"Hello, Slowking"
Julian walked up to Slowkiending his palm with a mix of surprise and pride in his eyes.
This was the first Slowking in the world.
"Slowking!"
Slowking responded, grabbing Julian's haly.
Slowking is a unique Pokémon, evolving only when it merges with another Pokémon—in this case, Shellder.
The shell on its head, which looks like a , is alive and even be removed.
Legend has it that Slowking evolves when a Slowpoke gains sudden intelligence due to Shellder's bite, causing toxins to flow into its brain. This awakens its tent intelligend grants it extraordinary abilities.
It's said that Slowking's intelligence is now parable to the top stists in the world.
However, if the is removed, it goes back to a state where even simple arithmetic like "one plus one" bees a challenge.
Metagross gazed curiously at Slowking, admiring its regal look—hands behind its bad a perched on its head. The new Pokémon looked quite distinguished.
Pokémon: Slowking (Water/Psychic)
Level: 22
Qualification:
Ability: Oblivious
Held Item: Twisted Spoender: Female
Moves: Tackle, Curse, Water Gun, fusion, Yawn, Disable, Water Pulse, Pem, Swagger, Headbutt
Disc Moves: None
Geic Moves: Scald, Trick, Calm Mind, Psyshock
Having just evolved, Julian hadn't yet taught Slowking any Teical Maes (TMs)/CD/Disc.
"One more month, and I'll have you reach Advanced level"
Julian said to Slowking, mentally noting its current strength.
At this level, Slowking could only handle lower-level oppos. Against stronger Pokémon, it would be a challenge.
Afterall Slowking's basic stats were still pretty normal, not having gohrough system entments yet, making it hard to battle above it's own level
He g Metagross, now level 55 and nearing the peak of the Advaier. Metagross could battle Pokémon at much higher levels, a testament to its raw pootential.
Slowking, however, still had some work to do before reag that stage.
"Slow~"
Slowking nodded, already aware that, among Julian's team, it was sed from the bottom in terms of rank—only strohan Aron, who had been with Julian for less than two weeks.
"Let's head bae"
Julian said with a smile, and Slowking followed him back to the house.
"pffft"
Inside, Jake was sipping tea, and the moment he spotted Julian with an unfamiliar Pokémon, he spat his tea out in shock.
Love who was ing, silently wiped the tea off the table without a word.
"Julian, what kind of Pokémon is that?" Jake asked, still in disbelief.
"Oh, just another evolutionary form of Slowpoke," Julian said nontly. "I stumbled upon it while doing some research. Guess I got lucky."
Jake, of course, didn't buy that expnation. New Pokémon evolutions hadn't been discovered in over a decade. Among the many Pokémoudy their main focus was on Eevee.
But many schors had spent their entire lives studying Pokémon without such breakthroughs.
The idea that Julian had "actally" discovered a new form seemed like an obvious stretch.
Among the treasures Julian had found in the secret realm, there had been a priceless Fire Crystal. That discovery had already stunned Jake, but now this—airely new evolutionary form of Slowpoke—was even more shog.
After all, it be said that Julian was lucky enough to get treasures in the secret realm.
But being able to discover a new evolutionary form of Slowpoke was not a matter of luck. If you didn't have the retive researd foundation in this area, there was absolutely no possibility of this.
"Alright, seriously, how did you discover Slowpoke's new evolution?" Jake asked, his tone now more serious as he leaned forward.
At that moment, Love, the Indeedee, put down her ing rag and shot Jake an angry look for talking so harshly to Julian, she sidered Julian her own cub.
"Ahem—I'm just worried he might go astray"
Jake muttered, notig Indeedee's disapproving gre. He really didn't want to make his wife's Starter Pokémon angry. If it hadn't been for her, the process of chasing Tina would have been much smoother.
"Dad, don't worry," Julian said with a chuckle. "I didn't steal anyone's research. This is all my own work."
Julian uood why Jake was ed. The idea that he might misuse his family's status to steal research was a valid worry.
If that happened, it wouldn't hurt the Walker family financially, but their reputation, built over two turies, would be severely damaged.
Hearing this, Jake's expression softened. He knew his son well enough to trust that Julian wouldn't stoop to such things. He was just being overly cautious.
"You've really been researg Pokémon evolution?"
Jake asked, still finding it hard to believe.
Although he ruled out the possibility of Julian stealing other people's research results, he still did not believe that Julian had researched it himself. It was very likely that someone had helped him.
"Well, I've developed an i. I'd like to bee a part-time Pokémon schor alongside being a Trainer. I bought a lot of books and research material not too long ago."
In order to reduce the doubts of his family to the greatest extent, Julian had done enough preparations.
Jake recalled helping Julian acquire various researents from Pokémon schors and bs, using his es. It was clear Julian had done his homework.
"So, after reading books for just over a month, you mao discover a new Pokémon evolution?" Jake asked, still skeptical.
"Yep. Your son's a genius," Julian replied with a grin
Jake, momentarily speechless, had to admit he roud. His son was ialented, not just as a Trainer but also in Pokémon research.
He had done in a month what schors couldn't achieve in decades.
"Wait, you o tell your aunt about this. It'll be you," Jake said after a pause.
"I know. I already made a video rec of Slowking's evolution. I was just about to send it to her, but you stopped me here."
Julian's aunt was a well-known Pokémon schor in Drakoria with a solid reputation both at home and abroad. In fact, she was sidered a strategic asset, always apanied by Elite bodyguards whenever she traveled for research.
Among John Walker's three children, Julian's aunt was by far the most aplished, even more so than Henry, the wealthy businessman and Jake, the National Gym Leader.
