Chapter 302: The gossipy Team Rocket Trio, Great King Swallow strengthens Swallow Return!

That little brat really has luck, running into so many girls.

Musashi watched from behind as the two leaned together.

James was a bit gossipy: "How long have you been dating?"

Meowth and Musashi both looked at them.

"None of your business!" Xiaosheng refused to gossip with the Team Rocket Trio.

"Weren't there a few little girls watching the brat's match last time? Why aren't they here now, Meow?"

Meowth and Musashi looked at them. They'd been following Ash all along, knowing many things; it still remembered Xiaoxia holding Celebi, the psychic Nazia, Fulala from the Orange Islands, and Xiaochun the Dragonite trainer.

"They've gone back; they'll come over when they have time." Brock glanced at Meowth and replied.

This little brat's luck is really good!

The Team Rocket Trio thought, and started chatting casually with Brock.

It was the first time they'd chatted so harmoniously; usually they were either fighting or up to no good, and it was the first time they sat down with the brat to watch a movie.

Mainly because the movie was good, they temporarily let the brat off... The Team Rocket Trio all thought the same thing: definitely not because they couldn't beat him.

Time passed bit by bit, the movie ended, and everyone left.

The Team Rocket Trio's evil thoughts stirred again; they prepared to capture Pikachu once more.

Naturally, they got blasted away by electricity!

Afterwards, Ash and his group arrived at the Lazy Old Man's Banana Paradise.

They also encountered a very hungry Snorlax, causing the whole park to have no lazy old man watching—just a Snorlax that ate and then slept.

Director Maqi was quite worried about this, but Ash gave him a suggestion, pulling out the special Energy Block Professor Oak had given him.

Eating one fills you up, so you no longer need to fear Snorlax stealing the Banana Paradise's food.

Because the special Energy Block contains many nutrients, it's excellent food for Snorlax.

Director Maqi took a liking to the Energy Block, ordered a batch from Ash, and drummed up some business for Professor Oak.

Although not many, it wasn't few either.

The matter was perfectly resolved, and Director Maqi then gave some cakes to Ash and his group.

This got Misty really excited.

No way around it—she's a girl who loves food.

"Ash, try this!"

Misty took a bite, felt it was decent, then fed a bite to Ash.

They were already boyfriend and girlfriend, so there was no need to avoid anything.

"Why does this taste a bit sour?" Xiaosheng felt the cake wasn't very sweet.

It wasn't that the cake wasn't sweet; it was that he found it unsweet, especially seeing his sister's interaction with Ash.

Brock also felt sour; he'd confessed to so many sisters, but none responded.

Turning his sorrow into appetite, he dove straight into devouring cake.

After a satisfying meal, Ash and his group left; along the way they ran into the Team Rocket Trio several times, but just encountered them—the Trio caused no trouble at all, and Pikachu had no mishap whatsoever when battling the Trio, let alone amnesia or fleeing with them.

The journey was far, they encountered many things along the way, but all were resolved safely, and they finally arrived at Tranquil Water City.

Coincidentally, the next day held the Pokémon Spectacular.

As usual, they strolled around Tranquil Water City and happened to see several Trainers heading to an old man's training ground.

Those Trainers were all excited.

After looking around, Ash realized this was a training ground for Flying Pokémon Trainers, and the old man's name was Shenping, a Trainer who specialized in teaching Flying Pokémon some aerial moves.

There was plenty of training equipment on the field; it was said Shenping teaching Flying Pokémon to learn Swallow Return was top-notch, and many had certified it.

"Swallow Return means maintaining speed, and being able to change while at high speed—like rapid ascent or rapid descent—while keeping high speed; if something happens, you must start accelerating, and that instant acceleration must be so fast the opponent can't see it, then launch an attack!"

Shenping gave everyone a detailed explanation of Pokémon training techniques and the uses of various equipment on the field, even sending out his own Pidgeot to demonstrate.

Seeing the free lesson, Ash watched a few more times and released his own Great King Swallow to observe.

Pidgeot was extremely familiar with Swallow Return, no one knew how many years it had practiced; its Swallow Return technique was far superior to Great King Swallow's. Faced with complex obstacles, Pidgeot handled them with ease, precisely controlling its flight angle and speed; each turn and dodge was just right, constantly maintaining the same speed, its fluid motion dazzling to watch.

Seeing Pidgeot's splendid display, the Trainers on site couldn't hold back, sending out their own Pokémon to practice.

In no time, the training field bustled as various Pokémon flew back and forth, trying to imitate Pidgeot's moves.

Most Pokémon failed; they either flew too fast and hit obstacles, or turned insufficiently agile and tripped over them—hardly any could match Pidgeot's standard.

"Great King Swallow, give it a try." Ash prepared to take off its training gear, but Great King Swallow stared at him with determined eyes, its head slightly swaying, indicating it would go up as-is, no need to remove the equipment.

"Hiss—"

Great King Swallow let out a cry, full of vigor, flying along the route Pidgeot had just taken; for it, getting through those obstacles was no problem—what mattered most was staying steady, like Pidgeot, both steady and fast.

"Nice!" Shenping's eyes lit up, he looked admiringly at Great King Swallow and smiled, "You've basically got the Swallow Return essentials; just keep practicing!"

Great King Swallow's unwillingness to lose was fully aroused; it trained hard, though it hadn't reached Pidgeot's standard, it would not give up.

On the training field, Great King Swallow flew again and again, gradually closing the gap.

Even Trainers who were training their own Pokémon at the field saw Great King Swallow's frenzied training, were greatly shocked; even with weighted training, that aside, the key was it kept getting better and better!