Chapter 195: The Possibility of Absorbing Dynamax Energy

Chapter 195: Chapter 195: The Possibility of Absorbing Dynamax Energy

"It’s... a very chaotic kind of power."

Magearna’s assessment of Dynamax energy wasn’t particularly positive.

"It feels overbearing."

"As though it could erode a Pokémon’s body and mind, bringing unpleasant side effects."

"Oger agrees."

Ogerpon didn’t really understand any of it.

She simply knew that this was probably the right time to agree with Magearna.

Ogerpon:Magearna’s right! I support her!

Flick!

Sora lightly flicked Ogerpon on the forehead.

"Think about it properly before answering."

"Oger..."

Ogerpon lowered her head and thought carefully.

She couldn’t distinguish the composition of Dynamax energy.

All she could do was describe it from her own perspective.

"The emotions inside that energy..."

"They’re very violent."

"And... really angry."

Anger...

Violence...

Is that why it swells and expands?

Sora silently pondered the idea.

"As for me..."

"I agree with their conclusions."

Calyrex continued,

"Furthermore..."

"Three thousand years ago, when the Darkest Day descended..."

"Its power blanketed the entire region."

"I will never forget the shock that figure brought me."

Calyrex confirmed something important.

The Eternatus of the past had not been some kind of visual illusion.

Its colossal form had been completely real.

Just as I expected.

Sora’s eyes narrowed.

That means my three-state hypothesis is probably correct.

"Victini."

"Yes!"

The moment her name was called, Victini immediately raised her little hand.

"Create a portion of Dynamax energy."

"Okay!"

Victini had already created Dynamax energy before.

This time, she was completely familiar with the process.

Soon...

A sphere of crimson-black energy floated above her palms.

Holding it high overhead...

She looked as though she were carrying a tiny dark sun.

"Keep it stable."

"No problem!"

Victini’s control had improved tremendously.

Holding such a tiny amount of energy...

She could keep it suspended all night if necessary.

"Disperse part of it."

"Leave about half."

"Mm."

Obediently, Victini reduced the sphere’s size until it was only about half its original volume.

"Now..."

"Try changing its frequency to match the one we observed earlier."

Sora continued,

"The closer it is to the fluctuations produced when Sylveon Dynamaxed..."

"...the better."

"Vini~~"

Working together...

Sora directed the process while Victini adjusted the energy.

The crimson sphere alternated between brilliant radiance and dim darkness.

Sometimes it rippled violently.

Sometimes it stretched and twisted.

Eventually...

The crimson energy transformed into the same swirling cloud pattern that surrounded Dynamaxed Pokémon.

"Excellent."

It had worked.

Victini had successfully reproduced the energy state exhibited during Dynamax.

"We can’t test it yet..."

"But simply achieving this proves that we’ve already grasped the essence of Dynamax energy."

Of course...

This form only represented a transition between the liquid and solid states.

An intermediate phase.

Sora believed...

This was the form of Dynamax energy that Pokémon might actually be capable of absorbing.

"The only question..."

"...is what would happen after they absorbed it."

Naturally...

Sora had no intention of experimenting recklessly.

Forget his own Pokémon—

They were his precious companions.

His treasures.

He couldn’t bear to see them harmed in the slightest.

And even using wild Pokémon as test subjects...

Was something he could never do.

He wasn’t some deranged scientist.

There was no way he’d gamble with a Pokémon’s life.

"We’ll have to take it slowly."

"Once we’ve gathered enough data..."

"And can ensure it’s completely safe..."

"Then we’ll continue the research."

Just as Sora was about to end the experiment...

Calyrex suddenly stopped him.

"Allow me to try."

"Huh?"

Sora froze for a moment.

Then he refused without hesitation.

"No."

"It’s too dangerous."

What he wanted wasn’t simply to make a Pokémon Dynamax.

If that were all...

There’d have been no need to ask Victini to create this unstable intermediate form of Dynamax energy.

"Calyrex."

"You know exactly what I’m trying to do."

"I won’t allow you to take that risk."

Even though Calyrex was the King Pokémon...

Their relationship was one of friends, not master and servant.

But in matters like this...

Sora would never indulge such recklessness.

Even if it meant becoming an overbearing Trainer...

He would protect his Pokémon.

"I know."

Calyrex nodded calmly.

"But..."

"I’m the only suitable candidate."

Unlike the others...

"I once stood at the pinnacle."

"My vessel..."

"Is far larger than theirs."

Calyrex had once surpassed Level 95.

Although weakened now...

That didn’t change the fact that his maximum reserves of power had once been immense.

He was injured.

He was diminished.

But...

He was still the King of Bountiful Harvests.

That fact had never changed.

"According to your hypothesis..."

"Dynamax energy has two possible paths."

"Solid..."

"And gaseous."

Calyrex continued,

"The gaseous path represents energy escaping."

"It is failure."

"Only Pokémon capable of Gigantamax have successfully followed the correct path—from liquid toward solid."

No.

"Transformation" wasn’t even the right word anymore.

It was...

A qualitative evolution.

A genuine enhancement.

"If merely absorbing a tiny amount of Dynamax energy..."

"Can produce such enormous changes..."

"Then what would happen..."

"...if one absorbed a great deal more?"

Even Sora couldn’t help being startled.

Calyrex truly deserved his reputation as an extraordinarily intelligent Psychic-type Pokémon.

Victini (also a Psychic-type): ???

"Your plan..."

"It’s so bold..."

"That even I find it frightening."

No explanation was needed for just how wary Calyrex was of Eternatus.

Yet Sora...

Intended to seize Eternatus’s power.

No.

Not seize.

Utilise it.

Use Eternatus’s power to bring about a true evolution in Pokémon.

Perhaps even...

To seize a fragment of Eternatus’s divinity itself.

"Divinity."

"That is your true objective, isn’t it?"

Calyrex wasn’t repulsed by Sora’s ambition.

On the contrary...

He admired it deeply.

He was willing to devote everything he had to helping Sora realise his goals.

That was precisely why...

Calyrex had volunteered to become the first subject.

He wasn’t afraid.

He simply wanted...

To help Sora.

"If a Pokémon can contain enough Dynamax power..."

"It should be able to break through its own inherent limitations."

These limitations...

Had never been explored in either the games...

Or this world.

"Let’s wait a little longer."

Seeing Calyrex understand his intentions so completely...

Sora couldn’t help smiling.

For the first time...

He no longer felt surrounded by a group of lovable little airheads.

With someone as brilliant as Calyrex helping him think things through...

Everything suddenly felt much easier.

Calyrex:No, no... I’m still planning to slack off. Before long, I’ll happily stop thinking altogether and leave everything to you.

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