Chapter 127

Complete defeat, still a complete defeat.

After a back-shoulder throw, Ash's Charizard was thrown into the lake by Charla. Liza left a sentence "Calm down in the water properly" and closed the iron gate again.

Whitney: "I've started to feel sorry for Charizard. Liza's move was too cruel. She broke Charizard's defense."

Diantha: "No way, the world is just that cruel. Liza just let Charizard see the real world."

Cynthia: "Actually, under normal circumstances, Charizard shouldn't have a problem fighting Charla, it's just that its state today is too wrong."

Volkner: "It must be wrong. It was abused three times in the valley. It would be strange if its state was right."

Clair: "It's no big deal if you can't enter the Charicific Valley. There are so many Charizard in the world, it doesn't mean every one can enter the valley. Ash should persuade Charizard properly."

Erika: "No chance. Ash's Charizard looks like a stubborn bone. It would be good if it could admit defeat."

Erika guessed right. Ash's Charizard refused to admit defeat at all. It stayed in the cold lake for a whole night, and even Team Rocket was moved by its spirit.

To let Charizard regain its confidence, Team Rocket specially made a robot.

James: "Although I can't say it, I feel it's great."

Jessie: "We are Team Rocket."

Trio: "The ending is the same again. What a hateful feeling!!!"

Ash: "Team Rocket."

Misty: "These three guys occasionally do good things too."

Cynthia: "Team Rocket is sometimes quite cute."

Malva: "The three of them took the wrong path. Hand them over to me, and I will definitely make them turn over a new leaf."

Diantha: "Turn over a new leaf? Heh."

Diantha laughed. Does Malva have anything to do with the word justice?

Charizard finally successfully entered the Charicific Valley. It naturally didn't rely on the record of killing Team Rocket; it was its persistence that moved Liza and the Charizard in the valley.

At this time, Ash should have felt happy for Charizard, but he couldn't be happy no matter what.

It's a good thing that Charizard can enter the valley for training, but this also means they are going to part ways.

Flint: "No way? Ash won't really leave Charizard in the valley, right?"

Charizard is the strongest Pokémon in Ash's hands, even without one.

And along the way, Ash suffered so much to make Charizard listen to him.

Just fostering Charizard in the valley like this—thinking about it, Flint is definitely unhappy.

Phoebe: "The release master Ash lives up to his name. This is happening again."

Lorelei: "I see it. As long as the Pokémon's level is high, Ash will definitely release it. Butterfree, Primeape, Pidgeot, Lapras, Charizard—without exception."

Lance: "The released Pokémon form a team, I feel like they can completely abuse the rest of Ash's Pokémon."

Volkner: "Completely abuse? You don't take my Pikachu seriously. Usually, I'm laughing and joking with you, so you really think my Pikachu is a rookie?"

"Looks like I don't need you anymore." Ash lowered his head, not letting anyone see his current expression.

"Ash!" Misty seemed to guess what Ash was going to do.

"I don't need a weak Charizard like you."

"Okay, you go."

"Listen, Charizard, the place you should stay isn't here, it's there!"

The Charizard in the valley let out a welcoming roar at the right time. Charizard nodded; it understood Ash's meaning.

"Charizard, you must become stronger!"

Ash didn't dare to stay any longer. He was afraid he wouldn't be able to bear it. Under the sunset, tears kept sliding down.

Next time we meet, you must become the strongest Charizard in the world!

The video with the white border ended, and the video with the black border was lit up.

The picture appeared.

After catching Chikorita, Ash and his group moved straight forward and finally arrived at Violet City, the location of the first Gym.

Ash was originally planning to go directly to challenge the Violet Gym, but who knew that when passing by the Pokémon school, he was pulled into the school by the children and Teacher Yuri.

"Then I'll trouble you, try your best to teach the students Pokémon knowledge!" Yuri said with a smile.

There was no other way, Ash could only bite the bullet and stand on the podium.

Because he hadn't prepared at all, Ash's head on the podium was about to explode. He simply didn't know what to say.

Erika: "Haha, it's my first time seeing Ash so embarrassed, it's simply too cute."

Misty nodded, agreeing with Erika's point of view. Usually, Ash is calm and composed no matter what he does. It seems everyone has things they aren't good at.

Seeing the atmosphere getting more and more awkward, a child suddenly raised his hand to ask.

"Tell us about battles."

"What kind of Pokémon have you battled with?"

The children weren't interested in theoretical knowledge; what they were really interested in was battling.

Battle, this is Ash's most proficient field. Talking about battles, Ash became energetic immediately.

He picked a few battle experiences casually, which made the children let out shocked exclamations.

"Can you let us see a real battle?"

"That's right, that's right, we want to see a real battle."

Unable to withstand the children's enthusiasm, Ash and Erika could only agree to have a Pokémon duel in front of them.

The battle atmosphere in the Johto region is very strong. There are battlefields everywhere in the school. Under the leadership of Teacher Yuri, everyone arrived at the battlefield.

Ash's starting Pokémon was Heracross.

Erika chose Tangela.

Because it was just an exhibition match, Ash and Erika didn't pay much attention to it. In the end, Ash's Heracross won the match.

"Ash, what's wrong?"

Erika looked at Ash suspiciously. Since their battle ended, Ash had been absent-minded.

Ash didn't hide it from Erika either. The reason he was absent-minded was that in the battle with Erika, he discovered a very strange thing.

In the body of Erika's Tangela, he felt a familiar energy.

"It's the power of evolution."

"Power of evolution?" Erika was surprised.

She had never heard that Tangela had an evolution form in all her life.

Gardenia: "Really? Tangela can evolve?"

Gardenia was also shocked.

Professor Kukui: "In the wild in Alola, some people have seen strange Pokémon that look very similar to Tangela. Could it be that they are really the evolution form of Tangela?"

Erika: "Not right, my Tangela's level is already very high. If it could evolve, it would have evolved long ago."

Professor Oak: "Could it be that there are some other conditions that haven't been met?"

Not all Pokémon evolve when they reach a certain level.

For example, Graveler and Haunter raised by trainers need to be traded to evolve.

Scyther's evolution conditions are even harsher; it must carry a Metal Coat when trading to evolve into Scizor.

Cilan: "Could it be that Dark Ash made a mistake?"

Diantha: "Not very likely. Dark Ash isn't Ash; he wouldn't talk nonsense without certainty."

Cynthia: "Starting to look forward to it."

The video continues—

Ash nodded. In the battle with Tangela, he could clearly feel the thick power of evolution in Tangela's body.

It was already on the verge of evolution, but it seemed to be missing a catalyst.

"Then how to find that catalyst?"

Erika didn't doubt what Ash said. What she had a headache about now was how to help Tangela find that catalyst for evolution.

Ash had no way, so he could only ask Mew for help.

Bringing Erika to an unmanned forest, Ash let Mew restore its true form.

"This is?!"

Erika stared at Mew with wide eyes. She didn't see it wrong, right? The Ralts that had been following Ash was actually Mew in disguise.

Erika was so shocked that she couldn't say a word.