Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

The Hatching Expert's Insights... Wait, something's not quite right with the contents of this knowledge.

When Kotake comprehended this knowledge, he keenly noticed some crucial details within it, such as "Taking a Pokémon egg to specific locations can allow the Pokémon to learn certain knowledge ahead of time and influence its personality and abilities after birth, for example, going to an amusement center will..."

"Could this be Argenta's insights?"

Argenta, a character from the Pokémon Adventures manga, one of the protagonists of the Gold and Silver era, and the in-game counterpart is "Ethan". As a Pokédex holder, his special ability is precisely "hatching"!

However, Argenta's personality is somewhat mischievous and careless, with a free-spirited nature. As for hatching, although it's his ability, he often doesn't do anything during the process of hatching Pokémon eggs—this is his own admission.

Later, he gained some understanding of hatching. For Pokémon eggs, Argenta only needs to cherish and protect them with sincerity to quickly promote their hatching!

Kotake carefully understood this knowledge.

The information in the knowledge is very formal. Because it doesn't contain tone or emotion, nothing seems wrong at first glance, but upon closer inspection, you'll realize something is off!

However, aside from the amusement center, arcade, and billiards-related content, the essence of this knowledge is still useful!

Pokémon hatched in different locations and environments do indeed have different personalities and abilities. Dr. Elm's recent research indicates that Pokémon eggs can sense the surrounding environment and conditions before they hatch and respond accordingly. At the same time, the hatcher's mood and behavior will also affect the Pokémon's state.

Eggs in the laboratory must be carefully nurtured to prevent them from receiving too much external information and prematurely developing undesirable personalities. If a new trainer receives a problem child or juvenile delinquent as their first Pokémon, like Argenta's Togepi, proficient in billiards, poker, and dice games, that would be embarrassing!

Rookie Pokémon (wearing black glasses): Trainer, go cook me some dishes!

Just imagining this scene in his head made Kotake unable to hold back.

"Well, as long as the content about Argenta is removed, these hatching insights are still pretty good!"

Of course, after removing the content related to the alleged Argenta, not much is left of these insights. This is called taking the essence and discarding the dross!

Regarding the egg in his hand, in the *Black/White* games, there is a Volcarona that has lived for hundreds of years beneath the Ancient Castle in the Desert Resort. In the manga, this Volcarona was captured by Ghetsis and laid an egg, which hatched into a Larvesta and was driven by the "Dark Trinity".

In the games, this Volcarona was never discovered by anyone and quietly stayed in the deepest room of the Ancient Castle. That room is filled with many exquisite pottery pieces for worship and an ancient mural depicting the "Volcarona Legend".

The Sun Pokémon Volcarona has been worshiped since ancient times as the embodiment of the sun. Legend has it that when volcanic ash blocked the sun due to volcanic eruptions, Volcarona used flames to illuminate its wings, replacing the sun and illuminating the world.

Perhaps that Volcarona, which lived for hundreds of years, was missing the people of the past, so it never left. However, strangely, the Ancient Castle is full of sand. What did this Volcarona eat to survive to the present day? It's truly an unsolved mystery!

『Is that a Pokémon egg in your hand? The power of life is very weak. Let me help it grow.』

Calyrex was still holding an Energy Cube, with food crumbs remaining on the corner of its mouth that hadn't been wiped away. It stared blankly at the somewhat petrified ancient egg, raised its arm, and slightly concentrated its psychic power.

A faint life force surged from Calyrex's body and poured into the ancient egg.

『...Huff...Huff...Is this all...the power I have...?』

Calyrex looked at its hand speechlessly. The power it can exert now is really too weak!

Kotake was curious: "Is this power the same as the power to stimulate land and plants?"

In the games, Calyrex also boasted that it would show its power to the game protagonist, but after much effort, it only managed to grow a radish in the field. However, perhaps that is also a manifestation of the life force that Calyrex possesses.

Calyrex: 『It is my 'healing wave,' but my power is too weak to completely restore this egg to its original state.』

"Awoo~" Walking Wake growled softly.

It thought it was some precious stone! It turned out to be a Pokémon egg!

"You recognize Pokémon eggs too?"

As a Paradox Pokémon, Walking Wake cannot breed in the games. Its egg group is "Undiscovered." Although that's because of game mechanics, Kotake questioned this:

Did ancient Pokémon like Walking Wake also hatch from eggs in their time?

"Awooo?"

Walking Wake rolled its eyes upward, revealing a look of confusion and contemplation.

It didn't know; it had never thought about this question!

Primitive creatures don't have so many strange needs. Every day, it's just about enjoying fighting and enjoying eating! However, eggs did exist in its era.

Kotake: "Then, don't you have a favorite Pokémon...?"

"Awoo~" Walking Wake indicated that it liked Pecha Berries, then looked at the petrified egg, as if ancient memories were being awakened...

There's a shortcut to hatching: just use Flamethrower! Walking Wake was about to breathe fire while growling, but Kotake quickly pressed down on Walking Wake's mouth!

I think you don't want to hatch the egg at all; you want to roast it and eat it. You're drooling!

"Awoo awoo!" Walking Wake protested, saying that it had indeed seen eggs hatch from flames. Breathing fire can indeed accelerate the hatching of this kind of egg. It wasn't messing around this time!

Walking Wake had seen "eggs hatch from flames"... Kotake thought that it might be the egg of a Slither Wing, a Paradox Pokémon considered to be the ancient form of Volcarona.

Although Volcarona's lower form, Larvesta, is believed to be a Pokémon born from the sun that can absorb flames, that's just an ancient legend. According to the weak life force in this egg, a Flamethrower might directly burn away those life forces.

"I have a good idea." Kotake had a flash of inspiration, picked up the almost petrified egg, walked into the house, and placed it next to the Light Stone!

The power of the Light Stone will fill the surrounding area with vitality. By absorbing the power released by the Light Stone, perhaps this Pokémon egg can gradually return to its original appearance!

[The Light Stone is puzzled by this egg.]

To speed up the hatching process, after understanding the hatching nurturing insights, Kotake even directly created a statue of Arceus in his dream!

The statue of Arceus can influence the Pokémon egg that is hatching, allowing the new life born from the egg to obtain stronger Individual Values and even potentially become a Shiny!

However, just as the statue of Arceus was placed down, the Light Stone and Dark Stone trembled slightly at the same time!

[This statue... seems to be affecting me?]

[I... I'm feeling it too...!]

A strange thought arose in the hearts of the Light Stone and Dark Stone.

This statue possesses magical power and comes from the hand of the "Hero Candidate" they have chosen. The Black and White Dragons have personally experienced the special items and special abilities made by this craftsman.

And now, this statue that can be used to hatch eggs... Could it be... Could it be that they are treating them, the two stones, as "eggs" too?!