Pokemon: The Breeding House

Steven looked at the Mega Metagross before him with complete astonishment. Even though he had expected it, when this actually happened before his eyes, his heart couldn't help but tremble.

Metagross had truly achieved continued upward evolution! The long-standing theory of Pokémon evolution had been overturned!

But immediately after, an unprecedented excitement surged from the depths of Steven's heart.

This was the feeling a trainer would have when seeing their Pokémon become stronger and better.

"Metagross."

Steven called out softly.

Hearing its trainer's voice, Metagross slightly lowered its head and looked at its trainer.

"Mm."

Steven nodded at it.

Carver watched this scene with great interest.

As far as he knew, not all Pokémon could maintain their rationality after Mega Evolution.

Take Salamence, which Bagon evolved into, for example.

The Mega Salamence it evolved into would become more violent in temperament, and in extreme cases, would even attack the trainer who raised it.

For this reason, Mega Salamence had the name "Bloody Crescent."

If the bond between both parties wasn't strong enough, even if Salamence completed Mega Evolution, it couldn't be used in battle.

As for Mega Metagross—

Carver carefully recalled the relevant data.

Like Mega Salamence, Metagross's brain would also be stimulated by Mega energy due to Mega Evolution, and its temperament would become a cold personality that would do anything to win.

Because its mind became more excellent, the result made battles become coldly brutal.

However, currently it seemed this Mega Metagross hadn't become like what was recorded in the data—it was still very close to Steven.

One could imagine the importance of bonds in this.

"It looks like the research was very successful," Carver smiled. "Congratulations, Steven."

"No, we should thank you," Steven said gratefully.

If not for Carver, he might never have known these stones contained such power.

Mega Metagross clearly possessed very formidable strength. As a trainer, Steven was now eager to have a Pokémon battle to test Mega Metagross's power.

But now...

Ike was a pilot, and his companion Pokémon was a companion-type Pokémon without much battle capability.

So what about Carver?

Thinking this, Steven looked at Carver and elegantly invited: "Carver, would you like to have a Pokémon battle with me?"

Carver: "?"

Hearing this, a question mark couldn't help but appear above Carver's head.

Him fight Steven? Really?

The weak Gastly? Or Bagon who only knew about getting stronger? Or maybe Growlithe who had just hatched less than three months ago?

However, looking at Steven's expression, Carver quickly understood his meaning.

He didn't really want to have a Pokémon battle with him, but wanted to see Metagross's strength through battle.

In that case... he had a candidate in mind.

This was a perfect opportunity to test Bewear's strength.

"Then I'll keep you company. Bewear, come entertain this guest," Carver said.

Hearing Carver's voice, Bewear, who had been standing guard nearby, immediately stepped forward.

Did the little master want to see its power?

In that case, it would show the little master!

"Please," Carver said.

"Bewear!" Bewear's fighting spirit ignited. It had to fulfill the little master's request!

There was no one else in the breeding house, so Ike served as temporary referee.

He stood in the center of the field, looked at both sides, and imitated the referee commentary from major competitions:

"This battle is 1v1, Master Steven's Metagross vs Boss Carver's Bewear. Each person may only use one Pokémon. The battle ends when either Pokémon loses its fighting ability!"

Bewear, a Pokémon from the Alola region with Normal and Fighting types, weak to Psychic, Fighting, Fairy, and Flying. Steven immediately assessed the Pokémon's situation. Having grown up in the Stone family, he had traveled to many places. When he was young, his father Mr. Stone often took him to various places to see Pokémon.

Deep forests, towering snow mountains, scorching deserts...

"It looks like we have the advantage in this battle. Be careful, Carver!"

Steven in battle mode became elegant and confident. He looked at the opposing Bewear and said with a smile:

"Metagross, Zen Headbutt."

At the command, Metagross's four arms suddenly began charging up. Countless scattered milky white light points continuously gathered toward the center.

In no time, a dazzling light appeared in front of Metagross.

That light condensed into a point, then shot out violently.

Seeing this, Carver smiled slightly.

The moment light appeared on Metagross, he had already reacted.

The move he had Bewear use was the Dark-type Payback!

Dark-type had double effectiveness against Metagross's Psychic and Steel types—it was one of Bewear's few Dark-type moves.

From his understanding of Steven, in the first round, he would very likely take the initiative to attack to test Mega Metagross's power changes after Mega Evolution.

If his guess was correct, what awaited Metagross would be double damage from Payback.

And if his guess was wrong and Steven didn't use an attack move but a status move instead, there would be no loss for Carver.

More importantly, his guess was completely correct.

Bewear's entire body surged with a rich menacing aura, and a terrifying presence climbed steadily from its body.

The next second, white light hit Bewear.

But that power continuously accumulated in its body, as if absorbed by Bewear, transforming into a blazing black aura surrounding Bewear.

Its gaze locked onto the opposing Metagross.

Almost instantly, Bewear moved. It charged out violently, swinging its fist with the accumulated, unmatched power, heavily and fiercely striking Metagross.

Under the enhancement of the [Huge Power] ability.

Mega Metagross's steel-hard body was directly sent flying backward.

Seeing this, Ike panicked.

This was bad! The young master's attack was predicted by the opponent!

What was with this kid?

He was clearly a breeding house owner—why was his strength comparable to Master Steven's?

However, facing this situation, Steven didn't panic. Instead, his eyes showed a gleam of excitement.

This perfectly proved his judgment was correct—Carver was definitely not as simple as he appeared on the surface.

"Metagross, Agility followed by Bullet Punch!"

Mega Metagross suddenly flew up from the ground. A faint blue light emerged from its body, and that seemingly clumsy massive form became incredibly light.

Then Mega Metagross swung its four steel arms at extreme speed. For Mega Metagross, in that instant, the surrounding time seemed to become extremely slow.

Bullet time!

And for others in the outside world, Mega Metagross's approach was also just an instant.

All four arms struck out in unison, like dense bullets, attacking Bewear.