Chase, a student in the ordinary Trainer class at Class 3 Lake City No. 1 Middle School, cradled her starter Pokémon, Shellder, in her arms, surveying the scene with growing alarm.
Shellder let out a faint, pained whimper.
"Don't worry, Shellder," Chase reassured, "we just need to find a Water Stone, and it will surely help you recover."
As she looked down at Shellder, Chase's panic began to fade, replaced by determination. She pulled out the same secret guidebook that Julian had and headed toward the lake's location.
Water Stones and their fragments can occasionally be discovered in the lakes of the No. 1 secret realm, and those lucky enough might even stumble upon a complete Water Stone.
An ordinary Water Stone is valued at over one million, while a top-quality one can fetch more than ten million.
Currently, Shellder's health was poor, not due to an injury, but because of the overwhelming ice energy coursing through its body.
This energy, although potent, was unmanageable for Shellder and was slowly eroding its physical body.
A Pokémon doctor had diagnosed that the only truly effective way to save Shellder was to evolve it into Cloyster.
While Shellder is a water-type Pokémon, Cloyster is a dual water and ice-type.
Once it evolves into Cloyster, the intense ice energy in its body will be controlled.
After Chase's family purchased Shellder, they could no longer afford a Water Stone, and without it, Shellder's life was in jeopardy.
To save her Pokémon, Chase decided to keep this a secret from her parents, even stealing from their retirement fund to buy tickets to the No. 1 Secret Realm.
In this challenging situation, she found herself in possession of a gravely ill Pokémon and felt completely at a loss.
Pokémon: Shellder (Water)
Moves: Tackle, Water Gun, Withdraw, Leer, Whirlpool
Genetic Move: Water Pulse
Note: This Pokémon has a significant amount of ice energy; if it doesn't evolve in three days, it will perish.
Julian, who had come to the exit of the secret realm, happened to see Chase with a distressed expression. Looking at Shellder, who was half-dead in her arms, he subconsciously glanced at it with his probing eyes.
Startled, Chase who had been gathering her courage to venture toward the secret lake when she unexpectedly spotted Julian emerging from the bushes with Metang and Riolu trailing behind him, causing her to scream in fright.
'Did she come here to feed herself to the pokemon.'
'The lung capacity is quite large, she has not stopped even after more than ten seconds.'
Julian walked in front of her and made a closing gesture with his palm, Miraculously the latter's voice actually stopped.
"Stop screaming, my ears are going to become deaf"
She looked at him up and down, 'he looks really good, the type of beasts who like to be violent.'
Seemingly frightened by Julian's gaze, when Chase was about to continue screaming, Julian threatened: "If you scream again, I will throw you to the Beedrill swarm and let them eat you"
Chase quickly covered her mouth.
Meanwhile, Shellder fixed an angry gaze on Julian, prepared to defend its trainer despite its own frail state.
If Julian really did something dangerous to its trainer, it would protect her even if she died.
"What are you doing in the secret realm? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Julian questioned, with concern, even though he had his suspicions.
"I'm here to find a Water Stone to heal Shellder,"
Chase admitted meekly.
"Here, you need this," Julian said as he handed her a Water Stone he had obtained.
"Get out of here as soon as you can; this secret realm isn't a place for you."
Julian handed the Water Stone he took out of David's body to the other party but girl seemed to be a little confused by Julian's actions and didn't take it, so Julian stuffed the Water Stone into her pocket.
This particular Water Stone was of high quality, enough to not only allow Shellder to evolve but also to enhance its qualifications from green to cyan.
Walker - Steven - Stone is online.
Steven gave Mega Evolution Stone and he gave Water Stone.
Julian couldn't help but admire Chase's determination to endanger herself for the sake of her Pokémon.
He felt a sense of kinship; the ancients believed that those who demonstrated filial devotion would not commit great wrongs, and the same applied to trainers who genuinely cared for their Pokémon.
Chance had brought him a Water Stone just when he encountered someone in dire need.
And he knew if he hadn't intervened, Chase would likely have struggled to escape the secret realm alive.
"No need to thank me. I'm um- Steven, goodbye,"
Julian said before stepping through the exit of the No. 1 Secret Realm.
Chase stared at the Water Stone she held and watched where Julian had disappeared, her features a mix of wonder and disbelief.
"Wait, his name was Steven? I thought it was Julian. Is Steven a nickname?"
she murmured to herself, reflecting on how, until now, Julian had been quiet and unassuming at school.
But since his starter Pokémon beldum and his family background was revealed, he immediately became the most famous person in school.
Although Chase was from a different class and didn't know him well, she certainly recognized him.
Pokémon: Dratini (Dragon)
Qualification: Purple
Genetic Moves: Extreme Speed, Dragon Breath, Dragon Dance, Outrage
As Julian examined the details about Dratini's egg, he couldn't help but feel an overwhelming desire to express his excitement; the system was truly remarkable, and the products it generated had to be extraordinary.
A Dratini with champion qualifications, featuring the exceptionally rare genetic move of Extreme Speed, caught his attention.
If it were to evolve into a powerful Dragonite, utilizing the Extreme Speed move, its agility would certainly set it apart from nearly all other Pokémon.
"If I said I picked up this Pokémon egg on the side of the road, would my parents believe it?"
Looking at the Pokémon egg, Julian suddenly thought of a question, how to explain the origin of the egg to his parents.
While it might be easy to say he got a regular Pokémon egg from a breeder, this was a Pseudo-legendary egg, and no breeders in Lake City sold such rare items.
In the past, Julian lived on campus for the first and second year of high school so there was no need to go home.
But now in the third year, He choose to be a day student, because he was already a trainer. He received school education during the day and continued to study with his father at night.
"So you found this in a Secret Realm"
Jake looked at Julian with an expression like you're kidding me.
This secret realm has existed for more than 30 years and there has never been a dragon-type Pokémon inside, let alone a Dratini's egg.
Julian recognized that he needed a better excuse but,
If Jake knew that Julian originally wanted to say that this Pokémon egg was picked up on the side of the road, he would definitely not think that this excuse was a bad one.
However, Jake decided not to press further; it was common for teens to keep secrets as they grew older.
As a parent, all he could do was support his son and hope he stayed on the right path.