Chapter 196: Chapter 195: Gardevoir
Chapter 195: Gardevoir
So, how on earth did they get here?
Kenji watched as Luffy and the others vanished from this world. A very faint spatial fluctuation... the time-space distance was too great.
"What happened just now?" Toriko asked, clenching his fists. During the competition with Luffy and Goku, his strength was clearly not in its normal state. He could only manage an 18-hit Spike Punch. He, who could unleash an ∞ Spike Punch, was now re-experiencing an 18-hit one. The feeling was truly hard to describe, very awkward. He was a king who could speedrun the Gourmet World, yet he had been suppressed to a Bronze or Silver rank from the Human World.
"The power of the narrative layer, perhaps?" Kenji said, pointing upwards.
The Author: Ehe~
Toriko frowned. What is he talking about? I don’t understand.
Gourmet World, Second Area, the central region.
"This is the succession of the Eight Kings. Kenji-kun, your Lotta isn’t participating?" Jiro asked, drinking the Doham Spring Sake from his own menu, watching the battle between Guinness and Terry with great interest.
Having followed a suitable master, the Battle Wolf Terry had also grown to a point where he was qualified to face the Wolf King Guinness.
"Lotta isn’t interested in the position of Wolf King."
"Terry is Lotta’s child. If Terry becomes the Wolf King, then Lotta will be the Wolf King’s mother," Kenji said, raising an eyebrow with a serious smile.
"Pfft, hahaha! There’s nothing wrong with that logic," Jiro was amused by Kenji.
POW!
Terry’s current size was about the same as Guinness’s, though his fur was not as thick. Their giant wolf paws collided, and the resulting impact tore a deep, great rift valley in the ground between them. An attack like this could basically one-shot any beast below Level 5000.
The Wolf King’s Guiding.
Guinness and Terry simultaneously activated their super-strong sense of smell. They both felt as if their souls were being pulled out by the other. To be honest, whatever Guinness knew, Terry had now mastered. Their Capture Levels were not too different either; they were evenly matched. If they wanted to decide a winner, it would be a double knockout.
"How about you let the younger generation have the position of Wolf King? We can go capture ingredients in space together then," Jiro shouted.
Hearing the voice of his "good big son," Guinness stopped his movements and thought for a moment. The position of Wolf King, versus adventuring in space with Jiro... the latter was more interesting. He couldn’t even remember how many years he had been the Wolf King. Terry’s strength was sufficient to keep the members of the Battle Wolf pack in line.
Guinness nodded at Terry. This was the handover of the throne. As for any members of the pack who were not convinced, that was for Terry to handle himself. Here in the Gourmet World, the law of the jungle was even more apparent. Strength was supreme.
"Kenji, how did this little one get so big?"
Saber Alter pointed at Gardevoir. The 0.4-meter-tall Ralts had evolved into a 1.6-meter-tall Gardevoir. She was eating a lemon; a little thing had grown so fast, even taller than her. Saber Alter was 1.54 meters tall.
Kenji looked at Gardevoir. A white skirt, green on the inside, with long, slender legs underneath. Green hair, and its arms were also green. The overall color scheme was white and green, with a red, fin-like structure on its chest.
It evolved so fast? Kenji thought about how many days Ralts had been here. It hadn’t been long, yet it had evolved directly into a Gardevoir. And also, how come the red fin-like structure on its chest looks so much like the one on Ralts’s head?
Conclusion: Ralts’s head = Gardevoir’s chest.
[Star Forger]: [Gardevoir.jpg]
[Star Forger]:
"@The Champion Cynthia, my Ralts evolved."[The Champion]: "So quickly? What have you been feeding it?"
Kenji looked at Atashino and asked, "Atashino, what have you been feeding Ralts these past few days?"
"I fed it some of the salad, AIR, not long ago," Atashino replied.
Alright, case closed. No wonder. An ingredient from Acacia’s Full Course Menu.
[Star Forger]: "A high-energy goodie. It was probably overfed."
[The Champion]: "That evolution speed is really fast."
[Galactic Baseballer]: "A Pokémon can evolve to look like that?"
Stelle also wanted a Pokémon. No other thoughts, she just purely wanted one as a partner.
[Gudako]: "Cynthia, can humans and Pokémon do that kind of thing? Please satisfy my thirst for knowledge. This is my life’s plea."
[The Champion]: "..."
[God’s Tongue]: "Humans can’t... or at least, they shouldn’t."
Gudako was pushing the boundaries of human cognition once again. Although Gardevoir looked human, there must be reproductive isolation, right?!
[Shadowkhan Queen]: "All I can say is, that’s wild."
Is this the adult world? I don’t understand, and I can’t accept it.
[Dian Mei Ruan]: "There is reproductive isolation between different species. Under normal circumstances, reproduction is impossible, unless you use a technology like cloning."
As a genius in the field of life sciences, Ruan Mei gave a straight-faced scientific explanation. Of course, this was just biology; the domain of mysticism was excluded.
[Lifts-Bemstar-With-One-Hand]: "Humans are truly complex and difficult to understand."
[Earth Wrecker]: "Senior Hikari, this is an individual act. Please do not apply it to the entire human race."
Gamu broke into a cold sweat. Gudako’s special personality was a 99th percentile rarity among all of humanity.
[Crash-Test Pilot]: "I think so too."
Gasp! You can’t define humanity like that!
"Gardevoir, I remember you have the ability to foresee the future. Give it a try."
Kenji looked at the humanoid Pokémon before him. Foresight... that was a good ability.
Gardevoir closed its eyes, then immediately clutched its head and looked at Kenji with caution, a flash of resentment in its red pupils. In the vision it foresaw, it was flicked on the forehead by Kenji, and a bump swelled up.
"Oh ho, you’ve got something there."
Kenji chuckled softly. He brought his right hand out from behind his back, still in the posture of a flicking motion.
Flick!
With the speed of lightning, Kenji flicked Gardevoir’s forehead.
So what if you foresaw it? It doesn’t stop me from acting.
Watery mist welled up in Gardevoir’s eyes. Although there was no bump, a clear red mark had been left on its forehead.
"It’s fine, it’ll be better in a bit."
Atashino shook her head with a smile and applied an ice pack to its forehead. The icy-cool sensation made Gardevoir squint its eyes. The mistress is so nice. The master is so mean.
Kenji was speechless. It was just a little flick. You really hold a grudge.
"Kenji, you’re so lame~" Saber Alter said, the corner of her mouth lifting, a smug, bratty look on her face.
"So you’re saying you’re super brave?"
Kenji’s eyebrow rose. Did Saber Alter not know who was the king and who was the jack in this house?
"Atashino, from now on, you don’t need to give her any more junk food."
"?!"
If she had an ahoge, it would surely be standing straight up on her head right now.
"Ahem! I admit I was speaking a little too loudly just now."
Saber Alter knew when to yield. She could not be without her junk food, just as the West could not be without Jerusalem, and Honkai could not be without the Herrscher of Sentience.
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