Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

"What's that?" While still studying the black cloud, Kuutai suddenly saw a massive black shadow appear on the horizon, rapidly approaching his workshop under the sunlight. It wasn't long before he could clearly see its true form!

It was "Metagross"!

Metagross was entirely blue-green, its body shaped like a discus, with thick legs extending from its four sides. Its eyes were red, and it had an "X"-shaped silver metal cross on its face.

Then, without a doubt, the young noble riding on Metagross was the Hoenn region Champion, the young master of Devon Corporation, the stone fanatic and gem collector Steven Stone!

"Steven is here!"

Kuutai said, and Miss Cutiefly curiously looked up, while Doublade suddenly realized something!

Wait, that wealthy stone client is here?

Doesn't that mean...

Metagross's speed gradually decreased, and it finally landed smoothly on the ground. Steven jumped off Metagross, his expression full of curiosity and excitement:

"This place is really remote. I never thought anyone would live here!"

Although Kuutai had sent the location, God City was in the northernmost part of Johto, and Steven had asked many people who said they had never heard of the place. It took him quite a bit of effort to find the correct route!

However, Steven was currently riding the blue Metagross, not his signature silver Shiny Metagross. Was it because the silver Metagross hadn't been captured by Steven yet?

This blue Metagross was a partner Steven had owned since long ago.

After Metagross landed on the ground, Steven first looked around at the surroundings.

Completely unfamiliar land, a slightly cold climate, the tool craftsman in front of him, and...

Steven adjusted his clothes, and Kuutai was also a little excited to see him.

After all, when he was little, the Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald versions were Kuutai's gateway to the series, and Steven was the first Champion he had battled in the game. Whether it was his character design, temperament, or the Pokémon he owned, his image and strength were top-notch.

The only interesting thing was that, because his team had many Rock-type Pokémon, and his position was Steel-type Champion, many people joked that he was actually a Rock-type Champion.

This kind of joke also happened to Lance, the Champion of both Kanto and Johto, because Dragon Pokémon were scarce in the early generations, leading to half of Lance's team being Flying-type pseudo-dragons, so he was called a Flying-type Elite Four by everyone.

Most importantly, it made Lance say the famous line "Not only Dragon-type Pokémon are Dragon Pokémon" in later works, which was a strong attempt to salvage the reputation of the Flying-type master of that time.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Kuutai. I am Steven Stone, a gem collector from the Hoenn region!"

Steven enthusiastically shook hands with Kuutai, and in the next moment, his gaze immediately locked onto Doublade.

Doublade was covered in various purple charms. Although it was full of Ghost energy, Steven could still see Doublade's Steel typing at a glance!

"This Pokémon is raised... remarkably!" With Steven's discerning eyes, he could immediately see Doublade's growth state. Although Doublade's body was hidden inside the scabbard, making it difficult to judge its training condition through the usual Steel-type luster, Steven was a Steel-type expert!

Just as Steven was about to carefully observe Doublade, his gaze suddenly caught the light purple stone embedded on Doublade's shield!

[!]

An exclamation mark seemed to appear above Steven's head, and he immediately looked at Kuutai in disbelief.

And at this time, Doublade's heart was thinking - plan complete!

That was deliberately shown to you. Now you're tempted, right!

"That's an Eviolite, the second Eviolite found not long ago."

Kuutai took the opportunity to continue, "Of course, I've already polished this one, and the effect is the same as the first one!"

Anyway, he had planned to sell this stone to Steven from the beginning, and he would charge Steven a high price!

"This is truly wonderful!"

Sure enough, Steven was very excited. His smile expressed the excitement in his heart:

"Sorry, I just can't help but get excited when I see rare stones... I didn't expect you to have such a harvest so soon!"

"Before this, when I heard about this magical stone, I couldn't contain my curiosity and went to the Petalburg Gym in Petalburg City. I am very interested in rare stones, so I often travel around to collect them."

"At the same time, I also asked a friend to dig underground in Sinnoh, originally thinking that if neither you nor I could find it, I would personally go to the Sinnoh region..."

"Go to Sinnoh? Why go to Sinnoh?" Kuutai was slightly stunned.

Steven was also a little strange: "...I heard that you used to work in Sinnoh, so the previous stone..."

So that's how it is!

Kuutai was a little dumbfounded and quickly explained:

"I used to be in the Sinnoh region, that's right, but the Eviolite wasn't obtained from the Sinnoh region. It was excavated from a ruin before I came to God City."

"At that time, the one carrying that stone was my Pokémon. At that time, it was still a sleeping ancient sword."

Kuutai pointed to Doublade, who also raised its ribbons to greet Steven.

"Youwoo~"

After greeting, Doublade began to communicate with Metagross.

They are both Steel-type Pokémon, so of course they would have a lot to talk about! That's what Doublade thought, while circling around Metagross, thinking about whether it could scrape off some steel material from Metagross.

Metagross looked speechlessly at the circling Doublade.

It felt like this Pokémon had... ill intentions towards it!

"Mido!"

Metagross began to communicate with Doublade, trying to understand what this guy was doing!

If you have something to say, why not say it directly!

Steven: "Haha, it seems they are getting along very well."

Kuutai wiped his sweat: "I don't think that's the case."

"Cough cough!" Before Steven became suspicious, Kuutai quickly changed the topic:

"In short, Eviolites exist in many places, but they are very rare, and the Hoenn region should also have Eviolites. There is no need to go to the Sinnoh region specifically."

"This kind of stone will appear in places where a large number of Pokémon gather and live for a long time, whether it is land or water, there is a chance to get it, such as forests, lakes, rocky mountains, caves, etc. And maybe those fishermen, mountain climbers, they found this kind of stone, but they don't recognize it, they just sell it or keep it as a gem."

"In some ancient kingdoms, this kind of stone was also used as a natural gemstone and inlaid on utensils, perhaps it can also be found in ruins."

"I heard that the area near where the Berry Master in the Hoenn region lives has fertile soil, and there are high mountains and lakes, and a large number of Magikarp gather there, maybe there is an Eviolite there."

"Of course, the Lake of Rage in the Johto region also meets this condition."

"Eviolites may be related to the evolution of Pokémon. Where a large number of Pokémon gather, there will also be a large number of evolutions. Those overflowing evolution energies penetrate into the surrounding environment, and fuse with certain minerals, it will become an Eviolite, of course, this is just my guess."

Steven pondered for a moment.

"Indeed, when it comes to the diversity of stones, the Hoenn region will not lose to other regions."

"You also have a lot of experience in mining, sure enough, you are similar to me! Oh right, also about what we said before, the price of this Eviolite, and... this is what you need!"

Steven took out a stone from his waist bag.

The color was dark, as black as night.

That was... "Dusk Stone"!