Chapter 733: I Hate Her!
Nebel Plateau.
At the entrance of Volcanion's hill cave.
"It's rare to see you not dive underground after coming back."
Volcanion glanced at Diancie, who was running around with the other Pokémon below, and then turned to tease Kazuya beside Him.
"Mhm, after all, I don't plan on taking this child down there."
Kazuya nodded.
He reached out and stroked the golden egg in his arms.
Even if he brought Magearna to the underground world, Kazuya, who practiced all the time on weekdays, probably wouldn't have much time to take care of her.
Florges might love taking care of this kind of newborn Pokémon.
But...
She had already turned into a tree.
It was very difficult for her to take care of Pokémon as meticulously as before.
Therefore.
Kazuya prepared to leave Magearna on the surface plateau.
Let the Pokémon here accompany her, take care of her, and cultivate a sense of belonging to the Nebel Plateau from the time she was an egg.
"Speaking of which, what exactly is this thing? Could it be some kind of weapon again?"
Volcanion cast a suspicious glance at the golden egg.
"This is Magearna, a Pokémon that hasn't been born yet."
Kazuya smiled faintly.
He pushed the golden egg towards Volcanion.
Roll, roll, roll...
Watching the large golden egg roll over, a panicked expression appeared on Volcanion's face. He leaned His neck back, somewhat at a loss: "Hey! Don't let her come closer."
"What are you afraid of? Magearna isn't a bad child."
Kazuya couldn't help but chuckle at His reaction.
Suddenly.
Bang!
A loud noise attracted the attention of Kazuya and Volcanion.
They looked in the direction the sound came from.
Only to see that the golden egg had actually attached itself to Volcanion's left front leg, just like a magnet.
"What is going on? Kazuya, quickly take her off."
Volcanion shook His left front leg.
He couldn't shake it off at all.
The golden egg seemed to have become a part of Volcanion's body, completely stuck to His left front leg.
"Ah? Just let her stay there. I can see she likes you a lot. Maybe you guys will get along really well in the future."
Kazuya waved his hand without caring at all.
He completely ignored Volcanion's words.
Of course, Kazuya couldn't possibly help pull Magearna off.
He had originally planned to dump Magearna on Him, her father, anyway.
He had prepared to build up Volcanion's mental preparation before mentioning this matter, but he hadn't expected Magearna to directly stick herself on Him.
What a clingy child.
But Volcanion is also quite clingy.
The two of them are actually quite a match.
"Damn it! I don't like her! Take her away quickly!"
Volcanion's reaction was quite intense, probably completely unaccustomed to Magearna's forced snuggling.
Yet, deep down in His bones, Volcanion was a gentle guy.
Hearing Kazuya say that Magearna hadn't hatched yet.
His movements were actually quite gentle.
Terrified of hurting Magearna, who was still an "egg".
"Is that so? I think you will like her a lot in the future."
"Impossible! I hate her!"
"Don't say that, Magearna will be sad."
"Hmph!"
Volcanion snorted angrily, giving up on resisting.
He truly had no other options.
He looked at the golden egg on His leg, simply turned His head away, out of sight, out of mind.
"Right, let me show you Magearna's full appearance."
Kazuya walked over.
He reached out and pressed the button in the middle of the golden egg.
The next moment.
Click, clack—!
The golden egg began to change its form.
Two or three seconds later, it turned into that beautiful golden mechanical puppet.
Having changed her form, Magearna seemed to lose her stickiness, dropped from Volcanion's leg, and then stood up with stiff movements.
She first took a look at Volcanion.
She seemed to perform some kind of "data entry", and only then turned around to face Kazuya.
Looking at Magearna's demeanor.
She seemed to treat Kazuya as her "Trainer".
It was unknown how this programming made its judgment.
Meanwhile, on the side.
Watching Magearna's appearance, Volcanion was completely dumbfounded. He stretched His neck and stared back and forth for a long time before blankly looking at Kazuya: "It hatched just like that?"
"No..."
Kazuya waved his hand, and then gave Volcanion an explanation.
He even told Him the true identity of the Soul-Heart was the Eternal Heart.
Regarding Magearna.
Kazuya never intended to hide anything from Volcanion from beginning to end.
After all.
In the future, Volcanion would act as Magearna's adoptive father and guardian. He had the right and the necessity to know everything and to protect everything.
"How long will it take for her to... hatch?"
Volcanion glanced at the lifelike Magearna.
If He hadn't seen it with His own eyes.
He wouldn't have dared to imagine that this was merely a puppet without self-awareness.
"I'm not too sure either. Maybe she can hatch once she has absorbed enough natural energy?"
Kazuya shook his head.
Regarding the birth of consciousness.
It was only because Kazuya had been to the future and knew what Magearna's complete form looked like that he dared to make such an assertion.
Otherwise.
Even AZ and XY, the two creators, probably wouldn't believe that Magearna would become a real Pokémon.
And a Legendary Pokémon at that.
These two brothers had unexpectedly created a god.
Creating Magearna under the barren environment and conditions of three thousand years ago.
Its gold content even surpassed the Aether Foundation's creation of BK three thousand years later.
BK, also known as the Beast Killer.
To put it bluntly.
BK was actually the prototype of the artificial Legendary Pokémon "Type: Null".
The creation of the Pokémon Type: Null went through three stages: BK, Type: Full, and Type: Null.
The Type: Null that people later came to know.
Although it was designed by the BK developers, that is, the Aether Foundation, the true perfection and maturation were completed over in Galar.
But who designed Type: Null wasn't the main point.
The main point was the nature of this Pokémon and Magearna.
They were almost exactly the same!
It could even be said.
The development history of Type: Null.
Was actually a modern version of Magearna.
The original design intention of BK was nothing more than an artificial weapon created to accomplish a certain mission.
It shared the same nature as the current Magearna—merely a guardian weapon created to protect the Eternal Heart.
The most powerful intermediate stage, Type: Full, was a berserk weapon that had an RKS System installed, unleashing special powers.
This corresponded to Magearna after unleashing the power of the Eternal Heart.
The final completed form, Type: Null, became a real Pokémon.
This was equivalent to a Magearna that had developed self-awareness and could exercise self-control and thought.
They were so similar.
Which made it seem even more incredible.
The two brothers, AZ and XY.
Had accidentally achieved something that would take countless people and resources to achieve three thousand years later.
And their achievement was even higher!
Because Magearna's starting point was much higher than BK's, even much higher than its completed form, Type: Null.
This could be seen from the stat settings in the game.
Type: Null's true power was sealed by its mask.
It was just a regular Pokémon with a base stat total of 534, distributed evenly in a hexagon.
It didn't even have its own exclusive move.
It merely wore the title of a "Legendary Pokémon".
Meanwhile, Magearna had a base stat total of 600, possessed the exclusive move Fleur Cannon, and its typing was the overpowered Steel/Fairy. It was a genuine true god.
The gap between the two was not just a little bit.
Only when Type: Null evolved into Silvally could it match or even surpass Magearna by relying on the unleashed RKS System within its body.
After all, Silvally and the RKS System were products developed based on the "God of Creation" Arceus. No matter how much it fell short, it still had that talent and potential, earning the title of Arceus-kun.
Of course.
It could only surpass her in theory.
Whether it could truly surpass her would only be known if the two fought.
Moreover, Silvally had unleashed the power of the RKS System.
But Magearna hadn't unleashed the power of the Eternal Heart.
According to AZ's initial ideal goal:
After Magearna unleashed all the power of the Eternal Heart, she could turn her Fleur Cannon into a miniature Ultimate Weapon.
The specific power depended on the natural energy stored within the Eternal Heart.
Judging from the effects of the Ultimate Weapon, if both sides simultaneously unleashed their most powerful strength, Silvally would probably have a hard time surviving even a single shot from Magearna.
"Aren't you going to take this guy with you?"
"Mhm, I plan to leave this child by your side."
Kazuya nodded as a matter of course.
He had already said just now that he wouldn't bring Magearna to the underground world.
"What?!"
Volcanion's eyes widened, and He roared at the top of His lungs, just like Donald Duck.
"That's right, Volcanion. From today onwards, you are this child's father. You have to take good care of her!"
Kazuya stood up, pressed his hands on Volcanion's shoulders, and nodded.
That posture.
Strongly resembled Garp throwing Ace and Luffy to Dadan.
"I refuse."
"You cannot refuse."
"Why?"
"I will beat you up."
"..."
Volcanion teared up.
At this moment, He was filled with endless regret, regretting that He hadn't trained properly over the years, resulting in Him being completely unable to defeat Kazuya now.
He intensely missed the days when He could act recklessly but Kazuya couldn't do anything to Him.
He could never go back.
"Don't make that kind of expression. I believe you will become a good father."
Kazuya patted His shoulder, and then turned to look at the mechanical girl nearby, "I also believe Magearna can bring you joy and happiness."
Volcanion.
Had never had a family of His own.
Like Kazuya and Diancie, they were His friends.
Friends and family are not the same.
Kazuya hoped to let Volcanion understand the joy of having a family.
He also hoped Volcanion could ensure Magearna wouldn't become a child without a family.
"I hate her!"
"You will like her!"
"I won't!"
"You will."
Faint electrical sparks appeared on Kazuya's fist.
"...I like her."
Volcanion turned His head away, an aggrieved expression on His face.
"Magearna, from now on, you will stay by Volcanion's side."
Seeing that He liked Magearna so much, Kazuya nodded in gratification, then turned his head and said to Magearna.
"Di-li-du-lu."
Magearna's eyes flashed.
The next second, she directly turned into a golden egg and stuck to Volcanion's leg.
"..."
Volcanion's face darkened, too lazy to speak.
Kazuya grinned and nodded gently.
To deal with a submissive personality like Volcanion's, you have to act like this!
He believed Volcanion would thank him in the future.
After all.
Three thousand years later.
To Volcanion.
Nothing would be more important than Magearna.
No.
Actually, maybe He was already somewhat thankful to him right now?
Volcanion was a total tsundere.
Ever since Kazuya practically lived in the underground world.
He often felt lonely in His heart. There was no one by His side, and He couldn't play together with a sweet, naive girl like Diancie.
Now it was perfect.
With Magearna constantly clinging to Him.
Volcanion would never feel lonely again.
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