Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

After packing their bags, they set off from Evergreen City early in the morning, embarking on their journey to Nibi City.

It can only be said that Changqing City is indeed a big city with extremely well-developed infrastructure.

Once outside the city, the road leading to Nibi City is wide and straight, stretching into the distance.

Continue along the main road.

Even with Xia, who wasn't in good physical condition, the two of them traveled much faster than they had in the forest. They covered most of the journey in just half a day.

Three poles in the sun.

The sunlight became quite intense.

After walking for half a day, the two decided to rest and regroup before continuing their journey.

"Are you hungry? You've been walking for so long, do you want to eat something?"

Xiaoxia wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and asked the question to the person and the mouse sitting in the shade of the tree.

She held a few tree fruits that she had casually picked from the roadside earlier, which looked fairly normal, and her face shone with a confident light that said, "It's time to show my true skills."

The beautiful young chef decides to cook again, show off her skills, and redeem herself!

It's not an inquiry, it's a notification.

Before the two could respond, she expertly told Shanghai Xingxing to start boiling water in a pot.

Unlike last time, she has come up with something new this time!

In addition, unlike the rudimentary conditions in the forest last time, she was well-prepared this time, replenishing her cooking utensils and flint in Evergreen City.

With a few clever touches, she has developed a new and amazing dish.

Five-Flavor Soup!

Sour, bitter, spicy, astringent, and salty!

As the name suggests, first take five kinds of tree fruits with different flavors, supplement them with the life source of starfish, find a place with abundant water and grass, and simmer them carefully for forty-nine minutes.

During the process, it is necessary to stir constantly without any slackening, so that the five flavors can blend together seamlessly.

Only when the colors gradually converge and finally form a multicolored black is it considered complete and ready to be taken out of the pot!

"Alright! Drink up! This time you'll definitely be amazed!"

With a bang, Xiaoxia confidently placed the small pot, which was bubbling with strange bubbles and had an indescribable color, heavily on the open ground in front of Xiaozhi.

A few drops of soup splashed onto the grass leaves next to it, and the originally emerald green leaves quickly turned yellow and curled up at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The odor it emitted was indescribable, as if it contained a mixture of all the evil things in the world.

The feeling was like running all day in boots during the hottest days of summer, and then rubbing your face with your still-warm, juicy, stockinged feet.

Not to mention Ash, even Staryu, who had always followed Misty and witnessed many of her masterpieces, couldn't help but be overwhelmed by the powerful scent, causing its gems to gleam wildly and its expression to change.

In just a few days, how could our trainer's skills have improved so much?

Nothing needs to be added; simple stewing is all it takes to create such a terrifying biological weapon!

He's truly a gifted genius!

Just thinking about her future life as a star... Starfish felt a sense of gloom.

Bitter!

Unconsciously, a lubricating liquid, similar to tears, was secreted from the gemstone.

Holding onto Staryu, who seemed to have lost all its strength, Ash and Pikachu quickly took two steps back.

I distanced myself from this pot of unknown stuff.

Ash grew up wandering around the mountains and valleys surrounding Pallet Town, where he was invincible.

I've accidentally ingested quite a few poisonous plants and mushrooms, so I've developed some resistance to their toxicity.

Although it's highly likely that eating this thing will cause you no harm.

Whether you can eat it or not is one thing, whether you want to eat it or not is another!

"Eat! Why aren't you eating?"

Xiaoxia took another step closer to the three people, the strange liquid in the pot swaying dangerously with her movements.

Before the three could retreat again, a slightly anxious young male voice came from the nearby woods.

"Wait for me! Ariados! Don't climb so fast!"

Immediately afterwards, a rustling sound came from behind.

Ash looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large black and red spider swinging on its silk, slowly hanging down from the branches of a big tree.

His eyes were fixed intently on the five-flavor soup, and saliva was constantly drooling from his mouth.

Following Xiaozhi's gaze, Xiaoxia looked up and saw the large spider hanging down.

A scream that could pierce eardrums suddenly rang out!

"Eek—! Bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs!!"

"There are bugs!!!"

He fell to the ground with a thud, then used his hands and feet to quickly retreat behind Ash.

She didn't even have time to take her beloved pot of soup; she just tossed it aside, leaving it to dangle and spill a lot of it.

Chance!

My mind was racing.

Sea Starfish immediately unleashed a perfectly concealed water gun, directly striking the pot of soup that was wobbling from side to side!

Its trainer doesn't need to worry, because with its big brother around, it's safe.

But, it is determined to kill this thing!

However, a flash of yellow light appeared, and a tiny golden bolt of lightning was even faster than its water gun!

It struck first, hitting the edge of the pot precisely!

"Bang!"

The small pot tipped over with a thud, spilling its colorful broth all over the floor.

"His-"

A small plume of black mist with a pungent odor rose from the ground.

Staryu and Pikachu exchanged a glance and nodded knowingly, as if they had completed a very glorious task.

"Hiss~ Hiss~"

The spilled soup continued to corrode the ground, emitting even more black mist.

Instead of being afraid, Alethos, hanging down, was intoxicated by the incredibly rich and pure aroma.

It is a Poison/Bug type Pokémon.

It just felt this thing was incredibly cool!

Of course, this is definitely not the drug addiction that its trainer claims.

After all, it inhales this stuff all day long and doesn't seem to get addicted, right?

Hiss~ Hah—

This taste!

That aura!

too! too! too! So true!

This batch of goods is absolutely authentic!

Although it smells bad, if you taste it carefully, you can even taste the fruity aroma!

Alidos became completely excited, and his legs began to move uncontrollably.

"Don't be afraid."

Ash turned around and looked at Misty, who was huddled behind him, trembling like a leaf, and tried to comfort her with scientific knowledge.

"Spiders are not insects; they are arthropods, unlike the insects you're afraid of. They are close relatives of giant crabs."

"Is this the time for you to be explaining this to everyone?!"

Xiaoxia's voice trembled, and she cried out, her fingers gripping Xiaozhi tightly.

It looks like that, and you still say it's not a bug?

"Oh, oh," Ash suddenly realized, nodding seriously, "So it seems you're afraid of Bug-type Pokémon, not insects in general."

"It seems you're not very careful with your words?"

Xiao Zhi is still attacking.

"Sorry, my Ariados scared you."

A trainer wearing a bug-catching hat and dressed in typical bug-catching boy attire emerged from the bushes, rubbing his ears which were still sore from Xiaoxia's scream.

He looked at Alethos, who was gesticulating wildly and seemed to be having a blast.

He glanced again at the unidentified liquid that had spilled on the ground and was still emitting black mist.

"What? So someone's brewing poison in the wild? No wonder you're so excited."

He then shook his head helplessly.

“I’ve told you all along that you’re addicted and that you need to control it, but you don’t believe me.”

"What poison! What nonsense are you spouting!"

Upon hearing this, Misty, who was hiding behind Ash, immediately waved her little fists and retorted angrily, just like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"This is clearly a pot of soup that I carefully simmered!"

But the moment her gaze fell upon Ariados, which was still baring its teeth and claws, she was so frightened that she hurriedly shrank her little head back behind Ash, and her voice lowered.

Insect-catching boy: "?"