Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 257: Resurgence, Little Lugia and Ash's Mutual Affection.

"Did Lugia move just now?!"

"No, she was sleeping soundly, wasn't she?"

"I think I saw your eyelids twitch too."

"Pika pika~"

As they chatted amongst themselves, little Lugia's eyes twitched slightly again, and this time all three of them saw it clearly.

"It seems like he's really waking up, Xiao Zhi. Is your treatment working that fast? He's only been sleeping for less than thirty minutes in total," Xiao Gang said in surprise.

"I only removed the death energy from Lugia's body. As for the injuries, Lugia doesn't have them. How long it takes for Lugia to wake up depends on when its spirit recovers. But the recovery speed is indeed very fast. It's worthy of being a legendary Pokémon." Even Ash himself was amazed by Lugia's recovery speed.

Lugia's recovery was somewhat related to him, but not significantly. After all, Lugia didn't actually have any physical injuries. The reason she was in so much pain before was entirely due to the torment of the dark attribute power within her body, as well as the conflict between her psychic and dark attributes.

After completely absorbing the Dark attribute, Lugia not only fully recovered but also leveled up. This was because the quality of the Dark attribute power within Lugia was far superior to his own power.

It can be basically confirmed that the power belongs to Yveltal, and it is Yveltal who holds a divine position.

Aside from His power, it's hard to imagine what other power could allow a being of the first-tier god race like Lugia to suddenly increase so much power, and even max out his stats.

However, despite the physical improvements, the most significant damage Lugia suffered was psychological. How quickly he recovers depends on Lugia himself.

And now, only a short while has passed, and Lugia has already woken up. This recovery ability... truly befits a legendary Pokémon!

Under everyone's watchful eyes, little Lugia opened his eyes, revealing his scarlet pupils.

Lugia's original eyes were black pupils with a white background, just like normal human eyes. But now, with its attributes changed, Lugia's eyes have turned a deep crimson. Combined with its black exterior, it looks somewhat eerie, even though it is still young.

She's quite cute when her eyes are closed, but her whole demeanor changes once she opens them.

But when Lugia opened its eyes and saw the three people and one pet lying in front of it, it was so frightened that it spread its wings and moved back several meters, sticking directly to the wall of the house.

"Uh... Xiao Gang, you scared Lugia!"

"Don't talk nonsense, why can't it be that you scared Lugia?!" Brock tried to roll his eyes at Ash, but his eyes couldn't do that.

But that doesn't stop Brock from feeling deep contempt for Ash. Everyone was watching Lugia together, so why was he the one who got scared?

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. Hello, little Lugia. Nice to meet you. We mean no harm." Xia helplessly stopped the two from arguing, then stretched out her white hands in a gesture of surrender, indicating that she had nothing in her hands and meant no harm.

Faced with Xiaoxia's kindness, Lugia seemed to snap out of her daze and began to observe her surroundings with her eyes.

A perfectly normal house, humans who seem harmless, a very weak yellow-skinned mouse, and an elf that looks like a cat.

When Lugia saw Mewtwo, she couldn't help but tremble. Her intuition told her that this seemingly small and frail Pokémon was actually the most terrifying being here.

However, the other party did not show any hostility towards her.

Seeing this, little Lucia's restless heart finally calmed down a bit, and the people present seemed to be showing her a friendly attitude.

And the boy in the very middle...

"Ooh~" Did you save me?
Little Lugia called softly, and only Ash could understand what Little Lugia was saying. He nodded and smiled, "It was me who helped you, Little Lugia. From today onwards, you can stay by my side for now. After the competition, I will take you home, okay?"

Little Lugia tilted her head, seemingly not quite understanding what Ash meant by "competition," but she definitely understood the word "home."

Because of Ash's act of saving her and the goodwill she felt from Ash, Lugia hesitated for a moment, but nodded and said that she would stay with Ash for the time being, mainly because she had nowhere else to go.

Moreover, her previous arrest had left a significant shadow on her young mind, and now she wouldn't even dare to walk alone.

After agreeing to Ash's request, Lugia subconsciously glanced at her body, then a look of horror appeared on her face. She quickly found a mirror and looked at herself. In less than ten seconds, her dark little face was full of mourning.

"Waaaaah!!!" What's wrong with my body? Why has it become like this?!

Looking at Lugia's mournful face, Ash and the others exchanged glances and scratched their cheeks. Even without Ash translating, they knew what Lugia was saying.

It was obviously unacceptable that he had become completely black, but there was nothing that could be done about it. At that time, the dark attribute power had squeezed the psychic attribute to almost no room for survival and completely filled Lugia's body.

Her feathers turned completely black due to the evil energy. From that moment on, unless a supernatural power surpassing the evil power within her was injected into her body, she would never be able to revert to her original attribute and skin color.

Mewtwo could actually give it a try, but with Lugia's body, it's practically impossible to withstand two god-level powers fighting inside its body. Even if it did manage to withstand it, the cost would be enormous.

The legendary Pokémon friend in the group had mentioned this before, which dispelled Ash's idea of ​​restoring Lugia's body and attributes. It seemed that the legendary Pokémon friend was very experienced, and Ash didn't have time to ask if the other party had a similar experience.

In short, it's practically impossible for Lugia to return to its original form. You're suggesting we wait until Lugia becomes stronger before changing it? Don't be ridiculous. Right now, Lugia's power is Dark attribute. As Lugia grows stronger, the Dark attribute within him will also grow stronger, and over time, the Dark attribute power will completely transform into Lugia's own power and attribute.

So, if we want to change Lugia's attributes and body color later on... having Arceus come over might be a little possible.

Ultimately, after Ash's explanation, Lugia reluctantly and sadly accepted the fact. It seems he will have to return to his pack with this appearance from now on, and it's unknown whether his parents will accept it...

But for Lugia, it wasn't all bad news: her strength had skyrocketed!

Normally, it would take her at least several years to reach this level of power. Although divine beasts are powerful at their initial level and are virtually invincible within their respective levels, their growth rate is also very slow.

Without external interference, it would take at least several decades, or even hundreds of years, for a mythical beast to grow up!
The growth here is natural, with almost no training. If you train on your own, you might be able to improve your speed, but it would take more than ten years to reach the champion level.

This is why some legendary Pokémon choose to attach themselves to trainers; under a trainer's guidance, they can improve many times faster than they could outside!
The prerequisite is that you need to find a reliable and powerful trainer...

For Lugia, who has never been in contact with a trainer, this progress is incredibly fast, equivalent to saving several years of her life. This is perhaps the only consolation for Lugia.

After Lugia finally accepted the change in its body color, Ash explained the details about Poké Balls, Trainers, and so on. Lugia was very quick to learn and soon fully understood what Ash was saying.

Then he obediently entered the Poké Ball. In his special Poké Ball, Master Steel had made a design that allowed the Pokémon inside to see the outside world completely.

Ordinary Poké Balls can also achieve this, but the Pokémon must be strong enough to ignore the rules of the Poké Ball. The spatial rules of ordinary Poké Balls are the weakest, so only Gym Leader level Pokémon can see the outside scene from inside the Poké Ball.

As for those who go even higher, their strength needs to be continuously raised to the level of a king or even a champion.

Lugia's special Poké Ball allows it to observe the outside world anytime, anywhere, regardless of its strength.

For Lugia, even entering a Poké Ball wouldn't pose too many limitations.

However, Ash is in a bit of a predicament. If you include Lugia, he now has eight Pokémon...

If we send one of the Pokémon back, what happens when it has to fight a six-on-six battle later? We can't just force a five-on-six fight, can we?
Sending Lugia out to battle carries a hint of showing off, even though Ash really wanted to do it...

But isn't this just telling Team Galactic, or even other villainous organizations around the world, that Lugia is on him and they should come and snatch him?

Therefore, we still need to carefully consider the position of the Pokémon. Five against six... it's not impossible. If you really feel it's not safe, then just put Mewtwo in the sixth Pokémon position.

Thinking about this, Ash stopped worrying. If someone in the competition was really that strong and could defeat all five of his Pokémon, then that person would face their biggest challenge yet—Mewtwo!
These are all tests, young man!
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Two more days passed quickly, and this was the eighth day after the preliminary rounds. The official competition of the Quartz Conference was about to begin!

The competition among the top 32 will take two days to conclude, as the official tournament differs from the qualifiers in that it does not have four venues.

There is only one venue, the Quartz Arena, and all sixteen matches must be held there, so one day is not enough time.

The matches, entry, halftime break, and lunch break... all in all, starting from 9 am, you're lucky if you get one match per hour, then a one-hour lunch break, and then until 6 pm, that's about eight hours in total.

That's just enough time to finish half of the game.

Over the past two days, Ash has gotten to know Lugia quite well. He took Lugia around the amusement park near the Indigo League. As for their faces, Ash asked Mewtwo to use its psychic powers to distort them.

Due to the influence of his superpowers, Ash looks just like any ordinary passerby, while Lugia looks like a Murkrow.

Who would have thought that the Murkrow and the random boy wandering around the amusement park were actually Ash and the legendary Pokémon Lugia?

The Quartz Convention's amusement park also has attractions specifically for elves. Since elves are the main theme of this world, it's far more profitable for businesses to do business with elves than with humans!

Things like haunted houses, forest exploration, berry picking, etc... these facilities where you can play with Pokémon are incredibly expensive, but for Ash, anything that can be solved with money is no problem.

He doesn't even know how much money is in his card anymore.

Meanwhile, Lugia's relationship with Ash has rapidly warmed up over the past two days. She already had a good impression of Ash, after all, he saved her life. After spending time with Ash these past few days, she likes him even more.

Whether it's the experience of playing, taking care of her emotions on a daily basis, or even the food, it's better than ever before. When has she ever eaten such delicious food while she was in the tribe?

The dishes that Ash and Brock make are top-notch in terms of nutrition and taste, especially Ash, who still has room for improvement. His breeder level is currently stuck at the intermediate level.

In short... for Lugia, being with Ash is so much better than going back!

This made her almost forget about going home. It had only been two days. If the road home were right in front of her, she might not have taken this path. Wasn't the human world more appealing?!
Ash has also refrained from Pokémon training these past few days, which is unusual for him. For him, calming Lugia's anxiety is the most important thing. In the end, his actions of spending time with Lugia these past few days have been a great success!

At least now, little Lugia has completely lost the initial awkwardness and slight fear; all he has left is a desire to eat, drink, and have fun in the human world.jpg

(End of this chapter)