Gary was speechless when he heard the system's answer.
Heatran, look at how useless you are. You clearly have the same base stat total as other Legendary Pokémon, but your value isn't as high as Shaymin's. It's really a shame.
Gary didn't dwell on it any further. He walked over, picked up the Poké Ball, and checked Heatran's detailed data.
[Pokémon: Heatran]
[Type: Fire, Steel]
[Level: 65]
[Potential: Quasi-Legendary]
[Ability 1: Flash Fire - When hit by a Fire-type move, it absorbs the flames, and its own physical attack and special attack x1.5 when using Fire-type moves.]
[Ability 2: Flame Body - When a Pokémon makes contact with the Pokémon with this Ability, there is a 30% chance of being burned.]
[Moves: Magma Storm, Metal Claw, Scary Face, Iron Head, Lava Plume, Metal Sound, Heat Wave, Stone Edge]
[Tutor Moves: Flamethrower, Overheat]
[Friendship: 115 / 255]
"Two Abilities...!"
Gary was shocked. He didn't expect this Heatran to have two Abilities at the same time.
It seems there really are Pokémon that can have multiple Abilities at the same time. It's not just Gary's Pokémon that are unique in that regard, but the number of Pokémon with multiple Abilities is very rare.
"Could that guy Ash's Infernape have two Abilities as well?"
Gary thought of Ash's Infernape. It not only had Blaze, or even an enhanced version of it, but also seemed to have Iron Fist. In its battle against Paul, when its Blaze hadn't even activated, it defeated Paul's Aggron and Ninjask with its iron fists.
Aggron's physical defense is very high. Even if Mach Punch is a Fighting-type move, its power is only 40. With STAB, it's only 60, but with the Iron Fist Ability bonus, it would be 68 power.
But even if it could defeat Aggron, that still shouldn't be enough to instantly kill Ninjask.
Fighting-type moves only do quarter damage to Ninjask, so for Infernape to instantly kill Ninjask with one punch, there are only two possibilities. One is that it hit a critical spot, and the other is that Infernape has the Iron Fist Ability, and possibly even an enhanced EX Iron Fist Ability.
Paul was unlucky. He managed to run into a Chimchar with double Abilities and an EX Ability, but in the end it was picked up by Ash.
"Damn it."
Gary lamented that his luck wasn't as good as a Child of Destiny like Ash. Such a good Pokémon was wasted by him.
An Infernape that excellent was only used at the Lily of the Valley Conference and then left in storage at the lab. It was a waste of resources.
A voice interrupted Gary's thoughts.
Buck pointed at Gary and stuttered, "You... you really caught Heatran?"
"It's just a Legendary Pokémon. Don't be so surprised," Gary said indifferently.
"That's a Legendary Pokémon!"
Buck couldn't accept how calm Gary was. Legendary Pokémon were supposed to be special.
Gary knew Buck was too shocked. There was no way around it. Buck was just a rookie, so it was normal for him to be so excited and shocked.
"Heatran has already accepted it. I'm ready to leave," Gary said.
"No, I haven't taken pictures yet."
Hearing that Gary was leaving, Buck immediately remembered the photos.
Gary wanted to refuse. After all, Buck hadn't actually completed their agreement, and Heatran had come out on its own.
But thinking about it, finding Heatran might have been thanks to Buck's luck, so Gary released Moltres.
"Wow! Moltres..." When Buck saw Moltres, he was immediately attracted by its full and beautiful feathers.
"Come on, take the photo. I'm still in a hurry to send Heatran to get treated," Gary urged him.
"Okay."
Buck quickly found the camera from his bag and took a few photos with Moltres.
Gary also generously plucked a feather from Moltres and gave it to Buck as a souvenir, and then rode Moltres back to the Survival Area.
"Ahhh!"
On the way, Moltres was very unhappy. Bird Pokémon cherish their wings very much. Even a Legendary like Moltres will only give its feathers to a human it recognizes, but it hadn't recognized Buck yet.
"Don't be angry, I'll teach you a skill," Gary comforted it and taught Moltres the Rain Dance move.
Moltres felt like it was being brushed off. It was a dignified Fire-type Legendary. What was the use of learning Rain Dance? It would only reduce the power of its Fire-type moves.
There was no way around it. Who let Moltres be able to learn Rain Dance? If it didn't have enough moves in its movepool, it might run into trouble in the future. It was better to be prepared.
After arriving at the Pokémon Center in the Survival Area, Gary handed Heatran over to Nurse Joy for treatment.
Nurse Joy, who treated Heatran, was also confused. She never expected Gary to hand Heatran over to her for treatment. She returned the Poké Ball to Gary and couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
Gary didn't care about this.
The Pokémon Center is not only a hospital for Pokémon, but also an important department used by the League to collect information.
Because when a Trainer sends a Pokémon to a Pokémon Center for treatment, it gets registered. As long as a Pokémon has been treated at a Pokémon Center, it will be registered in the database and then filtered through the League's system to update the list of Pokémon the Trainer has caught, to ensure the Trainer hasn't obtained any illegal Pokémon.
As for Gary catching Heatran, Gary believed it would be transmitted to the League's upper management in no time. At that time, the investigation department would conduct an investigation on Gary to see if the Heatran he caught was caught inside a reserve.
Stark Mountain itself doesn't belong to a protected area, and Trainers can catch Pokémon there.
The Sinnoh League naturally knew there was a Heatran at Stark Mountain, but they didn't know where it was actually hiding, and they wouldn't really care even if they did see it.
In addition to Stark Mountain, Heatran also lives in other volcano areas in the Sinnoh region, and was even sent to nature reserves by Rangers.
After obtaining Heatran, in order not to attract other people's attention, Gary found a remote place and released it.
"Roar."
Heatran looked at the unfamiliar environment around it and wasn't panicked. It had already accepted Gary as its Trainer.
115 friendship is enough to make a Pokémon obedient, which is why Gary didn't defeat Heatran. Instead, he caught it while it was still conscious.
With Heatran's condition at that time, it could have easily broken free from the Ultra Ball, but it didn't. Although that didn't mean Heatran would definitely obey, it also knew the consequences of continuing to resist.
It could only choose to follow its heart for the time being.