How come my Pokémon turned into a girl?

"Dream-chan!"

"Don't be impatient, Jirachi-chan. I'm sure I don't understand the power in Qianye as well as you do, but I'm more qualified to speak on the subject of genes~"

Dream said this, playfully leaning forward to rub the blonde girl's puffed cheek. Although he looked reluctant, but considering that it was for Qianye, Jirachi still closed his mouth to show his consent.

"If it's a genetic change, then Xiaoye also has this phenomenon. And Xiaoye is also unusually strong for her peers, right? It seems to fit the description of the body's potential being stimulated."

"Am I strong among my peers?" Hearing Huanhuan's words, Qianye scratched his head in confusion. Why had he never had this feeling before?

"Qian Ye... is indeed very strong." Nancy seemed to agree with this and said with a blushing face.

"That's not what I mean by strong... From what I've learned, Xiaoye's physical strength is among the best among her peers... or more precisely, among humans. It's basically reached the level of an average Fighting-type Pokémon."

"And it seems to be growing rapidly right now. By the way, your Pokémon, Xiaoye, have also undergone some of these genetic changes. That Kodora has undergone the most significant changes, and it's basically a completely new species. Judging from its potential, it might one day reach our level."

Hearing Mew's words, Qianye was startled and subconsciously looked towards Kodora gnawing on steel in the distance. "Are you saying that Kodora can become a legendary Pokémon in the future?"

"It's just a possibility, and even if he really grows to that level one day, Xiaoye will probably have a hard time seeing it."

So-called human lifespan?... After understanding the hidden meaning behind Menghuan's words, Qianye felt a little emotional, but he didn't get caught up in it. At this moment, he was more concerned about another question:

"By the way, Mew, you said that my Pokémon and I have some degree of genetic mutation. Can you confirm that it was caused by the Miracle Virus?"

His tone was rather apprehensive. He still remembered the information that said, "The Miracle Virus can only infect Pokémon, and is completely ineffective against humans." If the changes in his genes were related to the Miracle Virus, wouldn't that also mean...

"Well, I need to see the thing in person first to confirm it. If I only read the description, all I can get is speculation."

In response to the boy's question, Menghuan simply replied like this.

A sample of the Miracle Virus. It seems tomorrow's meeting will focus on the issues between the Evolution Association and Team Rocket, so the topic of the Miracle Virus will undoubtedly be brought up. I wonder if a physical Miracle Virus will be displayed at the meeting...

……

The next day, with nearly an hour left before the meeting was to begin, Qian Ye, who had planned to arrive early, was already standing in front of the door of the conference room.

In fact, according to the original plan, he should have come here with Daigo, but the other party did not do a good job of concealment before going out, and was directly blocked by a large group of fans at the hotel entrance, so he had to come here first.

Standing at the door, he scanned the conference room. Everyone seated in a chair was essentially someone Qianye had often seen on television. The few who did appear unfamiliar, though, nonetheless, possessed a subtle air of superiority.

Is this really a place where someone like me can attend? I subconsciously wiped the cold sweat from my forehead, and just as I was hesitating whether to step into it, I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Why don't you go in?" A serious and slightly oppressive middle-aged male voice sounded from behind. Qian Ye had just turned around when the shadow of the huge black cloak covered his entire body.

He was a man with red hair, his hairstyle like a flame burning backwards. He was tall and strong, and his face looked intimidating without being angry.

Qianye was very familiar with this image. After all, basically every time the TV reported a large-scale vicious crime in the Guandu area, that man would come out and express strong condemnation of a certain organization.

That's right, the person standing before him was the current champion of the Kanto League, the ruthless Chief Investigator, and the genius trainer who hated evil with a vengeance...

"Adu, the King of Flying!"

Hearing the young man's name, A'Du suddenly lost control of his facial expression, staggered and nearly fell. After finally regaining his composure, he immediately shouted to Qianye in a serious tone:

"I am Adu, the Dragon King! I am not some Flying King!"

"Champion Adu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...it was just a slip of the tongue."

Qianye scratched his head a little awkwardly, mainly because he had the impression that the main lineup of the Kanto League champion nicknamed "Dragon Envoy" was mostly composed of Flying-type Pokémon. Plus, he was a little nervous just now, so he blurted out the answer without thinking.

"Hahahaha! Isn't what they said quite right? Anyway, there aren't many real dragon-types in your team... Don't you agree, Dodo?"

A pleasant teasing voice was heard, and when he looked in the direction of the sound, he saw an intellectual lady with a red ponytail and flat-frame glasses standing beside A'Du.

At this moment, she stretched out her slender fingers and poked the shoulder of the man with a sullen face, and covered her mouth with her other hand as if trying her best to hide her laughter. However, judging from the gradually increasing volume of her laughter, the red-haired lady was probably just pretending to laugh in order to further stimulate A'du.

That was Kona, the Ice King of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto? Two of the four strongest trainers in the Kanto region were actually in attendance at today's meeting!

"Kona, could you please be more mindful of your image as one of the Four Heavenly Kings in front of young trainers?"

"There's no way you'll be liked by young trainers if you keep putting on a sour face like that. I'm trying my best to create a more approachable image of the Four Heavenly Kings... Do you think what I said is right, little brother?"

Kona looked at Qianye and chuckled. Since she was a head taller than the boy, she leaned down slightly while speaking. At the collar of her black uniform, the bottomless abyss between the two magnificent evils made Qianye's brows jump suddenly.

"Uh...Kona Tenno, it's an honor to meet you."

"Oh, there's no need for me to be so reserved with my sister~" Although he is the king of ice, Kona is not as cold as ice at all. While speaking, he even reached out and touched Qianye's cheek.

"Looking closely, little brother, you're quite handsome... and you're right up my alley. Would you like to consider staying by my side from now on?"

The Four Heavenly Kings...are all of them like this? Qianye was deeply shocked by Kona's bold and open behavior.

Fortunately, just when he was at a loss, A'du beside him spoke up to save him: "Just because you are old and no one wants you, can you not harass those new trainers? What's more, that boy is a rising star in our Kanto region. I can't let you harm him."

"You, said, what..." Kona straightened up and reached out to push her eyes on the bridge of her nose. Although a warm smile appeared on her beautiful face, the tense frown on her forehead still exposed her true emotions.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear you clearly. What do you mean by 'no one wants you when you're old'... Could you please explain what that means? Dodo bird."

"But I don't want to repeat myself, but if you want to be arrested for molesting a minor, I can oblige you... old woman."

As soon as these words were spoken, fire ignited in the eyes of the two kings who had never gotten along with each other. Their gazes collided and even sparks flew in the air.

As for Qianye, who had been innocently caught up in the conflict, the image of the Four Heavenly Kings had been completely shattered in his mind. The young man took Nancy's hand and whispered:

"Let's go into the conference room first..."

Chapter 103: Kona Wants to Eat Young Grass

The meeting lasted for quite a long time, and most of the time was spent discussing reports on Team Rocket's operations in various areas of Kanto and the Alliance's countermeasures and deployments.

Qian Ye really couldn't understand these boring contents, and even felt a little sleepy. However, in front of so many bigwigs from the alliance, he couldn't just lie down like that.

"Nazi, could you please use your telekinesis to keep me awake?" At this moment, the boy was really glad that he brought Nazi with him to the meeting. Although his control over telekinesis had improved, he still could not perform various complex functions like the girl.

Nazhi nodded and gently pressed her palm on Qianye's cheek. In an instant, her mental power sent a slight stimulation to the brain. It felt like a bucket of cold water was poured over the head, and his spirits were immediately lifted.

"Now, let's get to the point. With the help of the Evolution Association device we intercepted earlier, we not only discovered their Pokémon teleportation network, which circumvented the Alliance, but we also tracked down the location of their warehouse. Regarding this, do you have any good news from the Hoenn Alliance?"

After the old man in the main seat finished reading the information in his hand, he looked at the seats on the side where Daigo was sitting with an inquiring look. Most of the people sitting there were clerks from the Hoenn Alliance.

For a moment, everyone's attention was focused on the silver-haired nobleman. Daigo slowly stood up, picked up a document, and said with a chuckle:

"Of course, thanks to the intelligence provided by everyone in the Kanto Alliance, we were able to launch a precise raid on the Evolution Association's warehouse and seize a large amount of illegally obtained Pokémon. This is enough evidence to completely label the Evolution Association a criminal organization."

"It's a bit of a shame that we didn't find the Evolution Association's research report there. Otherwise, we might be able to figure out why they collect so many Pokémon."

The reason why the Evolution Association collects Pokémon without restraint... This is also what Qianye thought about when he read the information about the Evolution Association.

Logically speaking, with the monopoly of the Miracle Virus, the Evolution Association could have obtained profits in a more obscure way. The Pokémon they captured were not used to cultivate and arm their own forces, nor were they thrown into the black market to make money, but they attracted the attention of the Pokémon League.

To be willing to go to such lengths, they must be pursuing a greater goal. Mo Ming recalled yesterday's conversation with Meng Huan, and a terrifying possibility suddenly occurred to him.

Without a moment's hesitation, the young man slammed the table and stood up. "Everyone! I'm thinking... maybe I know what the ultimate goal of the Evolution Association is?"

At this time, Daigo was still speaking, but Qianye's slamming of the table interrupted him directly, and everyone present was talking about it for a while.

"Who is this young man? What does he think this place is?"

"Daigo is the former champion of the Hoenn League after all. It's really rude of him to do this!"

"Yeah, yeah. Even if there's something important, you have to wait until Daigo finishes speaking before reporting."

Not everyone here recognized this fledgling trainer, not to mention that Qianye looked so young. In the eyes of those who didn't know him, he was just a young man who had somehow obtained the qualification to attend the meeting and ended up disrupting the order of the meeting.

"Enough!" What ended the noisy discussions was A'du who slammed his fist on the table. His eyes, which seemed to be emitting dragon power, made everyone who was looked at fall silent.

"Listen carefully, this young man is the trainer who stopped Team Rocket from trading with the Evolution Association in Vermilion City and protected important investigative leads for us. He is more qualified to speak on today's topic than most of the guys here who can only talk."

Adu himself is a man of action. When he was young, he led a group of investigators to travel throughout the Kanto region to punish crimes. During that period, he even reduced the crime rate of Pokémon crimes in the Kanto region to near zero.

Because of this, after first hearing about Qianye's deeds, he had been keeping an eye on this rookie trainer who was quite like his own youth. It was a pity that he had to fly around Kanto to fight against Team Rocket's activities, so he never had the chance to meet the boy.

In contrast, he hated those who talked more than they did. Seeing a bunch of clerks who had never been to the front lines discussing the young man he valued and the greatest contributor to the Evolution Association's actions, he wouldn't give them any face.

"Qianye, I also want to hear your guess about the Evolution Association." Following A'du's angry rebuke, Daigo, the person involved, also showed the same attitude, without any sign of being offended on his face.

With the nomination from two league champions, no one dared to disregard the young trainer's words. Qian Ye, who was under everyone's attention, took a deep breath and then spoke:

"Everyone, please listen to me. Is it possible that the Miracle Virus currently being traded by the Evolution Association is still a semi-finished product? The reason they're collecting so many Pokémon is to make further breakthroughs based on the existing experimental products."

"But Qianye, we have already tested the effectiveness of the Miracle Virus. The growth rate it brings to Pokémon is fast enough. If we just want to further shorten the growth time, there is no need to invest such a huge amount of resources."

Although Daigo was somewhat aware of what the boy wanted to express, he still raised an objection. As he said, continuing to improve the original efficacy would be a loss-making business with the investment and benefits not proportional.

"The breakthrough I'm talking about isn't this... Is it possible that the Evolution Association's original purpose in developing the Miracle Virus wasn't to increase Pokémon's growth rate, but to break through the Pokémon's original life level and reach a whole new realm? For example, a Legendary Pokémon?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire audience fell into a deathly silence. The reason was simple: the conjecture proposed by Qianye was simply too horrifying. A mass-produced item that could allow ordinary Pokémon to break through and become a legendary Pokémon, they could understand what this meant without any explanation.

"Does your conjecture have any basis to support it?"

A clerk asked the boy a question, even though they all knew that if the other party's guess was correct, then all the contradictory actions of the Evolution Association could be explained. In this world, there is nothing more tempting than controlling the power of legendary Pokémon.

"If there is a basis for this, it won't just be a guess."

Qianye couldn't be sure that his guess was correct, just as he wasn't sure whether he and his Pokémon were affected by the Miracle Virus. To confirm the answers to these two questions, he only needed the same thing:

"Where is the sample of the Miracle Virus? If we study its composition, we should be able to deduce something."

"Researching the Miracle Virus is a matter of course. Every batch of Miracle Virus seized will be sent to the Pokémon Research Institute for analysis, with the goal of mass-producing the Miracle Virus one day, although no results have been achieved yet."

The one who answered Qianye was the Dragon King Adu. His expression did not look good at the moment, because the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the other party's guess was very likely, so he wanted to rush to the research institute to inquire about the latest progress.

"Mr. Adu, where is the address of that Pokémon Research Institute?" Qianye asked quickly after hearing Adu's words.

The red-haired man gave him a deep look and gave the boy an answer that instantly sent waves surging in his heart: "Honglian Town."

……

Honglian Town, to be more precise it should be called Honglian Island, is a large volcanic island close to the southern waters of the Kanto region, on which lives a town of thousands of people.

At the same time, it was also the end point of Qianye's long journey. The boy still remembered that before he left, he had promised to help his father deliver a letter to his good friend in Honglian Town.

It was like some kind of destiny, guiding him there step by step. A very real premonition arose in his heart—in Honglian Town, he would be able to fully understand the truth, and this truth... might not necessarily be something beautiful.

During the final discussion, the schedule for the trip to Crimson Island was set. Aside from Daigo and his group, who needed to return to Hoenn to attend to other matters, the rest of the group would board the Alliance-provided ship to Crimson Island, including Chiya and Nancy.

After the meeting, Qianye sat and reclined on the back of his chair for a long time. In the spacious room, the attendees gradually left, and the chaotic sound of footsteps gradually faded away. Just then, the sound of high heels began to creak, gradually approaching his ears.

"Kona King..."

I raised my head slightly and saw the red-haired lady who was raising her hand to adjust her glasses. She looked down at me with a smile and said:

"Didn't I tell you there's no need to be so formal? Just call me Kona-san. Speaking of which, you look pretty listless right now. It seems like a lively youngster like you can't handle such a dull atmosphere."

"It's not because of the meeting..." Qian Ye shook his head.

"That's because of the Miracle Virus. Honestly, I was a bit shocked when you first suggested that, but there's no need to worry so much."

"Legendary Pokémon aren't that easy to create. Even if the Evolution Association is really working in the direction you mentioned, haven't they still achieved any results?"

"Maybe I really am overthinking it... Sister Kona, thank you for your concern. Let's meet again on the ship later." Forcing a smile, Qianye took the hand of Nancy beside him, said a simple goodbye and walked out of the room.

Kona stood still, silently watching the boy's back as he walked out the door and completely disappeared from his sight.

I feel... the difficulty of the strategy is a bit high, but it is not easy to come across such a delicious dish, how can I let it slip away from my mouth? She is the Ice King Kona, and the word "give up" never exists in her dictionary!

Chapter 104: The Riddle Old Man in Honglian Town

"Dad, I'm almost at Crimson Town." On the deck of the ship provided by the Pokémon League, Qianye leaned against the railing and was talking to Yuantai in Pallet Town using a communication device.

The sea breeze blew against his back. The boy tilted his head slightly so that Yuantai on the other end of the line could see the ocean behind him and a few white seabirds flying across the sky. "Can you see it, Dad? I'm on the ship to Honglian Island now."

The only response he got was his old man exclaiming, "Keep your voice down, kid! You scared away all the fish here!"

The bearded middle-aged man in the communication was seen in a panic, and the picture shook violently up and down until it stopped at the fishing rod hanging in the water and the empty fish basket on the shore.

"Dad, you're always in the Air Force anyway, so it doesn't matter just for a little while."

"Bullshit! How could your dad not catch any fish? If it weren't for you, little brat, messing around, he would have already hooked a big one!"

"Okay, okay, it's my fault, I'm wrong." Looking at his father's glaring expression, and taking into account the unique self-esteem of old men, Qian Ye raised his hands in surrender.

"By the way, didn't Mom come out with you? Why didn't I see her?"

"Shiye is dealing with some things, and it won't be finished in a short while."