Chapter 47

They wanted to scold someone.】

Bill, you're a grown man, writing a letter to Ash, and the opening is actually "Dear Ash."】

Tell me, are you GAY?!】

Whether gay or not, the difference isn't big; they were all wiped out.】

Lorelei: "NO, NO, I chose correctly."】

The term "wiped out" isn't accurate.】

Glacia: "Hahahaha, I guessed correctly too!"】

【Ding!】

【The top three correct answers for this prize-winning quiz are Glacia, Lorelei, and a bye.】

【Congratulations to the two of you for receiving rewards!】

【Quiz-taker Glacia, reward: Legendary Pokémon Articuno.】

【Quiz-taker Lorelei, reward: Baxcalibur. (Ice-Dragon Pokémon from the Paldea region.)】】

Holy crap—】

When they saw the reward Glacia received, everyone in the chat room had red eyes.】

A divine beast, another divine beast; the viewing system is just too generous.】

Lorelei: "Sigh, just a little bit off."】

If her answering speed had been just a little faster, the owner of Articuno would have been her.】

A miss is as good as a mile!】

Lance: "Stop complaining while you're ahead, okay? The reward you got isn't bad either, the Ice+Dragon type Baxcalibur. Its status in the Paldea region is comparable to Dragonite and Tyranitar."】

Bruno: "What should we do? Lance. Lorelei's strength is getting stronger and stronger. What should we do now?"】

Lance: "Hmph, it's just a Baxcalibur. My Galarian Zapdos will let it know how big the world really is. Don't worry, in the next Elite Four championship, I will definitely win the championship with a clean sweep!"】

Lorelei: "Good luck, Lance. Don't lose to me again, otherwise you won't be able to be the Champion again."】

Lance: "Impossible, such a thing will absolutely never happen again."】

【From Fuchsia City, they bought bus tickets back to Vermilion City. Sitting on the bumpy bus, Ash and his group returned to Vermilion City.】

【By the time the bus arrived in Vermilion City, it was already three days later.】

【"Aching back and sore legs, I'm never taking a bus again," Misty couldn't help but complain.】

【It couldn't be blamed on Misty for complaining; taking the bus was really suffering. The road conditions were quite poor, and they spent the whole way bumping around. The only thing to be thankful for was that they rested in a rest area at night, not on the bus; otherwise, it would have been life-threatening.】

【"Agreed. It's even more tiring than walking." If he could choose, Brock would rather walk back to Vermilion City.】

【"That won't do; if we walked, the opportunity would be gone. Let's go, go to the Pokémon Center, Professor Bill is already waiting for us there." As he said this, Ash pulled Misty and Brock and rushed towards the Pokémon Center.】

Lance: "This is the first time I've seen Black Ash act so urgent. He's usually very calm."】

Steven: "Heh, if it were you, you'd probably be ten thousand times more urgent than him. That's Dragonite Island, there are countless Dragonite on the island. You can choose the best of the best and catch the strongest, most talented Dragonite. Which trainer can resist such temptation?"】

Bruno: "Compared to Dragonite Island, the Dragonair and Dratini in the Safari Zone suddenly don't smell as good."】

There are hundreds or thousands of Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite on Dragonite Island; Steven is right, if you can go to Dragonite Island and choose the best of the best, who would want to go to the Safari Zone?"】

Lance: "Choose the best of the best."】

Lance was also a bit tempted.】

Steven: "Are you tempted? Do you also want to catch a stronger Dragonite? Don't suppress your desires anymore, follow your heart, Lance; change to a different Dragonite, maybe then you can defeat Lorelei."】

Lance: "Cough, cough, cough, don't talk nonsense, I have a sincere heart for my Dragonite, I will never abandon it. It will always be my ace."】

Steven: "Cut it out. A man's mouth is a ghost's lie; I don't believe it."】

【At the Vermilion City Pokémon Center, Bill had been waiting for a long time. Ash was originally prepared to set off immediately for Dragonite Island. But Misty and Brock suggested resting at the Pokémon Center for one night before setting off.】

【It wasn't that they didn't want to go to the legendary Dragonite Island as soon as possible; it was just that their bodies couldn't handle it. After two days on the bus, they had to take a ship, and they were worried that they would kick the bucket before they even reached Dragonite Island.】

【"... Ash, aren't you tired at all?" Bill asked curiously.】

【Misty and Brock were so tired their faces were blue; didn't Ash feel any fatigue?】

【"This is nothing." He had been running around the mountains since he was 5 years old; what was this intensity of marching to him? Don't underestimate a Pallet Town native!】

Lance: "I suddenly thought of a point: Black Ash is a messenger of Aura, and his physical talent is quite perverted. You say if he lets Bruno and Koga train him for a year or two, will he become the strongest human in the world?"】

Bruno: "Remove the 'will he.' That would be one hundred percent the strongest human in the world."】

Steven: "Black Ash is already scary enough now. Still training? That's not giving others a way to live."】

Cynthia: "Will it become something like: 'Okay, Ash's Pikachu has lost its ability to battle, Ash still has his last Pokémon, who will his last Pokémon be? What?! Ash is warming up, he's going to go on the field himself!'"】

Wallace: "Leon, are you panicking?"】

Leon: "I'm really a bit panicked this time."】

Diantha: "No wonder Chairman Goodshow repeatedly emphasized that trainers cannot go on the field to compete; it turns out it was to guard against Ash!"】

【Early the next morning, the four of them rented a boat at the Vermilion City harbor.】

【"Professor Bill, are you sure you really know how to sail?" Looking at Bill, who was flustered as soon as he got on the boat, Ash asked with some concern.】

【"If it really doesn't work, we should find a reliable captain."】

【Money should be spent where it needs to be spent; don't end up in a shipwreck at sea just to save a few dozen or hundreds.】

【"Don't worry, I'm a man of the sea, born by the sea. It's just that I haven't used a boat for a long time, so I'm a bit flustered for a moment," Bill patted his chest to reassure everyone.】

【"Also, it's not very convenient to let others on the boat."】

【Although Bill didn't say exactly why it was inconvenient, Ash understood Bill's meaning.】

【Bill didn't want to expose the location of Dragonite Island. If a stranger came on the boat and blabbed about Dragonite Island when they got back, it would be a big deal.】

【A single Dratini could already make trainers go crazy; if the trainers in Kanto knew that there were countless Dragonite on an island near Vermilion City, they would explode. At that time, it's very likely that all the trainers in Kanto would go out to sea to search for Dragonite Island.】

【Bill fiddled with the boat for half an hour, and the boat finally set sail.】

【Facts proved that Bill wasn't bragging; he still had some skills. The small boat moved steadily forward on the sea. According to Bill's prediction, if they continued forward for 5 hours, they would reach Dragonite Island.】

【The weather at sea is unpredictable; it was clear skies for thousands of miles before leaving the harbor, but they had only been sailing for two hours when the wind and clouds began to change.】

【Dark, heavy clouds hung high above their heads, and thunder fell from time to time.】

【Accompanied by lightning, there was a storm, and the calm seaside instantly became turbulent.】

【"Hey, Professor Bill, we're not going to die at sea, are we?!" Brock panicked.】

【"Don't panic, Brock. Remember one sentence: good people have their own heaven-sent luck," Misty comforted.】

【"Don't panic? If you're not panicking, why are you summoning all your Water-type Pokémon?!" Brock scolded angrily.】

【"Uh."】

【The wind and waves grew larger and larger. Just when Ash thought they only had the option of abandoning the ship and fleeing, a strange change occurred.】

【Groups of Dragonite appeared in their field of vision.】

Wallace: "Are the Dragonite here to save Ash and the others?"】

Dragonite are very kind Pokémon; many people who have been in trouble at sea have been saved by Dragonite.】

Lance: "They didn't come specifically for rescue; it should just be a coincidence."】

As for the real reason for the Dragonite's appearance, Lance already had a clue in his heart.】

【One Kingdra after another floated up from the sea.】

【Dragonite are the Pokémon at the top of the food chain in Kanto, but they also have rivals. The rivals of Dragonite are Kingdra.】

【Usually sleeping on the seabed, whenever they encounter typhoon weather, Kingdra will float to the surface to stir up trouble.】

【In the sky, this large group of Dragonite came specifically for the awakened Kingdra.】

69: Super Pallet Town native Ash, Dragon Dance master!】

Swarms of Kingdra fighting swarms of Dragonite—this is a plot that only appears in novels. The audience in the chat room had never seen this kind of battle, and one by one, they widened their eyes.】

【The Pokémon that fishermen who go out to sea to fish are most afraid of encountering is Kingdra; their personalities are as fierce as Gyarados, and what makes people even more afraid is that Kingdra also has the ability to control sea waves. As long as a Kingdra yawns, the fishing boat will be shattered by the waves.】

【A single Kingdra can summon three-meter-high giant waves, so what about dozens of Kingdra gathered together?】

【The answer is fifty meters high.】

【Facing the surging giant waves, humans appear so small.】

【"This is really going to be GG now." Misty closed her eyes, not daring to continue watching. Under such heaven-defying waves, their small boat had no possibility of surviving.】

【As for hoping for the Dragonite to take action to save them, that was even more impossible. The Dragonite had already been surrounded by swarms of Kingdra; even if they had the heart to save people, they might not have the ability.】

【Facing the monstrous waves, Ash wasn't panicked at all. With Mew, if it really didn't work, they would just abandon the ship and run away. Compared to his own safety, Ash was now more concerned about the battle between the Dragonite and the Kingdra.】

【The storm was accompanied by lightning, and all kinds of skills erupted in the center of the battlefield. Enemies meet with extra jealousy; the usually silly and cute Dragonite became sinister and terrifying at this moment.】