He stretched out his hands and grabbed Jirachi's cheeks. The next moment, the soft face was pulled by his fingers into various shapes like plasticine.
"Ouch, it hurts… Xiaoye Mustard, how can you treat your mother like this!" Jirachi made an unclear protest sound and struggled by waving his little hands in the air.
Qianye didn't let Jirachi go until her face turned red. The blonde rubbed her cheeks, a thin layer of mist covered her eyes, and she looked like she was about to cry at any time.
"Stop pretending, I still have questions for you."
The serious look in his eyes stopped the tears from flowing out. Jirachi twisted his fingers and muttered with resentment: "Xiaoye has grown up and has no respect for his mother anymore..."
"I won't bother about the mega stone for now..." Rubbing his aching forehead, the boy continued, "But you have to tell me what's going on with Kodora now. Her evolution seems to be different from Kuroko's?"
"Oh, her. It's normal that she doesn't have the ability to transform into a human form... Because she hasn't evolved to her final form, the power of the prayer can't be fully exerted. But since we've already made a start, Xiaoye just needs to wait patiently for her to evolve again~"
"That's not what I want to ask!" Seeing the blonde girl's crescent eyes and a strange smile that I understand, Qianye felt his head hurt even more:
"I want to know why the properties changed. Normally, wouldn't it be steel plus rock?"
Finally regaining a more serious expression, Jirachi held his chin, thought for a moment, and organized his words before answering:
"About this... Xiaoye should have understood the nature of the phenomenon that happened to Pokémon. This is based on wishes, the special power that Xiaoye inherited, and the bond between you and them. We can call this phenomenon Miracle Evolution."
"Based on this principle, it is not difficult to conclude that the state after Miracle Evolution will be affected by the wishes that serve as the foundation. For example, the human form is affected by Xiaoye's wish... Other changes besides this can only come from the wishes of the Pokémon that is the subject of the evolution~"
He quickly understood what the other party meant. After pondering for a while, Qianye had a new question in his mind: "Doesn't that mean that if I capture other Pokémon in the future and they also undergo miraculous evolution, they may also change into unconventional forms for this reason?"
However, Jirachi shook his finger and denied his guess: "How can it be that easy... Didn't the Kodara eat your Mega Stone before? If I'm not mistaken, the remaining power inside became the power source for her to break through to that form, and this was only possible because she was very special."
"In a sense, if mom hadn't absorbed most of the power from the stone, Xiaoye wouldn't have been so lucky to have all the conditions met!"
You mean I should thank you for breaking my mega stone? His expression was quite speechless, but considering that she had told him so much important information, he would satisfy her little wish.
"Okay, okay, it's my shortsightedness that makes me fail to understand your good intentions."
He stretched out his hand to ruffle his short golden hair, and suddenly remembered something. He looked down at Jirachi who looked very happy and said, "By the way, can you stay outside now?"
"For this body, yes." The blonde replied with a blink.
Regarding this body... Qianye only then noticed that Jirachi's entire body looked a little transparent, as if it was the product of some kind of illusion.
"My real body is still sleeping in that white meteorite. Only Xiaoye can see and touch my current incarnation. If you want to truly see the real me, Xiaoye, you have to work harder. I am also looking forward to it..."
With an angelic smile, Jirachi's incarnation waved his little hands and turned into stars and entered Qianye's body.
"Qian Ye."
When Qianye subconsciously placed his hand on the chest where the starlight had penetrated, he heard a shout from Naz, and it seemed that the food had already been distributed.
"Ah, I'll be there right away!" The young man responded loudly and hurried over.
…
South of Jinhuang City, except for a small jungle area, there is a very wide road connecting to Kuye City. There are no mountains or dense forests in the middle, so it can be said that there is no obstruction.
After enjoying lunch, Qian Ye and his group did not stop along the way. Finally, when the sun set in the west, they stepped into the city bathed in the orange light of dusk.
Vermillion City is another major port city in the Kanto region besides Cerulean City. The slight difference is that there are no artistic performances like water ballet to attract tourists, but there are still a large number of merchant ships and passenger ships that choose to dock here for supplies.
The reason is simple. Vermilion City has a very developed heavy industry system. The largest shipyard in the entire Kanto region is located here. There are all kinds of heavy factories as far as the eye can see... This city alone produces nearly 80% of the high-quality steel needed by the alliance every year.
Of course, there are gains and losses. In the iron and fire, a large amount of industrial waste gas was emitted, which dyed the originally blue sky gray. A large number of native Pokémon gradually migrated to other places because they could not adapt to such an environment. Only a small number of more special Pokémon were actively attracted here.
Just like now, a strange spherical creature with only one eye, gray body, and magnets and screws attached to its body slowly floated past Qianye.
Magnemite, the magnetic Pokémon, has both electricity and steel attributes and uses electricity as its main food.
Because of its unique appearance and physiological structure, the Pokémon academic community once believed that it was a product that was born after humans entered the industrial age. However, archaeological discoveries in recent years have discovered creatures that seem to have existed ten thousand years ago and are highly similar to its image. This incident has sparked a heated debate in the academic community.
Watching Magneto passing by them without paying any attention to anyone, Nancy activated her telekinesis, and wrapped its body in green light and pulled it in front of her. She reached out with both hands and grabbed the two magnets on the left and right sides of the iron ball.
Even though he was caught by a guy who appeared out of nowhere, Magnemite's eyes remained dull, and there was not a glimmer of wisdom in his big pupils, let alone any fear or anger.
"Magnemite is a Pokémon that is attracted to electric waves. If I remember correctly, the Vermilion City Gym happens to be an electric gym. Maybe it can lead us to the location of the Vermilion Gym."
After hearing Qianye's words, Nancy released her hand that was holding the magnet. It seemed that just as the boy expected, Magnemite was not floating aimlessly, but was consciously moving in a fixed direction.
After exchanging a glance with Nancy, the two of them took decisive steps and followed Magnemite. About an hour and a half later, a tall square building with the Alliance logo appeared in front of them.
To be honest, compared to a Pokémon Gym, the appearance of this building is more like a small factory. In a sense, this is very characteristic of Vermilion City.
Pushing open the heavy door and walking in, it was unexpectedly lively inside, in contrast to the cold and eerie atmosphere outside. Looking around, dozens of trainers who were supposed to be here to challenge the gym were running around in sweat, concentrating on rummaging through... the trash can on the ground?
Looking at the confusing behavior of the group of people, Qianye was stunned in place, until a man in black work clothes came over, looked Qianye and Nancy up and down, and asked: "Are you here to challenge the gym too?"
"Well, I'm Qianye from Pallet Town. May I ask...what are those people doing?"
"It's normal that you don't know since this is your first time here," the staff member took a step to the side, made way behind him, and pointed a finger at a barrier with high voltage current at the end of Qianye's sight.
"Here, do you see that electric grid? That's the door you have to go through before challenging our gym leader. Of course, they won't let a trainer pass through high voltage current with his body, so the switch to shut down the electric grid is actually hidden here."
"The switch...could it be hidden in a trash can?"
The staff member did not answer, but Qian Ye had already gotten the answer from his expression. Turning his head again, he looked at the trainers shuttling between the hundreds of trash cans, and the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch.
The leader of the Withered Leaf Gym really had a bad taste. He was the second most chaotic guy he had ever seen since he challenged a gym... What? You asked who was the first? Of course, it was the three Hualan sisters who could give away badges directly.
"No...I really need to go through every trash can."
Nancy took a step forward with a troubled look in her eyes. She was about to say that she could use telekinesis to turn all the trash cans upside down at once. However, Magnemite, who had been floating beside her, flew out first.
Seeing this, the boy's eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, Magnemite is so sensitive to electrical appliances, it should not be difficult for him to find the switch of the power grid.
"Nanni, let's follow them." Holding the girl who seemed to want to say something but didn't, the two followed Magnemite again.
It floated over countless trash cans along the way, and Qianye, who was following closely behind it, also felt something was wrong. It seemed that its target was not any trash can, but the power grid in front itself.
That won't work! Even if Magnemite is a Pokémon that can feed directly on electricity, it can't withstand such a high voltage current at once!
After realizing this, Qianye hurriedly stretched out his hand, trying to stop it from moving forward, but Magnemite suddenly accelerated in mid-air and crashed into the electric net.
In an instant, electric current surged and burst into dazzling light, pouring into Magnemite's body and revealing a green glow.
"Shut down the power grid! Quickly..." Qian Ye, who had just turned around and shouted anxiously to the staff, suddenly heard a burst of explosions.
The next moment, the entire Dead Leaf Gym fell into darkness amid people's screams, leaving only... a spherical blue light source.
The glowing little Magnemite floated quietly in the air and burped.