600 in base stats, 135 physical attack, 110 special attack, and 100 speed-a very nice distribution.
However, Cozmo Takao had traded away his Salamence for a Solrock.
Solrock was a Pokémon shaped like a carved stone sun, with a pair of half-lidded, sunlike mural eyes. Its base stats totaled 460, with nothing particularly outstanding about it. If he had to name something... its Levitate ability counted.
Cozmo Takao had made that trade because, before evolving, Shelgon... had roughly resembled a white pumpkin with four legs. He thought it looked like a meteorite.
After evolving into Salamence, it looked like a chibi Western fantasy dragon with blood-red wings, nothing like a meteorite.
Solrock, meanwhile, was classified as a "Meteorite Pokémon," a new species that had fallen from space. It hit Professor Cozmo's tastes squarely, so he had made the trade...
Thinking of that plot point, Shen Qi still found it a little absurd, so he asked to verify it.
"Professor Cozmo... is he the one who traded a Salamence for a Solrock?"
"Yes, hahaha." Azumi couldn't help laughing. "None of his other achievements made him famous, but that story certainly spread beyond our circles."
So it was true. Shen Qi could almost hear Salamence wailing in his ears: I'm nothing but a scrap dragon now.
That showed just how obsessed Professor Cozmo was with meteorites. He also had a very substantial research background, and had even once been captured by Team Magma, who had tried to use the power of a meteorite to activate Mt. Chimney.
Getting to know Professor Cozmo might not immediately yield a lead, but at least it would be the fastest way to confirm whether Fallarbor Town had anything related to Florges's evolution.
If the answer was no, Shen Qi would take his Pokémon elsewhere to look