He knows Pokémon better than me.

Speedrunning is just the overall goal; as for the intermediate steps—

The two sat on the riverbank and exchanged information about the Xicui area they each possessed. They even took out their Rotom phones and pulled up maps for comparison.

But when the two phones were placed side by side, Xiao Guang's cheeks suddenly turned red.

Her gaze lingered on the identical Arceus phone cases on both phones, and she instinctively hugged Woody Owl tightly like a doll.

"Won't this make them matching phone cases for couples?"

Ash was focused on zooming in and out of the map. Although it was similar to the Sinnoh region, the map of the Greenland was mostly grass and mountains, and there was nothing particularly special about it.

His lips twitched, and he looked troubled.
"If only I had asked Mingyao more questions when I was traveling in the Sinnoh region back then!"

They're not completely unaware of what the world needs them to do!
The round, chubby owl was woken up by Xiao Guang's strong hug, and it landed on her head, still half asleep, flapping its little wings.

"Moo-gu~?"

He turned his head 90 degrees and curiously looked at Xiao Zhi, this stranger.

"I remember that Rowlet's final evolution, Decidueye, can use the cool triple arrow attack, right?"

Ash pictured Hau's Decidueye, and with a smile, he ruffled Rowlet's hair, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Dawn held Rowlet in her arms, and it seemed that when she chose the starter Pokémon, she still had some memories of Alola in her subconscious.
After analyzing the current situation, the two roughly figured out the direction of their next move.

"As for me, I'll continue to act as a member of Team Galactic, leveling up, researching, and completing other people's requested tasks."

Xiao Guang pointed to his chest and said.

These days, the "kings" of various regions seem to be a bit out of their minds. Maybe what she's going to do is related to these Pokémon.
Xiao Zhi nodded in agreement.

However, he doesn't plan to join Team Galactic; it would be more efficient for the two of them to operate separately.

"I'm going to find Mr. Wang Luo in this world!"

There is no hope for the world to shine.

But Mr. Wang Luo of this world should know quite a few things.
Based on his brief interaction with Wang Luo, it seems that the other party is the mastermind behind this world?

After their operation in the Green region failed, they set their sights on the Sinnoh region, but abandoned the plan after witnessing the failure of Red Sun.

He should give us a deeper understanding of this era.

"Oh, right, I ran into Mr. Wang Luo a few days ago." Xiao Guang suddenly remembered something:
"When I first left the village after receiving Woodowl, he ran out to greet me."

"He introduced his Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce, had a friendly match with me, and then disappeared."

Rowlet and Pikachu blinked at each other, listening to the two's discussion with a mixture of understanding and confusion.

"No problem. The Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce seems to have quite a few members here, so it should be easy to find them."

Ash got up, and Dawn reached out and pulled him up as well.

However, before the two officially split up, he still planned to go to the Giant Tree Battlefield with Xiaoguang to see the so-called "King" of the Xicui region, so they temporarily formed a team.

"Here, this is a specially made Poké Ball."

Dawn also gave half of the 30 Poké Balls in her bag to Ash.

"Is this the Poké Ball of this era?"

Holding the orange Poké Ball with its wood grain texture in my hand, it felt like a piece of woodwork. The opening was manually latched at the top and bottom, and the top of the Poké Ball had steam vents similar to those on a pressure cooker. "You have to manually flip open this latch when releasing or recalling your Pokémon."

"If it's a capture, the pressure steam device inside will automatically trigger the latch and close the seal."

Xiao Guang smiled and took out a Poké Ball, then flipped the buckle upwards as a demonstration.

boom!
As the red light fell, a cool Luccat appeared, its tail wagging, always ready for battle.

"The way to catch Pokémon is also very different here. When dealing with low-level Pokémon, you can basically sneak up behind them and throw a Poké Ball to catch them."

"Higher-level Pokémon must fight, and there are even more dangerous, ferocious, and larger 'boss' Pokémon."

This Lukecat was the first little cat monster that Xiaoguang captured in the wild at the entrance of the village, and it only evolved yesterday.

boom!
Then she threw a second Poké Ball, this time a Krillin, but it was over two meters long and looked quite out of place.

"Wow, is that the size of an Alolan Totem Pokémon?!"

Ash was a little surprised, but there was no sense of dominance from him at all!

"This is the 'boss' speaker cricket that I captured the day before yesterday."

"The boss is a special Pokémon from the Greenland region. It is much larger, can use rare moves, and has a violent personality. In the wild, its eyes turn red and it attacks its trainers."

Xiao Guang explained with a smile, but after taming it, the red light in the Speaker Cricket's eyes disappeared.

Currently, Luxcat and Speaker Squirrel are the main combat forces in Xiaoguang's hands.

"I see."

Ash nodded repeatedly, thinking that the Pokémon in this world were truly incredible.

After recalling the two Pokémon, just as the two were about to head to the Giant Tree Battlefield in the east, Dawn suddenly slapped her forehead and exclaimed in surprise:
"By the way, Ash, now that you can use Pikachu and Zoroark normally, catching that 'boss' Rapidash shouldn't be a problem!"

"Leader Flame Horse?"

Xiao Guang nodded repeatedly. She had encountered this by chance before, and its size, which was even taller than a heavy mud horse, had startled her at the time.

In addition, its red eyes gave it an extremely fierce appearance, indicating a very high level.

As for her team, Rowlet and Speaker Cricket would probably be melted by a single flame.

The Lukecats haven't evolved either, so there's absolutely no chance of them being defeated.

But if we can tame that fiery horse, it will be much easier to roam the Green Wash region.

"A rideable fiery horse?"

Ash stroked his chin, his eyes gradually brightening. After arriving in the Greenland region, the best mount was naturally the Spirit Horse.

He just can't use it right now, so perhaps he should catch a mount Pokémon in the Greenland region to get around.

So the two of them decided not to rush to the Giant Tree Battlefield and, guided by Xiao Guang, headed north along the river towards the Obsidian Plains.

Until they arrived at an open field, a huge golden figure came into view from afar.

Its head, held high, was estimated to be four meters tall, with golden fur and orange-yellow flame-like manes fluttering around its head and tail.

A pair of glowing crimson eyes appeared particularly dangerous.
It was indeed the leader, the Fiery Horse! (End of Chapter)