Dragonite's Mega Stone…?
Kawaki stared at the stone in Steven's hand, his face filled with astonishment.
As far as he knew, Dragonite didn't have a Mega Evolution, did it?
But the stone in front of him didn't look fake either.
Kawaki was a bit flustered. He looked at Steven and asked, "This is…?"
Steven replied politely, "This is a rather precious unique stone I collected a few years ago."
According to his investigations, the quantity of this stone was extremely rare and non-renewable. No one knew its origin.
At first, Steven even thought it was some kind of ite, similar to a Fire Stone or a Thunder Stone.
For this, he even specially invited some researchers to study it.
Unfortunately, after a long period of research, there were no findings, and this stone also couldn't evolve Pokémon.
Even if it was useless, the restriction of being a non-renewable resource was enough to prove the preciousness of this stone.
After all, it might disappear one day.
Moreover, there was energy within these stones. They must have a purpose; it just hadn't been discovered yet.
So, during that time, Steven collected many such stones. The only difference was that the patterns inside these stones had slight variations.
Hearing Steven's words, Kawaki's heart was filled with complexity.
It was indeed quite precious…
Because this was a Mega Stone that could allow Pokémon to break through species limitations and evolve beyond themselves!
But looking at Steven's demeanor, and considering the current time, "Mega Evolution" had probably not yet been discovered.
"Are you really giving it to me?" This gift was too precious, so much so that Kawaki didn't know whether he should accept it for a moment.
Steven, however, nodded seriously, a graceful smile appearing on his face: "Thank you for your trust. This gift is my thanks for you helping me and Metang develop the move Gravity."
Kawaki was indeed somewhat tempted by this ite.
Moreover, he particularly liked Pokémon like Dragonite. If he had the chance in the future, he would definitely capture a clumsy, round, cute, and powerful Dragonite.
"Since that's the case, then I won't be polite. I really like this stone." Kawaki ultimately accepted the gift.
As a transmigrator, he was familiar with all the conditions for Mega Evolution.
At worst, he would help Steven and Metagross achieve Mega Evolution early, letting him know about Mega Evolution sooner and taking off directly.
Seeing Kawaki accept it, Steven was very happy.
However, the next second, he saw Kawaki turn around, enter a room, and then emerge carrying five other glowing meteorites.
Steven: "!!!"
"These things aren't of much use to me here. Since you like them, I'll give them all to you!" Kawaki said.
Steven, who had been overjoyed, suddenly calmed down upon hearing this.
No reward without merit. His upbringing prevented him from accepting gifts from others for no reason.
"I cannot accept this gift for free." Steven shook his head and said, "If you don't mind, we can continue to exchange."
He said this because Steven keenly noticed that Kawaki seemed to really like the round stone he had just given him.
"Exchange?" Kawaki was slightly stunned.
"That's right, whether it's a Moon Stone or the stone I just gave you, anything is fine." Steven nodded.
If Kawaki refused to exchange, then he would not accept these meteorites.
Kawaki understood Steven's meaning, and his heart immediately felt a bit complicated.
After a moment of thought, he asked, "Do you have more of this stone?"
Steven thought of the wall of stones in his house and nodded, saying, "That's right. Do you like this stone?"
Kawaki began to speak nonsense with a straight face, "To be honest, this stone reminds me of some things, related to some dreams I had before, but it's only a guess. If I had more stones, I could verify it."
"Dreams?"
Kawaki nodded and casually fabricated, "For the past three years, I've often had dreams. In my dreams, I seem to become another person. There are also Pokémon there, and in that place, Pokémon can use some item to surpass themselves and continue to evolve upwards."
Hearing this, Steven was stunned.
At only ten years old, he couldn't fully understand the meaning of these words, but with his extensive knowledge, some guesses inevitably arose in his mind.
Parallel universe? Dream projection?
As far as he knew, some Pokémon had the ability to weave dreams.
But Pokémon surpassing themselves and continuing to evolve upwards…
Steven's mind conjured an image of his Metang evolving into Metagross, and then evolving further upwards.
How could that be…
This kind of thing sounded a bit too incredible.
Steven looked up at Kawaki in front of him.
"It's just a dream. I don't know if it's real or not. Today, seeing this stone, it felt a bit familiar, which is why I suddenly remembered this matter." Kawaki paused, then added, "If you don't believe it, then forget it."
Steven opened his mouth and instinctively shook his head, saying, "No… it's not that." It wasn't that he didn't believe it.
It was just that this kind of thing was too incredible.
He had never heard of such a thing.
But, Kawaki had no reason to lie to him.
"What should I do?" Steven asked.
"I need more of this stone," Kawaki replied.
Steven didn't doubt him. He nodded and agreed without hesitation.
"I'll go back and get all those stones now."
With that, Steven was about to turn and leave.
"Wait a moment!" Kawaki quickly called out to him.
Steven turned back, puzzled.
"This stone alone isn't enough." Kawaki acted as if recalling: "Another type of stone is also needed to work with it."
Steven had plenty of stones at home, all kinds of them.
"Can you describe what it generally looks like?" he asked.
Kawaki took out paper and a pen and drew the pattern of a Key Stone on it.
"Is the color similar to a rainbow? Do you have one?"
Steven recalled carefully, then shook his head, "I don't have one that small… But there is a very large colorful stone."
Could it be a Key Stone ore? Kawaki pressed, "What about the pattern?"
"It doesn't have this pattern."
Kawaki pondered.
Were the patterns on the Key Stone drawn on?
Or did the mark representing Mega Evolution only appear when the Trainer's Key Stone resonated with the Mega Stone on the Pokémon?
"If possible, could you bring that stone over for me to see as well?" Kawaki asked.
"Yes." Steven agreed without hesitation: "I'll be back very soon."
After speaking, Steven turned and left the Breeding House, even forgetting to take the five meteorites.
Kawaki: "…"
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