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

Chapter 456 Jirachi

"That's Jirachi, the legendary Pokémon that can grant people's wishes."

Seeing that May and Max seemed to have no idea, Ash patiently explained it to them.

Ash would occasionally come across these well-known legendary Pokémon while scrolling through short videos in his previous life, so he knew their general information.

In Ash's memory, Jirachi should be a cute little yellow creature with starry hair.

But he didn't see any similar Pokémon in Professor Oak's Poké Balls.

Suddenly, Ash remembered the peculiar stone that could release enormous energy. He first broke the bars of the cage to let Professor Oak and the others out, and then immediately took the stone out of his bag.

"Professor Oak, is this Jirachi?"

"That's it!"

Professor Oak finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Jirachi was alright.

However, Max, who was particularly excited when he heard that he could see a mythical Pokémon, was somewhat disappointed.

"Ah~, the legendary Jirachi is just a rock."

"Haha, to be precise, it's Jirachi who's sleeping inside this rock."

At this moment, Ash led everyone out of Team Rocket's base, boarded Salamence, and flew back to Birch's lab.

After settling in, Professor Oak took Jirachi, which had turned to stone during its slumber, from Satoshi's hands and carefully began to clean it.

Meanwhile, in the living room of the research institute, he continued to recount the origins of Kirachi.

"Not long ago, a scientist named Butler, who had once served for Team Magma but was later expelled, learned about the legend of Jirachi from somewhere."

"He disguised himself as a magician and infiltrated the motorcade of the touring amusement park, using the motorcade to travel to various areas."

"We finally found the legendary Farns Forest, which is only open once in a long while, and stole Jirachi from its slumber."

"And he attempted to take advantage of the arrival of the Millennium Comet to awaken Jirachi and forcibly seize its power in order to fulfill his ambition of resurrecting Groudon."

"Resurrect Groudon? How did he even come up with that idea?" Ash hadn't expected Groudon to be involved here.

Professor Oak shook his head at Butler's idea.

"His so-called resurrection is actually the same principle as Devon Corporation's resurrection of fossil Pokémon from fossils. It is essentially cloning based on the obtained fossil genes."

"It is extremely difficult to perfectly clone an ordinary Pokémon. At present, we can only achieve this with fossil Pokémon, let alone clone a legendary Pokémon."

"Butler was expelled from Team Magma because his initial machine failed to clone Groudon, which was seen as a way to cheat the organization out of its funds."

Why does it sound a little pitiful?

"But he didn't think there was anything wrong with his machine; he stubbornly believed that it lacked enough energy, so he set his sights on Jirachi, which came with the Millennium Comet."

"However, after expelling Team Rocket, the Kanto League's long-standing problem of police manpower shortages was greatly alleviated."

"So, just as he finished stealing Jirachi and was about to begin his plan, he was arrested by the prosecutor who had been watching him for a long time."

"Jirachi was also confiscated by the League and, after his identity was confirmed, was handed over to me for safekeeping."

Just then, Oak took a sip of tea, suddenly remembered something, and turned to Ash to say something.

"Oh, right, Ash, I heard that the ones who caught the criminals are the hottest girl prosecutors group right now."

"It is indeed surprising that the daughters of those two families would team up as prosecutors."

"It's someone you know, Ash."

When Professor Oak suddenly said this with a smile, two familiar faces popped into Ash's mind.

"The prosecutors—could it be them?"

"Wow, looks like I actually know them, beautiful prosecutors! And two of them at that! No wonder he's a perverted scumbag like Zhi."

At this moment, as soon as Xiaosheng saw Xiaozhi's expression, he started to tease him.

At the same time, Xiaoyao's mood immediately turned somber, and her lips twitched incessantly, clearly indicating that she was not happy.

"Being a prosecutor at around our age must be incredibly impressive—hahaha—"

"Wait a minute, I'm really innocent this time!" Xiao Zhi can swear that he, Mei Qi, and Nan Ding are just ordinary friends.

Just because he usually preys on a lot of beautiful women doesn't mean that every pretty girl he knows is a victim of his cruelty!

"Oh?"

It's obvious that May and the others don't believe Ash at all.

This is the reputation of muscular men!

Even Pikachu isn't on Ash's side, since it doesn't know whether its trainer has ever had any feelings for him.

"Pikachu, what kind of people are those girls?"

At this moment, May picked up Pikachu and took out a few Power Cubes to tempt it to "betray" Ash.

And as Ash's best friend, Pikachu is naturally—

"Pikachu, Pikachu."

"What? One of them has a cute face, and the other has long legs!"

"Pikachu!"

It told the whole truth.

"Pikachu!" Ash cried out in anguish.

But he was more concerned about something else.

"Why can you understand Pikachu's words, Haruka?!"

"That's not important, Ash, you're such a pervert!" May immediately moved her seat next to Ash to stop him from taking advantage of her.

After May's affection level exceeded 40, every time she was about to sit down next to Ash, Ash would secretly find an opportunity to put his hand on the chair beforehand.

Normally, after a moment of shock, Haruka would immediately transform into a strict teacher, forcefully grinding and crushing Satoshi to punish his misbehavior.

This was a thrilling play they were having with their boyfriend, something they were keeping secret from everyone around them.

But now Xiaoyao is angry and won't punish him.

This left Ash feeling disappointed. "Damn it!"

Meanwhile, Professor Oak, unaware that Ash and his friends were playing such a big game, was happily placing Jirachi on the table.

His words immediately drew Ash and the others' attention back.

"Children, look, this is the complete picture of Jirachi in its petrified state."

"Legend has it that Jirachi is a Pokémon that awakens only once every 1000 years to help people fulfill their wishes."

"Moreover, it can only be brought to the closest point to the millennium comet within seven days of its appearance, and only after resonating with the comet's energy can it break free of its petrified state and become active."

"It is said that during that time, it will also choose a pure-hearted boy who can protect it as a companion."

"Ash, the reason I came here this time is to give it to you."

"A pure-hearted boy, Ash Ketchum?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaosheng was shocked. Which of the four words "pure-hearted" could possibly be related to Xiaozhi?

"Why not me?"

A pure love of beauty and a pure passion for Pokémon—how is that not pure? Ash is quite confident in the purity of his heart.

He thought this with such shamelessness.

Unfortunately, Professor Oak didn't seem to agree with Ash's thoughts, and he said hesitantly.

"A pure heart doesn't really suit Ash Ketchum —"

"Professor Oak!"

"But! The main reason is that in the process of reclaiming Kirachi from Butler and confirming its identity, we accidentally missed the cycle of the Millennium Comet."

"Jirachi only gets seven days out of a thousand years when they can move freely, so they have to stay in their stone state forever."

According to records, Jirachi can only be active for seven days every thousand years, so its mentality is still like that of a playful child.

"Just because a bad guy coveted its power, Jirachi missed its rare opportunity to be active. It's really too pitiful."

"The place where Jirachi used to sleep, the Farns Forest, has long been closed, and ordinary people can no longer enter."

"The League entrusted Jirachi to my care, so I couldn't just leave him unattended. That's why I thought of you, who have always had a special connection with legendary Pokémon."

"So, Ash, are you willing to accept my request?"

"Of course, but what kind of commission, Doctor?"

At this point, Professor Oak took out his research report and spread it out on the table for everyone to see.

"I've been thinking about how to help Jirachi break free of its petrified state so it can make up for the time it couldn't move before."

"Then, I thought of that shooting star in the sky above Hoenn."

"That giant tree in the sky above Hoenn—you mean the giant meteorite?"

Dr. Odama was immediately startled, then picked up another page of the report and began to examine it carefully.

"Oh, it really is. The energy waves from the large meteorite are remarkably similar to those of the millennium-old comet."

"That's right. Look, this meteorite, which also came from outer space, is huge, bright, and carries enormous energy. Maybe it can resonate with Jirachi."

Upon hearing this, Oda Scroll nodded in agreement.

As a renowned professor in Hoenn, the Millennium Comet and the Great Meteorite were both very close to his territory, so the data he had access to was more detailed than that of Professor Oak.

This indirectly supports Professor Oak's conjecture.

"It might actually work, after all, the large meteorite itself is composed of a super-large natural energy stone."

Seeing that someone agreed with him, Professor Oak continued.

"Anyway, it won't hurt to try. If we succeed in restoring Jirachi, Ash, you can protect it during that time."

Jirachi's ability to grant wishes sounds incredibly tempting; if word got out, it would definitely attract a lot of people with ulterior motives who would covet this power.

Only by entrusting its protection to trustworthy people can Da Mu feel at ease.

In his heart, there was no one more suitable than Xiaozhi.

"I'm usually too busy with work to find the time. Anyway, Ash, didn't you promise the Hoenn League you would help resolve the meteor crisis?"

"Let's take Jirachi with us and give it a try!"

"Professor Oak, isn't this a bit too casual?"

"How could that be? Ash, you're the man chosen by so many legendary Pokémon! Entrusting you with this task will definitely be fine!"

Oak patted Ash on the shoulder excitedly, "I have such faith in you."

"Alright, I'll give it a try!"

Ash is such a passionate Pokémon fan, so he naturally accepted the task on the spot.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a new epic quest, "You Are My Little Star~": Please find a way to completely solve Jirachi's petrification problem! (Hint: Perhaps you could take Jirachi with you to Lilycove City.)]

【奖励：联盟币+60000；全属性+1；银色王冠+1；金色王冠+1；技能：破灭之愿+1】

"Completely solve it? Hmm, forget it!" Ash stopped thinking about it.

"I'll be taking care of Jirachi for the time being."

Anyway, even when Jirachi is in its rock form, Ash can just put it into his system space without it getting in the way.

Speaking of the system space and stars, Xiao Zhi, combined with the requirements of the mission just now, instantly remembered the things he had casually put in the space before.

He immediately went through his current inventory in his mind.

Sure enough, they found the comet fragment they had obtained from a previous mission.

The rewards from system tasks are usually useful, but Ash just couldn't find a use for this comet fragment.

It seems that its only obvious difference is that it fetches a high price when recycled by the system store.

But this is a reward from Rayquaza's quest, and it's even included in May's upcoming legendary quest reward!

Xiao Zhi felt that there was definitely some enormous value hidden here that he hadn't yet discovered.

Now that Jirachi is in his hands, Ash is suddenly able to connect them all together.

"A millennium comet, comet fragments, Jirachi—could it be?!"

Ash suddenly realized something and immediately took out a standard blue star-shaped comet fragment and placed it on Jirachi.

People around gathered around, looking curiously at the table.

"What is this, Ash?"

"An item called Comet Fragment that I unexpectedly obtained during my journey."

Although it was given by the system, the process of obtaining it was indeed unexpected. Ash watched intently as the comet fragment came into contact with Jirachi.

"I'm just giving it a try; maybe it'll work."

Before Ash could finish speaking, the comet fragments, along with the stone that Jirachi had transformed into, immediately emitted a dazzling light.

The originally angular stone slowly rose in the light and transformed into an adorable Pokémon wrapped in its own bright yellow ribbon, as if it were in swaddling clothes.

It fell gracefully from the sky and landed in front of Ash.

The people around watched this scene in astonishment.

"Kirachi has returned!"

"It's so cute!"

"I never expected this. Ash, you really are a man blessed by legendary Pokémon."

Baku, Haruka, and Professor Oak all expressed their feelings, while Professor Birch immediately made observations and records.

No wonder he's an expert who spends years conducting Pokémon ecology research in the wild.

"Oh ho ho, so this is Jirachi's true form. Looks like the Pokédex can be updated again."

The unexpected surprise made everyone happy, but Xiao Zhi stared into thought as he looked at the words "Energy remaining for ten minutes" on the system panel.

"As expected, a single fragment of a comet is not enough."

But don't overthink it; ten minutes is enough.

"Let's say hello to Jirachi first!"

Amidst everyone's expectant gazes, Jirachi rubbed its eyes with its cute little hands, then slowly sat up.

"Hmm~ Where am I?"

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