Chapter 147: Black Satoshi cooking, a warm scene

On the way, Ash and his companions met Misty and Xiaoyu, who were escorting the Fire Stone to the Fire-type Tournament.

While resting and chatting, Team Rocket tried to sneakily steal the Fire Stone, but Ash noticed them; they had no way to start, and they also got hit by Pikachu's 100,000 Volts.

To thank Ash for helping guard the Fire Stone, Xiaoyu invited Ash to ride the Arcanine.

Although it was Ash's first time riding an Arcanine, he handled it extremely smoothly; his jumps and turns were perfectly timed, and the Arcanine showed no hesitation or disobedience, as if he and Ash were partners who had ridden together for a long time.

Misty and Xiaoyu were both surprised and quickly asked, "Ash, have you ever ridden an Arcanine before?"

"No, this is still my first time riding an Arcanine."

Ash replied truthfully.

"Then for your first time riding an Arcanine to be this skilled is truly impressive!"

Xiaoyu's tone was full of amazement.

【Professor Oak: I understand, Xiaoyu from Bai Shijie once told Ash that to ride well and fast, one must connect one's heart with the Arcanine's heart!】

【Although Black Satoshi could handle the Arcanine this skillfully from the start, it seems just as Xiaoyu said: Black Satoshi's heart is connected with the Arcanine's heart, which poses no difficulty for Ash who possesses Wave Guide, so the Arcanine's galloping rhythm can match Black Satoshi.】

【Professor Oak: Amazing, Brock! As a Poké Ball Breeder, you observed very clearly!】

【Brock: You flatter me; I just know Ash a bit better.】

【Ash: I understand; back then I felt the Arcanine's heart, just like now with the Koga Ninja Frog, and that is Wave Guide!】

【Yaxuan: Not much different; Ash, you still have Wave Guide inside you, you just haven't fully uncovered it yet; when you do, you will have spiritual communication with Poké Ball.】

【Ash: Hmm, I've already found the knock!】

Just find the trick, and hope to bring back a champion this time to Pallet Town.

Xiaomao is very concerned about his strong opponent.

Meanwhile, Ai Lan's expression was solemn, with a hint of excitement within the solemnity.

Wave Guide, Ash awakening Wave Guide will surely greatly boost his strength.

That will be a major obstacle to his victory; if Wave Guide enables spiritual communication with his Poké Ball, then he will be much harder to defeat.

However, Ai Lan's excitement grows, because the stronger Ash gets, the more their battles will make him stronger as well.

After saying goodbye to Misty and Xiaoyu, Ash and his companions continued forward to Shallow Scallion City.

Ash trained with his Poké Ball while on the road.

If they encounter something interesting, they will stop to observe.

Also, when encountering Poké Ball they have never seen before, or when Poké Ball do something strange, Ash will quietly observe to understand their habits and figure out why they act that way.

Furthermore, when Ash trains himself, he also does not neglect to train his cooking skills, taking turns cooking with Brock.

Now his cooking skills are good; the Poké Ball food he makes is well liked by Poké Ball, and he also learned a lot from his mother Hanako when he was at home, cooking for Xiaoxia and Brock.

"Ash, your cooking keeps getting better; I want to learn how to cook from you!"

Brock finished eating and was very satisfied.

Burp~

At this moment, Xiaoxia also finished eating; she happily burped, her face slightly blushing, a bit embarrassed but sincerely praising.

Especially Totodile, after finishing, it ran around Ash a few times and also ran around everywhere.

After lunch, Ash and his companions chose to rest under the shade of a thick tree trunk, enjoying the afternoon's tranquility and leisure.

Chrysanthemum Grass Leaf leaned closely beside Ash, eyes closed, relaxing, obviously enjoying this tranquility and sense of safety.

Pikachu did not choose to rest, instead bringing several friends to begin training. As the team's elder brother, Pikachu is always full of energy, guiding friends to improve and practice various moves.

"Wa ni wa ni!"

Totodile still excitedly ran around the surroundings, full of energy. When it saw Ash waving at it, it immediately ran over excitedly, looking at Ash with its big bright eyes curiously.

"Wa ni?"

Totodile let out a happy cry, asking Ash what was up.

"Keep it down, they're all asleep!"

Ash gently pointed to the resting Chrysanthemum Grass Leaf and Xiaoxia's Poké Ball, and said softly.

"Wa ni!"

Totodile immediately understood Ash's meaning, lowered its voice to respond, then fearing its noise would wake the sleeping Poké Ball, it quickly covered its mouth with its hand and nodded vigorously.

"Good!"

Ash patted Totodile's head.

After playing, Totodile also found a comfortable spot beside Ash to lie down and began to rest quietly.

Then, Pikachu also brought its friends back; having finished training, they came back to rest a bit.

Soon, a group of sleeping Poké Ball gathered around Ash: on the left was Pikachu, lying beside him, sleeping soundly; on the right was Chrysanthemum Grass Leaf, stretching its body with steady breathing; and several other Poké Ball also surrounded Ash, each taking a comfortable sleeping pose.

Ash looked at these adorable Poké Ball, his heart filled with warmth and satisfaction. Gradually, his eyelids grew heavy, drowsiness welled up. Finally, unable to resist sleep's intrusion, his eyelids slowly closed, and he drifted into sleep alongside the Poké Ball.

【Shalina: What a warm scene!】

【Yinghua: Black Satoshi is too all‑talented—he can cook and also take care of the Poké Ball this well.】

【Brock: Hmm, I now want to learn from Black Satoshi in the Black World!!!】