Mega Evolution's First Step, Heiduo Couldn't Hold On

At the beginning of May.

Friendship brought in a huge harvest.

The five veterans of the main team all reached 250 points ahead of the younger members, leaving them just five points short of the maximum of 255.

Including the latecomer, Scizor.

After arriving at Mt. Silver, it had practically gone wild with joy. It believed Heiduo had fulfilled his promise to let it challenge powerful opponents every day, and its Friendship skyrocketed, quickly surpassing Charmander, Riolu, Umbreon, and even Beedrill.

It became the fourth Pokémon to reach 250 Friendship.

But no matter what, it could not rise any further. Even after being stuck there for a month, it still would not increase.

Heiduo did not care about that, because he had already obtained the effect he wanted at 250 points.

There had been a tiny discrepancy from what he had expected. He had thought it needed to be maxed out, but being five points short worked too.

And there was no need to explain what Friendship could bring him.

[Resonance] and [Mega Evolution].

The benefits brought by the former truly made Heiduo regret not reaching 250 Friendship sooner.

The effect where the Pokémon understood what he wanted without him speaking, while he understood what the Pokémon wanted, and which only functioned during battle rather than in everyday life, utterly fascinated him.

This was Bond Evolution, right? Right?

Unfortunately, Electivire and the others had not evolved because of it. They were still the same as before.

But he had truly reached equal footing with Clair. He could now stand far away and understand a Pokémon's current situation without even looking at it.

And according to those Top Trainers, above [Resonance] was something called [Deep Resonance]. That was true mutual understanding between trainer and Pokémon, complete unity of mind and purpose.