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"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"I'm sure. Let's get started."
"I still think this isn't quite right. Do you want to reconsider?"
"What are you thinking about? Go ahead!"
"Okay, here I go then."
At a trainer battle platform in Lavender Town's Pokémon Center.
Eddie and Gary were currently having a rehabilitation battle.
Eddie was still a little worried, not because he was concerned about Gary's body that had just recovered, nor because he was worried that he couldn't beat Gary.
To be honest, they had rested for a day and night yesterday. Thanks to the advanced healing technology in the Pokémon world, both Eddie and Gary had recovered significantly, and this rehabilitation battle was just a warm-up exercise.
As for the question of winning or losing - honestly, Eddie's strength absolutely dominated Gary in every aspect. Gary's strongest Pokémon was his level 40 Charmeleon, and that was it. His other Pokémon would only be weaker than Charmeleon.
Eddie wasn't worried about losing, but he was concerned about whether Gary would be too shocked when Eddie completely overwhelmed and defeated him.
But since Gary was so insistent, Eddie couldn't refuse, so he agreed to battle directly.
"Come out, Charizard!"
"Charmeleon, let's go!"
Just like when they first met, Eddie and Gary both released their starter Pokémon.
"When I saw your Charizard in Pokémon Tower, I thought our Pokémon were similar in strength. I didn't expect that after just one battle, your Charizard would break through again..."
Gary looked at Eddie's Charizard. He could tell at a glance that Charizard's strength was noticeably higher than it had been the day before yesterday in Pokémon Tower, and he felt quite frustrated about it.
He had thought he had strong training abilities, but he kept finding that his Pokémon weren't as strong as Eddie's.
Well, Gary was right. The day before yesterday in Pokémon Tower, Eddie's Charizard had indeed been only level 40, but it was only after he and Sabrina defeated that Crobat that Charizard gained 3 levels.
Otherwise, Eddie's Charizard would still be level 40 at this time, the same level as Gary's Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon, evolve!"
Gary shook his head, cast aside his frustration, and directly ordered Charmeleon to evolve.
As before, Gary had been suppressing Charmeleon's evolution, naturally wanting to make it stronger through delayed evolution.
Of course, these ideas seemed a bit questionable to Eddie. He didn't know whether Gary's approach would actually make his Pokémon stronger. Maybe it could accumulate some experience of fighting stronger opponents while at a disadvantage?
"Roar!!"
Charmeleon knew it wasn't a match for its opponent, so it evolved directly.
Watching Charmeleon evolve in front of his Charizard, Eddie felt this situation was really similar to when he and Gary first met - it gave him a sense of déjà vu.
"Charizard, show them our strength!"
Gary, watching Charmeleon's evolution complete, took out a glove of the same style as Eddie's and put it on.
The reason it was called the same style was that Gary's glove also had an evolution stone embedded in it, just like Eddie's...
Naturally, Gary's Charizard began emanating the light of Mega Evolution.
"When did you get that thing... Well, I'm too tired to complain, so I'll do it too."
Eddie's eyebrow twitched constantly, his mouth twitching as well, and finally all his complaints turned into a sigh as he took out the same type of glove and put it on. His Charizard also began to Mega Evolve.
He didn't understand why Mega Evolution stones had become so common now, or rather, all the notable people he met seemed to have one.
From his experience, Eddie couldn't be sure if it was the same in other regions, but he was certain that at least the Gym Leaders in the Kanto Region had one of these things, and he estimated the Elite Four would have them too.
Originally, Eddie had thought only those people possessed them, but now Gary, who was supposed to get his evolution stone much later in the timeline, already had one. This really left Eddie speechless.
But since Gary had one, then Ash should probably have it too, though he didn't know if Yellow had one.
Anyway, Eddie now assumed that all the famous trainers in the Kanto Region possessed these items.
While Eddie was complaining internally, Gary's Charizard had evolved into Mega Charizard Y.
At this moment, just like Eddie's Y-form, Gary's Y-form appeared, and the sun in the sky seemed amplified, becoming more intense and bright.
"I knew Gary's evolution stone was for Charizard Y, so naturally I have to evolve into the other form."
According to the original storyline, Gary obtained the Charizard Y evolution stone, so naturally he could only evolve into the Y-form.
But Eddie's evolution stone was different - it could be used for both X and Y forms.
"Roar!!!"
Eddie's Charizard had also evolved, and the cool black and blue body appeared once again.
"What's going on? Eddie, why is your Charizard different from your previous Mega Evolution?"
Gary was naturally puzzled when he saw this.
It was also his first time using Mega Evolution, and he had seen Eddie's Mega Evolution in Pokémon Tower the day before yesterday.
Logically, Charizard's Mega Evolution should be like his Y-form, but Eddie's Charizard seemed completely different from the Y-form.
"Charizard's Mega Evolution has two forms. Fortunately, this evolution stone is special - it can make Charizard change into either form. This black and blue form becomes Mega Charizard X, or X-form for short."
"And the form you have there I call Mega Charizard Y, abbreviated as Y-form."
"The two forms of Charizard each have their own strengths. I normally choose which one to evolve into depending on the battle situation."
Eddie explained to Gary with a smile, shamelessly giving Charizard's Mega forms these names and abbreviations.
"Two Mega forms... It seems Charizard is quite special. I wonder if there are other Pokémon with this situation."
Gary thought contemplatively, as if he wanted to experiment with other Pokémon.
Charizard was naturally very special, deeply favored by both players and the official franchise, which resulted in such special treatment.
Eddie silently complained in his heart, but it didn't matter. He also loved Charizard very much, so this situation was naturally welcome.
"Alright, Gary, let's begin. You'd better be mentally prepared."
Eddie said to Gary with an enigmatic smile, which made the latter suddenly feel a chill.
"...Whatever, let's get started!"
"Charizard Y! Use Fire Blast!"
"Charizard X! Use Flare Blitz!"