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"Nine!"
Ninetales' cry always seemed to be calling Roy's name.
She turned her head to look at Roy, asking if it was okay for her to leave.
Roy was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly came to his senses and quickly showed a reluctant expression: "You... you have to take care of yourself."
The subtle pause, the insincere delivery, and the halfhearted tone were obvious.
Smelly trainer! Such a pig-headed fool!
Ninetales huffily jumped onto Articuno's back.
Watching Ninetales and Articuno fly away, Roy scratched his face when she actually left, feeling genuinely reluctant.
With Regice's frozen power, Ninetales had practiced for four months before she could even begin to master it.
Even though she was perfectly compatible with Articuno, it would be impossible to learn the special technique of 'Freezing Glare' in less than a month.
So this would be a brief separation.
From the moment Ninetales hatched from her egg, she had always been with him - he was the only thing in her world.
His performance just now had indeed been rather perfunctory and inadequate...
Roy suddenly felt the guilt of a 'scumbag.'
At this moment, the irritable Zapdos suddenly squawked and asked urgently what Calyrex wanted with him.
Despite being pressured by his subordinate, Calyrex wasn't angry, radiating gentle composure.
"Zapdos' method of applying psychic powers is very suitable for your Electivire. With Electivire's current life form, I believe he'll master it very quickly."
'Thunderous Kick' - a combination of psychic power and electric energy, executed through Fighting-type techniques.
This was indeed very suitable for Electivire, who was proficient in Fighting-type moves and had just mastered electric energy.
"And Moltres' mastery of emotional energy and fire is very suitable for your Mimikyu, who is practicing 'Burning Jealousy,'" Calyrex suggested thoughtfully.
Moltres' Fiery Wrath involved the application of emotional energy.
Mimikyu had been practicing 'Burning Jealousy' for four months but still couldn't integrate the energy of jealousy into the move. With Moltres' teaching, she would soon break through that final barrier.
Hearing this, Roy had to sigh: "Excellent! Your accomplishments in the field of 'training' are remarkable!"
Calyrex paused.
With his generous royal composure, he couldn't help but feel that Roy... was quite something.
As expected of someone beyond fate.
Roy called out Mimikyu and Electivire.
"Elec!" Electivire greeted Zapdos in a friendly manner.
"Zap!"
However, he received only a disdainful sneer in return.
Zapdos was extremely battle-hungry and would regularly visit ruins to challenge the Dragon Titan and Electric Titan, only showing interest in the strong.
This Electivire actually possessed a legendary life level - who knew what incredible luck he'd had - but his strength hadn't reached the corresponding legendary level at all. Too weak!
Electivire scratched his head, somewhat upset but unable to argue.
Roy patted him on the shoulder and conveyed three words through aura: "Be patient!"
Electivire suddenly understood.
That's right - endure for now, learn everything from this Zapdos, then surpass him and return those exact words later!
Electivire clasped his hands together and bowed to Zapdos, asking for guidance.
This made Zapdos tone down his disdainful attitude slightly as he explained the training method.
"First, run fifty laps around the entire Crown Tundra with me, using lightning to coat your entire body!"
Roy wondered what kind of training method this was and how it related to psychic power.
But Electivire suddenly had an epiphany, showing a 'wonderful!' expression.
Seeing that Electivire had grasped his thinking, Zapdos completely changed his opinion of him and became more pleasant.
Was this resonance among battle maniacs?
"I'm used to it," Calyrex commented quietly.
After Zapdos took Electivire to expend their youthful energy, only the last legendary bird remained on the scene.
Moltres was a violent 'God of Fire,' but this one appeared very calm, displaying leisurely arrogance.
While Roy was talking with King Leiguan, Moltres kept examining the decorations around the palace as if no one else was there, occasionally showing an attitude of "that's it?"
King Leiguan's Pokémon were also problem children.
Roy immediately wanted to shake hands with him in mutual understanding.
The three legendary birds, Glastrier, Spectrier, plus the small dragon and electric types - if King Leiguan was a trainer, he would definitely be a contemporary "legendary master."
Roy ordered: "Mimikyu, use Burning Jealousy to show him."
"Mimi!"
Mimikyu approached Moltres and unleashed her Burning Jealousy.
Interwoven golden and orange flames suddenly appeared in midair, radiating incredible heat.
After four months of practice, combined with the TM that Roy had obtained, Mimikyu's Burning Jealousy had reached master-level proficiency.
However, she still couldn't extract the energy of jealousy and integrate it into the move.
Optimizing energy structure sounded simple - just fuse two compatible energies.
But the actual process was incredibly difficult.
It required extremely high comprehension, understanding, and talent for both energies, as well as incredibly precise control.
On Earth, it usually took a year for a professional-level Pokémon to complete such optimization.
Promotion to higher energy levels took about three years.
Of course, this was just average.
Moltres glanced at Burning Jealousy and immediately identified the problem.
This Mimikyu had very high talent for energy control and had perfectly mastered Burning Jealousy. There was only one reason she couldn't extract the energy of jealousy - she had never truly experienced real jealousy!
Moltres raised his head proudly and suddenly spread his wings.
Black and red flames directly engulfed Mimikyu's body - Fiery Wrath.
Enormous malice consumed Mimikyu's spiritual world, and she found herself in a new reality.
The powerful psychic illusion made Mimikyu forget her previous memories instantly, believing this was the real world.
In this world, she was Roy's favorite Pokémon.
Roy gave her all the best things, played with her every day, fed her, and gave her massages. She was surrounded by happiness and joy daily, feeling the world was full of color.
But soon, everything took a turn for the worse.
It wasn't Ninetales, it wasn't Lucario, it wasn't even Pikachu that stole Roy's affection...
The one who took away his love was her own doppelganger!
Yes, a duplicate had suddenly awakened its own consciousness and seized control. She became subordinate to the copy, suppressed in the shadows while her awareness gradually dissolved.
The duplicate occupied Roy's embrace, enjoying the treatment and affection that should have been hers, while Mimikyu could only watch from the shadows, unable to move.
Her true self was currently jealous and struggling, but she couldn't break free from the copy's control at all, and her self-awareness continued fading.
Burning Jealousy scorched her spirit and will.
On the final day before her consciousness would disappear entirely, the duplicate looked down at her and spoke with a sneer:
"His taste... is exquisite!"
At that moment, the energy of jealousy completely overflowed!
Mimikyu integrated jealousy into her ghostly technique, instantly tearing apart the entire psychic world with nine spectral claws and shredding the duplicate into eight pieces!
"Kyu—!!"
Mimikyu returned to reality with a scream, her small body shrouded in dark flames.
Roy was surprised to find that these dark flames were more unsettling than before, filled with irresistible resentment that sent chills through him just from looking.
What had happened to Mimikyu?
Roy, unaware that he had played the male lead in a betrayal scenario, looked confused.
Mimikyu realized what had occurred and glared angrily at Moltres.
What did you show me?!
Director Moltres refused to take responsibility.
My psychic illusions reveal the most fearful and jealous scenes from your subconscious. This is your own issue and has nothing to do with me.
Mimikyu was stunned.
What she feared most was actually her own duplicate?
What made her most jealous was Roy's love being taken away?
Wait, did she actually like Roy that much?
Mimikyu turned to glance at Roy, her shy expression hidden by her disguise.
"Is Mimikyu okay?" Roy asked with concern.
Mimikyu stared at him for several seconds, then silently hid in his shadow.
"Ah, this..."
Roy couldn't quite understand tsundere behavior.
Well, at least the Ghost-type energy had been optimized successfully.
Roy laughed: "Thank you, Moltres."
Moltres held his head high proudly, accepting Roy's gratitude.
Although he appeared dark and menacing with a haughty personality, overall he still belonged to the 'benevolent gods.'
Seeing nothing more to do, Moltres spread his wings and flew back to his lair.
"You have completed another goal," Calyrex's psychic thoughts echoed.
"Next is capturing a pseudo-legendary Pokémon."
Roy nodded. Not only was it completed - Ninetales had gained another legendary inheritance, and Mimikyu and Electivire had unexpected benefits as well.
It was definitely overachieving.
Although Roy was somewhat puzzled by Calyrex's kindness, it didn't stop him from expressing thanks: "For capturing Pokémon, I won't trouble you - I can handle it myself."
"Choosing Pokémon is an extremely important decision for a trainer, which must be judged by the trainer personally," Calyrex smiled slightly.
"I won't interfere with your judgment, but perhaps I can offer some advice..."
Calyrex had ruled this area for at least a hundred years, and combined with his ancient wisdom, his counsel was undoubtedly very valuable. Roy nodded:
"Please, tell me more."