Chapter 27

White Light Screen—

Ash and his friends had just finished the beauty pageant when they arrived at Pigeon Swan Harbor, only to unexpectedly discover that agate jellyfish were attacking humans.

From Yin Popo they learned that they planned to build a tourist resort surpassing Lanpulüqi in the agate jellyfish's territory, recklessly destroying the habitat of the poison-spine jellyfish; however, the agate jellyfish resisted, hindering their construction of a resort occupying their territory.

Ash and his friends learned of this reason, they refused Yin Popo's recruitment, but Team Rocket did not refuse; tempted by money, Team Rocket became Yin Popo's top lieutenant.

The Team Rocket Trio took out their homemade 'Domestic Three-Cup Vinegar', intending to drive away the agate jellyfish, but Team Rocket's plan backfired, causing one agate jellyfish, after soaking in the 'Domestic Three-Cup Vinegar', to not only evolve into a poison-spine jellyfish but also grow to enormous size.

Leading a swarm of agate jellyfish to attack the entire city, since humans destroyed their habitat, they likewise destroyed human habitats, making humans feel what it's like to have their habitat destroyed.

At this moment, Pikachu began its 'Mouth Cannon Attack', and together with Xiaoxia's reasoning and persuasion, they finally convinced the poison-spine jellyfish to leave, resolving this crisis.

【Cherry Blossom: Xiaoxia, you're awesome! You truly deserve to be the gym leader of our Hua Lan Gym!】

【Iris: Stepping up in times of danger, very responsible!】

【Peony: If Xiaoxia hadn't stepped forward, I don't know what the final outcome between the two sides would have been.】

【Yulongdu: We don't know the result, but such an incident certainly sounded the alarm for all places—do not destroy Poké Ball habitats, and both sides should coexist as harmoniously as possible.】

【Xiba: It's still Team Rocket that came up with the 'Domestic Three-Cup Vinegar', causing the agate jellyfish to evolve and become huge; although the poison-spine jellyfish destroyed the city, they stopped those humans who wanted to destroy their habitat for money, and also let those humans experience what it's like to have their habitat destroyed.】

From a certain perspective, Team Rocket's backfiring indirectly helped the poison-spine jellyfish.

【Zheng Hui: Only when such things happen do humans also feel how the poison-spine jellyfish felt at the time; the incident can serve as a lesson, so if similar conflicts arise in the future, one can reflect on this.】

After resolving the poison-spine jellyfish incident, Xiaoxia captured her beloved Ink Sea Horse.

Afterwards, Ash and his group headed towards Golden Yellow City, breaking through the local ghost legend of Girl's Valley; Gastly actually turned into a girl ghost in order to keep Girl's Valley's story continuing so that it wouldn't be forgotten by the world.

Everyone unexpectedly discovered here that Gastly is the second Pokémon after Team Rocket's Meowth that can speak human language; besides being able to speak human language, Gastly's proficiency in illusion and hypnosis techniques is said to be top-tier among Ghost-types, and when facing various Pokémon, it has various ways to respond.

【Juzi: Just like Team Rocket's Meowth, it can speak human language, and its hypnosis technique is the strongest I've ever seen, very different from ordinary hypnosis; if it weren't for the Light Screen being exposed, I wouldn't have known there was such a powerful Gastly.】

【Furong: This hypnosis technique and illusion technique are a class of their own; my Poké Ball can't do this at all.】

【Professor Oak: Ash's journey is also too exciting, right? Even a thousand-year Gastly can be encountered!】

When heading to Golden Yellow City, Ash and his group encountered a Beautifly flying in the sky.

Beautifly instantly took a liking to the pink Beautifly; at first, the pink Beautifly didn't accept it, but Team Rocket wouldn't let Ash and his friends disappoint Beautifly, and with their assistance, Beautifly successfully won the pink Beautifly's heart.

Ash and Beautifly were both reluctant to part; even Beautifly once agonized over whether to migrate together with that shiny Beautifly, but Ash saw Beautifly's true feelings and let Beautifly go south with its beloved.

The final scene was, under Ash's gaze, the two Beautifly gradually flew away!

Ash stared blankly at the Light Screen, reminiscing about the time spent with Beautifly.

Butterfree, as the first Poké Ball truly caught by Ash, although the time they spent together was short, many unforgettable stories occurred.

For example, even as a Caterpie it defeated the Team Rocket Trio; as a Metapod it sacrificed itself to block the attack of a Beedrill, saving Ash; and as a Butterfree it had exciting battles, etc.

Many of Ash's 'firsts' were accomplished thanks to Butterfree, so when Butterfree prepared to seek its own happiness, the two, having developed feelings, naturally felt sad.

And now seeing again, Ash still misses Beautifly deeply in his heart.

Pikachu sensed Ash's current mood.

Ash, don't worry, I'll be with you...

Shalina's attention was on Ash; she knew Ash was currently missing the Friendship he once traveled with.

Under the Black Light Screen, Ash and his group arrived at Lanpuqi City.

What should be relaxed should be relaxed; what should be trained should be trained.

Beautifly and Pidgeot didn't want to swim, so they just flew by the seaside; Ash put another iron ring on them, this iron ring was obtained by Ash from Professor Oak, specifically used to train Poké Ball.

Beautifly and Pidgeot had previously adapted to the weight of one iron ring, feeling capable again they wanted to wear two like Pikachu; Ash satisfied them by adding another, now the weight has increased they feel unaccustomed and their flight speed has become much slower.

Pikachu was already used to wearing it, giving Beautifly and Pidgeot experience; when it first practiced Iron Tail, it used its tail to lift two iron rings, which was quite difficult, but it's precisely this training that makes its Iron Tail so powerful.

He also showed them a demonstration, using its tail to pad the two iron rings, moving them up and down.

Is Pikachu's Iron Tail not powerful?

Beautifly and Pidgeot nodded, very powerful!

Well, Iron Tail is trained like this!