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

However, Ash would always come over to stop it from continuing its mischief.

I flicked it lightly on the forehead, then scooped it up onto my lap.

"Don't bully idiots!"

Pick up the brush and groom it, just like when it was still an ugly fish.

Milotic would only calm down at this time.

This child was too repressed in the past, and now that he has been released, his emotions have erupted like a volcano, which is why he is like this.

Ash also found a solution: put it together with Misty's Milotic.

After getting the Beautiful Scale from Uncle Green River, Misty evolved her Feebas, even earlier than Ash.

These two eye-catching bags will bother each other whenever they are together, and then exclaim in unison.

This creates a loop, and that's how Ash invented the perpetual motion machine! (Of course not!)

After taking care of his Pokémon, Ash called Misty to join him on their journey.

Their journey through the Orange Islands has come to a temporary end, and they are finally heading back to the Kanto region.

Chapter 168 Are Poachers Human Too? (Part 2)

Before returning to Pallet Town, Ash wanted to also make a trip to Vermilion City to fulfill his promise to help Gengar find a trainer.

So now they need to ride dragons to the outlying islands, and then take a boat to the port of Konoha City.

"Isn't Orange Island the capital of the Orange Alliance? Why do we have to take a boat to such a far place?"

Looking at the map, Xiaoxia couldn't help but complain; she had been really looking forward to going home.

But I didn't expect that it would take an extra day to get from Citrus Island to the outlying islands.

"Just because Citrus Island is the capital, all the ports have been temporarily converted into cargo ports for better development."

"This means that larger passenger ships can only transit through ports on outlying islands."

Ash didn't care, since the ferry route from the island to Vermilion City even passed by the site where Team Rocket's San Ann sank.

It's also a good opportunity to go back and reminisce about the old days.

His biggest problem right now is that he's short of money.

Once you're about to leave the Orange Islands, the system shop will refresh again.

He wanted to take advantage of this time to buy all the good stuff in the store, but he really lacked working capital.

"Where else can I make money quickly in a short period of time?"

Just as Ash closed his eyes and pondered deeply, Lapras suddenly became excited and kept calling out in a distant direction.

"Oh, oh~!"

"What's wrong with Chenglong?"

"Ash, look! A whole bunch of Lapras!" Misty quickly handed Ash the binoculars.

Sure enough, on the distant horizon, a large army of dragons of varying sizes slowly appeared, swimming along.

Seeing how happy Lapras was, Ash immediately understood.

"These dragons must be its family."

When Ash took Lapras from the center, he promised to find it a family.

Unexpectedly, they met now. Although Xiaozhi was very reluctant, he decided to keep his promise.

Seeing that Lapras was still a little hesitant, Ash gently stroked its head.

"Let's go, little dragon!"

When it's time to say goodbye, I always feel a little sad.

However, when Ash approached with Lapras, the group of wandering creatures opposite did not show any joy at the return of their companion.

Instead, he looked indifferent and even slightly hostile.

Only one of the lighter-colored Lapras showed obvious excitement when it saw Ash's Lapras.

It wanted to rush out to Ash's side, and Lapras was also very excited when it saw it.

"It seems this must be the mother of the baby dragon."

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the side quest "Little Lamprey Finds His Mother": Please help Little Lamprey find his family.]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +2000; Free Attribute Points +4; Skill: Surf]

"As expected." Ash controlled Lapras, trying to get a little closer.

But soon, an unexpected scene unfolded: the mother dragon was stopped by the leader of the tribe.

The Lapras all stared warily at Ash and his friends.

"Are things a little off, Ash?" Misty noticed as well; the Lapras seemed ready to attack at any moment.

"The dragons are clearly a very gentle race."

"Fear, terror... disgust."

Ash was somewhat surprised that he could clearly sense their emotions through the waveguide.

"What happened to these dragons? Why do they all look at us like this when they see us..."

The Lapras chieftain swam out to the outer edge of the group, just about to launch an attack to stop Ash and his friends from getting closer.

But as Ash and his friends got closer, the Lapras chieftain's expression turned to one of utter shock.

"Oh, oh?!" (My God, how did this child grow so big?!)

Ash's Lapras is much larger than a regular Lapras because it ate Nurse Joy's calcium supplements.

To an ordinary Lapras, this is just a muscular Titan with a baby face!

The closer they got, the more exaggerated it seemed. The Dragon Clan Chief was dumbfounded and dared not launch an attack.

After a moment of silent confrontation, it finally chose to turn around and return to its herd with a cold expression.

Then he led his army of Lapras away quickly, and as he got further away, he turned back and shouted to warn the little Lapras not to come any closer.

This hurt the little Lapras very much, and Ash and Pikachu could only comfort it first.

Just then, a pleasant female voice suddenly came from afar.

"Hey, this is a Pokémon Nature Reserve! How did you manage to get in here?!"

It turned out to be Officer Jenny, who was piloting a small boat. She was also looking at Ash and his friends with a wary expression.

"You guys aren't poachers, are you... Oh, I'm so sorry, isn't this Honorary Trainer Ash?"

After seeing Ash's face clearly, Officer Jenny immediately apologized, feeling embarrassed.

Ash is now a celebrity in the Orange League, after all, he is the only League Honor Trainer in recent years to defeat the top-ranked trainer.

"I'm so sorry for yelling at you, I've been a bit stressed out lately by those poacher gangs."

Officer Jenny apologized again, but Ash certainly didn't take it to heart.

“It’s alright, Miss Officer Jenny. You’re just doing your job. But could you tell us more about the poachers?”

It seems that someone has appeared who can answer Xiaozhi's questions.

Seeing the serious expressions on Ash and Lapras's faces, Officer Jenny took them to the police station in a nearby island town.

I told them about what had recently happened in the nature reserve.

“The poachers arrived here only about a month ago. They are ruthless and well-equipped, and their boats are even equipped with cannons.”

“They’ve already succeeded several times in the protected area.” Officer Jenny gritted her teeth as she spoke of this.

"The most important Pokémon in our nature reserve is Lapras, and we've lost several of them to their wrath."

"No wonder those dragons are so wary of unfamiliar humans."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi understood that it was the fault of those bastards.

"And lately they've been coming every day, as if they won't stop until they've caught every single Pokémon in the reserve!"

"The poachers are so arrogant, doesn't the Alliance do anything about it?" This was the first time Xiaoxia had ever seen such brazen poachers.

“I also reported it, but the reply from above was that recently, in order to help with post-disaster reconstruction and to guard against the Rocket Force, a large number of police officers have been dispatched to other islands to help.”

"It will take at least a month before we can send someone to help. The reserve is really powerless to do anything about it."

If you wait a month, those poachers will probably be long gone.

"Normally, we even have to rely on Miss Joey from the center and the helpful citizens of the town to barely keep patrolling."

Officer Jenny looked very disappointed as the Pokémon she was protecting was taken away like this, and she was powerless to do anything about it.

"Those poachers never treat the Pokémon they capture kindly!"

Xiaoxia felt indignant when she heard this; she thought these kinds of people were the most annoying.

"Shin-chan, how about we help catch the poachers?"

"Yes, I would even do it for Lapras." Ash would never refuse to deal with poachers.

"But those poachers are numerous and have 20 stinging jellyfish, making them very difficult to deal with."

Although Officer Jenny was touched by Ash and his friends' willingness to help, she still wanted to persuade them out of her police ethics.

After all, they are vicious criminals; it would be bad if innocent people got hurt.

"Leave it to us, Pikachu. I and the Pokémon are more than enough to handle them, right?"

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

Ash's strength as an honorary trainer is undeniable.

Officer Jenny is currently at a loss with the poachers and has no choice but to leave the task to Ash and his friends.

"Then please be careful."

"Don't worry, the ones who should be careful are those poachers who have fallen into Xiaozhi's hands!"

[Ding! Congratulations on triggering a new side quest "Sin Buster": Bring all evil to justice, save the protected area, and catch the poachers!]

【奖励：联盟币+5000；攻击+1；自由属性点+2；地区好感度+10；地区威望+10】

Ash also had his own selfish motives; those poachers must be quite rich after stealing so many Pokémon.

The money these poachers make is my money.

"This money tainted with evil should be purified by the righteous Xiaozhi!"

Before officially setting off, Ash contacted James and the others.

Having learned that these poachers had no connection with Team Rocket, and since Ash couldn't obtain their location information from within the organization beforehand, he had no choice but to resort to a brute-force method.

According to Officer Jenny, the poachers are now coming to the reserve every day.

So Ash and his friends rode Lapras to a secluded spot in the protected area's waters and hid there, waiting to ambush their prey.

“Chenglong, your family members became like that because they were attacked by these poachers.”

"If we catch all these poachers together, you can be reunited with your mother!"

"Oh~, oh~"

These poachers were quite accommodating; they appeared immediately before Ash had even finished lying in wait.

They were piloting a large pirate ship that was rampaging across the sea.

It's quite remarkable that such an ancient and classic ship design still exists in this day and age.

Even the poachers on board were dressed like pirates and sailors.

"Looks like this is a bunch of slightly delusional bastards."

Their target was indeed Lapras, the most precious Pokémon in the protected area.

"Captain has spotted the target."

On the lookout tower of the pirate ship, a chubby sailor relayed information to the captain at the helm below, completely unaware of Ash and his friends not far away.