"Gastly, come out for a moment," Gary said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gastly showed up in front of Gary.
Gary touched Gastly and used the Eye of Insight to check Gastly's attributes.
```
[Pokémon: Gastly]
[Type: Ghost, Poison]
[Level: 30]
[Potential: Elite]
[Ability: Float (can float in the air without consumption)]
[Skills: Lick, Mist, Hypnosis, Confuse Ray, Poison Gas, Mean Look, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic, Payback, Shadow Sneak, Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse]
[Taught Skills: Foul Play, Protect, Dazzling Gleam, Psychic]
[Intimacy: 120 (max value 255)]
[Carrying Items: Everstone]
```
"There are actually 4 Taught Skills!" Gary was shocked.
This was the first time he had captured a Pokémon that had so many Taught Skills.
Moreover, these 4 skills are quite useful, especially Foul Play, which uses the rival's physical attack ability to calculate damage.
Borrowing the rival's power to attack is quite a trick.
He also carries an Everstone, which should have been given to Gastly by Morty, because Pokémon can awaken racial skills in advance if they continue to level up without evolving.
"You have a high level of understanding, and you can actually learn 4 powerful skills," Gary praised.
"What a shame!!"
Gastly was surprised. It obviously didn't show its skills to Gary, so how did he know that it learned 4 skills?
"Don't be surprised, this is my personal ability, so I will teach you a few more skills." Gary immediately began to teach Gastly skills.
He taught each skill once, but only 3 skills were successfully taught: Rest, Sludge Bomb, and Thunderbolt.
"Strange, why didn't the Hyper Beam teach successfully? Is it because it didn't evolve?" Gary thought to himself.
Hyper Beam is indeed a universal skill, and 99% of Pokémon can master it. Pokémon that cannot master this skill are basically not evolved.
For example, Haunter and Gengar both learn boxing skills, but Gastly has no hands, so it can't learn them. It can only learn these skills after evolution.
" Ghaaasssstlyyyy!"
Gastly was shocked and couldn't believe that it learned 3 skills in an instant. It felt like awakening a skill.
"Don't be surprised you will master more skills in the future," said Gary.
Gastly suddenly felt overwhelmed.
Before, Gastly was reluctant to follow Gary because it thought Gary was ordinary. Now, Gary showed this skill and immediately convinced Gastly.
Just like Morty said, this Gastly is very strong-willed.
When it was sure that Gary was a better Trainer than Morty, it was not so resistant.
Of course, this was also because the intimacy improved after teaching 3 skills.
"Okay, the next step is tomorrow's game. As long as you win, you must listen to me in the future," Gary finished speaking and walked towards the Pokémon Center.
"Sigh..." Gastly wanted to say something, but Gary was already far away, so it didn't say anything, hid its figure, and quietly followed.
...!
The next morning.
Gary checked the Contest Condition of his Pokémon and went down to the Ecruteak Gym.
Morty had already been waiting in the gym.
After meeting, Gary took the initiative to say hello: "Mr. Morty, good afternoon, can we start the battle?"
"Of course, follow me."
Morty brought Gary to the gymnasium, where a young man was standing in the referee area.
The young man was not dressed like a referee at all. He wore a purple tuxedo, a white cape, a red bow tie, beige hair, and a tuft of bangs. Anyway, he looked very fashionable.
"Eusine!!" Gary was shocked. He knew the identity of the man in the referee area.
This man named Eusine was a good friend of Morty.
Like Morty, he is very interested in Legendary Pokémon and specialized in studying the Ho-Oh Guards.
The Pokémon he wanted to capture the most was also Suicune.
And Eusine knew the Ho-Oh Guards very well.
In the game, he could encounter Suicune every time, but he just couldn't capture it.
In the end, it was captured by the players who were the protagonists, which was considered to be a wedding dress for the players.
Eusine must have appeared here because Morty called him.
It was probably because Suicune's photo was used to lure Eusine here.
"Let me introduce you. This is my good friend, Eusine. He is also here to watch Suicune's photo and will be the referee of this gym match," Morty introduced.
"Hello." Eusine greeted friendly: "Did you really see Suicune in the Burned Tower?"
"Yes, there are photos to prove it. Didn't you see the photo?" Gary said.
"I saw it, but I just wanted to confirm it myself. There are some more details I want to ask you," Eusine said.
"If you want to ask, wait until the gym battle is over," Gary said.
Gary knew that Eusine would be a Pokémon Professor in the future, and he could be said to be one now. If he wanted to ask questions, he would definitely have no end.
"Okay, then let's start the battle," Eusine agreed.
Gary and Morty both stood in the command area, and Eusine announced: "Then please send out your Pokémon."
Eusine knew the special nature of this gym battle, so there was no need to introduce any rules. The rules had been set yesterday.
"My starting Pokémon is this." Morty threw the Poké Ball.
Great!
A gray-black doll made of rags appeared.
```
[LV52 Banette/Quasi-Elite]
```
"Oh, Banette!" Gary was quite surprised. He didn't expect Morty to have Banette.
This Banette is only level 52, the level of quasi-elite. The level of the remaining two Pokémon of Morty should be between 50 and 60.
"Tyranitar, then I'll leave it to you to deal with," Gary also took out a Poké Ball and threw it.
Great!
A terrifying giant beast appeared.
```
[LV63 Tyranitar/Champion]
```
"Tyranitar...!" Eusine was shocked. He didn't expect Gary to have Tyranitar.
This is a late bloomer Pokémon, and its strength is definitely not inferior to Morty's.
Especially the Ghost Pokémon used by Morty, which is restrained by Tyranitar in terms of attributes.
"Ban!"
Tyranitar roared, and a sandstorm instantly appeared around him, quickly covering the entire venue, directly obscuring the figures of the two Pokémon.
Banette in the venue couldn't even open her eyes completely, because the sand would blind her eyes, so she could only open her eyes slightly.
"This Sandstorm...!" Morty was also confused.
It was the first time he saw such a terrifying Sandstorm. Not only the venue, but the entire gym was affected.
This Tyranitar's sand-raising ability was too terrifying. Such a Sandstorm was enough to defeat many Pokémon below level 30.
"This Gary is really not simple," Eusine thought to himself.
He originally thought that Gary was the best among the teenagers. Now seeing Tyranitar, he knew that Gary was definitely not ordinary.