(Sorry, I hadn't been back to my hometown in a long time. After drinking tap water, I ended up with stomach problems and spent several days in the hospital. Good thing I didn't have to spend New Year's there. I won't be able to make up the missed updates anytime soon. I'll send a few New Year's red packets in the group later as an apology, and once the holiday is over, I'll definitely get back to updating properly!)
Xia Chen, who had raised Dragapult before, knew that some Pokémon clearly possessed different thoughts and were separate individuals, yet could still be considered a single Pokémon and stored in one Poké Ball.
For example, Dragapult and its two Dreepy, Mesia, as well as Kangaskhan and the Kangaskhan Joey in her pouch, could legally fight two-on-one or three-on-one in proper Pokémon Battles.
Were Calyrex and Glastrier, linked together by the Reins of Unity before him, the same way?
Xia Chen thought it was very likely.
First of all, he could clearly sense that Calyrex's energy intensity had suddenly risen by a huge margin after being connected to Glastrier by the reins.
Furthermore, its typing had changed from Grass/Psychic to Ice/Psychic. All of this indicated that the Pokémon before and after were not strictly the same individual.
Second, Legendary Pokémon fusion was not without precedent.
In the distant past, there had been Reshiram and Zekrom, who could be absorbed and fused by Kyurem. More recently, there had been Ultra Necrozma.
Compared to them, Calyrex merely riding an extra horse was relatively restrained.
While pondering this, Xia Chen did not forget to have Rotom Phone record the scene.
In the future, this would absolutely be precious footage worthy of playing on repeat in a museum of Legendary Pokémon history.
Then again, perhaps only