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

Come on, shouldn't you be more mindful of your demeanor? You're really treating the royal arena like a restaurant!

"Heh, these guys have some ideas." Compared to the two women's surprise and frustration, Xiao Zhi was quite satisfied with their performance.

A strong demeanor can't help you become stronger, but Miss Skirt's berserk scale powder can.

After the Mountain Queen went berserk, the process of her dancing and constantly scattering scales was actually a way of releasing her power.

These scales can cause nearby Moon Bears to also enter a false frenzy, which shows that they do indeed contain considerable energy.

Ash and his friends, who are used to being frugal, certainly can't afford to waste 'food'.

So everyone hit it off immediately, with Venusaur and Lucario, who barely needed this much power, taking the lead. One built a fence, and the other built a defense, successfully trapping Miss Squirrel in the middle of the battlefield.

The rest of the group simply sat and waited for the food to be fed to them.

With Lucario's waveguide, the alien energy in the scales is purified, and the companions absorb the purest natural energy, ultimately transforming it into their own foundation.

"Are they planning to drain the mountain princess dry?" Zhubei couldn't help but ask with a troubled expression.

She's really starting to get scared of Ash's Pokémon. If she lets them roam freely, they'll definitely come up with all sorts of bizarre ways to 'pacify' them.

And this isn't about appeasement, it's like treating Miss Skirt as food!

Although it only eats scales...

"I'm also quite curious... Don't Miss Huoxia care about what they're doing here?" Xiao Guang was speechless. "I used to think she was a very responsible person. On the way back, she kept talking about Miss Qun'er and Yueyue Bear, and asked me a lot about the Zhenfu Pixie Mantis."

"You sent her back...did you send her back to the battlefield before?" Ash asked, frowning.

"Yeah, although we didn't go that far in, we landed nearby," Xiaoguang explained, puzzled. "I was just wondering why she wasn't here..."

“Someone as responsible as her would definitely want to solve the problem herself,” Xiao Zhi said in a deep voice. “That’s why she won’t tell anyone that Miss Skirt has also gone berserk.”

“But she felt bad about what happened to Luna, so she went to Granny Yupu.” Zhubei added with a sudden realization, “But Granny Yupu ignored her, so she had no choice but to ask Team Galactic for help, but she only mentioned Luna.”

"So...she must have gone to collect the town's treasures, wanting to appease Miss Qun'er on her own!" Xiao Guang finally guessed Huo Xia's whereabouts.

"Let's go and look for him. He hasn't been back for so long, I wonder if something happened to him." After thinking for a moment, Xiao Zhi decided to go and find him.

Everything went very smoothly, which made him feel that something was amiss.

Although he left companions in Crimson Swamp, it's always better to be safe than sorry...

Chapter 1113 When in doubt, start with a clever doubles match

Ash is working hard to find the Gears of Time so that he can proactively intervene in the storyline during the Green Washing period without affecting the future.

But even though he has already intervened, the events that are unfolding are still trying to align with the original game storyline, which is very problematic.

For example, the task prompts on his and Xiaozhao's phones asked them to investigate a strange campfire near the Golden Plains.

In the game "Alpaca Legend", this step can only be unlocked after Xiao Zhao has met Wang Luo in the Random Ruins and received a reminder from him... But Xiao Zhao has never been to the Random Ruins!

Moreover, she probably won't see Wang Luo again.

After connecting the circuit card, Ash showed the blood-stained clothes he found by the Farewell Fountain to it and confirmed that the scent left on the clothes belonged to Wangluo.

Moreover, it was definitely not something that happened in a short period of time. Luca can guarantee that the original owner of that garment was Wang Luo!

With such terrible injuries, even if Wang Luo didn't die, he definitely wouldn't be able to show himself in the short term.

Even so, Arceus's phone still helped Xiao Zhao reconcile the plot, skipping the step of their meeting and directly guiding her to the Golden Plains to capture the three wild bandit sisters.

If we consider this as a process optimization, it's reasonable... But how do we explain Huo Xia's position?

In theory, after retrieving the stone tablet fragments from the three bandit sisters, Xiao Zhao should immediately pacify the Moon Bear and then rely on the Moon Bear to track the scent to find Huo Xia.

However, she had already failed in her mission to obtain a mount, so Arceus's phone directly pointed her to Huoxia's location... which was still in Crimson Swamp!

On his journey to find the missing person, Xiao Zhi finally realized the biggest problem of this trip!

How can a woman with average skills in the game, who even twists her ankle when looking for a treasure, have such high initiative?

Xiao Zhao had just placed her near the battlefield not long ago, and as soon as Xiao Zhao left, she immediately ran out to look for Zhenbao.

Xiao Zhao went to the peat plateau, met up with Xiao Zhi, and then returned to the battlefield.

Although this round trip crossed the entire Crimson Lotus Wetlands... don't forget, Xiao Zhao rode Ash's Dragonite!

In such a short time, even if Huo Xia rode the Deer of the Ghosts the whole way, let alone on two legs, it would be impossible for him to reach the Crimson Swamp in time!

"Pikachu, you go there yourself." Sensing something was wrong, Ash used a Ring to teleport Pikachu away as soon as the group arrived at Crimson Swamp.

"What happened?" Zhu Bei asked worriedly. "Could Huo Xia really be in trouble?"

“Something must have gone wrong on her end,” Ash nodded. “But that means there might be problems elsewhere too, so I have to send Pikachu out as a backup.”

The three Wild Thief Sisters and Fire Summer, they should all be part of the mystery... Having outwitted and fought against various villains for so long, Ash could easily guess this.

If the enemy has deployed so many positions, and their intention is truly to keep our forces constantly on the move throughout the Red Lotus Wetlands, then there will inevitably be areas that can be attacked!

So, this brings us back to the defensive counter-attack phase that Ash is more familiar with.

"Hey... listen?" Xiao Zhao suddenly put her hand to her ear. "There seems to be some sound nearby, like Pokémon battling, and it's really intense!"

"Let's go check it out!" Xiao Zhi immediately led the two girls to the sound.

They climbed over a hill and, sure enough, found a fierce battle raging in the low-lying mud below.

Two Gengar and Gastly, both completely black, are ganging up on a human and his Leafeon... Grass Eevee is covered in poison and panting heavily, clearly on the verge of collapse!

"Is it a diamond?" Zhu Bei was surprised to find that the human being besieged was the same guy who had been fighting against her all along.

Kongo Team leader, Kongo Stone!

"Let's save them first! Litten, go!" Seeing the urgency of the situation, Ash threw out Litten's Poké Ball without hesitation and commanded the little guy to charge straight into the enemy formation.

"my words…"

"Rapidash, go help!" Zhubei hesitated for a moment, but Xiaozhao had already thrown out the Poké Ball first.

She also caught some great Pokémon in Xicui. The Rapidash she has now is a majestic Shiny Boss with a body burning with azure phosphorescent light!

"Lime, high five!" Ash was closing in on the enemy, and the horses behind were chasing faster and faster, when he suddenly gave a very strange command.

"Meow!" Suddenly, Litten burst into full speed, waving its sharp claws and pouncing on the nearest Gengar!

"That won't do any damage at all..." Zhubei couldn't help but frown.

During this time, Ash taught her a lot about battles; he explained that Normal and Ghost moves are ineffective against each other—this is the most basic thing in the world…

"Rapidora, charge up Flame Strike!" However, Dawn instantly understood and guessed Ash's plan.

The fiery horse seemed to move with the wind at this moment, its entire body ablaze with crimson flames as it charged forward at an ever-increasing speed.

At that moment, Litten rushed to Gengar's side. Since the surprise attack with a high five was ineffective, it actually crashed into the opponent's phantom body!

Bang!

The attacks came one after another, and Gengar had no time to react before being hit by Rapidash's full-force attack, being blasted backward amidst the flying flames...

"Crush it!" "Meow!"

The Firefly Cat had already regained its footing. It turned around and opened its mouth, delivering another bite to the enemy as if it had been delivered right to its mouth!

"Hell Thrust!" But that wasn't all. Xiao Guang commanded Rapidash to accelerate again, its horns flashing with an eerie light, piercing Gengar's throat. The powerful Dark-type energy completely crushed the enemy's last resistance.

"No way..." Zhubei was completely dumbfounded.

These two people never intended for me to get involved.

But how did they manage that? It was their first time working together, yet they were as in sync as an old married couple… no, wait!

In short, this incredibly perfect doubles coordination is truly breathtaking.

"Lime, taunt! Then throw out some tough words!" After defeating the stronger Gengar with a burst of double battle, Ash stopped relentlessly pursuing the enemy and directed Litten to play a more technical style.

"Meow~" The kitten raised its paw with a disdainful look, and then decisively cursed back when the enemy showed anger.

"Rapidora, Hypnosis!" Dawn once again accurately grasped Ash's plan, and almost seamlessly launched Rapidora at Ash's face, using its strangely fluctuating flames to stun Gastly.

The two enemies were one strong and one weak. Since the strong one had already been taken down, the weak one naturally needed to be controlled for easier interrogation.

"Gengar, Nightmare!" Ash's transition was incredibly smooth. Almost at the same time that the hypnosis took effect, the Gengar that was switched out invaded the opponent's mental world.

"Hey, I did it!" Xiao Guang immediately smiled excitedly and raised his arm to Xiao Zhi without thinking.

She hesitated for a moment, but Ash stepped forward even faster and gave the girl a high five after a perfect coordination.

"Xiao Guang, well done!"

slap~

A round of applause rang out, and the girl finally heard the long-lost name from the other person.

At this moment, it seemed that the involuntary alienation between them had disappeared...

Chapter 1114 Enemies of the Past and Future, Nothingness?

A thrilling doubles match ended with a long-awaited high-five.

Xiao Guang clasped his hands together, still savoring the perfect teamwork they had just shared.

She finally realized that no matter which Ash it was, he was definitely her best partner.