Cynthia nodded, then turned around and opened a drawer in a nearby cabinet, taking out several golden candy wrappers and placing them in front of Caitlin.
The effect of the Rare Candy had been so astounding at the ti that she couldn't bear to throw away even these wrappers.
Actually, under normal circumstances, powerful Ghost-type Pokémon like Spiritomb don't eat or need to consu substantial food.
They mostly absorb energy directly from special items to grow. Compared to other Pokémon, their growth is much more difficult.
But the mont Spiritomb discovered this candy, it imdiately swallowed it without hesitation, leaving only these few wrappers behind.
This showed just how attractive the candy was to Spiritomb.
When Caitlin took the wrappers from Cynthia's hands, she imdiately felt the special power remaining on the paper.
For a mont, she stood there with an unprecedented expression on her face, as if she didn't know what to say.
After all, as a Champion trainer, hearing about such things was still sowhat difficult to understand and accept.
A mont later, she slightly raised her hand, and the wrappers returned to Cynthia surrounded by pale blue light.
"Let's say everything you've told is true, Sister Cynthia."
"If that's the case... why didn't you share such a big thing with when you were playing the ga?"
Cynthia paused upon hearing this, then shook her head.
"Actually, when I first encountered this ga, it was only because Rayquaza appeared in the ga that I beca curious about the ga creator's identity."
"But when I discovered that this ga could actually provide items to reality that could enhance Pokémon strength, I imdiately shared this news in the group chat. Didn't you see it?"
Upon hearing this, Caitlin's face imdiately showed a playful expression, and she frowned.
"You an that rabble's group chat?"
Seeing her reaction, Cynthia suddenly rembered sothing: given Caitlin's personality, even with most Elite Four mbers and Champions, she might not necessarily be willing to associate with them.
So naturally, Caitlin wasn't in that group chat that gathered Elite Four mbers and Champions from various regions, and had no idea she had ntioned such things.
To be honest, this was completely her own oversight...
Cynthia was about to say sothing when Caitlin suddenly closed her eyes, as if sensing sothing, then looked directly toward the study.
"I want to see what this ga you're talking about is really about."
"Wait..."
Cynthia had already realized what she was about to do and had just begun to speak when Caitlin's figure disappeared from where she stood - clearly, she had used Teleport to enter the study.
The next mont, the sound of sothing heavy hitting the ground ca with a "thud" from the study.
This was followed by Cynthia's completion of her sentence:
"The study... isn't fixed yet."
...
Two minutes later, Caitlin erged covered in dust, shaking her head. Deep blue light gathered and manifested around her body, cleaning her dust-covered, disheveled clothes completely.
But her face was still quite dark.
Who could have expected there to be a hole bigger than the room itself in Cynthia's study...
She hadn't even had ti to react before falling straight down to the bottom.
But now there were definitely more important matters at hand.
"This is that ga. You can try it out."
Caitlin's gaze fell on the computer screen, on the icon labeled "Pokémon Erald," and she used psychic powers to control the mouse and click on it.
anwhile, standing beside her, Cynthia suddenly thought of another issue:
after receiving the ga's reward three days ago, she had imdiately shared news about this ga in the Elite Four and Champion group chat.
Later, partly due to being busy with completing the ga, and partly because problems arose with the archaeological team, plus she had been unconscious for a day, she hadn't checked the group chat situation in a long ti.
Just ntioning this to Caitlin reminded her of this matter.
So how many people in the group believed what she had said, and how many had already started playing this ga?
With these thoughts, she took out her phone and entered the group chat she hadn't opened in a long ti.
The situation inside was completely beyond her expectations.
Cloyster: Where are you all at? I've already cleared the Fighting-type gym
Dragon Supre: I'm third on the leaderboard now, about to clear the Flying gym, haha!
Training Hard in the Mountains: Honestly, this ga makes not want to go back to training in the mountains. Why is there no internet in the mountains?
This Ninja Isn't Too Cool: (Picture) Has anyone seen this Pokémon?
...
So of the Elite Four mbers and Champions that Cynthia knew were already sharing things about "Pokémon Erald" in the group, even gaplay screenshots.
Obviously, not every Elite Four mber and Champion in the group chat had started playing this ga.
A small portion who weren't interested in gas themselves, and so people Cynthia wasn't familiar with, hadn't participated.
Even with Cynthia's status and familiarity with everyone, her words would undoubtedly be believed to so extent.
Even though what she said sounded so bizarre, so people still chose to play this ga.
And once they played, they first experienced the unique aspects of this ga, naturally leading to the scene just witnessed.
But regarding the rewards Cynthia had ntioned, everyone didn't seem to take it seriously.
Seeing this situation, Cynthia felt sowhat conflicted.
After discovering she had obtained the ga Evolution stones, Cynthia's first thought was to imdiately share with everyone in the group that "the ga can provide this level of rewards to enhance Pokémon strength."
But now she suddenly realized that even with her status, if she didn't demonstrate that evolutionary power in front of everyone, probably no one would believe such an outlandish thing.
And now the problem had beco even bigger.
If the previous Rare Candy had only shocked her, then the appearance of ga Stones and ga Evolution would cause a sensation throughout society, even completely changing the world and Pokémon League structure!
This was no longer just about herself, or even just about these Elite Four mbers and Champions... but about the entire world!
While Cynthia was deep in thought, Caitlin beside her moved quickly, having already opened "Pokémon Erald" and played for a while, then turned to nod at Cynthia.
"Although I don't usually play gas much, this ga's graphics seem pretty good, but is it really as magical as you say?"
"Hey, I'm asking, you're not worried about the consequences and impact this ga will have next, are you?"
Having spent so much ti with Cynthia, Caitlin could naturally see at a glance what she was thinking. Cynthia nodded, giving silent confirmation.
But the next mont, Caitlin suddenly let out a derisive laugh.
"After all these years, Sister Cynthia, you're still the sa, always considering others' affairs more important than your own."
"Let ask you, since no matter what you do, when this ga's true nature appears before everyone, it will definitely change the world's structure, and this point cannot be changed."
She pointed at the ga screen.
"If that's the case, then what you need to do is maintain your advantageous position as much as possible before this ga is revealed to everyone.
Isn't that right?"
"Don't forget, we're not the only ones who can play this ga."
Her voice suddenly turned cold, and Cynthia seed to be awakened by a heavy blow, suddenly coming to her senses.
That's right, if this ga's rewards could allow every trainer's strength to improve by leaps and bounds, then the most crucial point wasn't the changes this ga would bring to the world structure, but those hidden in the darkness.
If they obtained rewards from this ga and greatly enhanced their strength, what would happen next?
Her gaze imdiately beca grave, her mind beca incredibly clear, and she understood what she needed to do next.
Just as Caitlin had said, using this ga to enhance her own strength as much as possible was more important than any other consideration.
...
Seeing Cynthia suddenly react, Caitlin chuckled again, stood up from the computer desk, and gave her the seat.
"Since you've figured it out, then do your best. I'm heading back first."
"Oh, one more thing." She pointed to the big hole in the floor nearby. "Rember to fix this thing. Don't forget this is my house."
After speaking, accompanied by a flash of light and shadow, Caitlin's figure disappeared directly into thin air, vanishing without a trace.
Only the sound of Cynthia's fingers tapping the mouse and keyboard echoed softly in the room.
She began her conquest of Erald once again, and this ti... it was truly with full effort!
...
However, what Cynthia didn't know was that at the sa ti, thousands of miles away in the Kanto region, beside a tranquil, clear blue lake, stood a wooden villa cottage.
Inside the cottage, a youth wearing a Poké Ball cap with short black hair stood before a wooden table, handing a bowl of prepared Pokémon food to his Pokémon beside him.
It was a Pokémon with a robust, strong body and a blazing fla on its tail, emanating a powerful aura and pressure.
This was clearly a Charizard.
Moreover, with such presence, it was on par with even Cynthia's Garchomp and Spiritomb after consuming the Rare Candy.
If soone were standing in the wooden house at this mont, they would naturally recognize this youth's identity - he was the legendary Kanto region trainer, the world's youngest official Champion, Red!
From the age of 10 when he began his journey, by 16 he had directly beco Champion of the entire Kanto region - a brilliant, irreplaceable chapter in trainer history.
At this mont, he was taking his vacation beside a secluded lake in the Kanto region.
"It's been quite busy lately. Thanks for all your hard work, buddy."
Red said, patting his Charizard beside him. This was clearly his starter Pokémon and the strongest ace of his team.
Charizard didn't make a sound upon hearing this, but nodded, quickly finished the food in front of him, then quietly stood up and flew out of the cottage.
Red watched his partner's retreating figure and sighed softly. He naturally knew his partner was going to train again. Even during vacation ti, Charizard never slacked off.
This certainly wasn't a bad thing, but for Red it wasn't entirely positive either.
Because his Charizard had long since reached the top Champion tier, and despite years of training and constantly raising its standards, its strength had shown no significant progress.
Initially, Charizard's training at least had so effect - it could still refine the energy within its body and fully master so less familiar moves.
But as ti passed, such training seed increasingly aningless, only able to maintain Charizard's current state. But such gains obviously didn't match such effort.
Red saw all of this, but honestly, even as soone called a legendary trainer by the world, he had no solution.
He had tried using resources and many other thods, all failing to achieve a breakthrough to bring it to a higher level... but all had failed without exception.
It seed that the legendary realm above top Champion level was an insurmountable chasm difficult for ordinary people to touch or reach, a level that mortals and ordinary Pokémon could never attain.
Thinking of this, Red shook his head slightly.
Even recognizing the enormous difficulties, since his partner kept working hard to break through to a new level, he as a trainer naturally had no reason to give up either.
With this thought, he casually broke off a piece of bread and put it in his mouth, leaned back in his reclining chair, took out his laptop and placed it in front of him, continuing today's research.
Previously, Red wasn't actually used to going online.
Playing battle simulations online... was just one of his hobbies, a substitute for when he couldn't engage in real battles.
But later he heard from others that the knowledge on the internet was quite extensive, and he might be able to find so thods to solve problems, even things about the legendary realm.
However, Red's recent discoveries online had indeed disappointed him sowhat.
All those things about the legendary realm really were just rumors and legends, providing no substantial help to him.
So training thods and content posted by people would make him want to laugh just by looking at them.
So Red today didn't hold much hope either. He didn't think he could find anything good online.
He was almost ready to give up on this approach.
But just then, the content of a ssage entered his view and caught his attention.
"...Hmm?"
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