Chapter 489: Ash, the Disaster-Fighter

Chapter 489: Ash, the Disaster-Fighter

"It's too lively, as lively as if it were born less than three years ago. And, this young man, doesn't he also possess the power of Mega Evolution? Will, you should change that condescending attitude of yours."

The beautiful blonde woman glanced teasingly at the referee with the gentleman's hat. The latter just snorted and said nothing.

Then she turned her gaze to Lance. "Am I right? My analysis, Lance."

Lance glanced at her. Her fiery face held a look of urgent possession.

He said ambiguously, "Perhaps."

"Oh, what an unromantic man. No wonder you're still single. Can you really not reveal a single bit of information about Mega Evolution?"

She moved a little closer to Lance and said seductively.

"You must be joking. I'm just a trainer, what do I know about Mega Evolution," Lance said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, simultaneously taking a small step back.

Speaking of Mega Evolution, the gazes of everyone around them changed.

But seeing that Lance had no intention of talking about it, although they were itching with curiosity, they could only suppress it.

After all, the current Huaxia region was not the same as it was before.

Just in terms of Lance, his strength was the first among everyone present.

They could only wait and see if the trainers from the Huaxia region would use Mega Evolution.

They all, without prior agreement, had their own country's competitors challenge the competitors from the Huaxia region....

Seeing this scene, Lance wasn't too flustered.

If they didn't play any tricks and relied solely on their own strength, he was confident that the trainers from the Huaxia region were not weaker than anyone.

...

During the preparation period for the competition, the trainers from various countries had basically formed their teams.

Ash also followed Hikaru's suggestion and teamed up with Luo Chen.

Compared to Hikaru's clear objectives, the two of them were much more casual.

Luo Chen's idea was to serve the country and get points as quickly as possible, while Ash's idea was even simpler: find people to battle.

The two's ideas coincided, so they frantically looked for people to battle, and their first target was the nearby city of Li.

And they arrived right after Hikaru had just left.

So much so that the trainers from the Y Region hadn't left yet.

"The Fire-type Gym, this is it! Let's see what the gyms in the M Region are like."

Ash was full of ambition.

Luo Chen beside him was a little helpless. "It's full of trainers from the Y Region, Ash."

"That's even better! We'll beat them one by one, and our points will be maxed out!"

Ash expressed that he wasn't afraid of a gauntlet battle at all and strode into the gym.

Luo Chen behind him couldn't even hold him back, he could only let out a long sigh and follow him in.

In fact, with Ash's strength, which was enough to participate in the Senior Division and achieve good results, among a group of Y Region trainers, it was truly like a wolf among sheep.

In short—he swept through them!

An hour later.

The only exception was that after the two came out, both of their win counts had become a three-game winning streak.

Their point total became 7.

It seemed that not just Ash, but Luo Chen had also achieved a three-game winning streak.

"Luo Chen, your Butterfree is amazing! That Sleep Powder, how come it's not afraid of being burned by flames? How did you do that?"

After coming out, Ash asked eagerly.

"No, no, it was just imbued with a little bit of flame."

Luo Chen waved his hand.

Ash nodded, taking it to heart, without delving into what kind of flame made his Butterfree unafraid of fire.

Instead, he turned his thoughts to another piece of news.

"I heard there's a Zapdos that appears here. Should we go?"

"Huh?"

Luo Chen's mouth fell slightly open, his pupils widening.

But Ash made the decision.

"I heard this Zapdos is always absorbing the electricity from this city. Let's go and ask it why it doesn't find its own food instead of taking electricity from a human city. It's decided."

"What?"

"Hey, hey, that's a Legendary Pokémon, how are we supposed to reason with it..."

...

Lightning Valley.

As expected, just as Hikaru had thought, there were indeed some lightning crystals in Lightning Valley. Although the number was small, under the search of his Aura Force, Hikaru and his team still obtained a considerable amount of them.

About thirty pieces.

"This is enough for Vikavolt."

After collecting the last lightning crystal, Hikaru patted Latias's head, signaling that they could leave.

These lightning crystals, besides being used to train Vikavolt, would have plenty left over. If he caught an Electric-type Pokémon in the future, these could be prepared in advance.

"Chuuu!"

Just as Latias was about to fly away with Hikaru, a loud cry resounded through the heavens and the earth, accompanied by raging lightning.

In the sky, with layer upon layer of lightning flashes, a large yellow bird flickered in and out of the dark clouds.

Clearly, Zapdos had discovered that someone had touched its things and had woken up.

But it couldn't find where the "thief" was, so it could only fly in the sky in a helpless rage.

"So petty?"

Latias continuously flickered, dodging the aftershocks of the lightning.

Hikaru couldn't help but complain.

This Zapdos hoarded electricity from the city every day, and now it was throwing such a tantrum just because it lost a few uncollected lightning crystals.

So lame.

This anger completely dispelled Hikaru's last bit of guilt. "Forget it, let's run."

Latias acknowledged and then quickly flew towards the horizon.

However, just a minute or two after they had flown away, a Pidgeot flew by, gradually approaching Lightning Valley. On it were Ash and Luo Chen.

Just as Ash was thinking of descending, he saw a large yellow bird flying over.

"Huh? Zapdos?"

Ash was somewhat taken aback, not knowing why Zapdos would come here at this time.

The expression of Luo Chen behind him changed again and again, finally turning into a shout, "Run, Ash! That Zapdos is clearly enraged!"

"What? It wants to challenge us? Pikachu! What do you think...."

"Pika..."

The Pikachu on Ash's shoulder's face darkened. It sent a light electric shock to the Pidgeot beneath it, which was immediately stimulated and flew into the distance.

Pikachu: "Pika...." (Are you kidding me? You go if you're so tough.)

...

Hikaru, having flown away from Li City, paid no more attention to Zapdos. He was completely unaware that Ash had become his scapegoat, and even less aware that after its great rage, Zapdos went to Li City to absorb electricity for a whole week, causing the city to have a week-long power outage.

The second place he went to was the ice and snow mountain range in the north of the M Region.

Also known as the "Frozen" Ninetales' habitat.

This place, due to its treacherous terrain and severe climate, was sparsely populated.

The drop in temperature made Latias a bit uncomfortable. So, Hikaru switched to Charizard to be the driver.

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