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

"My name is Ash, and I will be your trainer from now on. Please take good care of me, Eevee and Ralts."

Eevee happily stuck out its tongue and licked Ash's cheek.

"Eevee! Eevee!"

After sensing Ash's kindness, Ralts lowered its guard and reached out to hug Ash's neck.

"They're so cute, I want to hug them too."

Xiaoxia was overjoyed to see the petite Eevee and Ralts.

"Pikachu, Pikachu."

Pikachu greeted its two new friends, and the Pokémon quickly became friends.

[Ding! New side quest triggered: The Choice of Fate!: Evolve Eevee into any evolution form]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +500; Attack +2; Free Attribute Points +3;]

[Ding! New side quest triggered: Peerless Little Nanniang: Evolve Ralts into its final form Gardevoir]

[Rewards: 800 League Coins; Attack +2; Special Attack +2; Free Attribute Points +2; Gardevoir will gain the additional ability: Charming Body]

"Xiao Nan Niang!"

Ash looked at the tiny, white Ralts in surprise.

"Shark, shark!"

Gible, that idiot, has somehow picked a wildflower and is now trying to woo Ralts.

Ralts turned her head away in refusal.

"Ralu~Rasu".

It has such a soft and cute voice, yet it's male!

"Oh! Your Nanniang is really a menace!"

Chapter Thirty-Three: The Great Migration of the Monkey Monster Clan?

The backyard of Dr. Oki's research institute in Pallet Town.

This area is extremely vast, and a large number of wild Pokémon and Pokémon belonging to the trainers of Pallet Town inhabit this place.

Their sheer numbers have even created a small ecosystem.

Professor Oak, having just finished a tiring morning's work, is sitting in the best viewing spot in the backyard, sipping tea and writing his favorite senryu.

In fact, he has been thinking about the meaning of life for the past few days.

Suddenly, a phone rang urgently. Professor Oak strode over to the phone, composed himself, and answered it.

Sure enough, the face of the culprit who caused his current situation appeared on the communication screen.

"Professor Oak, it's been a while since we last talked. Your dark circles are so bad, you should get some rest."

"By the way, I've already earned four badges. How are my Pokémon doing with you?"

When Ash mentioned his Pokémon, Professor Oak almost choked on his breath.

"How dare you say that? My dark circles are the result of your Pokémon!"

"Your Great Spike has become the leader of the Bug-type Pokémon in the backyard and started waging a territorial war, while Machoke and Rhyperior are also harassing other Pokémon everywhere."

"And your Pikachu, I don't even want to talk about it..."

"Any Pokémon that looks even slightly stronger on my side will fall victim to its attacks."

"It fought Xiao Mao's Arcanine to a draw a while ago, and both are still receiving treatment at the center."

Ash exclaimed in surprise upon hearing Professor Oak's words.

"What? My Picosi has failed?"

"Is this what you're concerned about? Your Pokémon have caused chaos here, and I haven't slept well for several nights in a row."

Professor Oak's face looked like it was about to leap out of the phone screen, and Ash could only sweat and comfort him.

"Dr. Oak, you are an academic giant, I believe you will have a solution."

"Send Bulbasaur back, and I'll forgive you."

"No, this will disrupt my training plan, Professor Oak, please bear with it a little longer."

"Sigh." Professor Oak, who truly doted on Ash, sighed and said nothing more.

"However, Ash, you're progressing slowly. Your rivals who started with you have all gotten at least five badges, and Gary has already gotten six."

"That's it, keep up the good work, and remember to catch as many rare Pokémon as possible!"

Before hanging up the phone, Professor Oak made a point of mentioning Gary's situation.

Upon hearing that Gary had already earned six badges, Ash was indeed inspired and left the phone booth, running back to camp to urge Misty to set off quickly.

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The route from Goldenrod City to Rainbow City is a long, straight road with very convenient transportation; no normal person would get lost on this route.

Unfortunately, neither Ash nor Misty are normal people; yes, they got lost again!

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have achieved the achievement: Where is the direction of your life?: You have gotten lost 20 times!]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +800; Stamina +5; Speed ​​+5]

"Why can we get lost even when we're walking on a straight main road?"

Xia, holding a map in the forest, looked utterly dejected.

"Don't worry, Xia. I've sent Pidgeot out to scout ahead. It should be back soon."

Ash now possesses level 7 Aura, and his Aura Sensing range has reached an astonishing radius of 2 kilometers.

But they were so lost that even waveguide sensing couldn't find their way back.

It seems that finding your way still requires looking at the birds around your house.

"It's all your fault! You insisted on chasing the monkey monster, causing us to deviate from the straight path."

"We've rarely seen Fighting-type Pokémon along the way, and he even stole Pikachu's rice ball, so of course I have to catch him."

"Right, Pikachu?"

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

This time, Pikachu is on Ash's side, clenching its little fists as if it hasn't forgotten about the rice ball that was stolen from it.

"The Pidgeot is back."

Ash quickly used Aura to guide Pidgeot to their location.

Unfortunately, when Ash asked if they had found the way, Pidgeot shook its head.

"Compare, compare!"

"Does that mean they've found the monkey monster?"

Pidgeot indicated that it would definitely take to the skies again and lead Ash and his friends toward Mankey.

Before they had gone far, Ash and his friends heard a loud noise, which sounded like many humanoid animals running together.

Ash quickly recalled his Pidgeot and hid in the bushes with Misty and Pikachu, carefully observing the situation.

The sound grew closer and closer, and to Ash's surprise, a large group of monkey monsters rushed past them.

Ash roughly sensed that there were at least a hundred of them; this must be all the monkey monsters in the entire forest gathered together.

"Strange, the bestiary says the monkey monsters migrate in winter, but it's not even summer yet, how could this be..."

Before Ash could figure it out, more and more other Pokémon were caught up in the great migration of the Mankey pack.

This scene, resembling an approaching horde of beasts, forced Ash to make an emergency evacuation.

"What's going on with all these monkey monsters?" Misty asked Ash, puzzled, looking at the exaggerated army of Pokémon.

"It's unclear for now, but we should be able to figure it out once we go to the source of their direction of travel."

Ash released Lucario and together they used their Aura Sense as much as possible, and sure enough, they detected something unusual about three kilometers away from them.

That was a plain beside a large waterfall, which should have been the original habitat of the monkey monsters.

At this moment, several strong Mankeys were fighting a giant Venusaur.

"Found it! If I'm not mistaken, it was a berserk Venusaur that accidentally wandered into Mankey's territory and caused all of this."

Having discovered the root of the problem, Xiaoxia quickly told Xiaozhi...

"Let's hurry and go help them. If the Mankeys keep running around like this, all the Pokémon in the forest will be affected."

[Ding! New side quest triggered: Save the Golden Forest: Defeat Venusaur and find the culprit.]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +500; Attack +1; Free Attribute Points +3;]

Without hesitation, Ash immediately set off for his destination, even carrying Misty on his back to save time.

They quickly arrived at their destination, by which time the remaining five Mankeys had already been defeated by Venusaur.

The monkeys' habitat was in a mess, with signs of destruction all around.

Why did you do that, Venusaur?

Venusaur is usually a relatively gentle Pokémon, but at this moment its eyes are bloodshot and its calls are extremely hoarse.

Moreover, this Venusaur is twice the size of its kind, which makes it look very dangerous.

"Flowers... flowers..."

"It seems like Xiaozhi can't communicate."

Xiaoxia looked ahead worriedly; Venusaur had already noticed them.

"I have no choice but to defeat it first. Bulbasaur, I choose you!"

Because he remembered a previous mission where he had to defeat Venusaur with Bulbasaur, Ash chose Bulbasaur to fight Venusaur.

"This opponent is very strong, get ready!" Ash stared intently at Venusaur.