Pokémon: Reborn as Lucario

Chapter 140: The Girl in the Library

To be a competent "elder," Míng Rìzhào humbly asked Ruby about the important points for hatching a Pokémon egg.

(Rio: ?????)

"There are a few things to pay attention to when hatching a Pokémon egg."

"First, it's best to carry the Pokémon egg with you, because you can use your body temperature to speed up the hatching. Moreover, during the incubation process, the Pokémon developing inside the egg will also begin to familiarize itself with the hatcher's aura. This way, the hatched Pokémon will have a higher intimacy level with the hatcher."

"As I just said, temperature is one of the key points for hatching a Pokémon egg. Therefore, if you want to speed up the hatching process of the egg, you can consider going to a nursery to use their incubators. Of course, this also requires money and a certain amount of time. Secondly, you can look for certain Pokémon with special abilities; their abilities can shorten the incubation period of a Pokémon egg. Both of the above situations have their own limitations. The former costs a relatively large amount of money, while the latter, Pokémon with similar abilities are rare and hard to come by. So I suggest you can consider a third option."

"Starting from Zidian City, you can reach Fuquan Town at the foot of Fiery Volcano. The unique climate there, as well as certain special environments, can also promote the hatching of Pokémon eggs. As for the details, you'll have to explore that for yourselves. Otherwise, if I tell you everything, the fun of the journey will be gone."

Seeing Míng Rìzhào seem to want to ask something, Ruby, as if having predicted it, answered in advance.

"Don't worry about the Pokémon egg. Its hardness far exceeds your imagination. Unlike the eggs of other ordinary creatures, it's not so fragile. The hardness of the Pokémon egg itself, unless it suffers some extremely powerful damage, is impossible to break. However, I still think it's better to put it down during a battle."

Rio sheepishly took the Pokémon egg that had been brought to his chest and put it back in the backpack on his back—the backpack was a gift from Ruby. Ruby, who had hatched Pokémon eggs before, naturally knew the importance of properly placing the egg.

If the Pokémon egg is so hard, can it be used as a shield?

Of course, he was just thinking this casually. After all, Rio didn't want to see a tragedy of a broken egg and a flying Pokémon happen.

"After the first point, the second thing to note is that if you have the opportunity to obtain other Pokémon eggs, it's recommended not to carry more than two with you. Because Pokémon eggs will sense each other. If they are the same kind of Pokémon, it's fine. But if you carry and hatch Pokémon eggs with conflicting types or even conflicting natures together, it can easily cause the Pokémon to become weak, or even unable to hatch."

"The last point is, if you obtain a Pokémon egg in the wild, you must obtain the approval and permission of the Pokémon egg's parents before hatching it. After all, the hearts of parents and their children are connected. Casually stealing or hatching a wild Pokémon egg is not what a qualified Pokémon trainer does. Please remember this."

For this last point, Ruby spoke with a very serious expression.

And Míng Rìzhào also became serious.

"Yes, I understand!"

Immediately after, Ruby also continued to impart some related experience to Míng Rìzhào and Rio.

"It's about time. I should get going too."

Ruby put on his sunglasses, preparing to wave goodbye to the three little ones.

"Oh, right. There's a Pokémon Contest in a few days. If you have time, come and see it."

As if remembering something, Ruby took out a few tickets from his bag and handed them to Míng Rìzhào.

"Could it be that the mysterious guest is you, Mr. Ruby?"

"Shh, can't say, can't say..."

Turning around dashingly, Ruby walked out of the Pokémon Exchange Center.

"Hey, Dad, it's done. I've met her. Not bad, a very interesting little girl. Her Pokémon is also raised quite well. If she didn't like Pokémon battles, I would have wanted to pull her over to be a Coordinator... I'll be back in a few days... Ah, Sapphire is coming over?"

"Alright, then I'll go back with her... Hmm, got it. You take care of yourself and Mom."

…

Ruby left, leaving behind one person and two Pokémon.

Oh, no, now it should be plus one Pokémon egg.

"So, are we still looking for a new partner now?"

Míng Rìzhào hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

"Forget it. I don't see any particularly suitable Pokémon anyway. Let's leave it at that for now."

The young girl casually checked her phone.

"And, the next relatively close Pokémon Gym is in Fuquan Town. We can just go to Fuquan Town, wait for the Pokémon egg to hatch, and challenge the Gym at the same time."

Rio, Ruru, and the Pokémon egg had no objections.

I wonder what kind of Pokémon will hatch from this little fellow? It's definitely a Fire-type Pokémon, but which one exactly?

Rio reached back and touched the warm Pokémon egg, thinking in his heart.

Ruru the Ralts looked at the fatherly smile on the face of the Riolu beside her and couldn't help but worry a little that this kid had been overstimulated.

Just like that, the three little ones and the newly joined egg chatted as they walked along the streets of Yuanqi City.

Suddenly, the corner of Míng Rìzhào's eye seemed to catch sight of something.

"That's right! I said before that I would go to the library to check for information on your Pokémon species, Rio. I almost forgot."

Following the direction the girl was pointing, Rio saw a building with extremely exquisite exterior decoration—it was the Middel Grand Library located in Yuanqi City.

It was said that besides various books on technology and humanities, the Middel Grand Library also had many records of the distant history of the Pokémon world and myths passed down through the ages.

However, to have to search through such a vast amount of data to find out why the Riolu and Lucario species had become extinct, leaving only Rio as the sole survivor, made his head ache just thinking about it.

Míng Rìzhào, on the other hand, was full of interest.

"You go find it yourself. I'll take the 'child' for a walk around. After all, the air in the library isn't very good for a child's development."

Well now, this Riolu who was previously reluctant has now fully adopted the mentality of a wet nurse.

Míng Rìzhào: o_o.

"Alright, you be careful. If anything happens, go to the Pokémon Center." The girl knew this fellow had roamed the wild for a while and was very independent, so she wasn't too worried. "Ruru, what about you?"

"Iya! (Pokémon Language) Can Pokémon go into the library? If so, I'd like to go in and have a look."

Ralts's big eyes were wide with curiosity.

"Should... be okay, right?"

Míng Rìzhào wasn't too sure if a place like a library would allow Pokémon inside.

"Let's go and see first."

However, with her personality, she didn't dwell on it for too long and immediately decided to act according to the situation.

Míng Rìzhào and Ruru went to the library, while Rio took the Pokémon egg for a stroll around Yuanqi City. The group of four (?) thus split up.

…

Standing at the entrance of the library.

Míng Rìzhào didn't rashly rush in but instead peeked inside.

Before long, she happily said to Ruru, "Ruru, it's no problem! I see a lot of Pokémon inside too."

She then picked up Ruru and walked into the library.

A staff member in a uniform came over to greet them.

"Hello, welcome to the Middel Library. You can browse various books freely here, but please do not take any books out of the library. In addition, please you and your Pokémon maintain a certain level of quiet so as not to disturb others. Thank you for your cooperation."

Míng Rìzhào and Ruru naturally nodded like little chicks pecking at rice.

The staff member, after giving a well-intentioned reminder, also left.

The interior of the library had several floors. Looking at each floor, there were rows and rows of large bookshelves filled with books. There were escalators and elevators between the floors, as well as various spaces such as electronic reading rooms, tea rooms, and restrooms. In the center of each floor was a circular hollow, around which desks were neatly arranged. At this time, it wasn't any holiday, but one could see that the desks on each floor were almost all full. People were reading quietly, and from time to time, someone would get up, pick up a book, and weave between the tall bookshelves.

Upon entering the library, their voices unconsciously lowered quite a bit.

"The first floor is humanities and social sciences, the second floor is science and nature, the third floor is children's stories, the fourth floor is... ah, found it, history and mythology."

Since even the nearly all-encompassing modern information and news on the internet couldn't find information on Riolu or Lucario, then one could only trace back to the more distant ancient period to see if there were any relevant clues.

Míng Rìzhào and Ruru followed the signs to the fourth floor of the library. However, after arriving at their destination, the sheer number of books still made the person and the Pokémon a little dizzy.

"What's this... "Ancient Hisui Travelogue", "Conjecture on the Birth of Arceus", "Regigigas and the Spine of the World", "The Mystery of the Birth of Super Ancient Pokémon"... So many books, which ones should I read?"

Míng Rìzhào looked at Ruru. Ruru gave her the one-click trifecta of "I don't know, not clear, no idea."

"Forget it, I'll just do a rough search first."

The girl was a little discouraged, but remembering the promise she had made to her Riolu, patting her chest that she would definitely find something, she couldn't help but steel herself to browse through those dictionary-thick books.

Choosing a few seemingly reliable books by their titles, Míng Rìzhào then looked for a seat in the middle of the floor.

Fortunately, it seemed that people were not particularly interested in the books on this entire floor of history and mythology, so this floor was not as crowded as the ones below, and there were still many empty desks.

"Heave-ho."

After strenuously placing the few thick books on the table, Míng Rìzhào finally let out a sigh of relief, planning to sit down and read slowly.

Only after sitting down did she discover that on the other side of the desk, there was a stack of books even taller than her own. And this tall stack of books was teetering on the verge of falling!

"Ah, dangerous!"

Míng Rìzhào quickly stood up, sped over, and caught the books the moment the stack was about to fall.

And in front of the stack of books, a young girl with glasses, her temperament quiet and serene, was engrossed in reading a book, completely oblivious to the falling stack of books.

However, as if sensing some movement, the girl with glasses raised her head, a little dazed.

She stared, big eyes meeting small, at Míng Rìzhào, who was forcefully holding the collapsed stack of books and staring back at her speechlessly.

"…"

Girl with glasses: @???

Míng Rìzhào: o_o!!!

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