Chapter 15

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

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

Satoshi: "I told you, 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, it's too outrageous."

【Ding! The top three correct answers for this prize quiz are Professor Oak, Satoshi, and a vacancy.】

【Participant Professor Oak, reward: Galarian Moltres.】

【Participant Satoshi, reward: Technical Machine Bolt Strike. (Limited to Electric-type Pokémon.)】

Holy crap, a legendary beast reward appeared again.

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

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

Wallace was quite relieved. Fortunately, the one who got the reward wasn't his good buddy 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, sob sob sob."

Professor Oak: "Hahahahaha, just lucky, just lucky, it was just luck."

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

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

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

Diantha: "What do you mean?"

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

Volkner: "Is it that exaggerated?"

Alder: "It is exactly that exaggerated!"

Will: "Hiss."

Shivering, shivering, Will entered "playing dead" mode again.

James: "The brat's Pikachu is already very abnormal; 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 question is, how are we going to catch Pikachu? Meow."

Duplica's Samurai: "Heh, what Bolt Strike, I've never even heard of it. Satoshi better pray he doesn't meet me at the Quartz Conference; otherwise, my Exeggutor will teach him a lesson!"

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

Shigeru: "You two are really enough, you're even crazier than me!!!"

(Flowers, evaluation tickets, monthly tickets, please please please please please! First update!)

23: The 9-year-old monster, Black Satoshi's journey officially begins!

Kanto town.

"Pikachu, Bolt Strike."

"Pika! Pika! Pika! Pika!"

Eerie blue electricity enveloped Pikachu's entire body.

In the blink of an eye, Pikachu disappeared from where it was, and when it reappeared, it was already at the target of the attack.

The boulder Satoshi had chosen as the target was now smashed into pieces. Not only that, but the surrounding mud was also charred black by electricity.

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

Just a single new move increased Pikachu's strength by more than three times; it was truly terrifying.

Latias, a Pikachu that had learned Bolt Strike—Satoshi was starting to feel unstoppable.

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

"Pika."

The move finished, and Pikachu began to pant heavily.

The consumption of Bolt Strike was simply too great for it; this was its only drawback so far.

Chat room.

Satoshi: "Too amazing, Bolt Strike is truly too amazing."

Shigeru: "Ah, kill me. Seeing Satoshi get stronger, I feel so uncomfortable."

Satoshi: "Heeheehee, Shigeru, just wait, at the Quartz Conference, I will definitely defeat you!"

If Satoshi had said this normally, Shigeru would have started mocking him long ago, but now, Shigeru was powerless.

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

He couldn't handle it at all!

Quiz, he had to answer the quiz. If he didn't answer and get rewards, he wouldn't even be able to smell Satoshi's exhaust fumes.

The white-bordered video hadn't finished playing yet; the video continued—

【Satoshi brought the exhausted Pikachu to the Pokémon Center.】

【While Pikachu was being sent to the emergency room for rescue, Satoshi also called his mother to report that he was safe.】

【After the call ended, Satoshi inadvertently saw a stone statue of Ho-Oh in the lobby. Before he could investigate further, Professor Oak called again.】

【During the call with Professor Oak, Satoshi told him about the Pokémon he saw on the stone statue.】

【But Professor Oak didn't believe it at all. After all, that was a legendary Pokémon that no one had ever seen before. Satoshi seeing it on the first day of his journey sounded outrageous no matter how you listened to it.】

【After learning that Satoshi was safe and sound, Professor Oak hung up the phone.】

【After two consecutive calls, before Satoshi could catch his breath, Misty came looking for him.】

【Misty didn't come alone; she walked step by step to the Viridian City Pokémon Center, carrying that bicycle that had been turned into charcoal.】

Shiba: "I originally thought that Satoshi, dragging his injured body and carrying Pikachu, rushing from the outskirts of Pallet Town to Viridian City in one day was already a dragon among men. I didn't expect Misty to be there too. It is I who am ignorant."

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 True Newcomer and all that are weak. When it comes to endurance, you have to look at my Super Ceruleanite!"

Sakura: "Hey, Misty, can I interview you? What kind of power supported you in walking 30 kilometers while carrying a bicycle?"

Misty: "Money. That bicycle was very expensive!!!"

【Misty was full of anger and originally intended to find Satoshi to vent it properly, but after hearing that Satoshi's Pikachu had been sent to the emergency room, her heart softened.】

【Not only did she stop bringing up the bicycle, but she also comforted Satoshi.】

【At this moment, the lights in the emergency room slowly went out, and Nurse Joy and Chansey pushed Pikachu out of the ward.】

【Good news, Pikachu was out of danger.】

【But before Satoshi could be happy for a few seconds, another accident happened.】

【The Team Rocket 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, would teach them a good lesson.】

【It was precisely this lesson that forged an unbreakable bond of ill-fated connection between them and Satoshi and Pikachu.】

The white-bordered screen gradually dimmed, replaced by the slow "awakening" of the black-bordered screen.

Flint: "It's here, it's here, Black Satoshi is coming. I wonder if Professor Oak agreed to his request to go on a journey at 9 years old."

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

Chairman Goodshow: "Indeed, Professor Oak is not someone without insight. I estimate that Black Satoshi was already stronger at 9 than Lance was at 10."

Lorelei: "No need to estimate, it's a 100% certainty. Black Satoshi usually has Mew as a sparring partner; Lance doesn't have that kind of 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 Satoshi a Kyogre?

【In the forest outside Pallet Town, Satoshi was saying goodbye to Mew. After 3 years of being together, he and Mew had long since become best friends.】