After its sudden enlightenment.
Shiny Mega Gengar seemed reborn from the inside out.
It felt its trainer's warm embrace, a connection of minds unlike anything it had known before, and Ghost-type energy so immense it was nearly overflowing.
Its confidence swelled beyond control.
"Congratulations! You look awesome!"
Baimu let go and stepped back, admiring Mega Gengar's new look from every angle.
Mega Gengar was easily one of the best-looking Mega Evolutions. By his standards, only a handful could compare.
And a Shiny one stood above even those. Its gray-purple body had turned pure white, making it look like a vicious thug hiding behind a mild, courteous face.
One word: awesome!
Just as exciting was the fact that Gengar had mastered this terrifying power on its "first" Mega Evolution. It hadn't reverted from exhaustion and still had plenty of strength left to fight.
As everyone knew.
Pokémon that went berserk after Mega Evolution usually did so because they couldn't bear the sheer volume of energy. It was like pouring more water into a kettle that was already full.
The only way to ease the pressure was to use moves like crazy and burn through it.
But there was so much energy that Pokémon generally collapsed and reverted before they could use it all.
Aggron, Mawile, and Steelix had all been through that.
Who would've thought Gengar would manage to keep it under control? It made the others look pretty lame.
Of course.
Aggron and Mawile didn't see it that way.
Mega Gengar, however, was immensely pleased with itself.
"Heh-heh-heh!"
It cackled, lapping up its trainer's undisguised praise. It could feel his joy through their mental bond, too, and the lingering sting of its past ordeal vanished.
It raised its jagged claws from the ground. The fingers that had been almost invisible