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

Chapter 170: Upside-down Gardevoir, so cunning! Ash's reputation score.

Run, that was the only advice Blaine gave Ash when he encountered Mewtwo.

Without the power of a champion at their peak, you can't say you're completely powerless against Mewtwo, but you simply can't contend with it. Mewtwo is a top-tier Psychic-type Pokémon, and if it sets up a control scheme that leaves you with no chance to escape, then you're in real trouble.

If we can't win a fight and can't leave, won't we just be giving it away for nothing?
Ash kept Blaine's advice in mind—well, that means he doesn't have to run away from Mewtwo anymore. He has the strength of a Champion!
Although it's difficult to obtain, in terms of individual strength, even a champion-level Pokémon at its peak couldn't beat him now.

Ash took the safe from Blaine and put it into his inventory. Blaine had already told him the password. As for whether the two evolution stones belonged to Mewtwo, he would find out when he had some free time and asked in the group.

Little Gary's eyes were already darting around, because he couldn't understand what Ash and Blaine were saying at all.

What exactly is Mewtwo? What artificial Pokémon is it? What is Mew's gene? It sounds incredibly complicated!
But Xiao Mao remembered what Xia Bo had said before: there are some things he's better not to know. If he understands, he should listen; if he doesn't, he shouldn't ask. If he asks, he'll get involved, and with his current strength, to put it bluntly, he's not even cannon fodder.

The little AI can fight against Elite Four level Pokémon with its bare hands, and even kill a peak Elite Four level Pokémon in a one-on-one battle. But what about him? He can be veiled by ordinary Pokémon.

So he shouldn't ask too many questions about it; if he doesn't know, he doesn't know.

After giving the evolution stone to Ash, Blaine felt relieved. Of course, he didn't completely ignore Mewtwo; instead, he decided to go find Professor Oak.

Hiding like this isn't a good solution. He will eventually have to bear the consequences of his mistakes. Although revealing Mewtwo's existence might exacerbate the conflict between Team Rocket and the League, potentially leading to a very brutal 'war'.

This was something he had been worried about, but after entrusting Mewtwo to Ash, Blaine felt that things might take a turn for the better, and that turn for the better lay with Ash.

He couldn't explain exactly what the turning point was; he could only say it was the intuition of a seasoned veteran.

"By the way, during the battle, my Nine-Tails' special attacks became so much weaker. Was that your doing?" After resolving his doubts about Mewtwo, Blaine thought of the strange phenomenon that occurred during the battle.

During the battle, Nine-Tails' Flame Leap and Blazing Abyss suddenly became very weak, even after using Trick to increase its double Special Attack.

However, the attack unleashed by the Nine-Tails did not seem like an amplified attack, but rather like a weakened attack.

"Because Gardevoir used Invert." Ash revealed the answer with a smile, but this answer was somewhat unexpected for everyone.

"Upside down?" Xiaoxia and Xiaogang said in unison, recalling the skill in their minds.

Can Gardevoir learn this skill? Or rather, what is the skill "Reverse"? They've never heard of it.

Xiao Mao also looked thoughtful, but after a long while, he still couldn't figure out the function and origin of the "Reversal" skill.

Only Blaine had a very strange expression on his face after hearing "Inverted": "The Inverted you're talking about, you don't mean the Inverted skill that only the Squid King and Octopus Warrior can use, do you?"

"Yes, I saw this skill by chance and thought it was really effective. However, only two Pokémon can learn this skill. It seems that other Pokémon cannot learn it. But Gardevoir seems to be able to learn all kinds of skills without hesitation. So I tried to teach Gardevoir a skill, and I didn't expect it to actually work."

Xiao Zhi said with a smile, his smile full of mischievousness.

Because the Reverse move is indeed difficult to defend against, especially if the user hasn't given a command, and Gardevoir is a Pokémon that cannot learn the Reverse move.

Generally speaking, who would be wary of this skill?

Even if you know that Gardevoir uses Invert, you might not be able to launch a corresponding counterattack, but it's still better than knowing nothing and recklessly using special attacks to attack.

Blaine's face turned green when he saw Ash's grinning face.

He racked his brains but couldn't figure out that Nine-Tails had been hit by the Reversal skill. No wonder Nine-Tails was behaving so strangely and its special attack was so weak. It turned out that this skill was the culprit!

"What is the purpose of the Inverted skill?" Xiaoxia asked curiously.

"Reversal can reverse the opponent's increased or decreased stats. In other words, after Nine-Tails used trickery and was reversed, its Special Attack not only didn't increase, but actually decreased by two levels," Blaine said irritably about the Reversal skill.

This result is both disgusting and impossible to prevent.

Imagine this: you painstakingly strengthened your Pokémon, only to have it all turned upside down by the opponent's single move. Not only did you lose everything, but you even regressed! Who can you complain to about that?

Fortunately, previously only two types of Pokémon could use this skill: Squidward, including its pre-evolution Hoodie, and Octopod.

Although these two types of elves can use inversion, their racial abilities are not strong, and could even be described as somewhat weak.

Furthermore, there have been almost no powerful individuals from these two races; at least so far, no Champion has ever wielded the Squid King or Octopus Warrior.

Therefore, the Reversal skill is actually not too bad for these two types of Pokémon.

But if it were Gardevoir, it would be absolutely disgusting, downright disgusting!
As a Psychic-type Pokémon, it already has a wide variety of skills, but now it can even reverse its skills, and this information is absolutely impossible for anyone else to know.

After all, who would have thought that Gardevoir would use the Invert move? That's ridiculous!

One can only imagine how many people will be tricked by this Gardevoir in the future. Isn't that cunning?!
After hearing about the effect of the Reverse move, Xiaoxia and the others looked at Ash and Gardevoir with strange eyes. So these two were playing dirty tricks on the field earlier!

"Cough cough, why are you all looking at me like that! My Gardevoir learned to flip the screen through its own skill, why can't it use it!"

"Gardener~~" Gardevoir nodded gracefully in agreement.

In battle, no means are shameful; winning is the most important thing.

"Alright, alright, I know you had the tactical advantage. So, one last question: why does your Gardevoir know Psychic Break? That's not a move you could learn from outside." Blaine asked the final question with a serious expression. To learn a move, besides tactical DVDs, the most basic way is to observe other Pokémon using moves, and then slowly figure it out and learn from them.

However, Ash and his friends could never have seen the skill "Mental Break," otherwise they probably wouldn't be standing here unharmed right now.

"Psychic Strike? Is that the name of the move Gardevoir used at the end?" Ash thought of Blaine's blurt-out Psychic Strike and then confirmed it.

Bob nodded.

"Garde learned that skill suddenly and inexplicably. Maybe the pressure from Nine-Tails was too great, so Gardevoir obtained the way to use this skill from deep within its genes. This skill... is it Mewtwo's exclusive skill?"

Blaine nodded again with a complicated look in his eyes: "That's right, this is Mewtwo's exclusive skill, a super skill that can combine illusion and reality."

"A combination of illusion and reality?"

"It is to deal physical damage to the opponent with a special attack, and the move itself will also have a mental impact on the attacked person. Mewtwo used this move to destroy an entire island. The researchers who barely survived on the island eventually suffered mental breakdowns."

Blaine shuddered slightly as he recalled the scene. What reason could that violent, terrifying elf have had for creating such a creature? Something just didn't feel right.

At that time, he seemed to be bewitched, and he was determined to create Mewtwo, even at the cost of everything.

Even if someone is in a rage, there's no reason for them to lose their mind to that extent.

If it were him now, he would absolutely never engage in that kind of research. Not to mention that replicating elves is not within the normal moral bounds, using the Dream Gene to create elves would be even more of a taboo subject to the gods.

Anyone who has a fear of God would not do such a thing. Blaine believed he still had that kind of heart, so why did he do it in the first place...?

"Destroyed a small island?" Xiao Mao's pupils constricted, and he exclaimed in surprise.

After listening for a while, he finally understood one sentence: that Pokémon called Mewtwo had directly destroyed an island, and there were even people on that island!
What kind of elf is this?!

“Mewtwo is extremely violent. From the moment he was born, he seemed to represent destruction. His very existence is a synonym for destruction. In addition to destroying a small island, he has done many other evil things. That is why I regret creating such a thing so much.”

At this point, regret resurfaced on Blaine's face. He had woken up countless times in his sleep, each time regretting why he had created such a monster.

Aside from violence, destruction, and devastation, that kind of thing is utterly worthless and only brings panic and riots to the whole world.

If he hadn't been so ruthless as to steal the opponent's spiritual essence, Mewtwo would probably have grown to an unparalleled level by now.

In short, it means that without the gods' intervention, who can rival us!

"Is Mewtwo... really that scary?" Ash asked after a moment of silence.

“His existence is even more exaggerated than I’ve described,” Blaine replied in a low voice.

“But…it couldn’t have been like that from birth, could it?” Ash said, looking at Gardevoir beside him, his eyes filled with gentleness and a hint of confusion.

"Gardedor was also injected with Mew's genes, but she was cute when she was young and not naughty at all. She is also gentle and kind when she grows up. Except when she is decisive in battle, she is the most caring big sister in the team."

"Both were created using Mewtwo's genes, so why is Mewtwo the violent being you described, Blaine? Isn't it really because of external factors?"

"A Pokémon is like a blank sheet of paper. What color you want to paint it depends entirely on the trainer and the surrounding environment. Even a Gyarados will be a gentle Gyarados if it follows a gentle trainer."

Ash's words stunned Blaine; he had never thought of such a thing before.

The stereotypes left by Mewtwo made him believe from the bottom of his heart that a Pokémon like Mewtwo should not exist in the world, and that his biggest mistake in his life was creating such a monster as Mewtwo.

Ash seems to have a different opinion. He doesn't think Mewtwo was originally that kind of Pokémon. Instead, he thinks Team Rocket is the one who made Mewtwo look like that!
This novel perspective opened up a whole new world for Chaper.

"Gardedoll can read people's minds. Mewtwo is also a Psychic-type Pokémon, and such a powerful one at that. It should be able to do that too."

"Is the reason why Mewtwo became the violent and destructive Pokémon that you described, Blaine, is because Mewtwo has seen through the hearts of everyone around it and feels that the world should be this way?"

Ash once again posed a profound question, which plunged Blaine into deep doubt once more.

Could it be that... he has been misunderstanding Mewtwo all along?

The atmosphere in the arena fell silent for a moment. Finally, Blaine shook his head and slowly said, "No matter what the reason, I saw with my own eyes what Mewtwo did. Whether it was a misunderstanding or guidance, Mewtwo is now a completely evil Pokémon."

“I don’t agree with your idea. If it’s because it survived in the wild and ended up like this, then we can say that Mewtwo is inherently cruel. But if it became like this under the guidance of humans… then I will do everything in my power to bring Mewtwo back to the right path!” Ash said to Blaine with a firm resolve.

Ash's powerful words echoed in Blaine's ears. Countless thoughts seemed to swirle in Blaine's mind, but in the end, they turned into a sigh: "I hope so. This old man doesn't care about Mewtwo anymore. Anyway, if you encounter it, be careful. Don't let your kindness and so-called persuasion cause you to give up even the hope of escape."

Judging from Ash's expression, it seemed impossible to persuade him otherwise. All he could do was leave Ash with a warning, telling him not to let his naive thoughts lead to the deaths of everyone.

"Don't worry, everything is under control!"

"I hope so." Blaine didn't take Ash's words seriously. Even though Ash shattered Magpie with a single punch, Blaine still thought the gap between Ash and Mewtwo was quite huge.

Little did they know... Ash's reputation score was off the charts! When he said he would get under control as soon as possible, he truly meant it.

(End of this chapter)