Chapter 125

Lance: "Bruno, did you drink too much?"

Lorelei: "It might be because he's too jealous of Dark Ash; he's already lost his mind."

Kiawe: "I agree with Bruno's statement. Ash doesn't have the ability to defeat a group of Stantler; only Dark Ash has that ability!"

Diantha: "Are you playing brain teasers with us here?"

Steven: "Bruno, brother, I'm heart-to-heart with you, and you're playing brain teasers with your brother. From now on, you're no longer my brother!"

Back to the video.

The famous scene the audience was looking forward to—Dark Ash beating the Stantler—did not appear.

Facing a large group of Stantler charging at him, Dark Ash just stood calmly in place, neither running nor attacking.

Just when the audience thought Dark Ash was being arrogant and would definitely suffer today, a scene they didn't expect appeared.

The group of Stantler just passed right through Dark Ash's body.

Chat room.

Lt. Surge: "It's broad daylight; am I seeing a ghost?"

Steven: "Isn't it? Could this be a new ability of the Aura? Can he make his body intangible and hide in another dimension?"

Phoebe: "No way, if this is true, isn't that even more overpowered than Ghost-type Pokémon?"

Volkner: "Now I can finally say that sentence: Legendary Pokémon are just so-so. If you really look at strength, it has to be Dark Ash!!!"

With just this intangible move, I ask you, which Legendary Pokémon wouldn't be confused if they saw it?

Eileen: "Is this the power of the Aura Guardian?"

Eileen finally understood why her ancestor still missed Sir Aaron years after he disappeared. Such an outstanding man—which woman could forget him?

It's a pity Dark Ash isn't from Cameron Palace; if he were, she could have been the first to get close to him.

Whitney: "You guys, is your imagination too rich? The reason the Stantler group couldn't touch Dark Ash is simple: because they are just illusions, not real existences."

Norman: "Although they aren't Ghost-type Pokémon, Stantler can also create illusions with the help of their antlers. Every Stantler is a master of illusion."

"Ash, how did you know they were all illusions?" Erika asked curiously.

Ash smiled slightly.

It's simple, because he only felt one Aura. Eyes can deceive, but Aura cannot.

After healing the Stantler that had wandered into the city and releasing it back into the forest, Ash and his friends continued their journey toward Violet City.

"As long as we cross that snowy mountain, we can reach the new city."

Just as everyone was preparing to cross the snowy mountain in one go, a Grass-type Pokémon by the roadside attracted the attention of Ash and Erika.

"Wow, it's Chikorita. We're so lucky."

Encountering a starter Pokémon in the wild—this was the first time Erika had encountered such a good thing.

"Alright, I'm going to catch this Chikorita."

Actually, Ash was also very interested in catching Chikorita, but since Erika spoke first, Ash could only suppress his thoughts.

"Come on, Chikorita, let's have a one-on-one battle." Erika held a Poké Ball and excitedly proposed a battle request to Chikorita.

Erika: "The trainer who caught Chikorita in the other world is me?"

Ash: "Why give the opportunity to catch Chikorita to Erika? I really don't understand Dark Ash."

Gary: "Ash, what do you want me to say about you? Sigh, I've figured it out—you're destined to be single for life."

Steven: "Ash, I support you. You can give up anything, but you absolutely cannot give up the opportunity to catch a Pokémon."

If it were him, let alone Erika, even his father wouldn't be able to make him give it up.

Wallace: "You're truly a filial son, Steven."

"Chiko."

Just when Erika thought she could catch the precious Chikorita, something unexpected happened: Chikorita had no intention of battling her at all, but instead leaped into Ash's arms.

Chikorita's move—let alone Erika, even Ash was confused.

121: Goodbye Charizard! Erika wants to give herself to Dark Ash!

Chikorita not only took the initiative to throw itself into his arms but also kept rubbing its cheek against Ash's cheek to act spoiled. This move left everyone speechless.

Ash: "This... who knows what's going on here?"

He had suffered quite a bit to catch Chikorita, but on Dark Ash's side, Chikorita just threw itself into his arms. This made Ash a bit unsettled.

Bruno: "Aura! It must be a new function of the Aura!"

Wuwuwu, why doesn't he have the Aura? If he had the Aura, he would be the Kanto champion right now.

He was only one Aura away from the championship.

Erika: "What's going on, what's going on!!!"

Misty: "The situation now is that you have to say bye-bye to Chikorita. Of course, if you're thick-skinned enough, you can continue to try to catch Chikorita."

Jasmine: "Haha, I'm dying of laughter. Erika, it looks like Chikorita has no interest in becoming your Pokémon."

Since Chikorita had clearly indicated that it wanted to become Ash's Pokémon, Erika certainly couldn't do anything to spoil the mood at this time. She could only regretfully put away her Poké Ball.

Just like that, Ash caught his second Pokémon in the Johto region.

The footage ends here.

The video with the black border gradually dimmed, and in its place, the video with the white border lit up.

After catching Chikorita, Ash experienced the Quagsire and GS Ball incidents, and had another adventure with Ledyba and Makoto.

At the Pokémon Center, they also encountered a kind-hearted but always error-prone Blissey.

After a long series of adventures, Ash and his friends finally arrived at Violet City, the location of the first Gym.

When challenging the Violet Gym, Ash and his friends encountered Team Rocket again. Just as Team Rocket was about to successfully capture Pikachu, the Violet Gym trainer, Falkner, appeared.

He rode a Pidgeot to save Pikachu from Team Rocket's hands.

Seeing Falkner's Pidgeot, Ash couldn't help but exclaim that this guy was even bigger than his former Pidgeot.

Falkner: "Sigh, it's surprising. Ash actually still remembers his Pidgeot; I thought he had forgotten it completely."

Ash: "Hey, what are you talking about? Pidgeot was the second Pokémon I caught; how could I forget it!"

Bugsy: "Then why didn't you go pick up Pidgeot after returning from the Orange Islands?"

Misty: "There must be a reason. It's probably because the Pidgey and Pidgeotto still couldn't protect themselves, so Ash left Pidgeot there."

Brock: "That's right, that's right, it must be that."

At the Violet Gym, Ash and Falkner began their Pokémon battle.

Facing Falkner's Hoothoot, Ash didn't even think and sent out Chikorita.

Elesa: "Is this the boldness of the Master of Reverse-Type Advantages? Facing the bird Pokémon expert Falkner, he actually chose the Grass-type Chikorita without hesitation."

Misty: "Ahhh, I really give up on Ash. Ash, did you really study the type-advantage chart properly?"

Lance: "Ash's moves are sometimes really hard to understand."

Lorelei: "If you could understand them, then you'd be the protagonist."

While everyone in the chat room was chatting, the match between Ash and Falkner had reached a critical moment.

Both sides had only one Pokémon left.

In the end, with the help of Charizard, Ash successfully won this aerial battle and obtained the first badge of the Johto region from Falkner.

After leaving the Violet Gym, Ash and his friends experienced the crybaby Marill and the rampaging Sentret incidents, and finally, they arrived at the Charicific Valley.

Here, they met the Charicific Valley manager, Liza, and a large group of wild Charizard.

In order to prove that his Charizard was not inferior to the wild ones, Ash challenged the wild Charizard in the valley without hesitation.

The ideal was plump, but reality was skinny. Liza picked three opponents for Charizard in a row, but the final result was Ash's Charizard being beaten up by the wild ones.

Worried that Ash's Charizard would continue to battle stubbornly and have an accident, Liza kicked it out of the valley.

Ash: "How could this be? How could my Charizard lose?"

Actually, the key point isn't the loss, but losing so miserably. In Ash's mind, Charizard was almost invincible; as long as Charizard was willing to battle properly, he wouldn't fear any opponent. This was Ash's true thought, but now it seems his thinking was a bit too naive.

Lance: "Sigh, it's normal, because the opponents Charizard met before weren't high-level, so it could be invincible in battle. But the Charizard in the Charicific Valley are different; they are all high-level, and they are all better developed than your Charizard. Losing is normal."

Blaine: "I hope this battle doesn't leave a shadow in Charizard's heart."

Blaine still had a very good impression of Ash's Charizard. Although it didn't have a strong physique, it had a fierce and high-spirited fighting spirit—this is the most precious quality of Fire-type Pokémon.

Flannery: "Charizard is so pitiful; it looks like its heart is broken."

Kiawe: "Losing so miserably, it's normal for its heart to be broken. Now it depends on whether Charizard can stand up again."

The Charizard that was kicked out of the valley still refused to give up, constantly hammering the iron gate with its fists. With no other choice, Liza could only give Charizard one more chance.

As long as it could defeat her Charla, she would allow Charizard to enter the valley again. Before the battle, Liza also informed Ash and Charizard that her Charla was just a pet and wasn't good at battling.