The instant the iron doors opened, a chorus of different roars came from within. Steven chuckled softly and said to Yong,
"Come on, let's see which one will become your partner! Fair warning, though-they aren't exactly good-tempered!"
"I'm a Trainer, after all!"
Yong gave Steven a slight smile, his voice brimming with confidence, and walked in first.
"Oh?"
The corners of Steven's mouth lifted. He nodded slightly and murmured to himself,
"A Trainer, huh? How refreshingly straightforward..."
The research institute was huge, but Yong didn't wander around. Under the puzzled gazes of the researchers, he headed straight toward the Pokémon cries.
Had they not seen Steven following behind him, Yong would surely have been stopped already.
The roars grew closer until an enormous room made from a special metal came into view. Inside, it was divided into three compartments.
Two glass-walled compartments, one on the left and one on the right, occupied the lower section.
The upper section was an enormous domed enclosure surrounded by metal. Through its glass windows, he could see a huge Pokémon inside.
"Here they are. They've only just been revived from fossils, so they haven't lost the wild instincts they had in ancient times."
"Yeah, I can tell!"
Yong wasn't bothered in the slightest by the three Pokémon glaring fiercely at him and roaring.
Right now, those three Pokémon were all he could see!
I never would have expected this to be different from the original anime!
The ones they revived weren't Cradily and Anorith!
Was it because this happened too early, so the fossils brought out of the Mirage Tower were different?
Then where did the fossils that appeared later come from?
Putting those thoughts aside, Yong was genuinely thrilled by the Pokémon before him!
The one on the left resembled a rounded lid,