Nirvana, this is the divine duty of Ho-Oh.
Outsiders all believe Ho-Oh is the God of Life; it possesses powerful vitality, even capable of resurrecting Pokémon that have already died. Legend has it that the three legendary beasts of the Johto region were revived by Ho-Oh.
Thus, it seems natural for Ho-Oh to possess the divine duty of life, but in reality, Xerneas holds the divine duty of life. Ho-Oh possesses the divine duty of Nirvana Rebirth.
It does indeed have abundant vitality, but there is a fundamental difference between it and Xerneas.
Mengxin Xiaozhi: Nirvana Divine Duty.
Rainbow Hero Ash: In any case, the rainbow wing is already bound to Charmander. Although you, as the binder of the rainbow wing, can remove it from Charmander, I think it's better not to do so.
Rainbow Hero Ash: Looking at the Pokémon you currently have, the rainbow wing is undoubtedly most suitable for Charmander. Not to mention, Charmander has met the conditions to activate most of the rainbow wing's effects. If you were to remove it and rotate it between Butterfree and Pidgeotto, that would be counterproductive.
Mengxin Xiaozhi: Hmm, I won't take the rainbow wing from Charmander. Since the rainbow wing is already bound to Charmander, it's essentially his. Even if I hadn't become Charmander's Trainer, I wouldn't have taken it from him.
Champion Xiao Zhi: That's very much in 'my' style—well, that's the situation. I didn't get the rainbow wing, so I don't know how strong its effects truly are, but in the early stages, it's definitely a divine artifact that can help you grow quickly. We look forward to your next report in the group, celebrating your successful defeat of the next Gym.
Mengxin Xiaozhi: Of course!! Thank you for the insights, everyone. I'm signing off now; if I keep chatting, Xiao Xia and Xiaogang will probably think I fell into the toilet.
After Ash finished speaking, he exited the group chat.
Looking at Ash's dimmed avatar, Champion Xiao Zhi had originally wanted to remind Ash that he should have lottery chances now. After all, by count, Ash had already collected six Pokémon, which was also part of a milestone.
However, Ash had already gone offline at light speed, so it would have to wait until next time, if he still remembered. Ash, emerging from the chat group, pretended to flush the toilet, then walked out of the restroom.
Afterward, he and Xiaogang and Xiao Xia arrived outside the Elf Center. After a quick free breakfast there, the group continued on their way.
Only the last stretch remained to Vermilion City. The sooner they arrived, the better, so they wouldn't get lost again.
However, not long after Ash and the others left the Elf Center, several figures appeared before them.
The expressions of Ash and his two companions hardened, thinking Team Rockets had returned. But upon closer inspection, the number of people was off.
The people blocking their path already exceeded ten. Team Rockets didn't have such a large formation.
At most, they only had exaggerated machinery, but their numbers were consistently two people and one cat.
So, the people in front of them were... "Dayou!" As a figure stepped out from the crowd, even though one side of his face was swollen, Ash recognized him instantly, because that swollen face was from his punch!
"You little brat, I've finally been waiting for you! I couldn't teach you a lesson inside the Elf Center, but out here, there are no such reservations!" Dayou rubbed his fists, a twisted smile on his face.
"Aren't you quite the fighter? I have ten people here, and each of them can bring out ten Pokémon. Let's see how you fight! When you're out in the world, it's about power and connections. What good is being able to fight?!"
As Dayou's words fell, his subordinates all threw out Poké Balls. One after another, Pokémon appeared before Ash and the others. Many of the Pokémon types were the same, and although most were in their initial forms and only ordinary level, when Pokémon of this level reach a certain quantity, even if your level is higher than the opponent's, it's not effective.
The Team Rockets trio, who were hiding in the shadows, planning to ambush Ash, quickly stopped their steps and huddled in the nearby bushes.
"Who did this kid piss off?"
"I don't know. Why do those guys look more like a villainous organization than us?"
"If the kid can't handle it later, we'll pull him away. Only we can defeat the kid and steal Pikachu, meow!"
The trio whispered in the bushes, while Ash had already begun clenching his fists, slowly walking forward.
"Ganging up? I guess you haven't seen the glorious record of me and Pikachu taking down a flock of Spearow. What's more, we're not the same as we were back then!"
"Pika Pika!!"
"Ralts Ralts!!"
"I'll help you too, Ash!" Xiao Xia said, pulling out a Poké Ball and standing beside Ash.
"No need, I'll handle it. It's a good chance for the guy I just caught to warm up!" Ash said, throwing out the remaining Poké Balls on him.
Butterfree, Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, and Charmander all appeared on the field.
"That Charmander... hey, isn't that the Charmander I abandoned? Are you a trash collector? You even picked up and caught the trash Pokémon I didn't want. That guy couldn't even beat a Poliwag, he's just pure trash. Catching such trash, I guess you're not exactly a—pfft ah!!"
Dayou didn't finish his sentence when a emerald green vine quickly shot out, fiercely striking the other, unswollen side of his face!
Dayou let out a miserable Growl, spinning like a top in the air. Teeth and blood flew out, and he crashed heavily to the ground, his screams deafening!
"Dane Dana!!" Bulbasaur cried out with a cold expression. The Vine Whip just now was undoubtedly its doing.
Although Charmander was a Pokémon it had never met, since it stood on its side, it was a Pokémon caught by Ash, its partner.
Bulbasaur couldn't tolerate its partner and Trainer being insulted by the opponent, not one bit.
In fact, if it had been any slower, Pikachu and Ralts would have already made their move.
The usually gentle Ralts's hair was now floating, and its cute face was filled with anger—the little guy was mad!
"Damn it, you guys, hit him!" (Damn it, you guys, hit him!)
Dayou, with both sides of his face swollen from being struck, couldn't even speak clearly now, but his subordinates still understood his meaning. So they all threw out their remaining Poké Balls. In an instant, the wide road was occupied by a pile of Pokémon.
A 7-on-100+ battle began here!
1III
Ten minutes later, all the Pokémon, including Dayou and his subordinates, lay groaning on the ground.
Charmander and the other Pokémon were all panting, with varying degrees of injuries on their bodies.
Ash, who also participated in the battle, only had his clothes slightly dirty; he had no other injuries whatsoever.
Xiao Xia and Xiaogang looked at Ash with strange expressions.
Although they already knew Ash was a good fighter, especially Xiao Xia, she had seen Ash and Pikachu fight a flock of Spearow alone.
But she felt that Ash seemed even more capable of fighting now!
Team Rockets, in the shadows, couldn't help but gulp. They had been thinking about how to take the kid away, but now it seemed they didn't need to at all!
This kid was simply a monster!!
Ash patted the dust off himself and squatted down in front of the miserable Dayou: "Charmander is not a useless Pokémon. He only couldn't unleash his potential because he had a Trainer like you. If you don't have the ability to discover a Pokémon's power, don't blame the Pokémon for being useless."
"You just said, 'What good is being able to fight?' Sorry, I'm a bit more capable of fighting than you imagine."
"Also, I've checked. Abandoning Pokémon, especially abandoning them so maliciously like you did, is punishable by arrest and imprisonment. I was wondering where to find you before, but since you've delivered yourself, that's even better."
Ash said, taking a rope from his backpack and directly tying up Dayou. As for his subordinates, there were too many to take away. For now, he would just tie up the main culprit and take him back to the Elf Center.
Joy had wanted to keep this guy after treating him yesterday, but Joy was only a nurse, and the other party had many people.
Ultimately, she couldn't keep him, and now this guy dared to ambush him here today!
Isn't this just perfect? Any crime shall eventually be brought to justice!
Subsequently, with a terrified expression, Dayou was taken back to the Elf Center by Ash and handed over to Joy. Joy said she would notify Jenny to come and take him away.
This cancerous threat was also completely eliminated.
Ash and his two companions were able to continue their journey. Along the way, Team Rockets came out to cause trouble again, ambushing them.
When dealing with Dayou earlier, Ash had already sensed the Aura of the two people and one cat, but since they didn't jump out, Ash didn't bother them.
He didn't expect them to dare to jump out after seeing him fight one against a hundred earlier!
How big were their hearts?!
However, Team Rockets thought that Ash and his Pokémon must be exhausted after such a big battle, and now was the best time to strike!
But who would have thought that Ash and Pikachu's stamina were still so abundant, or rather, they didn't need much strength to deal with Team Rockets at all.
However, this time, Ash merely defeated the Team Rockets trio and didn't blast them away. This was out of consideration for them not causing trouble when he was fighting Dayou's group, so he showed mercy.
After dealing with the Team Rockets trio, Ash and the others continued their journey to the next town.
Along the way, Ash and Xiao Xia also briefly explained to Xiaogang about the rainbow wing and Ho-Oh.
Xiaogang listened with his mouth wide open the entire time, looking extremely astonished, which greatly satisfied Ash's vanity.
While he couldn't brag to just anyone about seeing Ho-Oh, there was no problem bragging to people he trusted and knew.
Ultimately, Xiaogang learned that Ash was the Rainbow Hero, and he understood what an extraordinary person he was traveling with. Their final destination might very well be to challenge Ho-Oh.
This, in turn, further piqued Xiaogang's interest. He increasingly felt that traveling with Ash was an extremely correct decision.
Time flew by, and two more days passed. Ash and his two companions finally arrived at the next town, but just as they were about to restock on food and camping supplies,
They suddenly stepped into a trap.
Fortunately, Ralts reacted quickly, using Confusion to freeze the three of them and Pikachu in mid-air, then moving them to a safe spot nearby.
Although the three of them wouldn't have been seriously hurt even if they had fallen into the hole, the two besides Ash would definitely have suffered some minor injuries, as the hole was quite deep.
"Thanks, Ralts—you guys over there, I've 'seen' you, come out!" Ash thanked Ralts, then said coldly towards the nearby bushes.
They were currently at the entrance of the town, with some waist-high weeds nearby.
Ash hadn't paid attention to those things at first, but after nearly falling in just now, he immediately activated his Bo-do Power to scan, and then he "saw" the five Auras in the bushes.
Needless to say, this trap was definitely set by those guys in the bushes.
"Squirtle Squirtle!!" Seeing that they had been discovered, the entities in the bushes simply jumped out.
Ash had only detected Auras in the bushes and hadn't carefully investigated what kind of entities they were. When those five Auras jumped out, Ash was startled, because the five people, or rather, Pokémon, hidden in the bushes were... Squirtle!
That's right, Squirtle, one of the Kanto starter Pokémon, and there were five of them!
For a moment, Xiao Xia and Xiaogang didn't look at the Squirtle, but at Ash, their faces showing extremely strange expressions.
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This was the third time... the third time!!
In less than ten days, he had encountered all the Kanto starter Pokémon, and this time he encountered five directly. This could only be described as outrageous.
The rarity of starter Pokémon in the wild goes without saying. It's normal for ordinary people to encounter them once or twice in ten or eight years of travel, but how could anyone be like Ash, who, after just over a month of travel, directly encountered three starter Pokémon? His luck must truly be that of a child of the heavens!
"It's Squirtle!! And so many of them!" Ash's eyes widened, and he said, looking at the Squirtle with astonishment.
Even he himself hadn't expected that after meeting Bulbasaur and Charmander, he would still encounter the last of the starter Pokémon, Squirtle, and this time he encountered five of them.
However, these five Squirtle were all wearing sunglasses, and the leader's sunglasses were shaped differently. They didn't look like pure and good Pokémon.
Type: Squirtle
Gender: Male
Attribute: Water
Level: Ordinary Mid-level
Ability: Torrent
Skills: Tackle, Water Gun, Glare, Withdraw
Six-dimensional Abilities: Physical Attack C (B) Special Attack B (A) Defense C (A) Special Defense C (A) HP B (A) Speed C (C)
The six-dimensional abilities of the leading Squirtle also left Ash in shock.
This kind of aptitude was one in ten thousand, a rare sight even among the Squirtle population. How did he encounter it in the wild again?
Could it be that his lucky attribute not only worked when drawing prizes in the group but also took effect in the real world?
Aside from the leading Squirtle, the aptitudes of the other Squirtle weren't bad either, generally being those with at least a B-rank aptitude.
This level of aptitude was already considered above average.
"Ash, snap out of it! This isn't the time to stare blankly at the Squirtle. They have considerable hostility towards us!" Ash snapped out of his pleasant fantasy at Xiao Xia's voice.
He suddenly remembered that the trap they had nearly fallen into earlier seemed to have been designed by these Squirtle.
They had never met before, so why would these Squirtle set a trap to harm them?
"Squirtle Squirtle!" They didn't fall into the trap after all. These humans are quite capable!
The Squirtle's words were translated perfectly into Ash's ears. Now he was even more certain that the ones who set the trap were this group of Squirtle.