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Time rewound to several hours earlier.

Dr. Edward, a director of Pokémon internal medicine, reflected on his career. He had treated countless electrical Pokémon with difficult conditions throughout his professional life. The greatest regret in his career remained his inability to save the Pokémon victims of the Illuminati incident. Since that tragic event, he had added one more ritual to his daily routine: visiting the experimental Pokémon every day at 3 o'clock.

"Even if I can't save them, as a doctor, I will accompany them through their final days," Dr. Edward thought to himself.

Today, he had brought five Pokémon to watch the National College league with him.

Before Roy came to the White Mountain Safety Zone, he had already secured a position as a regular member of his school team, so his participation in the National College League wasn't a secret.

The opening match featured the highly anticipated clash between Capital University and Eastbridge University.

When he saw Elekid appear on the stage, Dr. Edward experienced a surreal feeling. Instinctively, he wanted to see how Elekid was faring now. After all, Roy had taken the Elekid away—an Elekid that couldn't use Thunder Shock.

Reason told him it was impossible for an Elekid incapable of mastering electrical moves to become stronger.

Yet here was Roy, actually choosing Elekid as his starter?

Dr. Edward grew nervous, and the eyes of the five experimental Pokémon beside him lit up, eager to see their Big Brother's performance.

What followed was extraordinary—an armor of thunder and lightning, a comeback from a desperate situation, an unyielding will...

Watching Elekid shine like an indomitable warrior amid the cheers and admiration of the audience, Dr. Edward felt as though he hadn't fully awakened yet.

Was this... really the same Elekid?

At that moment, his phone rang. Dr. Edward answered in a daze and heard the voice of an old classmate who worked as a reporter.

"Hey Edward, have you been following the games in the Eastern Division?" the reporter asked.

"Just finished watching..." he replied.

"That's great! Wasn't that the Elekid you mentioned to me?"

"Yes," Dr. Edward nodded, finally feeling a sense of reality returning.

A gratified smile spread across his face.

Choosing to hand Elekid over to Roy had perhaps been the most correct decision he'd ever made in his life. The bond between people and Pokémon would always produce incredible miracles.

Dr. Edward looked at the envious eyes of the five experimental Pokémon and suddenly felt a weight lift from his shoulders.

"We'll try again!" he thought with renewed determination. Even if their conditions couldn't be cured completely, their lives could be extended. Even if they couldn't save them now, they could at least look forward to a brighter future.

Meanwhile, Roy opened his status panel and was surprised to discover that beyond the three Pokémon that had battled, the popularity of Vulpix and Wartortle had also increased significantly.

"That makes sense," he thought. When a trainer becomes famous, their Pokémon often follow suit. While each Pokémon's individual popularity increase wasn't enormous, the combined total was nothing to scoff at.

This was precisely why Roy had been trying to make headlines.

But undoubtedly, the biggest gains came from the three Pokémon that had battled.

Roy eliminated the decimals and counted with ten thousand as the base unit.

[Lucario, with a popularity value of 3.64 million.] [Mimikyu, with a popularity value of 6.4 million.] [Elekid, with a popularity value of 7.2 million.]

A total of 17.24 million.

It had only been a few hours since the end of the match, yet the popularity of the three Pokémon had skyrocketed to this point. Obviously, this was far from reaching the limit.

Adding the popularity of Vulpix and Wartortle, the total just reached 18 million.

To Roy's surprise, Elekid's rise in popularity was even higher than that of the "new Pokémon" Mimikyu...

Roy checked his phone and immediately understood why.

"Remember the victim Pokémon of the Illuminati incident? This is what it looks like now!" "Shock! A Pokémon unable to use Electric-type moves defeats powerful opponents!" "Unyielding fighting spirit creates miraculous comeback!" "Laboratory insider reveals Elekid's power might come from a Legendary Pokémon?"

Elekid's identity had been recognized.

Because of previous news coverage, Elekid had already trended nationally and established a certain fan base.

This 'victim' with a supposedly ruined future and shortened lifespan, who had been pitied and sympathized with by everyone, had demonstrated amazing fighting prowess after just two months. The 'unyielding will' that never surrendered had left a profound impression on viewers.

This kind of comeback story was often the most touching.

In particular, rumors that Elekid had mastered a unique lightening sparked even more curiosity.

Therefore, Elekid rivaled Mimikyu in popularity, despite the latter having the advantage of being labeled a "newly discovered Pokémon species."

Roy felt relieved. Among his Pokémon, Elekid had always been the one who concerned him most.

Only he, who had been with Elekid day and night, could understand how hard the Electric-type had worked and how desperate it had been. Since joining the team, Elekid never rested more than three hours on any training day.

"Speaking of which, where did Elekid get that mobility from?" Roy wondered.

In the previous battles, the one-versus-three challenge had undoubtedly been the most thrilling.

Roy's original strategy was to push Elekid to its limits to trigger evolution, and then rely on its new post-evolution strength to win fights.

This idea itself was quite risky, but with Lucario as backup, Roy remained confident he could complete the one-versus-three challenge even if Elekid failed. Judging by the fact that Lucario still had energy to spare, Roy's calculations hadn't been wrong.

The only unexpected development was that Elekid hadn't evolved but instead suddenly displayed an effect similar to 'Sleep Combat.'

There hadn't been time to investigate before, but now was different. Roy took out the Poké Ball and summoned Elekid.

"Elekid, what was that condition you entered during the contest?" he asked.

"Ele," Elekid replied, touching the back of its head, expressing that it didn't know. It had just been thinking that it couldn't lose, absolutely couldn't lose, and then a strange power had emerged...

Elekid felt it could enter that state at any time now, but didn't understand what the condition was or why it could access it.

Roy didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Some kind of change had occurred, but the nature of it remained unclear.

It was somewhat outrageous.

But recalling that Elekid had developed the "Lightning Armor" in a similarly reckless manner, Roy suddenly felt this was typical of his Pokémon.

Unruly and intuitively reckless—that was Elekid's nature.

"Try entering that condition now," Roy said with a smile. "Let me observe."

Elekid nodded and without hesitation punched his left hand with his right. From the sunken wound, it was clear Elekid hadn't held back at all.

Immediately, something incredible happened.

Some kind of life energy emerged, causing the wound to heal rapidly.

In less than a second, the injury had vanished.

Throughout this process, Roy used his Aura powers to monitor Elekid's body, observing an energy transformation that made his heart skip a beat.

This was... spiritual energy being transformed into life energy.

The phenomenon was functionally and fundamentally identical to Sleep Combat—the only difference being that Elekid hadn't entered a sleeping state.

Roy fell into deep thought.

Sleep Combat was a unique technique developed based on the 'Rest' move.

Elekid had only completed the first two steps of mastering it. The third step—achieving a state where "the body sleeps but consciousness remains awake"—was extremely demanding on one's comprehension. Once completed, it would allow "sleepwalking in the form of Sleep Combat."

Roy had originally thought that Elekid, being somewhat "rough and reckless," would never learn this technique.

However, just as Elekid had transformed "Lightening Body Forging"—a technique requiring precise control—into his own exclusive reckless version, Sleep Punch had now become something uniquely Elekid's.

A reckless version of "Sleep Combat"—where the body isn't asleep, the consciousness isn't asleep, but spiritual power is transformed into vitality through sheer will!

Elekid's approach seemed to be: "I thought I could do it, so I did."

"Is it using strong willpower to forcefully transform spiritual energy into vitality?" Roy wondered. "That still doesn't fully explain it."

Roy sensed something in this transformation that he didn't quite understand.

Elekid's most special attribute was the "legendary-level electricity" from Zekrom. While Elekid possessed excellent vitality and willpower and showed remarkable talent, it hadn't reached truly anomalous levels.

So...

"Could this be Zekrom's influence?" Roy pondered.

This unknown change made Roy slightly uneasy.

Every gift of fate carried a hidden price.

Shaking his head, Roy decided not to dwell on concerns that were too distant. He hadn't reached the level of understanding "Legendary Pokémon" yet. From his current perspective, an Elekid who had mastered the "Reckless Version of Sleep Combat" had undoubtedly gained another trump card, significantly increasing its strength.

"Without Rest, it's not appropriate to call it Sleep Combat," Roy realized.

He had an inspiration, thinking of famous warriors from history.

"From now on, this condition will be called 'Battle Continuation.'"

Elekid's eyes lit up in strong agreement.

Even if life is fading, as long as the spirit remains unextinguished, the battle doesn't stop—the battle continues. The name was indeed fitting.

Roy smiled and took out another Poké Ball, his tone carrying a hint of reluctance.

"Next, it's your turn," he said softly.

"Come out, Vulpix."

The little fox didn't immediately jump onto Roy's shoulder as usual. She seemed to know what was about to happen—a little nervous, a little expectant, and a little uneasy.

[Perfect Ice Stone, priced at 10,000,000 points. Confirm exchange?] [Confirmed.]

A pure white, flawless Ice Stone appeared in Roy's palm. This stone contained extremely pure ice energy, with both 'quality' and 'quantity' in perfect condition.

Roy squatted down and gently placed the perfect Ice Stone under Vulpix's paws.

The little fox raised her paw and lightly touched the stone.

In an instant, the light of evolution bloomed.