After finishing everything, the alarm he set went off precisely.
Naoki immediately went to the kitchen and lifted the lid of the pot, a rich flour aroma wafting out to greet him.
The twelve steamed buns lay quietly in the pot, each looking so soft and fragrant.
Naoki glanced down, and information about these buns surfaced in his mind.
[Lightning Steamed Bun (S+): Legendary Cuisine, made from the powdered feathers of a legendary Pokemon, said to allow the eater to harness lightning.
Cooking Effect: Thunder God, enables a Pokemon to gain the power of thunder and lightning, allowing it to control lightning at will, just like the owner of the feathers, with massive bolts of lightning dropping from the clouds with a snap of the fingers, limited to Electric Type Pokemon, and each Pokemon can only consume it once.
Review: A one-of-a-kind dish in the world, feed it to your Electric Type Pokemon! Warning, do not consume indoors!]
What?
Naoki was slightly taken aback; his first thought about the bun was not its effect, but Dragonite.
Limited to Electric Type Pokemon, meaning that even if Dragonite, being a Dragon Type, ate it, it would be useless...
Looking at these steaming buns, at this moment Naoki was eager to know what kind of exaggerated enhancement they could bring to a Pokemon.
The word "warning" even appeared in the review.
After a brief silence, Naoki called Pawmi, taking it out to the grass outside.
The weather was great today, the sky was clear, and the stars and moon were visible.
Moonlight illuminated the ground, allowing one to see nocturnal things clearly even without lights.
"Pa-mo?" Pawmi, following Naoki outside, looked puzzled.
Naoki handed it a Lightning Steamed Bun.
"Eat it, and you'll become stronger!"
"Pa-mo?"
Hearing this, Pawmi's eyes immediately sparkled.
It had unconditional trust in Naoki, using its little claws to take the bun from Naoki's hand, eating it with great effort.
Naoki watched Pawmi's state from the side.
At first, there was no reaction in Pawmi's body.
But when it swallowed the last bite of the bun, a crack of thunder suddenly boomed in the sky, shaking everything around.
Naoki looked up to see a stunning and spectacular scene.
Out of nowhere, thick ominous thunderclouds gathered in the once clear sky.
They clustered above the meadow, forming a thunderous vortex as they swirled.
That sight made Naoki think a deity might descend from it the next second.
But there was no god.
With a thunderous crash, an enormous blue lightning bolt descended from the vortex's base high in the sky, striking little Pawmi.
The powerful impact caused Naoki to stagger backward repeatedly, while a strong gust billowed out from Pawmi.
Koraidon appeared from somewhere, catching the nearly fallen Naoki and helping him up.
"Gah-szzz..."
Most of the Pokemon in the meadow were drawn by this sudden shift.
Together with Naoki, they watched what was happening to Pawmi.
Clad in blue lightning, Pawmi's eyes were flooded with a light so blue it seemed white, as if transformed into a deity, gritting its teeth in apparent agony, like enduring a divine tribulation.
This scene reminded Naoki of the description of Zapdos.
It was said that when Zapdos rubbed its wings, massive lightning would immediately descend from the clouds.
When the sky darkened with continuous lightning, this legendary Pokemon would appear, and if struck by lightning, a great power would surge within it.
Suddenly, a growl snapped Naoki out of his thoughts.
"Pa-mo——!"
Hearing Pawmi's cry, Naoki's heart skipped a beat.
"Pawmi?"
He immediately wanted to intervene in the ceremony and pull Pawmi out.
But in the next second, Naoki saw a familiar intense glow emanate from Pawmi.
Amid the glow, Pawmi's form rapidly changed, its body enlarging, and its ears lengthening.
From its original quadruped stance, it slowly and steadily stood upright.
Evolution?!
As the airflow surged, Pawmi—no, Pawmo's fur swayed along with it.
The transformation had not stopped.
Pawmo slowly opened its eyes, its gaze now much more resolute than in its previous stage.
Incredibly, it lifted its feet off the ground, gently levitating in the electricity!
Flying… it flew?!
Naoki stood there, dumbfounded, watching this scene.
Suddenly, a rather inappropriate thought popped into his mind—
If it donned a helmet, a red cloak, and wielded a hammer, Pawmo could surely cosplay Thor right now.
And if there was a Tinkaton around, maybe it could forge a hammer for Pawmo.