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

At first glance, it really does have the air of a graceful yet resilient warrior.

However, the clothes they prepared for Pikachu are hard to describe... What's the meaning of a brave hero being accompanied by a clown in pajamas?

This Pikachu couldn't possibly do that, so... it ultimately transformed into Super Pikachu!

"Ash, how's this outfit?" May had already changed her clothes and skipped over to Ash.

She changed into a princess dress, a white top paired with a pink tutu, which made her look lively and cute. The bows at the back of her head and waist made her look like a butterfly fluttering as she walked.

"It really is beautiful and suits your temperament perfectly," Xiao Zhi praised with a smile.

"I knew it!" Xiaoyao was overjoyed and happily spun around before taking Xiaozhi's arm.

The others had also chosen their dresses by then. Serena, Misty, and Lucia all picked their favorite colors, and each looked stunning in her own way.

Miss Rika didn't change her clothes; her kimono was perfectly appropriate for the occasion.

As for Nemo at the end…

"Haha, I've decided on this one!" Someone rushed to a set of armor placed in the corner and began to put it on excitedly.

"Nemo, I think you should get a different set," Ash tried to persuade her. "That armor has a lot of metal parts, and it's quite heavy."

"It's okay, that's what makes it fun!" As she spoke, Nemo had already donned her armor and helmet.

"I'm leaving now! I'll wait for you guys on the battlefield..."

Yes, Nemo's farewell gave everyone a full demonstration of what slow motion really means.

This champion girl from Padiya is not the type with great strength or stamina. At first, she could manage to take a few steps with her initial enthusiasm, but she soon found it difficult to keep going.

"I'll definitely be fine! It's just an outfit, I..."

"See, is that alright now?" Xiao Zhi stamped his foot, and a ray of light immediately disappeared into Nemo's shadow, making her feel her armor lighten instantly.

Ash sent Gengar out to use his psychic powers to lift Nemo up a bit in the shadows, which should make things much easier for her.

"Hey, it's much lighter now, thanks a lot~" A girl's cheerful laughter came from inside the armor.

"Alright, let's go." Xiao Zhi waved to the girls.

And so, a hero with a powerful aura, accompanied by five princesses and a knight too heavy to carry his armor, joined the celebration in style!

Chapter 975 The Hero of the Waveguide, Imitating Vanilla, Spirit Cloth, and…

The Brave Warriors Battle is the highlight of the annual festival in Ordron City... but to be honest, it's just a casual, entertaining match for casual viewers.

Tourists who come to visit volunteer to participate, dressed in the attire of old nobles, and command Pokémon to fight on the field, in a situation somewhat similar to the battle between Kalos and the knights in the castle.

In short, they went through all the pre-battle rituals, commanded by shouting, and did whatever was most forceful and passionate.

In a competition like this, Ash certainly couldn't bring out his main players to bully others, but he also couldn't just do it carelessly... If he accidentally messed up, that would be a huge disaster.

Can you imagine? He won back the world championship, only to lose a friendly match with an acquaintance the very next day?

So Ash sent out a Flareon.

Don't underestimate this little guy just because he's only a few months old. He has exceptional talent and has been wearing a jade insect stone plate since birth, which shows his extraordinary background.

"Burning Insect, Insect Chirp!" The intense sonic vibrations easily wiped out the first round's opponent in a single move.

They continued their winning streak in the subsequent matches, easily advancing to the finals.

His opponent, coincidentally, was Nemo, who was wearing heavy armor... and even more coincidentally, she was using Charmander!

The two seemed to have similar thoughts, both wanting to practice their new favorite in this low-level competition.

"We've met again! Let's battle again! Charmander, Flamethrower!"

"We also use flamethrowers!"

boom!

Two equally fierce flames intertwined in the air, heralding the start of the finals.

Ash and Nemo are both experienced trainers. Even though the two trainers in the battle might seem like noobs to outsiders, they can still command them to peck with great skill and flair.

After exchanging fire, Charmander immediately charged forward to get close, but was instead bound into a dumpling by the silk threads spat out by the Burning Bug.

But Charmander immediately used the flames from its tail to start burning, and at the same time used its cleaving attack to cut the threads on its body to shreds with its claws.

Launching another attack, Charmander unleashed a series of high-speed, sure-hit spiking attacks, fiercely assaulting Burning Bug from all directions; however, Burning Bug suddenly emitted a piercing chirp, using powerful sound waves to shatter the incoming energy spiking ...

"I have one... how about we try this one! Charmander, Ancient Power!" "Li!"

"This move... Burning Insects, quickly use mental interference!" "Woo!"

The two sides were evenly matched and fought for a while, but unexpectedly Nemo suddenly pulled out her trump card, which allowed Charmander to unleash a Rock-type special attack that was four times stronger than it!

Fortunately, Ash's Charizard was no pushover. Seeing the dangerous beam of light approaching, Charizard immediately deployed a powerful psychic ability in front of it, barely managing to counterattack the Ancient Force!

The powerful bug chirping that followed was too much for Charmander to handle, and it was finally eliminated!

"The match is over! This year's Aura Hero is confirmed to be Ash Ketchum!!" The referee announced the result with great enthusiasm, which also caused cheers from the audience.

This is the scene that the public hopes to see. Even in the smallest competition, they are happy to see Ash continue his undefeated record.

"Phew... lost again. Your Pokémon is pretty strong too." Nemo took off her helmet and wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand.

Wearing heavy armor all the time, and having been fully focused on the battle with Ash, she was indeed starting to feel the strain.

"You've raised Charmander very well! I never expected it could use Ancient Power," Ash said in surprise.

This was absolutely mind-blowing; apart from genetics, Charmander should have no other way of learning this move.

But the Charmander that Professor Oak gave to Nemo definitely didn't inherit the Ancient Power move!

This move can only be inherited from fossil Pokémon, and in the Greater Sekito region, you also need to borrow a Totodile's egg cluster for chain inheritance, otherwise it's simply impossible.

“It’s thanks to this.” Nemo patted Charmander and took out a prop that looked like a tender leaf. “Charmander has a herb mimicry ability. When we were camping before, your Togekiss used Ancient Power, which is why it was able to learn it.”

"Imitate vanilla?" Ash was taken aback. He hadn't expected that Padia would have such a magical item.

When used in battle, Mimic Vanilla allows you to mimic one of your opponent's ability boosts.

However, if you carry it outside of battles, you can learn egg moves that other Pokémon know when you picnic and play with them!

Moreover, this kind of learning is unlimited and does not need to take gender or egg group into account at all!

In other words, as long as Nemo's Charmander has Imitation Vanilla, it can learn Ancient Power from Togekiss, Belly Drum from Snorlax, and even Dragon Charge from Dragonite and Dragapult!

This thing is kind of useful...

Imagine if Lapras had this vanilla-like herb and then invited Blue's Articuno to dinner, wouldn't freeze-dried food be a piece of cake?

"Uh, what's wrong with you?" Ash was thinking about the item when he came to his senses and found Nemo standing stiffly in front of him, with two faint blushes on her cheeks.

"Um... this thing is really too heavy, I can't move it..." the girl said awkwardly.

She was indeed sore all over, and couldn't even raise her hand to scratch her face to relieve the embarrassment.

"Then I'll have Gengar carry you." Ash couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

In the end, he helped Nemo carry the helmet, and Gengar also amplified its psychic powers, finally managing to bring the young lady back to the previous fitting room.

"It's really heavy..." While waiting for Nemo to change her clothes at the door, Ash briefly checked the armor and found that it was indeed quite heavy.

"GenGen~" Gengar seemed to have discovered something as well, pointing to the joints between several pieces of armor.

"This is... the sash is actually made of spirit world cloth, isn't that a bit too extravagant?" Xiao Zhi frowned in surprise.

Gengar wasn't sure at first, but after some inspection, it confirmed that the fabric on the armor was the key item for Dusknoir's connection to evolution!

"I have it too?!" After being reminded by Gengar, Ash checked his clothes and found that the accessories on the hero's hat were also made of spirit cloth!

This discovery deepened Xiaozhi's suspicions.

It seems suspicious to deliberately add something like this to clothing and make it so that it's not easily noticeable.

The spirit world…

Xiao Zhi felt inexplicably worried, but for now he could only take it one step at a time.

He waited a little while, and after Nemo changed her clothes, he took her to meet up with her companions.

"What are you looking at?" As they left together, Nemo noticed that Ash was staring at her profile, which she found rather odd.

"It's nothing..." Xiao Zhi quickly looked away.

He was actually checking Nemo's new clothes... The ribbon used for decoration at the neckline also seemed to be a prop material...

Rustling!

But after the two left, a strange scene suddenly unfolded in the room.

A bonsai plant placed in the corner suddenly collapsed inexplicably, then turned into a puddle of purple mud that flowed out through the crack in the door.

In the shadows of a deserted corridor, it transformed itself into a hurried royal maid.

After that, it naturally joined the ranks of the other waiters and began busily preparing for the dinner...

Chapter 976 The Hero of Aura, Lucario Sealed Away

As night falls, the celebrations in the city of Orudron are about to reach their climax.