"What's going on? The conditions for Mega Evolution should have all been met."
After seeing Garchomp's Mega Evolution fail, James looked strangely at the Mega Evolution Key Stone in his hand.
"Isn't it malfunctioning?"
Jessie said impatiently, while Garchomp let out a pained roar under the increasingly powerful Induction Wave Meowth was generating.
"Garchomp!"
After Garchomp cried out, Professor Sycamore, who was searching for Garchomp in the nearby forest, was suddenly startled.
"Professor?"
"That sound just now!"
Professor Sycamore looked around, seemingly trying to determine where the sound had come from.
"I just heard Garchomp's voice."
"His voice?"
After Professor Sycamore spoke, Ash, Clemont, and the others looked completely bewildered.
"But we didn't hear anything?"
"A bond, huh?"
Lu Ze muttered as he watched Professor Sycamore continue searching for the source of the sound ahead.
"No, I definitely heard it!"
Professor Sycamore looked resolute, then turned toward a certain direction.
"Over there! Garchomp is over there!"
"Why?" Bonnie asked curiously.
"Though I can't explain it clearly, I just know!" Professor Sycamore said seriously.
"Rather than searching without any direction, we should trust the professor's intuition. Let's follow him and take a look."
As Lu Ze spoke, he ran off with Professor Sycamore in the direction he had indicated.
Crobat seemed to have gone the wrong way.
Lu Ze, following behind Professor Sycamore, felt rather helpless.
No wonder Crobat still had not returned.
Of course he would not find them if he had gone the wrong way.
But there was no time to wait for Crobat now. They would deal with it once he returned later.
"It is said that there is also a bond between Pokémon and humans that science cannot explain."
Ash and the others followed as well. While they ran, Clemont spoke to them.
Meanwhile, after seeing that