Chapter 97

Misty: "What do you mean even I have a legendary Pokémon? Am I not worthy of having a legendary Pokémon?"】

Brock: "That's not what I meant. D, I choose D, believe in myself. Misty, why don't you be like me and believe in yourself?"】

【"No way!!!"】

【Capturing Bug-type Pokémon is going to be the death of her; she would rather not have the reward than choose D.】

Brock: "Ash, what are you planning to choose?"】

【"I'll rest for a while and answer the question in the next round."】

【One shouldn't be too greedy. He already waited for the Mythical Pokémon Meloetta in the last round; it's time to take a break this time.】

【Chat room.】

Iris: "I choose C."】

Drayden: "???????? Iris, are you crazy?"】

【Choosing D and E are both more reliable than choosing C. In Drayden's view, it is absolutely impossible for Dark Ash to capture the Scyther.】

Iris: "I'm not crazy. My sixth sense tells me that choosing C will get a reward."】

Lance: "Heh, if a sixth sense were useful, I would already be the contestant with the most rewards. You can't trust the so-called sixth sense. I believe in science, and science tells me that the correct answer to this question is A."】

Bruno: "I'll follow you, Lance, I also choose A!"】

【Countdown.】

【3】

【2】

【Watching the final 【1】 about to pop out, Elesa gritted her teeth.】

【She also chose C.】

【No reason, she just wanted to.】

【1】

【As the answer countdown ended, the frozen image on the big screen started playing again.】

【Ash had originally given up on capturing the Scyther, but Mew gave Ash a surprise.】

【It told Ash that it had spring water born from the Tree of Life, which could allow Pokémon to return to their peak.】

【Now what was there to hesitate about? Scyther, you are mine.】

???????????

【Dark Ash in the video was happy, but the vast majority of contestants in the chat room were dumbfounded.】

【How else can you play? Isn't this too outrageous?】

【They calculated everything, but they didn't calculate that Mew actually had spring water that could make Pokémon return to their youth. This is simply cheating. If they had known earlier that Mew had this thing, they would definitely not have chosen any answer other than C.】

【Mew has ruined them!】

Iris: "Yay, I got it right. Where is that guy who just said the sixth sense is useless? Come out and face me!"】

Bruno: "Criminal Lance, step out! I originally wanted to choose C, it's all your bewitching that made me not get the reward! How are you going to compensate me?"】

Lance: "..."】

【Ding!】

【The top three correct answers for this prize quiz are Iris, Elesa, and a vacancy.】

【Congratulations to the two contestants for receiving rewards!!!】

【Contestant Iris, reward: the Legendary Pokémon Regidrago.】

【Contestant Elesa, reward: Electrode (Hisuian Form).】

Skyla: "Good for you, Elesa, you actually answered the question secretly behind the sisters' backs!!!"

Roxie: "Too bad! Getting a reward secretly all by yourself!!!"

Elesa: "What do you mean secretly? I got the reward openly. And why are you coming to torture me? If you want to torture someone, shouldn't you torture Iris? She got a Legendary Pokémon!!!"

Skyla: "We don't know Iris, how can we torture her?"】

Roxie: "That's right, that's right, how can we torture her?"】

Elesa: "..."

Drayden: "Regidrago? What kind of Pokémon is this? I've never heard of it."】

Brandon: "Although I haven't seen Regidrago, I have seen stone tablets recording Regidrago in ancient ruins. The stone tablets record that Regidrago was a Pokémon created by Regigigas using crystallized Dragon energy. However, this creation by Regigigas was not successful; due to a shortage of energy, it only created Regidrago's head. Ancient people were afraid that one day when Regidrago's entire body was created, their country would be destroyed, so they sealed it deep in the temple."】

Gary: "Sounds very powerful."】

Lorelei: "Lance, look at others; they are the real Dragon-type trainers, and the reward given by the system is a pure Dragon-type Legendary Pokémon. Look at yourself again."】

Steven: "The great viewing system has already seen through everything. It knows deeply that Lance is a fake Dragon-type trainer, and Flying-type is the attribute carved into Lance's blood, so the Pokémon given to him is a Galar 'walking chicken'."】

Alder: "Hiss, listening to this, is this Pokémon called Regidrago very strong?"】

Drayden: "Hmph hmph hmph, is Alder feeling the pressure? Is he now not wanting to step down from the champion position? Heh, it's already too late. 0 I recommend Iris to become the new person in charge of our Unova region. Who supports, who opposes?"】

Grimsley: "I oppose. How old is Iris? She's too young. Let's leave the champion position for me to do."】

Marshal: "What nonsense are you talking about? I am the trainer more suitable to be champion!!!"

Marlon: "Please have some shame. You can't even take down the slacking Alder, and you still want to be champion? Wait another fifty years!"】

Cynthia: "Elesa, come to Sinnoh when you have time. I'm very interested in your Electrode."】

Diantha: "Is there any difference between the Hisuian form of Electrode and the ordinary Electrode?"】

Elesa: "That's a must. My Electrode is Electric+Grass."】

【"Come on, Scyther, let's have a duel. If you lose, you'll become my Pokémon," Ash came to the front of the Scyther and said straight to the point.】

【At this time, the other Scyther also noticed Ash, who had intruded into their territory, and they surrounded Ash one by one with a menacing aura.】

【Ash, surrounded by the Scyther group, was not panicked at all, but looked at the leader of the Scyther with a calm expression, waiting for its answer.】

【As a warrior, there is no reason to escape, so it accepted Ash's challenge.】

【Because Murcott Island is famous, Bug-type Pokémon enthusiasts come to the island from time to time to capture Bug-type Pokémon, so this is actually not the first time the Scyther has encountered a human trainer.】

【It has fought against human trainers many times, but every time it was the winner, and this time would be no exception.】

【Carrying unparalleled confidence, the Scyther began the battle.】

【The Scyther's opponent was a canine Pokémon. At first, it thought it could win easily, but after only two rounds of fighting, the Scyther's expression became solemn.】

【The opponent's combat skills were no worse than its own, but its stamina was far superior. In the battle against Lucario, the Scyther felt the cruelty of time for the first time.】

【Compared to two years ago, it had declined too much. Movements it could once perform easily, it could no longer perform now.】

【The aging of its body made its movements always half a beat slower than its consciousness.】

【Total defeat.】

【This was the most miserable battle the Scyther had ever lost in its history.】

【After the match, the Scyther lay weakly on the ground, gasping for air.】

【It was confused. Maybe it really should retire. In the past few years, the Scyther had actually felt that its strength not only hadn't improved but was slowly declining as time passed.】

【"Retirement is still too early," Ash seemed to see through the Scyther's thoughts, "Follow me to the peak of the world before retiring, it won't be too late."】

【The peak of the world? The Scyther smiled bitterly. It wasn't a three-year-old child; it knew it had no room for improvement. It asked itself if it could no longer help Ash. Compared to Ash's Lucario, an old person like it should find a place to hide and rot.】

【Watching the Scyther's mood getting worse and worse, Ash quickly took out the Fountain of Life and told the Scyther about the effects of the Fountain of Life.】

【At first, the Scyther didn't believe it, but as the spring water entered its body and its physical functions returned to their peak, the Scyther knew that what Ash said was true.】

【For a competitive warrior, what could be more exciting than returning to its youth?】

【To repay Ash's grace, the Scyther officially became Ash's Pokémon.】

Aaron: "Ash's Scyther is absolutely explosive. It has twenty years of combat experience while still 'young'; who can handle such a Scyther?"】

Bugsy: "And this Scyther's talent is quite good. Being able to be the leader of the Scyther tribe for so many years, it absolutely couldn't be done without some ability. I'm jealous; I also really want such a Scyther."】

Burgh: "Don't dream. We don't have Mew, and we don't have the Fountain of Life. Such an excellent Scyther is destined not to belong to us."】

Brock: "I feel sorry for Tracey for a second; the Scyther was originally the Pokémon he was supposed to capture."】

Tracey: "I don't think there's anything bad about this. The Scyther can fight to its heart's content again; I'm really happy for it."】

【Compared to spending the rest of its life leisurely in his hands, Tracey believes that continuing to fight like a warrior is a path more suitable for the Scyther.】

【After capturing the Scyther, Ash had seven Pokémon in his hands. Without hesitating for even a second, Ash immediately chose to teleport the Snorlax to Professor Oak's laboratory.】

【Such a big glutton is really too hard to raise; it's better to let Professor Oak have the headache.】

【"What? Lorelei is on Trovita Island?" At the Pokémon Center, after hearing this news, Misty couldn't stay calm.】

【"That's right," Nurse Joy said with a smile, "Lorelei comes to Trovita Island in the Orange Archipelago every year to give lectures. If you're lucky, you might even have a chance to battle Lorelei."】