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

Just then, Ash returned.

He was completely bewildered when he saw the laboratory with chairs all askew.

"What kind of scene is this? It's all in chaos, and it hasn't even been 5 minutes yet."

Ash immediately discovered that Max, along with his Pokémon and Nurse Joy's Torchic, had disappeared.

"I only made one phone call, and Xiao Sheng has already messed things up?"

Xiao Zhi was wondering, "Isn't this a bit too fast?"

Just then, the forest lizard, carrying the "baby," tugged at his clothes and pointed Ash in the direction of the forest.

"You mean they ran that way?"

"Cheers!"

Ash immediately spread his Aura along the direction the Grovyle was pointing, and sure enough, he soon found Max and Gryphon chasing Torchic in the forest.

He immediately flew over and stood in front of the Torchic.

"Huff...huff...Ash...you're finally here."

Xiao Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down, completely exhausted from running.

Since joining Ash's team, Max's stamina has improved significantly.

Even so, he and the lobster soldiers were still completely outmaneuvered by the turkey, which shows just how fast this little chick can run.

"Jimo?"

Upon seeing Ash suddenly appear, Torchic immediately became serious.

It kicked over Haruka's Torchic again, knocking it over. Haruka was still confused and excitedly ran up to it.

Then she frowned and confronted Xiaozhi seriously.

But this time it met its match; its previously invincible agility was completely overwhelmed by Ash.

Speed, strength, and reaction time were all easily crushed by Ash.

The newly hatched chick was immediately plunged into deep self-doubt.

"Chirp, chirp..." (How can there be such a strong human? Really...)

"Chirp!" (This is so exciting!)

It instantly regained its fighting spirit and jumped up again to fight Ash.

"This little guy is even more unique than I thought."

Ash casually waved his hand, blocking the Torchic that was trying its best to break through his defenses, while glancing at the disheveled Swellow and the others beside him.

"Even Pikachu got tricked and made to look bad by this little guy?"

While there's an element of Pikachu acting out because it didn't want to hurt Torchic, it's still quite impressive to achieve this level of skill.

Ash originally intended to knock Torchic unconscious and take it back to the lab, but now he got interested and subtly increased the force in his hand.

He wanted to see where the turkey's limits were.

However, at this moment, the lobster soldier, who had caught his breath, suddenly ran up and jumped in front of Ash.

"Oh, Lobster Soldier, would you like to play with the kids for a bit?"

"hey-hey!"

The lobster soldier brandished its large pincers, its eyes fixed on the Torchic, while the Torchic glared back defiantly.

The air between the two Pokémon instantly thickened with tension.

"Alright then, just remember not to go too far."

Hehehe~!

"Chirp~!"

This battle was really just for fun; Ash didn't even participate in the command.

After all, it's a Minion Scout taking on a newbie Torchic. Ash's command is just too unfair.

While it might be more suitable for Torchic to battle Mudkip, Ash's training of it is not yet up to par.

Whether I can win the fight is another matter, but I definitely won't be able to control my strength. If I hurt Torchic, I won't be able to explain it to Nurse Joy.

Because Garchomp had previously had exceptionally poor control over its strength, Ash subjected it to grueling training.

Now, Corphish's control over his own power is actually the best among Ash's Pokémon.

It's actually more suitable to let it do it, since it volunteered anyway. Xiao Zhi's educational philosophy is never to dampen a child's enthusiasm.

Let it do its own thing.

Then Ash was surprised to see that Corphish's Bubble Beam was interrupted by Torchic's Flash.

The subsequent sneak attack on vital points was easily anticipated and blocked, and finally, he was swiftly defeated by a single spark from the opponent...

"Hehe..." (powerless)

"Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!..." (I'm the strongest!...)

"Oh my god! What did I just see? Corpse Crawler got defeated by Torchic?"

As Xiaosheng exclaimed in surprise, Xiaozhi also covered his head with his hands and opened his mouth wide in disbelief.

His Squad was actually defeated by a newbie Pokémon using Ember.

"Pikachu, Pikachu." (I must be still half asleep, Pikachu.)

"Spa, Spa!" (Get out of the group, you lobster soldier!)

A Water-type Pokémon was defeated by Spark? Are you kidding me? Ash won't accept this!

The Torchic, having defeated the Lobster Squad, was ecstatic. Its first official battle since birth had seen it defeat an opponent so many levels above its own, which was incredibly exciting!

Enveloped in this state of excitement, its body suddenly emitted a dazzling white light.

Torchic has evolved.

"what?"

How could that be?

"How could this new Torchic evolve so quickly? Is it because it repeatedly repelled my sister and Ash's Pokémon along the way, and then completely defeated Corphish...?"

Okay, Xiaosheng has already explained the reasons for evolution.

Moreover, in the real world, you can't just keep pressing the B button, so Ash and Max could only watch helplessly as Torchic evolved.

The tiny, bright red chick suddenly transformed, shedding its original juvenile appearance.

It grew much taller, with light yellow downy fur growing on its upper body, and it also had two sharp claws.

"This is... Mighty Chicken!" Xiaosheng looked at the evolved chicken with a mixture of excitement and worry.

At this moment, the strong chicken excitedly examined its new body, becoming even more excited.

"Cha-mao, cha-mao!"

The Pokémon instantly became a hundred times more lively, wanting to run to other parts of the forest to continue playing.

But at this point, Ash was no longer in the mood to play with it.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"

"Pickup!"

A thick, yellow bolt of lightning struck down violently, instantly stunning the strong chicken.

Ash quickly recalled his Pokémon, but since Combusken and Nurse Joy didn't give their Pokémon any Poké Balls, they could only tie them up and take them away.

Ash is starting to panic.

"This Torchic was prepared for the new trainer who's coming this afternoon, how could it evolve so easily?"

It seems a bit too gifted, considering that May's Torchic has been raised for so long and still hasn't evolved.

"What are we going to do now, Ash? The Pokémon we prepare for new trainers usually need to be prepared well in advance."

"The time for newcomers to collect their Pokémon has already been set, and there's not even enough time to report it to the League."

"This kind of super-aggressive and strong chicken is definitely not suitable to be handed over to a newcomer."

(For details, please refer to Ash's Charizard from the original world, specifically the version without the Bond Pact.)

"Hmm, let me think about it, let me think..."

For the first time since birth, Ash felt completely helpless.

After all, no matter how strong he is, there's no way to make an evolved Pokémon regress back to its original state.

There's no other place to find a suitable turkey, especially since it's so rushed.

Having all started as rookie trainers, Ash knows very well the excitement a young trainer feels when they come to claim their Pokémon for the first time on their birthday.

Now, because of its own actions, Torchic has become Combusken, so the ceremony for receiving a Pokémon according to regulations may have to be postponed.

The thought of the other person's likely disappointed expression made Xiaozhi feel guilty, and he really had no way to explain it to Nurse Joy now.

"Since we have Ash, we can just use our sister's Torchic instead!"

"Oh, will this work?"

"It'll be fine, my sister's a bit slow, she'll be easily fooled."

"All we have to do is make sure the newcomer doesn't choose Torchic, it's just a temporary replacement. We can explain to Miss Joey afterwards, and there won't be any problems!"

At this moment, Xiaosheng seemed to have grasped at the last straw and tried to sell his idea to Xiaozhi.

There's no way around it; he bears a lot of responsibility for this incident. He made such a solemn promise to Joey back then, so now he definitely has to find a way to make amends.

"There's nothing we can do about that!"

Although Ash felt it was a rather bad idea, he could only keep it a secret for now.

As long as they manage to get away with it in the afternoon, a super kind person like Nurse Joy will definitely forgive them.

Ash felt too embarrassed to talk about his new Torchic defeating his Pokémon's evolution, so he wanted to avoid the topic for a while.