Lu Yang took back his Espeon, planning to take it for treatment, and said, "You're good, Chen Kai! I remember you're only in your second year of high school, right?"
Chen Kai temporarily recalled Xiao Mei into her Poké Ball and replied, "Yes, Lu Yang."
"Wow, your strength already surpasses most university students! Putting everything else aside, Bai Yuchun and her friends are definitely no match for you now." As he spoke, Lu Yang seemed to remember something and exclaimed,
"Oh, the next two National High School League tournaments... tsk tsk tsk... the scene is too beautiful, I can't even imagine it."
Chen Kai waved his hand, "It's not that exaggerated.
When I started my second year of high school, Xiao Mei had already evolved into Flaaffy, so she couldn't be registered and couldn't compete."
"Is that so?" Lu Yang frowned and pondered for a moment, then quickly relaxed his brows and said with a look that seemed to relish in the drama,
"No big deal, I remember there's another way. You can find Teacher Ye Gai; as a Gym Leader, he should be able to vouch for you, so your Ampharos can be registered for battles."
Chen Kai clapped his hand, suddenly realizing, "So it can be done that way!"
The three arrived at the medical center behind the Botanical Garden. After Espeon and Xiao Mei recovered, Chen Kai, still curious, asked, "Lu Yang, how did you know Ampharos would have the Dragon-type after evolving?"
"So that's how it is? No wonder Dazzling Gleam caused so much damage." Lu Yang showed a look of sudden realization. "Actually, I didn't know either. I just felt that continuing to use Psychic would definitely lead to a loss, so I switched moves based on instinct."
Chen Kai was dumbfounded, thinking to himself, 'He can rely on instinct for that too?'
Chen Kai shook his head, clearing his mind, and reached into his pocket. He casually pulled out two round objects that looked like marbles children played with.
Chen Kai casually tossed these two "marbles" to Lu Yang and said, "Lu Yang, thank you."
After speaking, he quickly pulled his grandfather away.
Lu Yang subconsciously reached out and caught them. Upon closer inspection, they were two stones quite similar to the gems on Chen Kai's glove and the mega evolution stone carried by Ampharos.
Although Lu Yang didn't recognize them, he guessed one was a keystone and the other was an evolution stone.
"Chen Kai, this is too valuable." Lu Yang looked up, just about to return the stones to Chen Kai, but found that Chen Kai had already turned into a small path and disappeared without a trace.
He shook his head gently in resignation, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up as he muttered to himself, "This junior."
He shook the two beads in his hand, "But if you don't tell me, how am I supposed to use this thing?"
Chen Kai had heard from Chun Jie that Lu Yang's starter Pokémon was Bulbasaur, so he gave him the Venusaur mega evolution stone.
Chen Kai felt that the bond and understanding between a starter Pokémon and its trainer should be sufficient, so there wouldn't be a situation where he had the beads but couldn't use them.
Later, Chen Kai roughly taught Lu Yang how to use them via text message.
As expected, Lu Yang succeeded on his first try, and his Venusaur could even Mega Evolve into Mega Venusaur directly even when not in battle.
Chen Kai watched, very envious, thinking that his own understanding with Xiao Mei indeed still had a big gap...
However, what gave Chen Kai an even bigger headache was not this matter.
Sunlight streamed through the window and scattered onto the floor, forming bright patches of light.
Chen Kai was already home, sitting on the living room sofa, tightly clutching Seadra's Poké Ball, his brows furrowed in distress.
Recently, Seadra always refused to come out of her Poké Ball except for meal times, which gave Chen Kai a huge headache. He was worried that Seadra was having psychological problems, as this was a serious dereliction of duty for a trainer.
He gently pressed the button on the Poké Ball, a white light flashed, and Seadra appeared in the living room.
Her body was curled up, her scales trembling slightly, seemingly very resistant to facing the outside world.
Chen Kai looked at Seadra and gently said, "Seadra, why haven't you wanted to come out lately? Is something wrong? You can tell me any problems you have, I'll definitely help you solve them!"
A flicker of hesitation crossed Seadra's eyes, and after a long while, she quietly said:
"Sea, sea... sea!" (Trainer, I... I think I'm too ugly. After evolving, I'm covered in thorns. As a girl, I look really bad like this.)
Her voice grew softer as she spoke, and she lowered her head, looking very dejected.
After listening, Chen Kai observed that Seadra was covered in thorns, while Horsea indeed had no thorns. He suddenly understood and felt a pang of sympathy.
He gently stroked Seadra's head and comforted her, "Don't think that way. Every evolution is a sign of growth."
But Seadra was still not very happy, maintaining a dejected look.
Chen Kai had a sudden inspiration, remembering what his grandfather had mentioned at noon, and quickly pulled out his phone to find information about Pokémon evolution.
He turned his phone to the page about Seadra evolving into Kingdra, held it in front of Seadra, and said, "Look, when you evolve into Kingdra, you won't be like this anymore.
Kingdra doesn't have as many thorns, and her appearance is very elegant. She's also a noble Water and Dragon-type Pokémon."
Seadra curiously leaned in, her eyes instantly brightening.
She looked at Kingdra's appearance in the data and cried out excitedly, her body unconsciously twisting, looking impatient:
"Sea, sea!" (Master, then I want to evolve into that right away!)
However, Chen Kai waved his hand and said seriously, "Seadra, you are only Elite Level (above Level 32) now, and you just evolved into Seadra not long ago.
I think it would be better for you to evolve when your level reaches Senior-level (around Level 40).
As the saying goes, 'No pain, no gain.'
Although you don't like Seadra's current appearance very much, enduring this difficult period will make you even more beautiful and elegant!
What doesn't kill me makes me stronger, doesn't it?"
Seadra listened, feeling a little disappointed. She had watched TV and surfed the internet recently, so this kind of 'drawing a big picture' (empty promises) wouldn't work on her. The light in her eyes dimmed.
Chen Kai quickly changed his strategy and stopped making empty promises. He said, "However, as long as you come out of your Poké Ball more often to train, your level will increase quickly. Look, Xiao Mei and Big Boss are already Senior-level.
And I'll prepare the best Dragon Scale for you. At that time, you'll be able to become an elegant, handsome, and powerful Kingdra."
After listening to Chen Kai's words, Seadra thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously.
She was always reasonable and knew that Chen Kai was doing it for her own good.
Her eyes became determined, and she decided to eat an extra bowl of rice tonight to try and reach Senior-level as soon as possible and evolve into Kingdra.