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

And... even stirring a water tank with a toothpick can produce a child. I don't know whether to say that Ash is too powerful or that true love is invincible.

"My God..." Xiaoxia put her hand to her forehead, looking utterly hopeless.

Let me sort this out. What kind of people am I competing with for men? The girl pondered for a while and suddenly became extremely nervous.

From the very beginning with Xiao Lan and Serena, they gradually developed many ambiguous relationships. Although Xiao Lan's personality was indeed a bit abnormal, she was still within the realm of normal human beings.

But ever since Chikorita caused the Bond Degeneration, Misty has felt that something is wrong.

This feeling of unease only intensified after Latias, who can transform into a girl, joined the team and confessed her feelings to Ash with a kiss.

Now that I think about it, Ash had already shown signs of this back in Asia Island, before Johto... and he was even hooking up with the Sea God!

No wonder Lugia wanted him to inherit the power of Poseidon…

"Blue Sister, you're absolutely right." Lila remembered Blue's frequent jokes, like not all the women around Ash were human...

Looking back now, that wasn't just making things up; it was clearly prophecy!

"Ash and... Lugia? No wonder~" Lukia, while still confused, suddenly realized what was going on.

Well, no wonder Ash made such a bold promise that he could definitely take him to Lugia; it turns out he was actually looking for his wife…

Uh, there's also a baby whose gender I don't know.

That's so perverse, but surprisingly exciting!

"I'm telling you... what on earth are you all thinking about?!"

Looking around, Xiao Zhi couldn't help but realize with a sigh... he only had one mouth, and he simply couldn't possibly utter all those complaints.

"And you! Pikachu, do you think I don't know what you're thinking?!" Ash grabbed the Pikachu from his shoulder and began to knead it vigorously in his hand.

Ash said that he couldn't deal with his teammates, but he could still take down Pikachu.

That rat doesn't deserve any sympathy; it was the one who laughed the loudest, clearly enjoying the show!

Moreover, even without using his brain, Ash could guess that this rascal was definitely mocking him for becoming a father again... and also planning to trick little Lugia into calling him 'Uncle Pikachu'!

Hmm... Regarding this "again", Ash and a certain creature in the Master Ball are both quite annoyed.

"Lugia, what exactly happened?" Ash asked, barely managing to calm himself down.

"What else could it be? After we parted ways on Asia Island, I came back here and used a portion of my power, along with the power of the deep ocean currents, to create this child."

"You yourself..." Ash's face froze in anger, "Can't you just explain why you separated your power? Why do you have to make it sound like I did something wrong?!"

Honestly, at best your process of having a baby is parthenogenesis, why are you making it sound like I'm heartless and abandoned you after starting something!

"But if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have made this decision." This dignified first-level god looked utterly aggrieved. "You have no idea how difficult it is to raise a child. Every time I leave to find food, I'm on edge, afraid something might happen to it..."

"That's true." Xiao Zhi nodded in deep agreement, his expression softening.

He definitely has the right to speak on just how difficult it is to raise children.

After all, he currently has a bunch of unruly kids under his control.

Tyranitar, Torchic, newborn Jangmo-o, and Draco Messia who can't live without his mother... Just worrying about these little guys' eating, drinking, and diapering every day is enough to give him a headache.

It's no exaggeration to say that his heart, liver, spleen, and lungs tremble whenever the little guy cries out.

"That's right, I didn't expect it to be so small, and so troublesome..." Lugia's tone held a hint of regret...

"But... Lady Lugia, all babies are like this," Lucia interjected weakly. "It seems like no baby is particularly easy to take care of from birth..."

“Actually, there are some, my brother is one.” Lila shrugged and said, “I heard my mother say that when my brother was born, he never cried or made a fuss. Even his first cry was just a humming to avoid making my parents worry too much.”

"And that's not all. I also heard that when my brother was old enough to grasp things, he learned to change his own clothes and diapers... The adults in Pallet Town all say that my brother has been a genius since he was a child."

"No way... Is Ash really that amazing?" Misty was completely dumbfounded.

"If only my younger brother and sister could be like this..." Xiao Gang shed a tear of bitterness.

"Lila, that's enough..." Seeing Lila still looking at him with such admiration, trying to list his 'amazing' abilities, Ash just wanted to shut his little sister up right away.

This is so damn embarrassing...

Besides, what do those things have to do with whether or not someone is a genius? Shouldn't they be a required course for people who transmigrate at the age of zero?

Why not do it yourself? Are you expecting some rough guy, known as your cheap daddy, to do it, while you get a little...you know... flicked in the process?!

"That's great! It sounds so convenient!" Lugia said with envy. "Why can't this child be like you..."

"Because it's not my child!" Ash demanded in a fit of rage. "And before you made that decision, didn't you realize how difficult it would be to raise a child?!"

“Of course I’m prepared… but not for raising a child.” Lugia shook her head slightly, gazing tenderly at her baby. “I was born looking exactly like this, and I thought it would look like me too, but I never imagined it would grow from an infant…”

"Ash, you know, this feeling is really strange." Lugia turned to Ash, looking intently into his eyes. "It's just a portion of my power, yet it makes me care about it involuntarily, and even want to give it all the good things..."

"So even though creating it consumed a lot of my energy and even affected the stability of the ocean currents, I have no regrets!"

"Lugia..." Ash was slightly taken aback.

He then realized that the strange ocean currents that had appeared recently, which had caused the underwater gate to the spirit world of Bonnie Island to open, were because Lugia was giving birth at the time.

However, seeing the gentle maternal glow on Lugia's face, Ash didn't want to bring it up again.

Since I've already taken care of it with Fizz, why bother telling it and making it worry?

"Lugia, what are your plans next?" Ash asked with concern. "If you're tired of taking care of it, I can help."

Ash didn't want to ask why Lugia insisted on having a child, because it no longer mattered.

This little life has been born, and what it needs most is to take good care of it and grow up healthily.

"Of course I hope you can take good care of it... because I'm entrusting it to you!" Lugia earnestly pleaded with Ash, "Ash, catch it and grow up together as quickly as possible!"

"What did you say?!" Ash exclaimed in shock, and his other companions were also taken aback.

What's with this sudden entrustment of a child by a mythical beast?

“I believe you can take good care of it… and the reason this child exists is to stay by your side,” Lugia said earnestly. “Ash, this is a decision I’ve considered for a long time. I know what you’ll be doing in the future, and only in this way can I offer you as much help as possible…”

"Give me... help?!" Ash was taken aback, then suddenly understood.

Did Lugia give birth to this child hoping to use its power to fight against the supreme creator god?

"I know you understand," Lugia said gently with a smile. "Ash, take it with you... It will definitely become an indispensable force for you in the future!"

"I know, and I'm grateful... but I can't just subdue it like this!"

Chapter 487 Ryukia: But you're its father!

Ash chose to refuse the legendary Pokémon that was within his grasp, a reaction that surprised everyone.

Even Lugia herself found it hard to accept... and even felt a little wronged.

"Why…"

In its view, once you become friends, you should give your all.

It racked its brains to come up with such a good idea, and even risked its own strength to complete it, but Ash refused to appreciate it in the end. This feeling is really hard to bear...

"Lugia, you've misunderstood," Ash immediately explained sincerely. "I appreciate your good intentions, but it's just a newborn baby, and it needs to be close to you, its mother... Did you even consider its feelings when you suddenly pushed it next to me like that?"

“This…” Lugia turned to look at her child, who clearly understood something and was leaning against her with teary eyes.

Pokémon babies need their parents' care unless they can truly become independent... This is Ash's consistent stance.

Therefore, he could patiently refrain from taming Lapras and Nidorino until he had consulted their parents first.

He was willing to take Yukira back to Silver Mountain, just so that it could see its mother, whom it had never met before, again.

The same applies now... Even if this Pokémon baby is a legendary Pokémon, his principles will not waver!

"Of course I don't want to be so cruel... but this is the only way I can think of." Lugia sighed helplessly. "Ash, in your human legends, Pokémon like us should be very strong, right... but have you ever questioned whether we sometimes don't perform as powerful as we seem... or are even easily hurt by bad guys?"

Ash didn't respond, but his expression said it all.

Honestly, the loss of prestige from legendary Pokémon has been a common occurrence in the Pokémon anime series.

Especially with the theatrical releases, almost every time a movie is released, a legendary creature falls from grace.

Lugia's birth was exposed, Rayquaza was unable to make an interview, and Giratina suffered a crushing defeat...

Even the primordial alpaca wasn't spared; it was nearly killed by a meteorite... Luckily, it was nearly drowned in a pool of mercury by humans a thousand years ago.

“We are indeed weaker than before,” Lugia sighed softly. “Not only is it because the natural energy of the Pokémon world is gradually diminishing, but the power of many of our legendary Pokémon has also been severely stripped away!”

"Stripping?"

“Yes, I was stripped of my ability to manipulate the monsoon, and from then on I can only stay in the sea to stabilize the ocean currents, and I can’t leave the Kanto and Johto sea areas for long.” Lugia nodded helplessly. “Ho-Oh is even worse off than me. Ever since it revived its guards, it has been stripped of its power of resurrection and rebirth… it can’t even use it on itself anymore.”

"Is that so?" Ash was immediately astonished. "The person who could do something like this...?"

“That’s the one.” Lugia confirmed Ash’s guess. “We were really naive back then, easily obeying it, thinking it was to maintain the stability of the world and prevent it from continuing to control over too powerful forces… Looking back now, it was probably also a means of controlling us.”

To relinquish excessive power to avoid impacting the entire world... such a noble and respectable argument.

But Ash has to say it, because that's in line with the identity of the Creator Alpaca.

It hangs at the top of the universe like a saint, and everything must operate under the rules it sets, without any flaws.

This is what it strives for... perfection.

“That’s why I came up with this idea,” Lugia continued. “I believe that if you raise my child, it will grow tremendously in a short period of time, and may even soon possess power similar to mine! And most importantly, if you help it regain its original monsoon power, then even that entity will be unable to be separated from it!”