Chapter 26: Black Satoshi's Thoughts on Exchanging Pokémon, James Cross-Dresses Again!

Black World—

Ash and his friends were having fun on the Saint Anne.

After sunbathing on the deck, they returned to the ship's lounge, only to see many Trainers gathered around, and even a street dedicated to selling Pokémon supplies.

The Trainers gathered together, discussing their own Pokémon, and there were even Pokémon battles.

Ash released his Pokémon to eat together, then watched the battling Pokémon.

"Brock, Xiaoxia, look!"

Seeing Ash eating while blankly staring at the Pokémon battle, Brock also looked over; it didn't matter if he looked, but as soon as he did, Brock got drawn in.

What he was looking at wasn't the Pokémon battle, but the beautiful women.

"Looked and looked, it's really beautiful!"

?

Ash and Xiaoxia had a big question mark over their heads, as if they weren't on the same wavelength.

Xiaoxia could get on Ash's wavelength; knowing he wanted her to watch someone battle, she then looked at the opponent's Pokémon, and they exchanged Pokémon.

"They think that if you meet a Pokémon you like, you can exchange it, get to know more friends, and the friendship between Trainers will grow deeper."

"Hah!"

Ash slightly furrowed his brow and softly said, "I don't like this kind of exchange."

He paused, then looked at Pikachu and said, "Since we first caught Pikachu, we've eaten, slept, trained, and played games together; we've been through so much on the road, and I've long considered them partners and family, so I can't easily accept just trading them away."

"Um... Of course, I will respect the Pokémon's wishes."

Xiaoxia gazed at Ash with soft eyes.

The Black Light Screen dimmed as Ash and Xiaoxia talked, and the White Light Screen immediately played new content.

【Xiba: Black Satoshi's mind is too mature; ordinary Trainers setting out aren't all trying to catch every Pokémon, and even those who exchange Pokémon like those Trainers do, but Black Satoshi is the exact opposite.】

【Chrysanthemum: Indeed, he's been learning from Old Man Oak since childhood, his sincere heart for Pokémon deeply imprinted in his mind; although Old Man Oak sometimes gets muddle-headed, he basically doesn't make mistakes at crucial teaching moments.】

【Kibana: White Satoshi sees a Pokémon and wants to catch it, without considering whether he can take care of it, plus challenging Gyms and roadside Trainers, and lacking much Pokémon battle common sense; looking at this, both Satoshis are quite extreme.】

【Xiaomao: Black Satoshi has been learning from my grandfather since childhood, he came into contact with Pokémon early on, and during that period he was probably instilled by my grandfather with many thoughts of cherishing Pokémon.

White Satoshi's travel performance is the genuine reaction of a normal new Trainer; having just become a Trainer on a journey, seeing a Pokémon and wanting to catch it is perfectly normal—every new Trainer wishes to catch many Pokémon, then train them to defeat Gym Leaders and win in the various leagues.

White Satoshi was like that at first; he exchanged a Butterfree with that gentleman because he had never heard of Pokémon trading, and out of momentary curiosity he did so, but after the trade he kept missing his Butterfree, and later swapped it back.

Later, after experiencing many things with his Pokémon and changing in many ways, what remained unchanged was his sincere heart for Pokémon—and that is the rarest of all.】

【Xiaoxia: Exactly, other things can be learned, but from start to finish truly treating Pokémon with sincerity, seeing them as one's own life—I've hardly seen anyone who values Pokémon more than Ash.】

【Ash: When I first started traveling, I indeed made many mistakes; fortunately Pikachu and the others are still around, and I'll pay attention from now on, so I won't repeat that kind of harm to Pokémon again.】

Ash felt grateful in his heart to Xiaomao and Xiaoxia for speaking up for him, then looked at Pikachu and said, "Pikachu, when I first started out I really didn't understand you guys, but luckily you didn't despise me; instead, you grew with me and defeated one strong opponent after another."

"I hope it stays this way in the future!"

"Pika!"

Of course...... Pikachu nodded in response to Ash.

Bai Shijie—

Ash and his group arrived at the tourist city of Blue Plum, enjoying a rare summer holiday, but they damaged someone else's boat; to compensate, they held a beauty pageant, while the neighboring Team Rocket, jealous that Ash's group had stolen their business, cross-dressed to enter the contest and cause trouble.

But Ash didn't expect to run into Xiaomao here, and Xiaomao even brought several female companions, shouting noisily on stage.

【Xiaomao: Can we skip this?!】

【Brock: Why skip it? Isn't it good to look at Team Rocket in drag? By the way, Team Rocket cross-dressed once on the Saint Anne, and now they're doing it again, and even more flamboyantly—Musashi is naturally female, so that's fine. But what's up with James? Does he have a fetish for this?】

【Shitron: Possibly, after all cross-dressing is either zero times or countless times—I think James is addicted to being the female lead!】

【James: Don't spout nonsense, you're the ones with that fetish—I cross-dress only for Team Rocket's business, not the so-called fetish you little brats talk about!】

【Musashi: Exactly, for Team Rocket we can give anything.】

【Meowth: That's just how it is, meow!】