Duel Cultivation? The Ultimate Weapon

"Well..."

Cynthia, who had filled her stomach, was also holding her face, looking at Aisha and Caitlin and smiling all the time.

As the saying goes, when you're full, you're full... Even Sinnoh's Valkyries have fantasy time.

She looked around the living room.

The light was soft, but it was now dark outside the windows.

The heat in the kitchen had dissipated, and the three people around the table each had a satisfied smile on their faces.

It was cozy and happy.

It was Cynthia's favorite atmosphere, a real homey feeling.

Cynthia felt very good about it.

When she married Instructor Ai, she could use her savings to buy a house in Sinnoh or Dayan and invite Caitlin over for dinner.

This way, her wishes will be fulfilled and Caitlin's emotions will be soothed.

This is the real good life...

"Ha~"

Laughing softly, a satisfied Cynthia leaned back in her hard chair and looked up at the hanging lamps installed on the ceiling above the dining table.

Hanging lamp is also expensive brand, after the craftsman carefully carved glass into a simple but beautiful shape, soft light in the glass between the bloom, the light in the glass between the grooves jump, show the flow of color, beautiful extraordinary.

"Ah..."

Pretty eyes staring at the beautiful chandelier, Cynthia's mind drifted away.

Caitlin noticed Cynthia looking at the ceiling with a smile on her face and a strange expression.

Well...

According to what she knew about Cynthia after being her best friend for so many years, once she showed this expression, it meant that Cynthia had begun to fantasize about something wrong.

"Hey."

Caitlin glanced at Aisha, glanced at Cynthia, and sighed helplessly.

This best friend of hers is really...

Why didn't I realize before that this guy has a love brain?

She's usually so dashing and handsome.

But now she's a bit shauntal.

"Uh-huh."

Caitlin sighed as she thought of her colleague who was obsessed with romance novels all day long.

Why does it seem like everyone is a problem child?

"Okay."

At that moment, Aisha stood up.

"Huh?"

"What?"

At the sound of Aisha's voice, Cynthia, who was in a daze, came back to her senses, and Caitlin also looked at him in confusion.

Greeting the puzzled eyes of the two of them, Instructor Ai instead revealed a puzzled expression, and smoothly cleaned up the dishes on the table, saying: "Clean up the table, what's wrong?"

"We can't just leave the dirty dishes lying around."

Between words, he had already skillfully cleaned up the dishes and carried them towards the kitchen.

Soon after, there was the sound of water running in the kitchen.

"Instructor Ai is really a good man." Cynthia sighed.

"I should have brought Darach over to do the dishes for Instructor Ai."

Caitlin remembered the housekeeper's goodness at this time.

Once again, the innocent butler became the victim of her compliments to Instructor Ai.

"Seriously, Cynthia... I should thank you for introducing me to Instructor Ai."

"Huh?" Hearing Caitlin's meaningful words, Cynthia turned her head in confusion and looked at her seriously.

"What do you mean?"

"He's a treasure... I see in him the possibility of controlling my psychic power to run riot."

Caitlin didn't hide anything from Cynthia, she told her the events of the day.

It was she who teamed up with Instructor Ai to defeat Sapphire and Ruby in a doubles match.

At that time, Caitlin linked with Aisha's psychic power.

After completing the linking of her psychic power, Caitlin was surprised to find that her emotions, which were always fluctuating, had miraculously stabilized.

At that time, no matter how recklessly she used her psychic power to assist Reuniclus in battle, her psychic power didn't go berserk due to overuse... On the contrary, it was surprisingly smooth.

She wielded this power like an arm.

It was a feeling Caitlin had never experienced before - even if it was her power.

There were pros and cons.

Caitlin's innate talent for psychic power gave her a unique advantage as a trainer of psychic and psychic power Pokémon specialties, which allowed her to smooth her way up the trainer ladder, becoming an Elite Four trainer in no time, and easily securing the position of Unova's Elite Four.

However, this also closed the door on her being a normal human being.

She's irritable and can't control her emotions, so much so that she can't help but get angry when she loses a Pokémon battle.

Psychic's rage is also a sign of psychic power.

Especially for a psychic of Caitlin's level, when she goes berserk, her destructive power is no less than that of a powerful Pokémon.

It's terrifying...

It's an unmitigated disaster for her opponents, as well as those in the neighborhood.

That's why the Castle Valet that Caitlin built in the Sinnoh region's Battle Exploitation Zone was eventually handed over to Darach to manage.

The risk of her engaging in Pokémon battles was too great.

The only way to protect her and everyone else was to stay away from the crowd.

Today, if it wasn't for Instructor Ai's disappointment, Caitlin wouldn't have done it...

However, it was precisely because she accepted Aisha's invitation to fight with him in this double battle that Caitlin found the hope of solving her own problems.

Caitlin realized the core of the problem with just a moment's reflection... The only thing that calmed her down and prevented her psychic power from going wild was the link between her and Aisha's psychic power.

In other words, Aisha's psychic power calmed her psychic power.

Caitlin wouldn't have been able to find out this secret if she hadn't played the double battle.

In other words, her concern for Aisha gave her redemption.

If you think about it, when she was with Aisha without the psychic power link, her emotional turmoil was slightly calmed.

This... Caitlin was ecstatic.

After a lifetime of suffering, thinking that there was no solution to these problems, ready to carry them with her for eternity, now there was a silver lining.

Caitlin's face was calm, but in reality, she had been ecstatic for a long time.

"This is so..."

After listening to Caitlin's description, Cynthia's expression was very complicated.

Originally, she had also asked Aisha to try and see if the powerful Instructor Ai had a way to control Caitlin's emotions.

Originally, she had only held out a glimmer of hope, and Cynthia herself did not look forward to it.

After all, as a close friend of Caitlin's for so many years, she knows how difficult it is to solve Caitlin's innate problems.

Caitlin's family had exhausted all of their options, but the result was still nothing.

Naturally, she didn't expect Aisha to be able to solve this problem...

Unexpectedly, she had underestimated Instructor Ai's methods.

"This is a good thing."

"Uh-huh."

Caitlin nodded.

A long time ago, she became a good doctor.

She knew her own situation very well.

Aisha's healing effect on her was so obvious after just a period of psychic power linking.

If there was a deeper level of communication, it was even more likely that her problems would be solved.

"If I can really use my psychic power to fight at full strength without worrying about losing control, then my combat power will skyrocket, and it's not impossible for me to continue to break through upwards." Caitlin spoke eloquently as she took a sip of Aisha's black tea and said, "So, Instructor Ai is truly my treasure... He surprises me so much."

With that, Caitlin looked in the direction of the kitchen.

Cynthia followed her, and with a smirk on her face, she said, "I don't deny that you said that Instructor Ai is a treasure."

"But... He's not your treasure~"

"You." Caitlin laughed and shook her head.

While the two of them were chatting in the living room, a certain guy approached Instructor Ai who was washing dishes in the kitchen.

"Clang, clang."

Someone knocked on the kitchen window.

"The window is unlocked." Instructor Ai replied without looking up.

"With a click, the window opened and Mewtwo Y poked its head in.

"Like a thief..."

Mewtwo Y sighed.

Aisha smiled and said, "You're just in time."

"What's wrong?"

Aisha slightly turned his body sideways, he used psychic power to open the pocket on his jacket, a flash drive with a metallic shell flew out.

Mewtwo Y caught the flash drive.

Its expression moved slightly, as if it realized what was on the flash drive.

"I sold my labor, and with great difficulty, I managed to get from Professor Sycamore's side, all of his and his assistants' research materials on Mega Evolution to date."

Instructor Ai, with a look of "Look how good I am to you", said, "Take it and study it, this should be the most complete information on Mega Evolution that I can get through normal means."

"Ah... Thank you."

Feeling the cold touch coming from the shell of the flash drive, Mewtwo Y was a bit overwhelmed.

It didn't realize that Aisha cared so much about it, and had really gone through the trouble and favor of getting such a valuable piece of information.

This gave Mewtwo Y, who hadn't been cared about by anyone since its birth, a strange feeling.

"Hmm..." Gripping its palm tightly, Mewtwo Y accepted the flash drive.

It was just a small USB flash drive, but it felt the weight of a million pounds on it.

Feelings...?

Mewtwo Y's expression was dark.

If this was Instructor Ai's concern for him, it seemed good to accept it.

"What's wrong?"

With the sound of clinking, Instructor Ai turned off the faucet and cleaned up the dishes and cutlery.

He noticed Mewtwo Y's expression and couldn't help but ask.

Mewtwo Y laughed at his concern and smiled, obviously in a good mood.

Then, it thought of something, and its expression turned awkward.

"I don't have a computer."

Aisha: "..."

Then you are quite law-abiding.

"Hey."

Instructor Ai sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Just go get Rotom to help you buy a computer you like online, it knows about that, you let it pick one out for you, don't listen to the pushers' crap."

"...Thanks!"

"By the way, I have a question."

"What?" Mewtwo Y was very serious.

Although its body was floating outside, the position of its head poking in alone was very funny.

However, for the sake of business, Instructor Ai stifled his laughter and repeated Caitlin's situation to Mewtwo Y.

"She said she found a solution to her problem... I feel like I might have something to do with it, you know what I mean?"

"Take away the 'might' and it is about you." After listening to Instructor Ai's story, Mewtwo Y showed an enlightened expression.

"Your psychic power has been tainted with the qualities of Mewtwo X and Mew to a certain extent, even if your psychic power attainments are not high at this time, your psychic power has very superior qualities to normal human psychics, which is both a calamity and a blessing to them."

Mewtwo Y shrugged and said, "Normally, your psychic power is on the softer side."

"However, even if it's a soft psychic power, it's still a psychic power that possesses the qualities of a Phantom Pokémon, even the most agitated psychic power will become docile in front of you, that's a blessing... As for the disaster, when your psychic power attainment goes up, you are the world's first psychic, and will always be the mountain that these people can't hope to cross!"

"You mean my psychic power pacified Caitlin's psychic power? "Instructor Ai didn't pay attention to the second half of Mewtwo Y's sentence, but instead grasped the essence of the first half of the sentence.

"Something like that."

"In that case, is there any hope of solving Caitlin's problem completely?"

"Yes, definitely." Mewtwo Y dutifully answered Aisha's doubts, saying: "You can appease her emotions and psychic power now, long-term appeasement will definitely have a lot of benefits for her, and when your attainments in psychic power improve again, the appeasement effect will be even better... If you want to solve the problem completely, I'm afraid that you have to wait until your psychic power attainments are higher than hers."

"Can't you do it?"

Aisha turned to Mewtwo Y for help.

After all, as a traveling trainer, he couldn't be by Caitlin's side all the time.

As one of the Unova Elite Four, Caitlin couldn't stay with him for a long time either...

It's not practical to keep her on a permanent basis.

"Yes, it's not that hard for me."

Mewtwo Y responded quite simply, saying: "This matter can be solved by looking for Mew, that guy has been alive for so long, and is probably better at it than I am."

"But... If it's a one-time solution, it's bound to be accompanied by a considerable degree of pain, after all, this is her innate problem."

Mewtwo Y shook its head with a helpless expression and said, "It might even cause her psychic power level to decrease, and it's impossible for Mew and I to become her Pokémon... In contrast, the slow healing is the best choice, both for you and for her."

"For me?"

Aisha wondered.

"This kind of healing, for you is also a good opportunity to exercise psychic power, the two of you this is a mutual benefit."

"How does it sound a bit like duel cultivation..." Instructor Ai spat out a bit helplessly.

"Hiss."

Mewtwo Y frowned, saying, "This description is really kind of apt."

"What else do you know about dual cultivation?"

"I read some Dayan novels when I was bored..."

"Okay, you can go now."

Instructor Ai pushed Mewtwo Y's head away with an expressionless face and closed the kitchen window.

"Then I'll get Rotom to buy me a good one!" Mewtwo Y's disgruntled voice passed through the window and into Aisha's ears.

"Okay..."

Aisha took off his apron and shook his head a little helplessly.

Why did he feel that Mewtwo Y's personality had changed a lot?

When they first met, it was so cold and unapproachable...

But it's a good deal to buy a First-level Legendary Pokémon!

"When the time comes, let's see me bring two Mewtwo to Giovanni's face."

It's called killing, and it's called killing the heart!

...

Café Lysandre.

"Jingle!"

A large hand pushed open the glass door of the café, and the doorframe struck the chimes hanging above it with a clear, pleasing sound.

The tall Lysandre walked into the café without expression.

The waiter at the door stooped in greeting.

He responded with a nonchalant nod, and then walked towards the back of the hall.

The customers in the store showed surprise and amazement when they saw Lysandre.

Although they knew that this café was Lysandre's property, many of them were seeing this famous researcher for the first time.

Yes, Lysandre had a very good reputation in Kalos.

Before he became a businessman, he was a philanthropist, dedicated to the poor and the needy.

Though, in the end, there were some unpleasant surprises and Lysandre himself gave up the charity business.

However, his public relations team is very strong.

Lysandre still has a good reputation.

"Wow, this is Mr. Lysandre."

"I'm a big admirer of Mr. Lysandre... I can't believe I'm meeting him here today. I'm so lucky."

"I want an autograph."

The customers whispered to Lysandre, all of them admiring and appreciating the man.

There were some bold customers who ran to Lysandre with smiles on their faces, shook his hand and asked for autographs.

Lysandre's attitude was friendly.

He was polite, unassuming, but with a demeanor that made people feel good about him.

"Excuse me, gentlemen."

After signing the last autograph, the tall man bowed gracefully to everyone.

His lion's face was beaming with a proper smile.

"I wish you all a wonderful day."

At those words, there was another commotion among the customers.

Laughter and compliments were heard.

Lysandre ignored them and turned to walk into the back room of the cafe.

Then, his smile faded.

He stood before a wall and pressed a hidden button.

A gap opened in the wall, and the identity-detecting mechanism was revealed.

After checking Lysandre's iris and confirming the big man's identity, a door opened silently in the well-trafficked café.

A mechanical tunnel opened up in front of Lysandre's eyes.

No one would have guessed that an ordinary café housed Lysandre's research center.

And... Team Flare's secret base!

"..."

Lysandre walked in with an expressionless face, until he reached a laboratory.

"Boss." The researcher wearing a flashy orange-red uniform and funny glasses greeted Lysandre respectfully when he saw him.

"Did you find it?"

"Found it!"

The researcher's response made Lysandre's expression twitch.

His eyes immediately shifted to the large screen in front of him, and at that moment, the researcher also began to operate.

A small town appeared on the screen, a small town with a natural flavor and few houses.

The strange stone pillars in the center of the town added a touch of art and mystery to the town.

"Geosenge Town?"

Seeing the overly iconic stone pillars, Lysandre almost instantly recognized the location of the photo.

The name Geosenge Town was not unfamiliar to him, as it had appeared countless times in past investigations.

"Right... Boss!" The researcher was very enthusiastic, his voice was also colored with a touch of excitement, as if he had finally seen the dawn of victory in his long-fought cause, he said: "If our probing is not wrong, the Ultimate Weapon built by King of Kalos 3,000 years ago was buried by the king's younger brother underneath the ground of Geosenge Town, as long as we reactivate the Ultimate Weapon, then, it'll be easy to fulfill the Boss's long-cherished wish!"

"Good."

Looking at the photo of stonehenge, Lysandre revealed a genuine smile for the first time in a long time.

"Tell the Geosenge Town branch to send someone to excavate the weapon."

"Yes!"

"Also... Be careful, activating the Ultimate Weapon isn't just a matter of digging it up, there's a lot more we have to prepare for."

"Yes!" After responding to Lysandre's words, the researcher spoke of a new problem as if he had remembered something.

"Boss, during this period of time.... . those guys from Team Rocket seem to be a bit off, they call themselves Team Rainbow Rocket."

"Huh?"

Lysandre frowned.

"Team Rainbow Rocket?"