After giving his answer, Alva remained standing in place, completely absorbed in thought.
Cain did not interrupt him upon seeing this. From the looks of it, Alva must have come up with a good idea or a useful approach.
This time, Cain had not misjudged.
Stimulated by Cain and pressured by the threat to his own safety, Alva had suddenly drawn out all of his potential.
That was how people were: if they did not face the brink of death at least once, they truly would not know what "potential" meant.
"I've got it!"
Alva's eyes lit up, and he immediately rushed to his worktable. He did not even pay attention to Cain and began scribbling directly into his notebook, filling it with complex and incomprehensible mechanical principles.
Cain smiled faintly and did not become angry at all. As long as a person could display their talent, he did not care much about what kind of attitude they showed toward him.
At that moment, he understood Giovanni's mentality a bit better.
Indeed, when a person's strength or influence reached a certain level, they no longer concerned themselves with trivial matters.
"It seems I'll have to stay here for a while. I just happen to have nothing urgent to do, so it will be a good opportunity to tinker with a few things."
With Magearna by his side, Cain slowly left the room.
In reality, if he wished, he could integrate all information regarding arcane science into the system and, thanks to the system's enormous analytical and computational capacity, he would have a chance of fully deciphering it.
But Cain did not want to do that. Because if he had to handle everything personally, even with the help of the system, he would still only be one person and would not have enough time to divide among everything.
With that time, it was far more useful for him to research how to improve the aptitude and strength of his Pokémon.
As soon as he reached the door, two Team Flare members approached to guide Cain to the room Alva had specially prepared for him.
Rather than a room, it was a small independent house, with its own garden and a considerable number of servants, all personally selected by Alva.
For Cain's arrival, Alva had not dared to relax in the slightest. Everything had been arranged according to the highest standard of treatment.
However, Cain was obviously not accustomed to living surrounded by so many idle people attending to him, so as soon as he entered, he dismissed them all.
On the other hand, he was quite satisfied with the private garden. There, he could train his Pokémon in peace.
As soon as Magearna saw the spacious flower-filled garden, her eyes lit up, and she immediately ran toward the flower bed.
Pokémon: Magearna (Light Black)
Gender: Genderless
Level: 82
Types: Steel + Fairy
Ability: Soul-Heart
Held Item: Soul-Heart (First Awakening)
Egg Moves: None
Basic Moves: Crafty Shield, Gear Up, Shift Gear, Iron Head, Helping Hand, Sonic Boom, Defense Curl, Psybeam, Lucky Chant, Aurora Beam, Mirror Shot, Mind Reader, Flash Cannon, Fleur Cannon, Synchronoise, Aura Sphere
Learned Moves: Magnet Rise, Last Resort, Pain Split, Shock Wave, Heal Bell, After You, Iron Defense, Zen Headbutt
TM Moves: Protect, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Double Team, Energy Ball, Confide
Looking at Magearna's data, Cain began to form some hypotheses on how to help her become a true Legendary Pokémon, although he would first need to conduct some tests to see whether it was truly possible.
Several Poké Balls appeared in his hand, and he threw them all at once, releasing all of his Pokémon.
Diancie's reaction was almost identical to Magearna's: as soon as she saw the flower garden, she could not take her eyes off it.
These two Pokémon, one steel + fairy type and the other rock + fairy type, both with the potential to become true Legendary Pokémon, could truly be described as twin blossoms.
Under Cain's training, the speed at which Diancie had increased her strength was not slow either. Although, due to the awakening of Magearna's aura power, a certain gap had opened between them, Diancie's growth speed was still considerably faster than Magearna's.
Therefore, the distance between the two was not very large.
Pokémon: Diancie (Light Black)
Gender: Genderless
Level: 81
Types: Rock + Fairy
Ability: Clear Body
Held Item: Soothe Bell
Egg Moves: None
Basic Moves: Tackle, Harden, Rock Throw, Sharpen, Smack Down, Reflect, Stealth Rock, Guard Split, Ancient Power, Flail, Power Gem, Trick Room, Stone Edge, Moonblast, Diamond Storm, Light Screen, Safeguard
Learned Moves: Ally Switch, Earth Power, Skill Swap, Telekinesis, Gravity, Helping Hand, Heal Bell, Iron Defense, Magnet Rise, Wonder Room
TM Moves: Psyshock, Calm Mind, Protect, Sandstorm, Rock Tomb, Rock Polish, Gyro Ball, Substitute, Confide
In any case, both had already reached Champion level, and their potential was extraordinary.
The Light Black quality not only represented the upper limit of growth for these two Pokémon, but also their learning capacity, their speed in mastering new knowledge and moves, and their understanding of battle as well as many other aspects.
Those were all advantages brought by high aptitude.
From this, it could clearly be seen how important aptitude was for a Pokémon.
That was why Cain intended to use this free time to thoroughly study the method Joseph Stone had given him on how to improve the aptitude of steel-type Pokémon, in order to enhance the aptitude of Aggron and Lucario.
And, if possible, he would also like to improve Magearna's aptitude, after all, Magearna was also a steel-type Pokémon.
Although Cain believed that, since Magearna was an existence whose quality had already reached Light Black, improving her was not something that could be accomplished overnight.
On the other hand, the probability of success with Aggron and Lucario was much higher.
However, improving aptitude, even with the Stone family's method, would inevitably still require a large quantity of materials and resources.
Fortunately, he was now in the Azoth Kingdom. Both Team Flare and Alva could provide him with many valuable materials. And if that were not enough, he could also ask Team Heaven in Hoenn or Team Rocket in Kanto to package what he needed and send it to him; after all, it would not take long to arrive.
With these thoughts in mind, Cain temporarily settled in the Azoth Kingdom.
(End of chapter)