Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 125 Forced Training Device, 100% Ability Stat Boost! Ash's Mental Development.

In reality, compared to Riolu, Primeape has a huge level advantage. What level was Riolu at when it battled Hitmonlee? Peak Beginner!

What level is the current Infernape? Elite!
This is an elite-level Pokémon without any enhancements. After undergoing Aura Fusion, Primeape's strength will be even higher. In addition, with the Aura's blindfolded detection ability, if Hitmonlee can even touch Primeape, it's considered a loss for Primeape.

After Hitmonlee collapsed, Ash and Primeape opened their eyes. Ash looked at Fantower and said, "Uncle Fantower, shall we continue?"

“…I’m giving up. I surrender.” At this moment, Fan Dou felt an unparalleled sense of powerlessness rising within him, a feeling that he could not defeat his opponent no matter what.

Infernape didn't even throw a single punch, and Hitmonlee was already nearly exhausted. At this point, if Infernape had just thrown one punch, the battle could have ended.

The difference between the two sides is self-evident. If they continue fighting, what difference is there between him and the Joker?
As Fan Dou conceded defeat, the host announced the result of the match. Although the final was not an exceptionally intense contest, Ash's battle style drew cheers from the entire audience.

Every fight was a brutal, hand-to-hand combat, but this was the first time they had ever seen a fight where they could dodge all of the opponent's attacks with their eyes closed.

This battle was less of a contest and more of a one-sided performance by Primeape. Many people even recorded the match, planning to upload it online sometime to explore the secret behind Primeape's ability to dodge attacks with its eyes closed.

The awards ceremony was very simple: someone presented the gold belt, a few photos were taken, and then the host gave a short speech, announcing the date of the next competition, and so on...

The whole process took no more than five minutes. Ash also casually put the golden belt on his Primeape. Once the first installment of the perfume sales money arrived in a few days, he wouldn't be short of money.

Therefore, there's no need to sell this belt, which has some symbolic meaning. It would be better to just give it to Infernape as an accessory.

……

After the awards ceremony, Xiaozhi and his friends left early to avoid being surrounded by the audience. They had arranged to meet Aimei at her house.

About ten minutes later, Amy arrived at the door with a listless Fando, where Ash and the others were already waiting.

Ash felt a chill when he saw Fan-Touhou's appearance. What if he used too much force and accidentally destroyed his opponent? If that happened, he might not only give up on Pokémon battles but also on life in general, which would be a real problem.

So Ash forced a smile and went up to Fanto, saying, "Uncle Fanto, don't be discouraged. One failure doesn't mean anything."

Fan Dou shook his head dejectedly and said, "Don't try to comfort me, Ash. I've come to realize that I really don't have any talent in Pokémon battles. And I've also come to my senses. A tournament that a kid who's only been around for two months can beat, and all this talk about becoming the number one fighter in the entire region... that's just self-satisfying hype."

It has to be said that Ash really woke him up this time.

Even if Ash is exceptionally talented, his age is a factor. If Ash, at his age, can beat him into this state, then other trainers who are talented and have had ample time to grow are even more likely to succeed.

So he's the number one fighter in every level... but it might be more believable if he were the number one fighter in the town.

The passion of fans for fighting has completely died out.

"Uncle Fan Dou, there's no need to belittle yourself. Actually, Hitler has been trained very well. It's just that I'm a bit special. If I hadn't participated this time, perhaps you would have been the champion of this year's fighting tournament."

"But if you, Uncle Fan Dou, win the championship, you might initially think about going home, but if the competition starts again later, you will most likely abandon everything and go to participate in the competition."

"There's nothing wrong with pursuing your dreams, but if you ignore everything around you in pursuit of your dreams, it can cause considerable harm to the people around you," Xiao Zhi said with deep feeling.

People like Xiaogang's father and... his father were the kind of people who would do anything for their dreams.

In fact, Ash was the same way at the beginning. Before he went on his trip, he was only thinking about becoming a Pokémon Master and didn't want to care about anything else, not even making a phone call to his mother.

But amidst the many insights shared by people from parallel worlds in the group, he realized one thing: dreams can be pursued, but one cannot ignore the people around them.

My mother has only been able to see my father once every few years. It can't be that he only sees her once every few years, can it? How is this any different from the father who he has been complaining about since he was a child, who is not around?
Ash's reason for helping Amy this time, besides being interested in fighting games, is mainly because he sees a reflection of himself in Amy.

His father was even worse than the father who loved beauty.

With Xiaozhi's encouragement, Shan Dou finally resolved his inner conflict. He said that even if he went to train again, he would never abandon Aimi and her daughter.

Out of gratitude to Ash, Fan Dou gave Ash his treasured item, which looked like a black binding strap.

"...Don't let its small size fool you, I actually found this item in the hands of a hermit fighter. It's incredibly helpful for physical training. While wearing it might make your hands and feet feel cramped, requiring three or even four times the effort to do something you normally do with one unit of strength, it can increase your Pokémon's training efficiency by at least fifty percent!"

"A 50% increase?!" Ash stared at the gadget in his hand, his heart skipping a beat.

The perfume he got from 'The Richest Man' only increased the effect of physical training by about 25%, but this thing can increase it by 50%, or even more!

What kind of prop is this? Can such an overpowered prop really exist in the world?

"That's right, my Hitmonlee can't even unleash the full potential of this item. It would be a waste for me to keep it, so I'll give it to you, Ash."

"No...no, how can I...not...something so precious..."

"Don't refuse. You pulled me out of my obsession and allowed me to see my family again. I have nothing to repay you with, so please keep this." Fan Dou waved his hand and pushed the training equipment back to Xiao Zhi.

After being persuaded by Fan Dou, Ash finally accepted the training device, and the saying "good deeds are rewarded" was put into practice at this moment.

Ash said goodbye to Fan Dou, then found a moment to enter the chat group, described the general appearance of the training device that Fan Dou had given him, and then received the answer.

This thing is called a forced training device. Its effect is not a 50% increase as Shan Dou said, but a 100% increase!
That's right, a 100% increase!
However, this forced training device's 100% boost targets stats, not levels. While levels do provide some additional boosts, the primary effect is on stat training. For Pokémon with high stat caps, this is truly a godsend, because stats become increasingly difficult to improve as they progress.

If it takes four or five days of training to go from B level to A level, then it takes ten days to go from A level to S level.

Therefore, many Pokémon level up before their stats are fully developed. The higher the level, the harder it is to improve stats. If you can't develop your stats to the maximum before leveling up, you'll have to put in even more effort later!

This is equivalent to entering a vicious cycle.

Although Ash has the Eye of Insight, which allows him to determine when a Pokémon reaches its maximum stats before leveling it up, sometimes the level increase is unstoppable.

Pokémon like Bulbasaur, Wartortle, and Pidgeot have leveled up before their stats reached their limits, which is unavoidable.

Compared to others, he already has a significant advantage, but if he had this forced training device, Ash would bet he could raise the Pokémon's stats to their current peak before leveling them up.

Unfortunately, there was only one Forced Training Device, so Ash could only use it on his Pokémon in rotation.

……

Time flew by, and two more days passed. Ash and his friends arrived at a city called Black Cloud City, which was their last stop before reaching Fuchsia City.

However, although this city is called a city, its desolation is even more exaggerated than that of a small town. They arrived in Black Cloud City at night, but there wasn't even a street lamp in the place, and it was pitch black.

Xia looked up the general situation of Black Cloud City. It used to be a prosperous city, but due to over-development, a lot of factories were built, which caused the entire city and surrounding areas to be polluted and were not suitable for people to live in.

So many people left, leaving only a large number of factories and a small number of people to guard the area.

But for Ash and his friends, these things weren't important. After all, they were just passing through, staying for one night and then leaving.

However, the atmosphere here was not only gloomy, but also filled with a stench, which Ash and his friends could hardly stand. So the three of them quickly ran to the Pokémon Center and found Nurse Joy to give them a room to stay in temporarily.

Due to the special nature of Black Cloud City, there are still rooms available even at this late hour.

After washing up, the three of them prepared to go straight to bed. Even Ash, the training fanatic, had no desire to train in this environment.

The stench is unbearable when you go outside!
However, just as he lay down, the Pokémon Center sounded an alarm. Ash rushed out in his pajamas, only to find out that the Pokémon Center had lost power.

As for the reason... Joey only knew that there was a problem with the power plant, but he wasn't sure what the problem was.

In short, if the Pokémon Center continues to lose power, it will cause serious problems for the Pokémon that are recuperating. That's why Nurse Joy pressed the alarm to get the trainers who were resting to come out and help check on them.

Besides Ash, there were other trainers who came along, but when they heard that they were going to the power plant, many of them showed signs of backing down.

It's already past 1 a.m., and they can't sleep. They also have to endure the stench outside to get to the power plant. Isn't this pure torture?

"Such a large Pokémon center, doesn't it even have a backup power supply?!" some people couldn't help but question.

How could a facility hospital, where a power outage would endanger the spirits, not even have a backup power source? Is the spirit center really such an unprofessional place?

Ash also felt something was off, but now was not the time to concern himself with such matters: "Miss Nurse Joy, is there any power generation facility here that can provide power for Electric-type Pokémon?"

"Yes, there is, but the amount of electricity needed to power such a large Pokémon center is not small. One or two Electric-type Pokémon are not enough, and if the power is generated all night, even with a large number of Electric-type Pokémon, it would be an overload."

"It's okay, my Pikachu can do it." Ash put the Pikachu off his shoulder, then squatted down and said to him, "Pikachu, I'm leaving this to you. You generate electricity to keep everyone in good condition for now. I'll be right back."

"Pikachu!" Pikachu nodded, patting its chest with its little hand, indicating that it would take care of the rest.

"Pikachu? How much electricity can that Pokémon generate?"

"Exactly, it probably couldn't even power the Pokémon Center for ten seconds."

"Let's forget about it. It's better to get the power plant working and set up the electricity supply as soon as possible than to have Pikachu come over just to make a show of it."

"..."

Xiaoxia was furious at the sarcastic remarks made by the people around her. She stood up and shouted, "What are you all saying here! Ash is willing to let Pikachu come out to generate electricity for the entire Pokémon Center. You're not only ungrateful, but you're also here hurling insults at us!"

"Aren't there any elves among those lying here? Even if there aren't any elves among you, shouldn't your first thought be to worry about an elf in mortal danger? Why are you making sarcastic remarks here?"

"If you're so capable, go work at the power plant! Don't make a trainer who's only been around for two months do this kind of thing!"

Xiaoxia wanted to continue attacking, but Xiaozhi patted her on the shoulder. After she turned her gaze to him, he shook his head, indicating that she should stop talking.

The most important thing now is to restore power to the power plant. If it were when they first came out, Ash would probably be even more furious than Misty, cursing these people as a bunch of people who talk without understanding the situation. Why do they look down on his Pikachu?

Now, Ash has not only grown in strength, but also in temperament. Even though he still has temper, he knows what his top priority is.

"Pikachu, I'm counting on you for the Pokémon Center." Ash said, releasing Gardevoir. Then, his Aura spread out, locking onto the location of the power plant, and he and Gardevoir vanished from the spot.

(End of this chapter)