Professor Kukui was taken aback by Roy's long and insightful advice; he was truly astonished by Roy's words and found it hard to believe that Roy would have such perspectives.
His perception of Roy was no longer that of a promising young league champion, but more like that of a strategist, someone who could offer him advice and strategies.
He even pointed out a path for him when he was feeling lost about the future.
Unfortunately, Roy can't go to the Alola Region with him. Roy is currently staying at Professor Oak's Oak Research Lab only to help him with his research, and he'll be going to other places with Agatha later.
Seemingly remembering something, Professor Kukui immediately took out his Communicator to add Roy's Holographic Communication information so that he could ask Roy for help when forming Pokémon League in the future.
While Professor Kukui was still discussing the feasibility of the method he had just mentioned with Roy...
The institute's doors were pushed open, and Professor Oak and Oak returned inside. It was unclear what the two brothers discussed, but Oak's expression was grave.
Professor Oak was somewhat puzzled to see that Professor Kukui's complexion had improved considerably, and that he seemed to be having a pleasant conversation with Roy.
What made Roy able to have such a pleasant conversation with a Pokémon Professor?
Seeing Professor Oak return, Professor Kukui quickly stepped forward and approached him, saying:
"Professor Oak, I..."
"Young man, I know what you want to say, but don't rush. May I take a look at your bracelet and that prismatic crystal?"
"Sure."
Without the slightest hesitation, Professor Kukui took out the Z-Ring he had just used and a prismatic Fire Z-Crystal from his Spatial Bracelet and handed them to Professor Oak.
Professor Oak looked at the Z-Ring on his wrist, feeling Z-Ring weight, and discovered a silver-white stone in the Z-Ring. This stone should be equivalent to the Key Stone in Mega Evolution.
Then there was the fiery red Z-Crystals in my hand, still radiating warmth, almost burning hot to the touch.
The world is truly full of wonders.
This tiny, prismatic crystal, when paired with another stone, can actually allow Pokémon to unleash a completely new move.
While it doesn't provide the same direct boost as Mega Evolution, it does genuinely amplify the Pokémon's own power, making it a completely new battle system.
Seeing that Professor Oak was interested, Professor Kukui immediately explained the function of the Z-Ring and Z-Crystals to Professor Oak, and showed him the Water Z-Crystal and Grass Z-Crystal that he had brought.
However, given his current physical condition, he definitely can't demonstrate any other skills to Professor Oak, and he doesn't have any Water type or Grass type Pokémon with him.
Roy was listening in as well. Professor Kukui only told Professor Oak that he was currently researching Z-Crystals of the 18 types, but what about exclusive Z-Crystals?
Why wasn't this mentioned?
Roy knew that some Pokémon had their own Z-Moves, but these required the Pokémon to learn specific moves before they could be used to unleash those unique Z-Move via Z-Crystals.
Just like Dr. Professor Kukui's Incineroar has its own Z-Move, as long as Incineroar learns Darkest Lariat and carries Incineroar Z, it can use Malicious Moonsault.
Furthermore, there are quite a few Pokémon. Among them, the most interesting one is Eevee. After learning Last Resort and holding Eevee Z, Eevee can use the Extreme Evoboost.
Skill: Extreme Evoboost
Effect: Eevee that has gained Z-Power will greatly enhance its abilities by drawing on the power of its evolved partners, raising the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by 2 stages.
Whenever Eevee uses this exclusive Z-Move, all eight of Eevee's evolved forms will arrive simultaneously, using their respective energies to help Eevee complete this enhanced move.
Roy wondered if, if an Eevee Pokémon Trainer actually used this skill in a regular Pokémon League match, resulting in eight different forms of Eevee appearing on the field, would the referee immediately call it a foul?
A red card and he was sent off immediately.
There's also Pikachu's exclusive Z-Move. Pikachu needs to learn Volt Tackle and be holding Pikachu Z- Move to use the Catastropika.
However, Ash's Pikachu, after using its signature Z-Move, is different from the regular Pikachu; it unleashes 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt, the same move mentioned above that severely damaged Steven's Mega Metagross.
So, did Professor Kukui not know about the exclusive Z-Move, or did he simply not tell Professor Oak?
Roy felt the former was more likely, after all, even Professor Kukui's Z-Ring was still defective, and it was probably only in the early stages of discovery, let alone its exclusive Z-Moves.
Furthermore, since he has already confessed the Z-Moves to Professor Oak, there is even less need for him to hide it anymore.
After listening to Professor Kukui's explanation, Professor Oak had a general understanding of the principles behind Z-Moves and was quite satisfied with Professor Kukui's sincerity.
Just as Professor Kukui was about to say more about the events in the Alola Region, the Communicator vibrated twice.
There was no news, except that his alarm had gone off.
Professor Kukui glanced at the time on his Communicator; it was almost noon, and it was time for him and Professor Oak Oak.