The Melmetal, who had been unconscious, seemed to smell metal, and the next second, they all opened their eyes, their black shiny eyes reflecting the glow of gold coins.
"Woo!"
The Melmetal were extremely excited and dashed towards the pile of gold coins, using their small hands to grab a coin and stuff it into their bodies.
"Ding!"
Gholdengo was very happy.
Seeing this scene, Naoki was slightly taken aback; he almost forgot that Gholdengo can produce gold coins.
After a while, the Melmetal, having eaten to their hearts' content, lazily lay in the cardboard box.
They rubbed their small tummies with their hands, and perhaps because they were just born, they quickly fell asleep with a snore.
Naoki stepped forward to pick up the cardboard box and placed it on the windowsill.
The time was already late autumn, the temperature gradually lowered, and only at noon would the sunshine be slightly warmer.
Soon winter would arrive, and then the Paldea Region would welcome a snowfall.
The Pokémon who were watching gradually dispersed, leaving only a few Pokémon like Alcremie and Ogerpon surrounding the Melmetal, observing these coin-eating wondrous Pokémon.
Meanwhile, Pawmot feared that its hammer might be eaten by these Pokémon, so it distanced itself far away from them.
Lono's Magnemite was the same; it floated to the other side of the TV, keeping a certain distance from those Pokémon.
Naoki stood beside Calyrex, who gently looked at the Melmetal in the cardboard box and then softly thanked Naoki.
"Thank you for helping me find them, Naoki."
Naoki grinned: "No need to worry, Melmetal, and you guys alike, are great heroes. Heroes shouldn't just pass away quietly; they deserve a better life."
A smile appeared on Calyrex's face, and then it nodded lightly.
Everything was understood without words, and it understood Naoki's feelings just as Naoki understood its.
In the afternoon.
To prevent the Melmetal from eating household items like knives, TV, pots and pans, computer, or Pawmot's hammer, Naoki specially used planks and other tools to build a small wooden house as a nest for Melmetal.
The wooden house was placed by Naoki in a corner of the living room, about 1.5 meters high, 2 meters long, and 1.7 meters wide, divided into two layers.
The upper layer was covered with a soft blanket, which was Melmetal's sleeping bed.
The bottle caps and screws Naoki ordered online hadn't arrived, so the lower layer now only contained the gold coins Gholdengo enthusiastically provided.
If Melmetal got hungry, they could automatically go downstairs to "dine."
This way, they wouldn't roam the room, causing destruction or eating other metal items.
However, facts proved Naoki's thinking was too simple.
Lates at night, after Naoki and the Pokémon had all drifted into dreamland, the Melmetal awoke from their sleep.
After consuming the coins downstairs, the curious and interested-in-everything Melmetal began exploring the house.
The trophies gleaming on the cabinet looked delicious; eat them!
The frying pan used for cooking smelled delightful; eat that too!
The silver-glowing spoon under the moonlight looked beautiful! Must taste great!
The still-hungry Melmetal kept exploring the house, and whenever they saw bright metallic objects, they would drool with greed and then eat them.
Soon, the Melmetal stacked themselves and pushed open a small door.
Their gaze was instantly drawn to a small hammer placed on the cabinet.
Under the bright moonlight, the small hammer emitted a beautiful silver glow, appearing extremely tempting.