"Did it split into two?"
Ethan looked at the two identical ltan and was montarily confused.
Could this be a special ability obtained after absorbing another ltan?
"Wait... could it be Double Team or Substitute?"
Suddenly, Ethan reacted. He reached out and touched both ltan, discovering that both were physical entities.
"Substitute?"
Ethan's eyes lit up. Comparing the moves Double Team and Substitute, the latter was undoubtedly a higher-level move and far more practical.
Paf!
Just as Ethan's thoughts were wandering, one of the ltan disappeared, confirming his assumption.
"It really is Substitute!"
Ethan was quite delighted.
One had to know that moves like Substitute, Rest, or Teleport could only be learned through personal comprehension; so far, there was no systematic thod to teach them.
However, for ltan to comprehend the move Substitute was unexpected, yet at the sa ti logical—after all, ltan could be considered as having fused with another ltan.
"Zzzt!"
ltan cried out excitedly.
Then it used the move Substitute again, splitting into a clone once more, playing around nonstop and clearly having a great ti.
"It really is Substitute..."
"In that case, ltan's training plan seems like it can be adjusted a bit."
Ethan stroked his chin thoughtfully. Almost all Pokémon could learn the move Substitute, and he had already reflected on this move before.
For example, ltan had a very special body structure; it could use Substitute and then use those substitutes as avatars to carry out a wide variety of tactical arrangents.
Moreover, with the ability Magnet Pull, it could achieve extrely flexible control over its substitutes. It was like the art of controlling flying swords: thanks to magnetism, ltan no longer needed to transform itself into a flying sword to attack, but could instead control its substitutes and turn them into offensive flying weapons.
"That's right, and also the Electromagnetic Cannon. The Substitute ltan can be used as the carrier; that way, the side effects the Electromagnetic Cannon has on the body can be completely ignored."
Thinking of this, Ethan's eyes shone brightly. Many ideas erged in his mind; if he could bring them all to fruition, even without evolving into ltal, ltan could perfectly beco a powerful Pokémon capable of standing on its own.
"Then the main focus of ltan's training will be the move Substitute. And the collection of ltan's nuts can't stop either; this is the key to rapidly increasing its strength."
Very quickly, Ethan preliminarily established ltan's training plan for this period, filled with anticipation.
"ltan, is there anything else here worth staying for?"
Ethan put away his notebook and asked the ltan that was observing its own substitute.
"Zzzt!"
ltan shook its head, indicating that it had already found what it was looking for.
"Alright, then let's leave here for now."
Ethan nodded, then called Vibrava to position itself behind him.
"Viiibbrraa!"
Vibrava imdiately used the move Tailwind. Gusts of wind roared inside the cave; Vibrava grabbed onto Ethan's back and, following the airflow, moved rapidly through the cavern.
Truth be told, flying with Vibrava was much more comfortable than with Charizard, and its ability as a mount was excellent. Even in places like mountainous forests or caves, it could carry Ethan at high speed. In a sense, it could be perfectly used as a ground mount—and did so even better than an ordinary one.
Very soon, Vibrava carried Ethan out of the cave.
The entire journey was smooth; aside from a tagross with terrifying strength blocking the way, there wasn't a single other Pokémon inside. It seed that this cave was the nest of that tagross.
Thinking of tagross, Ethan reflected for a mont and took out his Poké Ball.
Now that the matter of ltan had been resolved, the next thing was to deal with tagross.
If tagross was willing to follow him, Ethan naturally wouldn't mind at all.
"Co out, tagross."
After thinking it over a bit, Ethan released tagross to observe its reaction.
"ttaagrrsss!"
As soon as tagross erged from the Poké Ball, it let out an angry roar and imdiately fixed its gaze on ltan, which was floating beside Ethan.
But in the next instant, tagross's body trembled violently, and an expression of uncertainty appeared in its eyes.
It cautiously examined ltan, sniffed the air, and a blue glint shone in its eyes as it released its psychic power.
Suddenly, its body trembled again; its pupils slowly dilated as it looked at ltan beside Ethan in disbelief, especially when it saw the nut on ltan's head, showing even greater fear.
Then, before Ethan's astonished gaze, that tagross directly prostrated itself on the ground, adopting a posture of submission.
"Huh... what's going on?"
Ethan was stunned, sowhat unsure.
However, the ltan floating beside him looked very happy; it directly rose up to tagross's head and sat down on it without hesitation.
And tagross, with ltan sitting on its head, showed not the slightest trace of anger; on the contrary, it squinted its eyes with an expression of enjoynt, leaving Ethan dumbfounded.
"ltan... the nut..."
"I see. The reason this tagross occupied that place must have been the nut left behind by a ltan after it died. Although the ltan died, an enormous power was still preserved within the nut, and it was precisely that power that attracted tagross."
"Now that ltan has fused with the nut, it naturally also possesses its aura. Therefore, what tagross fears should be that aura—the aura of that nut, or even... the aura of a Mythical Pokémon?"
Although Ethan was only speculating, the facts showed that this tagross seed to have displayed submission toward ltan.
"tagross, do you want to follow and leave this place?"
Ethan thought for a mont and asked symbolically.
"ttaagrrsss!"
Seeing Ethan approach, a clear expression of disdain appeared in tagross's eyes.
When it had previously fought one-on-one with ltan, it was precisely this guy who had directed a group of Pokémon to gang up on it; tagross was very resentful and had not forgotten it.
Bam!
However, imdiately after, tagross received an iron punch to the forehead from ltan.
tagross hesitated for a mont, then looked at Ethan, then at ltan floating in front of it, and fell silent.
Evidently, it also knew that if it accepted, it would have to beco the Pokémon of that unpleasant guy—sothing hard to accept.
But if it refused, it would have to part with ltan. Feeling that comforting aura emanating from ltan's body, it hesitated once again.
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