Ash's Pokémon Travel Has Big Problems

Exploding poop?

Even rural kids only dared to stuff firecrackers into their hands.

Have you ever seen anyone throw bombs into a cesspool?

Even a country kid stuffs firecrackers.

Sometimes, unexpected things can happen even in a latrine.

For example, they were blown up everywhere and no one escaped.

Or the methane concentration was too high... and the whole thing exploded.

That was really exciting!

"Troublesome—" Xiaoxia thought so too.

Even as a water-type being, she's worse than Xiao Gang when she gets into a fight.

If Xiao Gang were to take action, at most he would smash the giant slime into pieces.

If Xiaoxia takes action, she'll turn the giant stinky slime into a pile of sewage... and then the whole city might really be ruined.

In short, everyone was a bit hesitant.

As for the giant dust mountain that appeared at the landfill?

It doesn't matter as long as that giant dust mountain doesn't move towards the city.

...Brock and Misty were unaware that Ash had gone to the junkyard alone to face the Rainbow Hero's trial.

Ash wouldn't have gone there alone if he hadn't guessed that Marshadow was there and the Rainbow Warrior Trial hadn't started.

Xiaogang and Xiaoxia believe that Xiaozhi should be somewhere in the city... and should be safe now.

After all, Xiaogang and Xiaoxia thought Xiaozhi was a smart person, even a little too smart.

Everything seemed to be as it should be.

Especially when the rainbow-colored divine fire appeared from the sky and began to purify all things.

Ho-Oh descended with unparalleled divine power, healing Ash and his Pokémon from all their wounds and announcing the sacred moment when the Rainbow Warriors' Trial was successfully completed.

"The Phoenix King is here..." Xiao Gang relaxed completely when he saw this scene.

Ho-Oh has a very good reputation.

Even among all the gods, he is the most approachable type.

Of course, this is only relatively speaking.

"This is the second time I've seen it... This light feels so comforting."

Xiaoxia also sighed.

The last time I saw Ho-Oh was when I first met Ash.

Time flies! I've been traveling for quite a while now, visiting several cities.

Xiaogang and Xiaoxia are much more relaxed now that they feel less pressure.

Now that Ho-Oh has arrived, the city must be safe.

—It is said that even if the entire population of a city dies, Ho-Oh can revive them all.

—That's how it's written in ancient documents, anyway.

However, scholars and experts believe that cities in the past did not have as many people as cities do now; they were probably only the size of villages today. But even with a small population, it is still possible to resurrect a thousand or eight hundred people at once.

There are no clear rules about life and death in this world, so large-scale resurrection is something that Ho-Oh can do.

Only He has this ability.

Although it is a god of atmospheric energy, Ho-Oh's resurrection ability is even stronger than that of the god of life.

...That's pretty funny.

And now, the unexpected has happened.

While Xiaogang and Xiaoxia were completely unable to react.

The special Poké Ball on Kozaburo's waist reacted.

This is a special Poké Ball that Giovanni made when he first gave Yamato and Kosaburo their mission.

This type of Poké Ball cannot be opened from the outside; it can only be opened from the inside.

This Beedrill had been spying on the outside world, including when Ash and his friends were ganged up on by Team Rocket at the Silph Corporation compound in Goldenrod City.

If Ash were truly in mortal danger at that time, it would have taken action.

Yamato and Kosaburo only knew that the Poké Ball would open by itself when the time was right.

And then no more.

So now is the time that Giovanni thinks is right.

The Beedrill inside this special Poké Ball sensed Ho-Oh's arrival.

So the Poké Ball opened.

boom--

Accompanied by the red glow of the Poké Ball.

The anomaly began with a muffled, eerie fluctuation in the distant city center, which did not travel through the air but directly affected the energy perception level.

boom--

The first thing Beedrill did upon emerging was to swing its poisonous stinger.

Both of Beedrill's hands are covered in venomous stingers.

And this poison needle is very large and long, like a lance.

And Giovanni's Beedrill is even more powerful than the rest.

The immense power is concentrated on the poison needle.

Skill Name - Deadly Needle

Game effect: If you defeat your opponent with this move, your attack power will increase by three levels.

Of course, this isn't a game now.

After being rendered realistically, this skill becomes [Enhancement + Attack], and the enhancement level will increase over time.

Beedrill's appearance was simply to casually smash the giant Grimer.

It was a true, literal, complete destruction.

A tiny, needle-like yellow light, yet radiating a chilling sharpness, appeared without warning before the colossal body of the giant Grimer.

There was no buildup, no warning; it was as if it was always meant to be there.

next second.

That terrifying, mountain-like entity, formed from countless stinking sludge particles, crumbled and disintegrated silently from the middle, as if it had been thrown into glass at absolute zero.

Without even a mournful cry, the vast majority of its body instantly turned into a sky full of purple dust, drizzling down like a strange, poisonous rain.

The remaining small part of the body disintegrated into countless unconscious ordinary sludge and sludge, which fell limply from mid-air.

The giant Muk was almost blown apart into countless stars, with 90% of its body completely crushed into powder.

And right now, everywhere is filled with the divine fire and light of the Phoenix King.

Under the scorching heat and illumination of the divine light, the pollution caused by the Mud body powder was purified in an instant.

It was at this moment that Ash sensed the unusual movement of the Aura.

The next Beedrill displayed an absurdly fast speed.

This can also be considered a feint.

While Ho-Oh, Entei, and Suicune were all subconsciously focused on the location of the explosion.

Beedrill circled around at high speed from another angle.

Although it looks like it's going in circles instead of taking a straight line, it's actually the fastest route.

A straight line is always the shortest distance, not the fastest distance.

Between points, there exists what is called the brachistochrone... the line with the fastest speed between one point and another.

What happened next happened so fast that it exceeded the limits of biological neural responses.

Before the devastating scene could be fully imaged on the retina, the yellow streak of light had already vanished.

No, not disappear.

It's moving too fast, so fast that it warps space!

Almost at the same instant that Mud disintegrated.

Above the landfill.

The yellow streak of light appeared out of nowhere, like a ghost.

True space jumps do not rely on superpowers to calculate coordinates, but rather on pure speed and power to forcefully tear through the barriers of space.

"Roar--!!"

The moment the Flame Emperor's warning roar left his throat, his body, engulfed in holy flames, was struck head-on by an invisible meteor.

"Oh!"

The dull thud made my heart stop.

The mighty figure of Emperor Yan was violently slammed away without any resistance, turning into a crimson meteor that trailed sparks as it crashed miserably into the distance, causing a violent explosion and roar.

...Emperor Yan has been working very hard lately and is already very tired, so his condition was not good to begin with.

"Woo!"

Suijun reacted slightly faster.

A look of horror flashed across his azure eyes, and a barrier swirling with pure water and ice crystals instantly materialized in front of him.

But it was no use!

The yellow light seemed to ignore everything, like a hot knife cutting into solidified grease; the barrier shattered instantly, turning into a shower of icy water droplets.

Shui Jun followed in the footsteps of Yan Di.

...Although Suicune was in better condition than Entei, he still didn't expect this to happen.

The body, entangled in the water, was thrown into the air by a tremendous force, tumbling helplessly before crashing heavily into the clear, freshly purified stream below, sending up a towering column of water.

And Ho-Oh is located in the very center.

His pupils, burning with seven-colored flames, contracted sharply, reflecting the rapidly enlarging yellow light of death.

He sensed it!

That was a sharp edge enough to kill Him once!

The sacred flames instinctively tried to burst into flames, and the immense divine power tried to build a defense, but... it was too late!

The main reason is the surprise attack.

Ho-Oh came to see the Rainbow Hero she had chosen, and did not expect that a battle would take place here.

This can be considered a case of intentionally targeting someone who wasn't.

It's like Lanling Wang going to capture Taiyi Zhenren.

A preemptive strike can always result in a hit.

"唳——!!!"

Phoenix King's golden radiance, which was originally as dazzling as the sun, flickered violently and erratically like a light bulb with unstable voltage, and then quickly dimmed.

It was as if some kind of energy that maintained His divine appearance had been forcibly destroyed.

As the light faded, what was revealed was Phoenix King's true form, stripped of its golden glow...

—Ho-Oh: I went to meet the rainbow hero I had chosen, with great majesty.