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

Then Xiaozhi brought up his panel, and he wanted to add up all the free attribute points he had accumulated during this time.

Name: Xiao Zhi

[Titles: Scumbag; Little Hero; Burning Man; Straw Hat Boy; Friend of Women; Love of Mythical Beasts]

【属性：体力：170；攻击：170；防御：150；特攻：150；特防：137；速度：150；】

[Orange Region Reputation: 155 (Honorary Trainer of the Orange League!)]

[Affection level in the Orange region: 180 (People generally have a good impression of you.)]

【Traits: Aura Force (max); Riding Lv6; Undying Lv5; Ruthless Lv5; Chef Lv5; Orator Lv4; God of War Undying with Bare Hands Lv4; Crystallization Lv3; Cowardly Lv2; Charisma Lv2; Doctor Lv2; Minotaur Soul Lv2; Flight Lv1;】

[Skills: Water Gun; Megaton Punch; ...Stomp; Song of Annihilation]

[Items: 14 League Coins; Silver Feather; Dragonite Mega Evolution Stone... Everstone;]

[Special Bonuses: Rock-type moves increase power by 5% (Gray Badge); Water-type moves increase power by 10% (Blue Badge + Misty)... Move accuracy increases by 5%; Speed ​​increases by 5% when riding a Pokémon (Cherry Blossom Badge)]

After adding points, Ash lay on the bed, stroking Pikachu's head and admiring his stats.

Suddenly, the system notification sounded again.

[Ding! Detection indicates completion of the Orange Region trip; system upgrade imminent]

【…】

[Updated titles and trait fusion function; refreshed shop items]

The shop item refresh was normal, but the fusion function in front of it piqued Xiaozhi's curiosity.

I quickly took a closer look.

【Characteristic Fusion: Any number of characteristics can be used as raw materials to fuse. The name and effect of the final fused characteristic are determined by the raw materials (only characteristics of the same level can participate in fusion)】

[Title Fusion: Any number of titles can be used as raw materials to fuse together. The name and effect of the final fused title are determined by the raw materials used.]

[Integration Fee: 10 per session]

"Hmm, it doesn't say whether the effect will definitely be better or worse after fusion..." Ash sensed a strong sense of unreliability.

But I still decided to give it a try, otherwise I was really itching to try it.

The special characteristics are quite important and shouldn't be tested randomly, while titles only have an effect when worn and are otherwise useless.

So Xiaozhi chose two titles with rather lackluster effects to fuse.

[Scumbag: His HP increases by 5% when 'battling' female trainers]

[Friend of Women: After acquiring this item, mature women who love gossip are more likely to develop a higher level of affection for the host.]

The title "scumbag" is too evil; Xiao Zhi has never used it.

Moreover, his physical strength was already terrifying enough, far exceeding his limits, so this title had never been of any use.

The qualifiers preceding "friend of women"—a love of gossip and mature women—limit its applicability too much.

Since they were of no use, Xiao Zhi used them to fuse together, pressing the confirmation button in his mind.

【…】

[Ding! Fusion complete. Congratulations on obtaining the new title "Blonde Hair"!]

[Blonde Hair: After 'battling' with a mature woman, her favorability rating will definitely increase; the more intense the battle, the greater the increase!]

"Pfft, what kind of title is that?"

How did something like this, which gives off such a bad feeling, come about?

"As expected, I shouldn't have had any expectations for these features of the system!"

But Ash soon quietly adopted that title.

"Well, I was just a little curious about the effects."

I wonder if Lijia and Naz can be considered mature women.

City Alliance

Chapter 170 Koharu City

The outline of Vermilion City gradually appeared in the distance; Ash and his friends had finally returned to the Kanto region.

"It's really the same as always." Xiaoxia recalled how she and Xiaozhi got lost the first time they came here.

"Yes, we were so miserable back then that we were so excited that we hugged each other and cried when we saw the city gates."

Xiao Zhi had a feeling that there might be another opportunity like this in the future, which was a really annoying premonition.

"Kuji, kuji!"

Because they were back in familiar surroundings, even Gengar, who usually stayed in Ash's shadow, came out to bask in the sun, a rare occurrence.

The thought of possibly meeting its trainer brightened its smile.

Seeing Gengar making faces at Togepi and playing around, Misty walked over to Ash with concern.

"Ash, we came here to help Gengar find the trainer who abandoned it, but how do we find it?"

"After all, Konoha City is so big..."

Ash had also considered Misty's question. He asked Gengar if it remembered what its previous trainer looked like.

But Gengar described it as male, blond-haired... and that was it.

How am I supposed to find it?!

Gengar wanted to show Ash what a trainer looked like with its face, but no matter what it did, it still had that scary big, round face.

In the end, Ash decided to let Gengar lead the way.

They were going to go together to the house where Gengar had spent a long time before, to see if there were any clues.

However, when they followed the little purple fat boy, turning left and right, and arrived at the opposite side of a house, it still surprised Ash a little.

"Sakuragi Lab." This is actually a Pokémon lab.

"Did Gengar stay in this place before?"

"Kou Jie?"

The purple chubby guy that popped out from Ash's shadow said he didn't understand what research institute it was, but he had indeed always lived there.

Just as Xiaozhi and his friends were about to run to the research institute to ask for clues, they accidentally bumped into a blond young man who was on a date with his girlfriend.

"Feel sorry."

Be careful!

Wait a minute, blond-haired youth, and his face looks a bit like the expression Gengar made before.

Xiao Zhi asked tentatively.

"Did you have a Gengar before?"

"Gengar, why are you talking about such an unlucky thing? No, no!"

The young man was furious when he heard Gengar and wanted to leave with his girlfriend, but at that moment Gengar in the shadows suddenly became agitated.

"Ash..." Misty tugged at Ash's sleeve.

"Yes, there's definitely something wrong!"

It was such a coincidence that they ran into each other. Ash calmed Gengar down and told it to wait.

Xiao Zhi quickly stepped forward to stop the young man and asked him with a cold expression.

"You tricked Gengar by making it wait for you in an empty house, didn't you!"

"How do you know... What's it to you!" The blond-haired youth's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

"You bastard, do you even know it's been waiting for you because of our promise? Why did you do this?"

Faced with Ash's stern questioning, the young man's first reaction was to turn around and run away.

But Xiaozhi held the young man's hand tightly, preventing him from leaving.

"Let go!" After struggling for a while, the young man found that Ash's hand was like an iron clamp, and he could only speak helplessly.

"It's all because that guy caused me a lot of trouble when he was around."

"I can't win battles, and I always fail when trying to catch Pokémon."

"Every day I either fall down the stairs or lose something. I'm so unlucky!"

The young man still sounded indignant when he recalled the incident.

But there was not a trace of remorse on his face for deceiving Gengar; on the contrary, he seemed rather smug.

"I'm doing incredibly well now that I've gotten rid of it."

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the side quest "Finding the Heartless Man": Please take Gengar to its former trainer and make Gengar understand why it was abandoned.]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +3000; Free Attribute Points +3; Dyed Fruit (White) Unlocked]

The reason was pretty much what Xiao Zhi had guessed. He glanced worriedly at the location of his shadow.

"Kou Jie~"

Hearing the trainer talk about these things, Gengar recalled the long time it had spent waiting for him in the empty house, and all those little moments.

It endured such a long period of loneliness, all for the promise to meet its trainer again.

Now every word the other party says seems to mock its persistence.

Upon learning the truth, Gengar could no longer contain itself and emerged from Ash's shadow, angrily attacking its former trainer with a giant Shadow Ball.

"Ah, what are you doing here!"

The Gengar had been staying in the research lab and hadn't come out.

The young man was so frightened that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Ash quickly had Pikachu use Iron Tail to deflect Gengar's Shadow Ball; a ball that big would be a nightmare for an ordinary person.

But Ash didn't give the young man a friendly look. "Gengar is so angry because you deceived it."

"It's not my fault, it's all because of Gengar!"

"Misfortune always seems to follow you around. It's not my fault, it's your fault that the world is in this mess!"

The young man's words angered Gengar again, and it responded with several more Shadow Balls, but Ash managed to block most of them.

A few bombs left the young man covered in dust and dirt.

When Gengar prepared to attack him again, the young man was so frightened that he scrambled away.

"Gengar..."

Ash looked at Gengar, who was panting heavily from angrily throwing Shadow Balls, and was about to go over and comfort it.

Unexpectedly, Gengar, looking dejected and exhausted, quickly vanished as a black shadow.

Ash handed the luggage to Misty to take to the Pokémon Center, and then quickly followed with Pikachu.

However, there was no rush to stop Gengar immediately; Ash knew that it needed some time to be alone.

I simply followed behind it at a leisurely pace.

They chased after it until they arrived in the forest next to the city of Kurenai.

Suddenly, Suicune rushed out of its Poké Ball in a panic, then tripped and fell on a tree trunk.

It suddenly knocked Ash and Pikachu down, and they fell together into the nearby forest swamp.

"There's black fog, there's black fog!" Suicune muttered incoherently as it poked its head out of the mud.

"What's wrong with you, you lazy dog? Where's the black mist?!"

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

The surrounding forest was quiet, but there was no trace of mist at all.

Now look what happened, not only is he covered in mud, but he also lost Gengar.