Chapter 12: Assist-attack Superhuman Yurie!

Bulatenuo Research Institute Hall,

Explosive mist dispersed, revealing a ruined pit, and the comatose Fierce Bite Land Shark at the pit's center,

The doctor anxiously stepped forward to check the Fierce Bite Land Shark's condition,

"Are you alright? Fierce Bite Land Shark!"

Putting the Fierce Bite Land Shark away, sending it to the treatment room for equipment therapy,

The first thing the doctor did after relaxing was to thank Ash.

"Thank you, Ash! Thanks to you, we could easily resolve this trouble."

Ash hearing this couldn't help but feel embarrassed,

If he hadn't come, the Rocket Team wouldn't have appeared here,

"How much loss did the doctor's research institute suffer this time?"

"Um…… only the floor, walls, handrails, ceiling, and dome were damaged; no valuable equipment was destroyed,

Besides the dome being a bit expensive, the rest wouldn't cost much, at most 200,000.""

Ash immediately took out a bank card from his bag and handed it to the doctor,

"This is a 1,000,000 card, the password is six zeros."

The doctor was slightly stunned, "What is this?"

"Please, doctor, you must accept this; after all, if I hadn't come, those guys wouldn't have shown up here."

"How could that be?!" The doctor frowned, "Besides, the repair cost is 200,000; why are you giving me 1,000,000?"

Facing Ash's embarrassed expression,

Gradually, as the doctor realized Ash's implication, for future visits, he would first pay this conclusion,

The doubt on his face gradually turned into horror,

Still need to explode four more times?!

Finally! After Ash's repeated persuasion and showing off his wealth, indicating that a mere 1,000,000 is nothing,

And if no similar incidents occur afterward, the doctor can choose to return it; then Ash will not refuse anymore,

After much persuasion, the doctor still accepted the money,

This let Ash breathe a sigh of relief,

In fact, the reason Ash was so generous,

Not only because the research institute was destroyed, but more importantly, Ash previously snatched Bulatano's Mega Evolution research,

If he doesn't make him compensate a bit, Ash himself would feel uneasy in his heart.

……

After dealing with the Rocket Team's attack, the sky had already entered dusk,

It's getting late; if one doesn't want to stay in the dark forest, one must wait until tomorrow to travel,

The doctor then took the opportunity to urge Ash, Serena, and others to stay, and booked a table at the best hotel in Mi Alei City for a big meal,

The big meal was fine,

As for lodging, it's hard to describe,

After Ash toured the research institute's long-abandoned, uncleaned guest rooms' living environment,

Ultimately, Ash decided,

to stay at the nearby Spirit Center.

The doctor, who followed to inspect the rooms' current state, also felt embarrassed to urge them to stay,

He merely reminded the four to sort out their lodging and remember to come for the meal,

Clemont and Yurie naturally also chose to go together, but when splitting rooms, a small hiccup occurred,

"Only two rooms left?"

Clemont frowned slightly, "How about... I and Ash..."

He hadn't finished speaking when Yurie interrupted him,

"No no, I want Pigeon, I want to share a room with Pigeon!"

Yurie's suggestive words instantly caused silence and blushing,

Leaving Clemont speechless for a long time,

Starting from Miss Qiao Yi, more and more strange glances in the living room were directed over,

Only then did Clemont react, his face flushed as he fell into panic,

"Yurie!!! Be normal for me!"

Saying that, he wanted to give Yurie a good lesson,

However, being a physically weak person who never exercises, plus carrying a heavy mechanical backpack, how could he catch up to the mischievous Yurie,

The capture operation failed miserably, and Yurie easily dodged it.

After leading his brother into the hallway corner, Yurie, who dodged her brother's attack by moving in the opposite direction, turned her head and didn't forget to give Serena an encouraging look,

Small in stature but big in spirit, and she did a great job!

This is Ash's evaluation of Yurie,

This scene also made Miss Qiao Yi, who originally intended to call the police, silently put down her phone,

Instead, she eyed Ash and Serena with ambiguous and gossipy looks,

Accommodation required identification,

Naturally, Miss Qiao Yi had already recognized Ash's legendary status as a five-time champion,

By this point, Serena finally came to her senses thanks to Yurie's encouragement and Miss Qiao Yi's gossip,

After realizing the other room was occupied by Clemont and Yurie siblings,

I wondered what result awaited me.

Thinking that it was only the first day of reuniting, I would have to share a room with Ash.

Serena's pretty face instantly flushed red.

I even completely forgot how I ended up following Ash into the room afterward.

"I'm going to call home; Serena, do you want to come along?"

Putting down my things,

Ash turned his head to look at Serena, who stood there dazed, and gave a slight smile.

"Don't be nervous; I'll sleep on the sofa tonight, leaving the bed for you."

"How can that work?"

Feeling Ash's strange gaze, Serena nervously clenched her fists and quickly explained,

"... I mean, we can share the bed, with a blanket separating us."

"Okay."

Ash didn't think much, nodded and agreed,

He agreed…… unexpectedly so easily agreed……

Inviting a boy to share a bed……

Ah, what am I saying!!!

Serena felt shy yet somewhat anticipatory, her mind in turmoil,

Fortunately, her attention was soon diverted by Ash's dialing,

In the lobby corner, Ash placed a video call home,

Actually, a video call could be made with a mobile phone,

But given the small screen and long-standing habit, Ash chose to come to the lobby to use the large-screen phone to communicate with home.

He briefly told Hanako that he had safely arrived in Kalos,

Hanako also noticed Serena in the video corner, her pink fists clenched, torn between heaven and man,

Realizing she was a potential new daughter-in-law, she couldn't help but lift the corners of her mouth,

Well done, truly my son!

Hanako warmly greeted Serena,

Upon realizing Serena was the little girl Ash met at the summer camp, she even personally gave her a boost,

"Oh, it's you; I still remember vividly—back then Ash kept saying he'd marry you when he grew up."

"Really…… really?"

The naive Serena's pretty face turned crimson, full of nervousness and anticipation.

"'Of course it's fake; even if I had that thought, how could I possibly blurt it out like a child?'"

I wanted to retort,

but Ash also knew that exposing his mother's lie at this moment wasn't a good choice,

so he only gave Serena an almost imperceptible nod when she unconsciously glanced at him with a questioning look,

This wasn't exactly lying,

after all, aside from not saying it outright, he indeed thought that in his heart.

Undoubtedly, that nod elicited an even stronger reaction from Serena,

her face flushed red, so nervous she could barely speak,

After Serena finally calmed down and made the call home, the test shifted to Ash instead.

Unlike the kindness and joy with Hanako,

when seeing Ash, Serena's mother Sachi was more filled with dissatisfaction,

this was completely different from the kindness she originally showed when facing Ash alone,

one reason is that in this life, Ash and Serena's connection has never been broken, causing Sachi to notice her daughter has an early love interest in daily life,

she subconsciously treats Ash as a future son-in-law, unintentionally becoming much stricter,

on the other hand, one cannot help mentioning Ash's various scandalous rumors,

Cynthia, Iris, even the Kalos Champion Serena, plus Dawn, and the Unova genius trainer Ming yi……

If they were replaced by a few pretty ordinary girls, Sachi, as a Kalos native, wouldn't care,

partly because she has confidence in her daughter,

and partly because she knows her daughter's feelings for Ash have lasted over ten years, unshakable by ordinary people.

But these people are just too outrageous,

especially Cynthia, whom all women look up to, with her figure, looks, background, and strength, surpassing all women in every way—she's too strong!

But seeing Serena constantly speaking up in defense of Ash,

Sachi felt heartbroken yet also realized her nitpicking couldn't change her daughter's mind,

in the end she could only change her attitude, greeting with a smile,

After asking Ash to take care of Serena, she additionally gave Serena a few words of advice,

Watching them smile and say goodbye to her and herself, Sachi hung up the phone,

Ash, lost in thought, wondered whether this counted as passing the mother-in-law's initial review?