A water-type trainer who specializes in dragon-type water.

Zhang Heng talked with Ivan until very late, around one or two o'clock in the morning. After finalizing some details, they returned to the staff dormitory of the affiliated hospital.

After Zhang Heng washed up, he lay down on the bed, his mind filled with a multitude of troubled thoughts.

He reviewed some of the situations in the past two days, including Wang Sen in the wilderness, the secret of Doron Messiah, the black shadow in that strange space, the progress of Gigantamax research, the coveting of him by foreign forces, and the most troublesome invasion of Kyurem.

His identity as the "ideal man" and the genetic wedge in his hand represent an irreconcilable situation with Kyurem.

Zhang Heng is very tired and sleepy now. Even though he slept for a long time in the afternoon, the mega evolution with Qixi Bluebird to deal with foreign forces and the Dynamax to defeat Eulop were both huge drains on his mental strength.

Now he was not blocked by all kinds of annoying things, but couldn't sleep because of the noise.

In the living room…

Dragon Messiah, a Pokémon that had just hatched from its egg less than three days ago, was very interested in everything around it.

“Swoosh—whoosh!”

Doron Messiah excitedly ran around the living room, his small body turning into a purple afterimage.

It wrapped its tail around Zhang Heng's slippers and swung them up and down, causing the slippers to hit the wall with a "clacking" sound.

Haunter was so angry that his eyes glowed green, his body swelled up and issued a warning, and he shouted "Hey! Hey hey!", trying to stop Doronesia.

But Doron Messiah playfully circled around it, spitting out a few mini shadow balls from time to time, which exploded tiny purple sparks in the living room.

Unable to cope with the noise, he took out two balls of medical cotton from the spare medical kit on the table, stuffed them into his ears, and forced himself to fall asleep.

The medical cotton barely blocked out the noise in the living room. Zhang Heng just felt a little sleepy when he suddenly felt a chill passing by his ears.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Doron Messiah hanging at the head of the bed, its big purple eyes curiously staring at the cotton ball in his ear, and its tail restlessly curled around the corner of the quilt and swaying back and forth.

"You..." Then he saw Haunter also chasing into the bedroom.

"Haunter, hypnosis!"

Haunter's pupils instantly lit up blue, and he was about to turn towards Dragon Messiah.

"Use it on me!"

"Hey?!"

Haunter was startled and quickly changed direction, and the purple energy hit Zhang Heng's eyebrows like lightning.

The young man, who was still holding on to a last bit of consciousness the previous second, fell straight onto the bed the next second, and the snoring that followed was louder than the noise in the living room.

........................

Second day

The gate of Echeng Academy was tightly closed. Four military-grade sonic diffusers designed to repel Pokémon were set up on both sides of the porch. The armed Alliance guards, accompanied by Arcanine, surrounded the school gate tightly.

Outside the cordon, reporters holding cameras and people looking out were crowded. From time to time, sounds of pushing and arguing could be heard from the crowd. The scolding of security personnel and the buzzing of the electronic fence formed a tense prelude.

Haunter's hypnosis was very effective. Zhang Heng stepped into the cordon with full energy, and dozens of cameras swarmed over him like mechanical insects.

The spotlight was so bright that he couldn't open his eyes, and the microphone almost poked him in the face.

"Excuse me, are you Zhang Guanjun's only son?"

"Is gigantic Pokémon a secret weapon of the military?"

"I heard that foreign spies have issued assassination warnings against you. Is this true?"

The questions came one after another with enthusiasm, and some reporters even climbed over the cordon to try to stop them.

"Woof woof~" He was shouted back by the guard's wind speed dog.

Today is a special day. In order to prevent so many off-campus factors from affecting the students' performance and to quell the public opinion caused by Zhang Heng's propaganda, the entry of social personnel into Echeng Academy is controlled.

However, the university did not want to waste this student's opportunity to demonstrate his abilities, so it specially opened a media channel. Broadcast vehicles from international media outlets such as CNK and CAC crowded the road, and the satellite antennas reflected a cold metallic luster in the sunlight.

As Zhang Heng slowly stepped into Arena No. 2, all the high-definition cameras broadcasting the game were focused on him, hoping that he would once again use the method of making Pokémon grow giant in this competition.

Due to the fermentation of online public opinion in recent days, the design of the aluminum steel dragon has become a special matter that has attracted attention from all over the country and even the world.

At the other end of the field, Zhang Heng's opponent, Zhai Yu, tapped the Poké Ball at her waist with her fingertips. Her slim-fitting combat uniform outlined her graceful curves, and her frosty peach blossom eyes showed that she was a very beautiful senior.

She is a trainer who excels in the Fairy-type, and many students and instructors predict that she has the strength to be in the top 16 or even the top 8.

The Zhai family is also very powerful in Goose City, and their family is very good at breeding grass-type Pokémon.

Even the grass wilderness area in Echeng was funded and built by them, and they hold a certain share. The annual profit of the grass wilderness area can also bring very considerable income to their family.

The grass-type wilderness area suffered severe damage due to this attack, so Zhai Yu had a certain degree of hostility towards Zhang Heng.

Although he knew that this was not Zhang Heng's fault, the huge aluminum-steel dragon blew away the dome, which completely destroyed the special ghost incubation park. If it needed to be repaired, it would be a very heavy expense.

Zhang Heng could sense the hostility in Zhai Yu's eyes and couldn't help but frown, not knowing where he had offended him.

"Buzz~"

At this moment, the roar of the drone Rotom's propellers could be heard, and it landed steadily in the center of the arena, starting to draw the format for this competition.

The pointer kept spinning, finally stopping at the 2v2 singles cursor, and then the electronic voice of the drone Rotom was heard!

"Please send Pokémon from both sides!"

Zhang Heng threw the Poké Ball without hesitation. "Bang~" a silver-white Aluminum Steel Dragon appeared. Its appearance immediately attracted all the audience present and the broadcast camera, and the audience around began to discuss.

"Is this the Aluminum Steel Dragon that can grow to be extraordinarily large?"

"This silver-white Pokémon is so cool!"

"Steel-type Pokémon just make people feel safe."

Zhai Yu quickly threw his Poké Ball, and "bang!" a sheep-like Pokémon appeared. It had orange, oval eyes, green, curly ears, and a body covered in cotton. It was called Windy.

Zhang Heng looked at him with a sour taste in his mouth. In the eyes of all players, the Wind Fairy had a unique nickname, "Disgusting Cotton". Its Mischievous Heart trait allowed it to quickly activate all of its transformation moves, making it a very good pioneer!

"The game begins!" The drone Rotom gave the order.

"Wind Fairy, tailwind!"

A pink-purple light surged from the Wind Fairy's body, which was the manifestation of the Mischievous Heart characteristic. Behind it, the silver-gray flying energy quickly spread across the entire field like a breeze, doubling the speed of Zhai Yu's Pokémon.

Zhang Heng showed off the Gigantamax wristband on his hand, but Zhang Heng had discussed with Ivan that they would only show the Gigantamax and not this key prop, so a brown-red silk scarf was tied on the Gigantamax wristband.

"Swish~" A red light passed by, and he took the commemorative ball in his left hand and took back the aluminum steel dragon.

The audience watching started talking about it.

"Wouldn't a Steel type have a significant advantage against a Fairy type Wind Fairy?"

"Is it turning so soon?"

But after seeing Zhang Heng's actions, the audience immediately fell silent.

I saw some red energy visible to the naked eye around me, like a flowing spirit snake, gathering towards Zhang Heng's hands.

The energy was increasing, and the speed of the energy light was getting stronger and stronger. Zhang Heng was bathed in crimson.

But what surprised everyone present and the audience watching the broadcast was that Steelix's Poké Ball gradually expanded from its normal size at the beginning, and finally became a Poké Ball the size of a basketball, flashing with dazzling red and white light.

He suddenly bent down and threw the Poké Ball high into the air. The Gigantamax Band burst out with a dazzling red light, echoing the Poké Ball in the air.

"Pop~" A louder sound of the Poké Ball opening was heard.

The dazzling Gigantamax light exploded in the air like a vortex, and the curled up metal body of the Aluminum Steel Dragon was suspended in it.

It began to expand wildly, the bones made a strange roar, and the silver-white alloy armor piled up layer by layer like an avalanche.

10 meters, 20 meters... Its spine constantly pierces the clouds. When it grows to 30 meters high, it is like a moving steel fortress.

"roar~"

The Gigantamax Aluminum Steel Dragon roared to the sky, the sound waves caused the ground to crack, and the Gigantamax pressure completely enveloped the area.

The audience in the stadium, as well as those watching the broadcast, all opened their mouths in shock. Just as the whole audience fell into shocked silence, Zhang Heng's command cut through the sky.

"Extreme Steel!"

The Gigantamax Aluminum Steel Dragon slapped its palms forward, and a silver-white steel pillar protruded from the ground. Its attack method was very similar to the Rock-type's Stone Attack.

However, the sharp stone attack only protrudes one stone pillar, while the Gigantamax Steel attack is performed by two steel pillars crossing each other and continuously stabbing forward.

"Boom~"

Following the explosion, dust blanketed the entire venue, covering the delicate broadcast equipment with a layer of dust, and the broadcast signal was completely cut off. No one present knew what had happened.

All that was heard was the mechanical voice of the drone Rotom: "The Wind Fairy has lost its ability to fight. Please send out your next Pokémon..."