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

This is a super-large mansion with an artificial lake and rockery park covering an area of ​​over 100 acres.

Two hundred years ago, land deeds were of little use to ordinary people, but Xiao Gang's family were Gym Leaders in Pewter City.

He has connections; as long as the land deed is genuine, this entire estate will undoubtedly belong to Xiaogang.

Although the place is dilapidated, the workmanship is excellent, so at least Xiaogang's dozen or so younger siblings will not have to worry about housing in the future.

"But how can I afford to repair it now!"

Chapter 293 Champion Adu (4k, bonus chapter)

After leaving the Nine-Tailed Mansion, Brock had to deal with some land deeds, so he temporarily parted ways with Ash and Misty.

Ash and his friends continued their journey towards Kaji Town.

The morning after a day of walking.

In the campsite in the forest, Ash woke up and made a helpless face by the campfire.

"Judging from the current situation... is this really the case again...?"

"And what then?"

"We're lost again!"

"Ah, this is such a surprise~" Xiaoxia cupped her face.

"Damn it, I hate roads like this that are full of forests. It's even more annoying that I haven't encountered any wild Pokémon along the way!"

Getting lost is one thing, but not encountering wild Pokémon is what drives Ash crazy. Who can he vent all his overflowing love to?

"In that case, I might as well take some time to train my Pokémon."

Ash released Snowball and Garchomp, deciding to give them a good workout today.

"Xiaobai, use the weather ball!"

"Garuda, use Stomp!"

However, unexpectedly, when Ash released the Pokémon, both White and Garchomp seemed listless for some reason.

They looked completely exhausted, unable to even properly unleash their skills.

"What happened? Are they all sick?" Xiao Zhi quickly went over to check.

However, after a thorough examination, both Pokémon were found to be in good health, and no problems were discovered at the time.

"Pikachu, Pikachu~"

At this moment, Pikachu also ran out of the tent and came to Ash's side waving its little hand.

"Pikachu, are you feeling unwell too?"

"Pika~" Pikachu nodded repeatedly.

Although it didn't become completely exhausted like Snowball and Garchomp, it had suddenly started to feel very uncomfortable.

"Speaking of which, Togepi has been sleeping all day. He should have woken up much earlier than usual."

At this moment, Xiaoxia also realized that Togepi was acting strangely, so she quickly released her Pokémon. Sure enough, her Pokémon also seemed powerless as soon as it came out of the Poké Ball.

Just as the two were wondering, Ash suddenly caught a glimpse of a strange energy flashing by not far away.

"Perhaps it's this energy that's related to the current strange phenomenon." Ash recalled his Pokémon into its Poké Ball and then pulled Misty along, heading in that direction.

Along the way, they saw that the Bug-type Pokémon in the bushes all looked weak.

It turns out that it wasn't that there were few wild Pokémon in this forest, but rather that they had all fallen into a state of exhaustion and were unable to move normally for some unknown reason.

"The situation is getting weirder and weirder." Ash and his friends sped up and ran forward again.

And at the end of that energy was a large lake.

"Sigh, this seems to be the Lake of Wrath."

Xia, who usually enjoys reading travel magazines, immediately recognized the location.

Unexpectedly, they also stumbled upon a place where they could determine the coordinates.

"Great, Ash! We've escaped our lost path!" Misty exclaimed with joy.

"This place is very close to Kaji Town!"

"Really?" Ash was also very happy.

But after touching Pikachu's shoulder, whose expression was still serious, he immediately released his Aura Sense to carefully investigate the surroundings.

"But where does that energy that makes Pokémon exhausted come from?"

Suddenly, a powerful yellow beam of light shot out from the lake toward their location. Ash immediately ran in front of Misty and used an elbow strike to disperse the beam.

At that moment, a red figure leaped out of the lake, its face contorted with rage and its eyes filled with brutality.

"Ugh, how annoying!"

Misty, who loves Water-type Pokémon the most, has encountered her only fear of Water-type Pokémon.

This is a huge red Gyarados; it was the one that fired the Hyper Beam just now.

"It's really rare for a wild Gyarados to grow this big."

Although it's a bit smaller than Ash's Gyarados, it's still pretty good.

However, its breathing was very unstable, and it didn't seem to be in good condition.

And although it looks like a shiny red Gyarados, the red on its body is somewhat mottled.

"Something's just not right..." Ash tried his best to appear friendly.

However, this Gyarados seemed to be in a state of extreme rage, continuing to fire Destruction Beams at Ash and his friends without saying a word.

Xiaoxia was startled again. "Xiaozhi, the other side doesn't seem like we can communicate at all!"

Then there's nothing we can do. If they won't listen to friendly conversations, then we can only try to negotiate in a language they can understand.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"

"Pikachu!"

The electric current and destructive rays intertwined violently, creating a massive explosion.

"Pikachu's 100,000 volts are much weaker than usual."

"Pikachu, Pikachu..."

Pikachu also felt that it was very clunky when using its skills, as if a machine was running out of lubricant.

Even if there were some minor issues with the use of skills, the power of his body was still effective, and Ash simply tossed Pikachu away.

The electric mouse immediately leaped up and delivered a resounding slap to the Gyarados's large face.

A crisp slapping sound echoed across the lake.

The blast sent Gyarados completely disoriented, causing it to fall flat on its face and plunge into the lake, splashing water high into the air.

Although he successfully defeated it, Xiao Zhi wasn't very happy.

"Something is wrong with this Gyarados; it's filled with fear and pain."

While a normally evolved Gyarados may also have a bad temper, it would never be like this.

Gyarados seemed to be frightened by Ash and Pikachu, and after falling into the lake, it swam straight to the bottom of the lake without looking back.

Just as Gyarados disappeared, a burly man suddenly led a group of people in black uniforms to the lakeside.

"Huh? Where did this brat come from? How did he get in here?"

They looked at Ash and his friends in surprise.

"What were the people in charge of sealing off the forest doing? How could such a huge blunder have occurred!"

With a fierce glint in the leader's eyes, the group immediately surrounded Xiaozhi and his friends.

"Now that you've seen that red Gyarados, I can't let you leave!"

Xiao Zhi remained calm in the face of the people who suddenly rushed out, because he was extremely familiar with the symbol on these people.

"Are you Team Rocket?"

"Hmph, that's right!"

"I am Tatsumi, the captain of the special operations team of Team Rocket's Project R. Regardless of whether you accidentally broke into the experimental base, you're just unlucky now!"

They're still as responsive as ever; it's definitely the Rockets.

Looking at the people surrounding him, Xiao Zhi smiled disdainfully.

"You think you can surround me with your lot?"

"What do you mean by 'just the bunch of us'? There are ten elite members of Team Rocket here, and most importantly, I'm the captain leading them!"

Tatsumi got angry when he saw Ash's nonchalant face. These kids' Pokémon should be too old to fight, so how could they be so confident?

In the past, whenever he mentioned the Rockets, the opposing team would be terrified.

"How dare you look down on me like that?" Tatsumi snapped his fingers, and the Team Rocket members behind him immediately released their Pokémon.

"Disrupting Team Rocket's experiment is a capital offense. Surrender now!"

He also released his two rather ferocious Finch, which approached Ash and his friends menacingly.

However, Xiaozhi also keenly caught the word "experiment" in their words.

"So, the strange phenomena of Pokémon near Lake Rage were indeed your doing after all."

With the puzzle solved, Ash slowly clenched his fist, and Pikachu was ready to pounce.

But then, several incredibly powerful bolts of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky, hitting Team Rocket's team.

The Rockets were immediately thrown into disarray by the powerful blows.

"Damn it, who is it?"

Amidst the thick smoke and dust, a large, fat creature swooped down rapidly from the sky.

It is extremely powerful, and it unleashed a storm at Team Rocket and their Pokémon.