Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master...

The sisters opposite were terrified by this scene, and Latias stopped running away and curiously hopped back step by step.

"Who exactly are you?!"

This is the first time the Phantom Thief Sisters have encountered such a situation while traveling across various regions; the opposing Pokémon and Trainer are ridiculously strong.

"That's what I wanted to ask you. Who are you people? You're not some damned poachers, are you?"

"Hmph, how could that be? We're not those kinds of lowlifes." As soon as Sanna heard Ash mistake them for poachers, she immediately put on an arrogant and sour face and denied it repeatedly.

Even though he's not exactly a saint himself, he's unusually attentive to detail in places like this.

"We only love beautiful female thieves who adore pretty jewels."

"Being a thief doesn't seem like such a noble thing!"

They spoke with such conviction that Xiao Zhi thought they were about to say something amazing, but it turned out they were a group of thieves.

While Sanna pretended to talk to Ash to distract him, she and her sister quickly put all the Pokémon back into their Poké Balls.

Then he immediately floored the accelerator and started the speedboat, trying to escape quickly.

But such a small action could not escape Xiao Zhi's keen eyes, and his strong hand grabbed the side edge of the speedboat.

With a little force, Xiao Zhi's fingers embedded themselves in the metal of the speedboat. He stood easily on the shore, using one hand to hold the speedboat in place.

"Is this something a human could do?"

The engine was running at full power, and the hull was almost deformed, but the speedboat still didn't move an inch.

The two sisters were instantly soaked; the cold sweat on their foreheads was more than they had ever shed in the first half of their lives combined.

"Don't even think about escaping once you've met me!" Ash controlled the speedboat with one hand, and with the other, he grabbed Lian by the neck, who was steering the boat.

Lillian was slowly lifted up by Ash, whose strength made it impossible for her to resist.

"Let go of my sister."

Seeing that Lian was being held by Ash, the blonde Sanna immediately rushed forward anxiously to pry Ash's hand away.

She thrust the poisoned needle from her sleeve at Ash, but it couldn't even penetrate Ash's skin; the needle bent over.

"How is this possible..."

This is the first time in all these years that the thief sisters have suffered such a crushing defeat.

"Ash, what are you doing?"

Unexpectedly, Misty and Serena suddenly emerged from a nearby alley; they too had come to look for Ash.

"Our match is about to start this afternoon, let's hurry over to the sports center."

"Wait a minute, don't come any closer."

Seeing two more girls appear, Ash's attention was diverted, and Lian suddenly made a firm decision.

"Sanna, Plan B!"

The moment the words were spoken, the speedboat exploded with tremendous force.

The streets and bridges on both sides of the river were instantly blown up, and the surrounding buildings were severely affected, with many collapsing.

Fortunately, most of the residents in the houses were attending the celebration and watching the battle, so there were not many casualties.

At the moment of the explosion, Ash immediately moved Pikachu, Latias, Misty, and Serena to a safe place, protecting them with his body.

The Phantom Thief Sisters were truly terrified of Ash and dared not linger there for even a moment longer.

Despite being closest to the source of the explosion, he endured the pain, immediately activated his hidden jetpack, and recklessly overloaded it to escape.

Unfortunately, despite the smoke, Ash's Aura Sensor clearly detected all their movements.

"These two have a lot of high-tech equipment on them."

Moreover, their Pokémon are all quite strong, and Ash felt that letting them escape at this point would definitely cause more trouble.

With that thought in mind, Ash quickly put on the title he had been given, "Enemy of Humanity."

[Public Enemy of Humanity: When worn, it reduces human affinity towards you by 20, but increases the success rate of using Sweet Balls on "targets" with evil attributes by 4 times!]

Although when he received this title, Ash said that as a partner of justice, he would never use it even if it meant his death.

But the situation is special now.

"This is all for justice!" Ash felt that his sacrifice was too great.

Then he immediately threw them with all his might, and the two sweet balls flew out like bullets, their speed exceeding that of a jetpack, and they hit the back of the phantom thief sisters' heads.

【Sweet Ball (Special): Increases the success rate of capturing targets of the opposite gender to your own fighter by 8 times】

The two sisters were so busy running away that they didn't notice Ash at all in the smoke, and they were both hit by Sweet Balls.

After a moment of shaking, two loud thuds...

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have achieved the achievement "Guardian of the Heart's Drop": You have successfully changed the fate of the Heart's Drop being destroyed. May the God of Airplanes bless you! (laughs)]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +4000; Free Attribute Points +4; Regional Favorability +5; Regional Prestige +5]

"What are you laughing at! And what's this 'God of Airplanes' thing anyway? Why not just add 'cup' to the back of the plane!"

"But these two guys really are a menace! It was definitely the right decision to catch them!" Ash felt that he had taken another small step forward in the process of leading the League toward a bright future.

"Ash, what's with that smile on your face? It looks... so evil."

Ash was taken aback when he heard Serena's question.

"I didn't laugh."

It seems that wearing this title has a side effect: to others, Ash's face appears to be shrouded in a faint, sinister smile.

Quickly change the title to the one Ash usually wears, the one that gives discounts on purchases.

The evil aura emanating from him vanished instantly. Serena rubbed her cute big eyes and took a closer look; Ash's demeanor was normal again.

She thought she must have been blinded by the smoke and dust, which was why she had misjudged the situation.

While everyone was distracted, Ash quickly stored the two Sweet Balls and the jetpack into his storage space.

Chapter 274 The Secret Garden of the Airplane Girl

A moment later, the smoke dissipated, but Latias had also disappeared from the vicinity. Ash was a little worried that it might have been injured in the explosion.

[Ding! Latias: Affection +20]

[Ding! Latios: Affection +10]

Suddenly, Ash heard these two notification sounds and felt relieved.

"It seems Latias went back to his home to see his brother."

"Ah, Latias, where is Latias?" Xiaoxia became excited and looked around, but unfortunately she couldn't see anything.

Even Canon, who seemed to be here just now, has disappeared. Xiaoxia was extremely puzzled.

At that moment, Officer Jenny's sirens were rapidly approaching from afar; after all, with such a large explosion, someone must have called the police.

When Officer Jenny arrived, Ash truthfully recounted to her how the Phantom Thief sisters had detonated the speedboat.

Of course, Ash only tells the truth selectively. He would never reveal that he had captured the two of them with his special Sweet Ball.

Ash himself has a high level of popularity and prestige in the region, so Officer Jenny trusts him very easily.

I didn't doubt what he said and believed him. But Xiaozhi was indeed telling the truth, he just didn't say everything.

After hearing Ash describe the appearance of the Phantom Thief sisters, Officer Jenny from Water City immediately contorted her face in a grotesque expression.

She bit her handkerchief and shouted through gritted teeth.

"It really was those two guys!"

"They actually dared to swagger into the Water City, without even changing their striking hairstyles. That's just too much!"

It was then that Ash realized that Sanna and Lian were the two thieves that Kanon had complained about earlier, the ones who stole important books from the Water City Library.

This time, they dared to ignore the police pursuit, making no attempt to disguise themselves, and brazenly appeared in the city, which was simply a provocation to the police.

"Young men and women, thank you so much for the clues you provided. Please be extremely careful to protect yourselves. Leave the rest to us!"

After returning home, Officer Jenny decided that no matter how much the mayor opposed it, even if he mobilized his family's influence, she would still push forward with the city surveillance plan.

Officer Jenny must never experience such humiliation again; Ash can only wish her good luck.

Of course, Ash was wishing the mayor good luck.

Because the city of Water City is very wealthy, the municipal government will cover the damage to the houses affected by the explosion.

Once the two culprits are caught, they will be made to pay compensation.

After finishing their business with Officer Jenny, Ash and his friends immediately headed to the stadium for the next match.

In the last preliminary match of the afternoon, Ash faced an opponent from the Sinnoh region.

This Whirlpool Tournament is indeed famous, attracting trainers from such distant regions to participate.

The opposing team sent out Pokémon that are rarely seen in Kanto and Johto: Empoleon and Gastrodon.

Ash found it quite novel; Empoleon looked like a giant penguin, while Gastrodon looked just like a sea slug.

I feel like I'm talking nonsense, but the player on the other side named Shinji is indeed quite strong.

But in the end, his Pokémon were defeated by Ash's Gyarados and Milotic's tail.

But for some reason, Ash seemed to hear Shinji say to his Emperor Nepo what a useless thing he was.

You must have misheard.

Ash won all three preliminary rounds in Water 7 and successfully advanced to the main tournament of the Whirlpool Tournament.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the new side quest "Who is the King of the Preliminaries!": Complete all the preliminaries with an undefeated record!]

【获得奖励：联盟币+4000；速度+2；攻击+2；自由属性点+2；道具“贝壳之铃”+1】

【Shell Bell: When the Pokémon carrying it deals damage to an opponent, it recovers a small amount of HP.】

Xiaoxia's competition ended in a narrow victory.

"Xiaoxia, you have to make sure you get the timing right when you let Mosquito King use Belly Drum."