Scratch, scratch, scratch—
In a room filled with equipment, a young man furrowed his brow, as though pondering an exceptionally difficult problem.
The entire room was silent except for the sound of his pen moving across the paper.
"Abilities... special powers Pokémon are born with... follow a single line of progression... before and after evolution, an Ability's sequence never changes..."
"Ability Capsules... can switch a Pokémon's Ability between the first and second sequences... cannot interfere with the third sequence..."
"Third-sequence Abilities... are connected not only to genes... but even to some unknown power..."
Dian stared intently at the phrases on the paper. This was his usual way of thinking, helping him organize his thoughts and seize inspiration.
Slowly, he raised his pen again. This time, however, he used none of the known Pokémon languages, but simplified Chinese.
"Third-sequence Abilities... Hidden Abilities... originate from the Dream World accessed through Professor Fennel's guidance... meaning Dream Force can change Abilities... no... even if it cannot change them... it must be one of the powers capable of influencing them."
"Mega Evolution... an individual's Ability changes after Mega Evolution... once it ends, the Ability returns to its original state... the power of Mega Evolution can influence Abilities..."
"Mega Evolution originated in the XYZ legends of the Kalos Region... meaning Xerneas... Yveltal... Zygarde... based on their trinity..."
"Mega Evolution is closest to Xerneas's power... Diancie's Mega Evolution is one example..."
Dian grew more cautious with every word he wrote, because his memories of this subject were becoming increasingly hazy, and reality allowed no room for mistakes.
"The Abilities of Mega-Evolved individuals... converge... completely defying the single-sequence progression of Abilities..."
At this point, he could not help sinking into thought. Taking Alakazam as an example, the Abilities of its first, second, and third sequences were Synchronize, Inner