Chapter 102: The World Behind the Mirror! And the Second Ash!

Even though Teddiursa noticed this time, it wanted to roll sideways again to dodge the attack,

But the Fearow whose speed had already doubled gave the opponent no chance to dodge at all.

Boom!

Accompanied by a loud bang, Xiujian Lao Jiang and Teddiursa's eyes all turned into circles, and they were instantly killed by the attack.

After defeating the opponent, Fearow let out a cold snort,

Kucha!

Regaining the black belt given by Ash from Teddiursa's embrace, Fearow rewrapped it around its shoulders.

At that moment,

The speed-doubling effect that made Fearow reluctant to leave, almost wanting to indulge in it, vanished without a trace instantly.

Kucha!

Fearow was startled, quickly removing the black belt again,

Too bad!

This time it did not trigger the speed-doubling effect, because at this stage Light Gear only triggers when snatched away.

Ash timely explained the effect of Light Gear to Fearow.

This finally cleared up Fearow's doubts.

Kucha!

Machamp Machamp!

The battle between the two elves continued, after witnessing Fearow's astonishing speed,

This time, Machamp showed no mercy, launching an attack proactively.

But after all... Fearow, besides having the Fighting type, also possesses the Flying type.

Relying on its astonishing leap, Fearow soared high, meeting Machamp's Mega Punch, and with a risky blow instantly killed Machamp.

A prompt of mission completion suddenly sounded in Ash's ears,

At the same time, the Ability on Fearow's data panel also changed.

【Ability】: Light Gear 1 (No items equipped, speed doubled)

The gaze moved downward,

Ash eagerly looked toward the preview of the second stage.

【Can be Enhanced】

【Ability】: Light Gear 2 (Speed doubled)

【Enhancement Mission】: Defeat a Flying or Fighting-type Gym-level opponent.

"Speed doubled?"

Although only four short words, the value of these four words was enough to make Ash feel surprised.

No restriction on carrying items, it's directly speed doubled, which is too fragrant.

At the same time, the power of the second stage also aroused Ash's curiosity,

If the second stage is already this powerful, what would the third stage be like?

Unfortunately,

Although Fearow's level is far above that of Koga Ninja Frog and Rocket Sparrow,

but the gap to defeating an eight-star Gym-level opponent is still huge; this holds true even if one chooses to challenge a Fighting-type opponent with double effectiveness.

In reality, the difference in values between a level 40 and a level 70+ Pokemon is simply too large.

However, Ash is not greedy either.

Just the effect of Light Gear 1 is already enough to satisfy Ash's current needs.

"You're amazing, Fearow!"

After checking the effect of the Ability enhancement,

Ash quickly came to Fearow's side, supporting the exhausted Fearow.

Once again,

Ash summoned the hidden Latias, and performed healing on the fallen Machamp and the severely exhausted Fearow.

Of course, the despicable Teddiursa and Xiujian Lao Jiang did not receive such treatment.

Regaining consciousness,

The awakened Machamp, although feeling somewhat resentful and disappointed about being defeated,

but still immediately expressed congratulations to Fearow, acknowledging his inferiority.

Facing such upright and righteous Machamp, Ash also did not stint on praise, smilingly complimenting Machamp a few words.

This made Machamp a bit embarrassed, scratching his head.

Since the capture has been completed, everyone must also continue the journey to Sara Gym.

"Then... from now on, Mr. Jinze and this forest will all be entrusted to you, Machamp, to take care of!"

Ash's group waved at Ranger Mr. Jinze and Machamp, then continued the journey.

Next day at noon,

The group arrived near a dazzling ore vein.

They found a place with relatively flat terrain, excellent environment, suitable for setting up camp.

Ash greeted Sera and Clemont,

"Let's stop first, prepare an afternoon meal, and rest a bit."

Okay!

Latios, help me recall everyone who is out training.

As Ash finished speaking, Latios obediently nodded.

The next moment,

Several figures training outside appeared before the group: Battle Bird, Koga Ninja Frog, Shiny Gardevoir, and Rocket Bird.

Everyone, take a break, play for a while, after lunch we'll continue training.

Rocket rocket~

Okay!

Kuga!

Kucha kucha!

Serena and Clemont also each released their own Pokemon.

Everyone, come out too!

As the Poké Balls opened, cute little creatures appeared one after another.

……

At the same time,

In the mine cave ahead, not far from where they were,

Hey, Xiao Lang, where exactly is this maze-like place? Have you figured it out?

Meow, can we even leave today?

How dare you say that, Musashi! It's all because you charged too hard just now, causing us to go too deep, resulting in no signal!

Wasn't it you who said this place might be full of diamonds, which made me rush in so fast? Setting aside my responsibility, don't you have any fault at all?

But I only said it was possible, I didn't say it definitely existed!

What do you mean? You mean we've ended up like this, and it's all my fault?

Then what else could I blame?

Hey, stop arguing, conserve your strength; if we can't figure out how to get out of this weird cave, we'll be trapped here forever and turn into dry bones, meow!

Turn into dry bones...

Xiao Lang!

Musashi!

The two exchanged a glance and both chickened out.

Let's just stop arguing for now!

Yeah, yeah, let's look for the exit again; maybe we'll get a signal and find out where we are.

Just as they were saying that,

As Meowth felt tired and accidentally touched a mirror,

The mirror immediately rippled like water and then turned into a passage.

At the same time, Xiao Lang saw his device suddenly connect to an unfamiliar network.

Huh? What network is this? I've never seen this symbol before!

Never mind, as long as we're connected, let's quickly check where we are and how to get out.

Oh oh, the location shows we're in a place called Mirror Cave.

And then?

Hey, look, there's an exit over there, meow!

Because they wanted to lean on the mirror to relax, but Meowth, who had fallen to the ground, was the first to discover the opened passage.

What? Where is it!

Following Meowth's pointing while fallen, the two indeed saw an exit right in front of them,

Really an exit, what are we waiting for? Musashi immediately got excited.

But I remember just now that place was clearly a mirror; is this sudden exit really reliable?

Xiao Lang seemed a bit hesitant,

How about we wait for me to finish reading the introduction first?

Geez, the exit is already out, what are you hesitating about?

While they were talking,

Musashi directly grabbed Xiao Lang, and together with Meowth they rushed into the entrance.

However,

During the tug, Xiao Lang's phone unfortunately fell to the ground.

Not long after the trio disappeared,

One who looked almost exactly like Ash, wearing almost identical clothes.

but a tearful boy walked out of the passage.

Pikachu! Where are you, Pikachu!

Clang clang clang clang!

Pika pi!

During their play, the two little ones entered the cave, following the scent of Ash, went deep into the cave, and finally reached the entrance.

Upon discovering it really was Ash, Pikachu was happy but also doubtful.

Overall, this Ash felt a bit unlike the Ash in their memory.

Just now that tearful look, he had never seen it on Ash in his whole life.

「Pikachu~! 」 Who are you?

「Great, Pikachu, I finally found you. 」

However, Ash didn't answer Pikachu's question, quickly stepped forward and hugged Pikachu.

In hesitation,

Feeling weird, Pikachu unleashed 100,000 volts, and Ash endured it calmly.

Alright, with such resistance to electricity, this must really be Ash.

「Pikachu, your electricity is really ample today! 」

Feeling emotive, Ash happily hugged Pikachu and returned to the world deep in the cave.

Thump-thump Mouse saw this and hurriedly followed.

Not long after they left, the passage that had just appeared quickly disappeared, turning back into a mirror.