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

Jump, jump, jump!

The Squirtle was thrown and hit Blastoise's belly shell, then bounced back to Ash's hand.

Ash threw it a dozen more times in this manner, and Blastoise was knocked unconscious by the impact.

Squirtle simply patted its cool bald head and gave a disdainful smile.

"Jenny, Jenny!" (This kind of trash dares to mess with me!)

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on your special ability: Martial God Doesn't Die Barehanded lv2→lv3 (There are almost no weapons that can stump you; when throwing attacks, accuracy increases by 20% and power increases by 40%)]

Ash then caught the Blastoise as well.

Upon witnessing this brutal scene, the other little turtles immediately turned around and knelt down in submission to Ash's Squirtle.

"What a bunch of opportunistic fair-weather friends."

However, this did save Ash a lot of trouble. After his Squirtle became the new leader, he immediately ordered his underlings to cut down trees and pick leaves to build a temporary shelter.

Because Xiaozhi wants to set up a space teleporter here.

[Space Teleporter (can only be placed in "Home"); Price: 50; Quantity Remaining: 8]

[Able to teleport between any two teleporters, powered by the host.]

One had already been set up in the mansion in Evolve and in the Philosopher's Gym in Dark City.

Although you can freely teleport between any two spatial portals, only one person can be teleported at a time.

Furthermore, the items that can be transported cannot exceed Ash's maximum weight, but energy can be generated using Aura.

So even without electricity, as long as Ash finds a place that can be used as a home, he can put it down and it will work.

This place will be used as Ash's Squirtle breeding base in the future.

Aside from plants, the only Pokémon on this island are Squirtle and its family, which is perfect for the island.

Ash roughly counted them; there were nearly 50 Squirtle, 20 Shrimp, and Ash's newly caught Blastoise.

But all the Squirtle turtles are female; only the Blastoise and the four Warmyr turtles are male.

"For Squirtle, this place could also be called Loli Island."

And so the name of the island was decided, and Ash was very satisfied.

"Being Ash's subordinate is such a blessing. In the future, as long as my underlings perform well, they can get the opportunity to train a Squirtle."

They quickly contacted Kamiz and had them send their trusted subordinates over with a generator from the space teleporter.

After confirming the coordinates, Squirtle Island officially belongs to Ash!

However, the experts from the Crimson Group arrived the following evening to conduct their assessment.

When Ash was presented with a complete Squirtle breeding and propagation plan, he was still dumbfounded.

"The Squirtle breeding base, the battle arena, the physical examination center—all these things add up to a whopping 100 million!"

"Yes, Chairman, this only covers the basic construction costs; the daily feed and maintenance costs are not yet included."

Xiao Zhi checked the items three times in person, and finally stopped after confirming with the system store that buying these items would be even more expensive.

Ash is starting to admire Professor Oak; just how much did his backyard cost?

It still hurts a little; that money would have been enough for Xiaozhi to buy two Gundams and have some fun battling them out.

However, the base can be used not only by Squirtle but also by other Pokémon.

There was no other way; it was a necessary expense, so Xiaozhi had to grit his teeth and agree.

"approve!"

Chapter Seventy-Eight: Sisters and Brothers Together!

Because the teleporter required Ash's authentication, it was delayed for a few days because of the Squirtle Island matter.

But after Charizard and Pikachu mastered their new skills, they said goodbye to Blaine and embarked on their journey home again.

Since their goal was to get home as soon as possible, they stayed on the main roads and avoided venturing into the forest, so Ash and his friends didn't get lost much.

The distance from Cinnabar Island to Cerulean City is not far; Ash and his friends arrived in Cerulean City two days after leaving there.

"Ah, I'm finally back, my Cerulean City!"

"Pokbi!"

Xiaoxia was very happy as soon as she returned to her hometown, and she chatted and laughed with Togepi on the way.

As soon as Ash entered Cerulean City, he saw a large sign standing at the entrance.

"A special performance at the Cerulean Dojo...water ballet?"

"Xiaoxia, doesn't the person on this billboard look like you?"

Upon hearing what Xiaozhi said, Xiaoxia quickly squeezed through to take a look.

"This hair color really does look like mine, and it's from the Cerulean Gym! Seriously, can't my sisters do what gym leaders are supposed to do?"

She immediately grabbed Xiaozhi and rushed angrily toward the location of the Cerulean Dojo, but she didn't expect that as soon as she entered the dojo, she would be questioned by her older sisters.

"What happened? Xiaoxia is only just getting back! It's too late, we'll be late!"

The eldest sister, Sakura, was the first to fire.

"Yeah, you said on the phone you'd be back soon, did you get lost again on the way?"

"Alright, alright, hurry up and memorize all the lines in this."

The remaining two older sisters immediately chimed in.

The three older sisters bombarded her with questions one after another, and before she could even reply, a thick notebook was immediately shoved into her head.

"Wait, wait, wait a minute, what's going on? And what exactly is this thing?"

"Of course it's the script! We're performing underwater ballet tomorrow," said Sakura, the eldest sister, with a confident air.

"We were getting a little tired of the previous water shows, so we wanted to try something new."

Meanwhile, the blue-haired second sister, Ayame, looked at Kasumi with a sly grin.

"And you're the main character, after all, it's a new performance format, so we're letting you go on stage first to see how it goes."

"How come I never knew? Nobody ever told me!" Xiaoxia was naturally unhappy, suddenly being given a strange and troublesome task.

"Alright, alright, don't worry about the details, let's get ready, we've already sold all the tickets!"

The three sisters once again swarmed around Xiaoxia to persuade her, and also told her some bad news: her name as the lead actress, Xiaoxia, had already been put up on the billboard.

"How could this be?"

These three older sisters really show no mercy when it comes to tricking their younger sister.

In the end, Xiaoxia reluctantly agreed to help her three older sisters.

She will play the mermaid princess, her older sister Sakura will play the prince, and her two other older sisters and Ash will play the villains.

"Am I involved too?"

"Of course, I'm really short-handed, and you can lend us your Water-type Pokémon too."

Sakura gave Ash an irresistible reason: Cerulean is short-handed because they sent people to the Philosopher's Gym.

Ash had no choice but to agree to help.

The so-called synchronized swimming is basically a clichéd hero-saves-the-damsel story, just with the addition of a water-type Pokémon.

But the audience in Hualan City just loved watching this show, and the tickets sold out almost instantly.

During rehearsal, Misty released her Pokémon, and Sakura was very happy.

"I was worried that we wouldn't have enough Pokémon, but I didn't expect that you've trained your Pokémon so well."

"You didn't just enjoy yourself the whole way, and I'm very pleased."

"My little boyfriend is actually quite useful."

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the side quest: The Path to Water Mastery: Help Misty improve her skills and gain Sakura's approval]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +1200; Defense +2; Sakura's Affection +10]

"It is my pleasure to serve you, Miss Sakura!"

With practiced ease, Ash bent down and delivered a gentlemanly kiss, taking advantage of Sakura while shamelessly claiming credit for it.

"What? I tried my best too!"

Xiaoxia was told to continue memorizing her lines, while Sakura and the other two called Xiaozhi to a room in the Cerulean Gym.

"Ash has made a great contribution to helping Misty become an excellent trainer, and we are very grateful to you."

There was only one chair in the room. Sakura picked up Pikachu from Ash's shoulder and sat down with a big smile on her face.

"You're really amazing. You've managed to acquire the Dark Gym and the Crimson Group in Evolve Town in just one year of traveling."

Sensing that something was amiss, Ayame and Botan each put their hands on one of Ash's shoulders, as if afraid he would run away.

"Sister, I'm liking you more and more. How about you marry into our family?"

"I can guarantee that you and Xiaoxia will take charge of Hualan in the future."

Sakura continued to look at Ash with a smile on her face.

"That cherry blossom sister couldn't marry into my family because I'm the only male in my family and an only child."

"Oh, Xia really has no charm; she can't even hold onto a man."

"You seem to have connections with Sabrina from Saffron Gym and Rika from Celadon Gym, you womanizer."

Having had some things revealed, Xiao Zhi couldn't say much and could only force a smile.

"If you're willing to marry into Hualan City, we'll offer even more."

"How about the three of us sisters and Xiaoxia go together?"

Together? What, together?

In Ash's mind, the four sisters' mission prompts kept ringing.