The iconic building in the city of Shalour, the Tower of Mastery.
In fact, it is similar to the city of Lumiose.
The Prism Tower, the landmark building of Lumiose City, is also the Lumiose Gym.
The Tower of Mastery in Shalour City is also the Shalour Gym.
The only difference is that the Prism Tower is a more advanced building in Lumiose City, while the Tower of Mastery is a relatively old building in Shalour.
It has a long history.
A long time ago, the Tower of Mastery was a private building of a family in Shalour City. It was only after the Pokémon League moved into the Kalos region that Shalour City needed to build a gym.
The patriarch of this family was the first owner of the Shalour Gym.
The Tower of Mastery also became the Shalour Gymnasium.
Although now anyone who is a challenger can enter the Tower of Mastery.
But after all, the Tower of Mastery is still the private building of that family, and there are many secrets in it that cannot be known to others.
Therefore, only the lower few floors of the Tower of Mastery are open.
However, the buildings above, which are truly secretive, are not open to outsiders.
What secrets are contained therein is unknown.
It may be announced later, but that will be after Mega Evolution is discovered. Now this family still regards the ability of Mega Evolution as a secret of their own family.
In fact, they themselves didn't know that it was Mega Evolution. They just knew that Lucario could have a different way of evolution.
The signature Pokémon used by every generation of the family is Lucario, from this we can see that the strength and foundation of this family are still good.
Obviously, Aoki cannot enter the Tower of Mastery as a challenger.
Although you can enter in this way, you cannot know the real secret.
If you want to know more, you can only sneak in secretly.
This was also what Aoki had planned from the beginning.
Without staying in Shalour City for too long, he left directly and headed towards Snowbelle City.
But when leaving, Ralts in Aoki's arms left her own psychic coordinates on the road from time to time.
A day later, Aoki, who was on his way at full speed, checked into the Pokémon Center in Snowbelle City.
After renting a room, he locked himself in it.
At this time, Aoki had returned to his original appearance.
After wearing a mask for so long, he almost forgot what he looked like.
The handsome face is about to be forgotten.
And when changing clothes,
Aoki discovered another thing.
Now that he is sixteen years old, he has grown a lot taller in the past few months.
He hasn't measured his height for a long time. Today he suddenly remembered to let the system measure it and found that his height has reached 1.76 meters.
The age of sixteen is also a period of rapid growth.
No wonder clothes that he hasn't worn for a long time feel a little small when he changes into them.
After changing into a black night suit, with the help of Ralts's multiple teleportations, he returned to the forest outside Shalour City.
The Tower of Mastery is not located in the city of Shalour, or it is not connected to the buildings in Shalour City. Instead, it stands as a small island in the bay outside the city.
You can only enter the Tower of Mastery on foot when the sun sets and the tide goes out.
Aoki rode on Honchkrow and flew directly towards the Tower of Mastery.
Fortunately, Honchkrow is big enough, so there is no problem in flying with Aoki for a short period of time.
Taking advantage of the night, Aoki in night clothes and Honchkrow in black flew in the darkness. If you didn't pay special attention, it would be basically impossible to spot them.
Click.
A faint sound echoed across the island.
Aoki jumped off the back of Honchkrow, making a slight sound, but only he could hear it.
Landing on the flat ground outside the Tower of Mastery, this is the territory of that family.
Although also occupying a small island, this family built the entire island into a place similar to a castle, while Aoki treated his island as a farm.
The processes are different, but the purpose is actually similar.
All of this is to give himself a solid foundation.
After taking a quick look at the surroundings, he realized that it was already one in the morning. Everyone in the Tower of Mastery should have fallen asleep, as this was the time when people slept the soundest.
After making sure that there was no one patrolling, Aoki walked directly towards the Tower of Mastery.
He used his psychic powers to attach a thin film to his feet, which would not leave any marks and would not make any sounds.
As an experienced night walker.
Aoki brought Weavile and Honchkrow, two Pokémon that were also suitable for nocturnal travel, and the ubiquitous Gengar to explore the way ahead. Unless someone who was stronger than Aoki appeared, it would be impossible for him to be discovered.
They approached the Tower of Mastery very smoothly.
Aoki gave Honchkrow a look, and Honchkrow understood and flew over Aoki's head.
He grabbed one of Honchkrow's feet and used his psychic powers to float himself so as not to affect Honchkrow's flight.
Weavile lay directly on the wall and climbed up along the gaps between the bricks.
At this time, Gengar had already poked his head out from the upper wall of the Tower of Mastery, indicating to Aoki that there was no problem above.
Skip directly to the public floors below.
When flying upwards, you can see a huge statue in the hall of the Tower of Mastery.
It was the statue of Mega Lucario.
It is the first Mega Lucario of the family to which the Tower of Mastery belongs, and may also be the first Mega Evolved Pokémon in the Pokémon world.
The fact that Professor Sycamore will be able to analyze Mega Evolution in the future has a lot to do with this family.
Carefully entered the top floor of the Tower of Mastery through the window.
It can be found that the whole tower exudes a slightly decayed atmosphere, which shows that this tower has existed for quite a long time.
Aoki and the three Pokémon searched the top floor for the place where the secret of Mega Evolution was hidden.
In fact, the most likely place is the room where Korrina, the owner of the Tower of Mastery and the gym leader of Shalour City, is located.
A somewhat irrelevant old man.
One thing that still needs to be mentioned is that the Pokémon represented by the Shalour Gym are all Fighting-type Pokémon, and Aoki knows two of the Pokémon used by Korrina.
One is Lucario, the inheritance of this family, and the other is Blaziken that Aoki also owns.
"Gengar, open this room and take a look." After making sure that there was no one inside, Aoki spoke telepathically to Gengar.
Gengar nodded, crawled straight in through the gap in the door, and then opened the room from the inside.
This room is similar to a study, with a large number of books and a table in the middle.
Directly activate the system to scan the names of books on the bookshelf to see if there are any records about Mega Evolution.
Just as Aoki was flipping through a book about the family history, Gengar suddenly gestured to Aoki.