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After spending half a year together, Roy had grown accustomed to Blastoise's thought patterns, so he didn't feel the need to guide it much this time.

Of course, Roy's generosity was largely due to the surprise Blastoise had given him some time ago.

That's right—it was Blastoise's ability to voluntarily activate the "Torrent" ability during the competition.

The Torrent ability essentially allows a Pokémon with this natural talent to experience a power surge when its HP gets dangerously low. When a Pokémon's vitality drops significantly, its potential passively explodes through this ability.

In other words, the key to activating Torrent is the sensation of "being on the verge of fainting."

It was precisely through the power of aura that Blastoise could convince its mind that "my life is in danger," thus willingly triggering the Torrent ability.

This remarkable feat could only be accomplished by Pokémon who had mastered the power of aura manipulation.

The specific development process likely began with Elekid.

When Blastoise, still a Wartortle at the time, witnessed Elekid's "Thunder Armor" transformation, it thought to itself that it should have such an impressive transformation too.

Back then, Wartortle had been practicing aura control. Every day, it imagined how to transform itself and how to break through in desperate situations. Each night, it dreamed of being surrounded by powerful enemies, awakening its transformation, and defeating foes in all directions. As a result of this mental training, it inadvertently mastered the voluntary activation of "Torrent."

Of course, this was merely Roy's speculation.

According to Wartortle itself, its ingenuity had developed this Torrent control.

...Roy might have believed that if Wartortle hadn't fidgeted nervously while claiming it.

After evolving into Blastoise, its comprehensive evaluation had reached A level.

With this evolution, Blastoise's maximum Defense stat had increased to 100.

Not only had its physical defense improved, but its resistance to energy attacks had been enhanced as well. After testing, Roy discovered that even under normal conditions, it was difficult for Lucario to break through Blastoise's defenses in a short time.

If Blastoise was given enough time to use defensive moves like "Iron Defense," "Withdraw," and "Light Screen," Pokémon that weren't especially powerful would find it nearly impossible to damage its massive turtle shell.

The situation had completely turned around.

In the past, Blastoise struggled most against speedy opponents because it found it difficult to hit them with its moves. However, after evolution, these speed-oriented Pokémon found it challenging to penetrate its defense, finding themselves completely restrained, able only to dart around uselessly.

Roy couldn't help but marvel at how incredible the phenomenon of evolution truly was.

Lucario was having a hard time.

The pride of being an Aura Pokémon gave Lucario the conviction that it must be Roy's strongest Pokémon.

After finally suppressing Elekid's momentum, Blastoise had risen again to challenge its position.

"I work so hard, why do my teammates always force me to compete?" Lucario thought to itself.

"Not bad, not bad at all." Since Blastoise had grown taller, Roy could now only pat it on the shoulder. He smiled and said, "Your thicker shell will help you better protect Ninetales."

Ninetales nodded happily. "Nine~"

Blastoise: "???"

"It's true that I'm a turtle, but you're definitely not treating me like a proper trainer," it thought.

"Don't look at me like that. This is called 'protecting the back line,' understand?" Roy said seriously. "The so-called 'back line' refers to Ninetales, the core control of our team, plus me, the Trainer. If the two of us are defeated, the entire team will fall apart. Blastoise, do you understand how important your responsibility is now?"

"BLAST!!!"

Blastoise was greatly shocked. So, am I really that important?

The turtle established an equation in its mind: Ninetales equals the core of the team. I protect her, which means I'm more important than the core? The real carry turned out to be me?

Seeing Blastoise's suddenly enthusiastic expression, Roy nodded with satisfaction. Fortunately, he was just tricking—no, fortunately his turtle was so sensible.

The evolved Blastoise would not only serve as a "ranged attacker" in the future but also assume the responsibility of "protecting the back line."

Roy had plenty of points now, so he directly purchased TMs for "Iron Defense" and "Light Screen," both at "Master Level," spending three million points in one go.

Master-level TMs contained complex and obscure techniques that were difficult to learn instantly. However, under the guidance of the "other self" in the consciousness space, mastering them was only a matter of time.

Roy handed the TMs to Blastoise and instructed it to practice diligently and not disappoint him.

Without hesitation, Blastoise took the TM discs and pressed them against its head. Its eyes went blank as it entered its consciousness space.

Having finished handling Blastoise's post-evolution training plan, Roy noticed Lucario sending him an aura message.

[Roy, what is this bracelet?]

Lucario was looking at the Z-Ring.

[I can sense incredible power emanating from it.]

Ninetales and Elekid nodded, expressing that they felt the same way.

"Can you all sense it?"

Roy was thoughtful. It seemed that powerful Pokémon could more or less detect the extraordinary nature of the Z-Ring.

...In the future, when using the Z-Ring, he would need to conceal it with aura.

With this in mind, Roy explained the Z-Ring and Z-Moves to his Pokémon.

Hearing about the astonishing power of Z-Moves, Lucario's eyes lit up. Its only weakness was that it lacked a technique with truly devastating power.

[Z-Moves... how strong are they?]

Roy considered this. He definitely couldn't use game data as a reference here, and if he based it on TV performances...

He gave a conservative estimate.

"...five times."

"At least five times more powerful than the original move."

Lucario clenched its paws excitedly. With this, even Blastoise's defense would be vulnerable.

It nodded, trying to appear calm.

[Then let me try it.]

"That won't work," Roy shook his head without hesitation and said, "These Z-Moves are reserved for Ninetales."

[???]

Lucario stared at Roy in disbelief.

No more love, huh?

Seeing Lucario's ears and tail drooping, Roy couldn't help but feel both amused and exasperated.

"It's not what you think."

"Z-Moves have conditions for their use," Roy explained. "If you don't meet the threshold and try to force a Z-Move, you'll use it once, and the Z-Crystal will shatter."

"I don't know the specific criteria for this threshold."

"However, since this Z-Crystal is Psychic-type, the conditions for using it must be related to mental power. Letting Ninetales, who has the strongest psychic abilities, try it is our best option."

"Nine!"

Ninetales raised its head slightly and swished its tails triumphantly, indicating there was no other choice.

After hearing the explanation, although Lucario was disappointed, it returned to its usual composed demeanor.

"I need to find a suitable place to test the Z-Move," Roy murmured.

Not just a suitable location, but a suitable opponent.

This opponent needed to be above professional level, yet not too aggressive.

Only this way would Roy know whether Z-Moves could handle Stonecrest University Captain Jaxon's Ace Swampert.

After thinking about it, Roy immediately thought of a suitable candidate. He took out his phone and made a call.