Journey, Begin

"Instructor Ai, I'm your fan!"

Seeing the idol that he had been chanting about all day long, now actually standing within the Oak Research Institute, the hot-blooded Ash was so excited that he couldn't help himself, ignoring Gary who was shouting his name next to him, and with an arrow step, he rushed in the direction of Aisha, crashing through Professor Oak.

"Uh..."

Gazing at Ash's agitated look, Aisha also stroked his hair in a bit of embarrassment.

He had fantasized about his meeting with Ash countless times at one point in time.

However, the only thing he hadn't considered was the fact that Ash might be a fan of his own.

After all, according to Aisha's impression of Ash, this anime Chosen protagonist was not a trainer who was good at, or keen on, tactical changes.

Ash, who has a MAX accidental nature, has never used any tactics in other battles except for the expedition in the Sinnoh region.

How could such a reckless person calm down and watch a video of his teaching tactics on Pokémon battles?

Aisha was a bit touched.

Then, Ash opened his mouth.

"Instructor Ai, I really like your cultivation video, that huge Caterpie is simply awesome!"

"...Good, good."

Aisha resisted the urge to cover his face and responded to Ash's words with a bit of a headache.

It should be said that it was worthy of being Ash.

It was clear that the vast majority of his own videos were live video recordings of tactical instruction videos against Pokémon.

As a result, this guy still paid attention to the few Pokémon cultivation, fixating on Aisha's cultivation of Caterpie.

The center of attention is still Caterpie's size, not its strength in head-to-head combat.

Hmm...

It should be said that he is indeed Ash.

"Ash, you big idiot!"

At this time, Gary also rushed towards Ash, clenched his fist, and knocked on top of his head at once.

"Ouch!"

Ash let out a cry of pain and looked at Gary with a disgruntled and confused face.

"Gary, what are you doing?"

"You idiot Ash, Instructor Ai is a master who specializes in Pokémon battles and tactics, and he's a trainer that my older brother also raves about." Gary glared at Ash with a dissatisfied face, after first praising Aisha's greatness, he backhandedly belittled Ash's area of concern, saying, "As a result, you, a fool with muscles within your brain, actually only focused on Caterpie's size, the place you should have been paying attention to is clearly Instructor Ai's out-of-this-world cultivation techniques, even a Caterpie can be cultivated into a great Pokémon!"

"Damn it, I just like big Pokémon, Gary don't talk nonsense about things I can't understand!"

"Idiot, so that's why I said you're a big idiot!"

"I'm not an idiot!"

After saying no more than two words, the Pallet Town duo began their classic bickering.

Aisha was instead ignored by the duo.

"Uhm..."

Instead of being embarrassed, Aisha looked at the duo with interest.

Ash and Gary, the protagonists of the Pokémon anime.

These two belonged to the category of being classic characters, the typical joyful rivals.

Aisha had a not-so-low favorability towards them.

Especially since Gary even bumped off Professor Oak when he entered, helping himself out of the problem of shiny Beldum being studied by Professor Oak.

Well, good job.

"Ash, Gary, you two be quiet!"

At this time, Blue, who had been annoyed to the point of getting a headache from Ash and Gary's childish bickering, sternly reprimanded the quarreling duo as if he were an authoritative parent.

"Oh!"

"Good..."

Hearing Blue's reprimand, Ash and Gary instantly closed their mouths obediently as well.

"Ai-kun don't take offense."

After calming down Ash and Gary's quarrel, Blue also sighed.

After that, after noticing Aisha's rakish eyes, Blue also showed a touch of embarrassment and reached out a hand on top of Gary's shoulder, explaining his identity, saying, "This is Gary, my younger brother, because our parents help with research and invention work in other regions all day long, so that means that I, Gary, and my sister have been living in Pallet Town. "

"Well, it is indeed a sight to behold."

Aisha gave a gentle smile and greeted towards Gary.

Indeed, Gary and Blue had an eight-point resemblance above their looks.

Aside from the difference in temperament, Gary seemed to be a scaled-down Blue, no doubt a handsome man who was still young.

"Hey, it's still inherited from me."

As soon as he heard Aisha praising Gary, Blue immediately took the credit for his words of praise, and by the way, took all the credit for himself.

"?"

A question mark popped up above Gary's head, and his eyes gave Blue a strange look.

However, it was also clear that he was used to his older brother being so tone-deaf, and didn't care much, instead, he looked at Aisha with eager eyes.

"Hello, Instructor Ai, I really like your tactical instruction videos, I've learned quite a few unusual things within your videos and live streams!"

"It's good if you like it, my videos themselves are openly given to everyone to learn from, no need to be polite."

Aisha raised his hand and politely refused Gary's thanks.

Possibly because of Blue's presence, although Gary's body still carried some of the aura belonging to rich second generation, however, his nature was no longer so arrogant and rude.

He was also two extremes from Ash.

Aisha could tell from that fact that Gary likes him because the battle videos he made, he realized that Gary in this world is similar to Blue. They are both trainers who focus on tactics and layout.

"Ai-kun, please come over here."

Suddenly, Blue pulled Aisha away.

"Ah, there's that kid..."

Looking towards Ash, Blue revealed an expression of embarrassment above his face.

"This is Ash, the child whose family lives next door to the Red's family, following us to play together since childhood, probably Red's little follower, so that's why the relationship is good."

Blue was slightly silent for a while, as if thinking about how to praise Aisha in front of Ash, after a long time opened his mouth, said: "Although this child doesn't look too smart, however, his love for Pokémon is very sincere, is indeed a kind child, I hope that Aisha-kun do not take offense."

"It's fine, it's fine..."

Aisha almost laughed out loud when he heard Blue's words.

This evaluation was indeed very much in line with Ash.

He gave Blue a "reassuring" look, and only then did the latter let out a sigh of relief.

However... After experiencing such a farce, Aisha also had a new understanding of the world he had traveled through.

In this world, there are not only special comic characters such as Red and Blue, but also animated characters such as Ash and Gary. Although some details have changed, the general situation is still the same. It can be served as a powerful reference.

Also...

"Hmm."

Aisha looked around the Oak Research Institute.

Right now, within this room stood Red, Blue, Ash, and Gary, it could be called a team of protagonists with an extremely luxurious lineup.

Aisha was kind of looking forward to the other characters, such as Cynthia and Diantha... Ahem, let's not talk about it.

"Ash!"

At this time, Professor Oak, who had just been knocked out five meters away by Ash, was finally slowing down.

"Ah, Professor Oak, so you're here too?"

Ash had a heartless smile on his face, completely oblivious to the fact that the person who had knocked Professor Oak away was him, which further stimulated the doctor's blood pressure.

"Hiss..."

Professor Oak took a deep breath.

Then, after realizing that Aisha was still beside him, Professor Oak, who was ready to establish a good image of an elder in front of this polite and talented junior, held back the anger that was burning in his heart and revealed a tolerant and kind smile towards Ash.

"Ash, what are you doing?"

"Oh!"

At this time, Ash suddenly remembered the purpose of his visit to the Oak Research Institute.

"We're leaving tomorrow, and I want to meet our initial Pokémon!"

With two glowing eyes, Ash scanned around within the Institute as if he was looking for the Pokémon that Professor Oak had prepared for himself.

"Hoo..."

Professor Oak revealed a helpless expression and rubbed his forehead.

His temper was clearly very good.

However, Ash can always accurately break Professor Oak's defense.

Professor Oak had a huge headache with this.

"Ash."

Professor Oak opened his mouth in a serious tone, saying: "Tomorrow you can directly receive your Pokémon, now don't keep thinking about them, go home tonight and rest early, tomorrow morning you must not be late, if you're late, you might not be able to receive your Pokémon, do you know that."

"So it's true that we can't look at Pokémon today?"

Ash snapped so.

"You are so insufferable!"

Professor Oak's veins rippled above his forehead.

"Tomorrow, departure?"

Aisha, who was next to him, noticed the problem.

"Instructor Ai, tomorrow is the day that Ash and I will depart on our trip." Gary answered Aisha's doubts at this time, saying, "Tomorrow, we'll be the new trainers of Pallet Town, and we can receive our initial Pokémon at Grandpa's Institute and start traveling."

"I see..."

Aisha, in realization, sighed at how lucky he was.

It was too coincidental.

He himself had just arrived in Pallet Town today, Ash and Gary were leaving tomorrow.

Meaning the anime's plot starts tomorrow as well?

Thinking of this thing, Aisha looked above the beams with a sense of humor - a petite yellow shadow flickered above the beams.

Aisha looked again at the regretful-looking Ash.

Kind of looking forward to the sparks that would come out of the friction of such a classic pair bumping into each other.

...

Because of Ash's disturbance, Professor Oak, who was concentrating on him, seemed to have forgotten about Beldum.

Red and Blue didn't like the overly dull atmosphere within the institute, so they dragged Aisha out of the Oak Research Institute and into the doctor's backyard.

It had to be said that Professor Oak's backyard was truly awesome.

The mountains were beautiful and the ecological environment was excellent.

The back of the mountain probably hid a bunch of awesome Pokémon, and it was also very good as a place for daily exercise.

If Aisha hadn't already promised Summer to use her manor as a place to store Pokémon before he left, when Professor Oak sent him an invitation, Aisha might have agreed to it without the slightest hesitation.

However...

Aisha himself wasn't prepared to take in Pokémon on a large scale.

Especially now that he already had five resident Pokémon at his disposal, and if he shamelessly added Chien-Pao, the six Pokémon he needed to use to attend the Indigo Plateau Conference would already be complete.

It was marvelous.

After that, Red brought up the topic of sparring.

Aisha instantly put on his pain mask.

It was a bit strange, but nowadays, within his own team, the strongest resident combatant was actually himself who had wielded Chien-Pao...

Dayan Sword Saint, boy.

But even if he himself was on fire, at this level right now, he probably wouldn't be able to slash Red's Pokémon.

Hard to bear.

How come all the trainers in Kanto look like such sparring fiends?

It's too scary.

"Hey, Red, sparring must also be about a first-come-first-served approach!"

While Aisha was agonizing over how he should deal with Red, Blue hooked his neck in one fell swoop and sent out disgruntled words towards Red, saying, "This time, Ai-kun came to the Kanto region with the main purpose of exercising his brand new team, so that means that he didn't bring along his own main Pokémon, and can't engage in full-force sparring matches.

"Furthermore, Ai-kun and I have already made an appointment, the Viridian Gym is his last stop before the Indigo Plateau Conference, I will be re-training a team during this time, and after Ai-kun collects the seven badges, we will start a matchup at the Viridian Gym comparing the level of both sides' Pokémon matchups and their Pokémon breeding techniques!"

"Oh..."

Though Red's expression remained as cold as ever, a touch of loss colored his words.

"Hah."

The Kanto Champion sighed at the windy weather.

"Regret..."

While Red was regretting, Aisha had a full smile on his face, and the pressure was suddenly reduced.

"What are you going to do after Aisha-kun?"

Seemingly a bit reluctant, Red inquired about Aisha's subsequent actions.

"Well... my original intention of coming to Pallet Town was to visit you and Professor Oak. Now that this goal has been accomplished, there is no need for me to continue to stay in Pallet Town." After Aisha thought about it seriously, he first complimented Professor Oak and Red, and then seriously explained his arrangement: "I actually don't have much time, and it's not too late now. There is no need to stay overnight in Pallet Town today, so I plan to say goodbye to Professor Oak later and start traveling immediately, trying to reach Pewter City as soon as possible and experience the strength of Brock, who is known as the 'rock-solid man'."

"Brock?"

Blue also nodded thoughtfully.

"Is it on live?"

Red raised a question at this time, however.

"Hmm?" Aisha looked at Red and said, "The Gym Challenge can still be live-streamed?"

"Of course."

Blue responded to Aisha's doubt and said, "Gym Challenges can even be watched live without shelling out for a ticket, and there's certainly nothing wrong with webcasting it, so that said, what does Ai-kun think of the proposal to live-stream Gym Challenges?"

He was well aware of Brock's toughness.

So that was why he was very much looking forward to the match between Aisha and Brock.

Might as well say that the eight major gyms in the Kanto region are almost all evil people...

Aisha must be very exciting if the whole thing is live.

"Eh?"

Aisha's eyes lit up.

"Steam!"

Aisha slapped his thighs and instantly knew the direction of his video afterward.

"It has to be on stream, every single match!"

"Good!"

Blue also came to the fore.

"I'm waiting for Ai-kun to destroy those gym leaders!"

"Kill!"

Blue and Aisha hit it off.

"..."

Beside them, the silent Red shook his head.

People don't share the same sorrows and joys, and he only felt that they were noisy.

"Bu?"

A small brown creature that had hidden in the shadows was just as unable to understand Blue and Aisha's happiness, it just quietly crouched under the grass pile in the backyard, its big watery black eyes were gazing at the slender black-haired teenager, and its beautiful eyes were filled with indescribable and unclear colors.

After that, the little guy's fox-like wide ears twitched.

"Ee~"

With a turn of the body, the little guy burrowed into the depths of the pile of grass and lowered his head.

"Eh?"

At precisely this time, Aisha, who felt a hint of prying, also turned his head and looked in the direction of the haystack suspiciously.

"There's nothing... Illusion?"

Aisha didn't find anything.

After that, Aisha wasn't going to continue to stay at the Oak Research Institute to drag out time, and after finding Professor Oak to say goodbye, he set off on the road to leave Pallet Town - Professor Oak had face full of regret when saying goodbye, said that Aisha must come back to Pallet Town to take a look at it if he was free, and Aisha knew that he must have craved for his Beldum.

However, it didn't matter.

In any case, he needed to frequently open the live broadcast for the wild battles and gym challenges, and the secret of shiny Beldum would need to be exposed sooner or later.

Moreover, his own shiny Beldum was Steven's gift.

Even if criminals covet it, they must consider Steven's situation...

"Everyone, a new workout has begun!"

Standing within the forest outside of Pallet Town, Aisha tossed out four Poké balls.

"Charmander is the main force, unleash your firepower and go big!"

"Marill and Beldum are in charge of dealing with the enemies that Charmander's fire power can't cover, by the way, Marill, pay attention to extinguishing fire with Bubble Beam and Water Gun to prevent fire from spreading within the forest!"

"Caterpie pay attention to assisting with String Shot and Electro Web."

"Rotom is in charge of turning on the live stream."

With Rotom, at least Aisha didn't need to be distracted from operating the live broadcast drone.

The five Pokémon surrounded Aisha and let out barks together in response.

"Ow!"

"Lu~"

"Me-ta-!!!"

"Mee..."

"Why am I the one who's working overtime again Loto~ qwq"

The trip to Kanto has officially begun!