Chapter 79

Lance: "Keep it up, young man. No one is invincible; everyone has experienced failure."]

Steven: "Although I don't want to admit it, there really are people who have never lost a single match."]

Wallace: "You're talking about Leon, right? This guy has never lost a match in official League competitions."]

Steven: "Black Ash! He hasn't lost either! Blaine originally had a chance to win, but the Cinnabar Gym collapsed."]

Cynthia: "To be honest, if that match continued, Blaine wouldn't necessarily win. Do you believe that at the critical moment, Black Ash's Charmeleon would have an on-the-spot evolution?"]

Steven: "Don't say it, you really shouldn't say it."]

[After Gary lost the match, Ash fell into confusion. Even Gary, whom he had been chasing, lost the match. Can he really enter the main tournament of the Indigo Plateau Conference?]

[Fortunately, with Pikachu and his partners, under everyone's encouragement, Ash regained his courage. With the belief in victory, Ash began the last match of the preliminary round.]

[The battle on the Grass field started unexpectedly smoothly. Ash's Bulbasaur easily defeated his opponent Kaoru's Beedrill and Scyther. What surprised Ash even more was that Kaoru's last Pokémon was Bellsprout.]

[Just when Ash thought he would take an easy victory like the first match, Kaoru gave him a heavy slap in the face.]

[The inconspicuous Bellsprout showed its power. It not only defeated Bulbasaur but also took out Pikachu.]

Erika: "Holy crap, this Bellsprout is too amazing!!!"]

As a Grass-type Gym Leader, this was the first time Erika had seen such a cool Bellsprout.]

Gardenia: "Bellsprout knows martial arts, even gods can't stop it!"]

Blaine: "What an interesting Bellsprout."]

Ash: "Interesting? Not interesting at all. Don't, I don't want to fall before the main tournament of the Indigo Plateau Conference like Gary."]

Ash was really about to cry this time. He was already prepared to open champagne to celebrate, but you give him this?]

Fortunately, the thing that made Ash collapse didn't happen. Relying on Muk's absolute suppression, he successfully took the last victory and successfully entered the top 16 of the Indigo Plateau Conference.]

Misty: "It was really close, but what surprised me even more is that Ash actually used his brain."]

Brock: "Right, knowing that the opponent encountered on the Grass field is likely to be a Grass-type Pokémon, he specially sent for the Poison-type Muk from Professor Oak, knowing how to use attributes to win. I have to say, Ash, you really made me look at you with new eyes."]

Ash: "The top 16 is not my limit. Since I have entered the main tournament, then let's take the championship in one go!"]

Misty: "You're at it again, Ash."]

Brock: "Hahaha, this is the real Ash."]

[After taking the victory on the Grass field, he ate and drank in the restaurant, and then he met a Trainer named Ritchie. With the assistance of Team Rocket, Ash and Ritchie became best friends.]

[At the drawing ceremony the next day, Ash and Ritchie walked together, but coincidentally, they were drawn together in the top 16 battle.]

[On the eve of the match, Team Rocket used a voice changer to disguise themselves as Ritchie's voice and tricked Ash out.]

[When Ash was dragged away by Team Rocket, the match between him and Ritchie was already time to start. In the Indigo Stadium, Ritchie had already entered the arena.]

[Time ticked by second by second, but Ash was late to enter the arena. At this time, Misty was completely furious. She thought it was Ritchie who used despicable means to make Ash late, so she rushed directly into the arena and started arguing with Ritchie.]

[Under Ritchie's explanation, Misty realized that the call was not made by Ritchie at all. Both she and Ash had been tricked.]

[It was already dark. The referee came to Ritchie's side, preparing to directly declare Ritchie the winner of the match. At this time, Ritchie argued strongly on just grounds, requesting the referee to wait a little longer. Under Ritchie's strong argument, the referee finally agreed to Ritchie's request.]

[At the very moment the agreed time ended, Ash arrived at the venue just in time with the help of Pidgeotto.]

[The match could finally continue.]

[The first battle was Ritchie's Butterfree against Ash's Squirtle. Under the effect of Sleep Powder, Squirtle fell into a deep sleep. At this time, the referee hurriedly raised the flag and declared Squirtle unable to battle.]

Erika: "?????????? Who can tell me what happened? Squirtle just fell asleep, it's not unable to battle, why declare it a loss? Is it really okay for this referee to blow a black whistle so blatantly?"]

Lorelei: "Could this be a punishment for being late?"]

Lorelei was also a bit unsure.]

Chairman Goodshow: "Hahaha, having waited for Ash for so long, the referee might also be sleepy, and it's normal for mistakes to occur."]

Chairman Goodshow gave a haha and brushed the matter aside.]

[Under the interference of various unfavorable factors, Ash finally fought Ritchie to the last one. At this time, both sides only had one Pokémon left. Ritchie's was Pikachu, and Ash's was his ace, Charizard.]

[Just when everyone thought Ash had the victory in his pocket, Charizard acted up again.]

[It flew away from the battlefield and fell into a deep sleep.]

[Even though Ash was begging desperately in the back, Charizard had no intention of continuing to fight. Ash's journey to the Indigo Plateau Conference was declared over with such a dramatic ending.]

Kanto Town.]

Misty: "Hey, I said it earlier, that guy's personality is very bad."]

Brock: "Charizard, you are really, hey."]

Pikachu: "Pika Pika Pika Pika Pika Pika Pika Pika."]

Squirtle: "Squirtle Squirtle."]

Bulbasaur: "Danne, Danne."]

This time it wasn't just Misty and Brock, even the Pokémon were angry. The Indigo Plateau Conference was everyone's hard work, but it was destroyed by Charizard alone.]

Being blamed by so many people for the first time, Charizard was also a bit embarrassed, but its proud personality made it impossible for it to apologize.]

"Alright, alright, everyone don't blame Charizard, Charizard didn't do it on purpose."]

Even though his future self missed the opportunity to go further in the Indigo Plateau Conference because of Charizard, Ash still chose to defend Charizard at this time.]

It would be a lie to say he wasn't moved. He did such an outrageous thing, yet Ash still defended it so much. Charizard secretly swore in its heart that it would never do stupid things again.]

At this time, the screen with the white border dimmed, and the screen with the black border was lit up.]

The picture appeared.]

[Ash's first match was scheduled for tomorrow. With nothing to do, Ash took the four of them to stroll around Indigo Town.]

[Wait? Four people? Ash's partners were only Misty and Brock, right?]

[Oh, forgot to say, to celebrate Ash entering the Indigo Tournament, Erika and Sabrina also rushed to the scene of the Indigo Plateau Conference to cheer for him in person.]

["I really don't know what there is to celebrate about this. Isn't it normal for Ash to enter the Indigo Plateau Conference with his strength?" Misty asked curiously.]

[Since Erika came, Misty's mood has never been good.]

[Unlike Sabrina who came to find friends to play with, Erika, this wicked woman, is definitely aiming for Ash. How could Misty's mood be good?]

["Don't worry, Erika can only spare time during this period. After the Indigo Plateau Conference ends, she has to go back to the Celadon Gym," Brock comforted.]

["Right. Hmph hmph, Erika still has a Gym to guard all the time, how can she fight with me!" After Brock analyzed it like this, Misty regained her spirit.]

[Looking at it this way, her three sisters are not useless at all, they can still play a little role.]

Lorelei: "What's the situation? Is the Erika from the other world so proactive? Directly delivering herself to the door?"]

Diantha: "That's not proactive, it won't work. Excellent men are not easy to find. Not to mention men as excellent as Black Ash."]

Cynthia: "She's only 9 years old, still a boy."]

Diantha: "What about 9 years old? Does the League law stipulate that 9-year-old boys cannot fall in love?"]

Roxanne: "How old is Erika? She is several years older than Ash, right?"]

Erika: "What several years, only 6 years! Older woman, hold gold bricks, haven't you heard of it?"]

Gardenia: "But you are more than three years older than him."]

Erika: "Then wouldn't it be better to hold two gold bricks?!"]

Cynthia: "Awesome!"]

[In the noise, Ash finally welcomed his first opponent.]

[His opponent was a boy named Jimo, who was good at using Ground-type Pokémon. Coincidentally, the field for the first round of the battle between the two sides was also a Rock field. Jimo could be considered to have a tiny bit of home-field advantage.]

Roark: "Ground-type Pokémon? Ash won't use Pikachu again, will he?"]

Bruno: "Ash's Pikachu is great at fighting Ground-type Pokémon, it's not impossible to let Pikachu go."]

Lance: "Why use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken? There's no reason to use an ace in the preliminary round." Da.]

93: Black Ash wants to learn psychic powers too? So hardworking!]

["You are Ash from Pallet Town?" Jimo said with a solemn expression.]

[Jimo didn't expect his luck to be so bad that he drew Ash in the first round.]

["The real deal," Ash smiled slightly.]

["This guy is so calm," Jimo thought to himself, "Hey, I hope I don't lose too miserably."]

[Jimo had self-awareness of his strength. His level was just the level of the preliminary round. At most, he would go two or three more rounds in the preliminary round. Against Ash, he had no chance at all.]

Gary: "Jimo hasn't battled Black Ash, and hasn't seen Black Ash's battle, how does he know he definitely can't beat him?"]

Gary felt puzzled by Jimo's behavior of being afraid before fighting.]

Lance: "Go and flip through the list of people who have lit the sacred fire in previous years and you'll have the answer. Trainers who can get on the sacred fire platform are all the top Trainers in Kanto."]

— Author's Notes —

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