Chapter 14

Morty: "How is this possible, how is this possible!!!"

Lance: "I'm stunned, it really is Ho-Oh."

Ash: "I said it long ago, I saw Ho-Oh."

Sigh, it's a pity Misty and Brock didn't take his advice. Otherwise, at least one of them could have shared the reward with him.

Misty: "Who could have known you were telling the truth."

Brock: "Really, too absurd."

[Ding! The top three correct answers for this prize quiz are Professor Oak, Ash, and Vacant.]

[Participant Professor Oak, reward: Galarian Moltres.]

[Participant Ash, reward: Skill Disc Bolt Strike. (Limited to Electric-type Pokémon.)]

Holy crap, another legendary beast reward appeared.

Upon seeing Professor Oak's reward, the chat room exploded again.

Steven: "Why, why didn't I persist?"

If he had persisted, maybe the legendary beast would belong to him now.

Flint: "Wuwuwu, Professor Oak, can you give the reward to me? I really want Moltres."

Wallace: "The legendary beast reward was taken by Professor Oak; acceptable, acceptable."

Wallace is quite fortunate. Fortunately, the one who got the reward wasn't his good friend Steven. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to sleep well for a month.

Chairman Goodshow: "Professor Oak, I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you, wuwuwuwu."

Professor Oak: "Hahahahaha, just lucky, just lucky, just lucky."

At this moment, Professor Oak's heart is already blooming with joy.

With Galarian Moltres, the Pokémon Pokédex can be even more complete.

Alder: "Don't just stare at Professor Oak's reward; Ash's reward is also absurd."

Diantha: "What do you mean?"

Alder: "Bolt Strike is the signature move of the legendary Pokémon Zekrom in Unova mythology!!! Once released, it can destroy the world!!!"

Volkner: "Is it that exaggerated?"

Alder: "It is just that exaggerated!"

Will: "Hiss."

Shivering, shivering, Will has entered 'playing dead' mode again.

James: "The brat's Pikachu is already monstrous. If it learns Bolt Strike..."

Jessie: "Hiss, if we give a Pikachu that has learned Bolt Strike to the Boss, let alone a regular executive, a high-level executive is not impossible."

Meowth: "The problem is, how do we catch Pikachu? Meow."

Duwu of Jianggele: "Heh, what Bolt Strike? Never heard of it. Ash better pray he doesn't meet me at the Indigo Plateau Conference. Otherwise, my Exeggutor will teach him a lesson!"

Kaoru: "So what if he learned a new skill? My Bellsprout is not to be trifled with either."

Gary: "You two are really enough! You're even crazier than me!!!"

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23: 9-year-old monster, Dark Ash's journey officially begins!

Kanto town.

"Pikachu, Bolt Strike."

"Pika Pika Pika Pika! Pika Pika Pika Pika! Pika Pika Pika Pika! Pika Pika Pika Pika!"

Eerie blue electricity enveloped Pikachu's entire body.

In the blink of an eye, Pikachu disappeared from where it was. By the time it appeared again, it was already at the target of the attack.

The boulder chosen by Ash as the target was smashed into pieces at this moment. Not only that, the surrounding muddy ground was also electrocuted into charcoal.

Looking at this scene, only one phrase remained in Misty and Brock's minds—thunder on a clear day.

Just a new skill increased Pikachu's strength by more than three times. It is truly terrifying.

Latias, Pikachu who learned Bolt Strike—Ash has a feeling of being unstoppable.

Don't look at clowns like Duwu shouting happily in the chat room; if they really bumped into Ash, they probably wouldn't even last three rounds.

"Pika Pika Pika Pika."

The skill release ended, and Pikachu began to pant heavily.

Bolt Strike consumes too much for it; this is the only drawback so far.

Chat room.

Ash: "Too powerful, Bolt Strike is too powerful."

Gary: "Ah, kill me. Seeing Ash get stronger, I'm really too uncomfortable."

Ash: "Heeheehee, Gary, just wait. At the Indigo Plateau Conference, I will definitely defeat you!"

Usually, if Ash said this, Gary would have started mocking him. But now, Gary is powerless.

Latias, Zekrom-like Pikachu—how is he supposed to handle this?

He can't handle it at all!

Answer the question, he must answer the question. If he doesn't answer the question and get a reward, he won't even be able to smell Ash's exhaust.

The video with the white border hasn't finished playing yet; the video continues—

[Ash takes the exhausted Pikachu to the Pokémon Center.]

[While Pikachu is being sent to the emergency room for rescue, Ash also dials his mother's phone to report that he is safe.]

[After the call ends, Ash inadvertently sees the stone carving of Ho-Oh in the lobby. Before he can investigate further, Professor Oak's phone rings again.]

[In the call with Professor Oak, Ash tells Professor Oak about the Pokémon he saw on the stone carving.]

[But Professor Oak doesn't believe it at all. After all, that is a legendary Pokémon that no one has ever seen. Ash saw it on the first day of his journey—no matter how you listen to it, it's absurd.]

[After learning that Ash is safe and sound, Professor Oak hangs up the phone.]

[Two calls in a row, and before Ash can breathe a sigh of relief, Misty comes looking for him.]

[Misty didn't come alone; she carried that bicycle that was electrocuted into charcoal, walking step by step to the Viridian City Pokémon Center.]

Bruno: "I thought that Ash dragging his injured body and bringing Pikachu to Viridian City from the outskirts of Pallet Town in one day was already a dragon among men. I didn't expect Misty to be there too. It's my ignorance."

Lorelei: "The place where the bicycle was scrapped is at least 30 kilometers away from the Viridian City Pokémon Center, right? Misty carried the bicycle for 30 kilometers of mountain road?"

Lance: "Super Pallet Towners and such are weak. For endurance, we have to look at my Super Cerulean person!"

Daisy: "Hey, Misty, can I interview you? What power supported you in carrying the bicycle for 30 kilometers on foot?"

Misty: "Money. That bicycle is very valuable!!!"

[Misty, full of anger, originally intended to find Ash to vent it properly. But after hearing that Ash's Pikachu was sent to the emergency room, her heart softened.]

[Not only did she stop bringing up the bicycle, she even comforted Ash.]

[At this moment, the light in the emergency room slowly goes out, and Nurse Joy and Chansey push Pikachu out of the ward.]

[Good news, Pikachu is out of danger.]

[But before Ash could be happy for a few seconds, another accident happened.]

[Team Rocket's trio came to raid the Pokémon Center.]

[The three originally intended to wipe out all the Pokémon in the center, but who knew that Pikachu, whose injuries hadn't fully recovered, taught them a good lesson.]

[It was this lesson that forged an unbreakable bond between them and Ash and Pikachu.]

The screen with the white border gradually dimmed, replaced by the screen with the black border slowly "waking up."

Flint: "It's here, it's here, Dark Ash is coming. I don't know if Professor Oak agreed to his request to go out on a journey at 9 years old."

Volkner: "What I want to know most now is what kind of strength Dark Ash has. After all, he is the man dubbed a monster by Professor Oak."

Chairman Goodshow: "Yes, Professor Oak is not a person without knowledge. I estimate that Dark Ash was already stronger than 10-year-old Lance when he was 9."

Lorelei: "Do we even need to estimate? It's 100% certain. Dark Ash usually has Mew as a sparring partner. Where would Lance have such treatment?"

Lance: "Heh, don't underestimate the foundation of our Dragon Clan!"

Lorelei: "Is there any Pokémon stronger than Mew?"

Lance: "No."

24: What? Professor Oak gave Ash a Kyogre?

[In the forest outside Pallet Town, Ash is saying goodbye to Mew. After three years of getting along, he and Mew have long since become best friends.]