Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

No! Now is not the time to think about that!

Xiaoxia shook her head violently, dispelling the inappropriate thoughts in her mind.

She frantically propped herself up and looked at Xiaozhi, who was still standing despite being covered in smoke.

"Are you... are you alright?! You're holding on! I... I'll call an ambulance right now!"

Ash actually took a real thunderbolt with his bare body!

It's not the somewhat exaggerated name of the Electric-type Pokémon's move, but the true thunder of nature, containing the power of heaven and earth!

"enough……"

"Cough cough..."

Amidst the pattering rain, Ash exhaled a puff of black smoke crackling with electricity.

"enough?"

Xiaoxia's heart was in her throat as she anxiously pressed for answers, afraid of hearing something unpleasant.

".....strong enough!"

Xiao Zhi gave a thumbs up and a wide smile, his teeth standing out white against his charred face.

This is much more exciting than the time he secretly touched the electric gate when he was three years old!

"Cough cough!"

Ash wiped the rain and soot from his face, glanced at Pikachu he had protected, took a deep breath, and exhaled another puff of black smoke.

"We...cough...are all fine."

"How could nothing be wrong?!"

Xiaoxia looked at his hair, which was still crackling with tiny sparks, and his charred skin, and her voice rose eight octaves.

"Don't try to tough it out, that's thunder! Real thunder! It's hitting you head-on! Even an Electric-type Pokémon... couldn't withstand that!"

After all, even most amazing Pokémon cannot compare to the most violent forces of nature.

"It's okay, the human body is amazing!"

Ash waved the hand that wasn't holding Pikachu, his tone as relaxed as if he were discussing the nice weather today.

"And I just triggered the lightning rod feature at a crucial moment!"

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Xiaoxia anxiously looked around, searching for her bag that she had carelessly tossed aside, while staring at Xiaozhi with an expression as if he were an idiot.

This person is really hopeless!

My brain was completely fried from the electric shock!

How could a human possibly possess the characteristics of an Electric-type Pokémon?! This isn't just a matter of common sense; it's a fundamental question of biological classification!

"I think you don't understand," Xiaozhi shook his head, looking at Xiaoxia's eagerness to save the person, and said in a wise and old-fashioned manner, "If you don't study math and science, life is full of magic."

"Fine, let me teach you a lesson."

Ash said, tossing aside the large tree that was mostly charred.

"This... um, classmate."

Although Xiaozhi still doesn't know the name of the girl who shared hardships with him, that doesn't stop him from sharing the knowledge that pops into his head.

"You need to know that the reason why electric shocks cause harm is mainly because the current does work in the human body, releasing a large amount of energy."

"The key factors affecting the magnitude of the current are voltage and resistance."

"When lightning strikes the ground, it propagates rapidly in all directions through the ground. If a person is standing on both feet at this moment, a potential difference will be created between their feet due to their different positions. This voltage difference will cause an increase in current, which can lead to serious injury!"

“I call it 'step voltage damage'!”

"So!" Ash stood on one leg, lifting the other slightly, and swung it triumphantly. "The instant the lightning struck, thanks to my honed reflexes, I immediately switched to a one-legged stance! Like a lightning rod, it greatly reduced that deadly voltage difference!"

He hopped on one foot as he spoke, demonstrating.

"Of course, besides those, being able to withstand it also has a little bit to do with the fact that I've been electrocuted several times before and my physical condition is slightly better..."

Xiaoxia: "..."

It's not just a little bit, it's not just a tiny bit either!

Even if what you said before makes sense, this is simply not a problem that can be explained by the scope of human physical fitness!

She opened her mouth, trying to process the long and complicated sentences like "step voltage" in her mind.

Then he looked at the boy in front of him who had just been struck by lightning but was still jumping around and giving him a lesson, and the Pikachu in his hand that didn't look "okay" at all.

She found the art style very jarring.

Looking at Xiaoxia's bewildered expression, as if her brain had been strengthened by knowledge.

Xiao Zhi smiled proudly, a sense of mission welling up within him.

Besides becoming a Pokémon Master, my purpose in stepping out of seclusion is also to spread the scientific knowledge that occasionally pops into my head throughout the world!

Xiaoxia shook her head violently, trying to shake off the messy things.

She pointed to the circle of "seven-tenths cooked" peacocks on the ground.

"No, if you're so strong, why are they still chasing you?"

She simply couldn't reconcile the boy who had been chased and fled in a sorry state by the Fiery Sparrow with the fierce man in front of her who had uprooted a tree with his bare hands and withstood a bolt of lightning.

"Why don't you just do what you did before and uproot a tree to send them flying?!"

Xiaoxia looked at Xiaozhi with suspicion in her eyes.

She spends a lot of time surfing the internet and has seen all sorts of bizarre posts. Could this person be one of those bored veterans often mentioned in forums who likes to pretend to be a newbie by using a max-level account to tease newbies and passersby for fun?

What was that word again?

Pretend to be a little wild boar and eat the Fiery Roaring Tiger!

"This...?"

Hearing Xiaoxia's question, Xiaozhi raised his hand and scratched his spiky head, which was still standing upright and occasionally sparking with tiny electric sparks. A rare look of embarrassment appeared on his face, and his eyes darted around, as if he was having some difficulty speaking.

“Actually, to be honest… it was Pikachu and I who were in the wrong first,” he sighed, his tone tinged with guilt. “If they hadn’t been pushing me so hard… I’m actually quite easy to talk to.”

"Was someone at fault first?"

Xiaoxia caught the key words.

"Well, when we first entered the Evergreen Forest, we encountered a large-beaked bird that looked... unusual."

When Ash talked about this, his expression seemed to be savoring the memory.

"Maybe it's an unusual color?"

"However, the color of its feathers is unlike any I've ever seen before. In the sunlight, it... it seems to have a... rainbow-like feel to it!"

He gestured intently, trying to depict that rare beauty.

"I thought it was a rare opportunity, and since it wasn't flying very fast, I decided to try and tame it. But I never expected..."

Ash looked slightly embarrassed and made a throwing motion.

"I threw a Poké Ball at it, maybe... uh, I used a little too much force? It hit it, making it stumble in mid-air, do a somersault, and get sucked in, and then..."

He made an explosion gesture with both hands, looking innocent.

With a loud bang, my Poké Ball shattered...

Xiaoxia nodded.

For powerful wild Pokémon, it's not uncommon for them to break free of their Poké Balls using their own strength.

What's more, the opponent is a "complete novice" trainer who immediately throws the ball around and doesn't even know the most basic way to reduce the opponent's stamina.

"...After I came out of the ball, I remember it giving me an incredulous look...and then we were chased by the flock of spears it summoned."

"That's right!"

Xiao Zhi seemed to suddenly remember something and rummaged in his tattered pocket.

He took out a long, slender tail feather that still shimmered with a dreamlike luster even in the gloomy rain.

"When I hit it with the ball, it lost quite a few feathers. I picked one up as I ran away. Look! Isn't the color especially beautiful?"

Xiaoxia's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the feather with an iridescent halo in Xiaozhi's hand.

The raindrops falling on the feathers did not dull them; instead, they added to their mystery and nobility.

Big-billed finches...do they even come in this color?

She racked her brains for all the knowledge and information she had about toucan in her mind.

but......

Xia stared at the rainbow-like feather, subconsciously imagining the magical big-billed bird soaring in the sunlight, its body bathed in iridescent light.

That was really beautiful. If she were there, wouldn't she also lose the ball?

3. Knowledge surged forth!

The rain drizzled incessantly, washing over the scorched earth, trying to erase the traces of the terrifying event that had just occurred.

Shortly after Ash and Misty left.

Two long and one short, three furtive and suspicious figures approached the desolate place that had just experienced a major incident, like cats that had smelled blood.

"Hey! Little... what's-his-name, Lang!" A mature female voice, sounding powerful and somewhat imperious, abruptly broke the silence. "Are you sure this is where that extremely powerful energy fluctuation just came from?"

A young man with blue hair parted in the middle and a slightly effeminate demeanor was fiddling with a strangely shaped machine when he heard the question. He answered without looking up.

"Machines don't lie; that's what my energy detector told me!"

Suddenly he realized what was happening, abruptly raised his head, and corrected him with a displeased tone.

"And another thing! It's not Kojiro! It's Kojiro!"

"The team has been formed for three days now, so you'd better remember the name properly!"