Ash's Pokémon Travel Has Big Problems

Mud and slime are not picky about their living environment at all. On the contrary, the dirtier and more garbage-rich the environment, the more paradise it is for them.

How could a human city, especially a large city like Black Cloud City, not have a huge and complex underground drainage system?

That place is simply a paradise for them to breed!

Even if the sewer pipes are strictly isolated from the outside world, it's still the same.

This initial protective design could only keep out mindless Pokémon like Grimer, not humans who deliberately caused trouble.

Originally, in the initial design, sludge, mud, broken bags, and dust mountains were strictly limited to landfills.

Once it reaches a certain scale.

The sludge population in the sewers is growing exponentially.

They can corrode pipes, clog systems, and even cause more serious public health and environmental problems.

If we try to clean it up then, it will be ten times, a hundred times, or even impossible to solve.

More importantly, compared to the junk Pokémon in the dump.

...If we let these stinky, stinky muds start eating poop.

...Xiao Zhi felt that even he couldn't stand it.

The whole city is full of stinky mud and stinky sludge that grew up eating shit?

Oh My God! !

How could such a terrifying thing happen?!

If a broom gets covered in excrement, then Lü Bu is reborn.

Just thinking about a city's peerless Lu Bu... would probably have rendered the entire Black Cloud City useless by then.

The composition of a mudfish's body is determined by the food it eats.

"We must stop him!" Ash made up his mind instantly.

We absolutely do not want this hopeless future.

If you were to live in this kind of city...

If he were asked to solve this kind of problem...

goo—

It's better to die.

Just thinking about this future sends chills down my spine.

Perhaps sensing Ash's gaze, the figure secretly feeding the animal froze and turned around abruptly.

Beneath the brim of the hat was a face that looked slightly flustered and wary.

When he saw Ash and the Pokémon around him, especially the Pikachu poised to pounce on his shoulder, he immediately realized that things might have been exposed.

"Tsk, nosy brat!"

The man cursed under his breath, abandoned his attempt to lure Mud without hesitation, and turned to try and escape into the depths of the sewers along the planned route.

"Stop!" Ash shouted. How could he let him get away so easily? "Pikachu, use Thunder Wave to stop him!"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu reacted extremely quickly, and fine golden currents burst forth from the electric sacs on its cheeks.

A weak electromagnetic radiation spread out instantly, intended to paralyze the opponent's ability to move, rather than to cause harm.

Well, Pikachu itself doesn't want to use too much electricity.

Keep in mind that it is currently wearing a gas mask.

The thought of damaging the mask with a high-intensity discharge is something even Pikachu couldn't bear.

However, the man seemed extremely familiar with the layout of the sewers.

A person crouched down and squeezed into a side passage; electromagnetic waves struck the concrete wall, sending up a few sparks.

As he ran, he quickly pulled two Poké Balls from his waist and tossed them behind him without even looking.

"Come out!"

"Stop them!"

A red light flashed.

Two slightly different Grimer appeared in the narrow passage.

Their bodies are primarily green.

Thankfully, it's not the color of poop.

"It's actually in Alolan form!" Ash thought with a start.

This form of Grimer is also classified as an Alola Special Form.

Even if, theoretically, this could happen all over the world, it would be the same.

Since Pokémon are such magical creatures, they can be registered wherever they are registered.

However, this form of stinky mud doesn't smell too bad, so it can be considered a good thing, right?

Purple, common stinky mud smells very bad.

However, colored stinky mud usually has a very mild smell, and some may not even have any smell at all.

As soon as the two Alolan Grimer appeared, they stretched out their sticky arms, trying to block Ash and Pikachu's path.

"Hmph, do you think you can stop us like this?" Xiao Zhi's eyes narrowed; the other party had clearly underestimated his strength.

"Pikachu, they're not very strong, use Thunder Shock!"

"Be careful to control the power!"

Although this is a sewer.

But the ventilation is actually quite good, so there is definitely no explosive methane here.

This is not a deep sewer.

It's just a sewer under the roadside.

There are many rain drains nearby.

Even the sewers we are in now are mainly for the passage and flow of sewage.

"Pickup!!"

Tiny golden sparks of electricity surged from Pikachu's body, instantly illuminating the dimly lit sewers.

It has controlled the voltage intensity and is preparing to gradually increase it.

The electric current hit both Alolan Grimer precisely.

They emitted dull "popping" sounds, their bodies trembling violently in the electric current.

The viscous body didn't seem to have much resistance to electric shocks. It barely struggled before being electrocuted and limp, turning into two puddles of slightly twitching mud, losing its ability to fight.

There's no way around it, the mud's body has too high a water content.

"What?!" The person running away heard the commotion behind him.

Looking back, he saw that the two sludge monsters he had released were instantly killed in one move, and his face showed an incredulous astonishment.

He clearly hadn't expected this trainer with Pikachu to be so powerful.

With this delay, Ash had already dashed over like an arrow released from a bow.

He had already learned superpowers in Goldenrod City, including high-speed movement.

Some time ago, I even learned waveguides from Lucario.

And all of these are integrated with the help of the fan, allowing them to be fully utilized.

Therefore, Ash is now extremely fast, and he closed the distance in just a few strides.

Seeing that escape was hopeless, a fierce glint flashed across the man's face, as if he wanted to pull something out of his pocket.

But Ash won't give him another chance.

[Mengmeng, bind him with a curse!]

Because Ash was wearing a gas mask, he chose to communicate with Misdreavus through telepathy.

Running at high speed while wearing a gas mask definitely makes it difficult to breathe... and speaking is even more difficult.

"Mmm~!" The dream demon let out an ethereal yet mischievous laugh, its eyes glowing with a ghostly purple light.

An invisible, ominous ghostly energy silently wrapped around the man's limbs.

His raised arm suddenly felt incredibly heavy, as if it were filled with lead.

It was as if he had sunk into an invisible quagmire, and his movements became extremely slow and stiff.

Eventually, he became completely immobilized, with only his eyeballs still able to move in terror.

Ghost-type Pokémon are just that terrifying.

"Success!" Xiao Zhi darted forward and grabbed the man's arm tightly to prevent him from making any further moves.

"Let me go! You brat!" The man struggled, but his body was bound by the curse power of the dream demon, and he was unable to exert any force.

His face was filled with anger and confusion, but even more so with resentment at his predicament.

He stared intently at Ash, and especially at the Misdreavus floating beside him, and growled, "What...what did you do to me?"

"Why can't I move?!"

"I should have extremely high poison resistance!"

Those who dare to mix with trash-type Pokémon will generally have good poison resistance.

Muk and Grimer are extremely dangerous Pokémon.

Too poisonous.

However, with special breeding, there are also varieties that are completely non-toxic and tasteless to humans.

This pure, smelly mud is perfect for keeping as a pet.

The conditions and difficulties in raising them are very high; if you're not careful, they can easily turn into contaminated, smelly mud.

The captured man spoke with intense confusion and a hint of barely perceptible arrogance, seemingly extremely confident in his resistance to the drug and believing that ordinary methods could not subdue him.

He thought he had been knocked out by some kind of poison.

...This also shows that this person is not very knowledgeable; he didn't even realize that the Dream Fairy is a Ghost-type.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi raised an eyebrow, grasping the key information in his words.

Extremely high poison resistance?

This seems to explain why he dared to get close to and feed Muk, a Pokémon that is inherently toxic.

The mucus secreted by Mud and the gases emitted often contain various toxins, and long-term exposure may lead to the development of a certain level of tolerance in the body.

It's also possible that they couldn't hold on and all died.

"Poison resistance?"

Ash's gaze swept over the other's somewhat comical posture, which was due to his inability to move.

"Do you think the Dream Demon uses poison?"

"It seems your understanding of Pokémon is still quite shallow."

He patted the dream demon's little head, and the dream demon proudly swayed its body.

Ash continued to explain, "Dreammonia uses Curse, which is a Ghost-type move!"

"It directly affects your spirit and life energy, making you feel tired and heavy, thus restricting your actions."

"This has absolutely nothing to do with whether your body can resist the toxin!"

"No matter how high your poison resistance is, what use is it against the energy erosion of Ghost-type Pokémon?"

One undeniable fact is that Ash is actually quite talkative and sometimes has a bit of a commentary addiction.

Especially when he feels the situation is relatively safe and there is no threat.