Early on a weekend m, Gastly woke the sleeping Natsume with a friendly Lick.

  Paralysis effect triggered!

  Natsume shivered, his trembling hand reag for a Cheri Berry on the bedside table to cure the paralysis.

  Chewing the berry with a bnk expression, Natsume Gastly."Thanks for the effort."

  "Gastly!"

  Natsume had previously told Gastly that Toxic training could only be done under his supervision.Sht and early, Gastly eagerly woke Natsume and buzzed around the room excitedly.

  As Natsume got up to wash up, he yawned.

  He had stayed up te st night gaming with his wealthy patron, and now he had to apany Gastly for training.

  Is this what a Trainer's daily life is like?

  How ughable!

  But since he had promised Gastly, Natsume found himself in the rare mood for training.

  Opening the System's Pokédex, he checked Gastly's currently mastered moves.

  【Gastly, Ghost + Poison-typeAbility: LevitateMoves: fuse Ray, Lick, Hypnosis, Curse, Night Shade, Will-O-Wisp, Mean Look, Protect, Substitute】

  Gastly had pretty much mastered all the moves it could learn before evolution.

  O mastered Toxic, Gastly's "SubProtect Toxic" strategy would be plete.

  Given Gastly's limited offeions early on, Toxic was a crucial move for it.

  "Let's go. Grab the Poison Gem, and we'll head to a proper training ground!" Natsume yawned.

  "Gastly!"

  The earnings from Nico Dou and live streams had e in, and bined with yesterday's side ine, Natsume now had around 60,000 Pokémon s.

  This gave him the fideo train at a professional facility.

  Although the hourly rate was a steep 1,000 Pokémon s, the professional grounds offered expert guidand safety measures.

  With a medical team on standby, Natsume could train Toxic with a bit more peaind.

  Natsume chose a battle club called "Bull Colosseum."

  Trainers could either pay directly or purchase a membership to access the training grounds.

  But Natsume knew himself well—he probably wouldn't e here more than a few times a year—so he paid 3,000 Pokémon s to rent a small training area.

  At Natsume's request, the club introduced him to ae Poison-type Trainer for sultation and assistance.

  This Trainer, named Nanami, was a tall, slender woman with sharp, raised eyebrows and a pierg gaze.

  "So, you're the oraining a Poison-type Pokémon?" Nanami g Natsume. "It's rare to see a Trainer choose Gastly as their starter."

  Since Poison-type and Ghost-type were both ributes, and Gastly had a long breeding cycle, few Trainers chose Gastly as their starter.

  But Gengar was a formidable member of the Poison-type family, so Nanami had a soft spot fastly.

  Natsume nodded. "I want to train its Toxic move. Your help would be appreciated."

  "How do you wao assist?" Nanami crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow. "Battling? Or feeding it moves?"

  Natsume pondered for a moment, recalling Koga's 【Toxiuscript】 and its insights into Poison-type Pokémon.

  Unlike Pokémon of other types, Poison-types were immuo poison effects, allowing them to absorb toxins from other Pokémon tthen themselves.

  It was akin to dev different kinds of fire—the more they absorbed, the more potent their Toxic became, making it increasingly difficult to cure.

  This theory was first proposed by Koga ioxiuscript】, which also doted numerous methods of mixing toxins.

  Without the secrets recorded by Koga, others who recklessly tried to have their Poison-type Pokémon absorb toxins would only cause unnecessary suffering.

  Thus, the 【Toxiuscript】 was an incredibly valuable gift!

  "This isn't just Toxic... it's more like the Dev Fme Teique..." Natsume muttered.

  The Poison Gem could enhance Gastly's ioxins.

  Ohese toxins mixed with those of other Pokémon, the power of Toxic would rise expoially.

  This was why Natsume had e to a professional training ground and sought out a Poison-type Trainer.

  Natsume smiled. "Just feed it moves, preferably Poison-type ones."

  Nanami nodded and tossed a Poké Ball, releasing a fearsome serpent—Arbok.

  Ekans were non-venomous before evolution, but within three seds of evolving into Arbok, they could poison a Tauros.

  Looking at the terrifying cobra, Natsume frowned. "Start with Poison Sting, please."

  Theuro Gastly. "Remember the method Koga taught you. Don't push yourself too hard!"

  Gastly, with its quadruple resistao Poison, grinned fidently and nodded.

  Nanami crossed her arms and anded, "Arbok, Poison Sting!"

  "Arbok—"

  Arbok flicked its tongue, rising up with its patterned body, and shot a sharp, venomous sting from its fangs.

  As ae Trainer, Nanami's Arbok was incredibly fast with Poison Sting.

  But Gastly's reflexes were equally impressive.

  Using Protect, Gastly formed a faint mist shield, slowing down the Poison Sting's speed.

  Then, Gastly opes mouth and ped down on the Poison Points like they were chocote sticks, making a g sound.

  Nanami looked baffled.

  What kind of trainihod is this?!

  Even with quadruple resistao Poison, she had never seen a Pokémon just eat Poison Sting like that!

  After swallowing Arbok's Poison Points, the bck mist around Gastly seemed to flow with darker toxins, growing deeper and more ominous.

  "Gastly!"

  Gastly gririumphantly.

  Seeing Gastly unharmed, Natsume sighed in relief and smiled at Nanami. "Let's tinue!"

  Nanami hesitated for a moment before anding, "Arbok, Acid!"

  A glob of corrosive Acid shot tastly. This highly corrosive liquid could weaken a Pokémon's Special Defense, and even Gastly might not withstand it.

  Nanami frowned, only to see Gastly grab the Poison Gem with its mouth and charge straight into the swirling Acid!

  "Gastly—"

  To Nanami's astonishment, Gastly shook its head joyfully in the Acid, as if it were taking a hot bath!

  "Gastly!"

  "What the—?!" Nanami's eyes widened.

  The Poison Gem's outer shell had been corroded by the Acid.

  Gastly was lig the toxic substanside the gem like it was sug marrow, even flig its long, crimson tongue around.

  "Slurp—"

  This horrifying se left Nanami utterly stunned.

  Even as ae Poison-type Trainer, she had never seen anything like this!

  "What... what kind of trainihod is this?" Nanami gulped.

  "This is terrifying!"

  Natsume was also a bit bewildered.

  Was Koga's trainihod really this intense?

  But then again, Koga oison-type Elite Four member, and the 【Toxiuscript】 was his life's work.

  bined with Gastly's quadruple resistao Poison, Gastly would always have the upper hand in Poison-type matchups at the same level.

  Natsume's expression turned odd. "I mean, this is my first time training like this..."

  "How did it suddenly bee invincible?"

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