Achoo!
Lance, who was riding on Charizard, suddenly sneezed and touched his nose. Given his physique, he shouldn't be this weak.
It's not even winter yet, could it be that I caught a chill while fighting Lorelei earlier?
Ice type Pokémon are really troublesome. If only there were no Ice type, Electric type, Rock type, or Fairy type Pokémon in the world.
While Lance was still thinking, the Communicator on his waist vibrated.
Lance opened the Communicator, already used to the densely packed small text on it, patted Charizard's body, and said:
"Charizard, another new quest! Let's head to Celadon City."
"Roar!"
With a flap of its wings, the Charizard soared into the sky like a cannonball.
Roy ended his last day of training at the Saffron City Arena with a battle against Lance, and left the Arena amidst the reluctant gazes of the two Ghost type Pokémon Trainer.
The only regret is that I didn't Lorelei.
Roy now harbors a deep grudge against Lance.
He wants to teach all his Pokémon Ice type and Fairy type moves—no, he should teach them Electric type and Rock type moves.
The Ancient Gengar and Agatha's Gengar inside the shadows sensed that Roy's resentment was no less than that of a vengeful spirit that had just escaped from the Spirit World.
"Let's go, Dragapult, destination: Lavender Town."
Dragapult carried Roy to Lavender Town, where Agatha lived.
Upon arriving in Lavender Town, Roy noticed a black aura hovering in the sky above the Lavender Town.
This is the entrance connecting the Spirit World and the Kanto Region, Ghost-type energy is extremely concentrated.
Perhaps because it was nearly evening when Roy arrived, the entire Lavender Town was eerily quiet, devoid of any sign of life, and Roy hadn't encountered a single living person along the way.
The entire Lavender Town resembles an abandoned city.
Roy arrived at the center of Lavender Town, where a huge tower-shaped building appeared before him: the Pokémon Tower.
There are seven floors in total, and they are all cemeteries. Unlike Mt. Pyre, this place is only for burying Pokémon.
There are hundreds of Pokémon graves in the tower, with many Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon buried on each floor, resting in peace.
Many people come to pay their respects during the day.
Before Roy could get close to the tower, a black ghostly figure descended from the sky and attacked Roy, as if it wanted to possess Roy.
Roy remained completely calm, simply watching the ghostly figure rush towards him.
When the ghost was only two body lengths away from him, it suddenly lunged.
Roy could even see the Power Trip smile on that ghostly face.
The Lampent figure that had been perched on Roy's shoulder revealed itself and instantly incinerated the ghostly figure into a cloud of black dust with a single Flamethrower, achieving a physical exorcism.
He was no longer surprised by these vengeful spirits and ghostly creatures that had secretly escaped from the Spirit World.
Compared to these vengeful spirits and evil spirits, Roy was more afraid of the somewhat hunched back in front of him.
"T-Teacher, I... I'm here."
Roy was now just as panicked as he had been when he used Dynamax Battle that afternoon; even his butt was inexplicably aching.
The key is that I haven't even gotten beaten up yet.
"Dream!"
Before Agatha could respond to Roy, the Mismagius had already arrived beside Roy.
They Sheer Force pulled the Gengar out of the shadows. This big, purple fat guy had clearly said that it was his turn to accompany Roy the day before yesterday.
As it turned out, this big, fat guy in purple was playing tricks on her and wouldn't come back to cover her shift!!!
Ignore Gengar, who is being chased and attacked by Mismagius.
Seeing Roy grow taller and more mature, Agatha suddenly felt as if her own child had grown up.
Roy felt honored to have gained the recognition of a Fighting type Elite Four and Top-level Breeder within a year—two figures who are at the forefront of their respective fields.
Or rather, she was actually quite happy today, but Roy always manages to pull a big surprise on her when she least expects it.
As expected, she pulled off a major stunt in this afternoon's match.
Agatha still didn't understand where Roy got the Dynamax Band from, or how he managed to stuff the contents of the bracelet into the Pocket Watch.
She even admired Roy a little; she had already arranged this kind of training to compress Roy's time, yet Roy still managed to come up with this kind of work for her.
She had been thinking about what to use to punish this brat, but Roy and Lance's battle was really good, showing the style of Ghost-type Trainers, which made up for her mistake and made her give up the idea of punishing Roy.
Furthermore, she discovered that the ghostly figures released by Roy's Gigantamax Gengar when it used its signature move "G-Max Terror" were the evil spirits that occasionally emerged from the entrance to the Spirit World.
That means Gigantamax Gengar mouth is essentially a temporary entrance to the Spirit World, and Gigantamax Gengar can summon the wraiths and evil spirits inside to attack its opponents.
This move is a bit too overpowered.
It relies on the energy of the Spirit World to attack its opponent. This means that the Ancient Gengar is a bit low, otherwise it might be able to summon some more advanced Ghost type or monsters.
However, she had also specifically researched a Gigantamax Gengar in the Galar region, and it used Ghost-type energy when it used G-Max Terror.
But when Gengar thought about how Roy's Gengar, covered in tattoos, came from three thousand years ago, Agatha felt relieved. Who knows what the Spirit World was like three thousand years ago?
Perhaps Gengar's body was already connected to the Spirit World at that time?
Agatha thus convinced herself.
Since Roy was his apprentice, he couldn't very well wipe out his own sect, could he?
Seeing that Agatha's expression was calm, Roy handed her Agatha Poké Ball containing Gengar and Arbok.
After accepting the two Poké Ball from Roy, Agatha suddenly asked:
What's the deal with Gengar's Gigantamax?
Roy knew he couldn't escape this question.
"Um..." Roy looked up at Agatha, who had no expression, and tentatively asked, "Was it Professor Oak who taught you?"
"Um?"
"Yes! It was Professor Oak who taught us!"
Seeing Roy's confident expression, Agatha nodded in satisfaction. Oak was like a man with a lot of lice, so helping Roy with one or two more things wouldn't be a problem.
Just now, the Indigo League came to ask her about the origin of Roy's Pocket Watch. Without thinking, she said that Professor Oak had modified Roy's Dynamax Band, and the Wishing Star, which could control Dynamax, was incorporated into the Pocket Watch.
The Pokémon League staff wanted to ask more questions, but after being given a cold look by her, they quickly shut their mouths and dared not speak again.
Her response was simply to give the Pokémon League a response, not wanting to embarrass the Pokémon League and make things awkward for both sides, but that's no reason for you to take advantage of me.
(There was an error in the earlier plot: Marshadow had already gone to see Ho-Oh, so she wasn't in Roy's shadow. This has been corrected.)