Pokémon: Ash the New Generation, Starting from Sinnoh

She also knew A-Liu.

He has always wanted to challenge Cynthia and become the Bug-type champion.

"It seems he lost to Ash and realized the gap between us, so he plans to train harder!"

"Oh! So it's that kid!"

When she heard it was Xiaozhi, Mustard remained calm.

After all, we had just parted ways not long ago, and I had a pretty good impression of him; he was quite capable.

"Nana, what do you think of this kid?"

"Hmm! Very good, on par with the Elite Four!" Cynthia touched her smooth chin, pondered for a moment, and gave a standard evaluation.

Judging from the latest news, he beat A Liu in a 3v3 head-on fight, which definitely shows he's at the level of one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

"It seems that his strength is passable, but his height is still not good enough. Hopefully, he will grow taller in a few years!"

Grandma... what are you saying?!

Cynthia rolled her eyes, her expression calm but somewhat helpless, as she replied to her grandmother.

Even champions, once they reach a certain age, must face pressure from their elders to get married.

She was already used to it.

However, he does hope that the other Elite Four members will challenge Ash more often.

After a failure, it's best to be like A-Liu and realize your shortcomings so you don't have to challenge yourself again.

This way, you can also get a lot of vacation time.

Thinking about this made Cynthia feel very happy.

……

On the other side, Ash is unaware that he has done Cynthia a good deed (referring to taking a break during the holidays).

After parting ways with A-Liu, the three of them traveled about halfway before finding an open space to rest.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ash didn't sit idle either, but sorted out the gains he made after the battle with Aru.

"Great, Steelix has finally evolved!"

Ash stood in front of the Steelix, this behemoth of steel, and examined its stats.

[Pokémon: Steelix]

【Attributes: Steel + Ground】

[Characteristics: Hard Head]

Individual Value: 3V

[Moves: Knock Down, Body Lightening, Dragon Breath... Stealth Rock, Sandstorm, Dig, Iron Tail, Stone Attack... Ultimate Impact, Hyper Beam]

【Item Received: Mega Steelix】

[Strength: Heavenly King Level (1%)]

After battling Heracross with Aru, Steelix successfully reached the Champion level, becoming a formidable fighter in his arsenal.

Of course, in that battle, we also had to rely on Mega Evolution.

Otherwise, given Steelix's own strength, it's not certain that it could defeat Heracross.

As for Aerodactyl and Pikachu, they also gained a lot, at least their experience points increased.

"roar~"

Noticing that Ash was staring at it, Aerodactyl wisely flew to Ash's side and obediently lay down on the ground.

"Be good~"

The contrast between his fierce appearance and such behavior is truly indescribable.

"However, having said that, Steelix and Aerodactyl have both reached the Elite Four level, it's time to send these two back!"

Ash symbolically stroked the fossilized Aerodactyl, and then began a new plan.

Now that Aerodactyl and Steelix have reached the standard for Mega Evolution, it's time to send them back to Professor Oak's lab to join Charizard and the others.

This will allow me to begin training the remaining Pokémon.

After all, he had quite a few baby spirits in his possession.

Milotic and Cheese are not very strong yet, Swimsuit has not even evolved yet, and Gliscor is still quite immature.

Pikachu, Bayleaf, and Bulbasaur are relatively easy to raise.

After all, they are both old buddies and are quite self-disciplined in their training.

However, because Pikachu's level is too high, ordinary training is not very meaningful.

The only way to improve oneself is through battles or by learning new skills.

After assessing the state of his Pokémon, Ash felt that his journey as a Pokémon trainer was still long and arduous.

Hey, Ash!

Just as Ash was thinking, Dawn's voice reached his ears.

Dawn was waving her hand in another open space, as if gesturing for Ash to come over.

"What's wrong, Hikaru!"

In a few quick steps, Ash arrived in front of Dawn.

"That's right, since the doll is almost able to fight independently, I wanted it to learn more attack methods!"

Xiao Guang, holding the doll, explained to Xiao Zhi with a grin.

"I didn't mean Ash's Pokémon knew a lot of moves. I just wanted Almost Doll and your Pokémon to learn more skills!"

"Oh, so that's it. Easy!"

Upon hearing Hikari's request, Satoshi nodded knowingly, thinking there might be some serious problem.

The original intention was to teach the toddler a skill, which wasn't difficult for him.

"Bulbasaur, I'd like to ask you to teach the Pokémon how to tie a grass knot!"

Ash went to Bulbasaur, who was training with Pikachu, and asked it to teach Almostbear how to tie a grass knot.

As a teacher, Bulbasaur is undoubtedly very qualified.

After all, Bulbasaur is a master of management in the backyard, and its patience alone makes it more than capable of handling this teaching task.

As for teaching the toddler to tie a grass knot, it might seem absurd at first glance, but it was actually the result of his careful consideration.

He planned to first teach the doll how to tie a grass knot to familiarize it with grass-type energy, and then gradually teach it powerful moves like Solar Beam.

"You two need to study hard too!" Ash crouched down and instructed the two Lucky Eggs.

In addition, the two Lucky Eggs can also learn to tie grass knots.

Once they're familiar with Grass-type energy, they might be able to learn powerful moves like Solar Beam together with the other dolls.

Xiao Guang and Xiao Gang had no objections to Xiao Zhi's arrangements.

"Da Na~"

The only headache was Bulbasaur, and he rubbed his forehead with his Vine Whip in annoyance.

Unfortunately, it's not particularly good at taking care of children.

Especially when three of them came at once, it really gave it a headache.

Chapter 187 The Hedgehog, Shamy

"These three little guys are quite talented; they've all learned how to tie grass knots!"

In an open field in an unknown town, Ash watched as his two Jacuzzis and two Lucky Eggs successfully released Grass Knot after two days of Bulbasaur's tireless teaching, and couldn't help but praise them.

"Great job, almost there!"

Xiao Guang was overjoyed and hugged the doll, celebrating happily together.

Ash and Brock are in similar situations.

"Perfect timing, let's celebrate with a wonderful lunch!" said Xiao Gang, who had just finished preparing lunch.

The elves happily picked up their bowls and began to eat.

"Bulbasaur, thank you for your hard work!"

Ash approached Bulbasaur, patted its head, and gave it an extra half of its Energy Cube as a reward for its recent activities.

"Da Na~"

Bulbasaur nudged him, indicating that he didn't need to be polite, and then happily enjoyed his lunch.

"Wow, what kind of elf is this!"

Just then, Xiao Guang's exclamation rang out, drawing everyone's attention.