The moment the Incineroar appeared, it radiated heat towards Zhou Wei.
Professor Oak knew that this was a Fire type Pokémon unique to the Alola Region, and that it was very powerful. It also attracted many Fire type Pokémon Trainer to the Alola Region just to buy a Litten.
If the Alola League is established, then Litten could indeed be considered a Fire-type Starter Pokémon Fire-type Pokémon.
Incineroar looked at Dragonite not far from it. Although it sensed the powerful aura of the other, it still roared repeatedly.
Dragonite completely ignored Incineroar, picking its nose and scratching its rear end, looking bored and seemingly not considering Incineroar opponent at all.
Incineroar's Intimidate is completely ineffective against Dragonite. Or rather, what makes a mid-level Elite Four's Incineroar capable of Intimidate a Champion level Dragonite?
"The Incineroar is coming!"
"Roar!"
Professor Kukui took off his white coat, revealing his strong physique; his bronze muscles gleamed brightly in the sunlight.
Professor Oak doesn't understand why you're taking your clothes off when you're just showing off your skills.
Professor Kukui raised his arm, holding the Z-Ring upright in front of him. A red crystal appeared in his hand at some point, and he then embedded the red crystal into the prismatic notch on the Z-Ring.
The moment the Z-Crystal was embedded into the Z-Ring, the Z-Ring emitted a red light that shone towards the Incineroar.
Incineroar sensed the energy from the Z-Crystals and made the same move as Professor Kukui, its entire body engulfed in flames.
"Incineroar, Inferno Overdrive!"
Skill: Inferno Overdrive
Effect: Spit Up a torrent of flames using Z-force, crashing into the opponent with full power. The power varies depending on the original move.
Enveloped in flames Incineroar conjured a fireball in its hand, which grew larger and larger with the added power of the flames emanating from its entire body.
Incineroar held the Pyro Ball with both hands until it could barely control it, then hurled the massive fireball at Dragonite.
Professor Oak was watching Professor Kukui's every move intently the entire time Incineroar used its Z-Moves.
He discovered that, similar to Mega Evolution, it triggered an energy entity similar to Key Stone within the bracelet. The difference was that Professor Kukui had an additional red crystal in his hand earlier.
However, Professor Kukui's bracelet definitely doesn't contain Key Stone. As for what the red crystal on the other person's hand is, he'll have to investigate further.
Roy then discovered through the system panel that the Incineroar originally had no items, but when using the skill, the item slot had changed to Fire Z-Crystal.
Therefore, if you want to use Z-Moves, the Pokémon cannot hold any items. No wonder Kukui, a professor, wouldn't let Incineroar Held Item.
Because of the Incineroar's Inferno Overdrive, the temperature in the entire backyard of the research institute rose significantly. The moment the Incineroar threw out the huge fireball, Heat Wave hit us directly.
Sensing the rising temperature around it and the massive fireball hurtling towards it, Dragonite's eyes sharpened. It spread its Wing Attack, covered in blue-green scales, and several sharp Air Cutter, gleaming with a pale blue light, materialized in front of it.
Sharp wind blades slicing through the air with a sharp, piercing sound, collided with a massive, blazing fireball in mid-air. Neither gave way, and the energy fluctuations generated by the collision even forced the trees around the backyard to sway.
Roy stared at the two skills colliding in mid-air. From neither giving way to the other until the final moment when the giant fireball was no match for Dragonite's Air Cutter, it was cut into several small fireballs by the Air Cutter and strangled until it disappeared.
Professor Oak, seeing this, understood roughly how powerful this Z-Moves was.
An Intermediate King level Incineroar's Z-Moves, enhanced by the Z-Ring, were indeed powerful, forcing its Dragonite to use a move to counter Incineroar.
This is the first time.
However, he could also see that the price of using Z-Moves was quite high. Incineroar exhausted from the move and turned into a red light, returning to its Poké Ball.
Professor Kukui broke out in a cold sweat, and felt as if he could barely stand.
It's clear that this Z-Moves puts a huge strain on both the Pokémon Trainer and the Pokémon.
Professor Oak noticed Professor Kukui's embarrassment and said to Roy:
"Roy, why don't you take Professor Kukui to the research institute first? Your Uncle Chengye and I still have some things to discuss."
"Good."
After Professor Oak and Oak had walked away, Roy turned back to Professor Kukui face looked terrible, and asked:
"Professor Kukui, so now we..."
Before Roy could finish speaking, he noticed that Professor Kukui had placed his hand on his shoulder, pressing his entire weight onto it.
It's clear that Professor Kukui is exhausted, but he doesn't want to show it in front of Professor Oak.
Roy remembered that Professor Kukui used the Z-Ring quite easily in the anime. Considering that the opponent could test the strength of Pokémon with his body, he shouldn't have been so weak after using Z-Moves just once.
Furthermore, Incineroar wouldn't have retreated back into its Poké Ball after just one use of Inferno Overdrive.
He seemed to understand why the system had given the Z-Ring a defective rating.
Seeing that Professor Oak and Oak had completely disappeared from sight, Roy asked Misdreavus to bring Ash over from the Wetland Marsh Zone.
Although he couldn't understand what Misdreavus meant, Ash still ran and jumped after the Misdreavus in the air until he reached Roy's side.
"Ash, pick up the white coat on the ground."
"Good!"
Ash picked up Professor Kukui's white coat that he had just left on the grass and followed Roy into the research lab.
Roy poured Professor Kukui another cup of tea and handed him an energy bar that could quickly restore his energy.
Professor Kukui quickly took the energy bar and swallowed it. After a while, he finally recovered, and his complexion was no longer as bad as before.
"Thank you... thank you."
Ash glanced at the stranger, placed Professor Kukui's white coat on the table, and prepared to leave, otherwise he wouldn't get a turn on the Palossand's place.
"Don't rush off, Ash. Let me introduce you. This is Professor Kukui. Like Professor Oak, he's a very capable person."
Roy put his arm around Ash's shoulder and led Ash to Professor Kukui's side, introducing Ash to Kukui while observing Professor Kukui's reaction.
Logically speaking, if the other person knew Ash, they would have shown some reaction in their eyes upon first seeing Ash, but their gaze remained calm throughout.
It seems the other party doesn't know Ash and hasn't been beaten by Ash after his time travel, which means they simply want to establish the Alola League.