They had even brought in several Ditto to observe in detail how the Elements awakened during transformation.
But the experiment clearly was not so easy to carry out. Even with a direction to pursue, putting it into practice remained their biggest problem.
Xiao Ran spent an entire week working with Qiao Hongyuan and the others before they finally made some headway. Throughout that time, Zorua relied entirely on Ye Ling's Power of Darkness to stay alive.
"That should be the general approach. The rest is up to you!"
Xiao Ran rubbed the space between his brows, his face weary as he spoke.
"Don't worry. We still have plenty of people at the institute. We'll manage!"
Qiao Hongyuan nodded. It had been a long time since grandfather and grandson had tackled a project together like this. He had never expected the grandson he remembered as a boy of ten or so to become his greatest research assistant.
"If it really doesn't work, we'll have to have Ye Ling increase the flow of Dark-type energy and suppress all the energy other than Dark-type and Ghost-type energy first!"
That was the last solution Xiao Ran could think of. If Zorua could not control the power of all the Elements, they would have to put them all into dormancy.
The greatest drawback to this approach was that, while it might save Zorua, he would essentially be unable to learn any moves other than Dark-type and Ghost-type moves afterward.
It would also have a tremendous impact on his innate transformation ability. He might even be limited to transforming into Dark-type and Ghost-type Pokémon in the future, and his disguises would be easy to see through.
"Let's not take that step unless we absolutely have to. If we really do that, this Zorua will practically be