Pokémon: When the World Changed

If it were for retiring and living peacefully, being a Gym Leader would undoubtedly be a very good option, but clearly it was not something suitable for a Trainer like him, who was still in a stage of rapid growth in terms of strength.

Because of that, besides raising Pokémon for the Gym, he also needed to train several substitutes with Gym Leader qualification, so that they could help him stay in charge of the Solaria Town Gym.

In that way, relying on the Solaria Town Gym, the other industries could develop rapidly and provide funds to the laboratory.

"It seems it is already time to go to Solaris City."

Ethan reflected for a moment and left the Gym accompanied by several of his Pokémon.

At that moment, it was noon, and the sun was still burning fiercely.

Thanks to the development of Solaria Town, it had also attracted many tourists who came to visit.

Relying on that, many restaurants and inns had also begun opening in the town, and the tourism industry was prospering strongly.

Seeing the joy on the villagers' faces, Ethan also smiled slightly.

In reality, with the Solar Farm already in operation, the tourism development of Solaria Town was not exactly a project with great profits.

But Ethan did not promote the town's tourism for money, but simply because he wanted Solaria Town to prosper and its inhabitants to be able to live a happy life.

"Hello, Brother Ethan!"

"Ethan, have you eaten yet? Do you want to come eat at my house?"

As he walked down the street, the villagers greeted him enthusiastically, with completely sincere smiles.

Ethan responded to their greetings one by one and then returned to his house.

"Ethan, the food is ready."

Seeing Ethan, Ethan's mother showed a kind smile.

Every day, she devoted herself to taking care of some flowers, looking after Ethan's Pokémon, and cooking for father and son. Ethan's mother felt that this life was truly very happy.

"All right, I'm coming now."

Ethan replied, while releasing the Pokémon he carried with him.

Afterward, he took out their Pokémon food and prepared it one by one; only then did he enter the house.

...

The next day.

Ethan left Solaria Town mounted on Charizard.

Now he had already passed the evaluation to obtain Gym Leader qualification, and the temporary Gym had closed for the time being.

In addition, in two weeks, November 11 would arrive.

And on that day, the competition for Pokémon Gym qualification in Ironvale City would officially begin.

He planned to continue making use of those two weeks, so that several of the Pokémon with which he planned to participate in the tournament would increase their strength even further.

Fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh!

The wind roared fiercely, and Charizard flew at very high speed.

Thanks to constant flight training and the influence of Mega Evolution, Charizard had further improved its mastery of Flying-type energy.

At the same time, relying on the power of Lucario's aura and continuous meditation, Ethan's mental strength had also improved a little more.

Some time ago, he had also tried to achieve Charizard's Mega Evolution without depending on Lucario's aura power.

Although the evolution was still somewhat forced, Charizard had indeed managed to complete Mega Evolution and maintain that state for a full minute.

With the guarantee represented by Mega Evolution, Ethan had a great deal of confidence in this competition for Pokémon Gym qualification in Ironvale City.

If he could avoid depending on Charizard's Mega Evolution, naturally that would be even better, but if the moment truly came, of course he would not hesitate to use it.

As the experiment on Life Transition continued advancing, that research, which had originally already been conceived to study Mega Evolution, would sooner or later end up entering the true field of Mega Evolution. So the official appearance of Mega Evolution might only be a matter of time.

In addition, during this period, Ethan had also been using the needs of the research as a pretext to secretly ask Alex to begin collecting Key Stones and Mega Stones all over the world.

Before Mega Evolution came to light, gathering all the Key Stones and Mega Stones accessible in the world market... those Pokémon objects, which for now still did not have too much value, would undoubtedly show terrifying value once Mega Evolution became public.

"Everything is moving in a good direction..."

The data of all his Pokémon passed through Ethan's mind, and he smiled with satisfaction.

During this time, all his Pokémon had trained properly according to the plans he had established, and the results had been enormous.

...

"Ethan, you've arrived."

In Solaris City, Ethan met with Champion Leo.

Seeing Ethan, a smile appeared on Champion Leo's face.

That boy whom he had watched grow had truly given him an enormous surprise.

In the Pokémon World Championship, that technique of terrifying power, Solar Fire, had stayed circling in his head for a very long time.

"Then, the improvement of Solar Fire from now on will be in Master Leo's hands."

Ethan also smiled slightly.

"Don't worry. Ever since you gave me the information on Solar Fire before, I already began researching it."

Being called "Master" by Ethan pleased Champion Leo enormously, and he narrowed his eyes with joy.

During that period of exchange, Ethan and Champion Leo had shared their knowledge without holding anything back.

Champion Leo had also handed all of his research over to Ethan, so that "Master" was truly well deserved.

After a long conversation, Champion Leo took Charizard to a specialized laboratory, but Ethan did not go with him.

This time, in coming to Solaris City, one of his objectives was to ask Master Leo to help perfect Solar Fire; the other was to choose several Pokémon from the Sunny Weather Research Institute that knew how to use that move.

"Ethan, long time no see."

When Ethan arrived at the Sunny Weather Research Institute, he met Naira, who could be considered something like his senior sister.

"Yes, it's been a long time. Are you training the Sunny Day Dragon technique, senior sister?" Ethan said, looking at the Charizard flying through the sky. At that moment, the Charizard in the air was deploying sunny weather.

"Yes... I'm not as talented as you. Not only did you teach your Charizard to use Sunny Day Dragon, but you also developed techniques like Sunny Day Fire, instant Solar Beam, and Solar Fire."

Naira spoke with a somewhat sour tone. Originally, she should have been Master Leo's principal disciple, but all the spotlight had been taken by Ethan.

However, upon remembering Ethan's entire series of achievements, she suddenly felt that she was no longer even capable of envying him.

"Hahaha... perhaps I've just had quite a lot of luck."

Ethan scratched his head with an awkward smile. This kind of topic was truly difficult to answer.

In reality, both of their Charizard could be considered practically blood brothers, so in talent, they should not differ too much.

The main reason why Charizard had managed to master Sunny Day Dragon so quickly was the Mega Stone of Mega Charizard Y that it carried inside. And having obtained that Mega Stone, of course, had indeed been an unexpected accident.

"What luck, nothing!"

"No, no, this time I'm going to stick to you. You have to help my Charizard learn Sunny Day Dragon no matter what!"

Faced with Naira's words, Ethan naturally could only nod again and again, and began exchanging experiences with her on raising Charizard.

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