Pokémon, Ash is going to become a perfect man from now on.

It's its own Pokémon, there's no reason for it to be with Bebe... wait!

Ash suddenly realized that, given Pinsir's current fighting style, the opportunity for it to improve its strength might really be Bea!

Or to be more precise, it's the karate school behind Ayakabe!

Chapter 375 If you don't cooperate, I'm really going to call the police!

Do Pokémon know martial arts? The answer is of course.

Blaziken, who fights in Muay Thai; Super King, who plays sumo; and Itachi, the great martial arts master, etc. You can easily name a whole bunch of them.

However, the reason why these Pokémon are associated with martial arts is mainly because of their appearance and entrance posture, which are things that come from their genes, not things that are learned later.

Furthermore, very few Pokémon can gradually master so-called 'martial arts' through training... even if a Pokémon inherently possesses the Fighting type!

Because they may not encounter a trainer who is a perfect match for them—that is, a fighter like Bea.

Pokémon trained by fighters, especially humanoid Pokémon, often master special techniques, such as cutting invisible blades.

Ash's Pinsir was the same. In the previous League Tournament, it was able to withstand the attack of Raikou's violently enhanced Biscuit, not because of its type or special moves, but because of its karate stance and the life energy called 'ki' in the words of fighters.

Unfortunately, what Pinsir showed was just an empty shell. After all, Ash himself was just a self-taught amateur who learned by observing and stealing, while Pinsir trained alongside him. Their martial arts foundation could only be described as illusory.

But now they've encountered Cai Dou, which is definitely an opportunity for Da Jia.

Cai Dou practices Galar Karate, a martial art with a history of over a hundred years. She is the most orthodox martial arts successor. If we can get her approval and let Da Jia join her dojo, he might be able to hone his true martial arts skills and even make good use of the special life energy called 'ki'!

Just look at Bea; with the help of martial arts, she can even fight Pokémon head-on as a young girl... If Pinsir had mastered this power, it would definitely become invincible!

The problem is that Ash and Bea are meeting for the first time, and even if he brings up Aya's relationship, making a direct request would seem abrupt.

Just as he was struggling with this decision, Cai Dou approached him directly.

"What's the meaning of that spoon in Pinsir's hand? Does your Pokémon want to have a battle with me?"

Such a serious-sounding statement left Xiaoxia and the others speechless.

In terms of humanoid Pokémon, Bea is even more thorough than Ash.

Are you kidding me? Why is your first reaction to go in yourself? Shouldn't you be helping your monstrous strength take on the battle?

Bea said there was no mistake; as long as their eyes met, it was a battle signal, and she didn't care whether the opponent was a human or a Pokémon!

“It’s not impossible to have a battle, but time is a bit tight right now.” Ash glanced in the direction of the city. “Miss Bea, I do have some things I want to discuss with you in detail… but right now, I need to meet with the higher-ups of your Galar League first.”

It seems the news has finally arrived at the Palace Arena. A powerful fire-breathing dragon is carrying a purple-haired youth in a cloak, and behind him is a stylish young man in a jacket.

The champion of Galar, Dante!

And Raihan, the Gym Leader of Hammerlocke City and a Dragon-type expert!

However… seeing these two flying over together on a fire-breathing dragon, Sonia's expression was clearly a bit emo…

Following closely behind, a car sped up, and out of it emerged a middle-aged, successful man in a suit and tie—Loz, the president of the Galar Alliance, and his secretary and vice president, Olivia.

The Galar leaders finally arrived late. After getting a general understanding of the situation, they all turned their attention to Ash.

"You must be Ash from Kanto. You're quite a skilled kid." Rose smiled and extended his hand to Ash, his words seemingly implying that he was acting as an elder. "You did a great job. Don't cause any more trouble like this during the Champions Cup."

His attitude might be fine in everyday interactions, but Ash, now representing Kanto, won't take it that way.

"You flatter me." Xiao Zhi shook his head calmly, his attitude neither humble nor arrogant.

“You should address him as ‘Chairman,’ and you should use honorifics!” Olivia suddenly complained, dissatisfied. “Is this how you, from Kanto, show yourselves when you send someone on a visit?”

"Olivia," Lorze called out, but didn't seem to intend to stop her.

He was well aware of his secretary's protectiveness towards him, and because of a previous statement of accountability, she was now very unhappy with the people of Kanto.

But this is also good, as it allows us to carefully evaluate this well-known Xiao Zhi through this incident.

"This must be Miss Olivia. You seem to have a problem with me?"

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking!" Seeing that Rose didn't stop her, Olivia continued with a cold snort, "It's not just you, I have a problem with your entire Kanto Alliance! Just based on the words of a few poachers, you dare to question Chairman Rose and the Galar Alliance... and the representative you sent wasn't even a champion, you only sent a child, this is clearly showing that you don't take us seriously!"

“I see…” Ash nodded knowingly. “I originally planned to visit the Rose Building and talk about this behind closed doors, but it seems there’s no need for that now.”

...

"Hey, what are you referring to... what the hell are they arguing about?" Qibana asked, completely bewildered, from the crowd.

“This Ash, don’t let his youth fool you, he’s a high-ranking investigator in Kanto now,” Dan said in a low voice. “He’s actually here to hold someone accountable. Apparently, someone here hired a poaching group from over there to target the pure-blooded pseudo-legendary beings in our area. He issued a statement before… a rather strong one.”

"Oh dear, kids these days are really something else, both in terms of ability and temper," Qibana shrugged speechlessly.

Meanwhile, Lorz, the person involved, had a slight change in expression.

"Ash, don't be so absolute. You came here representing Kanto, you can't just go back empty-handed."

"Of course I won't leave empty-handed! To be honest, I currently lack trust in your Galar leadership, so I plan to go back and request Interpol's intervention to have them investigate the matter!"

Ash shook his head seriously, and at the same time opened his palm, revealing a broken black and red crystal, which Corviknight had given him earlier.

"It's a wishing star?!" *2

Sonia and Olivia called out the name of the thing in unison.

In the Galar region, Wishing Stars are an essential material for crafting the Max Bracers.

Before becoming Loz's secretary, Olivia was also a senior researcher. It was she who, together with Sonia's grandmother Dr. Magnolia, developed the Max Bracers we know today.

"This thing is the cause of Corviknight's Dynamax energy going berserk. It's obviously a deliberate act... Chairman Rose, Dynamax is a power controlled by the Galar authorities, but now it's being used for illegal purposes. You need to give a reasonable explanation for this."

"This..." The crowd began to murmur amongst themselves. No one expected that Ash would use a broken Wishing Star to directly target the League President!

Ash's attack was far from over.

"Adding to what just happened, I came here to question you about hiring a poaching group, but instead of providing an explanation, you made things difficult for me. It's hard not to suspect that you're the thief crying 'stop thief!'"

"If you connect these two things, I believe... Interpol would be very happy to come here and investigate."

Chapter 376 The Great Armor's Choice, The Path to the Strongest Martial Artist!

Ash's attitude was undoubtedly arrogant, and he was indeed taking advantage of Olivia's criticism to make a fuss.

However, this was, after all, an outside region. As a senior investigator and the second-in-command of Kanto under the command of Yulongdu, he didn't need to greet everyone with a smile.

Besides, so what if he's arrogant?

The Tyranitar tribe in Mt. Silver is threatened by poachers, but the mastermind behind it all is the Galar elite. As the person in charge of the case, it is only natural for Ash to come and hold them accountable.

However, Galar's officials not only refused to cooperate, but they also had a scandal. Ash was unwilling to cooperate with them, so bringing in Interpol was a legitimate procedure.

"Mr. Ash, this must be an unpleasant misunderstanding." After being repeatedly defeated by Ash, Rose could no longer stand idly by.

He gave Xiaozhi a title, which was a way of placing him on the same level as himself.

"The Corviknight incident was clearly a deliberate attempt to create trouble, and we will definitely investigate it thoroughly!" Rose assured Ash. "As for the poachers, please provide us with detailed evidence, and I promise to give you a reply later!"

"All the evidence will be sent via email... I have some personal commitments to attend to, so please be sure to get the chairman's reply as soon as possible."

...

Ash and Rose finished their conversation. The Galar executives came and went in a hurry, and Leon didn't even have a chance to speak with Ash.

Of course, he didn't have time to explain to Sonia either, as Lóz called him back to attend the Champions Cup award ceremony.

This one-sided verbal battle was very entertaining for the onlookers, but they probably didn't know that Ash and Rose had actually reached a consensus.

Ash's arrogant attitude might upset or even anger others, but not Rose... because he's a businessman.

For him, interests are far more important than attitude.

Ash brought up the Wishing Star thing in front of so many people, seemingly to express his doubts and embarrass Rose, but in reality, he was giving him a real wake-up call.

It's no coincidence that someone within Galar is using the Wishing Star to cause trouble, and that the incident happened right outside Palace City, coinciding with the Champions Cup.

The people present were not stupid; they could easily figure out that someone was deliberately trying to discredit Dynamax and target Rose himself, who introduced Dynamax battles!

It was precisely because Loz understood this that he readily agreed to cooperate with Kanto.

To put it another way, he really couldn't allow Interpol to enter Galar, as that would definitely affect his plans to implement later.

This is essentially communication between alliances; there's no need to be bound by formalities like meetings. As long as both sides agree on their interests, even a big argument is fine.

After the meeting with the Galar executives, Ash no longer had any reason to stay in Pallet City.

Seeing that his companions were also in high spirits, he decided to head to the station and take a train straight to the Crown Snowfield!

If you think about it carefully, it's been quite a few days since Flashy Void went missing. Moen in the snowfields must be going crazy with worry after losing his daughter.

Before leaving, Ash made sure to get Bea's contact information and made a promise to her that after the trip to the snowy plains was over, he could find an opportunity to have a battle with her... either a human or a Pokémon would do.

"I'll be going to the Wild Area to train later... If I'm still here when you come back, let's meet there." Bea was also very interested in Ash and readily accepted the invitation.

She also changed her way of addressing Ash to 'Tinker's Trainer'.

...

"They must have noticed something special about Pinsir..." Ash tentatively guessed as they traveled to the Crown Snowfield.

As a seasoned fighter, as soon as Taika appeared, Cai Dou should have been able to see its martial arts skills, so it's no wonder she was interested.

Ash is currently struggling with the decision of whether or not to let Pinscher join Bea's dojo... or simply ask Bea to train it.