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~ Monday
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Looking at the sudden string of information prompts that appeared before her, Cynthia couldn't help but be startled!
She clearly realized that all these red text messages were floating in mid-air right in front of her, like some kind of illusion!
Having seen much of the world in her lifetime, after her initial surprise, her first reaction was to nod at Garchomp while she herself began looking around - only Psychic-type Pokémon could create text that appeared in front of her like this out of thin air.
Even if a Psychic-type Pokémon wanted to create such text out of nowhere, its main body would definitely have to be somewhere not too far from her.
With Garchomp's abilities, he would certainly be able to sense the opponent's deliberately hidden presence.
After all, energy sensing was one of her Garchomp's most powerful abilities, and also the reason she had won countless battles - Cynthia had discovered he possessed this extraordinary talent even when he was still a Gible.
But the next moment, Cynthia noticed that, facing her gaze and instructions, Garchomp's face showed a rare, confused expression.
Having worked together with Cynthia for so long, Garchomp naturally knew that this look from Cynthia meant for him to enter alert mode and check for any powerful Pokémon that might exist nearby.
But at this moment, he didn't sense any threat in the surrounding area.
Logically speaking, his sensitivity to energy should far exceed that of Cynthia as a human.
So what exactly was wrong with Cynthia?
At this moment, Cynthia had also noticed that something was off with Garchomp's state. She immediately looked in the direction of Garchomp's gaze and found that his line of sight was indeed focused on her.
This wouldn't normally be strange, but Cynthia noticed that Garchomp seemed to completely not see the red text currently appearing in front of her. Instead, his gaze went straight through the position where they were located and landed on her.
At this moment, Cynthia also realized something was wrong. She pointed at the red text in front of her and spoke to Garchomp: "You can't see these?"
Upon hearing this, the bewildered expression on Garchomp's face became even more pronounced. He really didn't understand what was going on with his trainer right now.
There was clearly nothing in front of Cynthia at all.
After receiving Garchomp's negative response, Cynthia was stunned again.
Since Garchomp had indicated there were no Ghost-type Pokémon in the vicinity, it meant the text in front of her wasn't created by some powerful Ghost-type Pokémon hiding in the shadows, as she had initially thought.
And at this moment, when Cynthia began to seriously look at those texts, she suddenly realized something.
"Strawberry Ice Cream"...?
Wasn't this exactly her player name in that game called "Pokémon Emerald"?
And... "Game Leaderboard Reward Settlement"?
Could it be that these prompts came from the game she had been playing?
Cynthia immediately went to the computer desk and checked her computer's main unit.
But that wasn't right - her computer was indeed in a powered-off state.
Had gaming technology really advanced to the point where it could project text and images out of thin air like this?
Although Cynthia didn't know much about computer technology, she felt that current technology probably hadn't reached that level yet.
At this moment, she was surprised by the text that had appeared out of nowhere before her, and hadn't particularly focused on or paid attention to the rewards the game mentioned.
After all, game leaderboard rewards would correspond to in-game items, so there wasn't anything particularly noteworthy about them.
In comparison, why these texts had suddenly appeared before her was more worth investigating.
While Cynthia was thinking rapidly, she saw that prompt flash again before her.
[Rewards are about to be distributed. Please step back two steps.]
[Repeat: Your reward is Rare Candy Gift Box (Intermediate) x2. Do you wish to claim and cash out immediately?]
"Cash... out?"
Seeing this word, it was as if a thunderbolt suddenly exploded in Cynthia's mind.
She finally understood why this line of text was asking her to step back two steps.
Could it be that the rewards being distributed were items from the real world?
But how was this possible? Where would something like Rare Candy exist in the real world?
Although she felt it was incredibly bizarre and unbelievable, Cynthia's body still instinctively stepped back two steps according to the prompt before her.
Just then, a golden vortex suddenly condensed and appeared in front of her!
This time, Garchomp also noticed the anomaly in front of Cynthia. His golden pupils suddenly contracted, and he flew forward, blazing red light erupting from both claws as he positioned himself in front of Cynthia and slashed fiercely toward that vortex.
But the moment his Champion-level Pokémon's energy wave, carrying infinite power, hit the golden vortex, it disappeared into thin air like evaporating water vapor, leaving no trace!
Meanwhile, the golden vortex seemed completely unaffected and continued rotating and expanding.
The strange object before her made Cynthia's heart tremble. She immediately stretched out a hand to block Garchomp.
"Don't move recklessly!"
"Roar!!"
Garchomp let out a threatening growl from his throat, but still followed Cynthia's command, standing behind her with his golden eyes locked tightly on that golden vortex, as if ready to battle at any moment.
The instant this vortex appeared, he felt a mighty force coming from the other side!
Cynthia stared at that vortex with rapid breathing, countless thoughts emerging and surging in her mind, ultimately forming the same question:
- Could the game rewards mentioned in that text actually be real?
And in the next instant, the golden vortex suddenly stopped expanding in mid-air, and a brilliant light flickering with golden dots flew out from within the vortex, hovering in front of Cynthia.
The next moment, the vortex disappeared, leaving only a line of red text that refreshed before her eyes.
[Your leaderboard tier reward has been delivered. Thank you for your gameplay and experience. Please note: All rewards obtained from this game can only be used by you personally and cannot be sold, gifted, or used for any other purposes. Violating this rule will result in reward confiscation.]
[Finally, we hope you can continue to strive forward and go further on your journey in "Pokémon: Emerald."]
The red text flickered once and then disappeared directly from before Cynthia's eyes.
And at this moment, only that golden light orb, continuously emanating tiny sparkles, remained in front of her.
Cynthia didn't even notice that her heartbeat had begun to quicken - all her attention was focused on the object before her.
After a brief moment of hesitation, she finally extended one hand and carefully, cautiously touched the light orb.
The instant she made contact with the light orb, countless golden light particles immediately burst forth like a meteor shower across the sky, transforming into brilliant streaks of light that quickly dispersed throughout the room.
What appeared in Cynthia's hands were two exquisitely packaged gift boxes, each about the size of a basketball.
Cynthia's eyes couldn't help but widen dramatically.
This... could this really be those so-called "Rare Candy Gift Boxes"?
Rewards from the game... appearing in reality?
But how was this possible?!
Even she felt that the emotions in her heart could no longer be calmed at this moment, leaving only shock.
For several seconds, Cynthia remained in this state before snapping back to reality, her gaze falling on the two boxes before her.
She quickly walked to the table, selected one box and opened it, discovering that inside were five deep blue candies that looked completely ordinary.
No dazzling light emanated from them, nor were there any extraordinary phenomena...
No matter how you looked at them, they seemed like nothing more than ordinary candies.
However, Cynthia didn't dare underestimate them at this moment. Her mind began racing with thoughts once again.
Even when she had seen the vortex earlier, she still hadn't believed that the so-called "Rare Candy" that could directly make Pokémon stronger could actually appear in reality.
But since this game could distribute rewards through thin air... what if these candies really did have such effects?
Just as Cynthia was thinking rapidly, Garchomp beside her seemed to sense something and moved closer.
His golden eyes stared intently at the five deep blue candies on Cynthia's table, unable to look away.
As a Champion-level Pokémon, he naturally possessed extremely sensitive perception of energy.
At this moment, he could only feel that these candies contained energy as vast and endless as ocean waves, deeply attracting every cell in his body, making his very soul restless and agitated!
What kind of powerful and terrifying force was this?
It was even more incredible than any top-tier resource he had used in his lifetime. Comparing those things to these candies was like comparing the bright moon in the sky to a tiny firefly on the ground...
Cynthia clearly noticed Garchomp's abnormal behavior and spoke softly:
"You... want to try it?"
Garchomp nodded, then shook his head.
Although the temptation of what lay before him was incredibly strong, the scene that had appeared when this thing manifested forced him to choose caution.
Having experienced so much in his life and standing at such a high position, he had long since become a mature Pokémon, so even in the face of such tremendous temptation, he could maintain rational thinking.
Cynthia was naturally the same way. After thinking briefly, she suddenly gestured toward a certain direction not far away.
"Spiritomb!"
The next moment, a cold, sinister aura instantly swept through the entire room. The air became cold and viscous, as if inhaling a bucket of ice water, and the ground began to shake violently.
At Cynthia's feet, a vague black shadow rushed from far to near, stopping at her feet before solidifying and appearing beside her.
It was a massive wedge stone covered with eerie markings that suddenly split open! From deep within the crack, thick, ink-like purple-black mist gushed forth, ultimately forming a huge, menacing ghostly figure.
Dozens of ghostly green and dark purple soul flames rotated around his body, with terrifying pressure emanating from his form.
If Garchomp's aura carried an inviolable kingly dignity, then this Pokémon's aura was incredibly sinister and terrifying, making one's hair stand on end and filling their heart with endless fear...
This Pokémon was unmistakably one of Cynthia's aces - Spiritomb.
He too, like Garchomp, was a Champion-level powerhouse!
But at this moment, this sinister and terrifying Pokémon raised his head to look at Cynthia, and those eerie, ghostly green flames formed the shape of a smile on his face.
Spiritomb: OVO
Cynthia seemed long accustomed to such scenes. Although her Spiritomb looked terrifying, he was actually a very cute Pokémon at heart.
Although the word "cute" didn't seem to go with Ghost-type Pokémon, that was simply the truth.
At this moment, she reached out her hand and gently stroked above his flames, then pointed to the five candies in front of her.
"Spiritomb, help me out. Check if there are any harmful components in these things. Make sure to examine them carefully."
"Woo—"
Spiritomb swayed his body, and countless terrifying and sinister wails burst forth from within his form, echoing through the air.
At this moment, he transformed once again into a mass of black shadow that dispersed on the ground, rushing up the table leg all the way to the tabletop, where he reconstituted his body.
Spiritomb carefully examined the five delicate candies with his eyes, and after several seconds, he turned his head toward Cynthia and shook it.
"Woo!"
"No problems...?"
Cynthia extended a hand and gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
Although her Spiritomb was originally a Ghost and Dark-type Pokémon, like Garchomp, he also possessed his own unique ability - that is, he had incredibly exaggerated talent in Poison-type attributes, even far surpassing her team's Roserade, who should theoretically be the most skilled with Poison-types.
After discovering this, Cynthia naturally didn't waste Spiritomb's talent, instead continuously refining and training it, ultimately making Spiritomb a Pokémon with considerable expertise in Poison attributes.
Whether there were toxins or harmful substances in a candy like this, Spiritomb only needed to come over and sniff to make a direct judgment.
And since Spiritomb had already said these candies were fine... should she let Garchomp try them?
Just as Cynthia was hesitating internally, she saw Spiritomb on the table seem to sense something. His deep black body instantly expanded, transforming into a giant mouth that directly swallowed all five candies on the table.
This sudden scene instantly panicked Cynthia.
Oh no!
She had forgotten that her Spiritomb was normally the gluttonous type - once he encountered something he wanted to eat, he would directly start devouring it!
But now that the candies had entered Spiritomb's belly, there was nothing more to be said. Cynthia could only clench her hands tightly and focus her gaze on Spiritomb's body, watching him closely and observing his condition.
One second passed.
Two seconds passed.
Five seconds passed.
Aside from showing an expression of lingering satisfaction after eating something delicious, Spiritomb showed no other changes.
Cynthia's anxious heart finally settled down, but at the same time, a barely perceptible disappointment also welled up in her heart.
So this... these really were just ordinary candies after all?
That made sense - how could something like Rare Candy possibly exist in this world...
But just as this thought emerged in Cynthia's mind, a sudden change occurred!
Boom!!!
A deep humming sound that came not from air vibrations, but from Spiritomb's soul trembling, spread outward!!
With Spiritomb as the center, a visible deep purple-black energy wave erupted like a shockwave with the profundity of an abyss!!
This wave wasn't violent, yet carried a suffocatingly heavy texture, as if the surrounding space had frozen due to this immense power.
Cynthia's pupils suddenly contracted! She instinctively stepped back half a step - not out of fear, but due to the instinctive reaction brought by the pure power impact before her.
She could clearly feel that the already unfathomable energy within Spiritomb was transforming and sublimating at a terrifying speed!
This scene and sensation... she would never mistake it - this was the change that only occurred when Champion-level Pokémon broke through!!
But - how was this possible?
Spiritomb had joined the team much later than Garchomp. Although he had been training very hard, his strength lagged behind Garchomp by a small tier.
Just half a year ago, Spiritomb had barely broken through to the high Champion level, gaining qualification to advance toward the top tier, but actually, Garchomp had already achieved this three years ago.
But now... he had just eaten a few candies and was about to complete a breakthrough?
And moreover, a breakthrough to the Champion peak level that she and Garchomp had always been pursuing?
As Cynthia found it hard to believe, Spiritomb's changes seemed far from over.
The deep purple wedge stone at his core erupted with unprecedented brilliant light once more! No longer the profound purple light, but transformed into an almost liquid, deep dark gold!
The light pulsed like a heartbeat, and with each pulse, it radiated even more powerful energy ripples outward.
The black mist that had originally only been slowly writhing around Spiritomb's body was now completely boiling!
It was no longer mist, but had condensed into clearer, more solid vengeful spirit phantoms that seemed to possess substance!
Each phantom had its own face, twisting and changing, emitting silent shrieks, releasing pressure that increased exponentially, causing the air to condense into tiny black distorted light points...
After the phantoms appeared, the space around Spiritomb seemed to form a unique "domain" where light was twisted and devoured, and temperature plummeted drastically...
Even Garchomp beside Cynthia instinctively stepped back when observing those black mists, feeling his entire body filled with instinctive wariness in the face of danger!
Watching this scene before her, Cynthia's eyes suddenly blazed with light.
"Incredible... this is too incredible..."
Spiritomb at this moment had indeed broken through the high Champion level and stepped into the peak tier!
But... it was far from just that.
As a Champion-level trainer, Cynthia naturally knew the condition of each of her Pokémon like the back of her hand. For example, Garchomp excelled at grasping the flow of energy in the air, thereby sensing the location of energy bodies - he was very sensitive to energy of any type and intensity.
Besides possessing talent in Poison attributes, Spiritomb's other development direction and specialty was his ability "Pressure."
Under normal circumstances, the effect that the "Pressure" ability could achieve was to nullify the opponent's Pokémon's use of recovery items and berries during battle.
In most situations, this ability was quite useless, since official Pokémon battles explicitly prohibited the use of such recovery items and berries during combat.
And if it was in wild battles, this ability was even more so - wild Pokémon had even less possibility of using recovery items.
Speaking of which, Cynthia had originally discovered that Spiritomb possessed this ability and its corresponding effects during a battle against Team Rocket members, when that Team Rocket soldier had tried to use a black potion to restore his Pokémon's stamina, but the recovery light brought by the potion was suppressed by the radiance erupting from Spiritomb's body.
After that, Cynthia had taken Spiritomb to Professor Oak's place to conduct research on this ability that Spiritomb possessed, finally determining the effect of the "Pressure" ability.
It was precisely because of this research trip that Cynthia discovered Spiritomb's ability seemed to have some room for improvement. For example, the black mist around him could condense and take shape in its normal state, forming a domain that subjected Pokémon entering it to intimidation-like effects.
However, this was much more powerful than the intimidation brought by ordinary Champion Pokémon, sometimes even capable of causing weak Pokémon to fall into a state of paralysis and stupor.
After discovering this, Cynthia had been continuously developing and training Spiritomb's abilities in this area.
Now, as a Champion-level Pokémon, he could already externalize his Pressure ability at crucial moments, forming a domain to suppress opponents' battle capabilities.
But just now, the domain formed by the mist and ghosts from Spiritomb's body was many times more powerful than his previous state, even exceeding Cynthia's original expectations for this ability.
More importantly, due to her yearning for the Champion peak level, Cynthia had once consulted a senior named Red... or rather, a trainer who, though younger than her in age, possessed Champion peak level strength.
During that exchange, he had clearly mentioned that judging whether a Pokémon's level had reached the Champion level limit depended on whether a certain special ability of theirs had undergone qualitative change and breakthrough.
This breakthrough was natural, occurring because the energy within the Pokémon had reached an unprecedented extreme height. Once promoted to Champion peak level, it would directly transform like evolution.
It was also the most obvious sign of whether a Pokémon had reached the Champion peak level...
And the domain that Spiritomb had just displayed completely matched this description.
Such a change could only mean one thing—
Spiritomb now... possessed Champion peak level strength!
And all of this was simply because of that small box of candies that had appeared before her!
And moreover... it was just one box!
These so-called "Rare Candies"... were actually real!!
At this moment, Cynthia felt emotions like a tidal wave flooding into her mind.
All her previous doubts and questions about everything in the game vanished in this instant, replaced by a shock as if she had witnessed the divine!
If even the most incredible item in this game, the "Rare Candy," was real and had actually appeared before her eyes, directly elevating Spiritomb to Champion peak level strength...
Then didn't that mean those legendary Pokémon, those mythical creatures, and that so-called Mega Evolution she had seen in the game...
—were all real too?
A massive dizziness swept through Cynthia's mind. For a moment, she felt like she had lost all ability to perceive anything.
In her daze, only a vague green dragon phantom seemed to condense and appear in the depths of her consciousness.
Legends were not fiction!
...
At the same time, in the Paldea region.
Iono was sitting in front of her computer screen. As the last Pokémon in her team fell, she skillfully clicked the exit button in the upper right corner to restart the game.
After witnessing everything about Zeraora just now, she had launched a fierce attack on Norman's gym without hesitation. However, the facts proved that Norman's gym was far more challenging than any gym she had faced before. In just these ten-plus minutes, she had already restarted several times.
The good news was that these restarts weren't meaningless - Iono had also figured out the basic configuration of several Pokémon in Norman's team.
Currently, the strongest seemed to be that Slaking. Although affected by the Truant ability, it could only act every other turn, but each Giga Impact dealt incredibly high damage. None of the Pokémon in her team could withstand it.
Besides this Slaking, that Pokémon called Indeedee was also quite troublesome.
With her entire team currently consisting of Electric-type Pokémon, the Electric Terrain skill provided a considerable boost to her team's combat power.
But this Indeedee possessed the "Psychic Surge" ability that could instantly create Psychic Terrain upon entering, overriding the Electric Terrain that Iono needed to spend a turn to activate. This was quite problematic.
Because, judging from the other Pokémon in Norman's team, without Electric Terrain's boost, this gym battle would only become even more difficult for Iono.
However, after going through so many tough battles before, Iono was no longer the newbie who had just started the game and got beaten senseless by various gym leaders.
At this moment, sitting at her desk, she was calmly thinking and considering how to deal with those Pokémon.
After a brief silence, she earnestly began explaining her strategy to the viewers in her livestream.
"Slaking is actually the easiest to handle. He doesn't seem to be carrying any items that can cure status conditions, so I just need to use 'Protect' when he enters to get through that turn, then inflict paralysis."
"According to this game's mechanics, if 'Protect' is used in a battle, the success rate keeps decreasing. If used for two consecutive turns, there's a high chance of failure. But combined with paralysis control, it can greatly reduce Slaking's chances to act."
"As for that Indeedee... Norman usually switches her in during the turn when Slaking can't act to compete for terrain control. We just need to predict this and use Electric Terrain on the first turn when Slaking can't move to reclaim the field."
"After all, her terrain activates the moment she enters, so we'll activate our terrain later..."
"So the early strategy stays the same - when we see Slaking, Pikachu uses 'Protect' first, then sets up terrain. After trading with Indeedee, when facing Slaking again, find a chance to inflict paralysis..."
...
Listening to Iono's explanation, the viewers in the livestream felt very gratified, like proud parents finally seeing their daughter grow up.
Lines of comments immediately refreshed:
[Is this what practice makes perfect looks like? The streamer's gotten experienced from being imprisoned so much]
[I still miss the old streamer who just got steamrolled by gym leaders and could only silently blush]
[Haha, the person above just can't stand seeing the streamer succeed. Don't forget, she's an official gym leader after all. It makes sense she'd adapt to this hardcore, high-difficulty game quickly.]
[Could the streamer actually clear Norman's gym in two hours today? Go for it, streamer! I'll sleep when you beat it!]
...
While the chat was buzzing with discussion, Iono finished organizing her battle strategy and guided her character back into Norman's room, preparing to start another challenge.
"That's all I can think of for now. Even if I don't win, I'll definitely get further than last time. Alright, here we go!"
But just at that moment, something completely unexpected happened—
Red text and a golden notification box suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of her computer screen:
[Player Iono, please note: This week's game progress leaderboard rewards have been finalized!]
[Your rewards are: Rare Candy Gift Box (Ultimate) x1, High-Quality Thunder Stone x1.]
[Do you choose to claim the corresponding rewards now, or temporarily store them in the game warehouse?]
The series of prompts before her startled Iono. She couldn't help rubbing her eyes, wondering if she was hallucinating.
Game rewards? Rare Candy Gift Box? High-grade Thunder Stone? What were these things?
Wait, second place weekly rewards on the progress leaderboard...
Could these be... prompts from within the game?
How did the game's notification boxes end up floating in front of her?
She checked repeatedly and confirmed that those texts and notification boxes were indeed floating in mid-air before her, not on her computer screen.
Just as she was pondering, the prompts that had appeared suddenly disappeared.
But this actually made Iono panic a bit more. She'd heard that staying up late was bad for your health - she hadn't stayed up too long and started hallucinating, had she?
Meanwhile, viewers in the livestream had also noticed her strange expression and began asking questions.
[What's wrong with the streamer? Why does she suddenly look so pale?]
[Damn, the streamer's face has gone white. Did she overdo it with the all-nighter and collapse?]
[Yeah streamer, why don't you go rest? It's fine to challenge the gym tomorrow]
[You've already made great progress in the game today, and you're still second on the leaderboard. There's no need to rush - your health is most important!!]
Looking at the stream of messages before her, Iono took a deep breath and checked how her body was feeling.
She had been playing games all day and was indeed a bit tired.
But it shouldn't be to the point of hallucinating, right?
After thinking for a moment, she rubbed her eyes and nodded to the viewers in her livestream:
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll go rest first. See you all tomorrow!"
"Hopefully tomorrow we can clear this gym together!"
After saying goodbye, she directly closed the game window and livestream.
However, when she looked up, she froze completely the next moment - because that golden notification box along with the red text appeared before her eyes once again! Not only that, this time the text even flashed and came with a sound:
[Player has not selected the store reward option. Please step back two steps. Rewards are about to be distributed!]
As this notification sound, identical to the one in the game, rang out, a golden vortex suddenly condensed and appeared before Iono's eyes, forcing her to stumble back two steps.
After finally steadying herself, Iono pinched her thigh hard. When she felt the clear pain, she finally confirmed one thing:
So - this... wasn't a hallucination?!
The next moment, the vortex stopped expanding, and two crimson light orbs dropped directly out of the vortex!
Iono's gaze locked tightly onto those two crimson lights. At the same time, a Pokémon from one of the Poké Balls at her waist directly emerged as a red light and flew out!
It was a Pokémon that looked like a frog doll, with white smiley face patterns on its belly, short legs and large eyes, smooth skin, and an indescribably cute and honest appearance.
This Pokémon was Iono's signature partner, and also a Pokémon native to the Paldea region - Bellibolt!
However, at this moment, this Pokémon was watching the two crimson lights across from Iono with hostile eyes. Brilliant golden electrical current suddenly burst from his body, striking directly at those two light orbs!
But the next moment, when the golden current hit the light orbs, it simply dissipated without seeming to affect the orbs at all.
Seeing this, after a brief moment of confusion, Bellibolt began gathering even more intense electrical current, preparing to attack those two vortexes again. However, his actions were directly stopped by Iono:
"Bellibolt, stop!"
Bellibolt paused, and the electrical current gathered on his body finally dissipated somewhat. He turned to look at Iono and called out a few times in confusion.
"Belli, bolt?"
Iono's gaze remained fixed on the vortex as she spoke directly to Bellibolt:
"This thing probably isn't threatening. Don't be too nervous."
Despite saying this, her brow was tightly furrowed at this moment. Looking at these two light orbs that had appeared out of nowhere before her, her heart was somewhat unsettled.
No way - could everything she had just seen... not be hallucinations? Was it all real?
Had this game really sent rewards into reality?
- But how did it manage that?
Also, the notification just said the reward she received was some kind of Rare Candy gift box?
...If she remembered correctly, this type of item in the game could directly raise a Pokémon's level.
But there couldn't possibly be such things in the real world, right? That sounded impossible.
While she was thinking rapidly, these two red light orbs had already spread out. Countless meteor-like lights quickly dispersed in the air, leaving only two objects floating quietly in mid-air.
On the left was a small blue gift box, while on the right was a golden yellow stone.
Just before the two objects were about to hit the ground, Iono instinctively rushed forward and caught them with both hands.
Her gaze first fell on the deep blue gift box. She carefully reached out to open it and discovered that inside lay five deep blue candies.
Her eyes couldn't help but widen dramatically - these candies looked exactly identical to those items called "Rare Candy" that she had obtained in the game.
At the same time, Bellibolt beside her also moved closer, staring intently at those candies.
Even though he didn't possess the powerful energy sensing ability like Cynthia's Garchomp, he was still deeply attracted by the energy contained within these candies.
Not only that, the electrical energy contained in that golden stone beside the candies was even more incredibly impressive. Even from this distance, he could feel that current constantly pulling at his body, making him unconsciously want to move in that direction.
The reason he had suddenly attacked those two light orbs earlier was because he sensed the powerful energy contained within them and thought they might threaten Iono.
But when the light orbs dispersed and revealed their true forms, Bellibolt found it somewhat impossible to resist such temptation...
Iono naturally noticed Bellibolt's eager appearance. After a brief hesitation, she ultimately closed the candy box again.
Everything happening before her was simply too fantastical. How could rewards distributed by a game possibly be delivered to reality like this?
These candies were completely of unknown origin, so naturally she didn't dare rashly let her Pokémon consume them.
But that Thunder Stone beside them...
Iono's gaze fell on that golden stone, from which brilliant electrical currents continuously burst forth.
As someone who specialized in Electric-type Pokémon, she naturally knew clearly how amazing the quality of this Thunder Stone was - it was such a premium specimen that she had never used or even seen anything like it in her entire life!
At this moment, her throat couldn't help but move.
The candies might be problematic, but this Thunder Stone... surely there couldn't be anything wrong with it, right?
Maybe... she should try it?
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~ Push the story forward with your Power Stones