He knows Pokémon better than me.

Half an hour later, watching Gengar clumsily running in the gravity chamber, undergoing extreme training, Ash couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Gengar used to claim that it was spreading "superior genes" everywhere to benefit the world.

"Now that I think about it, it feels like the Kanto and Johto regions were both the ones that suffered?"

Ash frowned. The level of the new generation of Ghost-type Pokémon in these two regions must be generally quite low.

Yes, the Galar region should be too.

"Gengar, you'll have to train hard by yourself then."

So Ash simply left Gengar there for the time being, since the latter knew the way and could fly back at any time.

It should take quite a while to upgrade from 0v to 6v. Once it comes out, the entire ghost should be completely transformed, right?

As soon as Xiao Zhi stepped out of the gym, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Wait a minute, does that mean Gengar will have its own fully maxed-out 6IV certificate?!"

Since modern technology cannot distinguish between "true 6V" and "pseudo 6V" after extreme training, they are all uniformly referred to as "6V".
However, the "pseudo-6v" of extreme training has no effect on egg hatching; the genetic hatching still proceeds according to the original individual.

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Ash frowned deeply, already imagining the future scene of Gengar holding a "full 6 IV" certificate, proudly hatching eggs everywhere and spreading "superior genes".

Individual values ​​are not the decisive factor.

After all, although Gengar has zero individual values, its strength is definitely not weak. Later training is still more important than its innate individual value.

After finishing all his business and returning to the castle, Ash packed his bags and prepared to set off again.

This time, the target is Zhanjing Town!

He narrowed his search for World Championship opponents to this snowy town, and has already found quite a few players in the mid-to-high range of the ball.

After so much special training, it's time for the Flame Aces to show off their results.

"Bari!"

This time, however, the Mr. Mime took the initiative to suggest that they go together.

"OK then."

Ash didn't refuse, as he could ask about Mr. Mime on the way.

As he spoke, the Mr. Mime pulled out a white ball with a red edge—

Since Mr. Mime joined the castle, Ash hasn't officially caught any Pokémon yet, so he chose a commemorative Pokémon for himself.

Whoosh. Bang!

However, when Ash tried to catch it with a Poké Ball, Mr. Mime seemed to have a protective barrier around it, which deflected the Poké Ball.

"Hmm? There are already trainers?"

Ash blinked, while Mr. Mime curled his lip, revealing an "I knew it" expression.

We can't delay any longer. This time, we'll go back to Zhanjing Town and terminate the contract with the original place!
Ash was impressed but didn't understand. However, Mr. Mime wasn't very big, so if he couldn't put it into a ball, he simply carried it with him.

"Then the castle will be temporarily under your management, Lucario."

Ash looked at Lucario, who was undoubtedly the most reliable and dependable Pokémon in the castle.

"Luca!"

Lucario nodded. It didn't really need to do anything now. It could just command the two Ironbone Golems to make whatever needed to be made.

After briefly explaining everything, Ash walked to the castle gate and released Corviknight, which nimbly flipped over its back.

Pikachu is on one shoulder, and the mischievous Doromesia is on the other.

"Bari~!"

Mr. Mime used its psychic powers to levitate and take off, landing with a "thud" behind Ash in the perfect two-seater. A moment later, Corviknight took flight, making everything in the Wild Area appear tiny.

"Let me see, Zhanjing Town."

High in the sky, Corviknight flew northwest, while Ash drew a map of Galar on its back.

He didn't intend to land directly in Zhanjing Town—

When he passed through Jianding Town, he was very interested in the rural roads along the way, so this time he naturally wanted to explore them himself.

"Bari!"

The Mr. Mime peeked out from behind and pointed to Route 8 on the west side of Spiketown. No, it was Route 7, which borders Motostoke.

Starting from here, you can access nearby famous ruins and also reach the eastern side, where the Battle Bay is full of floating ice.

Battle Bay is not a safe place to travel.
However, given Ash's personality, he would probably be very interested in that place.

As a local, Mr. Mime is quite familiar with the environment around his hometown.

"OK, let's land on Route 7 first."

Ash patted Corviknight's neck, and the latter understood, immediately lowering one wing and beginning to descend diagonally.

The location is also very easy to find.

The main advantage is that the city of Motogakure, with its magnificent mechanical bridge, is very easy to spot; you can simply land in the wilderness to its east.

"Gah~!!"

After flying for almost half an hour, Corviknight let out a loud cry and landed steadily on Route 7.

This is a three-way intersection. To the west lies the imposing city of Quan Guan, where the gatekeepers, the Fake Demons, still stand guard on the city walls.

To the east is a tunnel that leads directly to Marie's hometown, Spiketown.

To the north lies Route 8, which leads to Battlegrounds.

As soon as he landed and stood firm, a faint chill blew in from the north, instantly rousing Xiao Zhi.

"Thank you for your hard work, Corviknight."

Ash recalled Corviknight, and Mr. Mime led the way enthusiastically like a tour guide, with Ash quickly following after him.

The expression on Mr. Mime's face made him breathe a sigh of relief.

It seems that he doesn't hate his hometown. He probably just had some kind of entanglement with someone. Is it his former trainer?
After leaping over the first small ramp and standing on the high ground, you can see the entire southern section of Highway 8, the ruins road, in its entirety.

The sandy soil makes everything here look yellowish-brown, with broken walls and various arched stone gates everywhere, and clumps of yellow withered grass growing every now and then.

It is divided into several layers, connected by various stone steps or iron ladders built by humans later.

This reminded Ash of the fossil site northwest of Galar, which also had similar platforms of varying heights and many ladders built on the rock walls.

"It's quite lively, isn't it?"

Ash stood at the entrance and looked down, discovering that there were still quite a few trainers active in this area of ​​ruins.

It looked like they were digging for fossils, and the scene was quite lively.

Instead of wielding pickaxes to dig a hole, the group of people lay half-crouched on the ground, reaching into the small holes that were visible everywhere, seemingly struggling to retrieve something.

Ash couldn't help but look curiously at the Mr. Mime beside him.

"Bari."

However, the Mr. Devil shook his head in confusion.

That shouldn't be the case. There's nothing special about this area of ​​ruins, nor any rare Pokémon. Few people usually dig for treasure here. (End of Chapter)