After getting the funds, Gui Ling first took a few people to a place where they could eat well, then brought a lot of rations and snacks.
He got himself a set of black clothes, made a tang katana sheath from black wood, and bought a bamboo hat.
There was nothing he could do; passionate boys all had chunibyo.
"What do you guys want to eat?"
After buying a large pile of things, Gui Ling turned to ask the Gengar and his other Pokémon beside him.
"Gengar, Gengar!"
"Noibat!"
"Fruit? Then let's go pick some in the wild and save some money."
"Banette!"
"Oh right, I haven't bought the Banette doll yet. Why don't you two go look first? See where there are a lot of fruits?"
After hearing this, Gengar and Noibat separated to find places with dense fruit. Finally, Gui Ling took Banette to a doll shop and spent over 500 to buy a 1.5-meter-tall Banette doll.
"It's a good thing Banette doesn't need to eat much, otherwise, the expenses would really be too much…"
"Banette!"
"Haha, it's fine, as long as you're happy."
The man and the Pokémon sat on a park bench, waiting for Gengar and the others to return. Beside them, some people were watching a Pokémon battle on the street.
"Banette?"
"Don't mind them, or Gengar and the others won't be able to find us."
"Banette."
Banette obediently sat down after hearing this, playing with the "Banette" doll in his hands.
"This sounds so awkward…"
After a while, a cheer erupted from the crowd there, clearly indicating a winner had been decided. A white-haired girl waved her hand and walked out of the crowd.
"Hey, is that an ite? And a Banette?"
The girl saw the Banette on the bench and Gui Ling, who was resting with his eyes closed. She immediately ran over and woke up Gui Ling, who was almost asleep.
"Hello, can your Banette Mega Evolve? Come have a Pokémon battle with me!"
Having his sleep disturbed was not pleasant for Gui Ling, who had a bad temper when woken up. Besides, he was already waiting for someone and had no intention of having a Pokémon battle.
"Sorry, my Banette can't, and I'm waiting for someone."
"Oh, it's fine if he can't Mega Evolve! I've never battled a Banette before, come on, come on!"
Normally, the battle-loving Gui Ling would have accepted, but due to his bad temper upon waking, he only wanted to rest.
Looking at the enthusiastic girl, Gui Ling sighed and still shook his head in refusal. However, at this moment, Banette tugged at Gui Ling's sleeve.
"What? You want to battle?"
"Banette!"
Seeing Banette's eagerness to battle, Gui Ling couldn't say anything. He stood up and walked to the battle arena.
"That's more like it!"
"First, let's agree, I want this to be quick."
The girl smiled, then threw out a Poké Ball.
"Come out, Glalie!"
Glalie VS Banette
"Ice-type against Ghost-type?"
"What's wrong? Are you scared?"
"You're the one who dragged me into this. If I want to leave, I'll leave now."
"No, no, no, no!"
Looking at the somewhat flustered girl, Gui Ling smiled and began to command Banette.
"Banette, Night Shade!"
Upon receiving the command, Banette immediately shot two black energy bodies from his eyes, heading towards Glalie.
"Glalie! Psybeam!"
A black and a blue energy body began to compete. After a back-and-forth struggle, Psybeam gradually gained the upper hand.
"Shadow Sneak!"
Banette abandoned the confrontation upon receiving the command and immediately turned into a shadow, appearing behind Glalie.
But at this moment, Psybeam shot towards Gui Ling.
"Watch out!"
The girl saw the beam about to hit Gui Ling and immediately called out a warning. However, Gui Ling immediately drew the tang katana from his back, directly blocked the attack with the sword, and then scraped off the ice crystals from the blade.
"It's good that you're okay…"
The girl breathed a sigh of relief, but then realized her Glalie had been heavily damaged by Shadow Sneak. She immediately commanded Glalie anxiously.
"Quick, dodge, don't stay there!"
"Will-O-Wisp!"
Glalie immediately dodged, but as he moved out of Shadow Sneak's range, Banette immediately appeared and launched a ball of Will-O-Wisp.
At that time, Glalie, who had been stubbornly resisting Shadow Sneak, had little strength left. He was directly hit by the Will-O-Wisp and lost his ability to battle.
"Ugh… Return, Glalie."
Although the girl was unwilling, she still ran over curiously.
"If I wasn't worried about you, I wouldn't have let you take advantage."
"Why were you worried about me?"
"If you got hurt by Psybeam, then it would be my problem… But you actually blocked it with just a sword, is it that amazing?"
"No matter how strong Pokémon are, we humans can't be weak, otherwise, what would we use to protect our families?"
"Indeed."
"But since you came for the ite, your Glalie should be able to Mega Evolve, right?"
"Ah, you found that out?"
Gui Ling pointed to the necklace on the girl's neck, on which hung an ite.
"Hehe, then what about your Pokémon's Mega Evolution?"
"None, I only have this one ite."
"Huh? Sigh, I really wanted to battle a Mega Banette…"
The girl thought of something, her eyes sparkling, and handed Gui Ling a slip of paper.
"What is this?"
"My contact information."
"Hmm?"
"Just for us to get to know each other. You can come find me for sparring in the future. If possible, I can also help you find Banette's ite."
"Um… I don't have money."
"Oh, it's fine! If I'm in a good mood, I'll take you for free that day!"
"Really?"
"Say 'big sister' for me to hear~"
"Big sister."
"Wow~ I thought you were quite aloof, I didn't expect you to agree so quickly? Hehe~ Alright, I understand. If I find one, I'll bring it to you."
"Thank you, my name is Gui Ling, I chose the name myself, so don't find it strange."
"Your name is indeed a bit strange. My name is Anne. Call me big sister from now on, I'll protect you!"
"Okay."
Just then, Gengar and Noibat returned. They pointed in a direction and also brought back a lot of apples.
"Gengar and Noibat?! Are these two Pokémon yours too?"
"Yes, they are the ones I was waiting for."
"You want to pick fruit, right? Then I won't disturb you. If I want to spar with you, I'll come. See you next time."
"Okay."
Watching Anne's retreating figure, Gui Ling also followed Gengar and the others away. After leaving the city, they arrived at a forest, and on the outskirts of the forest, there was a pile of apple trees.
The apples on the trees were big and red, as if they were about to ripen and fall at any moment. Gengar and Noibat's eyes went straight. If it weren't for needing to call Gui Ling, they would have eaten them all already.
"So many? We'll only pick the good ones. Noibat, I'm counting on you."
Noibat nodded and flew into the air, using Supersonic to check the quality of the apples. Before long, the group had a full box of apples.
"Beautiful! Noibat, you're amazing!"
"Noibat~"