"Didn't I tell you? With your level, challenging the Southern Cross Star is a joke. You should go back and train for a few more years. But I think, instead of training your Pokémon, you should work on your own character. People like you, who treat Pokémon this way, have no qualifications to be Trainers!"
The strength of ability is not the standard to determine whether one can be a Trainer, but character is.
People who treat Pokémon like this, are they any different from Team Rocket? And even though Team Rocket's trio is bad, they have never mistreated Pokémon, especially James, who Ash can feel has an honest heart. Who knows why he joined Team Rocket.
But these three guys in front of me... they're even worse than Team Rocket.
"You...you brat, just you wait!!" The delinquent A crawled out from under Hitmonchan and frantically pulled out all his Pokeballs and threw them out. The other two delinquents shook off their shock and followed their leader, releasing all their Pokémon!
If two against one doesn't work, how about fifteen against one!!!
"Be careful...shouldn't we take Lapras and leave first!" Serena wanted to call out to Ash, but she suddenly realized she didn't know the name of the boy standing in front of her. This boy gave her a very familiar feeling, but she couldn't remember.
This was peculiar. Serena was confident in her memory. How could she feel familiar with someone but completely blank on their name?
"Don't worry, it's just fifteen against one, my Pikachu won't lose. Let's go, Pikachu!"
"Pika-Pika!!"
...
Three minutes later, the entire beach was littered with defeated Pokémon, while the three delinquents, long snot running from their noses, stared blankly at the scene, unable to process what had just happened.
"How...how is it possible...all our Pokémon wiped out...and the opponent was just a Pikachu, how could this be!!!"
Behind Ash, Serena's beautiful eyes widened, her cute face filled with shock, adding an extra allure to her already delicate features.
She couldn't believe the Pikachu could be that powerful, almost like...wait, that Pikachu, and the familiar silhouette in front, could it be...
"The fact is right in front of you, quickly take your Pokémon for treatment, and don't do this again." Ash nodded at the three delinquents, warning them once more.
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu stood by Ash with its arms folded, nodding in agreement.
"We remember you, just wait for us, we will come back for revenge!" The lead delinquent recalled all his Pokémon and fled awkwardly with his two henchmen.
As it was early in the morning and this place was remote, even with such a large battle, no one else came by.
After seeing the delinquents leave, Ash quickly ran to Lapras's side, extending the Power of Viridian into Lapras' body.
"How is she?" Serena and Misty followed Ash to Lapras's side, the former asking with some concern.
"Don't worry, there's nothing major, just a bit of fatigue and some superficial and minor internal injuries. These weren't caused by those delinquents but rather by natural forces," Ash said after a quick check of Lapras' condition.
This Lapras's injuries weren't caused by those delinquents, as they didn't have the ability to inflict such damage without Pokémon.
It's likely these injuries were caused by storms encountered while this Lapras was sailing at sea.
But aside from storm damage, Ash also found traces of gunpowder damage on Lapras, which was presumably man-made.
Of course, it couldn't have been the delinquents, because where would they get gunpowder from?
'Poachers...' Ash locked down the culprits in his mind but didn't stop using the Power of Viridian to heal Lapras.
[Species: Lapras]
[Gender: Female]
[Attributes: Water, Ice]
[Level: Advanced Junior Level]
[Ability: Water Absorb]
[Moves: Water Gun, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Water Pulse, Rain Dance, Safeguard...]
[Six-dimensional Abilities: Physical Attack C (B) Special Attack C (S) Defense B (A) Special Defense B (A) Physical Strength A (A) Speed C (A)]
Lapras' six-dimensional abilities appeared in Ash's mind. This was a Lapras with excellent potential, with one of its stats even reaching S-Class.
Even though Ash has many Pokémon with S-Class qualifications, in reality, Pokémon with a single S-Class stat are one in ten thousand or even one in a hundred thousand worldwide.
Apart from Ash, who else can meet an S-Class Pokémon just like that? It's just Ash's extraordinary luck.
Even an injured roadside Lapras turned out to have S-Class potential...
If those delinquents had thought of helping this Lapras instead of tormenting and harming her, perhaps she would have chosen to follow them.
With such a Lapras, even their poor training methods could make her very strong!
That's what you call good karma.
But their actions turned into bad karma, not only did they not gain this extraordinary Lapras, but Ash also taught them a good lesson.
"Um... don't we need to take Lapras to the Pokémon Center?" Serena asked timidly.
"Don't worry, she's fine now, see." Ash turned and smiled at Serena, removing his hand from Lapras' head.
Only then did Serena notice that Lapras's wounds, on her head and body, had silently healed at some point.
And it seemed like it was all the work of this boy in front of her.
When the boy turned, Serena saw his face clearly, a face as ordinary as any, not at all what she imagined he would look like.
But...that familiar silhouette, that Pikachu, and the smile just like back in the day made Serena believe she was right.
"You are...Ash, right?"
Ash: !!!
Ash looked at Serena in shock, scratching his head, while using telepathy to inform Mewtwo: 'Mewtwo, did your concealment fail?'
'Impossible, my psychic power is always active, that girl shouldn't see through it.' Mewtwo's voice held a hint of shock, clearly she was also puzzled why her disguise was seen through.
Even Champion Level Pokémon shouldn't see through her psychic power.
"How did you know it's me?" Ash decided to have Mewtwo remove the psychic disguise, revealed his true face, and straightforwardly asked Serena.
Misty on the side was also very curious, and a sense of inexplicable crisis arose in her heart, an inexplicable feeling, but it came upon her suddenly, and the source was the girl in front of her...what is going on?
"Is it really you, Ash? Do you... remember me?"
Ash: ???
Misty: !!!
Misty looked at Ash in shock, her expression seemed to say—where did you leave a romantic debt?
Ash was baffled, when had he met this girl before? Not to say anything unpleasant to Misty, but such a beautiful girl, if he had met her, he wouldn't have forgotten.
Someone you remember after only a few meetings, either has a beautiful appearance or a hideous face, and the girl in front is the former. If he had met her, he wouldn't forget...wait, this face, this hair.
"Are you...the girl from the summer camp?" Ash asked, somewhat uncertainly.
That year, he was only ten, that year, he saved a girl in a summer camp, and that girl had light blue eyes like these and flaxen hair just like this...