Chapter 305: Gengar And Eevee, Master And Disciple

Chapter 305: Chapter 305: Gengar And Eevee, Master And Disciple

This camping trip at Bamboo Hill successfully came to an end amid the fireworks released by Julian’s Pokémon.

Several of the little ones had begun yawning, so everyone returned to their tents to sleep.

Even Mohn, who insisted on staying behind to study Celesteela, was dragged back to sleep by Lusamine, who had him by the ear.

Celesteela still had several years before she would fly. There was absolutely no need to stay up all night studying her.

"Lillie is still waiting for Daddy to tell her a bedtime story."

It was still early, so Cynthia planned to take Garchomp and train a little more.

The move Garchomp had used earlier, merging Earth Power into her body before crashing into Tapu Koko, already had a hint of Headlong Rush.

Cynthia planned to strike while the iron was hot.

Julian also called Bewear over, intending to familiarise her with Veilstone Gym’s martial training.

As for Darius, he needed to help his Pokémon recover their condition as soon as possible.

After all, his era was almost completely over.

Of course, now that he had begun training the Fighting energy method Julian had taught him, Darius felt he could keep fighting for another forty years.

That was right.

Darius was practising an Fighting energy method Julian had created using ancient texts from the historical research institute, combined with the core inside his own body.

It allowed the practitioner to use Fighting energy to continuously strengthen themselves, eventually forming a Fighting-type organ similar to Kubfu’s core.

With this core, a person’s strength could be preserved to the greatest extent.

That was why Darius said he could keep fighting until he was eighty.

Even Darius’s Pokémon had shifted from focusing mainly on training their bodies to focusing on making proper use of their Fighting energy.

Darius also hoped that these old friends of his could climb to the peak of the Fighting-type Elite Four together with him.

Five Trainers.

Three were training Pokémon under the moonlight.

Two were sleeping.

Forget it. Maylene and Caitlin were both still growing children.

He could not demand too much from the two young ones.

Gladion, however, was a child who could not sleep.

He secretly ran out to watch Julian’s Pokémon train.

The target Gladion focused on was the little one, Eevee.

Because the power of Eevee’s Shadow Ball earlier had been insufficient, Eevee was clinging to Gengar, asking Gengar to guide him in training Shadow Ball.

How would Gengar know how to explain this?

He had been able to use Shadow Ball naturally from birth.

The little bit he had managed to summarise had only been forced out of him under the pressure Eevee brought him.

Gengar had racked his brains and dug through everything he knew, doing his best to put his understanding of Shadow Ball into words and teach it to Eevee.

The reason Eevee’s Shadow Ball had only reached this level was not because Eevee lacked talent.

With the little Gengar had told him, Eevee had already relied on his own talent to train it to this point.

This process of learning Shadow Ball tested not only Eevee as the student, but Gengar as the teacher.

By the time Eevee fully learned Shadow Ball, both master and disciple would make significant progress.

Gengar anxiously scratched his face.

Then he really thought of something.

After watching so many companions use spherical moves earlier, Gengar had also developed some new ideas about Shadow Ball.

He was quickly growing from merely knowing how to use it to understanding why it was used that way.

Gengar told Eevee his thoughts, and Eevee immediately tried using Shadow Ball.

Sure enough, the Shadow Ball grew by a quite a bit, approaching the normal size of the move.

Its power was still slightly lacking, though.

Eevee happily bounced up and down.

Julian walked over, an Aura Sphere condensed in his hand.

"Gengar, the biggest difference between Shadow Ball and Aura Sphere is that Shadow Ball erodes the enemy’s body."

"You need to tell Eevee how to shape Shadow Ball so that it carries that ghostly power that corrodes the body."

"Once you understand that, your Shadow Ball will become much stronger."

Gengar nodded.

During the time he had been teaching Eevee, Gengar had also discovered that his own Shadow Ball was growing faster.

But he still needed to properly think through that corrosive power.

Shadow Ball had no effect on Normal types. Otherwise, Eevee could have learned by personally experiencing Shadow Ball.

For now, Gengar could only work hard to understand Shadow Ball, then pass that knowledge to Eevee.

They were brothers.

As the most wicked Gengar in the world, how could he fail to teach something as simple as Shadow Ball?

Julian shook his head, then beckoned towards Gladion, who was hiding behind a bamboo stalk.

"Gladion, if you want to watch, just come over and watch openly. Hiding there, what can you even see?"

His face reddened slightly, and he ran to Julian’s side.

Julian smiled and asked, "What, do you like Eevee?"

Gladion nodded.

"In the future, I want to catch an Eevee too. Then I’ll travel with Eevee and challenge the Unova League!"

Julian smiled and reached out to stroke Gladion’s head.

"I believe you can definitely do it."

Julian looked at Bewear, who was practising the Bajiquan he had taught her with careful precision.

Compared to Gladion, who still had to wait a few more years before challenging the Unova League...

After returning this time, Julian would soon face a real challenge.

Darius was going to challenge the Elite Four, while Julian would undergo the Gym assessment.

With these Pokémon, he should be able to pass the Gym assessment smoothly, right?

He wondered whether he would encounter that Miss Joy with Latias as the examiner, like when Brock handed over Pewter Gym.

After coaxing Lillie to sleep and discovering Gladion was not in the room, Mohn came out looking for him and happened to see Gladion stroking Julian’s Eevee.

That bright smile instantly gave him an idea.

Just now, he had still been discussing with Lusamine what kind of Pokémon they should prepare for Gladion.

Although it was a little early, preparing an Eevee for Gladion — a Pokémon that needed long-term training and evolved through bonds — was exactly right.

The next day, Darius and Maylene went to train with Hala.

Caitlin stayed in the bamboo forest, receiving double tutelage from Mewtwo and Darach.

Mohn’s family naturally continued studying Celesteela.

As for Julian and Cynthia, they first followed Darius to see Hala.

After learning that Cynthia had received a Z-Crystal from Tapu Koko...

And especially that Cynthia’s Garchomp had clashed with Tapu Koko and sent him flying...

Hala decisively took out a Z-Ring and handed it to Cynthia.

He only hoped Cynthia could help deal with a dispute between two Pokémon colonies.

Cynthia waved her fist.

No one understood mediating disputes better than her.

Who in the whole Sinnoh region did not know that Cynthia disliked fighting and especially loved stopping fights?

Hala smiled faintly.

"It is in the eastern valley. Gigalith and Golem have started fighting over a certain mineral produced in the valley."

"Your job is to make both colonies accept a reasonable distribution plan."

The two walked towards the valley.

Eevee strode ahead at the very front.

After training Shadow Ball to the next stage last night, Eevee had not expected to receive a chance to perform so quickly.

Gengar emerged from Julian’s shadow and could not help shaking his head.

Eevee was good in every way.

He just loved showing off too much.

Gengar’s gaze shifted.

Once Eevee suffered later, how should he comfort him?

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