Chapter 152

[Under Brock's reminder, Misty realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly tried to make up for it, "Looking closely, Wobbuffet is actually quite cute, hehehe."]

Jessie: "Great, great, Dark Ash, hurry up and swap Wobbuffet away, so I won't have to be separated from Lickitung."

Meowth: "Speaking of Lickitung, I wonder how it's doing now, meow."

James: "Jessie is best at saying the opposite of what she means. If Wobbuffet were really swapped away by someone else, you definitely wouldn't be able to accept it."

Jessie: "No way, I don't have the slightest interest in Wobbuffet!"

Wobbuffet: "Wobbuffet."

Meowth: "Wobbuffet says it won't leave its cute master, meow."

Jessie: "Hmph, I suppose it has a conscience."

["Yeah." Ada nodded, "I really like this Wobbuffet, but I also want to raise other Pokémon."]

[Also, a Pokémon like Wobbuffet is simply too hard to raise; Ada doesn't know how to raise it at all.]

[However, although he really wanted to swap Wobbuffet out, Ada still had his own principles; he wanted to hand Wobbuffet over to a Trainer who likes Wobbuffet, as he didn't want Wobbuffet to have a bad life.]

[Upon learning that Ash and the others were traveling Trainers, Ada stepped forward and asked, "Ash, Misty, Brock, Erika, do you have any Pokémon to swap? If you do, you can swap with my Wobbuffet!"]

["I'm very sorry, I have no intention of swapping Pokémon."]

[If you capture a Pokémon, you have to raise it to the end; this is Ash's philosophy, so he wouldn't use his own Pokémon to swap.]

[Misty, Brock, and Erika were also not interested in swapping Pokémon.]

["But honestly, Ada's Wobbuffet is very excellent; if it's swapped into the hands of a suitable Trainer, it will definitely shine brightly." Ash suddenly spoke up.]

[Ash's words made Ada's face bloom with a smile instantly.]

[Misty came to Ash's ear and whispered, "Ash, you didn't have to lie to comfort Ada."]

137: Dark Ash is going to capture the God of Wobbuffet? Jessie is going to cry!

[What Misty didn't expect was that Ash shook his head, "I didn't lie; this Wobbuffet is really excellent. If it were in the wild, I would definitely capture this Wobbuffet."]

[Actually, Ash even had the urge to capture a wild Pokémon to swap with Ada at this moment, but in the end, he didn't do it.]

[Doing so would go against his philosophy.]

Dawn: "Um, is Wobbuffet that powerful?"

Can't tell.

Wobbuffet has appeared for quite a few episodes, and Dawn hasn't seen where Wobbuffet is powerful.

Whitney: "Perhaps it's like Misty's Psyduck, also a hidden gem."

Misty: "Psyduck? A hidden gem? Do you know what you're saying?"

Fantina: "Maybe Dark Ash has unique insight; anyway, I haven't seen where Wobbuffet is powerful."

Every time it appears, it gets blasted away, looking as weak as Meowth.

Meowth: "What do you mean by 'looking as weak as Meowth'? I, Meowth, am very strong."

[As soon as they entered Fallarbor Town, Ash and the others felt the festive atmosphere.]

["It's coming."]

[The ground began to shake.]

["What's happening? Is it an earthquake?" Brock said in a panic.]

["No." Ada pointed ahead, "The Tauros Chase Festival is being held there. I heard that anyone who can touch a Tauros's horns will be praised by everyone as a courageous person."]

[Courage?]

[Ash was a bit tempted.]

[Just at this moment, a large group of Tauros ran quickly from the other side of the slope.]

[There was no time to think about this or that; Ash moved.]

Whitney: "The Tauros Chase Festival, it's truly nostalgic."

Misty: "Whitney, you've participated in the Tauros Chase Festival too? Did you touch a Tauros's horns?"

Whitney: "Do you think I'm a Super True Newcomer? I'm just a weak girl."

Bugsy: "Weak girl? You're a female tyrant, stop pretending to be a weak girl."

Claiming to be a weak girl, ask the challengers of Johto if they agree.

Whitney's strength might not be the top among the eight Johto Gym Leaders, but the psychological shadow she left on challengers is definitely the greatest.

Rollout, Miltank drinking Milk—anyone who has seen it knows how ferocious it is.

[Without needing to use the power of Aura, Ash successfully touched the Tauros's horns just by relying on his physical fitness.]

[Ash wasn't satisfied with just touching the horns; under the watchful eyes of everyone, he jumped onto the Tauros's back.]

["No way, is he crazy?"]

[The onlookers and the other participants all agreed that Ash was crazy.]

[The Tauros that can be in the Tauros Chase Festival are all short-tempered guys. Just touching their horns is already very dangerous; jumping onto their backs is definitely a death-seeking act.]

[The stretcher team waiting on the side was already prepared to come out.]

["Young people these days are really too crazy."]

[Just to attract others' attention, one has to pay the price of lying in a hospital bed for three months; is this really worth it?]

[Everyone thought Ash would soon be thrown off by the Tauros, but the result greatly exceeded their expectations.]

[Until the Tauros reached the finish line, that Tauros still hadn't thrown Ash off its back.]

[It wasn't that the Tauros had a good temper and didn't want to throw Ash off; it was really because Ash's legs clamped so tightly that the Tauros had no chance to throw him off at all.]

[Helplessly, the Tauros could only carry Ash to the finish line.]

[At the finish line, deafening cheers and applause greeted Ash; Ash won the admiration of everyone present with his actions.]

[After the Tauros Chase Festival ended, the next event was the Tauros one-on-one battle tournament.]

[Having swapped the leader of the Tauros from Professor Oak's lab, under Ash's command, their combination advanced triumphantly and easily took the victory in the one-on-one battle.]

[After the competition ended, Ash and the Tauros suddenly became popular; as soon as he appeared at the Swap Meet, everyone surrounded him.]

["How about swapping with my Onix?"]

["No, no, no, swap with my Nidoking!"]

["Better swap with my Rhydon."]

[After Ash repeatedly stated that his Tauros would not be swapped out, the crowd dispersed with regret.]

["So envious, Wobbuffet, if only you could become that popular too."]

[Ada couldn't help but sigh; if his Tauros were also this popular, he wouldn't be unable to find a swap target for so long.]

[Ada began looking for a suitable swap target at the Swap Meet. He took a fancy to a Scyther, but was ruthlessly rejected by the other party.]

["Is there really no one who wants to swap for you?"]

[After working for a long time without finding a suitable swap target, Ada found an empty spot and sat down.]

["Is it that you aren't popular? I think you're quite good."]

[The only shortcoming is that there's no way to conduct Pokémon battles; otherwise, Wobbuffet is good in every way—obedient and cute.]

Elesa: "Cute? Please, can Wobbuffet be related to cute? Ada's aesthetic definitely has a big problem."

Gardenia: "Absolutely, he even thinks Jessie's Lickitung looks cute."

Viola: "Lickitung, really don't know what to say about that."

Jessie: "Hey, what's wrong with my Lickitung? Isn't it cute?"

Insulting her, Jessie could endure, but insulting her Lickitung, she absolutely could not endure.

Korrina: "No, no, your Lickitung is the cutest."

["Hahahaha, we are indeed geniuses; now all the Pokémon are ours."]

[Jessie was driving a giant robot, crazily looting the Pokémon at the Pokémon Swap Meet.]

["Are we being too high-profile doing this?" James was a little bit worried.]

["High-profile? What's there to fear about being high-profile? We are Team Rocket; we should be high-profile!!! Meow."]

["That's true, we are the evil Team Rocket."]

[James, hearing that Meowth made sense, also began to wholeheartedly control the robot.]

[Perhaps Jessie, James, and Meowth are laymen at Pokémon battles, but they are professionals at machine manufacturing. The robots they build are easy to use and durable; the Pokémon at the Swap Meet couldn't cause any damage to them at all. They easily captured hundreds of Pokémon.]

[Just at this moment, Team Rocket set their sights on Ada's Wobbuffet; if it weren't for Ash arriving in time with Pikachu, Wobbuffet would have also fallen victim to their evil hands.]

["It's that brat!!!"]