The white light faded, and the Pokémon Egg vanished without a trace, leaving behind only the cushion Nagato had used to prop it up.
Of course, this did not mean Mu Yue had given Nagato a counterfeit Pokémon Egg.
Sensing the gaze and faint chill coming from behind him, Nagato turned around.
What entered his sight was a cloud of purple mist. At its center floated a large black ball with two huge white eyes and a mouth lined with fangs.
As Nagato looked at the black ball, its large eyes also curiously examined him.
After getting a clear look at Gastly, Nagato instinctively took half a step back.
He did not usually judge by appearances, but the unknown being before him did not look like something from the world of the living.
Nagato felt that anyone who turned around and saw a black ball covered in purple mist, with eyes and a mouth, practically pressed against their face would instinctively step back.
Only taking half a step already showed how confident he was in his own strength.
"Hehehe!"
Gastly gave a friendly laugh to greet Nagato. For some reason, it found Nagato very familiar.
Of course, that friendliness was only in Gastly's own mind. From Nagato's perspective, it was simply a black ball wreathed in purple mist making an eerie, strange laugh.
"Is this a Ninja Beast?" Nagato fell into thought.
The Ninja Beast Egg had hatched, and then Gastly had appeared in the training room. By all logic, Gastly was the Ninja Beast that had just hatched.
Nagato had seen strange-looking Summoning Beasts before, but never one as strange as Gastly.
Though it was rude to say so, compared to a Ninja Beast, Gastly looked more like one of the monsters from old legends.
"Without a doubt, it