Chapter 825: Primal Reversion Project Continued - Reversion Pill
Kazuya recalled two such scenes.
One scene.
The space-time battle in Alamos Town during his fifth life.
The battle between the gods of space and time severed Alamos Town from the living world, completely cutting off its connection to time and space with the living world.
And at that time, even if the gods of space and time had regained their sanity.
They didn't have the ability to stop the space-time rift; they couldn't even escape themselves.
At that time.
Even as the God of Space, Palkia had no way to tear open space and bring the inhabitants of Alamos Town back to the living world.
In the end, it was Kazuya who cleaned up their mess.
Another scene.
The Hoopa and the Clash of Ages movie.
Not Kazuya's experience in the second world, but what happened in the original anime movie.
After the issue with Hoopa's shadow was resolved.
Because the Prison Bottle had released a massive amount of evil energy, it created a destructive barrier that isolated the center of the city from the living world.
At that time, Palkia had already regained its sanity, but it had no way to tear through space and save everyone trapped within the barrier.
Instead, it was ultimately Hoopa's ring power that allowed everyone to escape.
That sequence.
Can be considered Palkia's greatest dark history, bar none.
It directly knocked this God of Space off its pedestal.
Most Pokémon fans began to refer to the "false God of Space Palkia, the true God of Space Hoopa."
Therefore.
"Dr. Carolina was right."
Kazuya nodded.
Acknowledging AZ's words.
At the same time, he understood what was going on.
With Yui and Dusknoir dead, the Spirit World would automatically close, severing its connection with the living world.
And consequently, Palkia would no longer be able to travel between the living world and the Spirit World.
Without Palkia to open the door.
Those Ghost-type magical beasts that entered the Spirit World would not be able to get out, effectively trapped to death in the enclosed cage of the Spirit World.
After concluding their discussion.
Both Kazuya and AZ breathed a sigh of relief.
This was undoubtedly tremendously good news.
Ghost-type magical beasts.
Can go anywhere, flying in the sky or diving underground, and move freely in the darkness.
They can be considered all-around experts, proficient in killing, ambushing, tracking, and gathering intelligence.
With Shadow losing such a powerful network of spies and a means of gathering intelligence, His future actions would surely be heavily constrained, and the frequency of Him causing trouble for them would drop significantly.
This was excellent news.
"Without further ado, grab onto me and let's return to Lumiose City as quickly as possible."
"What's wrong?"
"Didn't I say I had a place to take you? That wasn't just an excuse."
"Where to?"
Kazuya grabbed AZ and swiftly darted toward Lumiose City.
"The former site of Professor Bratalie's laboratory, which later became Professor Sycamore's secret lab."
"!"
Kazuya's eyes widened slightly.
He didn't expect it to be such a place.
Actually, he had originally planned to take a look there later anyway.
After all, Bratalie had a good relationship with him and Meowscarada, and even his ability to defeat Shadow Lugia in his third life was partly due to her help.
He thought he might be able to find something useful in Bratalie's lab.
"I went there once before, but was deterred by the security system there. Moreover, there were Ghost-type magical beasts watching me at the time, and I didn't really want them to discover that place."
"With your abilities, couldn't you just use brute force to break the door and barge in?"
"I could, very easily, but it would attract magical beasts or damage the interior. I remember Professor Bratalie saying she was friends with the Hero of the Leaves, so you should be very clear about the location and layout there."
"Mm."
Kazuya didn't deny it, nodding directly.
Bratalie's laboratory was located on the side of one of the five major streets in Lumiose City, renovated from an abandoned underground music pub.
That street was deserted three hundred years ago, but it definitely became a densely populated area later on, so the number of magical beasts gathered there must be significant.
Moreover.
The Bratalie of three hundred years ago was quite poor.
At that time, Bratalie hadn't achieved anything major and had no ability to make money. The funds she had were basically all used to buy equipment and experimental materials.
Even that laboratory was rented by Bratalie, not bought.
Therefore.
The scale of her underground laboratory was very small.
Probably only about fifty square meters.
Various experimental equipment and data were all piled up inside.
It was quite a struggle just to move your feet in there.
If Team Flare used brute force to destroy the protective measures and the door, it would inevitably damage the things inside. For a researcher like AZ, this might be somewhat unacceptable.
"Compared to destroying the security system, it's obviously better for you to take me in using Teleport now. Plus, you know Bratalie, so our 'visit' can't be faulted both in terms of emotion and reason."
"Is that so?"
"Don't you want to go in and take a look? I can tell you, that kid Sycamore was secretly researching Bratalie's original 'Primal Reversion Project' later on, and the Mega Evolution injection emerged from that. Who knows, there might still be leftover injections in that lab, or at least some semi-finished products."
AZ chattered on and on.
Deeply afraid Kazuya would disagree.
If that happened, he would have to risk taking his people there himself later.
"Alright."
Kazuya agreed.
He was going to go anyway. Even if AZ didn't mention it, he would have gone; he was just teasing him just now.
Once the goal was set.
They just needed to travel at full speed.
Although AZ moved at the speed of an ordinary human, he didn't utter a single complaint while being transported at high speeds, and didn't even need to rest.
By the time they arrived at Lumiose City, the sky had completely darkened.
But that was just right.
The magical beasts on the streets had retreated into buildings or alleys.
They completely failed to notice Kazuya and AZ.
When he appeared again in that familiar laboratory, Kazuya even felt a moment of disorientation.
The laboratory in League Calendar Year 237 and the laboratory in League Calendar Year 26 seemed to only differ in the equipment inside.
Other than that.
It was completely unchanged.
As if everything had happened just a few days ago.
Kazuya looked down, found a random spot to land, and began to look around.
On the laboratory wall, he saw a photograph that had turned somewhat gray.
The Bratalie at that time was very young, with messy black hair, wearing a pair of rustic glasses.
It could be said that her descendant, Sycamore, dressed entirely in Bratalie's likeness.
It's just that.
Sycamore was a more humorous person, good with words, and therefore well-liked by the opposite sex, which was a point where he surpassed Bratalie considerably.
The Kazuya in the photo had bright, piercing eyes, exuding the sunny aura of a young adult from the inside out.
The Meowscarada beside him was still a young maiden, showing a deliberately put-on cool expression for the camera.
"Truly nostalgic."
Kazuya smiled, the corners of his mouth curving slightly.
There were truly quite a few places in this life that were worth reminiscing about.
He might not think of them normally.
But revisiting old places.
Inevitably triggers emotions and memories of the past.
"Oi, stop feeling sentimental over there, come look at this quickly."
AZ's voice, filled with pleasant surprise, rang out, interrupting Kazuya's reminiscence.
"What is it? Did you find something good?"
Kazuya turned and walked over.
As soon as he walked over.
AZ tossed over an experimental diary.
"You can read text, right? I won't read it to you, I'll go see if there are any other treasures."
After saying this.
AZ tossed over a small bottle.
Kazuya casually caught it and looked inside.
Inside the small bottle were white pills about the size of a thumb, and he didn't know what they were.
Shifting his gaze to the document in his hand, Kazuya began to read.
[Primal Reversion Project - Continued]
[Although Grandmother destroyed the data and instructed her descendants absolutely not to continue the research, it's truly a pity to give up halfway like this. If I can replicate the power of the Hero of the Leaves...]
[Great, Porygon-Z's power is even stronger than I imagined. It successfully recovered the data Grandmother had deleted from the computer, and I even found the data of the 'Hero of the Leaves' from his youth.]
[My god, was the 'Hero of the Leaves' really a Sceptile? Even a Sceptile from the ancient era shouldn't have these kinds of physical stats. It seems the achievements of the 'Hero of the Leaves' aren't solely due to Grandmother's potion. But I won't give up continuing the research...]
[I'm sorry, Grandmother, I hope I can obtain your forgiveness. I believe in my abilities, I can definitely make a contribution to future generations.]
[...] x N
[In order to obtain precious experimental materials, I made a deal with Lysandre, the leader of Team Flare. I owe him a favor. This sample seems to be something he bought from Team Rocket.]
[If discovered, the Kalos League would surely hold me accountable... Whatever, as long as the project succeeds, it will benefit all of humanity! I believe Grandmother was also doing research with this kind of mindset back then.]
[...] x N
[The 'Reversion Pill' has been successfully developed! Next comes the testing phase.]
[Test ① - Chesnaught Mega Evolved successfully! There don't seem to be any side effects, wonderful! This is a perfect start! However, the Mega Evolution seems temporary, lasting only 5 minutes.]
[Test ② - Lopunny Mega Evolved successfully, but she said she felt a bit uncomfortable, feeling her body become slightly weaker. The duration was also only 5 minutes.]
[Test ③ - Altaria's body underwent severe mutation. No more than three Reversion Pills can be taken consecutively, otherwise it will cause the genes in the body to go berserk! Fortunately, Nurse Joy and Blissey are amazing and successfully fully healed Altaria. I can't conduct tests recklessly anymore.]
[...] x N
[Dammit! This Reversion Pill is clearly just a diluted Primal Reversion injection, only it's changed from being exclusively for the Hero of the Leaves back then to being universally applicable for Pokémon. There's no progress at all this way!]
[No, although the Reversion Pill can allow the vast majority of Pokémon to temporarily achieve Mega Evolution, it extracts a massive amount of their life force, shortening their lifespan! This thing must absolutely not be made public! It must absolutely not be released into the world!]
[I failed.]
[The path of permanent genetic restoration is impassable. This is the choice of the era, human power cannot reverse it. It's a pity I wasted the precious Mew blood sample.]
[However, through this experiment, I have a new idea. I will shift my focus to natural energy.]
Here.
This experimental diary reached its conclusion.
What happened later was basically public knowledge.
Sycamore developed the Mega Evolution injection, successfully combining natural energy with primal genes to allow Pokémon to achieve permanent Mega Evolution.
It's just that.
Each vial of those Mega Evolution injections could only be used on the corresponding Pokémon.
But this thing in Kazuya's hand.
"Reversion Pill..."
He lowered his head, staring fixedly at the pills in his hand.
Could this pill.
Also allow Darkrai to achieve Mega Evolution?