He knows Pokémon better than me.

"I've already pre-ordered the special capsules, and they'll arrive in a few days."

Lulina spread her hands, looking helpless.

Dracovish has decent durability and defenses, and its Water/Dragon typing is a very strong combination, with very few weaknesses.

However, she already has quite a few durable Pokémon in her team, such as Drednaw, Toxapex, and Quagsire.
Compared to them, the gill ichthyosaur is not outstanding.

But if it's about brute force, that's a different story!
"No big problem, the special features can be modified."

Ash smiled and comforted her, saying, "It has to be the Galar region; it's quite convenient to modify abilities here."

If this were my hometown in the Kanto region, it would probably take several months to half a year to find any way to modify the characteristics.

However, his special ability didn't hinder his learning, Ash continued to instruct:

"This time, I'll use the Fang of Spirit!"

The ichthyosaur pounced again, its mental energy twisting between its teeth to form a pinkish-purple light, and it took a bite.

Buzzing!
The eerie high-frequency vibrations instantly shattered the ice spikes created by the Ice Fang, biting a hole in the ground with astonishing power.

This is extremely effective against Fighting-type Pokémon; Dracovish can absolutely one-shot a muscle monster!
"Gills~!"

Lulina's gill ichthyosaur once again showed an envious expression; when would its jaws be so powerful!
The Dracovish has already mastered several biting moves, but unfortunately, it cannot learn the three moves: Flame Fang, Lightning Fang, and Venom Fang.

I can't count on Ash for the first two; their stats are too different, and even if I spend a lot more on Master Seeds, I probably still won't be able to master them.

However, it's still worth trying to get the highly venomous fangs.

Most importantly, it can also counter dangerous fairy-type opponents!
Moreover, given the biting power of the ichthyosaur, once its venomous fangs hit an opponent, they will embed themselves into flesh and blood, definitely causing a poisoning effect!

"Gills!"

Lulina's gill ichthyosaur watched intently from the side, occasionally mimicking the movements and even biting the air with its mouth.

The Pokémon lesson between the two was on track, so the two of them didn't make a sound to disturb it. They turned around, leaned against the railing, looked out at the sea, and chatted for a few minutes now and then.

"I've already postponed most of my modeling work."

Lulina stretched and spoke.

Recently, her best friend Sonia seems to have made a major breakthrough in her research, traveling all over the Galar region and working even busier than her, without even time to answer the phone.
I just found another best friend I can chat with today, so I have to confide in her!
Next, Lulina will naturally have to focus all her energy on preparing for the League Tournament.

Her goal is to become a being as beautiful and powerful as Milotic.

"Speaking of Milotic, isn't that one on TV your Pokémon?"

Ash turned his head and couldn't help but ask curiously.

You can usually see videos of Lurina's photo shoots on the big screen at Pokémon Centers or Pokémon Arenas.

The most popular video is the one where she rides on the back of a Milotic, darting quickly underwater, and then leaps out of the water together.

Sunlight shone on Milotic's scales, and the dripping water droplets made Lulina's smile on her back even more charming.

However, it seems that Milotic has never been seen in Lulina's team.

"Unfortunately, that Milotic belongs to the company."

Lulina shook her head regretfully; Milotic and she were purely colleagues.

Milotic is not a common Pokémon, especially in the Galar region. She had heard that there was a wild Milotic living in Lake Milotic in the Wild Area, but she had been there many times and had not found any trace of it.

"Lake Minas? There aren't even any ugly fish there."

Ash was quite certain about the two lakes near his home; Crab had almost always made their home there.

"If I see Feebas or Milotic when I challenge Pokémon dens in the future, I will definitely call you over first."

Ash assured everyone that the appearance of Pokémon in these Wild Area dens was quite random.

Aside from the legendary Pokémon that can't appear, everything else is possible.
Well, it's not impossible for legendary Pokémon to exist, it's just that there haven't been any records of them being discovered yet.

Thanks!

Lulina expressed her gratitude, but the probability of randomly getting Feebas from a Pokémon Den was still too low, so she didn't have much hope.

but
Now I have an excuse to visit Ash's castle more often!
As for how well Lyrina performs in the Galar League, Ash can only offer his silent blessings.

There are so many experts this year!
The Dan Emperor and the strongest gym leader occupy two seats, which is difficult to shake, along with other gym leaders from various regions who are equally powerful.

In addition, there are three strong newcomers this year: Hep, Xiaoyou, and Mary.

Xiao You, in particular, still can't fathom the true strength of this girl.

He had previously watched Xiaoyou's live stream of challenging the Arena, and when she faced off against Magua's mother, she seemed to win with great ease, indicating that her strength was clearly beyond that.

It has to be said that she is stronger than Mary and Hop after her special training and seclusion.

These are just the contestants he knows so far; who knows if there are other powerful trainers among them.

"Uh, even making it to the quarterfinals seems a bit risky."

Ash thought to himself, "Lelina's ace is Gigantamax Drednaw. This type combination is easy to exploit and defeat."

His gaze then fell on the gill harpy dragon practicing biting beside him.

If this guy can catch up before the start of the match and successfully change his ability to "Strong Jaws".

Furthermore, the Galar people don't know much about fossil Pokémon yet, and they are unaware of the amazing move "Chicken Bite".

Perhaps, Lulina still has a chance to reach the quarterfinals, or even the semifinals?

They chatted casually, and soon the conversation turned to Ash's World Championships.

"A promotion tournament for advanced players?"

Lulina shook her head blankly. There was no ranking tournament in the previous World Championships, since most of the participants were locals from Galar, and there weren't many players from other places.

So the entire process was just a series of ranked matches without any changes, and we fought our way through to the end.

However, given Xiaozhi's strength, there shouldn't be any suspense whether he's a local or an outsider, right?

That's something she doesn't need to worry about.

"Judging by the time, they should be notifying us soon."

Ash subconsciously pulled out his phone, Rotom. He'd returned to the Watchtower and probably wouldn't even have a couple of days to rest before his opponent for the promotion tournament was revealed.

I wonder if I'll be matched with someone I know? (End of Chapter)