Luo Mu: Chansey Is the Disciple Who Inherited My Legacy

"Uh... that's a good idea. After all, how would you know whether it'll work if you don't give it a try?"

After a momentary speechlessness, Luo Mu still offered an encouraging response.

After all, as a teacher, he naturally did not want to dampen his student's enthusiasm.

—Even if Joy Shizuka was a few years older than him.

Although "Fire Steel" in the anime, namely Heatran, seemed to have been treated like some random roadside Pokémon.

Whether it was an animation error or not, it had appeared for a single frame beside a random Trainer at the Lily of the Valley Conference. It seemed to have quietly lost its match, and had not even encountered the other actual legendary Pokémon user.

But it was indeed an officially recognized Legendary Pokémon. Legend said it had been born from the scorching lava within Mt. Coronet in the Sinnoh Region, a legendary spirit that accompanied volcanoes.

Its game stats also totaled a full 600 Base Stats, putting it a step above Moltres, the others, and even the Tapu Family.

Putting aside that rather questionable Mew Project.

Legends were legends precisely because they were difficult to find, so rare that only their tales circulated throughout the world.

Whether it was finding the traces of such a Pokémon, approaching it, or earning its recognition, all of it was likely extraordinarily difficult.

Most Trainers might not even see one in their entire lives.

Joy Shizuka's decision had an exceptionally low chance of success, purely in terms of probability.

But if she truly found Heatran's trail and successfully formed a bond with it—

Then she would probably become another Joy with a Legendary Pokémon partner, aside from the Inspector Joy in the Kanto Region who had once served as a Nurse Joy in Saffron City.

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