"Ahhh?!" Cheng Tian called on two lifetimes' worth of acting skills, exaggerating his surprise as much as possible. "W-why was there a Mega Stone inside the fossil?!"
Su Han covered her mouth in surprise. "Oh my goodness, a Mega Stone?! So you can uncover Mega Stones while cleaning fossils?! Does that mean all we need to do from now on is buy more fossils?!"
Honestly, their acting was pretty terrible, but Sama Tetsuya happened to be experiencing the greatest shock of his life. After all his years of cleaning fossils, he had never imagined he could uncover something like this. How much had buying this fossil cost? This Mega Stone was priceless!
And so he fell for it, without the slightest suspicion.
"I have to say... your luck is incredible..." Sama Tetsuya said with feeling. "This Mega Stone belongs to you, without question. Whether you can use it, though, I don't know. Although a cleaning machine was damaged this time, at least it opened up a new avenue of thought for me. If Mega Stones can be uncovered in fossils, could fossil Pokémon also have Mega Evolutions?"
We had to admire Sama Tetsuya's expertise as a fossil researcher. Coming up with that in an instant was quite impressive.
Su Han's joy faded a little for the moment, too. A question suddenly occurred to her.
When exactly had Mega Stones first appeared?
It was hard to say whether the Mega Stone before them came from the same era as the fossil. Perhaps it had formed in a later age, then been buried deep underground through a series of coincidences, ultimately ending up buried with this fossil in a remarkable twist of fate.
But if Pokémon from that era really could Mega Evolve, the existing theory of Mega Evolution would be overturned.