance their Psychic Pokémon, Roy could now do the same with his team.
This represented a huge advantage in Pokémon competitions.
But what truly excited Roy wasn't just the competitive edge.
Rather, it was a breakthrough in the Pokémon team battle system that had troubled him for a long time.
His Pokémon and their attributes were too diverse. Although there were classifications for roles such as fighters, special attackers, and field controllers, there were too few matching points and no cohesive characteristics.
During battles, Elekid's electricity would hinder Wartortle, Vulpix's snow would impede all team members' movement, and Wartortle might hit allies with its ranged attacks.
His team wasn't as coordinated as professional-level Sandstorm, Sunny Day, or Trick Room teams...
To put it bluntly, he had merely assembled a ragtag group of mercenaries with no system.
But now, all of Roy's Pokémon had the possibility of mastering "Aura power," enabling him to potentially create a team battle system with Aura as its core.
All team members would be connected with each other, developing perfect coordination for team battles. On the count of three-two-one, the group would move in perfect synchrony, never making mistakes.
The Aura power of all members could be transmitted between them, concentrated on a single member in an instant to unleash extremely powerful combat abilities.
And with the Aura's strongest attribute—"perception"—fully utilized, enemies would have nowhere to hide in team battles. Roy's team would maintain a god's-eye perspective throughout the entire match, making them the natural enemy of assassination teams.