Chapter 184: Ash senses Larvitar's experience!

During idle chatter, the black light screen had already dimmed, and the white light curtain took over, lighting up.

This time, Ash and his friends, after finishing snacks with Xiao Chun, were tricked by the Team Rocket Trio posing as reporters into losing the Gym Badge.

Ash lost his Badge again!

But Team Rocket didn't get the Badge either—it was stolen by Xiao Guo.

In the process of searching, Laurel Leaf and Owl Night Hawk unexpectedly discovered that Xiao Guo had the Badge, and in the end Xiao Guo even returned the Rising Dragon Badge to Ash and his friends.

Again it was a narrow escape; everyone saw through the Team Rocket Trio's plan—their early strategy was solid, but they slipped up at the crucial moment, giving Ash and his friends an opening to successfully resolve the crisis.

Overall, the Team Rocket Trio has always been a punching bag for Ash and his friends—at first Ash struggled against them, defeating them took effort, but as his strength grew, dealing with the Trio became ever easier.

After Xiao Chun's reminder, Ash signed up in Wakaba Town, which meant he had to return to Wakaba Town to register for the Silver Conference.

Along the way they saw an ongoing underwater ballet performance; Brock instantly got excited, thinking it was a girls' show, so he looked forward to it—but this underwater ballet performance was actually a man named Long Si.

Because this man greatly admired the Cerulean Gym, he also remodeled his private gym to resemble an underwater ballet stage.

Hearing that the Cerulean Gym was famous for being imitated, Xiaoxia was also quite eager, hoping to learn her own great name from Long Si.

But Long Si knew Xiaoxia's older sister, not her, and she was rather speechless, while her own sister kept disparaging her.

As they talked, Xiaoxia challenged Long Si to a battle.

【Iris: Back then, when you went traveling, you were still an ugly duckling, so I didn't reveal your identity.】

【Cherry Blossom: Right, you weren't there then, we couldn't claim to be four sisters, otherwise missing a performer would draw criticism.】

【Xiaoxia: Nonsense!】

Xiaoxia naturally defeated Long Si to prove herself.

Continuing their journey, Ash encountered a Dragonite that had been released in the Orange Islands; it had now become the clan's leader and grown considerably, and although the Team Rocket Trio showed up again to cause trouble, it was no big deal.

This time Ash still didn't take the Dragonite with him, because its clan needed it, so he promised to meet it again next time.

This time Ash and his friends obtained a mysterious Pokémon egg from the Ocean Research Institute, which had been stolen by poachers.

【Kenan: Ash's Dragonite grew up so fast—how long has it been and it's already the clan leader!】

【Da Ye: His Pokémon all seem to have leader material—Bulbasaur, which is indeed the leader of the backyard, plus Squirtle and Charizard, all leader‑tier; the Pokémon Ash has caught are quite unique, and they themselves are still very strong.】

【Professor Oak: His Pokémon are indeed very unique!】

【Xiao Guang: Ash's Pokémon are indeed very unique!】

Xiao Guang spoke up for her Pachirisu.

Now Pachirisu becomes frightened at the sight of a meteor shower, frightened by the Round Land Shark that Ash released.

Soon, the Pokémon egg hatched.

And the Pokémon that hatched was Larvitar.

Although Larvitar's hatching process was comparatively easy compared to other Pokémon, this newborn Larvitar appeared unusually weak.

Unlike other freshly hatched Pokémon that are lively and active, it kept its eyes closed and its temperature was abnormally low.

Seeing this, Ash and his friends immediately realized the Larvitar might be in poor health. They carefully picked it up and hurried to the nearby Pokémon Center for help.

Miss Joy instantly noticed the Larvitar's unhealthy condition.

Ash felt worry and affection for this weak Larvitar. He not only constantly monitored its condition changes, but also held it to sleep at night, hoping to give it some warmth and comfort with his own body heat.

While sleeping, he had a dream in which he became an egg, experiencing what Larvitar went through during its egg stage.

That was extremely perilous!

【Professor Oak: Pokémon have consciousness even in the egg stage and can sense external things; what that Larvitar experienced is exactly the situation in Ash's dream.】

【Xiba: Ash actually had a dream that was Larvitar's egg‑stage experience; I also sleep holding a Pokémon, so why haven't I had such a dream?】

Everyone was curious about this question, because the audience all own Pokémon, and many have hatched Pokémon eggs and slept holding them, their relationship with their Pokémon is also pretty good, yet nothing like what happened to Ash has occurred.

Professor Oak also found it a bit hard to explain.

【Ya Xuan: Wave‑guide!

It is wave‑guide, the wave‑guide on Ash's body, which sensed the Pokémon's emotions.

After Larvitar was born, it was very fearful of the outside world, and its emotions were sensed by Ash.

Wave‑guide happens to be able to sense Pokémon, so Ash ended up having a dream that empathized with Larvitar!】

After hearing this answer, and considering that the person who answered is a wave‑guide user and Ash also has wave‑guide, this answer should be correct.

In the White World, Larvitar woke up but remained silent and refused to eat, so they had to ask Professor Oak.

Professor Oak speculated that Larvitar was rejecting its own birth.

Team Rocket came over "to help," grabbing Ash and Pikachu, and Larvitar exerted force to rescue Ash and Pikachu, after which it grew close to Ash.

Ash and his friends arrived at the hot springs area.

Here they met a Trainer waiting to capture the Flare Emperor—Shang Ye.

【Xiba: The Flare Emperor is coming! Raikou isn't far off!】

【Dian Ci: It looks like Black Satoshi is gearing up to battle the Flare Emperor; he's already passed the Sea Lord's trial, so the Flare Emperor's trial shouldn't be too hard for him.】

【Xia Bo: Not necessarily—every Pokémon is different, let alone a legendary Pokémon; the outcome isn't certain, but it will surely be spectacular. Too bad I couldn't watch it live; I still feel a bit regretful.】

【Xiao Song: If Shang Ye saw Black Satoshi battling the Flare Emperor, he'd probably feel awful—maybe the Flare Emperor's past ordeal was meant to test Ash.】

Hearing that a legendary Pokémon had appeared here, Ash and his friends planned to soak in the hot springs.

They also let out all their Pokémon, and the companions suddenly increased in number; facing the sociable Crocodile and other Pokémon, Larvitar became shy again.

When Larvitar gets shy, it lets out a noise attack!