The next day
Roy woke up on time from his dream of getting rich overnight, confidently raising his left arm to block, but Gengar appeared from his right and gave Roy a morning Lick.
Roy: "Didn't you always lick the left side?"
Gengar: "I want to try a different side today."
Roy, having failed to impress, fed Litwick and Misdreavus with their Pokéblock, while feeding Dreepy and Dusclops with his Ghost Power.
Roy and Primeape arrived at the back mountain on time, where Agatha was already waiting.
After Roy and Primeape finished eating their respective Pokéblock, Roy took the Dreepy off his head.
Let Dreepy, Litwick, and Misdreavus train with Gengar.
Agatha spent the whole night researching yesterday and even asked Professor Oak about the cultivation methods for Dreepy.
It is known that Dreepy is not only strong in physical attack, but also in Special Attack, making it a dual-wielding fighter, especially since it is also very fast.
Agatha began to develop a training plan for Dreepy based on her previous experience.
Just as Roy was about to start running around the back of the mountain, Agatha called out to Roy:
A new friend is going to work out with you today.
New friend?
What unlucky new friend has to train with him?
Agatha's expression remained calm as she took a Poké Ball from her pocket, which flashed red.
An Arbok, about 5 meters long, resembling a giant purple cobra, with terrifying Arbok like ghost faces on its belly, appeared before Roy.
Roy:?
System Scan
Pokémon: Arbok
Level: 85
Sex: Male
Ability: Intimidate (Intimidates the opponent upon entering the battle, causing them to back down and lowering their attack.)
Skills: Wrap, Focus Energy, Poison Sting, Bite, Roar, Work Up, Glare, Screech, Acid, Stockpile, Spit Up, Swallow, Acid Spray, Gastric Gastro Acid, Belch, Haze, Coil, Gunk Shot
Items carried: Poison Sting
Egg Move: Scary Face, Poison Fangs, Poison Tail
Individual Values: 24
Technical Machine /Skill Tutorial: Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Dig, Dragon Tail, Earthquake, Substitute, Toxic
The moment Arbok appeared, the combined pressure of High-level Elite Four and the activation of its Intimidate caused the demonic pattern on its abdomen to swell up, making it look exceptionally terrifying.
Seeing the Arbok before him, even knowing it was one of Agatha's Trump Cards and wouldn't harm him, Roy couldn't help but feel a chill.
Especially the face on Arbok's abdomen seemed to come alive, its dark eyes staring at him.
"Extremely popular!"
Arbok's Intimidate triggered Primeape's Defiant Ability, Primeape noticed Roy's slightly dazed expression.
Sensing Roy's fear, Primeape once again shielded Roy behind it. It hadn't shown any fear when facing Giratina last time, so it was even less likely to be Arbok in front of it.
Agatha found Primeape's performance quite surprising; she knew Roy's Primeape might have the Defiant Ability.
However, her Arbok has already reached the High-level Elite Four.
Even Pokémon at the Gym Leader level with the Defiant Ability can have their Ability disabled due to excessive fear.
But Roy's Primeape felt no fear whatsoever.
Arbok found the Primeape in front of it rather amusing; the grimace on its belly would sometimes turn into a smiling face, sometimes into a crying face, and sometimes even have one smiling face on one side and a crying face on the other.
But no matter how the patterns on its belly changed, the Primeape's face showed not a trace of fear.
Roy had also recovered from his fear and, seeing the Primeape still standing in front of him, felt inexplicably much more at ease.
He recalled reading a Pokémon Adventures manga where Agatha Arbok's abilities by changing the patterns on its belly, a technique known as "Death Makeup."
It's clearly the one right in front of us.
Gengar saw Arbok also came over to say hello.
"Ghost!"
"Aber!"
It turns out that the Gengar I hadn't seen for a while was here.
Arbok, being Poison-type Pokémon, couldn't sense the pleasant scent on Roy that Ghost type Pokémon.
Arbok found it amusing to look at the tiny human in front of it and the fearless Primeape beside him.
Is this the task the Pokémon Trainer gave him: to help the human in front of him train?
Arbok flicked its tongue and sniffed Roy, while Primeape's fist was already engulfed in flames.
Sensing Arbok's power, Roy thought to himself, "As expected of Agatha Christie's Arbok." But why did she release this Arbok in the first place?
Seeing Roy's puzzled look, Agatha said:
"From today onwards, he will train with you."
"He?"
Roy looked at the giant python in front of him.
Is this for real?
Why make Arbok train with me?
Agatha said Roy would know the answer soon.
Roy suddenly had a bad feeling, hoping it wasn't what he thought.
Sure enough, when Primeape and Roy were jogging, Arbok followed behind Roy in Primeape S-shaped pattern.
Maintaining a subtle, elusive distance, as if it were about to pounce at any moment.
Roy and Primeape were forced to speed up, turning their morning run into a complete escape.
Whenever Roy was tired and wanted to stop and rest, the Arbok behind him would open its mouth wide, its venomous fangs gleaming with a cold purple light in the sunlight, and bite at his buttocks.
However, Arbok didn't dare to actually bite, after all, Agatha had instructed him to scare Roy without actually hurting Roy, and especially not to let his fangs touch Roy at all.
This is putting the snake in a really tough spot!
In order to complete Agatha's mission, Arbok had no choice but to put on a ferocious appearance and keep scaring Roy and Primeape in front of it.
To avoid being bitten, Roy could only maintain his speed throughout, his inner Ghost Power surging out to keep a close eye on the distance between himself and Arbok.
But Arbok absolutely no signs of fatigue.
Its enormous body moved as if it were flat ground, whether on mountains or slopes.
Roy turned his head and saw that the grotesque pattern on Arbok's belly had turned into a ferocious grin, and it was moving incredibly fast.
At this moment, Roy, who had been turned into a Muggle, seemed to understand what Professor Birch had felt back then, but in a hellish, enhanced version.
Agatha's Arbok maintained its speed boost throughout, while Roy and Primeape could only rely on their stamina to escape and dodge.
Watching Roy and Primeape being chased all over the mountain by Arbok, Agatha nodded in satisfaction, thinking that this must be the advanced training that Bruno had mentioned.
Johto Region
In a quaint Gym deep in the mountains, Bruno had finished his training for the day and dismissed his apprentices to rest.
Achoo!
Suddenly, Bruno sneezed because his nose was itchy.
He picked up a standard, annotated advanced training manual.
Bruno rubbed his eyes, making sure he wasn't mistaken. He realized he had sent the wrong thing again yesterday, sending the Extreme Style training manual to Agatha instead.
Well, both manuals are suitable for training Fighting type- Pokémon, and the latter is more likely to inspire the Fighting type Pokémon.
Agatha finally realized the charm of Fighting type Pokémon.