Professor Oak's Dragonite is also the highest-level Pokémon Roy has ever seen.
"Ghost!"
When Gengar saw Dragonite, its eyes sharpened. Judging from Agatha's habit of challenging Professor Oak to battles, Roy guessed that it had been beaten up by Dragonite.
Seemingly sensing Roy's gaze, Dragonite opened its eyes, glanced at him, and, finding that Roy posed no threat, pursed its lips, picked up a blade of grass from the ground, chewed on it, and then spat it out.
As for Gengar, he didn't even bother to glance at it; it was a defeated opponent, not worth mentioning.
Dragonite scratched its belly with its claws, turned its head and went back to sleep, accidentally shaking Charmander and Squirtle off its belly in the process.
"Jenny!"
"Ah!"
Roy scanned the two Starter Pokémon with the System Scan and found that their talents were also quite good, at 18 and 19 respectively.
There were no Bulbasaur; I wonder if they've already been taken.
The backyard of Oak Research Lab is a complete small-scale breeding garden, complete with all the necessary ecosystems, including Wetland Marsh Zone. This is a testament to the considerable effort put into this small, mountainous town.
The Gengar, who had been ignored, was about to fight the Dragonite. How dare the big, fat dragon ignore him?
Things are different now. His Gengar can Mega Evolution too, and he refuses to believe he can't beat the big fat dragon!!
Roy was still there, hugging the big purple guy and trying to calm Gengar down. He said that Mega Evolution doesn't make it invincible. This is Champion level Dragonite. There's a reason why you've always lost.
Professor Oak looked at his Dragonite and smiled helplessly. Since he stopped battling, Dragonite had become much lazier and had gained almost half its previous weight.
Although Dragonite has gotten fatter, please don't doubt its fighting power. Even though it has gotten fatter, it is still Champion level fighter and can still make you question your existence.
Professor Oak led Roy to an open space in the backyard, where there was a prop that looked like a sandbag, with a screen connected to the back of the sandbag.
This is the Pokémon League's latest invention, an instrument that can record the power of Pokémon below the Beginner King level.
The highest value is 999, which is set as the maximum value based on the power generated by Golem's Explosion after he just reached the initial stage of Elite Four.
At Professor Oak's instruction, Roy gave the commands to the Annihilape:
"The Annihilape unleashes its Rage Fist on the sandbag."
The Ghost-type energy within the Annihilape's body condensed on his fist, black gas and purple energy coalescing together, before he punched the measuring sandbag.
The force gauge of the instrument did not vibrate as expected, and the number on the screen only reached 200.
This... this isn't right, is it?
Professor Oak looked at the instrument, which had only wobbled a couple of times from the impact. Although 200 wasn't low, he clearly remembered that Annihilape had defeated Latios in one hit and Latias in another. How come it was so weak now?
Seeing Professor Oak's puzzled expression, Roy first explained the skill description of Rage Fist to Professor Oak.
"The power of the Rage Fist increases after being hit? There's such a skill?"
Roy released Drakloak and had Annihilape use Quick Attack to attack Drakloak repeatedly. After six ineffective attacks, Annihilape's Rage Fist reached its maximum power.
Professor Oak, seeing the Ghost-type energy on Annihilape growing increasingly concentrated, came to believe Roy's earlier explanation.
No wonder Roy didn't say much when facing Darkrai's attacks during the game; now I know why.
Professor Oak instantly felt that the blame he had been given was worth it; this was a skill that even he had never seen before.
"Have your Annihilape's attack power maximized and try again."
Roy nodded.
"The Annihilape, Swords Dance."
Four small swords surrounded the Annihilape. After performing three Swords Dances, the aura around him increased significantly, and the murderous intent in his scarlet eyes almost solidified into a tangible form.
The Ghost Power in the hands of the Annihilape condensed once more, and this punch was even more powerful than the two punches from the Edge Cup. It struck the sandbag and once again created Sonic Boom.
After the punch was delivered, the sandbags on the equipment swayed in the wind, and the base used to secure the equipment on the ground became loose.
After the sandbag finally stabilized, Professor Oak discovered that the Annihilape's fist imprint was still on the sandbag, and the sandbag had not recovered even after so much time.
This time, Professor Oak saw the number on the instrument screen rise steadily from 200 to 999 before stopping.
That's right!
Professor Oak was just thinking of recording that the maximum power of the Rage Fist was the same as that of the Explosion.
The number 999 on the screen suddenly dropped to zero again, and the instrument used for testing went completely black with black smoke coming out of the top. The sandbag connected to the instrument also fell off.
Professor Oak:????
So it's because the skill's power has reached the instrument's limit and can't be increased any further?
But thinking about it, it makes sense. This instrument tests the power of moves from Pokémon below the Elite Four Elite Four, and the power of the punch that Annihilape just delivered clearly exceeded the energy limit that the instrument could handle.
Professor Oak was not satisfied with not receiving specific feedback, but the force measuring instrument was broken and could not be repaired in a short time. Even if it was repaired, it could not be used for testing.
Just as Professor Oak was pondering, he caught a glimpse of Dragonite sleeping in the grass and immediately had an idea.
Professor Oak approached Dragonite and Dragonite belly.
"Old buddy, wake up, come and cooperate."
However, Dragonite only glanced at Professor Oak, showing him no respect, and immediately lay down on the ground to continue sleeping.
Um... the situation on the field suddenly became a little awkward.
This made the former champion Professor Oak, feel somewhat embarrassed.
In a fit of anger, Professor Oak took a Pokéblock from his Spatial Bracelet and placed it near Dragonite's mouth.
Only after smelling the Pokéblock did Dragonite reluctantly open its eyes, sticking out its tongue to roll the Pokéblock into its stomach.
After finishing the Pokéblock, Dragonite slowly sat up and stretched out three claws towards Professor Oak.
"No way! I'll only give you two more at most. Look how fat you've gotten!"
As he spoke, Professor Oak patted Dragonite's "beer belly" forcefully, trying to make Dragonite realize its current size.
Seeing that Professor Oak disagreed, the two small horns on the Dragonite drooped down, and it lay down on the grass again, squinting its eyes and giving up.
Faced with Dragonite's defiant attitude of "I won't work unless you agree, "Professor Oak finally had no choice but to give in.
"Sigh~ Three it is, hurry up."
Hearing the answer he wanted to hear, Dragonite agreed to help Annihilape test Annihilape skills, and stood up again, flapping its two small wings.
Roy doubted whether the two tiny wings on Dragonite's back could really carry the "beer-bellied" Dragonite into the air.
To Roy's puzzled look, the little wings on Dragonite's back actually carried it Dragonite to the opposite side of Annihilape and landed.
The Annihilape had previously battled against Cade's Dragonite at the Edge Cup, but that Dragonite was far less imposing and Pressure than the lazy Dragonite before it.
Although Dragonite had never seen Pokémon like Annihilape before, judging from its aura, it was definitely no match for it.
He still didn't take the Annihilape seriously, but turned back to Professor Oak and made a three-paw gesture.
So, is this how Professor Oak interacts with his Pokémon?
Professor Oak cleared his throat, avoiding Roy's suspicious and puzzled gaze.
"Ahem! Roy, just have your Annihilape use its maximum-powered Rage Fist on Dragonite. Don't worry, your Annihilape isn't strong enough to do any effective damage to Dragonite yet."
Roy nodded and gave instructions to the Annihilape:
"Annihilape, unleash the Rage Fist!"
The Annihilape clenched its fists, as the anger and Swords Dance buff from the attack by Drakloak had not yet dissipated, so the power of the Annihilape's punch had reached its maximum.
Roy also emitted a Ghostly Purple energy, which was added to the Annihilape's fist, making the already surging Ghost-type energy and black gas on the Annihilape's fist even stronger.