Chapter 36

【Brock: What? Black Satoshi is warming up, is he wanting to learn from Xiba the Heavenly King and personally fight a Poké Ball?】

【Xiba: Haha, Black Satoshi has been training with Poké Balls on his journey all along; maybe he's been waiting for this day, to personally enter the battle and capture a Poké Ball.】

【Shitron: In Bai Shijie, Ash's physique is strong, but Black Satoshi focuses more on his own training; maybe he could actually defeat the Monkey Monster.】

【Juzi: It's very likely that trainers coming out of Pallet Town are just different; Old Man Oak is like that too.】

【Professor Oak: Nonsense! That's just me being passive; I haven't actively challenged any Poké Balls, I'm still far behind Black Satoshi, and I'm not some psychic.】

「Ash, be careful! 」

Seeing Ash preparing to personally enter the battle against the Monkey Monster, Xiaoxia's face showed some worry; although Ash has the Wave Guide Power and often trains, he is after all still a human, and there are still some differences between him and Poké Balls.

Since seeing Ash's battle with Nazi, Brock has gained a new understanding of Ash's strength; he now believes Ash definitely has a good chance to defeat the Monkey Monster.

Ash never does things he isn't sure of.

「Hoka—」

Just as they were daydreaming, the Monkey Monster rushed over, grinning ferociously, throwing punch after punch at Ash.

Ash faced the Monkey Monster's fierce attack, his gaze becoming sharper, fully focused on dodging each punch.

His body moved lightly left and right, like a nimble Pikachu, weaving through the Monkey Monster's punches with ease.

The Monkey Monster, seeing that his many punches failed to hit this human, became even more enraged. His face showed an even more ferocious expression, and the power and speed of his punches increased again.

Ash's expression remained unchanged; he calmly observed the Monkey Monster's attack movements.

Suddenly, as the Monkey Monster threw another punch, he skillfully sidestepped and at the same time grabbed its arm.

At that moment, Ash's power exploded; he exerted a strong force, throwing the Monkey Monster's entire body out.

However, the Monkey Monster tumbled a few times in the air and quickly regained its balance.

Hoka—o(one︿one+)o

Seeing Ash leisurely dodge its attack, the monkey monster's anger flared even more. Looking around, it saw the two people and several Poké Balls watching, which made it feel even more ashamed and angry, that it couldn't even beat this human!

It jumped on the spot a few times, each leap carrying strong anger, and let out a few roars.

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, the monkey monster suddenly changed, a splendid rainbow light appeared on its body, instantly enveloping it entirely.

Evolution?

Ash was somewhat astonished, this guy, unable to beat him, got so angry it wanted to evolve?

He had never encountered such a Poké Ball before!

The two spectators and the Poké Balls were also stunned, the monkey monster couldn't beat Ash and was so angry it wanted to evolve!

【Musashi: Oh ho, Kojiro's iconic scene, the Evolution Kick can't be seen.】

【Kojiro: I don't think it's necessary to see that scene; when the monkey monster evolves into a Blazing Monkey due to violent anger, that guy's temper becomes more explosive and his strength greater!】

【Meow: Yeah, I feel like I'm getting beaten too, no need to go through those hardships, meow.】

【Ash: It's all your own doing.】

【Xiaoxia: Exactly, you Team Rocket just love to bring trouble on yourselves, suffer yourself, why not just think about catching Pikachu?】

【Kojiro: No way, one thing at a time, we still have to catch Pikachu!】

【Musashi: Exactly, we've followed you for several regions; if we just give up like that, wouldn't we be losing out?】

【Ash: ……】

"You brats, what are you playing at?"

Team Rocket jumped out, pointing their swords at Pikachu: "Pikachu, are you coming over yourself, or are we going to grab you ourselves?"

Their target has always been Pikachu!

Pikachu leaned against the stone block, yawned, and glanced at the bombastic Team Rocket.

Also, Wonder Frog Seed and its two companions were each doing their own things, having had many dealings with the Team Rocket trio, surely

?

The three looked at Team Rocket in astonishment, how dare they say such a thing?

They seemed to be looked down upon...... The Team Rocket trio saw Pikachu's contemptuous gaze, but before they could act, they were stared down by the nearby Blazing Monkey.

After the monkey monster evolved into a Blazing Monkey, it originally intended to find Ash to continue fighting, but the Team Rocket trio suddenly jumped out, interrupting their battle.

Without Ash and Pikachu needing to act, the still-angry Blazing Monkey first gave the Team Rocket trio a lesson, counting it as practice for its newly evolved self!

"Puchaa～"

Having driven off Team Rocket, the Blazing Monkey still wanted to keep fighting Ash, but hadn't managed to snag the cap yet.

"Big Claw Crab, you fight the monkey monster!"

Ash wanted to see how the Big Claw Crab had learned from its seniors in the backyard of Professor Oak's Lab.

The Big Claw Crab stepped forward, blowing bubbles, looking at the Blazing Monkey with an innocent expression.

"Kukuee～"

The Blazing Monkey looked down at the underdeveloped Big Claw Crab, the cross-shaped veins on its forehead twitching—this little guy, are you sure you want to fight me?

He slapped the Big Claw Crab's head with his fist, seeming to see the contempt in the Blazing Monkey's eyes; the Big Claw Crab's gaze turned sharp, and it immediately clamped its claws onto the Blazing Monkey's fist.

"Puchaa～" The Blazing Monkey felt a pain shoot through its fist, but before it could pull free from the Big Claw Crab's grasp, a large claw loomed ahead.

The Blazing Monkey quickly raised its other hand to block, but still couldn't stop it, and was blown away directly by the large claw.

"Boom!"

The Blazing Monkey's body was slammed onto the stone block, it passed out, and the stone block shattered with a bang.

"Is this really a Big Claw Crab?"

Xiaoxia stood where she was, her beautiful eyes flashing with surprise.

The tiny Big Claw Crab actually contained such great energy—one claw strike knocked the Blazing Monkey flat!

Brock widened his eyes, looking at the shattered stone block behind the Blazing Monkey—this claw's power is just too great!

No wonder Squirtle got its tail pinched by Kingler back then and was yelling loudly.

With such strength, it's understandable why Squirtle screamed so miserably!

outstanding nun (ノへ￣、)

Seeing Kingler's big claw, Squirtle inexplicably felt a chill, and its tail hurt again.

After capturing Primeape, because the party was full, it was sent back to Professor Oak.

"Kingler, it seems you've learned a lot at Professor Oak's place!"

Ash put two iron rings on Kingler's claw and found that Kingler could easily lift them.

It was the first, besides Pikachu, to lift the iron rings so easily.

Moreover, after lifting the iron rings it could strike quickly, smashing the nearby stone pedestal with one claw.

Each iron ring weighs over thirty catties, and Kingler's strength is even greater than Ash imagined.

Kingler still had that innocent gaze, shaking its two big claws.

This isn't heavy either!