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

Chapter 457 Become the strongest illusionist!

"Hello Jirachi, my name is Ash."

"I am Xiaoyao."

As soon as Jirachi opened its eyes, everyone rushed over to greet it.

However, Jirachi had just woken up, wiggling its soft little feet, its face still a little dazed.

"Silly thing?" Little Star tilted his big head and repeated what Ash and the others had just said.

Its voice was soft and sweet, sounding very cute. Moreover, Jirachi didn't speak; it directly used telepathy to transmit its voice into Ash and the others' minds.

It's the same style as the one worn by the Sea God; it's very high-end.

After sensing that Ash and his friends meant no harm, Jirachi became very lively.

It happily circled around everyone, repeating their names.

It seems to be a tiny life form that can only wake up for seven days every thousand years, trying its best to remember the new and exciting things that come with each time it opens its eyes.

Furthermore, Jirachi especially likes to call Ash's name.

-

"Fool, fool, ————"

"It's Ash!" Ash wanted to yell at it, but Jirachi was just too cute.

When it floated up to Ash's head and lay there shaking its head, all of Ash's anger vanished.

"By the way, isn't Jirachi said to grant any wish? If we make a wish to it now, will it come true?"

Xiao Sheng was at an innocent and carefree age, so he naturally remembered this rather fairytale-like event very well.

"Xiaosheng, you really are a child. A wishing star that can grant any wish? You should know that's unreliable just by hearing about it."

Ash nodded as May spoke.

"Listen to me, Xiaosheng. These so-called 'all-purpose anal-burst machines' that claim to grant wishes are often associated with bringing disaster."

"For example, the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City, the Holy Grail, the Holy Grail—and so on."

"So there's only the Holy Grail? And where exactly is Fuyuki City?"

"Besides, they're just kids."

At this moment, Xiao Sheng arrogantly turned his face away.

"Hmph! I have no expectations. I just want to test whether the legend is true or not."

1

He was actually really looking forward to it, but he didn't want to embarrass himself in front of his idol, Professor Oak, so he refused to admit it.

However, Professor Oak then spoke up to encourage him.

"Although it's just a legend, the spirit of pursuing the truth is very valuable. Give it a try, Xiaosheng."

"Yes, after all, every legend in the world usually has some basis in fact. Maybe Jirachi really can grant wishes."

Professor Birch then spoke up, and even Haruka, who had just said she didn't believe it, unconsciously came closer.

Everyone is actually quite interested.

However, Ash immediately added.

"Jirachi won't be able to stay conscious for long using only the power of a fragment of the comet, so Kacchan, you'd better hurry if you want to make a wish."

Seeing that everyone agreed, Xiaosheng quickly ran to Jirachi as if making a birthday wish.

"Please, Jirachi, let me become friends with all the Pokémon in the world!"

"good friend?"

Jirachi, perched on Ash's head, blinked its big eyes, looking puzzled.

"Does it not understand what its friend means? Xiaosheng, try to make a more specific wish."

After all, with an exceptionally simple mind, Little Intelligence understood Jirachi's naiveté.

"Well then, please give me some snacks!"

After searching for Professor Oak and the others for so long, Max has only had a cup of tea so far, and he's been starving for ages.

"dessert!"

This time Jirachi finally understood, and it flew up happily, waving its arms and legs.

It seems that it had come into contact with something resembling a snack during the time it was awake earlier.

After hearing Xiaosheng's wish, Jirachi immediately emitted a faint glow, and the thing on its belly that looked like a tightly closed eye suddenly opened slightly.

It started jokingly circling around the room, but it seemed that nothing was happening.

"Is it really not going to work?"

Xiaoyao clutched her stomach in disappointment, looking around the silent living room, but then Xiaozhi suddenly looked up.

"No, an exceptionally large amount of energy is coming."

Sure enough, a bag of snacks suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hit Xiaoyao on the head.

"potato chips?"

Then another huge pile of snacks rained down from above, more and more, like a relentless downpour, quickly filling the entire room.

"Wow! These are all the latest snacks! Jirachi actually fulfilled his wish of winning a small victory."

Haruka and her brother immediately plunged into the sea of ​​snacks and began to devour them, their eating speed putting Professor Oak to shame.

These two siblings probably have enough appetites to eat a whole cow in one meal, especially Xiaoyao, whose appetite seems to be almost as big as Xiaozhi's.

"It seems that competitive eaters also tend to gather around competitive eaters."

"But now is not the time to talk about this, Jirachi, stop! Stop now!"

Seeing that the snacks had flooded the entire living room, Professor Birch had no choice but to quickly "swim" out of the sea of ​​snacks and wave to Jirachi to stop his power.

The playful little star, upon seeing Professor Birch's disheveled state, landed on Ash's head again and waved happily.

After a while, Jirachi finally stopped using his ability while cheerfully shouting "Dinner, dinner!"

It really does behave like a playful child.

However, unlike the others who were still basking in the joy of discovering that Jirachi could grant wishes, Professor Birch's expression changed drastically after casually picking up a bag of snacks.

"The words on this bag of cookies look so familiar!"

"Ah! Aren't these all my treasured snacks?! I hid them in a secret storage room in the backyard, far from the research institute. How did they get found?"

Upon hearing this, everyone picked up the snack bags to check, and sure enough, they saw Dr. Birch's name on the packaging.

"It turns out Jirachi brought over all the snacks that Little Birch had collected nearby. That gave me quite a fright."

Oki almost thought that Jirachi really had the ability to create these snacks out of thin air.

Jirachi, completely unaware of the trouble it had caused, was simply spinning innocently around Professor Birch's head, making Professor Birch unable to bring itself to scold it.

We could only ask Ash and his friends to help move these things aside.

"Seriously, Doctor, you actually have so many snacks hidden away. It's really not like you at all."

"Uh—hehe, it's just a hobby." Dr. Oda Birch gave an embarrassed, awkward laugh.

No wonder he's so well-off despite studying Pokémon in the wild every day; he's actually a hidden avid snack lover.

"But it seems that the rumor that Jirachi can grant any wish is untrue," Professor Oak wrote in his notebook.

But then Ash suddenly spoke up, offering a different perspective.

"Professor Oak, I think that rumor might be true."

He had just clearly captured the energy flow when Jirachi used its power; it was able to connect with the power of the stars high above through the eye on its abdomen.

"The reason Jirachi didn't create directly but instead used spatial teleportation to indirectly fulfill its wish was probably because it lacked sufficient energy."

"If it were during the time when the Millennium Comet descends, it might actually be able to fulfill most of the world's wishes with its enormous energy."

Even though Jirachi was so weak at the moment, Ash was still very shocked by the energy it had generated just now.

Although we don't know Jirachi's limits yet, its ability to teleport for even a moment is already far more powerful than the teleportation device Ash bought from the system shop.

No wonder Butler wanted to seize Jirachi's power to revive Groudon; every Mythical Pokémon should be taken seriously.

"Really? That's amazing."

Professor Oak trusted Ash's words and immediately pulled Professor Birch to Jirachi's side to record it.

After that commotion, the already limited energy of the comet fragments was quickly depleted.

Jirachi suddenly felt sleepy.

It felt that time had flown by too quickly compared to before, and it hadn't had enough fun yet, so it was on the verge of crying.

"Silly thing—Kirachi is so sleepy—I don't want to sleep—"

Unfortunately, Jirachi couldn't resist its instincts, and it immediately slumped onto Ash's head and fell asleep.

Seeing that its body was about to burst into light and turn back into a crystal, Ash quickly lifted Jirachi off his head.

At this moment, the Arceus Plate inside his body rotated almost imperceptibly a few times, and the white light on Jirachi's body instantly dissipated.

Its dormant crystallization was forcibly terminated by another higher-dimensional energy.

Ash looked at Jirachi in his palm with surprise, "I didn't expect the Arceus Tablet to have this kind of ability."

As expected of something from the creator god, Jirachi, though it never woke up again, at least it still has that soft and cute appearance.

"She's asleep, looks so well-behaved, so cute."

Jirachi's dreamy state stirred up May's maternal instincts.

"Ten minutes is that fast? I haven't even become good friends with Jirachi yet."

"There will definitely be other opportunities in the future, Xiaosheng."

Ash thought for a moment, then took out a Poké Ball and pointed it at Jirachi.

Because Ash was nearby, Jirachi, which was fast asleep, did not put up any resistance and was easily captured by the Poké Ball.

"Let's keep it in the Poké Ball for now; that's the best way to protect it in daily life."

"I promise you'll be able to hang out with me again sometime, Jirachi."

Ash made a promise to Jirachi's Poké Ball and put it away safely.

This can be considered Jirachi's little attempt to get some fresh air using the comet fragments before he officially wakes up.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have achieved the achievement "Second Mythical Pokémon!": Successfully captured your second Pokémon (Go become the strongest Mythical Pokémon and show Nintendo that we are the champions!)]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +40000; All Attributes +1; Golden Crown +1]

"I just tamed another mythical beast, that's all. The dead system isn't even pretending anymore."

This is the world of Pokémon, don't make it so I can't play Pokémon!

"It looks like Ash is in good hands with Jirachi."

Professor Oak wasn't surprised at all to see Ash so easily capture Jirachi into his Poké Ball.

After all, he's a man universally acknowledged as being favored by legends, so he can't be judged by common sense.

Professor Oak then completely entrusted Jirachi to Ash, and subsequently handled his second mission in the lab.

That was to hold a lecture for the children in the neighborhood. As a die-hard fan of Professor Oak, Xiaosheng naturally threw a tantrum to stay and listen to the lecture before he was willing to leave.

Professor Oak did not disappoint Brock; his lecture was excellent, instilling Pokémon knowledge in the child while making learning fun.

These children were subtly influenced by Professor Oak and developed an even greater love for Pokémon.

It must be said that Professor Oak is truly an amazing person, making indelible contributions to the peaceful coexistence of Pokémon and humans in the world.

He also brought out his three Pokémon from the Kanto region to show the children the differences between the starter Pokémon from the Hoenn region and the starter Pokémon from the other regions.

Sho finally got to touch Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbasaur, fulfilling a wish he had made when he traveled with Ash.

However, as a fan, Max is just like Professor Oak, and he is especially "loved" by Pokémon.

Every Pokémon he touched was in an offensive stance, and Max was fortunate enough to experience all three of the Kanto Pokémon's offensive stances.

I believe he will have a deeper understanding of these three Pokémon.

Even Haruka benefited greatly from Oki's lecture.

"Sister, are you really comfortable listening to a lecture with a bunch of kids?"

"What does it matter? There is no shame in learning knowledge, whether it is accompanied by misfortune or not."

Xiaoyao is now incredibly eager to learn the knowledge she once lacked.

After Professor Oak left the next day, Max and May were finally satisfied and set off with Ash.

To reach Yuenwood City, he then headed east along the Orange Blossom Forest.

They happened to pass through the territory of the Lizard King's people and took the opportunity to visit the giant tree that had been rejuvenated.

They also met with the group of tree geckos from before.

Upon seeing his old friend A, the Lizard King, though not saying anything and still maintaining a cool and arrogant demeanor, clearly conveyed its joy to the little AI.

Elder Treecko was very pleased to see that Sceptile was not suffering any hardship and was doing so well with Ash.

Before Ash left, he insisted on giving Ash a seed.

[Ding! Congratulations, Suchou has obtained the item "Miracle Seed": Pokémon holding this item have their Grass-type moves' power increased by 20%.]

Although this seed is not as powerful as the one on the Lizard King, it is still very useful as a rare item that can enhance Grass-type moves.

Ash readily accepted, and then left a whole bowl of Pokémon food for the Treecko family before departing.

Unfortunately, none of these Treeckoes wanted to leave Petalburg Woods, otherwise Ash would have really built another Treecko base next to Squirtle Island.

Thanks to the blessing he received from the giant tree, Ash didn't get lost at all during his journey through Petalburg Woods and made it out smoothly.

Just when Ash and his friends thought their journey to Lilycove City would be as smooth as their journey in Petalburg Woods, an unexpected incident occurred.

A pair of sharp eyes quietly fixed on Xiaoyao from the shadows.