Lin Mo's gaze locked firmly onto Dratini, unblinking, his eyes brimming with undisguised curiosity and amazement.
Seeing Lin Mo like this, Steven's face instantly broke into an uncontrollable smile, every corner of his eyes and brows filled with delighted satisfaction.
He raised a hand and lightly pointed at the little one still swishing its tail curiously, introducing it to Lin Mo in a loud, boastful tone:
"You recognize it, right? This is Dratini—the initial form of the legendary Dragonite from the Kanto region.
You might not believe this, but Lance chased after me and pleaded with me for ages, wanting that fossil with the feather imprint that I showed you last time.
I really couldn't refuse him anymore, so I reluctantly agreed to trade that feather-marked fossil for his Dratini Egg. It just hatched the day before yesterday!"
Hearing Steven's words, Lin Mo's pupils shrank slightly. He could hardly believe his ears, and an absurd speculation instantly exploded in his mind:
Trading a Dratini for a Plume Fossil? The Pokémon revived from a Plume Fossil is Archen. Wouldn't that mean trading a Dratini for an Archen? Would Lance really make that kind of deal?
Even if he didn't know what Pokémon the fossil could revive at the time, would Lance still be willing to trade a Dratini Egg for it after Archen was actually revived by the fossil machine?
This is just too ridiculous! Could it be that Lance loves the nickname "Dodo" so deeply that he insists on collecting enough Pokémon worthy of that title?
These strange thoughts spun through Lin Mo's mind like a carousel.
Just as he was lost in thought, his eyes suddenly swept across Steven's face. The smug delight at the corner of his lips was impossible to conceal, and a fleeting glint of mischievous