Chapter 94: Regional Form Pokémon!

【Dunmei: The gym rules I set up pose no difficulty for Black Satoshi; it can be said that this is the easiest badge he has obtained.】

Those two items are even easier for Blastoise. Not to mention Blastoise has Wave Guide backing; even Blastoise's usual training is to improve move accuracy, and it trains together with Pidgeot and Charizard.

So the rules of Xiaogan Gym happen to hit Blastoise's strength; losing is not unjust. Moreover, I of the Black World should have noticed that Black Satoshi's Blastoise is unusual, and having already won two matches beforehand, there's no need to have a third match.

【Ma Zhishi: Fortunately your brother didn't battle Black Satoshi, otherwise it would make one doubt life. Just now I saw Black Satoshi's stance, it seemed like he was about to send out Pikachu.】

【Xiao Jian: Probably not. Black Satoshi is interested in battles, but he wouldn't give Quan Tai difficulty, right?】

【Ash: Indeed, there's no need to send out Pikachu; just send out Charizard, they're pretty much the same!】

The Black Light Screen dimmed, and the White Light Curtain lit up.

Ash and his companions picked up a bottle during their journey, saw a note asking trainers who had seen Crystal Onix to contact them, and subsequently arrived at Tangerine Island, known for its glassware production.

They happened to meet A Gong and his sister Zheng Mei; according to A Gong, his grandfather had seen Crystal Onix somewhere on the island, which gave him the inspiration for making glass crafts.

But now he lacks inspiration and cannot produce works suitable for display in the shop.

Although A Gong does a decent job, he always feels something is missing; his creations don't resemble living Pokémon, whereas his grandfather's are lifelike Pokémon.

So he also wants to seek inspiration, hoping to create works as good as his grandfather's.

Moreover, Ash and his companions also saw the Crystal Onix statue made by A Gong's grandfather, which is indeed very beautiful.

Ash and his companions also promised to help look for Crystal Onix.

【Xiba: Crystal Onix? Could it be another regional form?】

Giant Onix became large due to abundant resources on Pallet Town's mountain; then the Crystal Onix appearing on Tangerine Island, could it be from eating lots of crystal?】

【Da Wu: Quite likely; maybe there are still some rare stones hidden here.】

【Brock: Crystal Onix? I missed it!】

In fact, Crystal Onix does exist on Tangerine Island; this Crystal Onix lives on a subsidiary island of Tangerine Island, and the two islands expose a water route at fixed times due to low tide.

And Crystal Onix indeed resides on a subsidiary island of Tangerine Island; between these two islands, at specific times a hidden water route is revealed by low tide.

Following this water route inward, one discovers a dazzling crystal cave. Every inch of the cave's space is inlaid with clear, sparkling crystals that flash with charming light in the faint illumination.

And the Crystal Onix hides in the lake inside the mountain cave.

The Crystal Onix emerges from the water, its appearance extremely cool, its whole body sparkling as if made of crystal.

Unlike ordinary Onix, Crystal Onix seems completely unrestricted by water; not only is it unafraid of water, it can swim freely in water.

Initially, A Gong specially prepared a Rock-type Pokémon feared by Onix—a Water-type Pokémon, Spiky Shell—to capture Crystal Onix, but actually Spiky Shell's Water-type moves inflicted no damage on Crystal Onix; instead, Fire Dinosaur's Fire-type moves effectively struck it.

What surprised everyone was that Crystal Onix is not afraid of Water-type moves, but fears Fire-type moves.

Could it be that the Orange Archipelago specializes in producing regional form Pokémon?

【Xiba: Awesome, a Onix that comes out of the water and isn't afraid of water!】

【Professor Kukui: This Crystal Onix probably isn't Steel-type or Water-type, right? It doesn't fear Water-type moves, only fears Fire-type moves.】

【Professor Neimu: Due to changes in its ecological environment, Crystal Onix's attributes have actually changed as well; from being able to move in water and not fearing Water-type moves, we can infer it is not Rock-type, whereas Fire-type moves deal high damage to it, possibly Ice-type or Steel-type.】

【Professor Daimu: Ash, you're an eyewitness; can you tell what type that Crystal Onix is?】

【Ash: I don't know; I didn't pay much attention at the time.】

A Gong gained inspiration by 'fire-roasting' Crystal Onix, without capturing it.

After Ash and his companions had witnessed this, they left Tangerine Island.

Not long after leaving, they unexpectedly arrived at a miraculous island called Pink Island.

On Pink Island, all the Pokémon are pink, and the surroundings are all whirlpools, making it hard for ordinary people to enter.

Not long after landing, they encountered a pink Rhydon. This Rhydon differs in color from ordinary Rhydon; its entire body is pink, while other aspects are roughly the same.

Xiao Jian, as a Pokémon observer, was full of curiosity about this pink Rhydon, eagerly approached it, and began meticulously recording its various information.

Meanwhile, Ash walked straight up to the Rhydon, unaware of the impending danger, but then was chased by the Rhydon; in an emergency, Celebi used Instant Transmission, and they all left the cliff.

Soon they met the local Nurse Joy Junsha, who said that there are hardly any humans on this island, and the Rhydon is not naturally pink; it turned pink from eating the island's fruit, but only temporarily.

Professor Daimu then told Ash and them that Pink Orange Island has not yet begun targeted ecological research; if the world learned of the existence of those rare pink Pokémon, there might be vicious thieves who would snatch them, and since those people don't know how to raise pink Pokémon, they would make them sick, so secrecy is still necessary.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket intended to capture the pink Pokémon, and Ash and his companions immediately came out to drive them away.

After leaving Pink Orange Island, Ash and his companions saw a group of people.

That group was a reporter team, planning to broadcast a news item about fossils.

Ash and his companions also joined in, aiming to dig up fossils.

During the excavation, a man deliberately created difficulties, aiming to stop their team from continuing to dig.

He warned everyone that if they kept digging, something terrible would happen.

Leading the team to the cave to have a look, it so happened that due to Team Rocket's meddling, those fossils were bathed in bloody moonlight, and the Fossil Helmets instantly awakened.

With the Fossil Helmets' uprising, the entire island began to suffer unprecedented destruction. Originally solid ground became soft due to the Fossil Helmets' activity, cracks crisscrossed, trees and rocks on the island collapsed violently, and only then did people realize the island was composed of Fossil Helmets; now that the Fossil Helmets have revived, the whole island collapses and sinks.

Night fell, a blood-red moon hung in the sky, its light filtered through the clouds; the bloody moonlight and the island's sinking complemented each other, shining upon the shattered island.

【Professor Daimu: The words I said on Pink Orange Island turned out to be effective here; these people fundamentally don't know the dormant state of the Fossil Helmets, recklessly developing, and Team Rocket too, causing the whole island to sink.】

【Musashi: It's all those archaeologists and that reporter; if they were willing to listen to that old man, none of this would have happened.】

【Ash: You're no better off either.】

【Kojiro: We were never good people to begin with, and we're Team Rocket; we don't need others to be good to us!】

Quite reasonable!!!