Greatest Pokémon Trainer

Alliance Island, a certain wilderness area.

On their way back to the city from the Sea of Flower Fields where Shaymin reside, Fang Yuan and others stopped.

Fang Yuan took off his glowing backpack, quickly took out the Pokemon egg hatching device, and placed it on the ground.

"Bwoo!!" Eevee walked up to the hatching device, staring curiously.

"It's starting to hatch, Rotom!!!"

Meanwhile, Rotom activated its camera function, preparing to record the event.

"Hey." Fang Yuan smiled, this must be the second time he witnessed a Pokemon egg hatch before his eyes.

The first time was naturally when he hatched Eevee.

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan couldn't help but think of the egg at the research institute.

The later eggs had all hatched, but that one still hadn't, quite agonizing indeed.

"It's starting," Fang Yuan's thoughts came back.

He wondered what kind of surprise this Rock Puppy could bring him...

As a species incapable of using wave-guiding power, yet it could resonate with his own Aura, what was so special about it?

Fang Yuan's black pupils fixed on the Pokemon egg, curious in his heart, the light in his eyes flashing in time with the Pokemon egg...

"Crack..."

A moment later, the light stopped flickering and started to shine continuously like a flash move, accompanied by the sound of the eggshell cracking, a brown paw stretched out from within.

At this time, the Pokemon egg with light brown rock patterns had multiple spider-web-like cracks appearing on its surface.

The emergence of this paw accelerated the spread of the cracks, or rather, in its eagerness to emerge, the creature inside directly smashed the outer layer of the eggshell with its paw, quite forcefully...

One hole, two holes, three holes...

Crack crack crack...

The Rock Puppy didn't seem to be hatching so much as demolishing a house.

Other Pokemon, even baby Arceus or baby Dream's Eevee emerged only after the eggshell completely shattered. This Rock Puppy, on the other hand, stretched out its paws and directly broke out from the inside...

Seeing this, Fang Yuan realized that the Rock Puppy was not simple.

"Woof... woah... woof!!" While Fang Yuan was lost in thought, an energetic growl announced the Rock Puppy's full appearance before Fang Yuan and the others.

The Rock Puppy had light brown fur, a curly tail, brown ears, and a collar of white fur and rocks around its neck. It looked very much like a Shiba Inu, as adorable as Eevee was at birth, but with an added touch of silliness.

After emerging from the egg, the Rock Puppy seemed a bit disoriented at first but then turned its gaze towards Fang Yuan, who was the closest and right in front of it.

Most Pokemon would treat the first being they saw as a source of reliance, as family. Rock Puppy was no exception, and due to their stubborn and loyal nature, this bond could be even more pronounced.

So upon seeing Fang Yuan for the first time, Rock Puppy showed an affectionate expression and quickly ran towards him, jumping right into Fang Yuan's arms.

Rock Puppy used Tackle!

Fang Yuan held on!

After a round of interaction between trainer and Pokemon, the Rock Puppy barked again.

"Woof~~"

"Ah, hello there, Rock Puppy," Fang Yuan caught the Rock Puppy and then smiled.

However, not long after catching it, Fang Yuan's smile faded.

Once held by Fang Yuan, the Rock Puppy became animated and started using "Aqua Jet," which was essentially it flailing around. Normally, this wouldn't be an issue as it's quite normal for a newly hatched Pokemon to be lively and active, but Fang Yuan found that this Rock Puppy had exceptional strength; after flailing, he only felt his muscles aching as if his body was falling apart.

Damn!

Rock Puppy used Aqua Jet!

Super effective!

"It's so strong?"

This situation, if it could daze Fang Yuan, and he was not the same as before, ever since mastering Aura and training in martial arts, he felt confident that he could handle an adult Tibetan Mastiff easily, probably solve it in two or three moves. However, this newborn Rock Puppy could likely take on several Tibetan Mastiffs.

The Rock Puppy's body, hard as rock, made Fang Yuan empathize with the pain that James had once felt in the original story.

Pokemon that liked to be close to their trainers indeed could be tormenting...

According to the Pokedex, Rock Puppies were very easy to get close to people, but because they liked to bite randomly and rub their trainers with the rocks on their necks, they were quite taxing to raise. Fang Yuan now understood why they could be so vexing.

"Woof~" The Rock Puppy sniffed Fang Yuan's scent carefully, then became even more lively.

"Stop, stop, stop."

Fang Yuan had a headache, what was with this inexplicable strength? He felt like he was going to fall apart from being rubbed by the Rock Puppy. No, he needed a break.

With that thought, Fang Yuan began to pull the Rock Puppy off him.

"Woof...!!" As he was pulled away, the Rock Puppy's eyes were full of warmth, while Fang Yuan was covered with sweat, then he exerted more strength and took the Rock Puppy off his body.

Once put down, the Rock Puppy tilted its head on the ground, its tail wagging, eyes still shining as it looked at Fang Yuan.

It sensed the unusual aura emanating from Fang Yuan, and now it liked and relied on Fang Yuan even more.

Fang Yuan said, "Calm down, calm down, Rock Puppy."

The next second.

The Rock Puppy tensed its limbs, ready to jump again, aiming for another hug from Fang Yuan. Compared to the first leap, its strength had surprisingly increased a lot this time, even kicking up dust from the ground. The newly born strength was already comparable to Eevee's strength after a month of training.