"Did you already know?"
Roy, who was unjustly accused, was speechless, saying that he didn't have Starmie, so how would he know?
Seeing that Roy's words made sense, Wallace no longer had any doubts.
Watching Starmie constantly changing poses to show off its muscles, he knew it was his Pokémon after all.
The only one to blame is Roy, who had overly high expectations for the appearance of the Mega Starmie.
Roy walked over to Wallace and said:
"Don't let his long legs fool you; he's quite strong."
How did you know that?
Wallace looked at Roy with a suspicious expression.
"I... I heard it from someone else, don't ask anymore, just try it."
Roy immediately changed the subject, urging Wallace to quickly try out the strength of the Mega Starmie, otherwise he wouldn't be able to try it after his stamina was exhausted.
Wallace led Roy towards the Training Ground at the far end of the Gym. Along the way, passing Gym apprentices would call out to Wallace, "Gym Leader!"
Then, looking completely bewildered, he saw the Mega Starmie following behind Wallace, walking like a human on its two tentacles.
Although Roy had some guesses about Wallace's identity, he didn't ask Wallace.
Upon entering the Training Ground, Wallace commanded his Super Gem Ocean to enter the arena.
Seeing the two leave, Phoebe and Lisia followed them into the Training Ground inside the Gym.
The Training Ground of the Sootopolis Gym is also a huge water battle arena, with several fixed floating platforms and several movable floating platforms in the huge pool.
On each floating platform, there is a rectangular stone serving as a target. These stones are smooth in appearance and extremely hard in material.
Wallace first had Starmie test its ranged special abilities, such as Hydro Pump, Water Gun, and Swift.
"Just!"
The Mega Starmie very human-like used its tentacles to aim at a fixed target on the floating platform. The red gem in the center lit up, and a huge spiral-shaped column of water gushed out, hitting the center of the target directly.
Roy was standing to the side, felt that Mega Starmie's movements seemed somewhat familiar, and stopped Mega Starmie as it was about to fire its second Hydro Pump.
Let me help you correct your posture.
Roy stepped forward and corrected the Mega Starmie's movements, making its tentacles extend horizontally, its right hand vertically stacked on its left wrist, and its hands forming a cross on its right side.
This looks much better.
"Alright, you can continue using your skills."
"Just!"
Following Roy's instructions, Mega Starmie once again Spit Up a massive spiral of water from its chest gem.
It's Spacium Hydro Pump!
Roy remembered that the Pokédex had mentioned that the Starmie might be a creature from outer space.
Now, seeing the Mega Starmie's movements and sound effects, Roy seems to know where the Starmie's home planet is.
It's definitely the M78, no doubt about it.
Mega Starmie fired two Hydro Pump, managing to create a large hole in the smooth wall.
Wallace thrilled. Normally, it would take at least four Hydro Pump to create a large hole, but after Mega Evolution, the power had increased considerably.
However, he still didn't understand why Roy had his Mega Starmie assume the same pose as before. Was it to increase skill damage?
"Um, I just think it looks better this way."
Is he handsome?
Mega Starmie found the moves Roy had just taught him quite easy to execute, so he struck the same pose again and unleashed a Spacium Swift.
The originally smooth Plate was sparked with Ember by the Rapid Spin white energy stars.
Seeing such a Mega Starmie, even Roy had decided to specialize in Ghost type, wavered and considered whether he should also catch a Starmie.
Wallace was about to make Mega Starmie give up Mega Evolution, Roy stopped him, saying:
"How about you try some physical skills again? Like physical skills such as Tackle and Take Down?"
Wallace a little confused because he knew that Starmie's physical attack wasn't very high, so he hadn't specifically trained Starmie in close combat.
Normally, the Starmie is used as a long-range artillery turret.
But seeing Roy's confident expression, and with some skepticism, Wallace commanded the Starmie:
"I'll trust you this once, Starmie, use Take Down!"
As soon as Wallace finished speaking, the Mega Starmie began to run on the water as if it were a master of water walking, sideways, and crashed straight into a large Plate in front of it.
When Wallace saw the Starmie Take Down the test Plate with a loud "bang," his surprise was impossible to hide.
Plate that required two shots from Hydro Pump to break through can now be shattered with a single Take Down?
Wallace grabbed Roy's arm with one hand:
"Roy, did you see that? He just... I... um?"
Wallace no idea when Starmie had become so powerful.
Seeing that Roy didn't seem to care, Wallace gave the order again:
"Starmie! Use Razor Shell!"
The Water type energy on the two arms of the Mega Starmie transformed into a blue blade.
Under Wallace gaze, Mega Starmie brandished its sharp blade and charged toward the Plate on the moving floating platform.
With a "whoosh," the smooth and hard Plate, upon encountering the blue blade, moved as smoothly as a knife cutting through tofu, without the slightest resistance.
It also split the Plate used for force measurement in two with a single stroke, and the cross-section was very smooth.
"WTF!"
Wallace swore excitedly and quickly pulled Roy to the large Plate that had just been split in two by the Starmie, pointing to the smooth cross-section to show Roy.
He used to think the Razor Shell skill was useless, but now he realizes how ungrateful he was!
That's incredibly powerful!
Why is it that Mega Starmie's physical attacks become so powerful after Mega Evolution?
"That's because Mega Starmie's Ability has become Huge Power."
"Huge Power Ability? How did you know that? Don't you not have Starmie?"
This time, no matter how Roy tried to change the subject, Wallace remained unmoved. Without a concrete explanation, Roy would never be able to fool him.
"Um... Professor Oak told me."
Upon hearing Roy's hesitant explanation, Wallace as if he had just realized something.
"So it was Professor Oak who said it. I knew you didn't even have Starmie, how could you possibly know about Starmie Ability? If it was Professor Oak who said it, then there's definitely no problem."
The same sentence has two different meanings when it comes from Roy and when it comes from Professor Oak, which makes it much more believable.
With Professor Oak's knowledge, knowing that Mega Starmie has the Huge Power Ability is a piece of cake, isn't it?
Seeing that Wallace believed it so readily, Roy's understanding of Professor Oak reached a new level.
As Pokémon Professor known to everyone in various regions, even Wallace believe you if you said he could conjure a Mewtwo by hand.
That's what reputation is all about!