Chapter 38: White Ash has cross‑dressed, so Black Ash can't be left behind!

Bai Shijie —

Ash's group, having obtained the Rainbow Badge, arrived at Yo Yo Yo Town, resolving the electric waves from Dream Eater people that hypnotized humans, leaving the Pokémon Center's Pokémon listless and children missing.

At the Pokémon Center, the Pokémon all regained their spirits, only Psyduck remained worried; Brock, thoughtful and attentive to Miss Joy, suggested Xiaoxia catch Psyduck, but Xiaoxia was unwilling to catch such a braindead Psyduck.

Leaving the Pokémon Center, Psyduck followed them all the way; Xiaoxia tripped over a stone, her Poké Ball fell out unexpectedly, and Psyduck voluntarily entered Xiaoxia's Poké Ball.

【Cherry Blossom: This... this Psyduck seems destined for Xiaoxia to catch.】

【Iris: Tsk tsk, the more they disliked it then, the more they like it now, saying one thing but feeling another.】

【Peony: Moreover, this Psyduck is no ordinary Water-type Pokémon; it has strong psychic abilities, but there's a flaw that's not good.】

【Gertrude: What flaw? Is it a flaw in the psychic ability?】

【Brock: It's that Psyduck can't swim; it's a land duck.】

【Ma Zhishi: Ah? A Psyduck baby that can't swim?】

【Xiaoxia: It's true it can't swim, but it's not a baby; its psychic power is very strong.】

【Ash: When Psyduck's head is attacked, it releases powerful psychokinesis; Team Rocket suffered from it.】

【Jessie: Although I don't want to admit it, we indeed suffered a loss at that Psyduck; we were careless, thinking that Psyduck was stupid and easy to bully, but who knew that Psyduck was playing possum to eat a tiger, its psychokinesis so strong!】

【Meowth: Exactly, I just patted its head, and it suddenly used psychic power on me!】

This Psyduck looks even more dopey than usual Psyduck, yet it's really that strong—how can you not believe it?

After catching Psyduck, Ash's group headed to Breeder Street.

Brock saw his long-time crush Xiaoxue; not only because Xiaoxue herself is a beauty, but also because Xiaoxue is an outstanding Pokémon breeder, Brock's idol, and he asked her to take him as an apprentice; however, Xiaoxue ultimately felt her own abilities lacking and did not accept him as an apprentice, but as a connection with Brock, she entrusted her Six-Tail to him.

Afterwards Ash entered a Fighting-type Pokémon tournament, short for P1 Tournament; before that they met a man who only thought about the P1 Tournament, neglecting family and abandoning his daughter, his desire for the unattainable P1 Tournament champion had driven him mad.

The Fighting-type adept Blaziken fought its way to the finals; Team Rocket meddled in the final but didn't change the outcome; ultimately Ash's Blaziken defeated Shawa Lang and won the tournament championship, though later Blaziken was taken by Shan Dou of the Fighting Spirit Gym.

【Xiaomao: No way, Ash, sending away such a strong Blaziken—this old man's behavior is too embarrassing; wanting a championship but not raising his own Pokémon, and he can't even become champion himself, yet he wants to raise a championship Blaziken—isn't this just ridiculous?】

【Ma Zhishi: Entrusting its training...... I really couldn't imagine; if you said to give it to a stronger trainer to raise, that would barely be acceptable, but you actually gave Blaziken to someone who lost to Team Rocket to raise—what could he train? If he truly had ability, he wouldn't have challenged so many times without winning a championship.】

【Xiba: For the P1 Tournament championship, he's been holed up in the mountains, ignoring his family; this guy has gone mad, yet his own strength isn't enough to win the P1 Tournament championship, so he set his sights on Blaziken.】

【Juzi: Ash, your heart is huge; I know you do it for the Pokémon's good, you'll do anything beneficial to them, but you must also consider the actual situation, not just easily believe others saying something is good for your Pokémon and send them away. Also regarding raising Pokémon, shouldn't you look for Old Man Oak?】

Watching the comments on the Light Screen, Ash suddenly realized his Pokémon should be raised by himself—just like Black Satoshi would; if he faced Shan Dou borrowing Blaziken, he would surely refuse without hesitation.

Shan Dou also didn't speak; likely not an elite trainer, he went to Professor Oak for help to get Blaziken back, not knowing how Blaziken is faring.

When he first began his journey, he indeed made many mistakes, not over‑training his Pokémon, not thinking much during battles; looking back now, that was indeed him being too rash, lacking the knowledge a trainer should have.

Bai Shijie Ash's group arrived at the overly polluted industrial city Black Yun City; Pikachu felt unwell and began leaking electricity, so Ash's group took Pikachu to the Pokémon Center, resulting in a sudden city‑wide blackout.

It turned out that a large amount of unknown sludge had occupied the power plant, blocking its drainage and causing the outage; thanks to Ash's group's efforts, the leaking Pikachu attracted many Magnemite and Magneton, which drove away the sludge swarm, and Ash thus caught Grimer.

Immediately after, Ash's group came to the forest dam development site; the roads were constantly destroyed by mole groups, the dam project kept being obstructed, the project foreman hated the moles and summoned nearby trainers.

Ash also ran into his old acquaintance Xiaomao here.

Upon meeting, they began mocking each other; Xiaomao drove a luxury car with a beautiful woman ahead to the meeting point.

They found the moles, but who knew the trainers' Pokémon refused to battle; ultimately Ash's group followed the moles and realized the mole groups were protecting the forest's safety—building the dam would flood the forest and cost many Pokémon lives.

【Yulongdu: Excessive development has already disrupted the balance between cities, Pokémon, and nature.】

【Xiba: I hope broadcasting this incident on the Light Screen will warn those currently destroying the ecological environment.】

【Professor Oak: Know that Pokémon refusing to leave their Poké Balls to fight implicitly shows they share the moles' opinion, having the same sense of mission to protect nature; moreover, moles and Magneton can create forests—because of them we have countless forests.】

Everyone agreed with Professor Oak's words; people should coexist with nature and not over‑develop it.

The White Light Curtain dimmed, and the Black Light Screen flickered into view.

They were quite amazed by Ash's group's experiences, feeling that all sorts of good and bad things had befallen them.

Although Ash's early behavior drew criticism, new trainers inevitably make mistakes.

Making mistakes isn't scary; what's scary is knowing you're wrong and not correcting it—and Ash himself is gradually growing!!!

They looked toward the Black Light Screen, full of anticipation.

White Ash has cross‑dressed, so what about Black Ash!

Black Light Screen —

Ash's group also arrived at Rainbow City.

First they rested at the Pokémon Center; Brock chatted daily with Miss Joy, who learned they were coming to challenge the Gym, so she told them the Gym Leader Lily is not currently at the Gym, and the Gym doors are tightly closed—perhaps the Leader has matters to attend to, likely opening only tomorrow.

「Challenging the Gym tomorrow is fine. 」

「I heard Rainbow City is one of the largest cities in the Kanto region, second only to the eastern metropolis Goldenrod City. Besides, there are many novelties here, so let's stroll around Rainbow City! 」

Ash wasn't too discouraged, planning to spend this time strolling around Rainbow City with Xiaoxia and Brock.