He knows Pokémon better than me.

Sensing someone approaching, the Moon Bear in the mud pit gradually raised its head and turned its body.

Evolved from the Circly Bear, it has basically lost the ability to stand up completely. It lies sprawled in the pit with its broad back and thick waist, and the dark cloud-like mark on its forehead is quite conspicuous.

"This is the real Moonbear from the Xicui region!"

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but sigh; he had actually seen it several times in modern times.

Rumble! !

The Moon Bear, with its eyes half-closed, immediately climbed over the rocks. Each stomp of its paws left a deep claw mark, demonstrating its immense strength.

Finally, he leaped up suddenly, reaching a height of three meters even when prone on the ground, like a mountain of flesh, staring menacingly at the three.

"Don't you recognize me anymore?"

Seeing the fierce glint in the other's eyes, Xi Pu looked quite forlorn. At 99 years old, she could be said to have spent the longest days with this moon bear.

Despite their fierce appearance, the Moon Bear was once gentle in nature and even allowed humans to ride them.

Zhubei quickly shielded Xipu behind her:
"As expected, it's different from the Mantis!"

Unlike the previous Scizor, which was covered in golden light and exuded a violent aura, the Moon Bear seemed to have been affected by some strange influence and was venting its anger indiscriminately.

Is it really as Huoxia said, that she was only stimulated by Miss Qun'er's phosphorus powder?
"give it to me."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Zhi stepped forward, ready to solve this problem easily.

The king, radiating a violent golden light, must be forcibly subdued by defeating him. But if the Moon Bear before us is just a normal abnormal status, then a bath will suffice—simple!
Xi Pu was taken aback. Were the people from the Ginkgo Merchant Guild also going to participate in the battle?
"I choose you, Good Dragon! Water Pulse!!"

He once again dispatched the emerald-colored sticky dragon, ready to give the Moonbear a thorough wash.

"Bear Roar!!"

Moon Bear roared and raised its sharp claws, easily shattering the water ripples that were thrown at it.

"Is it stronger than the previous leader, the Circly Bear?"

Ash remained calm and looked around. The ground was covered in brownish mud, which was perfect for using this move.

"Please let it rain!!"

Nian Meilong understood, raised her head, and let out a high-pitched chant:
"Sticky~~!"

A sudden downpour began, causing the Moon Bear to shake its head and shake off the water in annoyance. After evolving, it became a Ground-type and doesn't like rain.

The next moment, Moon Bear's entire body emitted a deep red light, its aura rising to its peak, and it pounced fiercely.

It was a Ground-type move that Ash had just seen from Shinji's Torterra not long ago, and it was a sudden, fierce pounce!

"Use turbid water!!"

A stream of murky yellow water began to surge wildly from beneath Nume-ryong's feet, gushing and expanding like a fountain. Especially with the added boost of the rain, it formed a giant wave four meters high.

Wow wow wow!!

Nume-ryong stood atop the highest point of the wave, surging out with the turbid currents and giant waves!

"What astonishing power!"

Yuu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, while Tsubasa had already witnessed Ash's strength before, so she wasn't too surprised this time.

I don’t know if it was just my imagination, but when Ash got into battle, there seemed to be a strange arc of light ripples around his body.

His dark face and skin seemed to fade for a moment, becoming much whiter?

boom.!!
The Moon Bear's sudden, powerful pounce carved a hollow tunnel through the turbid current.

Even the most rapid and vigorous advances eventually reach their limits.

As soon as the Moon Bear stopped its galloping, the turbid, drifting flowers instantly swept in from all directions, engulfing and submerging the Moon Bear.

Outstanding effect!

As the water flow dissipated, the Goodra descended from the sky, undoubtedly the perfect moment to unleash its Body Slam. However, the objective now was not to defeat the Moonbear, but rather to remove the abnormal status ailment from it.

Ash did not launch a direct attack:
"Nian Meilong, use gastric juice!"

Noodle Dragon understood and suddenly spat out a large pool of snot-like mucus from its mouth, which exploded on Moon Bear's body like a wave of water, soaking the latter's entire body.

Gastric juice has the effect of eliminating the target's characteristics and can also dissolve all strange things on the body.

Sure enough, after being soaked in gastric juices, Moon Bear's half-closed eyes gradually opened wide.

The roars subsided, and the animal lay still, becoming much quieter.

"Ow!"

He then violently shook his body, shaking out all the gastric juices.

Ash was one step ahead; he had already pulled Shellder behind Goodra to avoid being affected by the slime.

Yupu, on the other hand, was excited and, ignoring the slime, quickly walked over.

"Be careful, Grandma Xipu."

Just as Tsubasa was about to stop him, Ash shook his head and interrupted her.

When it comes to bonds, no one can surpass the bond between the person and the bear in front of us.

Looking into Moonbear's eyes, Yuu instantly realized that the gentle and reliable Moonbear of the past had returned!

"Ow~"

The Moon Bear lowered its body, and the Morning and Evening Cattail let out a low growl, as if apologizing for its madness over the past few days.

"It's okay, it's enough that you're back."

Xi Pu hugged Yueyue Bear's head, and the serious and old-fashioned grandmother smiled like a child.

"All done!"

Xiao Zhi put his hands on his hips and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed to be just an accident and had nothing to do with the inexplicable lightning strike.

Zhubei was standing beside him, who was retracting his Gummy Dragon. So she subtly reached for the huge, standard Ginkgo Merchant Guild bag on Xiaozhi's back.

call out.!

However, even though it was clearly visible, the hand went straight through the bag.

"Indeed, what I saw just now was not an illusion!"

Zhu Bei raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself.

It seems that the other person is covered by a layer of illusionary disguise!
Her way of speaking, the content of her conversation, and her familiarity with Pokémon were all completely different from the Ginkgo Merchant Guild members she had met before!
And with such powerful and skilled Pokémon battle abilities, he is definitely not a simple being!

Why would he pretend to be a member of the Ginkgo Merchant Guild?

Zhu Bei frowned and muttered to herself, but she didn't call her out on it directly, after all, Xiao Zhi had just done her a big favor.

He didn't seem like a bad person during our day together; on the contrary, we got along very well.

So Pearl, as if nothing had happened, smiled and walked toward Yupu and Moon Bear.

Now she's a little curious about what looks like under Ash's dark skin.
However, what seemed like no one noticed Tsubasa's actions were actually seen by Pikachu and Zoroark behind her.

"Pikachu?" "Solo?"

Pikachu exchanged a glance with Zoroark, who was still invisible, and then looked at Ash, who was still unaware.

Their trainer seems to have been exposed!

But a reminder or something.
"Pica~"

Pikachu shrugged, too lazy to bother reminding them anyway. (End of Chapter)