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

Chapter 157 Test Subject 1: Mewtwo; Test Subject 2: Ralts!

The figure blocking Ash and the others looked like a duck. It had a large body but relatively thin limbs, but you could still see the powerful strength it possessed.

This Pokémon is a relatively rare Fire-type Pokémon that inhabits the Kanto region; it is called Magmar.

Moreover, this Magmar was emanating an aura of Champion-level power, intimidating Ash and his friends.

"Visitors from outside, please leave. You are not welcome here." A cold voice came from inside the house. It seemed that he was the trainer of this Magikarp.

According to Ash's aura perception, there was only one person inside the house, the bald man he had just bumped into.

So... the bald guy he randomly bumped into on the street was a Champion-level trainer? That's ridiculous!
However, the other party is someone who is related to Gardevoir's background, and someone who can create a 6S-rank Ralts is naturally no ordinary person.

Ash glanced at the information on Magmar, which was at the peak of the Elite Four level, making it an opponent that none of the Pokémon he currently had could rival.

In the last battle against Aki, if it weren't for the help of Champion Ash, he would have had no way to fight against the Elite Four's peak Crobat unless he went up against it himself.

So now you can find Elite Four level Pokémon even in a remote little place. Are Elite Four level Pokémon so worthless now?
"Hello, I mean no harm, I just have something I want to ask you." Xiao Zhi didn't go any further, but shouted loudly at the door.

Without rules, even the top-tier Elite Four members wouldn't amount to much to him, but Ash isn't the violent type, and besides, he needs the help of the person inside the house.

The bald man in the house was silent for a moment, then spoke in a slightly calmer voice: "Did the Alliance send you to find me? I am indeed a little surprised that you were able to find and follow me here, but sending a kid like you to find me, the Alliance is really going to lose its way."

Xiaozhi: ? ? ?
"Um... what are you talking about? What alliance? What are you looking for?"

Bald man: ...

"Aren't you sent by the Alliance to search for my existence?"

"who are you?"

Bald man: ? ? ?

No way, you don't even know who I am, why are you following me?!

"Who are you?!" As the voice came from inside, the small door creaked open, revealing the figure inside the small house.

Xiao Zhi hadn't made a mistake; this was the bald man he'd bumped into on the street. He had taken off his wig, but was still wearing sunglasses.

"I'm Ash from Pallet Town. This is my partner Pikachu, Gardevoir, and my friends who travel with me, Misty and Brock." Ash took off his mask to show friendliness.

Although he didn't know why the man looked so wary, he figured the man should recognize him given his reputation.

Sure enough, after Ash took off his mask, the bald man's face immediately showed surprise, as if he was confirming Ash's authenticity.

After a long pause, he slowly spoke, "You're the Ash who's recently become famous? Truly, a young hero has emerged, managing to train Pikachu to this extent."

This time it was Ash's turn to be surprised: "You can tell my Pikachu's level?"

"Hey, I may be a bit old, but I'm not so blind that I can still recognize your Pikachu at its peak." The bald man said with a hint of pride.

However, he does have reason to be proud, since being able to discern a Pokémon's level without battling is something that 99% of trainers in the world cannot do.

Even Ash's recent battle with Kikyo couldn't do that.

"Uncle has a good eye."

"So if you don't know me, then why are you following me around looking for me?" the bald man said bluntly.

Since his crimes were exposed, he has lived in anonymity and has not appeared in the public eye, and has developed a strong ability to evade detection.

Even if someone sees through his disguise and tries to follow and catch him, he will shake them off in the blink of an eye.

But something unexpected happened today. He didn't find Ash until Ash entered this area. It was only when the Pokémon he had deployed around the area discovered Ash's trail that he belatedly realized he was being followed.

It's no wonder he initially thought Ash was sent by the League. After all, with such superb tracking skills, what other possibility could there be besides someone sent by the League?
Even through the mask, Blaine could tell that Ash was a teenager, and to him, teenagers were just children.

Blaine thought that he hadn't noticed Ash because Ash was too young and hadn't paid attention to him, which was why Ash had followed him.

That's why Blaine said those things at the beginning—that the Alliance had sent a child to follow him.

Using a child to lower his guard is a truly despicable tactic.

But now it seems... Ash isn't from the League, and he doesn't even know who she is. So why did Ash come looking for her?
"Is it because of her? I wonder if you remember her, Uncle?" Ash stepped aside slightly, and Gardevoir slowly stepped forward from behind.

Blaine looked at Gardevoir carefully. A hint of amazement flashed in his eyes behind his sunglasses, but his face was full of confusion.

He doesn't recognize this elf!
"This must be your Pokémon, right? This is our first time meeting, so why do you think I know your Pokémon?" Ash's most famous Pokémon are Charizard, Pikachu, and Bulbasaur.

These three Pokémon battled live across the entire league, and even defeated a Champion-level Pokémon and the Champion Trainer, Aju.

This shiny Gardevoir is stunning and extremely rare, but it has never been seen by the world before, so it's understandable that he doesn't recognize it.

"I don't recognize you... Then I wonder if you've ever owned a Ralts egg?"

“Ralts’s Pokémon egg? How could I have one…” Blaine’s expression froze halfway through his sentence.

Ralts's Pokémon egg, could it be that...?

"Come in and let's talk." Blaine looked around, then opened the door and let Ash and the others into the house.

What follows must not be said in public, regardless of whether anyone is around. After Ash and the others went through the door, Blaine nodded to Charizard, who nodded back and then vanished, continuing to hide in the shadows and guard the small house.

……

The interior of the house is very simple and unadorned, just a small house, but it is small but complete. It has a kitchen, dining room, living room, bathroom and other neat facilities, which is more than enough for one person to live in.

Ash and the others were led by Blaine to the table in the living room. Blaine made a pot of tea before sitting down opposite Ash and the others, and took off his sunglasses.

Do you recognize me like this?

Ash and his friends looked at Blaine carefully, then exchanged glances and shook their heads.

Xiao Gang felt a sense of familiarity, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before; it seemed like a very distant memory.

“My name is Bob, you should know that name, right?”

"Chamberlain?! *3" Chamberlain's self-introduction caused the three of them to exclaim in unison.

They never expected that the person they had been looking for since arriving on Crimson Lotus Island would appear right in front of them!

For a moment, Xiaoxia and Xiaogang both looked at Xiaozhi with strange eyes, and even Xiaozhi's own expression became extremely strange.

What did Professor Oak say before? He said he bumped into someone on the street, and that person might be Blaine.

Ash didn't take it to heart at all. He was lucky, but he wasn't so lucky that he could bump into Blaine in the vast sea of ​​people. Blaine was someone the League had searched for with great difficulty.

However, reality is always magical, and he actually bumped into Blaine!

It would have been one thing if they had bumped into each other, but the other person also happened to be related to Gardevoir, so Ash locked onto the other person's Aura and followed the trail. If it weren't for one more coincidence, they probably wouldn't have been sitting here face to face with Blaine.

"It seems this old man is still somewhat famous. You've come to Cinnabar Island, presumably to challenge the Cinnabar Gym, right?" Blaine immediately revealed Ash and the others' purpose in coming to Cinnabar Island.

"How did you know? Couldn't we just be tourists on Red Lotus Island?" Xia asked curiously.

"This is based on experience. This old man still has a good eye," Xia Bo said calmly. In front of an old hand like him, he could see the essence of many things at a glance.

"We did come here to challenge the Cinnabar Gym, but we couldn't find you anywhere after we arrived. We were just planning to treat this Cinnabar Island as a vacation, but we never expected to bump into someone on the street who turned out to be Blade." Ash marveled at the wonder of fate; to meet Blade like this was truly destiny.

"We're quite destined to meet... Let's put aside the gym challenge for now and talk about that Ralts egg you mentioned. How did you know I once had a Ralts egg?"

"Because Gardevoir said it sensed a familiar aura from you, an aura that seemed to have been sensed when you were still an egg. That means you were already by Gardevoir's side when she was still an egg, and for quite some time. Otherwise, Gardevoir wouldn't have been able to feel familiar with your aura when she was still an egg."

Upon hearing this, Blaine looked at Gardevoir, his eyes filled with undisguised surprise.

Where did you get this Gardevoir?

"Pick it up."

"Found it?!" Blaine looked at Ash with a 'Are you kidding me?' expression.

"I really found it, and it was shortly after I started my journey. We were at Mt. Moon..." Ash recounted the whole process of finding Ralts in detail, and Blaine found it increasingly strange as she listened.

That's amazing! If Xiao Zhi didn't just make up a reason, then his luck is truly unbelievable.

And most importantly, the fabricated reasons are probably much more plausible than the actual reasons. It's precisely because what Ash said is so outrageous that Blaine believes it to be true, because reality is often far more outrageous than fabricated stories...

"So, Blaine, Gardevoir was indeed with you when it was an egg, right?" Ash had said so much just to get this answer.

Blaine nodded silently: "That's right, that elf egg was in my hands back then, but now that you've obtained it and hatched it, why are you still so fixated on where it originally came from?"

"What is the reason... Blade, you know better than me, don't you? What did you do to Gardevoir, or more precisely, to that Pokémon egg? Will Gardevoir have any problems in the future? If there are problems, how will they be resolved? That's why I'm so determined to find Gardevoir's original origin."

Ash's words shocked both Brock and Misty. Ash couldn't help but ask, "Ash, what's wrong with Gardevoir? She's never had any problems before!"

"Gardedoll's talent is very unusual, not the kind of talent that normal Pokémon can possess. You've all seen Charizard's progress, right? He has that thing, which is why he can improve so quickly. But Gardedo, relying on her own talent, has almost kept pace with Charizard's improvement speed. Don't you find that strange?"

Faced with Ash's question, the two shook their heads in unison, which stopped Ash from continuing his sentence.

"No way, why aren't you playing by the rules?! Do you think Gardevoir's rate of power-up is normal?"

“It’s definitely not normal compared to other Pokémon, but isn’t there someone even more abnormal in your team?” Misty shrugged and then looked at Pikachu standing on the table munching on snacks.

Gardevoir's growth rate is indeed very fast, comparable to Charizard with its rainbow feathers, but Ash's Pikachu's growth rate is even more monstrous!
Pikachu has now reached its professional peak. Although it seems to have been stuck at the professional peak for about half a month, the rapid growth it maintained even at the professional level has left Misty and Brock dumbfounded.

Is this the kind of speed at which a Pikachu can improve?
"Ahem, I'm talking to you guys about serious matters. Pikachu is different!" Ash argued.

His Pikachu has always been quite unusual, with its 6A-level aptitude improving faster than a 6S-level Gardevoir. This is indeed quite strange. However, the big shots in Pikachu's special group have already informed him, and they said that he will naturally find out the reason for Pikachu's fast improvement speed later.

Ash still trusts his "self" within the group quite a bit, so for now, he only needs to deal with any potential problems Gardevoir might encounter in the future.

“If I’m not mistaken, your Gardevoir not only levels up quickly, but also has an extremely exaggerated talent for learning various moves, and can learn many moves that it couldn’t learn on its own, right?” Blaine suddenly said.

"Yes, Gardevoir now possesses seventeen different types of moves," Ash nodded in acknowledgment.

Blaine rested her chin on her hands, her expression grave: "As expected, the experiment actually succeeded. Besides Mewtwo, she's the second successful test subject... but unlike Mewtwo, who possessed limitless power from the start, she started from scratch..."

(End of this chapter)