Chapter 48: Black Satoshi Cracks the Trap of the Light Red Gym!

Ash and his companions have been through many things; now they are weary from their journey and have come to a small mountain village to look for food, but the bakery and vegetable shop here are completely empty. It turns out that the village's river has dried up, causing the crops to fail, and one of the culprits blocking the water flow is the sleeping Snorlax.

Many methods were tried, but none could wake the Snorlax.

At this point, Musashi came up with an idea.

Musashi recalled a childhood fairy tale he had read, in which a chapter told of Sleeping Beauty, where a prince's kiss could awaken the sleeping maiden. If Snorlax were Sleeping Beauty, let's wake it with a kiss from a prince Pokémon.

Brock thought of Xiaoxia's Ink Sea Horse, and Ash also felt its mouth was indeed similar. Although Xiaoxia was reluctant to summon her beloved Ink Sea Horse in a place without water, there was no choice; to wake the Snorlax, they just needed to call out this prince.

The Ink Sea Horse wasn't summoned, but instead a narcissistic Golduck ran out on its own and immediately gave the Snorlax a passionate kiss—yet nothing happened!

Moreover, Team Rocket sent out a fancy Meowth; its kiss made the Snorlax feel as if it were poisoned or having a nightmare, causing it great pain!

【Xiba: Haha, did Meowth eat something it shouldn't have? Even the Snorlax can't stand it!】

【Brock: It's possible; Snorlax is a big eater, having eaten many things, yet it still can't withstand Meowth's kiss!】

【Meowth: It's all Musashi and Kojiro's fault, and what are you laughing at? Be careful, I'll make you taste a frenzied scratching!】

Everyone watched Ash and his companions' journey, which was both warm and amusing.

Their squabbles with Team Rocket were still very funny.

Finally, Ash and his companions found a way to wake the Snorlax.

After replenishing supplies, Ash and his companions resumed their journey, settled some matters, arrived at a carnival, and they also intended to relax during the time the carnival was held.

They encountered the magician Ma Jian, but his performance failed again and he was kicked out by the boss.

And Ash, who had originally intended to help Ma Jian, began to obey Ma Jian's commands due to the hypnotic technique of Ma Jian's Egg Egg; seeing an opportunity, Ma Jian secretly took Ash to the Coconut Forest, had Ash defeat the Coconut Tree, then himself subdue the Coconut Tree, and planned to use the Coconut Tree's mass hypnosis on the people at the carnival.

Finally, the Coconut Tree collectively fell victim to its own hypnosis, causing great destruction to the urban area; to prevent the Coconut Tree from being injured by explosives, with the help of Ash's Charmander, they finally avoided a major disaster.

Charmander evolved into Charizard.

When Ash saw Charmander evolve, he was especially happy and went to hug it, but after evolving into a dinosaur, its temperament became completely different; as soon as Ash hugged it, it directly sprayed a face-full of fire at him.

【Yulongdu: No, this person's magic isn't even up to Team Rocket's standard, actually dabbling in heretical ways, almost causing a disaster.】

【Xiba: You know, I rarely side with Team Rocket; this Ma Jian still exploited the naive Ash, but fortunately afterward no greater loss occurred.】

Ash and his companions arrived at Neon Town, known as the Sleepless City, where they encountered a very cute Jigglypuff, and through Jigglypuff's voice they put all the town's residents to sleep!

Afterwards, Ash and his companions came to Big Fool Valley, famous for its fossil excavations and discoveries, and there they met their arch-rival Xiaomao.

It turned out that Xiaomao had also come to this place to excavate fossils; hearing that fossils had appeared here, Ash and his companions joined the fossil excavation team, but during the excavation the Team Rocket Trio kept showing up to cause trouble, and because the explosives detonated, Ash and Team Rocket fell together into the bottom of the cavern.

In the cavern, Ash and the Team Rocket Trio encountered the fossil Pokémon that had been slumbering in the cave and now awakened: they were Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte, and Omastar.

They were all believed to be extinct Pokémon, yet they were rediscovered; for self-defense, Ash and his companions battled the Kabutops, but they still couldn't match the fossil Pokémon's strength. Just when they didn't know what to do, the Kabutops suddenly sensed danger and withdrew, leaving Ash and Team Rocket to face an even more dangerous fossil Pokémon—Aerodactyl.

To deal with Aerodactyl, Ash sent out Charizard to battle it, but Charizard was still no match; as Aerodactyl pursued them, the cavern's hole was blown open, and Ash happened to be grabbed by Aerodactyl.

At that moment, Charizard and Pikachu also grabbed Aerodactyl's tail and escaped the spot; the Aerodactyl on the ground still didn't forget to mock Charizard, and unable to bear the taunt, Charizard was angered into evolving by Aerodactyl right then.

Afterwards, because Jigglypuff sang, Aerodactyl fell asleep and dropped back into the cavern, the cavern was resealed, and Ash ended up landing on Charizard's back, fortunately unharmed.

【Ash: My Charizard started disobeying me right here!】

【Ai Lan: That's because Charmander evolved, its level and strength have risen to a high stage, while you're still just an inexperienced rookie, so Charizard doesn't bother much with you. Even after evolving into Charizard, it still won't obey you; whether it fights Aerodactyl or not depends solely on its own mood.】

【Yulongdu: That's about right!】

【Brock: If Charizard would listen, Ash wouldn't have stopped at the top sixteen of the Stone League.】

【Ash: No problem, Charizard is very obedient now!】

It's time for the Black Light Screen to play.

Black Satoshi and his companions also happened to arrive at the Light Red Gym.

"This house is quite traditional!"

Xiaoxia looked around at the quiet surroundings.

Ash suddenly glanced at the furball hidden in the treetops, thought it over, and decided to enter the Gym first.

"Be careful, there are many traps inside!"

Speaking of traps, Xiaoxia hid behind Ash, grabbing his shoulder.

"Could this be the Gym's test? Are they wanting us to pass the traps before we can challenge the Gym?"

Brock speculated.

"Quite likely."

The furball walked over to attract Ash and them.

They still followed it.

However, Black Satoshi did not encounter as many traps as White Satoshi had.

With the boost of Wave Guide Power, Black Satoshi knew in advance where the Light Red Gym had set its traps, and he didn't trigger a single one.

He even found Aya's hidden spot.