Baimu failed to meet Elite Four Bertha.
The kindly old lady had said she did not want to go over and disturb the two of them on their date.
Cynthia smiled helplessly but did not argue.
The two continued chatting, eventually bringing up the new Mega Evolutions the Kalos League had been steadily announcing.
"Maybe you should take a look at this."
Cynthia placed two Evolution Stones before him. One had a blue base with red, white, and yellow accents, while the other had a yellow base with blue, gray, and black accents.
Baimu recognized the former from its colors as belonging to Garchomp, but the latter was unfamiliar. What Pokémon was mainly yellow while also featuring blue, gray, and black?
Cynthia said, "They're the new Mega Evolutions for Garchomp and Lucario."
"...New Mega Evolutions?"
A question mark practically appeared over Baimu's head.
Seeing his confusion, Cynthia found some photos on her phone and slowly pushed it toward him.
The Porygon Phone immediately leaned closer. "It really is a second Mega Evolution! Baimu, look!"
"I can see it already..."
Baimu stared at the photos and fell into a long silence.
Had the Pokémon X and Y remakes become so lavish that they had over a hundred? There were actually enough spare slots to give veterans like Garchomp and Lucario another one each!
And they had both been keeping tabs on things, so why had he received no news on his end?
Laisa! Mr. Steven! You two are slacking off!
Baimu inwardly complained about his two informants.
Of course, he knew there was probably some inside story. Perhaps the Kalos League had deliberately kept the information sealed, or perhaps the two planned to explain it to him in stages.
It was even possible that neither of these Evolution Stones had passed