Pokémon: A Roundup of Ash's Eight Masters' Peak Battles!

Its sleep is rather light, and this slight noise alerted Pikachu.

Upon seeing the glowing Pokémon egg, Pikachu rubbed its eyes.

"Pickup!"

After confirming that it hadn't misread the words, it quickly woke up Xiao Zhi.

Pikachu nudged Ash's head a few times, but Ash didn't budge.

then!

"Pikachu!"

"Ugh! I told you not to wake me up with 100,000 volts!"

After a flash of lightning, Xiao Zhi skillfully sat up from the bed.

With practice, Pikachu has mastered the skill of delivering a 100,000-volt shock to Ash without accidentally damaging anything else.

"Pica! Pica!"

Before Pikachu could explain, it immediately pointed to the Pokémon egg on the table.

Ash, who was originally charred black, immediately woke up after seeing the glowing Pokémon egg.

Shake off the charred residue.

Ash dashed to the table in one stride.

Looking at the cracked Pokémon egg, Ash's eyes immediately turned into stars.

"You...are finally going to hatch!"

A new life is about to arrive; this is the most beautiful moment.

No matter how many times you see it, it will always be shocking.

Ash was particularly familiar with this Pokémon egg.

But before they hatched, all of that was just Ash's guess.

"Pica~"

"Pikachu thinks it's beautiful too, right?"

"Pickup!"

Pikachu nodded seriously.

"Click"

The sound of the eggshell breaking became increasingly clear.

Finally, a dazzling blue light enveloped the entire sprite egg.

After the light faded, a blue-black dog, only the size of Pikachu, appeared in front of Ash and Pikachu.

"Beep beep, Roto, Riolu, Ripple Pokémon, Riolu's size..."

The Rotom phone, which had been silent for a long time, promptly reported Riolu's information.

Ash and Pikachu were immediately captivated by the cuteness of the Pokémon in front of them!

It's so...cute!

The moment Ash saw Riolu, a sentence Lucario said when they parted years ago flashed through his mind.

One day, you will get your own Lucario.

Looking at Riolu in front of him.

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but smile.

A word of comfort from back then has now become a reality.

Xiao Zhi still hasn't forgotten an experience from back then.

Just as Lucario said, he will meet his own Lucario.

But during all these years of travel.

Ash has seen far too many Riolu and Lucario.

But these.

But none of them could resonate with his waveguide.

Just like when Ash and Lucario met before.

The familiar waveguide connected the two of them.

Although things have changed and people have changed, the waveguide will live on forever.

And Riolu in front of us, after hatching.

Ash then sensed that familiar waveguide; it had returned.

Unlike Xiaozhi's relief.

The first moment Riolu opened his eyes.

There was none of the relief or joy of a long-awaited reunion that Ash had in his eyes.

Instead, it was a sense of doubt and wariness towards the new world.

Especially after seeing Ash's face so close, that sense of vigilance reached its peak.

Riolu raised his hand and swung out a palm strike.

The powerful cyclone pushed Ash away.

Caught off guard, Xiao Zhi was pushed directly to the bedside behind him by the cyclone.

Taking advantage of this moment, Riolu jumped down from the window.

The sudden turn of events caught Pikachu off guard.

Standing on the table, Pikachu looked at the window for a while, and then at Ash who had fallen to the ground.

For a moment, I was at a loss.

"Pickup!"

However, upon seeing Ash's furrowed brows, Pikachu resolutely ran to Ash's side to comfort him.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

"Pikachu!"

"It's really nothing. Don't you know me? That kind of attack couldn't hurt me."

He said that, but Xiaozhi's furrowed brows betrayed him.

Newborn Riolu does not know how to use its power.

The move he made contained extremely strong wave guidance.

"What a talent! He was born with the ability to use vacuum waves."

Xiao Zhi rubbed his stomach, which had just been hit, and slowly got up.

Such a gifted Riolu truly has the air of that reincarnation.

Ash understood some things from the attack just now and Riolu's eyes.

Some things have changed, yet some things haven't.

Lucario's life has indeed come to an end.

However, its waveguide was preserved, and Riolu inherited Lucario's waveguide.

However, the memory was not inherited with the waveguide.

"Let's go, it's so late now, we need to find Riolu quickly, it's too dangerous outside."

Looking at the moonlight outside the window, Ash whispered to Pikachu beside him.

[Lance: Something seems off. Didn't my memory say that this Riolu and Ash had a past life connection? Why did it run away immediately after hatching?]

[Wu Song: It's probably because it's newly born and wary of its surroundings. Also, Ash got too close, so Riolu instinctively sensed it was an enemy and attacked.]

[Naza: Interesting. Isn't it said that Aura can sense good and evil? It's unbelievable that something like this could happen.]

[Cynda: Riolu is a Ripple Pokémon, not Lucario. The Aura power hidden within it is currently in the Ripple stage and is likely uncontrollable.]

[Professor Elm: Although I don't understand whether there's such a thing as reincarnation or inheritance, Riolu's behavior is very much in line with the state of a newborn Pokémon.]

[Professor Elm: Newborn Pokémon are full of unknowns about this world. Usually, after hatching, Pokémon will become affectionate towards the nearest person, but there are exceptions. For example, this Larvitar. Many Pokémon, because they are born to survive in the wild, have a passive protective mechanism; after birth, they prefer to be alone and don't easily interact with other Pokémon.]

Ash: Is that so? It seems Larvitar has a pretty good temperament; it's been very well-behaved since hatching.

[Xiaoxia: Togepi too! I love Togepi so much!]

Ash: But I don't think I'd give up on Riolu because of my personality. And even if I were to go through those things again, I could still feel the bond between me and Riolu.

Professor Oak: Yes, the bond between Ash and his Pokémon is very pure.

As the audience watched Professor Oak's speech, they were reminded of the images that had been playing on the screen.