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

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the new legendary quest "Look at that mother, it's a shooting star!": Smash the giant meteor that is about to destroy Hoenn! (You won!)]

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"Hmm, what is this?"

The moment the mission was completed, Ash also found a unique crystal in the pile of crystals and curiously examined it.

Unlike the surrounding green crystals, it was purple and had a very regular shape.

Without much thought, Xiao Zhi watched for a while and then put it directly into the system space, completely ignoring the flashes of light that kept appearing inside the crystal, attempting to communicate.

At this moment, Deoxys, which had turned into a crystal, was completely paralyzed.

"Beep, beep—" (Are you kidding me? What's wrong with this human?!)

It was just sleeping peacefully inside a meteorite, so how could it suddenly be hit in the face and seriously injured by a powerful energy wave?

And the culprit that injured it is unwilling to communicate, which is really despicable!

Deoxys no longer has the power to maintain its own body and has degenerated into its original crystalline form.

It will probably take a very long time for it to recover naturally in space.

Deoxys originally intended to blend into the energy crystal pile and use his superpowers to escape as quickly as possible.

But just as he was about to fly away, he was forcibly locked to Ash's side by a higher-dimensional energy, and could not move an inch.

It was terrified and could only watch helplessly as it fell into the hands of that human and was immediately imprisoned in a dark and sunless space.

When Pokémon is down on its luck, even drinking cold water can cause problems.

"It must be because there's that annoying Rayquaza sitting next to us!"

Fortunately, the human opposite him didn't seem to recognize him and placed him together with a huge amount of supernatural energy crystals.

This gave Deoxys a chance to recover.

In any case, the Deoxys race has always been wandering in the universe following meteorites, and they have long been used to the cold and loneliness.

Staying in the system space isn't a problem either, since there's a huge amount of supernatural energy available here.

After a moment's hesitation, Deoxys immediately decided to make its home temporarily in Ash's system space.

Ash was completely unaware of all this; he was still wondering where the crystals the system had rewarded him with were.

Normally, the rewards are sent to the first slot in the system space along with the completed tasks, so why aren't they here?

Xiao Zhi carefully examined the interface displaying the items stored in the system three times, but still couldn't find it.

"One is missing! Did the system swallow it for me?! How infuriating!" (System: Pure slander!)

Actually, if Ash simply abandoned the front-end page and directly used his consciousness to enter the system's large space, he would be able to see Deoxys floating in the last space cell.

Unfortunately, Ash was so captivated by the ancient natural energy crystals before him that he had no time for this.

This is outer space. If we act any later, the crystal might drift away on its own. Xiao Zhi frantically rummaged through his system space for the crystal.

After a full-power battle followed by a period of high-intensity action, Ash finally got tired.

By this time, Rayquaza was already so full that it was floating in space like a seahorse, resting. It seemed that it wouldn't need to be fed for at least the next two months.

Xiao Zhi glanced at the results of his hard work and sighed helplessly.

"How come we've only collected less than half the length?"

Now that the rocket and spacesuits are running low on oxygen, he and Pikachu can't stay in space for too long.

Moreover, there isn't much space left in the system, which is the most important thing.

He has been traveling for so many years, consistently completing his weekly tasks, and the space he has painstakingly accumulated is about to be filled this time.

"incredible."

Although Ash had gained a lot, he was really unwilling to return to the ground like this.

The rest of these are all pure silver!

If we let them drift in space, it would be a terrible thing. Now that Ash has left, it will be difficult to find them again.

After all, things in the universe don't stay in one place forever.

But what to do next? He was caught in a dilemma. Suddenly, Ash remembered Jirachi, who was still in the spaceship.

"Little Star should be awake by now!"

Jirachi's powerful teleportation ability, which it demonstrated earlier, can definitely help Ash right now.

He immediately flew back to the rocket not far away. As soon as he opened the cockpit door, he saw Pikachu jumping out of the power supply compartment and happily chasing and playing with a yellow star inside.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the new epic quest "You Are My Little Star~": Please find a way to completely resolve Jirachi's petrification problem!]

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"Jirachi has indeed woken up!" Ash was overjoyed.

The little star was covered in a layer of green light, which intertwined with its own white light.

Although Ash can still see Jirachi's time limit for lucidity, now that the mission is complete, it means that Jirachi will at least not turn back into the rock it once was.

Jirachi was also very happy to see Ash, and it immediately flew to Ash's head with a smile.

"Silly thing, silly thing, let's play together~!"

"It's Ash Ketchum."

After reluctantly correcting the names, Ash immediately hugged Jirachi and Pikachu together.

Then he pointed to the remaining supernatural energy crystals outside the window and said to Jirachi, "Jirachi, I want to make a wish to you now."

"Could you please move all those green stones outside to the ground for me?"

After the little star flew up and circled around Ash's head, it immediately nodded and answered cutely.

"No problem, you silly thing, wake up Jirachi, and Jirachi will grant you your wish~~"

Its eyes on its belly opened slightly, and then a flash of light appeared. The remaining supernatural energy crystals outside the rocket actually disappeared in an instant.

Jirachi quickly opened its eyes again and flew onto Ash's shoulder.

"I've moved them all to the ground, so let's continue playing, you silly thing!"

"Haha, of course, but only after we get back to the ground."

Ash gently patted Jirachi's head before handing it over to Pikachu to take care of.

After greeting Rayquaza, he immediately returned to the cockpit and began taking control of the rocket's return journey.

Since Rayquaza originally lives in space, it will return to its territory after the dragon finishes digesting its meal, so it's okay not to recall the Poké Ball.

However, Ash actually forgot something when he made his wish.

When he told Jirachi his wish, he forgot to mention the exact location on Earth where he wanted the ancient natural energy crystal to be transmitted.

He only mentioned the ground, and Jirachi's memory of meeting Ash on the ground only included...

At this moment, in Dr. Odamaki's research institute.

Professor Birch, who had just finished a busy day of research, was happily welcoming Professor Oak, who had come to Hoenn for another study tour, to the reception room.

They exchanged views on the latest research papers.

Just as Oki and Odama were engrossed in their conversation, several green stones suddenly hit them on the head.

"Hey, Birch, is your ceiling leaking?" Professor Oak picked up the Energy Crystal from the ground and looked up in confusion.

Dr. Oda Birch also looked puzzled.

"No, it should be fine. I've never put stones of this color on the ceiling... Ah—!!!"

That day, the side room of Odamako Research Institute exploded.

Chapter 470 Aftermath

Ash returned to the ground the next morning.

Only half a day has passed since he took off in a rocket yesterday afternoon.

Just as he said earlier, "A major meteorite crisis is just a minor trouble."

(Rathalos: You didn't say that when I was about to collapse during the first wave!)

Anyway, the meteorite incident has finally come to a satisfactory conclusion, and the Alliance and Yinyu City can finally put down their long-standing burden.

Even Higanbana left a message for Ash and then happily walked away.

The reason she didn't stay to see Ash before leaving was because Higanbana knew that if she didn't leave now, Ash would definitely bully her severely later.

After all, she had told Ash that she would do anything to resolve the meteor crisis.

Given Xiaozhi's personality, he neither agreed nor refused at that time.

But now that everything is done, our muscular man will definitely make sure Higana rewards him.

Higanbana secretly watched as Queen Sara of the Mirazu Kingdom and Aysa, the Gym Leader of Lava City, were humiliated and rolled their eyes back as they succumbed to Ash's attacks. (She watched them all night long!)

In short, get ahead of the game!

As a descendant of the Meteorite, she once bore the heavy responsibility of being the successor, and before meeting Ash, she had been searching alone for a way to save the world.

But now that Ash has completely resolved her long-standing emotional distress, Higanbana has no intention of doing anything bad anymore.

However, she plans to stay with the Rockets for a while longer.

It's not that the wild girl is addicted to being part of an evil organization; it's just that she's worked so hard in Team Rocket for so long that she's even become the acting head of the team.

Higanbana certainly wants to make more use of the Rockets' resources to do things she really wants to do.

For example, the future of the team members currently around her.

They were all personally trained by Xijiana.

Capable, loyal to Higanbana, and always calling her "teacher"... Even for the sake of the future of the Hoenn region, Higanbana must take responsibility to lead these people to reform.

She plans to personally transform the Hoenn branch of Team Rocket into a helpful and supportive organization in the days to come.

Anyway, she was the one who mainly established the branch.