As soon as Ash asked the question, Brock, Misty, and Ritchie were all very curious about it. They looked up at Gary, waiting for his answer.
"Because Miss Luka said that you, Silver, and his mother were all captured, I was worried that you would get into trouble. So, I gave Gengar a few Poké Balls and decided to act separately," Gary explained.
He continued, "If Gengar finds you first, he will rescue you. If you meet Lugia and find that they are locked in an iron cage, you can use Pokéball to capture them first, and you can also save Silver and his mother. Gengar found Silver first, so he naturally put Silver into the Poké Ball."
Ash suddenly realized, "Is that so? Gengar is really convenient at this time, which makes me want to capture a Gengar too."
"Haha, I believe you will capture one in the future," Gary laughed.
"That may be a bit difficult. Ghost Pokémon are rarely encountered," Ritchie said.
"Really? I met a lot of Gastly and Haunter in the Burned Tower in Ecruteak City. They are all wild Ghost Pokémon and should be able to be captured," Ash replied.
"I suggest you don't capture them. If you meet a good Gengar on the road in the future, consider capturing it," Gary advised.
Calculating the time, Ash's Gengar has not been abandoned by it's trainer yet. That Gengar is very strong and has the potential to be a champion. If Ash captures a Gengar now, no one will want it.
"That's right. I think those Gastly and Haunter don't want to get close to people. Let's forget it," Ash agreed.
Ash is no longer a rookie. He doesn't capture Pokémon just because he likes them he also needs to see if the Pokémon is willing to follow him.
Most of the Pokémon that Ash will capture in the future will be caught as long as they meet one of the following two conditions:
The first is to be captured by Ash voluntarily.
The second is to be a wild and very strong Pokémon.
In fact, Ash had already started this when traveling in the Johto Region.
Except for Totodile, which was obtained by competing with Misty, and Phanpy, which was obtained by hatching, the other four Pokémon were captured by Ash voluntarily.
Although Noctowl was captured by fighting, it was also because Ash saved it.
The owl felt too embarrassed to throw itself into Ash's arms, so it took the initiative to challenge him.
Although it was captured by fighting, even if Ash lost, Noctowl would be willing to follow Ash.
After chatting for a while, everyone dispersed and returned to their rooms to rest.
One night passed.
The Johto Region Alliance also sent people to take over the situation here.
The Rocket Team's Underwater Base is a big project.
Even if it is sold as scrap, it can fetch a lot of money, not to mention that there is still a lot of research data in the database of the base, which is of great scientific value.
Gary, Ash, and the others left Silver Rock Island the next day.
Ash and his friends planned to continue wandering around the Whirl Islands.
Anyway, the agreement with Gary had been canceled, and there was no rush to collect badges, so they might as well explore more.
Gary was in no mood to wander around because he had lived in Cianwood City for two and a half years.
In addition to learning martial arts, Gary would usually travel around the cities of the Whirl Islands, so there was no need to wander around.
Gary was now rushing to Mahogany Town to capture the shiny Gyarados.
From the development of the plot, the shiny Magikarp was interfered with by the Evolution-Inducement Wave of the Rocket Team.
When it evolved, it retained the skin color of the Magikarp period and was not originally a shiny Pokémon.
Moreover, the evolutionary waves also affect other Pokémon around.
Few Pokémon will evolve due to the evolutionary waves. Most Pokémon will have a fever after being interfered with.
It was because of this abnormality around Lake of Rage that Lance's attention was attracted. He came to investigate and captured the shiny Gyarados.
This evolution tip was developed by a professor named Sebastian, but the research is obviously unfinished.
After releasing the evolution wave for such a long time, only one Magikarp in Lake of Rage evolved successfully, and the rest did not. Obviously, this research failed.
Lake of Rage is a large lake with a large number of Magikarp living in it. If the evolution wave is only aimed at Magikarp, it is impossible that only one Magikarp will be affected.
So the evolution wave developed by Professor Sebastian is just a defective product.
Maybe it is just because of the special relationship of the Magikarp itself.
If the probability of the evolution wave making Pokémon evolve is so low, it is a defective product, and the negative impact caused is still very large, making it unusable at all.
Seven days later.
Gary finally arrived at Mahogany Town.
"Let's go to Lake of Rage first." Gary planned to go to Lake of Rage as soon as possible.
Because the shiny Gyarados did not evolve when Ash and his friends arrived at Mahogany Town, but had evolved successfully before they got there.
Due to the sudden evolution and interference from the evolutionary radio waves, this shiny Gyarados will attack randomly.
Team Rocket has been trying to catch the shiny Gyarados, but it has been hiding at the bottom of the lake, and Team Rocket cannot catch it.
Compared with Dr. Namba, Professor Sebastian's research is a bit lacking.
Dr. Namba has already started with Legendary Pokémon, but Professor Sebastian can't even handle a Gyarados.
"What rubbish."
Gary came to the vicinity of Lake of Rage and observed the condition of the Pokémon there along the way.
There were no sick Pokémon.
It is unknown whether Team Rocket has turned off the spread of the Evolution -Inducement Wave or has not started the experiment.
Gary arrived at the lake and observed it. Lake of Rage is said to be a lake formed by seawater, so the lake water is blue and very clear.
You can see the depth of three or four meters underwater.
"Blastoise, come out."
Gary decided to explore the situation at the bottom of the lake and let Blastoise out.
"Blastoise, go underwater to find Gyarados," Gary instructed.
"Blasttoise!."
Blastoise nodded, jumped into the lake, and dove to the bottom to search.
There is a passage connecting Lake of Rage to the sea.
When the Magikarp in the Normal Lake of Rage realizes that it is about to evolve, it will swim to the passage leading to the sea, and it will also have to jump over a high mountain.
Those who can jump over it can evolve into Gyarados, and those who can't will hardly have the opportunity to evolve.
Although Magikarp can evolve into Gyarados at level 20, that is a setting in the game. It is difficult for Magikarp in reality to evolve into Gyarados.
Think about the number of Magikarp. The level limit of ordinary potential Pokémon is level 30. Doesn't it mean that one can evolve into Gyarados if they are a master of carp?
Magikarp that can evolve into Gyarados have potential above the gym level otherwise, they can't evolve successfully.