"Professor Maple. What do you have to pay for yourself today?" Fredric asked. Jerald Maple, a well-built negro man, had been unsatisfied with the mysteries presented by the Pokemon running around the planet at a very early age. At an age where most children begin to experiment with raising Pokemon for battle, Jerald was using them for quite another purpose. At fifteen, he had proposed a hypothesis concerning Pokemon metabolism, but his evidence was controversial. He was ridiculed by the rest of the scientific community.
By sheer fate, Fredric was introduced to Maple's work, and actually saw promise in the man's ideas. He gathered the funds to purchase an electron microscope, which allowed Maple to gain enough empirical evidence to be taken seriously. From then on, Maple had revolutionized the field of Pokemon research, while never forgetting the generous donation which made it possible. He had made an appoint to repay Fredric, and thus used his research to create a ralts egg with the best base stats possible at the time. A powerful pair was thus formed.
"As you know, I've been working on why Pokemon will stop growing at level 100," Maple replied, "I believe I have found something."
Maple turned on a 3D hologram, displaying the cell of a young Pokemon. It zoomed in on the Field Connector Structures within, and the computer simulated the level-up process. It then rapidly repeated this 94 times.
"The energy regulation mechanism seems to be the problem. It's growing over the FDSO," Maple explained. The FDSO, as the scientist had found, was the cell's main energy provider in Pokemon. It is able to process the energy released when a Pokemon faints. Some of that energy would go to feeding the victorious Pokemon, while the remainder was stored for cell division. Once enough energy was gathered, the Pokemon's cells would divide spontaneously, and very quickly.
"It's not preventing the organelle from processing energy, is it?" Fredric asked.
"Actually, quite the contrary – as the Pokemon continues to level up, the ERM diverts more and more energy to feeding," Maple replied, "At level 100, the ERM cuts off the level-up process entirely. It's actually a good thing – part of Pokemon senescence – but I might be able to..."
A rapid, high-pitched beeping sounded from Fredric's PokeNav. The Pokemorph lifted his arm, and pressed a blinking button.
"I have another challenger for you," Drake, the fourth member of the Hoen Elite Four reported. Fredric shook his head slightly.
"Another trainer got passed you? That's what, the third one this month, right? Remind me to improve your training regime," Fredric remarked. He then tapped a button on the Nav, which recalled a Luxury ball from storage.
"Gardevior, it's time to fulfill our duties as the League Champions," Fredric stated, "Teleport."