The Everstone, a magical item, was known for its ability to suppress the evolutionary energy within a Pokémon, preventing it from evolving while carrying the stone. While this might seem trivial to some, it was an essential item for specifion and trainers who wished to keep their Pokémon in their current forms.

  However, for Naoki, it didn't serve much purpose at the moment. He casually pced the Everstone in a drawer as he went baside the house.

  Stepping outside again, Naoki's thoughts wandered back to Teddiursa. He was curious about what effects the lucky pudding might have otle bear, especially sidering Teddiursa's natural [Pickup] ability. What rare items might it find after eating the pudding? The answer would have to wait until Teddiursa returo trade for more honey.

  Naoki couldn't help but look forward to that day.

  At that moment, his Pokémon, Koraidon, trotted up to him, wagging its tail happily with a frisbee in its mouth.

  "Ah, gah!" Koraidon called out, eager to py.

  It was 3:38 pm when Naoki decided to start a frisbee game with Koraidon, Cyclizar, and Dragonite, on the ranch.

  Naoki tossed the frisbee into the air, and the Pokémon raced after it, eager to catd retrieve it. They had somehow reached an unspoken agreement not to use their special moves, relying instead on their natural agility and speed.

  The game went smoothly at first. The three Pokémon took turns running after the frisbee as it flew across the grass, each trying to snatch it out of the air before it hit the ground. If one missed, the Pokémon would take its turn.

  But then, things took a petitive turn.

  As Dragoched the frisbee about to touch the ground, it instinctively used its extreme speed to swoop in and grab it just in time.

  Koraidon, seeing this, let out a cry of dissatisfa, "Ah, gah!" Clearly not wanting to be outdo decided to use its own powerful abilities.

  With a fsh, Koraidon shifted to its bat form. Eyeing the flying frisbee, it dug its strong legs into the ground and uself into the air with a powerful leap. Its muscur body collided with the frisbee mid-flight, and it caught it firmly in its mouth before nding gracefully on the ground.

  Koraidon turned back to Naoki, expeg praise, but instead, it noticed that Naoki seemed lost in thought.

  Naoki was indeed distracted.

  Naoki was deep in thought about the lucky pudding and its surprising effects. To be ho, the results of his cooking today had far exceeded his expectations.

  He began to realize that the effect of food might be closely tied to the mood aion of the person preparing it. If you pour love and genuine feeling into cooking, the dish could potentially have ued, even magical, effects.

  'Even without the bck truffle to enha, the dish turned out to be A grade,' Naoki mused. 'Does this mean something important?'

  Lost in thought, Naoki absentmindedly took the frisbee that Koraidon handed him and tossed it away. Koraidon dashed after it with full force.

  This time, Naoki noticed how Koraidon was catg the frisbee—with full power, almost as if it was attag it.

  Naoki blinked in surprise. 'Is it really doing that?'

  Koraidon proudly trotted back with the frisbee and prese to Naoki, while Dragonite, watg from the side, was clearly eager to join the petition, its aura intensifying as if ready to unleash its speed.

  Naoki couldn't help but smile wryly at the sight of the two Pokémon now engaged in a full-blown petition, each trying to outdo the other. Even Alcremie, passing by with five Salt Stones in tow, stopped to watch the spectacle. The sudden halt caused the Salt Stoo bump into each other, creating a small, clumsy pile.

  Meanwhile, Cyclizar stood by, looking longingly at Koraidon and Dragos expression pitiful and filled with yearning.

  "Gah." Cyclizar whimpered softly. It wao py too.

  Naoki noticed Cyclizar's sad expression and then g the overly petitive Koraidon and Dragohe stant frisbee throwing was starting to make his arm muscles sore.

  'Maybe it's time to end this before things get too out of hand,' he thought.

  With that, he decisively ehe game, leaving the two overly enthusiastion behind as he walked off with Cyclizar, who finally got its ce to py.

  Koraidon and Dragoared after them, their eyes filled with .

  "Awoo." Dragonite murmured. 'Is Naoki angry?'

  "Gashh" Koraidon responded, equally uain. 'I don't kher.'

  "Awoo."

  Dragonite's face was full of worry, and even Koraidon, who had been so proud moments before, seemed ed. But after a moment, Koraidon took the initiative, deg to follow Naoki and Cyclizar.

  When Koraidoered the room, he was surprised to see Naoki being unusually affeate with Cyclizar, feeding it delicious food by hand to fort it.

  Koraidon shouted, "Ah gah!" to grab Naoki's attention.

  Hearing the call, Naoki turned his head and gnced over. Koraidon immediately softes voice, lowered its momentum, and approached Naoki with a sheepish, almost pleading expression.

  "Ah, gah." Koraidon whimpered softly.

  "No ess allowed!" Naoki said, pyfully pushing Koraidon's face aside. Though he wao ugh, he kept a stern expression as he addressed Koraidon and Dragonite.

  "Do you remember the rules we made?" he asked.

  The rules were clear: no special moves, no flying—only running normally to catch the frisbee. This made the game fairer for Cyclizar, Koraidon, and Dragonite alike.

  Koraidon and Dragoood in a row, looking down like children caught in mischief.

  "Gah…"

  "Ouch…"

  As a responsible trainer, Naoki k was important to treat everyone equally. Seeing that both Pokémon were genuinely sorry, he nodded in satisfa and said early:

  "Cyclizar is still young, not even a year old yet, and 't pete with you in terms of strength or speed. It wao py frisbee too, but when you used moves that broke the rules, Cyclizar could only watch from the sidelines."

  "Gah…" Koraidon and Dragonite exged looks, their expressions showing uanding.

  Cyclizar, this, felt a strong desire to bee stronger. If it could be as powerful as Koraidon, it could join the game, py alongside the others, or even help Naoki with more tasks around the ranch.

  Seeing that the message had sunk in, Naoki sat down in a chair and waved them off. "I'm a little tired, so I 't py with yht now. I'm going to wate TV for a while. You two go py outside on your own."

  Dragonite g Naoki a few times, and seeing that he wasn't actually angry, it ran outside to py, reassured. Koraidon, however, stayed behind, lying down on the wooden floor o Naoki, with Cyclizar beside it, both watg TV together.

  The TV was repying the noon news, rep on an avahat had retly occurred on Frostsmoked Mountain, which had affected the local Pokémon ecosystem.

  The news mentiohat an expedition team had iigated and discovered the cause of the avanche—a powerful wild Baxcalibur.

  "Baxcalibur? That's a pseudo-legendary Pokémon from the Paldea region," Naoki mused. pared to the cute Dragonite, Baxcalibur certainly had a more intimidating appearance.

  As Naoki tinued watg, he felt his eyelids grow heavy. He yawhen y ba the rog chair and slowly closed his eyes, ready for a nap.

  The news tio py oV, shifting from the "Frostsmoked Mountain Avanche I" to a segment on the "Mysterious Phenomenon in the Paldea Region: Pokémon Crystallization."

  On the s, the host introduced the research of Dr. Sada and Dr. Turo, who were studying the Terastal phenomenon and had ied the Terastal Orbs.