Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master.

Chapter 370 Teacher Du Juan

In an instant, several ideas flashed through Xiao Zhi's mind, and he even put on his long-forgotten nickname, "Yellow Hair," again.

But in the end, after some struggle, he chose to face it calmly.

Although it was a misunderstanding, what's done is done, and Ash is an upright and honorable person who will take responsibility for his actions.

He paused, then sent Pikachu away again, and began to scrutinize the large pink watermelon in front of him once more.

"What a pity, it's not a prize."

Xiao Zhi touched the smooth watermelon rind with his large hand, his tone full of regret.

He felt the firm elasticity of the watermelon, patted it again to confirm its ripeness, and then couldn't help but start to care for the surface of the watermelon rind.

Polishing, waxing, and grinding—Xiao Zhi, an excellent chef who has traveled extensively, handles these tasks with ease.

He didn't realize it until he noticed the large watermelon in front of him seemed to be getting a little mushy.

"Oh no, what am I doing? This isn't the time for this!"

It was all his chef's instincts that ruined him.

The immediate priority was to save lives, so he used his superhuman strength to smash the wall, sending rubble and dust raining down.

However, thanks to Ash's careful protection, the one who was stuck was not harmed.

After she escaped, she collapsed to the ground, her slender hands stroking her heaving chest.

This is a beautiful young woman with a ribbon-like hairstyle, who is quite dignified and quiet, with a lovely face, bright eyebrows and white teeth.

At this moment, her face was flushed red, and she was glaring angrily at Xiaozhi.

"You, you, you—you actually—I—" she stammered, unable to speak.

For the first time in her life, she experienced a complete mental blank, leaving her, who had always been a model student, somewhat at a loss.

Xiao Zhi's sunny disposition, teacher-like appearance, and muscular physique were completely different from what she had imagined—the kind of person she would fight to the death with after escaping.

Seeing that his charm was working, Ash immediately decided to strike first.

"Oh, beautiful lady, I'm so glad you're alright. I was terrified when I found out you were real."

"My name is Xiaozhi. How did you get stuck in a place like this?"

"If I hadn't happened to be passing by, I really don't know what would have happened."

First, he acknowledges his ignorance, then immediately seizes the moral high ground by saying, "I just saved you." Xiaozhi cannot give the other party a chance to retaliate.

Unfortunately, Ash's beloved shiny Grubbin had already rushed out of its Poké Ball and raised its head high.

This completely destroyed his confident and open aura at that moment.

Faced with the excited hyena, Ash quickly tucked it inside his clothes to prevent it from jumping onto the girl's face.

"Damn it, go down and use your flash attack on the sea voles, you useless thing!"

For some reason, facing the unfamiliar Pokémon so close at hand, and smelling the faint scent of a shiny Seagull at the tip of my nose, I felt a strange connection to it.

Du Juan, who usually prefers Rock-type Pokémon, wasn't angry; instead, her heart beat a little faster.

"————, my name is Du Juan, and I'm a Gym Leader from Kanaz City."

Du Juan, who was a good student from childhood to adulthood and even had excellent grades that led to her being elected as the head of the Kanaz Gym, never spent more than twenty minutes alone with a man during her school days.

After graduation, he became a gym leader and was praised and placed on a pedestal by everyone, with no peers daring to approach him easily.

In other words, Du Juan, who always maintains the image of a fierce discipline committee member and whose mind is only focused on studying, is actually very cunning.

Xiao Zhi has been a chef for so long, and his watermelon juice-making skills are top-notch. Although Du Juan doesn't say it, she really approves of him.

Ash's irresistible charm is just too much!

Upon hearing that the beautiful girl in front of him was Du Juan, Xiao Zhijiu immediately went over and helped her up.

"Teacher Du Juan, it's not that I'm saying this."

"Look at you, how did you end up in a room full of 'Light Take' androids, and in that position no less?"

"I thought you were a prize prepared by the event organizers, which caused the misunderstanding and led to what just happened."

"You can't do that again next time."

With the help of a speaker, Ash's words were persuasive and reasonable, further enhanced by his charisma.

People wouldn't think he was a lecherous scoundrel who had just taken advantage of them; they would only believe he was innocent.

After a few words, Du Juan became the one who made the mistake.

Du Juan, who had been helped up, suddenly collapsed into Xiao Zhi's broad chest. Feeling the man's presence, Du Juan blushed.

[Ding! Congratulations Du Juan: Affection +5]

This immediately dampened the girl's anger. Du Juan, being a quiet and refined person, couldn't muster any rebuttal and could only mutter resentfully.

"You're just making excuses, but you can't do that to me."

"What would that be like?" Xiao Zhi feigned ignorance.

"----,snort!"

After her initial anger subsided, the girl spoke softer and softer, but she still glared at Ash with a flushed face, seemingly unwilling to give up easily.

"It's no wonder I was stuck like that. No normal person would ever imagine that someone would get stuck in a hole in this kind of room in that position."

"And at first, it didn't move at all, just like a lifelike robot, with such smooth skin, such a great figure, and it even smelled nice—"

Xiao Zhi wanted to argue a little more, but he quickly revealed his true feelings and then fell into a reverie.

Seeing that Xiao Zhi was very attractive to her, Du Juan didn't know whether to be angry or happy, and could only stammer out her words again.

"I...I fainted—"

At this moment, Du Juan suddenly remembered why she was stuck in the hole and immediately became anxious.

"Oh no, children!"

Du Juan quickly looked at the wall that Xiao Zhi had broken to rescue her. The previous transport passage had been covered by rubble and could no longer be found.

She immediately helped Xiaozhi up by the chest and quickly took off her completely soaked socks.

He grabbed Xiaozhi's strong arm and was about to pull him away.

"Ash, you're very strong. We can discuss your unreasonable disrespect towards me later. Right now, there's something more important that you need to help with!"

"Oh, you still haven't told me why you're stuck there?"

Under Du Juan's red-eyed gaze, Xiao Zhi felt guilty and had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, what's up?"

"My students are in danger! They've been kidnapped by a group of mysterious criminals!"

"How dare someone kidnap a child in broad daylight in the city center!"

But then Xiaozhi thought about it again.

"Well, it seems like all those super evil organizations would dare to do this."

"Ash, please! As long as you can rescue all the children safely, I'll forgive and forget what happened before!"

Every time the incident is brought up, Du Juan feels so ashamed she wants to die, yet her legs unconsciously start rubbing together.

[Ding! Du Juan: Favorability +2]

Driven by shyness, a desire to escape, and concern for the children's safety, Du Juan recounted the events that had transpired.

"Today, I was originally leading my students to the Central Tower for a Pokémon extracurricular study tour."

"Unexpectedly, the Pokémon that the school gave to the children attracted the attention of criminals."

"On the way, the group of villains took advantage of the three children falling behind due to their argument and lured them and their Pokémon to the secret base in the tower."

When Du Juan realized something was wrong, she immediately went to rescue him, but little did she know it was a trap. She was able to find the secret base because the bad guys had deliberately lured her there.

Since it was a study tour, Du Juan only brought a Geodude for teaching purposes and did not bring any other Pokémon.

So much so that he was outnumbered and surrounded by members of the evil organization, he was at a disadvantage and had no choice but to flee first.

Fortunately, as a Rock-type Gym Leader, Dujuan trained even Geodude very well, and she escaped successfully.

But then the biggest surprise happened: just as Du Juan used her skills to slip into a secret passage, trying to escape the evil organization's secret base.

Because some parts of her upper body were too full, she got stuck right at the exit.

Then, that secret passage happened to be the channel used by the evil organization to transport supplies, and at that moment, several packages slid down from above the secret passage.

It hit Dujuan on the head, knocking her unconscious, which led to the scene Xiaozhi saw when he came in earlier.

"Oh, so that box was used by the evil organization to cover up the transport route."

"That evil organization is so unprofessional! They're using such flashy gift boxes; are they afraid no one will notice?"

It was because of that box that Ash misunderstood from the very beginning.

"It's all my fault for being too fat. I never expected to get stuck there, delaying the time to save the children—"

"If something happens to the children, how can I explain it to their parents?" Du Juan's pretty face suddenly darkened.

"No, no, no, your figure is perfect! Don't even think about dieting, Du Juan!"

"If I were thinner, it wouldn't feel like this—oh dear!"

Xiao Zhi reached out with a serious expression and made a few grabbing motions in mid-air, only to be immediately stomped on the toes by Du Juan in a moment of embarrassment.

"You're such a jerk, don't even think about it!"

Xiao Zhi's antics cheered Du Juan up again.

"Those members of that evil organization are all ruthless and vicious; each one looks like they have multiple lives on their hands. We must act quickly, Xiao Zhi!"

Du Juan was genuinely worried that something might happen to her student.

"When I fled the base, I could tell they seemed to be preparing to move equipment; they're probably no longer in the tower now."

"Don't worry, Ms. Dujuan, I will definitely help you with this."

"We won't stand idly by with a kind and good teacher like you who cares so much about your students and also has a big drum, right, Pikachu?"

"Pikachu!"

Pikachu, slurping ketchup, suddenly appeared and nodded.

"Du Juan, is there any other information about that evil organization that kidnapped the students? For example, do they wear uniforms? If so, what color are they?"

If those thugs were from Team Magma or Team Aqua, they could easily be identified by their clothes.

Du Juan also thought about it carefully.

"I can't quite remember, but their leaders were a man and a woman, and most of them were probably dressed in black—oh right, the most noticeable thing was the red 'R' on their chests."

"The Rockets!?"

Ash originally thought that someone who could have a secret base in a big city like Kanaz must at least be a local bigwig or powerful figure.

Unexpectedly, it was the Rockets who came here at the same time as him.

Kosaburo and Yamato are indeed quite capable; they've managed to manage Team Rocket in Hoenn to this extent.

Ash didn't get a good beating from them last time in Rinne City, so he can't let them get away with it now that he's caught them again.

Whether it's to thank Du Juan for letting him enjoy her perfectly round watermelon, or for personal grudges, Xiao Zhi is going to stand up for what's right.

"Du Juan, don't worry. Please leave everything to me. I will definitely bring your students back safely."

Xiao Zhi's confidence gave Du Juan a great sense of security.

"But how are you going to find traces of that evil organization? I don't even know how long I've been unconscious. They might have already escaped far away."

In that case, finding Team Rocket in a big city like Kanazawa would be extremely difficult.

Even if Du Juan is a dojo trainer, by the time she gathers her team and Officer Jenny arrives, it might be too late.

But at that moment, Ash immediately picked up Pikachu and hugged Dujuan in his arms. Amid her exclamation, he took off from the spot, broke through the ceiling, and flew upwards.

They even broke into the compartment where Team Rocket's secret base used to be, and sure enough, it was deserted.

But Ash didn't stop; instead, he went straight to the top of the tower.

"Don't worry, Du Juan. You just said you brought your students here this morning for a visit and learning experience."

"The tower only opens at nine in the morning, and it's only 10:30 now, so you won't be unconscious for too long."

"With so much equipment, the Rockets couldn't have gone far; they must still be near this tower."

In this moment of crisis, Xiao Zhi's presence was terrifyingly reliable, and Du Juan immediately nodded in a daze.

Du Juan, who had always been a good student and obedient girl, was already somewhat aroused after being aroused by Xiao Zhi, a strong man.

Unfortunately, this was a critical moment when the students were being kidnapped, and she was constantly distracted, so Xiaozhi easily took advantage of her vulnerability.

[Ding! Du Juan: Favorability +10]

Ash: "Don't make me sound like some kind of bad guy!"

He was simply trying to comfort Dujuan.

Du Juan was unlucky; during her brief period of unconsciousness, she ran into Xiao Zhi, that lazy bum.

But she was also lucky to have met a responsible and strong person like Ash.

The signal transmitter at the tip of the central tower in Kanaz can serve as Ash's waveguide sensor transmitter.

He spread his waveguides out over a wide area, and sure enough, he soon discovered two familiar waveguides 3 kilometers away from the tower.

"Found you, Amazon, Little Three!"