Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile

Chapter 291 Meeting the Parents, Heading to Dragon Island, the Foundation of the Dragon Clan!

Chapter 291 Meeting the Parents, Heading to Dragon Island, the Foundation of the Dragon Clan!

The next morning, Ash and the others set off back to Pallet Town. Although Brock was very puzzled as to why Ash and Misty's atmosphere had changed after they returned in the evening, he knew it was their private matter and he couldn't pry into everything.

It's quite obvious that both Xiaoxia and Xiaozhi seemed to have grown up a lot after they came back last night. It's not about their character or age, but something much deeper.

Xiao Gang vaguely guessed something, but he couldn't believe his guess. If it was really as he guessed, then their relationship was progressing way too fast! They only confirmed their relationship yesterday, and they already went to first base last night? That can't be right—

This question may only be answered someday in the future. Anyway, Ash and Misty can't exactly go up to Brock and say, "We kissed last night," can they? That would be a bit too much of a jerk.

Upon returning to Pallet Town, the three of them immediately went to Ash's house to drop off their luggage. Hanako greeted them warmly, and then instantly sensed the awkward atmosphere between her son and Misty.

The atmosphere between the two was completely different from when they last came back. If it was just Xia's unrequited love before, now they felt like they were mutually in love. As someone who had been through it all, Hanako could tell at a glance.

Before Hanako could ask anything, Satoshi, after putting down his luggage, took Misty's hand and stood in front of Hanako, saying, "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Misty."

"Hello, Aunt Hanako!" Xiaoxia bowed to Hanako with a flushed face. She knew she would have to tell Hanako about this sooner or later, but Xiaozhi's revelation was too abrupt. In the blink of an eye, she was suddenly introduced to Hanako as her girlfriend. She was not prepared at all!

The main problem is that Ash didn't tell her on the way back that he was going to talk to Hanako directly, so she thought it would take some time!

However, on the other hand, Xiaozhi's open and honest admission of his girlfriend's status on screen made Xiaoxia feel warm inside and full of security.

That's Xiaozhi for you. She's always straightforward, no matter the situation, and never hides anything. Someone like that, even if she cheats on someone in the future, she'll probably just tell them to her face.

After seeing that her guess had come true, Hanako was overjoyed: "Great, great, great! I never thought this day would come. Mom thought you were going to be alone forever. Misty, thank you for taking a liking to our Satoshi. If Satoshi bullies you, just tell me, and I'll definitely teach him a lesson!"

Xiaoxia covered her mouth and chuckled, while Xiaozhi's lips twitched slightly as he said somewhat irritably, "How can you belittle your own son like that? I'm just as good, okay!"

"Your looks are definitely inherited from your mother, and your abilities as a trainer are also quite remarkable, but your emotional intelligence is too low, Ash~ Mom has always been worried about what would happen if you couldn't find a wife. Now that's great, it's wonderful that someone has taken a liking to you."

Ash rolled his eyes but didn't refute Hanako's words. To be fair, what Hanako said wasn't wrong at all. If it were based on his previous emotional intelligence, he would indeed have had a hard time finding even one girlfriend. He wondered how Gary had six girlfriends.

However, he has a girlfriend now, so he can't be outdone by Xiao Mao in this respect. Although Xiao Mao has six girlfriends while he only has one, it's not about quantity but quality when it comes to girlfriends.

Putting aside how beautiful Misty is, her status as a gym leader alone is enough to outshine all of Gary's girlfriends!

After receiving the good news, Hanako happily went to the kitchen to prepare lunch for Satoshi and the others. Since she hadn't bought a lot of groceries that morning, she couldn't make a celebratory meal. But that's okay, she could make it for dinner.

While Hanako was cooking, Ash and Misty went to Professor Oak's lab, where they saw Professor Oak still conducting research on Forsaken, and Gary training his Pokémon.

Although he achieved a respectable fourth place at the Indigo League, it wasn't enough for Gary. He wanted to surpass Ash and take first place!

However, ordinary effort is definitely not enough to achieve this, so he must double his training during Ash's relaxation time!

As a result, during the time he was training, Ash actually found a girlfriend, which completely exceeded Gary's expectations.

"That hothead actually managed to find a girlfriend?" That was Xiao Mao's first reaction.

His second thought was that Xiaozhi's progress would inevitably slow down after he got a girlfriend!

After all, he had experienced several mornings where his back ached so badly he couldn't get out of bed. Although Xiao Zhi was only one person, there was only an exhausted ox, not a field that had been over-plowed.

It's only a matter of time before Ash becomes like him, and that's when he'll surpass him!

Now Shigeru understands: women only affect the speed at which he swings his Poké Balls!

However, even so, he would never abandon his girlfriend. But he might have to ignore them for a while before he surpasses Ash. He won't give up unless there is really no hope left!

After Ash reintroduced Misty to the two at Professor Oak's lab, he went to the backyard, where all his Pokémon gathered around, their faces beaming with joy.

During the Indigo League, everyone had a chance to fight, and almost everyone defeated at least one Pokémon. This achievement was due to Ash's reasonable allocation of resources.

Otherwise, given the intensity of this Indigo League conference and their ranking within Ash's team, it would be quite difficult for them to participate and defeat the opposing Pokémon.

Among them, Infernape is the most grateful to Ash. It is the Pokémon that joined the team the shortest time ago, but its feelings for Ash are exceptionally deep. Without Ash, it wouldn't be where it is today.

Infernape doesn't actually hold any resentment towards Shinji, even though Shinji's training of him is extremely strict and harsh, and even brought him to the brink of death multiple times without treating him. In reality, Shinji was only trying to unleash his potential.

Before coming to Ash's side, the only time he activated Mega Blaze was when he was cornered and almost died. His body's potential was unleashed, and he defeated all his opponents.

This is why Shinji used such harsh training and did not treat him.

Shinji was strict with the other Pokémon, but it was by no means abusive. On the contrary, he was treated like a stepmother, not getting enough to eat or sleep, and not being able to go to the Pokémon Center to recover.

Even so, he had no complaints against Shinji; Infernape only blamed itself, wondering why—

Why can't it get stronger even after all this? Even after being abandoned by Shinji, Infernape felt that it was its own fault for letting Shinji down.

Ash's taking him in brought him redemption. He not only experienced unprecedented gentleness from Ash, but also felt stronger. With Ash by his side, those difficult wishes seemed to become within reach.

In the end, he had made up for all his regrets, but there was one thing he still hadn't achieved: gaining Shinji's approval. This is why he fought so hard in the final championship match.

His relentless, all-out effort was so impressive that even the Abandoned Monkey and Charizard had to exclaim in amazement. They were already giving it their all, but this guy was even more of a heavyweight!

Infernape's ability to advance from its current elite form in such a short time is due to its willpower, which far surpasses that of ordinary Pokémon, and its persistent efforts.

Now, thanks to Ash and Venusaur's treatment, Infernape has fully recovered without any aftereffects. However, Ash still warned Infernape that it should not use that method of battle again, as the risks involved are too great.

Ash would never have agreed to Infernape fighting like this if Infernape hadn't been so obsessed with it.

Infernape readily agreed. As for whether it would be like that in the future—that would depend on the battle. Right now, it was fighting for only one person: Ash!

If the battle he had to fight for Ash had to be won, then he would absolutely win for Ash, even if it meant risking his life!

After spending some time with the Pokémon in the backyard, Ash released all the Pokémon he had. After the Indigo League, the only Pokémon he carried were Pikachu, Charizard, Gardevoir, Lucario, Mewtwo, and Lugia.

The others were fine, but the last one was different. Many of the Pokémon in Ash's backyard had never seen it before. When they first saw the Dark Lugia, all the Pokémon looked on with curiosity. When did their trainer capture such a dark and gloomy Pokémon?

Of all the Pokémon present, only the knowledgeable Gengar recognized Lugia's species at a glance: "Ash, how did you get a black Lugia? That's the Sea God! And you even managed to get a shiny Sea God?!"

What incredible luck!

Gengar was also aware of the concept of Shiny Pokémon. In a typical Pokémon group, such a Pokémon is almost one in ten thousand. Legendary Pokémon with groups are already rare, and even if they do exist, the entire group probably doesn't exceed ten members.

The appearance of a shiny variety under these circumstances is simply the luckiest of luck!

"What flash? This is Lugia being tampered with by some villain—" Ash retorted irritably, then briefly explained what had happened to Lugia and where they were going next.

"---So that's what happened. So you're going to go to the Orange Islands to find that guy from Team Galactic, and while you're at it, find Lugia to see if you can get this little guy back to normal, right?" Gengar summarized.

Ash nodded. Although Lugia seemed to be doing well, he wondered if the Dark type was a disgrace to the Lugia race, and whether the Lugia race was very traditional and didn't want the Dark type.

These are all unknowns.

Ideally, it would be better to switch back to the original Psychic type, since Dark type is the mortal enemy of Psychic type!

Little Lugia's Psychic attribute has been converted to Dark, so it's hard to say whether the Lugia race will accept her.

So this trip to the Orange Islands has two purposes: one is to find Team Galactic and help Cynthia completely eliminate Team Galactic's base here, and the other is to find Lugia's father and see if Lugia can be changed back to its original type.

If the Lugia family can't turn Lugia back to normal and is unwilling to acknowledge Lugia, then Ash will absolutely not allow them to harm Lugia. As for Lugia's future, that's up to him.

In short, this trip to the Orange Islands was not a vacation, but a mission; the so-called vacation was just a side thing.

Before going to the Orange Islands, his destination was Dragon Island.

Five days later, Shinji, Ash, and Gary arrived at the Indigo Plateau. Lance was already waiting for them there, accompanied by his three Dragonite companions.

Ash, through his Eye of Insight, saw that these three Dragonite were all at the Champion level. Is this the true strength of the Lance family? Every single Pokémon is a pseudo-legendary Champion? Champion level is worthless!

"Next, you will be blindfolded and ride a Dragonite to Dragon Island. I have already transferred the map of Dragon Island to your Pokédex. The higher the ranking, the larger the map area. Some places can only be entered by the first place. The second and fourth place can also enter, but they will have to pass some small tests."

"Also, Dragon Island isn't entirely safe. There are many dragon-type Pokémon there that have a strong sense of territory. If you step into their territory, you're very likely to be attacked. If you don't have enough strength, you might not see the sun rise tomorrow. So—if you can't beat them, run! As long as you leave their territory, they won't keep chasing you, understand?"

Adu explained the precautions in great detail. Although Dragon Island belonged to their Dragon Taming Clan, they only protected it and did not interfere with the various situations of the elves on Dragon Island. As long as the elves were not in a near-death state, they allowed the elves on Dragon Island to develop freely.

Therefore, after letting Dragonite lead Ash and the others into Dragon Island, he would have the three Dragonites leave, and he would not go in with them.

"Finally, I need to tell you that you will have three days to enter Dragon Island. You will be responsible for your own food and clothing during these three days. After three days, regardless of whether you have captured any Pokémon or not, you must gather at the entrance of Dragon Island. Those who fail to do so will bear the consequences." At the end, A-Du's expression became serious.

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