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

Chapter 82 Is Riolu ruined? Never give up, never abandon, that's Ash!
With the culprit missing, there's no way to hold anyone accountable. Besides, frankly, what responsibility could that guy possibly bear? Are you suggesting he go find the spring water of the clear lake?
After learning about the state of the Pokémon egg, the people in Ordron City immediately sent someone to report to the League. The League then sent people to collect spring water, which was eventually transported to Vermilion City. The Pokémon egg was placed in the spring water and temporarily stored at Professor Sakuragi's house.

Given that the Pokémon egg was shattered like this, and that this was indirectly caused by Professor Sakuragi, the people in Ordron should have simply taken the egg back with them.

However, they demanded that Dr. Sakuragi keep the fairy egg until its life was over.

During this time, they will search for a way to repair the Pokémon egg, but if they can't find one, then there's nothing they can do...

Although Professor Sakuragi was puzzled, he did his best to preserve the fairy egg, carefully changing the lake water for it every now and then, which allowed the fairy egg to remain in this state for five years.

Although the egg's life force had been waning over the past five years, it had not completely disappeared.

Before today, the fairy eggs had been kept at Professor Sakuragi's house. Today, the research institute is opening, and Professor Sakuragi is thinking of moving the fairy eggs to the back garden of the research institute to see if the environment here can awaken the fairy eggs' will to survive and thus create a miracle.

Indeed, a miracle did occur. Although it wasn't a miracle created by the Pokémon Egg itself, it eventually found its match in Ash.

The Pokémon Egg's five years of perseverance seemed to be waiting for Ash's appearance. Ash's appearance saved its life and allowed Professor Sakuragi to give an explanation to Queen Irene.

"...Speaking of which, now that I've caught Riolu, what about Ordoran City? Isn't that a very important Pokémon to them?" Ash suddenly remembered something: Riolu's fate.

Ash originally thought that the Pokémon egg belonged to Professor Oak, and that it was a damaged egg that was about to die. Given his relationship with Professor Oak and Professor Oak, and the fact that he had saved the egg, it would be only natural for him to want to become Riolu's trainer.

However, the origin of this elf egg is extraordinary, and it seems to be of great importance to that Queen Irene. It seems a bit unwise for him to just rashly subdue it.

"Don't worry about that. Strangely enough, the people in Orudron City were very angry when they first found out that the Pokémon egg was broken. Besides Xiao Hao, I was also partly responsible. But later, Xiao Hao went missing, and I wasn't punished. Instead, they asked me to take good care of the broken Pokémon egg."

"Their only requirement is to protect this elf egg until it completely dies. If someone can save the elf egg, then the elf inside the egg will belong to that person, provided the elf is willing."

As Dr. Sakuragi spoke, he recalled the scenes from back then.

The subsequent reaction from the city of Ordron was indeed very strange to him. Normally, if the elf egg was damaged in his hands, how could they still entrust it to him for safekeeping?
Furthermore, the other party stated that whoever could revive the Pokémon egg could become its trainer.

He knew just how important this elf egg was to the city of Ordron; he probably wouldn't trade it even for ten pseudo-gods.

Even if the Pokémon egg is brought back to life, there should be some other form of reward. Simply giving away the Pokémon egg itself... doesn't feel quite right, does it?

However, since that's what they said, Professor Sakuragi had no choice but to comply, after all, it wasn't his Pokémon egg, and he was the one in the wrong.

Ash and the others found it a bit strange, but since there was no conflict, that was for the best.

Although it sounds like they want to possess Riolu, Riolu really can only stay with Ash for the time being, unless the Pokémon Center can find a way.

"If you have nothing to do tonight, just sleep here. Tomorrow we'll go to the Pokémon Center together to see Riolu," Professor Sakuragi said to Ash and the others after checking the time.

Xiao Zhi nodded, and then followed Xiao Chun to the guest room to put their luggage down first.

Professor Sakuragi's house is quite large, but there are also many people in his family. The four of them live in one room, Koharu in another, and Soten in yet another, leaving only one guest room.

There was only one bed in that guest room, so Xiaozhi and Xiaogang had to share one bed, while Xiaoxia went to sleep in the same bed as Xiaochun.

Xiaochun had no objection to this; she was quite curious about Xiaoxia, the head of the Cerulean Dojo.

More importantly, she always felt that Xia's gaze was a little strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why. Could it be that they had met somewhere before? She could ask her that night when they went to bed.

……

The next day, Ash got up early. On the one hand, he was used to his biological clock of getting up early to train, and on the other hand, he was a little worried about Riolu's condition.

Yesterday, he chatted with Aura Ash in the group again. The other person said that besides him, only a Pokémon of the legendary level could save Riolu from its condition, and the Pokémon Center would not have any way to cure it.

Riolu now needs to receive a waveguide transmission from him at least once a day, otherwise the situation will definitely worsen. Therefore, Ash spent the whole night worrying about Riolu's condition.

But getting up early in the morning won't help. We agreed to go to the Pokémon Center together last night, so he can't go alone early now, can he?

As for training... this place isn't the wild, so you can't just train anywhere. Besides, Pokémon training requires a balance of work and rest, so Ash didn't plan to train any Pokémon this morning.

With nothing to do early in the morning, he opened the refrigerator and saw some bread, eggs, tomatoes, and the like. So he rolled up his sleeves and started making breakfast.

Pikachu and Ralts woke up with Ash, so they helped him out.

In this respect, Ralts was much more adept than Pikachu, because she could use her psychic powers, while Pikachu could only rely on its little arms and legs to pass ingredients to Ash. After helping for a while, Pikachu realized that it couldn't run as fast as Ralts with a single thought, so it simply gave up and watched Ash make breakfast.

Before long, hot sandwiches were ready and placed on the table.

Perhaps it was the aroma of breakfast, or perhaps it was the noise Ash was making while preparing breakfast, but Professor Sakuragi's people in the house also got up one after another.

Xiaochun was the first to come out. Wearing pajamas, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and muttered things like, "Why is Mom so early?"

But when she saw it was Ash, she instantly sobered up and ran back to her room with a flushed face. Ash scratched his head, somewhat confused, not understanding why Haru acted like she'd seen a ghost when she saw him.

After Professor Sakuragi and the others came out, Haru followed Misty out of the room, her face still flushed. "Ash, you can even cook now? Looks like you've done a lot of preparation for this trip all these years."

"Haha~ Yeah, yeah." Ash replied, scratching his head a little embarrassedly.

He's done a lot of preparation over the past few years? Haha, this is purely his growth over the past month. Before the trip, he really knew nothing and couldn't do anything.

His ability to grow to this level in just over a month is entirely due to the guidance of the experts in the group, the various skills he acquired, and his own talent—all of which are indispensable.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast, Professor Sakuragi and his family showered Ash with praise. Even Brock remarked that Ash's cooking skills had improved once again, a world of difference compared to a month ago. Perhaps Ash has the potential to become a breeder.

Ash just chuckled and didn't reply. Let alone the potential to become a breeder, he could actually become anything. The various Ashes in the chat group were versions of him developing in different directions in different parallel universes.

Therefore, in theory, he has great potential in various professions, but it has not yet been developed.

After breakfast, the group headed to the Pokémon Center. Xiaochun was supposed to go to school today, but because she was also involved with Riolu, she wanted to check on Riolu's condition, so she took a day off.

Upon arriving at the Pokémon Center, they found Nurse Joy and inquired about Riolu's condition, but the result was not encouraging.

"...Although Riolu's life has returned to normal, his talent has been damaged, and his consciousness is still in a coma. It is unknown when he will wake up. Even if he does wake up, he may never be able to advance in level or even evolve."

Joey looked troubled, and his words caused everyone's expressions to change drastically.

It was initially thought that Riolu had successfully hatched from its egg and could recover slowly at the Pokémon Center, but now, after examination, it has been found that Riolu is now beyond saving.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were on Ash. If Ash's capture of Riolu was a lucky break before, then now Riolu is just a burden and a drag on Ash.

If Ash continues to be Riolu's trainer, he will not only have to bear the cost of Riolu's survival and take care of Riolu's mental well-being, but he also cannot let Riolu go into battle and can only raise it at home as a child.

No trainer would do something so thankless and exhausting. If their Pokémon turned into that, unless they had a very deep bond with it and had been through a lot together, they would probably secretly abandon it.

As for Ash, what kind of feelings could he possibly have for Riolu? It's normal for Riolu to have feelings for him, but Ash probably doesn't have any feelings for Riolu at all. He gave Riolu a new life, but Riolu brought him multiple burdens such as living expenses.

In this situation, would Ash still choose to become Riolu's trainer?

"Ash, how about... I take Riolu back to Ordoran Castle? You haven't really caught Riolu, it's just an emergency..."

"No need, Professor Sakuragi. Riolu is my Pokémon. Now that I've caught him, I'll take full responsibility for him," Ash interrupted Professor Sakuragi, speaking with unwavering resolve.

Even if he couldn't restore Riolu, he would still keep Riolu by his side. The moment he threw the Poké Ball to capture Riolu, he was already Riolu's trainer!
Now that I've become Riolu's trainer, I have to take responsibility for him!
No matter what Riolu's situation is, he will treat Riolu with care and kindness. Releasing it back into the wild or using other excuses to make Riolu leave him is something Ash would never do.

Upon hearing this, Professor Sakuragi stared intently at Ash, his eyes revealing a complex mix of emotions: relief, admiration, regret, and remorse...

Compared to that inhuman guy, Ash's character is far superior. No, comparing him to that guy would be an insult to Ash's character.

Ash's unwavering loyalty to such a Pokémon is something that 99% of trainers in the world cannot do.

Professor Sakuragi's regret and remorse stemmed from his decision to let Ash catch Riolu.

At that time, he was thinking that since Ash had saved Riolu's life, he should let Ash catch this rare and powerful Pokémon so that it could become Ash's right-hand man in the future.

However, Riolu has now become Ash's burden...

"And Riolu might have a way to recover. Nurse Joy, where is Riolu now?" Ash said, looking at Nurse Joy, whose pretty face showed a slight look of surprise.

Ash's words, "There might be a way to recover," piqued her curiosity, but she still took Ash to Riolu's location first.

Riolu is currently lying on a healing bed, which continuously supplies Riolu with healing energy similar to that used by Chansey, maintaining Riolu's vitality.

Riolu still hadn't opened its eyes, and lay motionless on the bed.

But after Ash and the others arrived, his stiff arm seemed to tremble slightly. At that moment, Ash also felt a wave guiding through his mind.

'Thank you... for... your help...' The voice was broken, but Ash still received the complete message.

Riolu has regained consciousness? It seems so, but due to its weak body, its newly regained consciousness, and the fact that it was born not long ago, it is unable to properly express what it wants to say using Aura.

As Ash was thinking, he walked up to Riolu, reached through the lid of the treatment bed, and stroked Riolu's head. A pale blue light shone from Ash's body.

As the light swirled, an unusual glow also shone from Riolu's body.

Under Ash's infusion of Aura power, Riolu's weak Aura began to slowly grow stronger, and the instrument recording Riolu's physical condition also began to beat, with all of his indicators starting to rise towards normal.

Miss Joy, who was seeing this scene for the first time, couldn't help but reach out her delicate hand to lightly cover her red lips. She didn't understand what the boy had done. Why did Riolu's vital signs start to rise sharply just because he gently placed his hand on Riolu's body?

Is this a healing skill even more powerful than Healing Wave? But how did a human manage to do that?!
(End of this chapter)