The Birth of the Third Magearna

After the vehicle was forced to a stop, Yuga and Masato Shirai immediately led their team and Pokémon to surround it.

"Everyone in the vehicle, get out now, or we'll take action," Masato Shirai shouted.

With a "clack," the door opened, and the two men stepped out of the vehicle, one after the other.

"We don't know what this is about, gentlemen," the older of the two feigned confusion, trying to bluff his way through.

Yuga and Masato Shirai remained silent, but Masato Shirai gave a glance to a nearby officer, who immediately ran to the truck, opened the cargo hold, and began a thorough inspection.

Seeing this, the two men's expressions changed. Dropping their act, they quickly reached for their Poké Balls, intending to lash out violently.

However, before they could even release their Pokémon, several Houndooms from Yuga's side pounced, knocking the two to the ground. Their Poké Balls also flew out of their hands.

The officer returned from the inspection and reported, "Director, this is the very vehicle Mr. Morita reported missing."

Masato Shirai nodded. "Arrest them!"

Several officers quickly stepped forward and handcuffed the two men who were still pinned by the Houndooms.

Masato Shirai smiled and thanked Yuga. "Once again, it's thanks to you, Gym Leader Shimizu."

Yuga shook his head. "Let's hurry back. Otherwise, Mr. Morita might die of anxiety."

So the group brought the culprits back. When Mr. Morita saw his goods recovered, he was full of gratitude, repeatedly thanking Yuga and Masato Shirai.

Masato Shirai interrogated the two suspects and quickly learned the motive behind their crime.

The two men were bounty hunters, not particularly well-known, and they had hijacked the vehicle under someone else's orders.

Mr. Morita's Pokemon Day Care was small, and it had long been struggling under the pressure from competitors. However, after forming a partnership with YoYo Day Care and leveraging its reputation, the business had shown signs of revival.

But his competitor couldn't tolerate that.

Mr. Morita's Pokemon Day Care had been established by his great-grandfather and had been operating locally for nearly a century. It used to do well, but fell into decline during his father's generation. Since Mr. Morita took over, he had barely managed to keep it afloat.

However, his great-grandfather had been a man of foresight. Regardless of the Pokemon Day Care's future, the land it was built on was in a prime location and quite spacious.

That land was precisely why Mr. Morita had been targeted by his rival.

His competitor's Pokemon Day Care had relocated to the area later. Thanks to savvy business tactics, their business was much more successful than Mr. Morita's.

By continually suppressing Mr. Morita, they had nearly forced him to sell the breeding house. The rival's ultimate goal was to acquire that piece of land for expansion.

Now that Mr. Morita's business was showing signs of recovery, his rival couldn't sit still any longer. Coincidentally, one of the two bounty hunters owed him a favor, which led to this robbery attempt.

After learning the true reason behind the robbery, Mr. Morita was furious and immediately reported it to the authorities.

Yuga didn't pay much attention to the follow-up events, but two days later, he received a thank-you gift from Mr. Morita.

Mr. Morita's gift was a beautiful, fairly large stone. According to him, it had been left by his great-grandfather, who claimed it was a meteorite from outer space.

Since it was an heirloom from someone's great-grandfather, Yuga initially didn't want to accept it. After all, he hadn't helped Mr. Morita for a reward. The robbery had happened in Verdanturf Town, so he had both the responsibility and obligation to help recover the stolen goods.

However, Mr. Morita insisted. The meteorite, while pretty, served no real purpose for him and just took up space. He figured it was better to use it to build a good relationship with Yuga—after all, whether his Pokemon Day Care could continue to operate still depended heavily on YoYo Day Care.

In the end, Yuga had no choice but to accept the gift.

At first, Yuga didn't think much of the stone—after all, he wasn't Steven—so he casually tossed it over to Mewtwo for research.

However, several days later, Yuga discovered something in Mewtwo's laboratory that left him utterly horrified—he found a Magearna in the lab.

Of course, this Magearna couldn't move.

Originally, Yuga had just come by today because he had nothing else to do. Who would have thought he would see such a scene?

Lying on one of the lab's operating tables was the Magearna Yuga had seen, and Mewtwo was in the process of assembling its limbs.

"You… what on earth are you doing?" Yuga pointed at the Magearna and asked.

Mewtwo explained, "I followed the two notebooks you gave me and created this little guy."

Ever since it saw the Magearna at Zenith Academy for the first time, Mewtwo had been fascinated by this mysterious mechanical lifeform. Later, after receiving the two notebooks Yuga gave it—both of which clearly detailed the manufacturing process of Magearna—Mewtwo became interested in building one itself.

Most of the more than one hundred million Yuga had spent on Mewtwo previously had actually gone toward purchasing the instruments and materials required to build Magearna. It's just that Yuga had only a limited understanding of Mewtwo's experiments, so he didn't know about this matter at all.

However, the plan had eventually been shelved because the materials needed for Magearna's body and skeleton were extremely special—ordinary materials simply wouldn't suffice.

That was until a few days ago, when Yuga brought over that meteorite.

Through testing, Mewtwo discovered that the meteorite contained a type of material that perfectly matched the requirements for Magearna's body and skeleton. After all, the materials used by Nikola to create Magearna originally were also extracted from a meteorite he had discovered by chance.

So the entire meteorite Yuga gave was used by Mewtwo to extract the necessary materials.

After listening to Mewtwo's explanation, Yuga said helplessly, "This is such a huge deal—why didn't you discuss it with me in advance?"

Mewtwo replied indifferently, "Well, you know now, don't you?"

Yuga was speechless. "How is that the same thing!"

Seeing that Mewtwo didn't respond, Yuga asked, "How far along are you now?"

As Yuga asked this question, Mewtwo had just finished assembling Magearna's limbs. It looked up and said to Yuga, "Just missing the Soul-Heart!"

Saying this, Mewtwo walked over to another operating table, where a half-finished Soul-Heart was placed.

Thanks to the experience it had gained from dismantling the Soul-Heart of the Magearna from Zenith Academy, the process of creating this new Soul-Heart was progressing quite smoothly for Mewtwo.

The creation of the Soul-Heart required the use of Giant Rock Fragments. Mewtwo had already used up the one Yuga had previously gifted it. Yuga noticed the round and smooth polished Giant Rock Fragment on the operating table and couldn't help but ask:

"You used up the Giant Rock Fragment I gave you?"

Mewtwo nodded. "Could you maybe get me another one?"

Giant Rock Fragments were very beneficial to Mewtwo's cultivation. Now that its original one had been used to make Magearna's Soul-Heart, it could only humbly ask Yuga for another.

Yuga: …

"Fine then…" Yuga thought it over and ultimately agreed. "But after this Magearna is completed, it belongs to me, right?"

Mewtwo nodded. "Of course. The materials used to make it were all yours, so naturally it's yours."

Mewtwo knew Yuga was a very reliable person, so it felt perfectly at ease entrusting the newly created Magearna to him.

"Alright then, I'll give you another Giant Rock Fragment later," Yuga said with satisfaction. The Giant Rock Fragment he had originally obtained was a very large piece, so it wasn't a big deal to chip off a little for Mewtwo.

After receiving Yuga's confirmation, even though Mewtwo usually had a cold personality, it couldn't help but reveal a smile.

After chatting idly with Yuga for a while, Mewtwo got busy again.

Next, what Mewtwo needed to do was to draw the Mind Patterns onto the meteorite fragment using special materials.

This pattern was invented by Nikola himself. It could help Magearna's Soul-Heart and body form a special energy circuit, and it was also one of the fundamental bases that allowed Magearna to be born with a soul within its mechanical body.

Mewtwo was extremely careful while engraving, because even the slightest error in the Mind Pattern would render the meteorite fragment—painstakingly polished to perfection—completely useless.

Moreover, the materials used to engrave the Mind Patterns were extremely rare and expensive; Yuga had spent a lot of money on them!

Before beginning the actual engraving, Mewtwo had simulated the process countless times using other materials, just to ensure there would be no mistakes when it finally worked on the real piece.

Fortunately, Mewtwo was a powerful Psychic-type Pokémon. Its immense psychic power allowed it to carry out all kinds of intricate operations, so no accidents occurred during the engraving of the Mind Patterns.

While Mewtwo was engraving the Mind Patterns, Yuga didn't leave the lab. Instead, he sat quietly to the side, not daring to make a single sound for fear of disturbing Mewtwo.

Time passed unnoticed. Mewtwo maintained absolute focus during the engraving process, and even Yuga, just watching, was on edge the whole time.

Once the engraving was finished, Yuga looked at the time and realized it was already past 6 PM. That meant Mewtwo had worked intensely for four straight hours without taking a break.

"It's finally done!"

Mewtwo let out a sigh of relief and raised its hand to wipe the sweat from its forehead, clearly feeling mentally fatigued.

"Is it really finished?" Yuga asked curiously.

"Yeah," Mewtwo nodded, "the final step is complete."

As it spoke, it picked up the meteorite fragment etched with the Mind Pattern, inserted it into the Soul-Heart shell, and after another series of operations, the complete Soul-Heart was finished.

"Whether it succeeds or not all depends on this final step!"

The final step referred to installing the Soul-Heart into Magearna's body.

Mewtwo carried the Soul-Heart over to the console where Magearna's body was placed and installed it into Magearna's chest.

"Have Florges use Fairy Aura to try and awaken it."

When Mewtwo said this, its voice trembled slightly, showing just how nervous it was about this new life.

Yuga nodded, took out a Poké Ball and released Florges, then gave her some instructions.

Just as Florges was about to begin, Mewtwo suddenly spoke up to remind them: "Wait… prepare some Fairy Gems as backup, otherwise I'm worried there won't be enough Fairy-type energy."

Thinking back to what happened the first time Florges awakened the Magearna from Zenith Academy, Yuga found Mewtwo's concern very reasonable. He quickly took out a pile of Fairy Gems from the system space.

A considerable portion of these Fairy Gems had been provided as compensation by Zenith Academy.

After placing the Fairy Gems evenly around Magearna, Yuga then said to Florges, "Alright, you can begin now."

"Florges~"

Florges stepped forward and activated Fairy Aura. A pink radiance began to shimmer around her, and this glow spread toward Magearna's body. Once it had covered her entirely, the light began to converge at the location of the Soul-Heart.

As the Fairy Aura began to gather around the Soul-Heart, the Fairy-type energy in the air also started flowing toward Magearna.

But the Fairy-type energy in the air was extremely thin. That's when the Fairy Gems Yuga had prepared in advance came into play—Magearna began absorbing the energy within the Fairy Gems without even trying.

Seeing this, both Yuga and Mewtwo let out a long sigh of relief. Thank goodness they had prepared the Fairy Gems ahead of time—otherwise, there could have been trouble.

Magearna absorbed the Fairy-type energy at a very fast pace. Before long, more than half of the Fairy Gems had already been drained.

Once all the energy in the Fairy Gems had been fully absorbed, Magearna's body suddenly erupted in a brilliant light.

When the glow faded, Yuga saw Magearna sit up from the operating platform, looking around at Yuga and Mewtwo with a bewildered expression.

Yuga said joyfully, "Magearna, welcome to this world!"

"Magearna~"

Magearna tilted her head and tried to get off the operating platform, but her Soul-Heart had just formed a connection with her body and she wasn't yet used to walking. As soon as she stepped down, she was about to fall.

Yuga quickly rushed forward to try and catch Magearna, but he hadn't expected her to be that heavy. He got dragged down along with her and ended up taking a full tumble, rolling over once.

Clang!

Magearna's whole body was made of metal, so the crash to the ground made quite a noise. Yuga was crushed under her and could only grimace in pain.

This little thing's pretty heavy—maybe it can learn Heavy Slam?

Heh heh… just kidding. Magearna was indeed a bit heavy, but that was only in relation to her little over one-meter height. In fact, she weighed just under 200 pounds, so saying she could learn Heavy Slam was a bit of an exaggeration.

Seeing the situation, Mewtwo quickly used Psychic to lift Magearna up, but Magearna seemed to understand that Mewtwo was the one who had created her. After she stood up, she ignored Yuga entirely and wobbled over to Mewtwo, hugging it tightly.

Yuga looked on, clearly feeling jealous! Hey, didn't we agree she belongs to me?

But from a certain point of view, Mewtwo could indeed be considered Magearna's father, so it was understandable that Magearna felt close to it.

Having just been born, Magearna was incredibly innocent and didn't understand anything. When Yuga spoke to her, she didn't know how to respond—she just let out some crackling sounds like a child, with no special meaning behind them.

However, she was very clingy with Mewtwo. Whenever Mewtwo moved a little, she would wobble along behind it, barely able to walk straight.

Mewtwo really did act like an old father, carefully watching over Magearna while also taking the time to teach her some basic knowledge.

After all, Mewtwo had also gone through a similar phase, so when it came to teaching, it was actually doing a pretty decent job.