Chapter 74

Saizo: "Slander, pure slander; I am not stupid, I am a very shrewd Trainer, no one can cheat badges from my hands!"

Lance: "Is this something that hasn't happened yet? In other words, the viewing system is now playing future videos?"

Bruno: "It's really magical; it can even play future scenes."

Lorelei: "Hey, what's there to be surprised about? Didn't the system play future images before?"

Ash vs. Raihan, Team Rocket and Bewear—these are all images from the future.

Saizo: "Hey, are you guys listening to me at all?!"

Lorelei: "Sorry, we really don't have the mood to listen to someone who can't even keep their badges safe."

Saizo: "..."

【The day before the Indigo Plateau Conference, Ash and his friends finally arrived at Indigo Plateau Town. Coincidentally, the sacred flame relay is currently taking place in Indigo Plateau Town.】

【After learning that the flame of the sacred flame is the flame of the legendary Pokémon Moltres, Ash became interested. He stopped the sacred flame runner and asked to run a section of the road for him.】

Gary: "Ash, you really deserve to be you; you can even do something like stopping the sacred flame runner on the street."

Brock: "Sigh, this is indeed something Ash would do."

Misty: "Feels so embarrassing."

Chairman Rose: "Hahaha, very interesting, isn't it? This is the first time I've seen such an interesting situation."

Maybe the future Chairman Rose thought the same thing after seeing Ash stop the sacred flame runner.

In the video, Chairman Rose not only didn't scold Ash, but instead agreed to Ash's request, letting Ash also become a sacred flame runner.

【No surprise, Team Rocket appeared again. They snatched the sacred flame, but unfortunately, Chairman Rose was one step ahead; they snatched a fake sacred flame, and the real sacred flame was hidden in his clothes.】

【The next day, at the opening ceremony of the Indigo Plateau Conference, Team Rocket appeared again. To stop Team Rocket, Ash stepped forward again. Ash, who was ignited by the sacred flame used by Team Rocket, not only didn't suffer any damage, but also saw the phantom of Moltres. Even if it was just Moltres's flame, it wouldn't cause harm to kind people.】

【The opening ceremony was successfully held, and next is the tense and exciting Indigo Plateau Conference.】

Ash: "So nervous, I don't know what kind of results I will achieve at the Indigo Plateau Conference."

Gary: "Don't be nervous, Ash; without the rewards provided by the viewing system, I guess you won't even pass the preliminaries."

Ash: "Hmph, the one who won't pass the preliminaries is you, Gary."

Gary: "Hahahaha, impossible, impossible; Master Gary's strength is obvious to all, passing the preliminaries is easy."

Misty: "Gary's words are not very pleasant, but it's a fact; without the help of the viewing system, it's hard for Ash to enter the top 16 of the Indigo Plateau Conference."

Brock: "Yeah, yeah, Ash's strength is still very different from truly powerful contestants."

Ash: "Woo woo woo, Misty, Brock, even you guys say that."

Professor Oak: "Gary, you should still keep a low profile."

I don't know why, but he always has a bad premonition.

Gary: "Grandpa, what are you talking about? Low profile? How to keep a low profile? My strength doesn't allow me to keep a low profile at all!"

Chairman Rose: "Haha, good, it's a good thing for young people to have confidence and spirit, so I look forward to your performance at the Indigo Plateau Conference."

Gary: "Don't worry, Chairman, I dare not say Champion, but my strength to enter the top 4 is stable; everyone just wait and see my performance, it'll be OK."

Professor Oak: "..."

Amidst Gary's crazy showing off, the white-bordered screen slowly extinguished, and the black-bordered screen lit up.

The scene began.

【After leaving New Island, Ash kept his promise and put the Giant Dragonite back on Dragonite Island.】

【At the moment of parting with Dragonite, Ash asked for a dragon scale from the Giant Dragonite for Misty. Under the witness of the Giant Dragonite, Misty's Seadra successfully evolved into Kingdra.】

【Because a dragon scale from the Giant Dragonite was used during evolution, the evolved Kingdra was a circle larger than an ordinary Kingdra.】

【On the other side, Ash also met Bill and his Pidgeot on Dragonite Island.】

【At this time, Pidgeot had undergone huge changes compared to the last time Ash met it. At that time, Pidgeot was only 2 meters tall from head to toe, not counting the tail feathers, but now it has completely changed. It has grown to 3.5 meters, and the wingspan is an exaggerated 6 meters.】

【What made Ash even more delighted was that the increase in size did not lower Pidgeot's speed, but instead made Pidgeot's strength even more terrifying.】

【Bill really didn't lie to him; gigantification had no bad effects on Pidgeot, only good ones.】

【"I heard from Professor Oak that in the distant Alola region, there is a type of Pokémon called Totem Pokémon. They have massive sizes far exceeding ordinary Pokémon, and their whole bodies are covered with a special aura. This aura can give opponents intimidation in battle." Bill drank some water and continued, "If you are not in a hurry, you can leave Pidgeot with me for a while longer; I'll try to see if I can let it master the Totem Aura."】

【"Not in a hurry, not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry at all." Ash said hurriedly.】

【The Pokémon he has on hand are enough; he doesn't lack this Pidgeot. It's better to let Pidgeot stay here with Bill; maybe Bill can give him an even bigger surprise.】

Lance: "Totem Pokémon? Does Alola really have such Pokémon?"

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Professor Kukui: "Yes. Alola has no Gyms; our tradition is to let new Trainers participate in the Island Challenge. At the end of the test, new Trainers need to challenge powerful Pokémon called 'Totem Pokémon'."

Bruno: "That..."

Professor Kukui: "I know what you want to say. But Totem Pokémon are not my research direction, so I don't quite understand how they are formed."

Lance: "It's a pity; if possible, I also want my Dragonite's size to become larger."

Clair: "I see, cousin, you are crazy about wanting a Giant Dragonite. Is it because you don't have a chance to get a Giant Dragonite, so you want to settle for the next best thing and let your own Dragonite's size become larger? You scumbag! You actually want your current girlfriend to have plastic surgery to look like someone else."

Lance: "Don't slander me; my relationship with Dragonite is pure love, I just want it to become stronger."

Clair: "Tch."

【After saying goodbye to the Giant Dragonite and Bill, Ash finally returned to Pallet Town this time.】

【Delia was also very happy to see Ash return safely from his travels, and made a table full of dishes to reward him.】

【Of course, what Delia was most happy about was that Ash brought Misty home.】

【She had said it long ago: her Ash is sensible and doesn't need to worry about anything. Look, he's only 9 years old, and he's already found a girlfriend.】

【After resting at home for a few hours, Ash immediately rushed to Professor Oak's laboratory.】

【Professor Oak is still very reliable; the Krabby, Grimer, and Aerodactyl that Ash sent to the laboratory were all raised fat and plump by the Professor.】

【Especially Krabby—there is no longer any sign of its previous malnutrition. It can't be called reborn, but it is already a normally developing Krabby.】

【"Then Professor, Lucario, Blastoise, Venusaur, and Charizard are left to you." The level improvement of these four Pokémon has reached a bottleneck; what they need now is not constant hard training, but time to integrate everything they have learned.】

【So, after Ash assigned daily tasks to the four Pokémon, he handed them over to Professor Oak.】

【"Grimer."】

【"Char."】

【Upon learning that Ash was going to take them away, Grimer and Krabby rushed to Ash excitedly. Ash didn't mind, hugging Grimer and Krabby one in each hand. "Long time no see, Grimer, Krabby."】

Bruno: "Dark Ash is a real man; he can hug Grimer without changing his expression."

Koga: "What's this? Isn't Grimer very cute? Besides, as long as you get used to Grimer's smell, you will find it's not that unpleasant."

Janine: "Koga, have you been with Poison-type Pokémon for too long, and your aesthetics and nose have problems?"

Lorelei: "I don't know about the nose, but Koga's aesthetics have always been problematic; just look at his Pokémon."

This is not Lorelei complaining; the fact is that all of Koga's Pokémon are ugly, and none of them are good-looking.

Lance: "Can't blame Koga; Poison-type Pokémon are not the cute type to begin with."

【Besides Grimer and Krabby, Ash also took Aerodactyl, but unlike Grimer and Krabby, Aerodactyl's emotion toward Ash is not liking, but fear and awe.】

【Think about it, it's normal; the Trainer is a fierce man who can tear it apart with his hands. It would be strange if Aerodactyl didn't fear him.】

【Taking the three Pokémon, Ash was just about to leave Professor Oak's laboratory when the Pokémon egg in his backpack suddenly began to shake violently.】

【"Is Caterpie about to hatch?"】

【It's not just Caterpie that is about to hatch; Misty's Togepi is also about to hatch. The two are like they agreed, hatching from the eggs at the same time.】

【"Please take care of me from now on, Caterpie (Togepi)."】

【Ash placed the first location for special training at the seaside, only 20 kilometers away from Pallet Town.】

【On the beach, Ash arranged training tasks for each of the Pokémon.】

【Krabby was arranged by Ash to practice sand-digging on the beach. Once it is familiar enough with Ground-type energy, it can learn Mud Shot.】

【Grimer practices Sludge Bomb; this is Grimer's core skill, and it can evolve into Gunk Shot in the later stage. It is definitely a divine skill.】

【Aerodactyl is undergoing intensive training for Rock Slide. As the old saying goes, there is nothing that a Rock Slide cannot solve; if there is, then do it again.】

【"Cater?"】

【Caterpie stared with big eyes, looking at Ash, seemingly asking what it should do.】

【"You? The most important thing for you now is to eat." Caterpie's evolution period is very short, and there is no need for any training. It won't be too late to arrange a training plan after it evolves into Butterfree.】

【The Pokémon that were assigned tasks each chose an open space on the beach and started their day of special training.】

【"Then, we should start special training too, Pikachu." Ash said solemnly, holding a surfboard.】