Real Men pump iron and what?!

Sycamore wrote it down and the more he looked at Ace, the more he liked it! This young man had a wealth of knowledge and courage!

You have to know, not everyone started drooling and breathing heavily before jumping into Ruins!

Ace was part of that small percentage.

Sky Tower? No problem!

Ruins in the Desert? No problem!

Even if there were Ruins on the moon, he would probably go!

Thinking about it, maybe there is!

Sycamore couldn't help himself and smiled, "Ace, how about you come with me to Lumiose? You can be my personal Research assistant! No matter what ruins you want to explore, I will fund you!" Ace was dumbfounded and his eyes lit up, Byron grabbed him, "Hey! Hey! You shouldn't try to steal my people, right?"

Sycamore chuckled and Ace rolled his eyes, "Don't worry, I won't leave. We have an agreement, right?" Byron let out a breath and grinned, "I don't know, you're a fossil maniac! Maybe you'll just run away!"

Ace's lips twitched, "Am I so unreliable?" Byron nodded, "Yes!" Ace froze and Sycamore laughed, patting Ace's shoulder, "If you ever do run away, come to Lumiose! Here's my personal number. If you find a ruin or more Mega Stones, don't forget to call me!"

Ace took the card and nodded before asking, "I had a question too." Sycamore looked at him with a smile, waving for him to continue, Ace asked with confusion, "Can you superimpose Dynamax and Mega Evolution? Or even Gigantamax for that matter?"

Sycamore held his chin and frowned, "It shouldn't be possible according to my studies." Ace was confused, this was a thing in the games. You couldn't do multiple 'evolutions' or whatever but he thought it was to make the Pokemon not so broken.

Magnolia walked over with a smile, explaining, "The reason is because Gigantamaxing takes a lot of energy to stabilize." Sycamore nodded and added on, "Mega Evolution has the same problem. If the energy consumption problem is fixed in the future, then it would theoretically be possible for Mega Evolution to become permanent."

Ace tilted his head, saying, "Isn't Mega Evolution just a regression to an ancient form? Aerodactyl is like this, right?" Sycamore's eyes lit up and he nodded, "You unexpectedly know a lot, Ace! That's right. What I speculated is that these Mega Evolutions are ancient forms of what normal pokemon were in the past."

He waved a finger, smiling, "The reason they 'advanced' so to speak, is because the loss of natural resources requires less energy heavy forms for survival. So in a sense, they traded strength for survival in the ancient past."

Ace thought about it, asking, "So it could be possible to regress in a closed environment with enough resources?" Sycamore was startled and replied, "Theoretically, yes!" Ace nodded, "Interesting… So what happens if you Dynamax a Mega Evolution?"

Magnolia and Sycamore looked at each other as Ace waved his hands, "Boom??" Sonia appeared with her hands on her hips, "What do you mean 'boom?'!? It would fail because the Pokemon doesn't have enough energy! Also! You need the Dynamax energy from Galar in the first place! Without it, you can't even Dynamax at all!"

Ace rubbed his chin, "Interesting…" he imagined a Mega Dynamaxed Rayquaza using a Dragon Z-Move, he touched his lips, drooling.

At that time, you can play Lacrimosa in the background and watch everything turn to dust!

Sonia patted his face, sighing, "Hey! I think you're thinking of bad things again!" Magnolia and Sycamore shook their heads with smiles.

On the other side, Byron looked at Mega Aggron with bright eyes. Aggron roaring happily, waving his arms.

As the day came to an end, Ace took back his pokemon from Nurse Joy, letting them all out. He brought them home, freezing as he saw Elesa and Cynthia chatting in his hot spring.

His lips twitched and he went inside, leaving them alone.

The next morning

Ace looked over from his breakfast, seeing Elesa walking around like it was her own home! He let out a shaky breath, this woman may be a lunatic but…

Damn!

That Hot spring worked wonders!

Small breasts, perky behind, extremely soft and smooth skin…

If her appearance was a 9 before, now it was an 11!

He turned his head back to his breakfast, wondering when she would leave him alone! She was too beautiful, he felt self-conscious.

?

No! No! Self-Conscious?! Him?! Impossible!

What he meant was; Women only slow the speed of my fist!

That's right!

Real men pump iron and are afraid of women!