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

Chapter 437 Future Planning

"Ash! Ash! Is it true that Rayquaza has been found?"

At this moment, the excitement on Xijiana's face on the other side of the screen could no longer be concealed.

Ash wanted to contact her when he came to the Pokémon Center in Lavatown, but she was out on a Team Rocket mission at the time.

So Xiaozhi couldn't contact her directly and could only leave her a short message.

That evening, Higanbana returned to her room at the base and saw the message. After reading it, she immediately went to Ash to confirm its authenticity.

"But speaking of which, why are you shirtless right now, and judging from the surroundings, we're outside?"

"It's nothing, I just soaked in the hot spring for too long and came out to get some fresh air."

Ash stood in front of the phone in the courtyard of the LavaCity Gym, leisurely drinking milk and gazing at the moonlight, not in a hurry at all.

He and Aysa were discussing the mysteries of Pokémon battles when they got carried away and left their earnest study marks all around the hot spring pool.

As a result, Aysa successfully achieved the "All-Knowing" achievement tonight, mastering Ash's experience regarding Pokémon battles.

Finally, he was so exhausted from studying that he fainted and was taken back to his room to rest by Ash.

Of course, it was also fortunate that Ash showed mercy, otherwise, given Aysa's inexperienced state, she probably wouldn't have been able to process so much knowledge in such a short time.

But that wasn't enough for Xiao Zhi; the muscular man's interest in learning had been piqued.

"This is bad. I feel like I might accidentally wander into Haruka's room and study with her all night."

However, just as Ash was "holding firm to his principles and striving to be a virtuous person," Higanbana spoke up again.

Xiao Zhi hadn't properly answered her question yet.

"You can go wherever you want, but is the Rayquaza thing even true?!"

"Give me a kiss and I'll tell you."

Ash was getting playful, and he deliberately said those words to Higanbana very seriously. Higanbana was taken aback at first, and then immediately blushed.

"—Stop messing around! I'm talking to you seriously, and how can we kiss through a screen right now?"

Ash doesn't care about any of that; all he wants to do right now is tease Higanbana.

"Since I can't kiss you, how about giving me a flying kiss first?"

Xiao Zhi had an expression that said, "If you don't kiss me, I won't say anything; let's see who gets anxious."

This made Xijiana's face turn red with anger, but there was nothing she could do. She cared about the safety of the world, so in the end, she gave in first.

Higanbana awkwardly put her little hand to her mouth and gave Ash an incredibly embarrassing flying kiss.

This made the usually unrestrained Higanbana want to strangle Ash.

"That despicable guy!"

Ash quickly pressed the screen recording button on his phone, rapidly downloading and saving the recording to his Pokédex.

"What an adorable expression! I'll definitely admire it more when I get back." (laughs)

"Delete it!!!"

Seeing that Higanbana was really angry, Ash stopped teasing her and quickly clapped his hands together, summoning Rayquaza once again.

A lazy, black dragon appeared in the open space of the courtyard.

"Lie oh! Lie oh, lie oh!" (Hey brat, I'm not your pet, to be summoned and dismissed at will!)

Xiao Zhi: Throw it!

"Oops!"

Rayquaza quickly opened its mouth and bit the goose egg meteorite that Ash threw, swallowing it whole.

"Rei-oh!" (Please feel free to order me around!)

Seeing Rayquaza actually appear, Higanbana jumped around the room with joy.

"Great, it really is Rayquaza!"

Although it is smaller than the legendary Rayquaza and has black skin, it is the real Rayquaza!

Compared to Ash's previous unreliable plan to physically destroy the meteorite, they can now finally resolve the meteorite crisis step by step.

This eased the tension that had been building in Higana's heart a little.

The legendary sky god brings a strong sense of security.

Higanbana's anger at Ash for bullying her earlier had completely dissipated.

"I knew I hadn't chosen the wrong people to help. Now, as long as you master super evolution, we'll be able to solve that huge problem in the sky!"

Ash shook his head and said, "Don't worry about that. We've already mastered Mega Evolution."

"What? You've already got it?"

Seeing that Higanbana didn't seem to believe him, Ash immediately kicked Rayquaza, making it stand up and perform a Mega Evolution to show her.

When Sigir saw Rayquaza reluctantly get up and actually complete its Mega Evolution, she was shocked.

"Legend has it that it is extremely difficult for Rayquaza to undergo Mega Evolution, and it is only possible for a human successor to resonate with Rayquaza."

"Why did it seem so easy for Ash and Rayquaza to Mega Evolve?"

"I don't understand." Ash remembered that when he first met Rayquaza, it was already able to Mega Evolve to chase him.

I thought it was something any Rayquaza could do, but it sounds like it's actually quite complicated.

Is it because Rayquaza has a noble complexion that he is endowed with such extraordinary talent?

He glanced at Rayquaza, who reluctantly answered Ash's question.

It turns out that for a wild Rayquaza to undergo Mega Evolution, it needs to continuously consume meteorites and accumulate a special, very long amount of energy in its Tri-Organ before it can evolve even once.

Rayquaza underwent Mega Evolution in front of Ash because it was terrified by Ash's terrifying power.

Thinking it was some powerful enemy attacking, they used up all their precious super evolution attempts accumulated over the years.

When it chases Ash a second time, it can undergo Mega Evolution after being captured.

That was entirely because Ash had desperately poured a large amount of energy into his Triangle Organ in order to control Rayquaza.

This allowed Rayquaza to successfully undergo another Mega Evolution.

For some reason, Ash's energy is highly compatible with Rayquaza's body. As long as Ash infuses Rayquaza with energy, Rayquaza can easily undergo Mega Evolution.

This is also why Rayquaza has such complex feelings towards Ash.

"But as long as the result is good, that's fine. Now that Rayquaza can Mega Evolve, I'll quickly get started on the crisis rescue plan."

Higana isn't a rigid person; she won't cling to tradition. As long as she can achieve her goal, that's all that matters.

According to the proper procedure, the inheritor should have gone through layers of tests to reach Glass City, and then challenge the Glass People who guard the Sky Pillar.

Only then can you reach the top of the tower and complete the process of summoning Rayquaza.

The next step is the ritual of resonating with Rayquaza and undergoing Mega Evolution.

But now Ash has skipped directly to the last step, so the intermediate steps are no longer necessary.

However, what they didn't know was that Sootopolis City was the location of the last of the eight Sootopolis Gyms in the Hoenn League.

It is also the hometown of Wallace and the place where his master served as the Gym Leader. Wallace is the current guardian of the Sky Pillar.

Ash's previous battle with Wallace was, in a way, Ash inadvertently completing the steps required for the orthodox process in the prophecy.

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