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

Ash also released his Pokémon.

"Hmph! Go! All my Pokémon, surround them!"

"Ah, is this okay, Ash?"

Waving his hand, Xiaozhi said with a righteous expression, "Don't be so old-fashioned, Xiaoxia! We're dealing with bad guys right now!"

We need to team up to maximize our experience gain.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired the ability: Ruthless Level 1: You can send out multiple Pokémon at once in battle, and the power of your special moves increases by 2%]

"What do you mean by 'any means necessary'? This is just a righteous gang fight," Xiao Zhi thought to himself.

"Hey! Kids, how can you call yourselves heroes? Use the gas canisters in a fog."

Ash couldn't beat him even without using Pokémon before.

Now that the enemy outnumbered him, Kojiro made a quick decision to run away.

"How can we let you succeed! Pikachu Thunderbolt! Beedrill Pin Missile! Riolu Vacuum Wave!"

The light from the skill illuminated the entire cave, and Musashi and Kojiro were blasted into the sky without any resistance.

"That's despicable, you brat! I hate this feeling!"

[Congratulations on completing the side quest: Do a Good Deed Today: Defeat Team Rocket and stop their plot (2/∞)]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +100; Regional Favorability +5; Regional Reputation +1;]

On the other side, Xia and Li Ke, following the leather belt, unexpectedly arrived at an exit they had never seen before.

After leaving the cave, Pipi skipped and hopped across various terrains, as if trying to lead Xia and the others somewhere.

Just then, Meow Meow appeared out of nowhere and blocked our way, shouting, "Don't run!"

Startled, Pipi accidentally knocked Xiaoxia and the others into the river under the stone bridge.

Meow Meow also jumped down in pursuit.

"Meow, don't even think about running away! I want both the Moonstone and Pipi, and I'll give them to the boss!"

"Meow meow, aren't you underestimating me, the beautiful Xiaoxia?"

Xiaoxia glanced at the surrounding water and immediately felt confident, taking out her Poké Ball.

"Come out, starfish!"

An orange starfish with a ruby ​​in its center appeared on the river.

"Starfish, use high-speed star attack."

From the ruby ​​in the center of the starfish, one small golden five-pointed star after another was released and shot towards Meow Meow.

After using its frantic clawing attack to block several stars, Meow Meow was hit by all the remaining attacks.

"Now's your chance, starfish, use your water gun!"

The water flow sent Meow Meow flying into the distant sky.

"Meow, forget that all I can do is frantically scratch."

Meow Meow's fighting ability was indeed quite poor, and it was quickly knocked away by Misty's Staryu.

After Meowth flew into the sky, Ash followed the sounds of the battle to Misty's location.

"Xia, are you alright?"

Xiaoxia was overjoyed to have a chance to fight.

"Those insignificant characters are no match for me, Xiaoxia!"

In the evening, Pipi led Ash and his friends to an unfamiliar cave.

In the center of the cave was a huge, beautiful rock.

There was a circle of small pebbles around it, like some kind of magic circle.

Li Ke recognized the stones: "These are huge, and the ones around them are too. They're all moonstones. It's unbelievable."

Upon seeing Little Pippi return carrying the stone, a large number of Pippi emerged from the cave.

"Unbelievable, Clefairy is a social Pokémon?"

Ash thought that if Professor Oak knew this news, he would definitely want to rush over and start researching it like crazy.

After Little Pippi placed the moonstone in his hand around the central large rock.

Pipi around them jumped up happily, and then began to hop and jump around the big rock in unison, as if they were performing some kind of sacrificial dance.

A magical scene unfolded: as the Pidgeys danced, the moonstones surrounding the large rock began to glow and slowly floated around the dancing Pidgeys.

The dance ended quickly, and the Clefairy chosen by the Moonstone radiated light—the light of evolution.

Approximately one-third of the entire population of Clefairy evolves into Clefairy.

Ash took out his Pokédex and carefully examined the information of the unfamiliar Pokémon before him.

Clefairy, a Fairy Pokémon, is the evolved form of Clefairy, and is even rarer than Clefairy.

"This is the power of moonstone."

Clefairy's evolution gradually stopped, and Ash took out a Poké Ball.

He hasn't forgotten his most important purpose for coming to Tsukimiyama.

However, Clefairy is a peace-loving species, so Ash decided to try diplomacy first before resorting to force.

"I'm Ash from Pallet Town. My dream is to become a Pokémon Master and to encounter and train all kinds of Pokémon."

"Is there anyone here willing to fight me? Please come on my journey with me!"

If no Clefairy is willing to battle Ash, then the mission has to be abandoned.

Upon hearing Ash's loud declaration, Clefairy and Clefairy in the cave looked puzzled and began whispering to each other, glancing at Ash's location from time to time.

At this moment, a smaller Pikachu boldly pushed aside its companion and spoke briefly with the largest Pikachu in the pack.

Then it skipped and hopped towards Pikachu's location.

"Pikachu~ P ...

"Pi~ Pipi~ Pipi".

The two little ones chatted and smiled, holding hands and spinning around.

Pikachu jumped in front of Ash again and started gesturing wildly.

Watching Pikachu's actions, Misty asked Ash, puzzled, "Ash, can you understand it?"

"I can roughly understand the meaning."

Ash nodded at Pikachu's gesture.

"That means there's no need for fighting; this Pippi is willing to travel with me."

Seeing that Ash understood what he meant, Pikachu gave a thumbs-up with its cute little paws.

This Clefairy is a young member of its pack and is eager for battle; Ash's arrival this time is just in time.

Ash's sturdy body and aura of strength earned its approval.

It was happy to travel with Ash.

"That's great, Pipi, I'll take good care of you."

Ash tapped Clefairy's head with the Poké Ball; it didn't shake, so he successfully caught it.

[Ding! Side quest complete! Rewards: 250 League Coins, 1 Normal Poké Ball, Move: Mega Punch]

The largest Clefairy in the cave walked towards Ash and his friends, carrying several Moonstones.

Li Ke explained to Xiao Zhi and the others

"This should be a thank-you gift, to thank you for protecting its compatriots from the Rockets."

"It feels more like they're paying protection money." And Little Intelligence noticed a look of joy on Pixie's face, as if she was about to cry tears of joy.

Just because he took that Pippi?

Despite Clefairy's firm stance, Ash and his friends each accepted a Moonstone.

Finally, Ash promised Clefairy, the leader, that he would take good care of Clefairy, and then left the cave.

The next day, Ash and his friends arrived at a road sign at a fork in the road.

Looking at the map in his hand and the road signs in front of him, Ash happily said, "If we keep following this road, we'll reach our destination!"

However, they were surprised to find a graffiti on the road sign.

"Why are you scribbling on the road signs? Let me see who did it."

Xiao Zhi stepped forward and took a closer look, only to find that it clearly stated:

"Shigeru has been here before, Ash is such a big idiot."

Behind the slogan, Xiao Mao also drew a very vivid picture of himself making a funny face.

"What! That bastard, Xiao Mao!"

Seeing the symbol that Gary left behind to mock him, Ash's fighting spirit was ignited, and he ran wildly towards Cerulean City.

"Xiao Zhi!" Xiao Xia was left completely bewildered.

"What happened?"

"Pikachu~"

Chapter Nine: The Water Flower of Cerulean City

"Didn't I tell you last time that we're going to Cerulean City?"

Seeing Xiaoxia blocking their way, Xiaozhi said helplessly, "How strange, Xiaoxia, why are you blocking us?"

Xia, clearly flustered, still refused to move aside. "Is it really necessary to go to Hualan City?"

"Is that even a question? Xia, why are you so surprised?"