Chapter 14

【The doomsday-like environment doesn't scare Pikachu. It doesn't sneak into the treasure ball. While the Spearow rush toward Ash, Pikachu also moves.】

【Even though it is covered in scars, Pikachu still rushes forward without hesitation.】

【It climbs onto Ash's shoulder, and with the help of the shoulder, jumps forward.】

【In an instant, the thunder light rushes into the sky, and the whole world is illuminated.】

【The screen turns, the rain has cleared, the Spearow have long since disappeared, and only Pikachu and Ash lie powerlessly on the muddy mountain road.】

【Pikachu and Ash look at each other and smile.】

【At this moment, a black shadow passes through the sky.】

【Ding, entering the prize quiz segment!】

【Question: What is the Pokémon that passed through the sky?】

【A: Shiny Fearow.】

【B: Zapdos.】

【C: Galarian Moltres.】

【D: Ho-Oh.】

【E: Groudon.】

Flint: "It's here, it's here, the quiz is here!"】

There is a quiz, there is a reward. If there is a reward, Flint is happy.】

Volkner: "Is now the time to care about the quiz? Isn't what we should care about most now why Ash's Pikachu is so outrageous?"】

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James: "Heh, genuine and authentic. If it's not Pikachu, who else could it be?"

Jessie: "Hahaha, as expected, our eye for talent is unique. Now you know how precious that brat's Pikachu is!"

Meowth: "Catch it and give it to the Boss, get promoted to an executive, take office as a branch manager—feels great, meow."

Giovanni: "..."

The attention of everyone else in the chat room was on Pikachu, and everyone was exclaiming at Pikachu's abnormality. At this moment, only one person was shivering.

That person was the Satoshi-hater and Pikachu-hater in the chat room—Will.

At this moment, Will didn't dare to say a word, fearing he would be dragged out and whipped. After all, he had previously insisted that Pikachu was no good. Who would have thought that less than half a day after he said it, he would be slapped in the face so hard?

A single thunderbolt wiped out hundreds of Spearow. This isn't Pikachu; this is practically Zapdos!

What Will needed to thank most right now was the system, because it conducted the prize quiz at the right time, diverting everyone's attention. Otherwise, he would just be waiting to be severely whipped.

Flint: "Stop chatting about other things. Answer the questions, answer the questions! That's the most important thing. Don't delay me from getting rewards!"

Aaron: "Rewards? Are rewards that easy to get?"

Flint: "That's for you. For me, Flint, there is no difficulty."

Lucian: "Then may I ask the omnipotent Flint, how many rewards have you received so far?"

Volkner: "I'll answer for Flint: it's 0."

Flint: "..."

Diantha: "For this question, we can first rule out option E. As everyone knows, Groudon cannot fly at all, so it couldn't have been Groudon that streaked across the sky."

Maxie: "Is the system messing around? Why add Groudon to the options? Is it targeting Groudon?! The Groudon Protection Association launches a protest!"

Archie: "Protest invalid, protest rejected!"

Steven: "The back of that mysterious Pokémon was very warm, like a rainbow after the rain."

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, Steven could guarantee that he really saw a "rainbow."

Leon: "Warm? Rainbow? In that case, option C can also be ruled out. The Moltres in our Galar region has absolutely nothing to do with the word 'warm'."

Wallace: "Saw a rainbow? I think you're hallucinating. Why didn't I see a rainbow? There's no need to think about this question; it must be A! Where Spearow appear, it's normal for Fearow to appear. By the way, Shiny Fearow also sparkles. Steven, maybe what you saw wasn't a 'rainbow,' but a Shiny Fearow."

Koga: "That thunderbolt that drove away the Spearow was very strange. This doesn't look like something Pikachu could release at all. I strongly suspect that Zapdos helped from behind, so this question should be B, Zapdos."

Will: "Seconded."

That's right. Once Koga said this, Will's thinking was suddenly opened up.

Perhaps driving away the Spearow flock wasn't Pikachu's credit at all, but something done by Zapdos hiding in the shadows.

It must be that. He had said it before: Pikachu simply didn't have that ability!

The Pikachu-hater Will, having found a reason, is back online.

Cynthia: "What a joke. Anyone with eyes saw that the lightning was released by Pikachu. What does it have to do with Zapdos?"

Diantha: "Heh, I can only say that haters can only see black in their eyes."

Koga, Will: "..."

Kanto town.

Misty: "Satoshi, what should we choose for this question?"

"Ho-Oh, I think what I saw was Ho-Oh."

Satoshi said somewhat uncertainly.

"Ho-Oh?!"

"Are you mistaken?!"

22: Bolt Strike, oh no, Pikachu has really become a legendary beast!

It's no wonder Misty and Brock were so shocked; after all, that was the legendary Ho-Oh, the Ho-Oh that had disappeared for a full hundred and fifty years.

Misty: "Brock, should we choose D?"

Brock: "You choose it. I really can't bring myself to press this D button."

It wasn't that Misty and Brock didn't trust Satoshi; it was just that the answer Satoshi gave was so outrageous that they simply couldn't believe it.

The two finally agreed that Satoshi had misread it. What he saw wasn't Ho-Oh; it was highly likely to be Zapdos.

Actually, the answer "Zapdos" was also quite outrageous—legendary Pokémon aren't that easy to see—but compared to Ho-Oh, it wasn't outrageous at all.

Chat room.

Chairman Goodshow: "Professor Oak, what is your opinion?"

Professor Oak: "How about we choose D."

After Satoshi arrived at the Viridian City Pokémon Center, he had a conversation with him, mentioning that he had seen Ho-Oh, but at that time, he hadn't taken it to heart.

Chairman Goodshow: "Professor Oak, have you gone crazy, or have I?"

Morty: "Professor Oak, don't make such jokes. Even option E, Groudon, is more reliable than Ho-Oh."

Professor Oak: "Decide for yourselves."

Anyway, he had already made up his mind.

Take a gamble, and the bicycle becomes a motorcycle.

【Quiz time remaining countdown—】

【3】

The quiz countdown has started; there isn't much time left for the participants to answer.

Steven: "I'm giving up on this question, I'll answer next time."

Wallace: "Didn't you see a rainbow? Why not choose Ho-Oh?"

Steven: "Heh, do you take me for an idiot?"

Koga: "B, Zapdos. Still the same thing: those who believe in me can prepare the champagne."

【2】

【1】

As the number on the screen jumped to 【1】, the white-bordered screen moved again.

【On the east side of the horizon, a giant bird shining with seven-colored light slowly flew across the sky.】

【With a crown on its head and a rainbow as its path, it was mysterious and elegant.】

The answer was already obvious.

D, Ho-Oh.

Steven: "It really was Ho-Oh?"

Steven wished he could slap himself. He had said he saw a rainbow, he saw a rainbow—why didn't he choose D!