Miraidon's appearance had certainly stunned Lance and Clair.
Who would have thought this little fellow, who looked like Teacher Yu's gym doorkeeper, was actually a noble Dragon Pokémon?
And Teacher Yu probably wouldn't lie. If he said so, that meant Miraidon was most likely a unique individual at present...
Though Miraidon looked entirely devoid of dignity, more like a big dog than a dragon, weren't many Dragonite just as friendly toward humans?
It did make sense.
Thinking this, Lance seemed to understand a little of what Qingyu had meant by "dragons that could surprise him."
It had seemed rather incredible at first, but it was still a far cry from shocking.
Lance soon nodded and stopped dwelling on Miraidon before him.
After scanning the surroundings of the Sunshine Gym, his gaze quickly settled on Mewtwo, who was training with the Pokémon nearby.
The sight left Lance momentarily dazed.
According to records later discovered in the Underground Research Institute beneath the Viridian Gym, Giovanni had created this artificial Pokémon for his own selfish purposes by combining human genes with the Mew gene.
Because of what had happened at the Viridian Gym, Mewtwo had been visibly wary of humans when Lance first met them. Calling it outright hostility wouldn't have been an exaggeration.
At first, figuring out how to handle a Pokémon who could turn malicious at any moment had given Lance quite a headache.
Seeing that Mewtwo and Qingyu seemed fairly compatible, Lance had ultimately made the decisive choice to entrust this Pokémon to Qingyu.
As a member of the League's Elite Four and its chief investigator, he had that much authority.
Judging by the current situation, it seemed to be working quite well.
And apparently, Mewtwo had even developed an interest in becoming a Trainer?
For Mewtwo and the clone