At last.
It took Gengar over half an hour to finally pull itself free from the shadows. Mentally exhausted, it lay flat on the ground with its tongue hanging out, and even the upward crescent at the corners of its mouth had turned downward.
Beside it.
"...You might be the first Gengar in history to get stuck in a shadow." Heiduo patted Gengar's round belly. In nearly a year and a half of training Pokémon, this was the first time he had encountered something so embarrassing.
A talent was a talent, but there were still people who couldn't use their own talents properly.
Did that count as a different kind of gifted?
Hearing that, Gengar covered its belly with a dejected expression.
It felt that evolution was nothing like the wonderful thing it had imagined, and it couldn't be as carefree as it had told Heiduo before.
"Evolution is evolution."
How badass!
Then it evolved, catching even itself completely off guard.
Seeing its utterly lifeless expression, Heiduo couldn't help laughing. "Don't be so depressed. I was joking. You just haven't mastered your power after evolving yet."
Just like that idiot Grovyle had immediately flopped after evolving into Sceptile, Haunter wouldn't be able to master its new body so quickly after evolving into Gengar either.
After all, aside from their similar colors, Gengar and Haunter had undergone almost earth-shaking changes in appearance. Even the substances composing their bodies were different.
"Geh?"
"It means we have plenty of time. Sooner or later, you'll master it. You just need more practice."
It was a shame it could no longer ambush people with Will-O-Wisp claws, but it had already evolved. There was no point clinging to the past.
Gengar also had special tactics it could use. Everything depended on Heiduo's imagination and Gengar's ability