I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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Xiao Zhi and his friends originally planned to leave today, but because so many things happened, they decided to rest for another night and leave tomorrow morning.

As the Moltres flew away, it sped through the air, and soon after, Shigeru heard a sonic boom behind him.

"Latios! Latios!"

As soon as Xiao Mao turned around, he saw Latios and Latias, who had actually chased after him.

"Ugh."

"Ugh."

Latios and Latias caught up, running alongside Moltres, and both called out to Gary, as if to say goodbye to him.

"You're too kind. Since you want to give it to us, then please do," Xiao Mao said with a smile.

Latios and his sister saw Gary off. After flying for a while, Latios suddenly stopped flying and flew back, leaving only Latios behind.

311: Latios followed

"Latios, aren't you going back with your sister?" Shigeru asked.

"Woo!"

Latios shook his head, indicating that he didn't need it.

Xiao Mao looked incredulous and asked uncertainly, "Are you planning to come with me?"

"Ugh."

Latios nodded emphatically.

Shigeru was completely dumbfounded. He never thought he could take Latios away; he would be grateful if he could just put it in a Poké Ball to complete the mission.

I didn't interact with Latios much; I just healed its injuries. As for it following me?

"What about your sister? And the cathedral needs your protection too. Can you leave?" Xiao Mao asked.

"Woo...!" Latios cried out. It's alright, our term of protection is up. Other "037" Latios and Latias will take over the protection. As for its sister, she will naturally stay with Ash.

“Alright, since you want to come with me, then come on. But let me make this clear first, if you want to leave, you can leave anytime, and I won’t stop you,” Xiao Mao said.

"Woo!"

Latios nodded, trusting Shigeru's character even more.

"Then come in." Shigeru took out a Healing Ball and put Latios into it.

The Poké Ball was not sent back to Professor Oak's lab, because Gary had already asked Professor Oak to remove the limit on the number of Pokémon Gary could hold. After all, sometimes there are many things to deal with, and six Pokémon are not enough.

The reason for limiting the number of Pokémon a trainer can carry is that the trainer's Pokémon are very strong, and carrying too many Pokémon would pose a certain risk. Therefore, the league stipulates that a trainer can carry a maximum of 6 Pokémon.

To limit young trainers like Gary and Ash, the Pokédex is equipped with a teleportation function. If a trainer carries more than six Pokémon and catches a new one, they will be automatically teleported to Professor Oak's lab.

Trainers without a Pokédex don't have this concern, but each time they go to the Pokémon Center, the number of Pokémon they carry is checked. If they have more than six, the extra Pokémon need to be transferred away.

Shigeru looked at the Healing Ball in his hand and checked Latios's attributes.

【Pokémon: Latios♂】

[Type: Dragon, Psychic]

【Level: 65】

[Potential: Legendary]

【Feature: Levitation (can automatically float the body)】

[Skills: Support Power, Help, Telekinesis, Tailwind, Mystic Protection, Dragon Breath, Cleansing Light, Recovery Lockdown, Mind Blast, Dragon Pulse, Simple Beam.]

【Intimacy Level: 160 (Maximum 255)】

Looking at Latios's stats, Xiao Mao could confirm that this Latios had not undergone any training and had naturally grown to level 65.

Because Latios' move pool is too limited, many of its potential racial moves are not awakened. Generally, Pokémon that have received training from a trainer can awaken more racial moves.

Wild elves, due to their habits, only do what they are used to, which prevents many racial skills from awakening; they only awaken the key skills.

Such things can happen to legendary elves as well.

"I'll teach you a few more skills when we get back to Pallet Town," Shigeru sighed.

Latios possesses the strength of a Champion, but he only knows a few attack moves. His only decent offensive skills are Cleanse Beam, Mind Blast, and Dragon Pulse. The rest of his skills are support skills, and his Dragon Breath is too weak.

To be honest, Latios is not a strong Pokémon. Although its base stats are excellent, its ability is too weak. The Levitate ability is arguably one of the most useless abilities.

In the game, the Levitate ability can make Pokémon immune to all Ground-type moves, but in reality, it can only make them immune to moves like Earthquake and Magnitude. Other Ground-type moves can be used to attack Pokémon in the air if they want, such as Groudon's Cliff Sword.

"I wonder what kind of improvement using a Special Ability Stone would give to the Levitate ability?"

Xiao Mao was very curious about what the enhanced levitation ability would be, but he didn't dare to try it. He only had 6 ability enhancement stones and more than 30 Pokémon. Even after excluding the Pokémon he didn't use for training, he still had more than 20 Pokémon. 6 ability enhancement stones were simply not enough.

Not to mention, Shigeru will also be catching some of his favorite Pokémon later on.

In particular, the system recently released a mission where defeating Ash at the Rainbow Conference would randomly reward a Mega Stone. If the rewarded Mega Stone is one that Gary's current Pokémon doesn't need, then he'll have to train a new Pokémon.

"I wonder what kind of super stone I'll get randomly. I just hope it's not too bad," Xiao Mao muttered.

Currently, there are 46 known Pokémon that can Mega Evolve, and 42 of them require Mega Stones to evolve.

Rayquaza, Mewtwo, Latias, and Latios are four legendary Pokémon that can Mega Evolve without Mega Stones, so they are not included in this count.

Therefore, the selection will be random from the remaining 42 types of Super Stones. Not all Pokémon become very powerful after Mega Evolution. For example, for Pokémon like Sableye and Sableye, Mega Evolution only increases their base stats, while the improvements in other aspects are very slight. The improvement that Mega Evolution brings to them can only be described as mediocre.

After carefully storing the healing orb, Shigeru rushed back to Pallet Town, arriving in the town in the evening.

...!

"Gary, why didn't you come back with Ash and the others?" Professor Oak asked in surprise when he saw his grandson return.

"I felt I'd had enough of the trip, so I rushed back," Xiao Mao said.

"No, you encountered such a big problem in Odomare, have you resolved it?" Professor Oak asked.

The terrible thing that happened in Odor Maredo last night also implicated Gary. Professor Oak naturally learned about it from the League. He thought Gary would come back with Ash and the others, but Gary came back early last night.

"Yes, it's all taken care of, and..." Xiao Mao stopped mid-sentence, took out the healing ball, and pressed a switch.

Baton!

Latios appears.

"This...this is Latios!!" Professor Oak exclaimed in shock.

"Shigeru, you caught Latios??"

Professor Oak was a bit confused at this moment, not understanding the situation. The higher-ups said that the crisis had been resolved, but they didn't say that anyone had captured Latios.

"It wasn't exactly taming, Latios wanted to come with me, so I agreed. If it wants to leave, it can leave anytime," said Gary.

312: A New Beginning, Heading to the Hoenn Region

“Go back... wait, tell me first what happened in Aldomaree, and what’s going on with Latios?” Professor Oak asked hurriedly.

"All right...!"

Gary told Professor Oak everything that happened in Aldor Mare, and also explained why Latios followed him.

"I never imagined that the legend of Aldomare was true. And you're really lucky to have gained Latios's approval," Professor Oak remarked.

There have always been legends about Latios and Latias in Altomara, but no one has ever seen them. Unexpectedly, Gary and Ash went to Altomara and saw them. Gary even gained Latios's approval. Their luck is truly enviable.

"It's alright. Ash should have gained Latias's approval, and I guess Latias will come back with Ash and the others," Gary said.

"Hmm, very good. Gary, you've been busy all day, you must be hungry. Go and rest for a bit, let me take care of Latios," Professor Oak suggested earnestly.

Gary naturally understood that Professor Oak wanted to study Latios.

"Latios, this is my grandfather. He's a very good man, but he's very passionate about studying Pokémon. If he does anything inappropriate later, please be lenient with him," Gary instructed.

"Ugh."

Latios nodded, understanding what Shigeru meant.

After that, Shigeru went to the backyard and released his Pokémon.

Back at Oak's lab, the Pokémon smelled the familiar scent of home and returned to their former lair.

Zapdos returned to its small power plant, and Articuno and Moltres also flew back to the habitat that Professor Oak had specially built for them.

Articuno lives in a huge igloo, where other Ice-type Pokémon also reside.

Moltres flew to the dormant volcano outside Pallet Town without any special preparation. The area was naturally suitable for Fire-type Pokémon to live in, so Professor Oak didn't create a special habitat for Moltres. Instead, he installed surveillance cameras near the volcano to prevent any accidents from happening to Moltres.

Shigeru went inside to prepare food for the Pokémon. Only after he finished preparing food for the Pokémon did he start preparing food for himself.

Professor Oak was having a sweet and affectionate interaction with Latios, and Gary didn't pay any attention to it.

After a night.

Early the next morning.

Gary went to the backyard and gathered all his Pokémon together. According to their agreement, they would see how well the Pokémon had grown, and the best one would get the chance to improve its potential.

First, Gary taught his Pokémon skills, passing on all the skills he had acquired in the Johto region. He taught them everything they could learn, and then he focused on improving their potential.

Arcanine was the only Pokémon with the potential to become a near-Elite Four member. Gary used one Bronze Crown to raise Arcanine's potential to the Elite Four level.

Then, by spending two Silver Crowns, the potential of the Pteranodon and Exeggutor was raised to Champion level.

Then, use 4 more Golden Crowns to raise Alakazam, Tyranitar, and Moltres to near-legendary potential, and Articuno to legendary potential.

There are quite a few golden crowns stored, a total of 7. Shigeru kept 3 for later use.

These are the Pokémon that have grown the fastest recently, so we'll focus on improving their potential first. We'll have to wait and see about the rest.

After Professor Oak finished strengthening all the Pokémon, he also finished checking Latios's basic stats.

Gary took Latios to the backyard and introduced all of his Pokémon to Latios.

Latios is straightforward by nature and tends to be a bit stubborn in everything he does, as can be seen in Aldomare. He has a grateful nature and would never have chased after Gary from Aldomare to follow him.

After introducing his Pokémon to Latios, Gary reached out and stroked Latios's dragon scales, then taught Latios all of its moves in one go.

"Waaaaa!! (ΩДΩ)!!"