Mind Master of the Elf World

Chapter 47 Could it be that you really are a genius?
night.

The stars are exceptionally bright tonight.

"belch--"

Gastly burped and followed Jinghe unsteadily, looking both satisfied and uncomfortable.

"口桀"

"I told you not to eat so much."

"mouth, mouth"

"No! We're almost home, don't throw up on me!"

After half an hour.

Gastly lay lazily on the sofa, scrolling through videos on its phone.

Jinghe walked out of the bathroom, rubbing her wet hair with a towel. She sat down at the dining table, looking at the Pokémon eggs in the incubator on the table with a helpless expression.

Raising a Gastly is already difficult enough, so of all the gifts you could give him, you had to give him a Pokémon egg.

The key point is that we still don't know what kind of Pokémon this egg is.

Actually, during dinner, Zivqi Mujin called him. First, she said that there was nothing wrong with the floating bubbles and that he didn't need to worry. Then she apologized for not being able to have dinner with Jinghe.

When Jinghe finally asked what kind of Pokémon egg it was, Zifuki Hibiscus just smiled mysteriously.

Jinghe had reason to suspect that perhaps even he didn't know what kind of Pokémon was inside the egg.

"Sigh, let's just leave it for now. Anyway, we have an incubator. We just need to add nutrient solution every few days."

Pokémon eggs given by President Zvuki
You can't possibly hatch a Magikarp, can you?

He carried the incubator and placed it on the shelf.

Turning around, he found Gastly staring at him and immediately declared righteously:

"Don't get any funny ideas about it."

"Kou Jie!!"

Gastly immediately jumped up.

What do you think it is? Can it really eat it? At most, it'll lick it.

"Don't lick it!"

Jing He said with a dark face.

"Ghost?!" Gastly tilted its head.

How can you be friends if you don't flatter others?
It can't wait for the Pokémon inside the egg to hatch so it can become friends with it.

Jing He took a deep breath and took out a move learning machine from his pocket.

"Use this in exchange for not being able to lick it for a month."

Gastly's eyes lit up instantly.

"Kou Jie?"

Where is it?
"Earned by selling myself."

Jinghe said irritably, quickly dried her hair, and changed her clothes.

"Kou Jie?"

Selling again?

This is the "Stand's" move learning machine, which Jinghe obtained in exchange for her "German Company consultant" salary after agreeing to Zivqi Mujin's request.

After changing her clothes, Jinghe came out of the bathroom again with a brush, mop, and bucket.

Gastly immediately cast a questioning look at it.

Where are you going?
"Your 'masterpiece' is so rude of you not to clean it up. It will attract stinky mud and you'll get complaints."

Gastly smiled sheepishly.

shhhhh--

The bright moonlight cascaded down, casting a hazy veil over the entire city of Kanaz. The water droplets reflected the faintly visible moon, its shape shifting as the brush cleansed it.

Gastly hovered to the side, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, its shadow cast by the moonlight on the ground and walls, creating terrifying ghostly figures.

"Kouheikouhei——"

Go for it! Go for it!
He was shouting that, but he was actually holding the move learning machine, his eyes never leaving it.

"call--"

Jing He let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the now clean ground, and nodded in satisfaction.

"almost."

As he spoke, he picked up the bucket.

slam-la-

After being rinsed with clean water, the ground returned to its previous clean state.

"Kuji, kuji!"

Gastly's barking attracted Jinghe's attention.

Then I saw it.

The mist on its body kept changing, swelling, and wriggling, while Gastly's eyes gradually became serious and earnest, and its face turned slightly red.

With a low, soft shout.

From behind it, the black mist separated, evolving into another, smaller wisp of gas that slowly condensed into the outline of Gastly, accompanied by a ferocious grin. Two shadows were reflected on the ground.

substitute? !
Jinghe, who witnessed the whole process, was a little taken aback.

"Kou Jie!"

Gastly, on the other hand, had an arrogant look on its face.

It drove the "substitute" to slowly merge into its shadow, appearing and disappearing at any time depending on its thoughts.

"You've already learned it?"

In Jinghe's view, the move "Substitute" had already appeared in the "Master Moves" section of the Gastly Pokédex.

It's only been watching for a maximum of an hour, right?

It might not even take an hour.

Although "Substitute" is not a particularly difficult move, and can even be considered relatively simple, it still takes some other Pokémon a day or two to learn.

How come it didn't even take an hour to get here?

"Could it be that you're really a genius?"

Or do you have a "top student" system?

"Kouheikouhei——"

Gastly cackled. It had said long ago that it was exceptionally gifted and talented. Now you believe it, right?
Gastly does indeed have some talent for moves.

It learns all moves quickly, whether it's "turbid fog," "deadly poison," or "misfortunes never come singly."

And those moves that were already mastered also improved their proficiency very quickly.

puff--

As the "stand-in" dissipated, turning back into black mist and merging back into Gastly, its mist swirling erratically, Jinghe revealed a hint of realization.

Gastly does have a strong learning ability, but the main reason it can learn "Stand" so quickly is because it often changes its appearance and has a good degree of control over its body.

"Kou Jie!"

I can't wait to learn the next move!

Gastly roared.

“No, that’s not enough,” Jing He said seriously.

Having confidence is a good thing, but Gastly shouldn't be allowed to become too proud, otherwise its tail will be wagging in the air.
"Kou Jie?"

"Think about it, since the 'Stand' is part of your body, why can't the 'Stand' use any moves?"

Eh?
Gastly blinked and pointed at the "TM" (Move Learning Machine).

It wasn't mentioned inside.

"Then your 'hypnosis' technique only says it puts the opponent to sleep. Does your 'hypnosis' technique just put the opponent to sleep?"

Upon hearing this, Gastly looked enlightened.

Makes sense.

"So, just because someone else's 'stand-in' can't use their moves doesn't mean you can't. After all, you're exceptionally talented, aren't you?"

A dangerous glint appeared in Jing He's eyes as she continued:
"Think about it, if your 'stand-in' can also use techniques, then when it 'flames' at you, you'll be in trouble on your own, and your opponent will finish you off in one hit?"

"Or perhaps, it's a 'strange light,' and you 'lick it,' a dual control."

“Even bolder, you could create three or four ‘stand-ins’ to perform different moves, and your opponent wouldn’t even be able to tremble.”

Gastly's large white eyes flashed with a sharp light.

It was as if I could see the door to a new world slowly opening.

Makes sense!
"Kou Jie——"

The excited Gastly pounced on Jinghe.

suck-

The tongue licked it thoroughly.

"Click."

Jinghe took out a cherry while applying face cream, took a bite, and mumbled:
"Right? You still have a lot to learn."

"Kouhee, kouhee!"

Gastly nodded seriously.

"Let's go, go back."

Jing He, who was biting into a cherry and about to pick up the bucket, suddenly seemed to remember something. She walked to the nearby garbage station, took out a handful of energy cubes from her pocket, and put them on the ground.

"Kou Jie?"

"I saw on the news the other day that the city is too clean and the stinky sludge has lost its living environment, resulting in a sharp decline in its numbers. As a result, the alliance had to build a special garbage station to contain them. They have it tough too. If you have the ability, help more; if you don't have the ability, help less. Just do your part."

After placing the Power Cube, Jinghe took Gastly home.

After they left, a commotion arose in the once peaceful garbage dump, and a pair of eyes appeared.

The next day.

While waiting for breakfast, Gastly, who was practicing "Substitute" by the window, suddenly noticed an orange figure hovering in the sky.

"Kou Jie!"

Look, an airplane!
(End of this chapter)