Chapter 311: What Do You Mean Steven’s Stones? They’re Obviously Ruri’s Stones!

After hearing Tiana’s suggestion, Elaria hurriedly shook her head.

"Big Sis Tiana, there’s no way I can learn those methods of yours."

Cynthia immediately reached over and covered Tiana’s mouth.

Then she turned to Elaria.

"Don’t listen to her. Just walk into the house normally."

Tiana squeezed a protest through Cynthia’s fingers.

"Mom, you’re suppressing your child’s creativity! I’m going to report you!"

Asher leisurely walked over and placed a hand on Tiana’s head.

"Sure, go ahead."

"Are you reporting us to the Sinnoh League or the World League? I’ll give them a heads-up for you."

Tiana’s expression instantly changed.

She clasped both hands behind her back and obediently said.

"Dad, I was just joking."

"Our family is the most democratic family in the world. Why would I ever report anyone?"

"Right?"

The moment she finished speaking, she threw an arm around Elaria’s shoulders.

"Mom Diantha, lend me Elaria for ten minutes. I’ll show her around the house."

"You can show her around."

Cynthia crossed her arms.

"But if you take your little sister into the backyard and start blowing craters into the ground, you’re not getting any ice cream tonight."

Tiana clutched her chest as though deeply wounded.

"Mom, what do you mean by that?"

"Do you really think causing trouble is the only thing Tiana knows how to do?"

Elaria briefly looked around.

"Um, Big Sis Tiana... I don’t think I really need a tour."

"Our house doesn’t seem all that different from how it is in the future."

"No, no, no."

Tiana turned around with an extraordinarily bright smile.

"You don’t understand."

"What your big sister wants to show you is something really interesting!"

With that, she grabbed Elaria and bounded into the house, giving everyone else absolutely no chance to intervene.

[VIP Chat Group]

[Steven]: !!! Niece Elaria is here! Doesn’t that mean Diancie must be nearby too?! @Diantha, Sister-in-law! Elaria brought her Pokémon with her, right?! She definitely did, right?!

[Diantha]: Elaria has all her Poké Balls with her. Mr. Steven, if you really want to meet Diancie that badly, you can bring twenty top-quality ores and exchange them for five minutes of visitation time.

[Steven]: DEAL! DEAL! DEAL!!! I’M GOING BACK TO THE COMPANY TO GET MY STONES RIGHT NOW!!

[Ruri]: I’ve already taken over the General Manager’s private collection room. Dad, you don’t currently have permission to remove anything from there.

[Steven]: ??? Ruri, you can’t do this to your dad! That’s my collection room!

[Mr. Stone]: What do you mean your collection room? It’s Ruri’s collection room now. Don’t forget that you’ve been suspended.

[Steven]: But I spent years painstakingly collecting those stones! Those are my personal collection!

[Ruri]: Inside Devon Corporation headquarters, there is no such thing as "personal property," Dad. I’ve already instructed Finance to reclassify your entire collection as company assets.

[Mr. Stone]: Well done, Ruri. This company needs a successor with exactly that kind of decisiveness.

[Daisy]: Hahaha! The family drama over at Steven’s house is every bit as entertaining as my brother-in-law’s!

[Wallace]: Ahh... this is even more enjoyable than watching the Grand Festival.

[Steven]: Damn it! Just you wait! Once Ruri develops Devon Corporation into the number-one company in the world, the first people I’m sanctioning are all of you who laughed at me today!

[Elesa]: Hahaha! Has Steven really fallen so far that even his threats now depend on Ruri?

[Cynthia]: Ruri really is very mature, though. She’s already capable of carrying such a heavy family responsibility at such a young age.

[Tiana]: Waaaaah~ Mom is praising someone else’s kid! Does that mean you don’t love me anymore?

[Cynthia]: It’s simply the truth. And motivation for you to improve yourself.

[Tiana]: How cruel! I hereby announce that I’m running away from home tonight!

[Asher]: The pudding’s ready. Who wants some?

[Tiana]: Me! Me! Dad, your precious daughter has activated her "Please Feed Me" signal!

[Misty]: ...Did Tiana’s determination even last half a second?

[Diantha]: I don’t think it did.

[Tiana]: Dad makes the best pudding in the whole world! I’m not going anywhere! I’m staying in this family and eating pudding for the rest of my life!

[Elaria]: Big Sis Tiana, Dad said we’re not supposed to talk while we’re eating.

[Ruri]:@Elaria, want to come play at Devon Corporation? There are even more stones in this collection room than there are in the future. If you come over, you can pick whichever ones you want!

[Elaria]:@Ruri, I just got here and still need to spend some time with Mom. Why don’t you come visit us instead? Dad made a lot of pudding today, and there’s no way we can finish all of it.

[Ruri]: Sure. I’ve pretty much finished today’s work anyway. I’ll pick out a few more things from Dad’s collection and bring them over later.

[Steven]: ... Ruri, your dad is begging you. Please leave me something. It wasn’t easy collecting all those stones...

[Ruri]: Dad, those stones will only gather dust if you leave them in the collection room. But if I bring them to Elaria’s house, Diancie might like them. Wouldn’t that give you a chance to meet Diancie?

[Steven]: !!! My precious daughter! You’re a genius! Fine! Take all of them! DON’T LEAVE A SINGLE STONE BEHIND! Do you need Dad to help carry them?!

[Raihan]: It’s over. Steven has completely abandoned all sense of shame.

[Volkner]: When did he ever have any?

[Wallace]: Not once since the livestream began. Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically, the familiar System notification sounded again.

[Ding! Guessing results have finished calculating!]

[Total wagers placed in this competition: 41,233.]

[Correct guesses: 28,891.]

[Incorrect guesses: 12,342.]

[VIP Chat Group]

[Iris]: Whoa! I guessed right! Yes! Now I can exchange my points for a random Dragon-type pseudo-legendary Egg!

[Skyla]: MASTER IS THE GOAT! I bet every point I had on her! I’m going shopping in the System store like crazy from now on!

[Ash]: Awesome, Pikachu! I guessed right too! Huh? Why do you look like that? Don’t tell me... you guessed wrong?

[Pikachu]: Pika, pika...

[Gary]: How did I get it wrong again? What’s the punishment going to be this time...?

[System Notice: Viewers who guessed incorrectly will now receive their punishment.]

[Punishment: "Forced Eggification"—All viewers who lost their wagers will be transformed into a random Pokémon Egg for three days.]

[After transformation, consciousness and senses will remain intact. You will still be able to hear, see, and speak, but you will be unable to use your limbs—because you won’t have any.]

[After three days, you will automatically hatch from your Egg.]

[Please plan accordingly and notify your family and friends in advance to avoid accidentally being sent to a Day Care—or fried into a sunny-side-up Egg.]

[Punishment begins in five seconds.]

[Gary]: T-Turn into an Egg?

[Lance]: ...

[Bruno]: Hahaha! Lance, don’t tell me you guessed wrong again? Good thing I managed to scrape out a win this time. No turning into an Egg for me~

[System Notice: Punishment commencing!]

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TL: Imagine cracking an egg, expecting to find a yolk inside, only for a human to come out—straight out of a horror movie.