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

"So what will you do then?" Ash asked, frowning.

He didn't believe that the God of the Sea could just appear out of thin air like an earthworm!

"Of course I'll hand over my divine office to it. Then I'll just be a Lugia without the power of the Sea God," Lugia said casually.

Ash finally understood everything; Lugia's real intention was to transfer that power.

It firmly believes that as long as the child stays with Xiaozhi, there will definitely be a way to bypass the limitations of alpacas in the future.

With the addition of the retrieved Monsoon Power, Ash will possess a complete Sea God willing to stand against the alpaca!

Of course, as long as it's Lugia, it doesn't really matter who's with Ash... but it also has the important responsibility of stabilizing the ocean currents!

Its power to control the wind has been stripped away, so it can no longer directly manipulate the movement of ocean currents in the sky. It can only lie helplessly on the seabed and cannot stray too far from the deep ocean currents near the Great Gate.

So, it created a child to stay with Ash...

“Lugia, I don’t want to let you down… but can we take it slow?” Ash gently persuaded. “I’m going to participate in the Whirl Islands Tournament and then travel to Johto. I can stay with you and take care of it during that time… at least wait until it’s more familiar with me and can accept being separated from you before I take care of it alone.”

"That would be perfect." Lugia thought for a moment and realized that her previous decision had indeed been too hasty.

It looked at Ash intently, feeling that its choice of hero was absolutely impeccable.

As a human, Ash's qualities and abilities are top-notch, and what's even more remarkable is his skill in taking care of children.

Moreover, from a human aesthetic point of view, he seems to be quite good-looking...

In short, it is now extremely satisfied with Ash, and its eyes are gradually becoming somewhat dazed.

“When you travel to Johto later, I will take the children and follow the sea... but you must come and see it often,” Lugia said softly.

“It’s fine… but why does that sound so awkward?” Ash nodded in agreement, but he still felt that Lugia’s words were all a bit off.

He went on a trip, and she stayed at home (at sea) with the baby, telling him to come back often. This feeling…

"If Ash and Lugia are going to raise the child together... then Ash will be the child's father?"

Okay, Ryukia has already given the answer.

Ash was speechless: "I just wanted to help take care of Lugia, not become its father..."

"Wah!!" At this moment, Lugia, whether from hearing Ash's denial or from being too hungry, suddenly started wailing.

Seeing the little guy's tears falling like pearls from a broken string, even Ash, with his heart of stone, couldn't hold back. He hurriedly went over to pat and coax him, even using the power of Viridian and the power of Poseidon.

"Oh, oh, don't cry, don't cry~"

Strangely enough, after Ash got the hang of it, the little guy who was just heartbroken immediately stopped crying and started giggling at Ash.

"Haha, it really likes you, that's so great~" Lugia was also very happy to see this, and went over to join the little guy, rubbing its head against Ash's chest.

Upon seeing this, the companions were all taken aback, but they all tacitly agreed on one thing…

I'm definitely shipping Zhiluo and Luo!

Brock: "Speaking of which... do you give money as a wedding gift when Pokémon have a wedding?"

Lila: "I guess not... By the way, do they need to have a wedding?"

Xiaoxia: "Does it matter whether they get married or not? They already have a child!"

Rukia: "I told you, Ash really is the father of the child~"

Chapter 488 Whirlpool Islands, the Tournament is About to Begin

I've successfully decided to be Lugia's father... Pshaw!

In short, after handing over the underwater fortress and Team Rocket, led by the idiot professor, to the League, Ash and his friends left Okinawa Island, with Lugia and the children accompanying them in the sea.

With the Sea God himself by their side, the giant whirlpools no longer had any effect on them, and the group could rampage freely in the center of the whirlpools.

When Silver gets really playful, he'll even bring along Water-type Pokémon like Crocodile and Magikarp to surf and have fun in the eye of the whirlpool.

As an aside, 'Silver' was a name Ash gave to his child at Lugia's request.

Naturally, fathers have to name their children... Lugia and Rukia both said it was no problem.

However, Xiao Gang and the others felt that there was something wrong with the name Xiao Yin... It sounded like Xiao Zhi was taking advantage of someone from a distance.

A red-haired boy: Achoo!

Ash was naturally very upset, as he had chosen a name exactly according to the original anime... Who would have thought that Silver would happen to share the same name as someone else?

Besides naming the child, he also officially began his daily routine of taking care of the baby with Lugia, spending most of his time underwater using the power of Poseidon... including sleeping at night.

It's not really that inconvenient, since he's been focusing on training Water-type Pokémon lately, and the underwater environment is actually more suitable for him.

As for the issue of continuously releasing power, Ash often spends the whole night in a meditative state when training in Aura and Psychic abilities; now it's just a change of environment.

During this time, Lugia also took the opportunity to tell him some things related to him... such as Ho-Oh's trial.

"Ho-Oh has actually wanted to regain its lost power for a long time, otherwise it wouldn't have been searching for the Rainbow Warrior for so many years... This trial of its is very likely to ask you to help it regain its power of life."

"You want me to go? But is this something a human like me can do?" Ash was a little uncertain.

“It is precisely because you are human that it is possible for you to do this,” Lugia exclaimed. “To be honest, you humans are truly amazing. In the long course of evolution, you have lost your strong physique and the ability to use special moves… Of course, you are an exception in this respect.”

"Hey, can we get to the point?"

"I'm sorry..." Lugia blushed slightly, "Anyway, you've forged a path different from Pokémon and created miracles more than once. If Ho-Oh believes in that, it will definitely entrust this matter to you!"

"And what about you?" Ash asked curiously, "Don't you want me to retrieve the power of the Monsoon?"

“I’ll listen to you,” Lugia said softly with a smile. “Anyway, it’s all for this child. We can go when we feel the time is right. There’s no rush.”

"Can you... just pretend I didn't ask?" Ash twitched his lips speechlessly.

It's clearly a normal conversation, so why does the art style keep going off track?

It must be because all the talk about Xiao Yin lately... Yes, that's definitely it!

So, Ash, after much agonizing reflection, turned to Lugia and talked about Blastoise's fate—the bent spoon.

“That place, I used to live there,” Lugia explained. “It’s where several whirlpools converge, and the water energy is abundant. It’s a place I specially created, and it’s also very suitable for water-type Pokémon to enhance their power.”

"I see…"

"But you have to be careful if you go. Most water-type Pokémon can't withstand that kind of tearing. Silver can't withstand it either, which is why I took it to live on Okinawa Island."

Lugia initially looked concerned, but then began nagging and urging, "Anyway, you must train Little Silver quickly and try to make it stronger as soon as possible!"

Xiao Zhi: ...

Looking at Lugia's expression, as if the mother and daughter were counting on him for the future, Ash really wanted to slap himself.

He could only be thankful that Mew didn't have this kind of knowledge, otherwise it would have kept telling Ash to take good care of Mewtwo, and its big son might have crushed the entire new island into dust.

Of course, Lugia didn't devote all its attention to the child. It still told Ash that it would be better to finish the Whirl Islands Tournament before sending Blastoise to the Whirlpool Eye for training.

Ash can gain the power to help Blastoise alleviate the pressure of the whirlpool if he wins the championship.

What are we waiting for? Let's head to Red Rock Island!

...

After a long sea voyage, Ash and his family arrived at Kaco City on Red Rock Island, the venue for the Whirl Islands Tournament.

When they landed, the place was already packed with people, with contestants and spectators everywhere. The Pokémon Center was so full that there was no room to even step inside.

The triennial Whirlpool Islands Tournament, while comparable in scale to the Alliance Conference, is still only a regional event, so the organizers naturally wouldn't provide facilities like a players' village.

Ash and his friends wouldn't care about these things. When traveling outdoors for a long time, camping and sleeping in the open is not a problem at all... Besides, Ash has been living in the sea recently anyway.

The group had been worried that Rukia, as an idol heiress, might not be used to it, but she was always in high spirits.

She even tentatively suggested that she wanted to sleep underwater with Ash to join in the fun...

Ash naturally rejected this idea. Why not just stay in a tent? Why insist on living underwater? Even if he had enough of Poseidon's power, that's not how you use it.

But Rukia had her own tricks up her sleeve. Perhaps because she had been taking care of Silver after he fell into a coma, she had recently become quite familiar with him and thus decisively unleashed her Baby Power.

"Ash, please take me with you... I promise I won't bother you and Lugia, okay? I'll just stay with Silver the whole time~"

"Woo, woo~"

With the girl looking pitiful and the baby acting cute and charming, Xiao Zhi really couldn't resist such an offensive.

"We can go together, but don't bring up Lugia..."

"Yay!" "Wow!"

Rukia and Gin happily hugged each other.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhi understood why the baby liked her.

Silver was born not long ago and was at a playful and curious age. Ryukia was also a cheerful person and was more relaxed and uninhibited than Misty and Lila when it came to playing with him.

In short, the next step was to prepare for the competition in full swing, and everyone soon received the preliminary round notification from the organizing committee.

Just as they had anticipated, with so many contestants gathered together, all vying to reach the finals at the ancient arena as one of the top 64, the preliminary rounds alone would take two rounds.

Fortunately, the Whirlpool Islands Tournament has a relatively short schedule. The preliminary rounds and the top 64 matches are played in a one-on-one format, and the format changes to two-on-two starting from the top 32. Therefore, there will not be any particularly long matches.

The preliminary rounds were not difficult at all. Ash only used a giant Magikarp in the two rounds of the preliminaries, and he made it into the final round by crashing into the giant Magikarp and swishing his tail.

Xiaoxia and her two friends also made great strides and each secured a spot in the finals.