As Agatha predicted, the tournament officials wanted to examine Roy's Annihilape's Poké Ball after the match to prove that Annihilape was indeed Roy's Pokémon.
It's not someone else's Pokémon, or Pokémon created temporarily by some evil organization.
Officer Jenny was also with the event team for the inspection, but Officer Jenny was there to monitor the team; their inspection was just a routine formality.
After all, Agatha was still sitting on the judging panel, so they couldn't touch Roy.
Roy wasn't worried at all and handed his Poké Ball to Officer Jenny for inspection.
After verification using a scanning device, it was confirmed that this was the Poké Ball Roy purchased a year ago on the outskirts of Rustboro City, and Joy Yanan could also testify for Roy.
This also indirectly suggests that the Annihilape is an evolved form of the Primeape.
Of course, Roy didn't intend to hide this issue. He had just discussed it with Agatha, and Agatha agreed. The similarity between the two was simply impossible to conceal.
And even if we knew that Annihilape was an evolved form of Primeape, what good would it do?
Roy was well aware of how difficult it was for Primeape to evolve into Annihilape.
First, you need a Primeape that never gets angry, is calm and rational, and absolutely trusts you.
Secondly, your Primeape needs to learn the Ghost type- type move Rage Fist. This is a move exclusive to Primeape and cannot be learned from Technical Machine.
He initially used his Ghost Power to allow the Fighting type Primeape to sense the Ghost-type energy within him, and it was only with the support of Ghost Power that it was able to unleash its first Rage Fist.
Furthermore, he also created the Fighting type and Ghost type Pokéblock himself.
Even so, Primeape almost lost half its life before it finally evolved.
Moreover, while Primeape exists in various regions of the world, it is the only Primeape in the world that has evolved so far, which further illustrates the problem.
It seems that the Annihilape has faced numerous difficulties to get to this point.
Among those who came to inspect were also troublemakers. One Researcher from Ever Grande City, who was accompanying the investigation, even tried to take the opportunity to ask Roy some detailed questions about the evolution of the Annihilape.
Roy had already raised this issue with the host, but the Researcher kept asking questions under the guise of better exploring Pokémon Evolutions, even with a slightly threatening tone.
This undiscovered Pokémon Evolutions form might help him improve his academic level later on.
Who knows, maybe I can even get a Pokémon Professor title by relying on Annihilape.
You want to study it?
All right?
Roy didn't care.
Go talk to his teacher. As for who his teacher is?
The judge on the judging panel, that ghost-like queen Kikuko with her chilling aura, is...
It's not enough for Agatha to agree; you also need to talk to Professor Oak. If both of you agree, he can hand over the Annihilape's Poké Ball to the Researcher on the spot.
The Researcher hadn't expected Roy's background to be so powerful, especially since it involved Professor Oak from the Kanto Region. Such a titan in the Pokémon academic world was not someone a mere Researcher could possibly mess with.
He also heard that Professor Birch and Professor Rowan from the Sinnoh Region seemed to have a good relationship with this Roy.
Unbeknownst to Roy, a network of relationships had already formed behind him, with each node either being a regional expert, a regional Elite Four, or a regional business tycoon like Steven.
The Researcher weighed his own position, gave Roy a fierce glare, and then left dejectedly.
However, as he was leaving, he tripped over something and fell flat on his face.
When he turned around, he found nothing there, except for Roy still whistling, looking quite pleased with himself.
"Is this some kind of ghost?"
The Researcher, who was still confused about what was going on, was kicked in the buttock by an unknown force as soon as he got up, causing him to stumble.
Paranormal events!
This is definitely a paranormal event.
Two inexplicable events frightened the Researcher so much that he ran out of the Arena without looking back.
That's it?
Still want to study Annihilape?
Roy Knob. If they weren't still in the Arena in Ever Grande City, he definitely wouldn't have let that Researcher off so easily.
The topic of a mysterious Pokémon defeating two Legendary Pokémon in the Ever Grande City Edge Cup has gone viral on iQ.
In the video
Roy and the Annihilape threw a punch together.
A barrage of punches, like Tsunami, struck Latios and Latias, finishing off the two Legendary Pokémon with just two blows.
Coupled with super-exciting music, this punch is portrayed as a mythical existence.
It instantly ignited people's curiosity.
Later, it was rumored in Ever Grande City that the Annihilape on the field was actually an evolved form of Primeape.
This has led countless Pokémon Trainers to embark on the path of capturing Mankey and Primeape, Mankey Primeape usually very common now being highly sought after.
The price of the Mankey once soared from a few thousand yuan to a peak of 100,000 Poké Dollars.
The Pokémon League of several regions quickly drafted laws to prohibit the excessive capture of Mankey and Primeape.
Pokémon Trainers who already owned Primeape looked at their Primeape, which were prone to anger, and wondered how they could evolve into the Outcast that could one-punch Legendary Pokémon Annihilape in the videos.
Aside from some physical resemblance, the two are completely unrelated.
Sensing its Pokémon Trainer's gaze, Primeape wreaked Outrage, making a mess of the house that its trainer had just tidied up.
No matter how windy or rainy it was outside, it had nothing to do with Roy, who had Agatha's protection.
Roy was in a good mood as he watched the Popularity Points on the system approach 3 million, and immediately exchanged the Mega Stone of the Chandelure from the System Shop.
As for the Malicious Armor, Roy exchanged for it after a moment's thought.
Anyway, he has enough Popularity Points.
After exchanging the items, Roy took both items out of his Spatial Bracelet at the same time. One of them, Ghostly Purple one about the size of a marble, was the Evolution Stone Chandelure.
However, Lampent cannot sense Mega Stones, just as Snorunt cannot sense Froslass Evolution Stones.
Another piece of brand-new, dark purple European medieval armor, engraved with tiny runes, appeared before Roy.
Looking at the exquisite purple armor before him, Roy slowly stroked the raised and recessed patterns of runes left by the forging process with his palm.
Roy was curious whether these items used to help Pokémon Evolutions came in different qualities.
Unfortunately, the armor was a bit too small; he couldn't put it on.
The system's Popularity Points has returned to 600,000.
Rustboro City
Inside a bungalow in the underground black market, a weary man with a long scar on his left cheek stares in disbelief at a video on his Communicator.
So... was that Annihilape my previous Primeape?
It was the Headband Guy had traded Pokémon with Roy before.
After trading Stunky with Roy, he couldn't wait to tame it. However, the released Stunky not as easy to bully as Primeape and didn't recognize him as its master at all.
It even attacked him; the scar on the left side of his face was from being scratched by Stunky.
The Stunky was just a hair's breadth away from grabbing his trachea by the neck.
Even so, he never considered going to the Rustboro Academy to get his Primeape back.
In the end, he spent another 20,000 Poké Dollars to find a Gym Leader level Pokémon Trainer to tame the Stunky.
They even bought a more powerful electric collar to subdue it, making it barely obey their commands.
Over the next year and a half, he poured countless resources into the Stunky, even selling his other Zigzagoon to buy breeding materials to raise Stunky.
Hopefully, Stunky can reach Gym Leader level soon so he can apply for Gym Apprentice job.
But no matter what method he used, or what kind of Intermediate Pokéblock and Advanced Pokéblock he fed it, Stunky still didn't reach the Gym Leader level.
Furthermore, he had spent all his money on training the Stunky, which left him with no choice but to take it to the black market to do odd jobs for black slaves to make a living.
Watching Roy bowing alongside the Annihilape in the Arena, the Headband Guy felt a surge of hatred.
If he hadn't traded himself for Primeape with Roy, he would be the one standing at the command post!
Thinking about this, he couldn't help but imagine himself receiving praise from the audience.
Oh, right!
When he and Roy traded Pokémon, he didn't choose to use the Pokémon League's trading machine, which means that... their Pokémon trade at that time was against the Pokémon League's laws.
The Headband Guy rolled his big eyes, and his intelligence once again took over.
Maybe I can get my Primeape back?
Thinking of this, the Headband Guy quickly booked a plane ticket from Lilycove City to Ever Grande City, but when he went to pay, a message appeared on his Communicator screen indicating insufficient funds.
He only had 100 Poké Dollars left.
This amount of money isn't even enough for the travel expenses to Ever Grande City, let alone Lilycove City.
Seeing this, the Headband Guy gritted his teeth and headed to the Pokémon Center on the black market, where he sold the Stunky he had traded with Roy for the incredibly low price of 15,000 Poké Dollars.
That damned Skinner Zhou!
Seeing that he urgently needed the money, he tried to drive down the price. Although that Stunky wasn't at the Gym Leader level, its price definitely wouldn't be that low.
The Pokéblock he bought for the Stunky cost more than that.
Oh well, as long as I can get that Annihilape back, that's fine.
I'll teach this Skinner Zhou a lesson once I get the Annihilape back!