Soon, the pineapple sticky rice was ready.

  Naoki took it out of the rice cooker and ied it, finding that its effects were the same as the sweet and sour pork with pineapple.

  [Pineapple Sticky Rice (B+): Made with freshly picked pineapple and glutinous ribsp;

  Cooking Effect: Fsh. After feeding it to a Pokémon, the Pokémon has a ce to learn the move Fsh, and its entire body will glow for 30 minutes.

  Evaluation: The pineapple's fragrance is perfectly infused into the glutinous rice, resulting in a dish that's sweet, soft, and full of tropical fvor.]

  "Not bad," Naoki said with a satisfied nod. He po distribute the dish to several of his Pokémon ter.

  With that do was time to focus on the pumpkin.

  Making pumpkin pie was much simpler than preparing sweet and sour pork. While recalling the recipe, Naoki peeled and seeded the pumpkin, ing and slig it before steaming it in a pot.

  As he waited for the pumpkin to steam, Naoki gathered the seeds separately, pnning to roast them ter for some fried pumpkin seeds—waste not, want not.

  Ohe pumpkin was steamed, Naoki fetched a dough bowl, poured the soft slices into it, and mashed them into a smooth pumpkin puree with a rolling pin.

  , he added the right amount of glutinous rice flour and sugar, kneading the mixture into dough. Whehing was well-blended, it was time to move on to the step.

  He took portions of the pumpkin dough, rolled them into balls, and then fttehem into small disks. In total, the pumpkin yielded 32 pumpkin pies.

  Finally, Naoki fried the pies in a pan until they turned golden brown, then removed them and pced them on a pte to cool.

  As he looked at the golden, crispy pumpkin pies resting on the white por pte, information about the dessert fshed in his mind:

  [Pumpkin Pie (A): A dessert made from fresh pumpkin, glutinous rice flour, and sugar.

  Cooking Effect: Size as you wish. After eating, the er ge the size of their body as desired, but the transformations are limited to three uses. After each use, the body returns to its inal size.

  Evaluation: Golden and crispy oside, tender and soft on the inside, with a rich pumpkin fragrance. A delightful and chewy treat.]

  "Hmm? Any size you want?" Naoki mused, eyes widening slightly.

  He couldn't help but chuckle as he imagined his Pokémon—Koraidon, Cyclizar, and Gogoat—turning into t giants, their size ballooning to monstrous proportions after eating the pumpkin pies.

  The sed, Naoki's eyes widened in disbelief.

  'Wait, does this mean...?!'

  This meant he could now, theoretically, 'create Gigantamax Pokémon!'

  'What was even more mind-blowing was that the description of the pumpkin pie didn't specify it was only effective for Pokémon. Did this mean humans could use it, too?'

  Naoki's heart raced.

  Driven by curiosity, he picked up a still-iece of pumpkin pie, blew on it a few times to cool it down, and the in a few quick bites.

  "Get bigger," Naoki whispered, almost as if testing the waters.

  Suddenly, his body began to grow, his limbs elongating as he shot up toward the ceiling. Just as he was about to hit the roof, Naoki panicked and quickly muttered, "Stop!"

  Awkwardly, he gnced down at himself, estimating that he now stood at about two and a half meters tall. 'Two meters and five!' It was both exhirating and a little ridiculous.

  'Thankfully, the room was empty.' If any of his Pokémon had been here, they might've been terrified seeing him suddenly balloon in size!

  "It's not just my height," Naoki murmured as he examined his oversized body. "Everything else has increased in proportion too."

  While processing this surreal experienaoki's face flushed. He looked down at himself, feeling somewhat embarrassed by his new size, and quickly whispered, "Bee smaller."

  Within moments, his body shrank back down to normal. Relieved, Naoki stretched and exhaled deeply. "What a crazy effect!" he thought with a mix of awe and amusement.

  'But'.

  Naoki's thoughts drifted to the enormous Dragonite beh Dragonite Isnd. A sudderuck him. 'If I feed it pumpkin pie, will it shrink down to the size of a normal Dragonite?'

  A mischievous grin spread across his face. "I'll go test it out this afternoon," he decided.

  For now, though, it was time for lunch.

  Naoki stepped outside and called to his Pokémon. As they gathered, he brought out the sweet and sour pork with pineapple, the pineapple sticky rice, and the pumpkin pies. He even made a few sandwiches to round out the meal.

  When lunch was served, Koraidon and the other Pokémon immediately began to feast with enthusiasm.

  However, as soon as they took the first bite of the sweet and sour pork, a bright white light enveloped them all.

  "Buyi?!"

  G gasped in shock.

  Cyclizar looked fused, Dragonite was visibly surprised, and Alcremie remained calm.

  Seeing their reas, Naoki chuckled and expined, "After eating the pineapple a, your bodies will glow for about half an hour."

  Dragonite blinked in astonishment. "Awoo?"

  Naoki nodded, smiling. "Yes, that's because of the glowing pineapple I used to make the dish."

  "Awoo?" Dragonite remembered the pumpkin Naoki had prepared earlier. Its eyes wandered over to the row of golden, crispy pumpkin pies resting on the white por pte.

  'What about these? What magical effect could they have?'

  "Uh..." Naoki hesitated, recalling the wild growth spurt he experienced earlier. "I'll tell you after you finish eating."

  He certainly didn't want any Pokémon actally growing te and wreg the house during lunch!

  Hearing this, the Pokémon, led by an eager Dragonite, sped up their eating.

  Ohe meal was over, Naoki gathered the group ahem to a spaeadow on the ranch.

  Standing before the Pokémon, who now waited ied anticipation, Naoki cleared his throat and instructed, "Alright, now think in your minds, 'I want to grow bigger!'"

  Dragonite looked a bit puzzled at first, but within moments, its body began to expand! Its face showed pure astonishment as it tio grow.

  Naoki quickly called out, "You trol it! Just think about stopping, and the growth will stop automatically!"

  As expected, Dragoransformation halted, its final height settling at around six meters—nearly the size of a two-story building.

  Inspired by Dragonite, Alcremie followed suit, watg in awe as her tiny frame grew rger. Cyclizar and Butterfree were quick to try as well, while G, still a bit hesitant, observed from the sidelines.

  The biggest surprise, however, came from Koraidon. Without any special instru, it grew to the same size as a Pikachu! Naoki couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in amusement.

  Koraidon seemed absolutely thrilled. "Raao?" it chirped happily, running up to Naoki with gleaming eyes.

  Naoki gnced down. "What do you want to do?"

  Koraidon stretched out its little arms, clearly asking for a hug.

  Naoki hesitated, then gave in with a fond smile, lifting the miniaturized Koraidon aing it per his shoulder like Pikachu.

  With Koraidon now riding happily on his shoulder, Naoki turo the rest of the Pokémon, who had all grer, and remihem, "Be careful not to grow too big aroy the ranch! You have three ces to transform—whether it's to grow or shrink. After the third use, you'll return to your normal size."

  The Pokémon nodded in uanding, with Dragonite and the others lookied about their new ability.