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Late at night, in the guest room of Lavender Town's Pokémon Center.
At this time, Eddie was carefully organizing today's valuable rewards. After he obtained these items from Mr. Fuji, he immediately came to the Pokémon Center to properly count his harvest.
As usual, Eddie first released all his Pokémon to feed them, and then he collected his spoils in his typical methodical manner.
Of course, Larvitar began emitting the brilliant light of evolution as soon as it emerged from its Poké Ball, unable to wait any longer to evolve into Pupitar.
"Ding! Congratulations, your Larvitar has evolved into Pupitar! Learned [Iron Defense]!"
Name: Pupitar
Type: Ground + Rock
Ability: Shed Skin
Pupitar resembled a pupa colored in gray-blue hues. Its current strength was still not particularly impressive, but when it evolved once more, it would become the pseudo-legendary Tyranitar, and its power would increase dramatically.
"However, it will take quite a long time for this guy to evolve since it needs to reach level 55."
Eddie shook his head and set Pupitar aside for the moment. He was eager to examine Gastly's attributes and capabilities.
Indeed, if all Pokémon were being released, the newly acquired Gastly had to be released as well, right?
Gastly's appearance seemed to be nothing more than a black orb composed of ghostly matter or gas, surrounded by purple luminous smoke that danced around it mysteriously.
It possessed large white eyes with small pupils and a mouth containing a pair of sharp fangs. If someone encountered it suddenly, they might be genuinely frightened by its appearance.
Its facial features were slightly similar to Cloyster's, though the two Pokémon species were completely unrelated to each other.
"But the coloring of this Gastly seems a bit unusual. Is Agatha really giving me a rare Gastly?"
Eddie observed the fellow floating around happily as soon as it emerged from its Poké Ball. Ghost-type Pokémon naturally enjoyed playing pranks, so it was perfectly normal for them to be lively and energetic. However, the coloring of this particular Gastly seemed somewhat incorrect.
According to the official data, Gastly should appear as a black spherical form, so why did the one floating before him seem to be purple and spherical instead?
Name: Gastly (Shiny)
Type: Ghost + Poison
Ability: Levitate + Cursed Body
Level: Level 5
Potential: Elite
Moves: Confuse Ray, Lick, Hypnosis
"Incredible, absolutely incredible! There's actually a Shiny Pokémon with dual abilities. Agatha gave me an amazing gift."
"As a Poison-type Pokémon, it would normally be weak to Ground-type attacks, but the Levitate ability grants complete immunity to Ground-type moves."
"Originally, Gastly would lose this Levitate ability when it finally evolved into Gengar, but because of this dual ability combination, it remains immune to Ground-type attacks and directly eliminates a significant weakness!"
"As for Cursed Body, there's a certain probability that it will disable the opponent's moves, which is also an excellent ability to possess."
Eddie was extremely satisfied with this Gastly. He had originally just planned to catch a relatively decent Gastly for his team. After all, he didn't have unlimited time to search for an exceptional specimen.
However, Agatha had directly captured all the Ghost-type Pokémon in the Pokémon Tower and presented him with a Gastly possessing Elite potential and dual abilities. Eddie was thoroughly pleased with this unexpected gift.
"Alright, the next time I encounter Agatha in battle, I'll be gentle when I defeat her. It can also be considered a way to honor her gift of this Gastly."
Yes, he would simply be gentle about it. After all, both sides remained enemies regardless of this gesture, and Eddie couldn't possibly ignore Agatha's villainous actions because of this single Gastly, could he?
"Very well, I've examined Gastly's attributes thoroughly. Now let's organize all the spoils properly." Eddie said, pulling out all the mission rewards he had obtained today.
[Garchompite], Technical Machine [Hyper Beam], [Dragon Fang], Gold Bottle Cap x1, Silver Crown x3, [????], [Pokémon Flute]
"[Hyper Beam] - this incredibly powerful move is finally mine! So, together with Gastly, let's have everyone learn this technique first."
Eddie said, taking out numerous Technical Machines from his bag. There was no alternative approach. Gastly could learn an extensive variety of moves, and it would be able to learn even more after evolving into Gengar.
"Ding! You used the Technical Machine. Gastly learned [Thunder Punch], [Energy Ball], [Dark Pulse]!"
"Ding! Charizard, Sceptile, Greninja, Lucario, and Pupitar learned [Hyper Beam]!"
Eddie looked at his Pokémon team after they had all mastered this powerful technique, and couldn't help but feel extremely satisfied. However...
"It's unfortunate that Gabite cannot learn [Hyper Beam]. This is truly a disappointing limitation."
Indeed, Gabite was unable to learn the move. Obviously Pupitar could master it, but Gabite would have to evolve into Garchomp before it could learn Hyper Beam. The same restriction applied to Gastly, which needed to evolve into Gengar before it could learn Hyper Beam.
"Excellent, that concludes the Technical Machine usage. Next are the Mega Evolution Stone and the Dragon Fang item."
Eddie retrieved these two valuable items and handed them directly to Gabite. These two objects were obviously intended for it.
Although Charizard and Sceptile both gained Dragon typing after Mega Evolution, they didn't possess it normally, so this Dragon Fang that enhanced the power of Dragon-type moves definitely belonged with Gabite.
"Then there are the Silver Crowns and Gold Bottle Cap. I had just used up my previous supply, and now it's perfect to replenish them directly. Since Gastly has Elite potential, it would be appropriate to use the Gold Bottle Cap on it."
Currently, the number of Gold Bottle Caps was 1, and the number of Silver Crowns was 5. However, since Gastly's potential was already at Elite level, it would be sufficient to use a Gold Bottle Cap directly.
"Ding! You used a Gold Bottle Cap on Gastly, and Gastly's potential has been successfully enhanced! It is now 'Champion Level'!"
At this point, Eddie had seven Pokémon with him. It had originally been challenging to level up Pupitar and Gabite simultaneously, but the Exp. Share perfectly solved everything, so Eddie didn't need to worry about being unable to manage the training requirements.
"I'll set the Pokémon Flute aside for now. The function of this item is simply to wake up sleeping Pokémon."
Eddie had no particular interest in this almost useless contraption. It could be said that all the other items in his possession were extremely useful, but this Pokémon Flute was rather disappointing.
"Finally, there's this mysterious crystal. I didn't expect that I would encounter you so early in this lifetime, and it appears to be the same piece I obtained before my rebirth."
Eddie carefully took out the final and most precious item, the crystal marked as [????].
"Light blue coloring - that's correct. This is a Dragon Z-Crystal, the key item that allows Pokémon to use Z-Moves."
Indeed, this crystal from the Alola Region was the Z-Crystal that enabled Pokémon to unleash powerful 'Z-Moves'.
This light blue Z-Crystal clearly represented the Dragon Z-Crystal, and Eddie recognized it immediately from his previous life's experiences.