Chapter 18: Record the evidence, Daoyu and his group have nowhere to escape!

After capturing Bulbasaur, Ash and his group went to the place where Charmander was.

【Xiba: Here it comes, here it comes, the Charmander of the Black World!】

【Yulongdu: I hope there can be a different result; it's really letting him off too easy.】

【Ailan: Black Satoshi's style of conduct surely won't let go of the trainer who abandoned Charmander.】

The audience all watched eagerly, hoping that Black Satoshi would punish the trainer who abandoned Charmander.

Ash also watched attentively, looking at the Charmander from another world.

Black World——

At that moment, Charmander lay on the stone pedestal, looking ahead, its eyes full of anticipation.

But it lay there alone on the stone pedestal, its silhouette looking very lonely.

Having learned from the White World that Charmander had been abandoned and was still waiting purely in place for its trainer, the audience felt distressed, like a fishbone stuck in the throat that cannot be pulled out.

"Charmander, is it resting here?"

Xiaoxia looked around, seeing no trainer, only Charmander lying on the stone pedestal.

Brock looked at the dejected Charmander, frowning slightly as he pondered.

"Charmander, are you here by yourself?"

Ash stepped forward, looked at Charmander, saw it wasn't injured, and asked why it was lying there.

"Well then, you wait here for your trainer, but be careful—there are many Rattata and Spearow around that will attack you."

"Also, look at the sky—it's about to pour; do you want to wait at the Pokémon Center ahead? Well then, if you stay here, stay safe and don't let the flame on your tail get wet in the rain."

Ash learned that Charmander was lying on the stone pedestal waiting for its trainer, so it's no wonder that anyone who approached or showed intent to capture it would be met with vigilance and resistance.

Charmander lay on the high stone pedestal so it could see far off when its trainer returned, firmly believing the trainer would come back after finishing his business.

After Ash and Pikachu explained, Xiaoxia and Brock came to know that Charmander had a trainer and was waiting for him on the stone pedestal.

The three of them then went to the nearest Pokémon Center to rest.

【Ailan: That Daoyu really deserves to die; Charmander is so well-behaved, yet that guy actually abandoned it!!!】

【Yulongdu: Hey, Charmander is just too pure.】

【Kenan: Black Satoshi is so thoughtful, his love for Pokémon comes from the heart; if Charmander had no trainer, it would probably have gone with Black Satoshi.】

【Brock: Yes, Black Satoshi cares deeply for Charmander; if he didn't know Charmander was waiting here for its trainer, he would truly want to capture it—his words to Charmander show he really likes this pure Charmander.】

Ash and his group stood outside the Pokémon Center window, watching the sky filled with dark clouds, lightning flashing and thunder rumbling, as large drops of rain poured down.

"Come, have a bowl of hot soup to warm yourself!"

Xiaoxia brought over the hot soup.

"I don't know if Charmander has been picked up by its trainer."

They worried about Charmander; such a pure Charmander should have been retrieved, otherwise in this heavy rain it would suffer greatly lying on the stone pedestal.

"How is it?"

"Wow, impressive, Daoyu—you've captured so many Pokémon, yet where is your Charmander?"

"Tch, that Charmander is too weak—it can't even beat a Mosquito Tadpole; keeping it is useless, so I threw it away."

"You don't know how stupid that Charmander is."

"I lied to it, telling it to wait on the stone pedestal until I finished my business and would pick it up, but it stayed there, waving at me."

Upon hearing this, Ash and his three companions turned to see four or five teenagers laughing loudly, with a pile of Poké Balls in front of them, each boasting about the powerful Pokémon they had captured.

"Hey, you just discarded this starter Charmander like that—you really are strong!"

"What's so special about the starters? It's still useless; I don't need such a worthless Charmander—it can't even beat a Water-type Pokémon, so it doesn't deserve to be my Pokémon."

Daoyu loudly bragged, thinking his behavior was cool.

Indeed, he only acted cool in front of his friends, and with their praise he spoke even more recklessly.

Brock immediately stood up, but Ash stopped him.

Facing the doubtful looks from Xiaoxia and Brock, Ash put away his Pokédex: "It's not worth fighting with such scum; it would only dirty my hands. I've already recorded the evidence—I'll hand it over to Officer Jenny, and that guy won't get away."

Xiaoxia glanced at the calm Ash and could feel his suppressed anger.

Ash looked out the window, his eyes full of worry for Charmander: "The most important thing now is to find Charmander!"

After saying a few words to Miss Joy, don't let Daoyu and his group leave.

Daoyu and his group were speaking so loudly here that Miss Joy also heard and felt angry; she naturally agreed and even called Officer Jenny over to punish such trainers.

Ash and his three companions then put on raincoats and went to search for Charmander.

【Xiba: Such a person actually being a trainer is truly a disgrace to our trainer community!】

【Yulongdu: We have already found this group; we will punish them according to their evidence of guilt, and their crimes are enough to make them regret it for a lifetime.】

【Professor Oak: They have already provoked public outrage; let's use them to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, hoping to reduce the number of trainers who abandon Pokémon.】

【Brock: Still, Black Satoshi is calm; having captured their evidence, now even those from the Black World can't escape.】

【Ash: Hmm, I should have done that back then, but I was hung up on Charmander, ignored Daoyu, and he got away; later he came back wanting to take the strengthened Charmander.】

The Black World's Ash and his three companions hurriedly ran toward the place where Charmander was.

Ash felt uneasy inside, able to sense Charmander's faint presence.

"Charmander, stay safe, don't get hurt!"

Not long after, Ash arrived, but saw Charmander covered in wounds, too weak to hold up a lotus leaf; the fallen lotus leaf covered its body, shielding the flame on its tail.

Hearing the sound of someone approaching, Charmander struggled to open its eyelids, still thinking its trainer had come to pick it up.

But seeing it was Ash and his group, it sadly closed its eyes.