“Alright, no problem. You can go home and wait for your license to be mailed to you. But even if it doesn’t arrive, you can start riding your Cyclizar on the road these next few days.”
At the back door of the testing center, Chen Kai had just finished his practical road test, and the examiner said this to him.
Unlike Earth, Blue Star has simplified many testing procedures for riding a Cyclizar.
“Alright, thank you!” Chen Kai said happily, getting on Miraidon’s back, ready to go home.
Now he could stop taking the bus and instead ride on Miraidon’s back all the way home to Zining Mountain—legally!
However, since he had made the rare trip to Da City, Chen Kai decided to buy some things before heading home.
Miraidon first went to a popular online cake shop it recently saw on TikTok to buy some treats.
Chen Kai bought several Ultra Balls, along with a batch of Potions, Antidotes, Burn Heals, and other medicines.
Only a few bottles of each were packed, yet his bag was already full, and even Miraidon was carrying a bag.
Chen Kai complained, “I wonder how 99 Potions can fit in the game.”
“Speaking of which, Zhao Jie has been in Da City for a long time. I wonder how her Mega Evolution research is coming along?” Chen Kai muttered to himself.
There were several mega evolution stones that Chen Kai had never seen in the game before, and he was quite curious about them.
Miraidon replied, “Then let’s go take a look.”
“Alright, let’s go see how the Mega Evolution research is progressing, and then on the way home, we’ll ditch that one,” Chen Kai said, pointing to the Doublade that had been trailing them in the distance.
“No problem,” Miraidon said indifferently.
Meanwhile, Doublade’s owner, Yelena, had just been woken up by Dewott.
“Huh? Dewott, what’s wrong?” Yelena rubbed her eyes and asked.
Dewott anxiously pointed to the phone screen:
“Wott!” (Look at this!)
Yelena exclaimed:
“Ah! How did he get so far away again? When did he leave?” Yelena was starting to Flail!
She ran to the roadside, hailed a random taxi, and chased after the location on her phone.
In Da City, at this moment, a group of people with slightly darker skin were gathered in an old, long-abandoned house.
One of them, a short man with a somewhat timid demeanor, hesitated and asked, “Boss, are we really going through with this? Dragon Country has been checking very strictly recently…”
Upon hearing the short man speak, the group all turned to look at their leader in the center.
It seemed these subordinates had not yet made up their minds.
The leading man wore a simple and pure white cotton jacket, his hands resting naturally on his knees, palms facing upwards, as if devoutly receiving the energy of heaven and earth. He slightly closed his eyes, his breathing steady and deep.
Beside him sat an Alakazam, equally calm and composed.
They seemed somewhat out of place among the fierce and menacing subordinates around them.
The man let out a deep breath, and said calmly, “With me and Alakazam here, don’t worry. We’ll grab some things and then leave. As long as we go back to our country and hide for a while, Dragon Country won’t be able to do anything to us.”
Seeing their leader’s assurance, everyone relaxed.
Their boss was a famous Psychic master from Southeast Asia named ‘Poomimpon’. Although his ace Alakazam only had Gym-level combat power, it was very skilled at Teleport. Alakazam could Teleport multiple people several kilometers at once.
The reason this group was able to infiltrate Dragon Country was because Poomimpon’s Alakazam led them, continuously Teleporting from the southern border of Dragon Country all the way to Sichuan Province.
Their destination for this trip was the Dacheng Research Institute in Sichuan Province!
A week ago, Poomimpon received an email from Western Europe. The email contained only a video and an address, but it made him, usually so calm, widen his eyes.
The video was blurry, but Poomimpon could still make out an Alakazam in the center of the screen. This Alakazam had a bead hanging around its neck. This bead suddenly glowed, and as the light faded, the Alakazam within transformed.
Poomimpon naturally knew about the widely discussed Mega Evolution.
His ace Alakazam was only Gym-level. While already very strong, it was still somewhat lacking in his chaotic country.
Although he was a Psychic master, only the common people respected him; those Elite Trainers always treated him as a means of transport!
He couldn’t stand it; he was a master! Always being ordered around, what kind of behavior was that?
But he couldn’t defeat those Elite-level individuals, so he had always yearned for power!
Now seeing that Alakazam could evolve further! He desperately wanted to get that bead!
Unfortunately, the address in the email wasn’t detailed enough, only showing Dacheng Research Institute.
So he prepared some cannon fodder. Fortunately, his reputation had always been good, and in two days, he gathered a group of quite capable cannon fodder.
His recent words were naturally to stabilize the cannon fodder.
If they were lucky, they could return with him, and perhaps even pick up a mega evolution stone.
If they weren’t lucky? Then they might never be able to leave Dragon Country.
“Boss, when do we make our move?” one-eyed man asked.
Poomimpon looked at the sky and said, “Let’s wait until dark. While they’re eating, we’ll Teleport directly inside.”
At this moment, Chen Kai had already arrived at the Dacheng Research Institute. As the first person to Mega Evolve, although the higher-ups required secrecy, the people at the Dacheng Research Institute still recognized him.
For the first time in his life, Chen Kai used his face to get the security guard to let him in.
He entered smoothly, and even some researchers greeted him.
Chen Kai scratched his head, “What a strange feeling.”
He walked into the largest laboratory and saw Zhao Jie and several researchers recording parameters for two Charizards.
Chen Kai leaned in to look, but couldn't understand anything.
Zhao Jie then noticed Chen Kai: “Oh! Xiao Kai, why are you here?”
Chen Kai said, “I happened to be passing by, so I came to take a look. What is this?”
Zhao Jie said happily, “Oh! This is all thanks to your previous reminder that a Pokemon might have more than one Mega Evolution form.
We discovered that Charizard actually has two completely different evolution forms!”
Chen Kai rubbed his chin: Did I say that before? I don’t remember.
Regardless, he smiled and asked, “Zhao Jie, how many Pokemon evolution forms have you identified so far?”
Zhao Jie didn’t think much of it, even though this information shouldn’t really be shared with Chen Kai. She flipped through her personal notebook:
“Including your Mega Ampharos and the two forms of Charizard, there are fifteen in total.”
Chen Kai roughly estimated that it wasn’t even half, and said, “Well, it looks like you still have a lot of work ahead of you, Zhao Jie.”
“Tell me about it!” However, Zhao Jie didn’t seem annoyed; instead, she looked very happy, perhaps this was the joy of her interests and work perfectly overlapping.
Meanwhile, Yelena was having a headache because of her own work.
“No outsiders allowed.” The security guard stopped Yelena at the gate.
“Doublade, are you sure he went in there?” Yelena asked Doublade, who had also been turned away.
Doublade nodded.
Yelena took a deep breath, sat down near the entrance, and calmed herself: “Then I’ll wait!”