The sky was dimly lit, and after a heavy rain, a beautiful rainbow hung in the sky, bird Pokémon were chirping, and crystal clear dew drops on the grass looked lifelike.
Under a large tree, a boy was leaning, his entire body wrapped in bandages, a slight smile on his lips, but his right hand tightly clutched a broken tang katana, refusing to let go.
Sunlight spilled onto his body, and the strong light slowly opened his eyes.
“I… …”
Gui Ling adjusted to the light, tried to get up but was in too much pain, and after an attempt, sat back down.
“Ugh… it hurts… it really hurts…”
He had been pierced by a Garchomp and was still alive, which was already a miracle. Thinking this, Gui Ling looked down and around, surprised to find all the Pokémon beside him were asleep.
“These must be the Pokémon they caught, but why aren’t they leaving?”
Just then, the cocoon to his left suddenly moved. Yveltal, sensing the movement, immediately spread its wings, revealing its true form.
Yveltal’s huge head looked at the tiny Gui Ling in front of him, but Gui Ling smiled.
“Good morning, Yveltal.”
“…… (Hmm, good morning.)”
“Telepathy, huh? Although I witnessed it that night, I’m still a bit amazed…”
“…… (Hmph~ So boastful.)”
“Say what you will, but it’s a happy ending for everyone.”
“…… (If I hadn’t continuously supplied you with life force, you’d have kicked the bucket long ago.)”
“Can you do that? I thought you could only absorb life force?”
“…… (Learned it from a book.)”
“No way? Why don’t I have that ability? I get sleepy just looking at books. If I had your ability, I’d have been at Tsinghua University already!”
“…… (What’s Tsinghua?)”
“Never mind, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you.”
Their conversation quickly woke up the other Pokémon. They rubbed their eyes and were overjoyed to see Gui Ling awake, each one breaking into a happy smile.
“What are they doing?”
“…… (They’re expressing their gratitude to you.)”
“Haha, so they guarded me all night?”
“…… (Yes.)”
Banette, also wrapped in bandages, flew over, looked at Gui Ling from left to right, then sighed in relief, and finally lay down on Gui Ling’s right hand.
“…… (Banette and the others spent a long time bandaging you up last night. Although Banette hadn’t even gotten to bandage you, it tripped over the bandages first and got itself tied up tightly. Then everyone spent a lot of effort to untie it.)”
“Haha! Thank you for your hard work.”
“Dang dang!”
“Gengar!”
“Frubbit!”
“Wf!”
Just as the Pokémon were huddled together, three figures, one large and two small, walked over from the side.
“Hmm?”
Gui Ling turned his head and saw Gardevoir, Kirlia, and Ralts.
“Hello.”
“Gardevoir~”
“…… (It was she who healed your wounds yesterday.)”
“Is that so? Thank you.”
“Gardevoir~”
The Pokémon also entered the forest one after another. After all, Gui Ling had woken up, and after making sure their benefactor was fine, they left.
“Well, thank you all for the trouble.”
“Gardevoir~”
Gardevoir and the others were about to leave, but Gui Ling lowered his head and thought for a while, then called out to them.
“Um… if possible, I’d like Ralts to join our exploration team, is that okay?”
Ralts pointed to herself, looked at Gardevoir, and Gardevoir let Ralts decide for herself. After thinking for a while, Ralts slowly walked over.
“If I remember correctly, I need to have a 1v1 battle with you to meet the rules, right?”
“Ralts Ralts~”
“Okay.”
Gui Ling turned to look at Gengar and the others, and everyone became more and more eager to try.
“Who wants to fight?”
Just then, Yveltal flew directly up, slowly descended in front of Ralts, and roared at Ralts.
“…… (I’ll do it!)”
Ralts was completely stunned, Gardevoir’s eyelids twitched when she saw it, and Gui Ling awkwardly covered his head.
Ralts: What? I’m fighting Yveltal?! Is this for real???
“Alright, alright, Yveltal, don’t bully the small ones, come back, come back!”
Although Yveltal really wanted to have a battle with the Trainer, it still obeyed Gui Ling’s command and came back.
“Oh, so obedient?”
“…… (I listen to you, and I can also help you in battle, provided you take care of my food first and take me to experience other things.)”
“Alright, which one of those things have I not taken you to before?”
“…… (None, I’m sorry…)”
“Why are you apologizing?”
“…… (I was too willful.)”
“Haha, it’s nothing.”
After thinking for a while, for fairness, he decided to let Noibat participate.
Noibat flapped its wings and flew over. Gardevoir also guaranteed that regardless of the outcome of this battle, Gui Ling could take Ralts if she wanted, so this was just a sparring match.
“Alright! Go, Noibat! This is our first battle!”
“Wf!”
“Fly up! Look for an opportunity to use Steel Wing!”
Noibat immediately flew with all its might after hearing the command. Noibat had practiced speed and flying for a long time, and it was already at home with it.
“Ralts!”
Ralts wanted to control Noibat with Confusion, but its psychic power was not strong enough to control Noibat flying at full speed.
After Confusion was unsuccessful, Noibat seized the opportunity and used Steel Wing from the side. Ralts didn’t have time to dodge and was immediately injured.
“Very good, Supersonic!”
Noibat immediately released a powerful Supersonic from its two ears. Ralts instantly lost its ability to resist and could only cover its ears, rolling on the ground non-stop.
“Now’s the time! Finish it with Air Slash!”
Then Noibat’s wings turned white, and it used Air Slash to attack Ralts, but Ralts used Teleport and immediately found an opportunity to flash to the side.
“Still have room to resist, huh?”
Before Noibat could react, Ralts immediately used Shadow Sneak to hit Noibat. Noibat didn’t have time to dodge and was hit and knocked down.
“Noibat!”
Noibat struggled to get up. Both Pokémon had sustained some injuries, and most of their stamina was depleted.
“Use Acrobatics!”
Noibat’s body was immediately enveloped in blue light after hearing the command, and then it flew into the air again, constantly feinting and then crashing into Ralts.
But Ralts’s eyes began to sharpen, and she instantly raised her hand, wanting to block this attack, but at the same time, a green barrier extended in front of her, and her whole body was enveloped in blue light.
“This is… evolution? And that move just now… was it Reflect?! This shouldn’t be a move Kirlia knows, right? Is she that talented?!”
As the light of evolution slowly enveloped Ralts, its outline gradually grew larger.
“Kirlia!”
Kirlia blocked Noibat’s attack and used Confusion again. This time, Noibat couldn’t escape control and was manipulated.
“Wf!”
After Kirlia controlled Noibat in the air, she fired a Dazzling Gleam. After the dust from the explosion cleared, Noibat slowly fell from the sky.
The situation was already one-sided, and it seemed the outcome was set. The evolved Kirlia had even replenished her status, and Noibat’s remaining strength probably had no room to resist.
“Alright, the outcome is decided, Noibat, you did very well, come back…”
“Wf!”
Gui Ling was about to call Noibat back, but was interrupted by Noibat. Its eyes also looked sharply at Kirlia, and it charged over again using Acrobatics.
Kirlia used Reflect again, wanting to block Noibat’s attack and then finish the opponent, but just as Noibat flew halfway, the blue light of evolution also enveloped Noibat, and then Noibat’s outline became even larger.
“Huh? No, this… Noibat is too amazing?! But it was supposed to be a battle between Noibat and Ralts, how did it become Noivern versus Kirlia?!”
Gui Ling smiled from the side, and everyone was surprised by this battle. Two Pokémon evolving simultaneously in the same battle is extremely rare, let alone in the wild.
Noivern’s Acrobatics this time clashed with Kirlia’s Reflect, and the two faced off for a while before separating, neither gaining an advantage.
“Kirlia!”
Kirlia used Confusion again. Although Noivern was controlled, Noivern raised its ears and directly released the newly learned Boomburst towards Kirlia.
Kirlia immediately dodged with Teleport, then used Confusion to make herself fly. Kirlia’s movement speed was very fast; to defeat her, Noivern had to be even faster.
“Noivern! Use Acrobatics to increase your speed!”
Noivern used Acrobatics again, circling in the air, getting faster and faster. Kirlia also didn’t sit idly by, gathering Shadow Sneak, splitting it into several and attacking Noivern from all directions.
Noivern lightly dodged the Shadow Sneak a few times, then used Boomburst to counter-attack. Kirlia also dodged, and then Noivern charged at the opponent again.
“Kirlia!”
“Noivern!”
Kirlia used Reflect again, but this time Noivern instantly flashed behind Kirlia, and before Kirlia could react, it successfully launched a surprise attack, hitting her in the back.
“Kirlia!”
“Now! Finish it with Dragon Tail!”
Then Noivern shot out Dragon Tail, ending the battle.
Gardevoir nodded, acknowledging that it was a wonderful duel, while Yveltal observed quietly from the side. This was one of the interesting things it had seen.
“…… (How come I don’t seem to have evolved?)”
Thinking of this, Yveltal picked up that book again and started reading, trying to find the answer in it.
“…… (Why isn’t it there?)”
“Alright, stop reading. That’s a Pokémon Encyclopedia, not some evolution book. If you want to read, I’ll just borrow a few more from the professor.”
“…… (Okay.)”
Then Kirlia slowly stood up. Gui Ling took out a healing spray to help Kirlia heal. After resting for a while, Kirlia actively tapped the Poké Ball, and was finally successfully caught.
“Very good! From now on, please take care of me, Kirlia!”
“Kirlia~”
“And you, Noivern, congratulations on becoming stronger!”
“Noivern!”
Gui Ling was still leaning against the tree. He probably couldn't walk for the next few days, so he simply recovered from his injuries under this tree.
“Gengar!”
Just then, Gengar slowly walked over, holding an ite in its hand.
“Ah, this… Is this that person’s Gengarite?”
“Gengar!”
“Do you want to try Mega Evolution?”
“Gengar!”
“Alright then, let’s go!”
Gui Ling slowly reached for the bracelet on his wrist. At the same time, the Mega Stone on the bracelet emitted a white light, which merged with the blue light emitted from the ite in Gengar’s hand.
After a flash of light, Super Shinny Genggui appeared before everyone. Unlike the normal Super Genggui, Gui Ling’s Super Genggui was pure white and much larger than usual.
“Wow, pure white, huh? So cool!”
Yveltal, standing by, looked at the Mega Evolved Gengar, thought for a moment, then slowly walked over.
“…… (What? You like it?)”
“Yes, of course!”
“…… (I have one too.)”
“Hmm, then… what?! You can Mega Evolve too?! Is that for real?!”
“…… (Lying to you wouldn’t benefit me, don’t you believe me?)”
“I believe you, so where’s your ite?”
“…… (I remember… it was hundreds of years ago, right? The first time I used a super wide-range Death Wing, wanting to sleep forever here, there was a stone exactly where I was sleeping. It seems… it has a similar aura to yours.)”
“An ite born from one’s own power? It seems there have been cases, and it was also a mythical Pokémon.”
“…… (What? Want to go see it?)”
“Of course! Why? Don’t you want to see what your Mega Evolution looks like?”
“…… (I do want to, but you don’t have any equipment now, are you still going?)”
“Uh… looks like I’ll have to go back again, but first, I’ll recover well.”
“…… (Sigh, I probably won’t be able to eat your grilled fish these next few days.)”
“You like eating it?”
“…… (I do, it seems nothing tastes as good as your grilled fish.)”
Recognition is a man’s motivation. Hearing this, Gui Ling also raised his head.
“Definitely!”
Gardevoir and the others had already left. With Noivern, catching fish was now much easier; it would just dive directly into the water and start catching fish.
Banette, on the other hand, looked at the Mega Evolved Gengar and thought about its own Mega Evolution and a battle with Super Glalie, also beaming with joy.
Just as Frogadier piled up the firewood, Gui Ling slowly got up, wanting to start a fire. He picked up the broken tang katana and a flint and started striking for a fire.
However, after striking for a long time, no fire appeared, which made Gui Ling speed up his movements even more.
Then, with a plop, the blade fell directly from the hilt, and everyone stared at the broken tang katana, stunned.
“I’m so mad!”
Gui Ling threw the flint onto a nearby stone, but the flint bounced back and hit Gui Ling directly on the forehead.
“Ouch!”