Seeing that Wallace was too weak to argue, Roy carried Wallace back to the lounge, where they ran into Lisia and Phoebe, who had just finished visiting the Pokémon Contest venue and were returning to the Sootopolis Gym.
Seeing that Wallace was pale and his lips were white, Lisia didn't know what was wrong with her uncle.
Why is it so blurry?
Roy left Wallace on a small bed in the lounge and asked Lisia to take care of Wallace.
"Phoebe, come here for a moment."
Roy called Phoebe forward and introduced her to Steven:
"Let me formally introduce you to my younger sister! She's the successor of Mt. Pyre and a Ghost type Pokémon Trainer."
Her Gengar has hit a bottleneck lately; its strength just won't improve. Can you help me think of a solution?
After saying that, Roy raised his arm and nudged Steven, frantically suggesting that Steven should give him a gift or something.
Steven could easily see through Roy's crazy hints; he was practically ready to pull something out of his Spatial Bracelet.
After swatting Roy's hand away, Steven casually took out a Key Stone from his Spatial Bracelet.
However, he didn't have Gengar Evolution Stone here, but... he found a Banettite while digging for rocks earlier.
Steven produced another small Ghostly Purple spherical stone and casually gave the two very precious stones to Phoebe as if they were ordinary stones.
"Thank you... thank you."
Although she usually calls Roy "big idiot Roy" when she's with Roy, Phoebe is very humble and easily embarrassed when she's with strangers.
Seeing that Phoebe was not quite comfortable with the situation, Roy pulled her back so that she Wallace with Lisia.
After Roy and Steven had gone far away, Phoebe looked at the Key Stone and the Banettite in her hand, feeling excited, as if she had just been dreaming.
She hadn't expected that Roy would find what she asked for a couple of days ago so quickly.
Although she didn't have Gengarite, she was already quite satisfied, except that she didn't have a Banette either.
But that's nothing. There are plenty of Banette and Shuppet on Mt. Pyre, and she knows most of them. She just needs to capture one when the time comes.
After settling Wallace, Roy and Steven returned to the battlefield.
The two suddenly found themselves with nothing to do.
Because after the battle Wallace was supposed to take them to see the arena for the Pokémon Contest that had been built earlier.
But right now, Wallace in such a state that he can't even get up, and he can't even open his eyes, let alone take him to see any Pokémon Contest dojo.
"Roy, um... uh..."
Steven seemed to want to say something but hesitated.
"Just say what you have to say."
Roy noticed Steven's unusual behavior and spoke up directly.
"Roy, how about we play a match?"
As the referee, Steven witnessed the entire battle between Roy and Wallace.
Whether it was Mega Starmie's single strike cleaving through the energy shield or Mega Chandelure's all-around Infinite Shadow Ball, Steven felt a little itchy to watch.
He does like rocks, that's true, but as Pokémon Trainer, he also really enjoys Pokémon battles; otherwise, he wouldn't participate in the Edge Cup.
"I thought something was wrong. Come on, I didn't get enough of a fight earlier."
"But... can your body handle it?"
Steven hesitated, because Roy had just had a Mega Evolution battle with Wallace, and was he taking advantage of the situation?
"Me?" Roy pointed at himself and continued, "Are you kidding me? I'm not Wallace, I can fight a hundred more games without a problem."
Seeing Roy's energetic appearance, Steven was also curious as to why Roy seemed completely unaffected, even though both Roy and Wallace had just undergone Mega Evolution.
Could it be that Roy's physique is just too good?
The two returned to the Arena.
This time there were no referees, only Phoebe came over to help and called out "Start!"
Steven immediately dispatched his Trump Card, Metagross.
Roy scanned the Metagross with the System Scan and found that Steven's Metagross had reached level 74, making it a solid Trump Card.
"Then I'll leave this battle to you, Gengar."
Roy stomped on the shadow on the ground, and the fat man with purple tattoos emerged from Roy's shadow.
"Ghost~"
Steven Gengar also intrigued to see Roy's XXXL Gengar. He had already been quite excited when he saw Wallace's Mega Starmie, and now he was seeing a Gengar a huge stomach.
Steven dared not slack off in the slightest when facing Roy.
Despite witnessing the side effects of the blue Potion on Wallace, Steven still resolutely took out a vial of the exact same blue Potion from his Spatial Bracelet and drank it.
He had only one thought in mind: to have a proper fight with Roy.
After feeling the energy within his body being stimulated by the Potion, Steven took off the brooch with the Key Stone hanging from his chest and gently kissed it.
"The brilliance of stone, become a bond! Metagross! Mega Evolution!"
An evolutionary glow emanated from the Metagross in mid-air. Its four thick legs, which had originally stretched out in all directions, began to differentiate and transform, forcibly extending forward into four heavy, giant mechanical arms with claw blades gleaming with a cold light.
The silver X-shaped metallic patterns on his face faded, his scarlet eyes became even sharper, and a hard metal spike suddenly grew from his jaw.
Mega Metagross has arrived!
Roy raised his Pocket Watch again and touched the Key Stone inside.
"Let us be companions in darkness, souls bound together, Gengar! Mega Evolution!"
Unlike the regular Mega Gengar, a Shiny Mega Gengar with green tattoos appeared on the battlefield.
The scene now seemed to have returned to the final match of the Edge Cup, and the two had reached their ultimate showdown.
Gengar, use Shadow Ball!
"Metagross, Psychic!"
Instantly, purple and pink light shone brightly on the battlefield, and skill effects of both colors filled the sky.