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

Chapter 172 S-Rank One-Time Exclusive Ability, Limit Break! Pikachu's Limit.

If Team Rocket's leader becomes the strongest Gym Leader in Kanto, wouldn't that be the end of the world?

Is Kanto deserted? How did Team Rocket's leader become the Kanto Gym Leader? And how did he become the strongest Gym Leader?!
Ash thought about the rumors about Giovanni in the Viridian Gym: how gentle and refined he was, how effective his teaching was, how patient he was with challengers, and how he had the air of a strongman...

Now that he knows the other party is the leader of the Rockets, and looking at those rumors, he just wants to laugh!
Team Rocket, the biggest villainous organization in Kanto, has bases all over the world, engaging in arson, murder, robbery, and the trafficking of Pokémon, with money and world domination as their ultimate goals.

Villainous organizations exist in various regions around the world, but Team Rocket is the largest of them all, bar none!

The leader of such an organization not only became the master of Kanto, but was also highly praised. Kanto is doomed!
[Newbie Ash: Why didn't you guys tell me this before? If I had known Giovanni was the leader of Team Rocket, I would have reported him to the League or Professor Oak long ago!]

[Champion Ash: It's useless. The League, and even Professor Oak, know Giovanni's true identity. The reason they haven't touched Giovanni, and even let him sit in this position in the League, is actually a delicate balance between the League and Team Rocket.]

[Newbie Ash: Why?! Why did the League make Giovanni the Viridian City Gym Leader even though they knew his true identity? And why is his reputation so good both in the League and among the general public?! What's the reason for this?!]

The champion Ash's words left Ash even more puzzled. Why, knowing that Giovanni was the leader of Team Rocket, did they allow Giovanni to become stronger and let Team Rocket do bad things?

Now that we know the other party's identity, shouldn't we apprehend them with swift and decisive action?

[Champion Ash: You're still too young, it's normal that you don't understand many things. Where there's white, there's black; where there's good, there's evil. If you can control evil, it's actually a better approach than eliminating it outright.]

[Newbie Ash: ...I don't understand.]

[Champion Ash: Simply put, even if you defeat Giovanni and Team Rocket, Team Aqua, Team Space, and Team Space will still emerge in the future. Teams like Giovanni, Giovanni Tsuchiya, and Giovanni Fire will also appear. And right now, Team Rocket operates under the League's surveillance. As long as they don't do anything too outrageous, the League will turn a blind eye.]

[Champion Ash: One of the reasons the League allows Team Rocket to gather and manage criminal organizations in Kanto and other regions is because they control Team Rocket. If Team Rocket were to disappear and new evil organizations emerged, the League would have to expend countless resources to suppress and control them, potentially leading to even greater chaos.]

After seeing the champion's words, Ash fell silent for a moment. Even though the logic was sound, he still couldn't quite accept it.

Is this the price to pay for growing up? He can't accept it.

If given the choice, he would wipe out all evil organizations even if it took a million attempts!
If we don't do it just because it takes a lot of time and money, then the ones who will suffer are the people whose elves were taken away, and the elves themselves.

[Champion Ash: But it seems that your League doesn't know that Giovanni possesses Mewtwo. Otherwise, they would have already taken action. And to be honest, Giovanni isn't someone who's easy to control. Even in my opinion, he's a very troublesome opponent. The League's idea of ​​controlling him is just wishful thinking.]

[Champion Ash: Blaine might contact the League or Professor Oak to inform them about Mewtwo, so your challenge against the Viridian City Gym will be your first and last.]

[Champion Ash: If you challenge the Viridian City Gym, be prepared to encounter Mewtwo, so... go try your luck with the lottery and see if you can find anything useful.]

Ash was taken aback by the champion's sudden change of topic. He then looked at the notification bar, opened it, and found that he did indeed have more chances to win prizes.

[Defeat five Elite Four Pokémon in official battles to receive 1 free draw chance]

[Defeat a top-tier Elite Four Pokémon in a formal battle and receive 1 free draw chance as a reward.]

Two new chances to win appeared in the background, but the reason for the second reward was something Xiao Zhi couldn't quite understand.

[Newbie Ash: Champion, why is it taking so long to appear for the second reward draw for defeating a Champion-level Pokémon? Didn't you already defeat Mr. Kikko's Crobat with Bulbasaur once?]

The notification on this notification board that you defeated a Champion-level Pokémon occurred after you defeated all five Champion-level Pokémon. This means that the battle where you defeated Akihime's Champion-level Crobat was not included in the calculation.

It was only after defeating Blaine's Firebeast that it was included in the achievement calculation.

[Champion Ash: Because I defeated Kikyo's Elite Four Pokémon at its peak, it doesn't count towards your achievements. But to be honest, I've never experienced anything like that before, since I had already completed almost all the achievements when I joined the group chat.]

[Newbie Ash: "... "]

To use a phrase I learned from the group chat, it's like a real Versailles!

Xiao Zhi decided to stop watching the experts show off in the group and instead went to participate in the lottery. Now the experts were showing off to him, but he was confident that what he won would dazzle them.

It seems like it's been a while since we had a prize draw, so my luck shouldn't be too bad, right?

With that thought in mind, Xiao Zhi opened the lottery interface and started the lottery. Two pointers spun wildly on the lottery wheel. After a dozen seconds, the two pointers slowly stopped. When one of the pointers stopped in that barely perceptible area, Xiao Zhi instantly beamed with joy!

Wow, I've won the lottery!
[Congratulations on obtaining an S-rank one-time exclusive ability: Limit Break.]

[Congratulations on obtaining the A-rank one-time ability: Sky Piercer.]

With one S and one A, it was another moment of abundant harvest. Ash had already seen the ability before, and that ability had given one of his Pokémon a qualitative leap.

Venusaur's strength has now reached the advanced stage of a professional-level Pokémon, placing it in the top tier. Charizard and Gardevoir are currently only at the advanced stage of their respective Pokémon. However, the former was already close to breaking through to its peak, while the latter, after this battle, developed some of Mewtwo's power and directly surpassed it.

So overall, Venusaur is still a little far from being as good as them, but you could say it's not far off.

Half of this was due to the effects of Xerneas's Tree of Life, and the other part was the power granted by the Heavenly Generation.

Among A-rank abilities, Ash feels that this one is much stronger than those A-rank abilities that are directly boosted. He doesn't know why this thing is classified as A-rank; theoretically, it should be S-rank.

However, the true power of this ability lies in the people in the group, not in the ability itself. If the Ash in the group were all in their initial state, or if there were no strong players at all, then the improvement in Ultraman's ability would be negligible.

The reason why Bulbasaur was able to suddenly increase its abilities and level is inseparable from the fact that it possessed a Champion-level Venusaur.

Given the immense power within the group, this ability is truly exceptional.

However, that's not the focus of this lottery. The focus is on the first reward you get: what exactly is "restriction breaking"?
It might not sound like much, but the level of the reward alone is enough to prove that this thing is definitely not something ordinary.

[Newbie Ash: Hey pros, I've won the prize!]

[Ash, the Unlucky One: Dude, why did you have to participate in the lottery again?! Why am I always so unlucky every time I log on? I was just about to show off the golden Magikarp I caught! I finally got lucky this time, so don't you dare rub it in!]

[Water-type master Ash: A golden Magikarp? Not bad, I actually caught a shiny one. What's going on? Has my luck finally turned around?]

[Awful Xiao Zhi: Unlucky my foot! I've been fishing here for almost half a month, and I've caught at least 2,800 to 3,000 Magikarp before finally catching this golden Magikarp!]

[Ash, the Unlucky One: My fishing skills, combined with my specially formulated bait, usually only attract shiny Pokémon. This was only because I scouted the area beforehand and confirmed there was a golden Magikarp. I practically fished out all the Magikarp in this area before finally catching this golden one. You call this a stroke of good fortune after all bad luck?]

[Water-type master Ash: You missed your catch? How did you manage to catch every single Magikarp? Did you catch and catch them one by one?]

[Xiao Zhi, the Unlucky One: Of course not! I catch a bunch, and then I release them all into another, unconnected lake. If I released them all back into the lake, I'm afraid I'd never catch another one in my lifetime!]

Now the people in the group understood Xiao Zhi's fishing method: since luck wasn't on their side, they decided to try something more practical.

Forget about fishing techniques and bait. If you want to catch the Pokémon you want and you're sure the Pokémon is in this lake, then all you need to do is fish out all the Pokémon in the lake, and then naturally only the Pokémon you want will be left.

While it's unlikely that Ash Ketchum, who's considered unlucky, would catch all of his Pokémon, the fact that he caught thousands of Magikarp suggests he's incredibly unlucky.

The bad luck buff is still attacking him!
[Non-European Xiao Zhi: Never mind, I'm in a good mood today. Let's see what you got, newbie. Show us what you got and I'll give my opinion.]

[Newbie Ash: Um... one of them is an A-rank, one-time use ability, Ultralime.]

[Ash the Unlucky: Ultraman? I think you pulled it before too. Although it's listed as A-rank, considering everyone in the group is already at the pinnacle of their respective fields, it's actually no less powerful than S-rank.]

The phantom of the unlucky Xiao Zhi nodded silently. Not bad, it's the familiar feeling. The quality of the lottery is still so abnormal. If it were him, he would never be able to draw something like that in his entire life.

However, that kind of thing is useless to him now. Since the Divine Realm doesn't come out, he's basically not afraid of anything. If he can't even handle a champion-level opponent when he's fishing, then he's really unlucky.

Wait a minute, why does this feel like I'm setting a flag?

[Champion Ash: What's the last one? You have two chances to draw a prize, right?]

[Newbie Ash: There's another one I don't understand. It's said to be a one-time S-rank exclusive ability called Limit Break. This is the first time I've seen an ability with so many prefixes.]

Ash also revealed his other ability.

This ability has a rather long prefix, and it's both one-time use and exclusive, which seems to restrict it a lot. I wonder what its purpose is.

However, S-rank abilities come with specialized analysis, so you can find out what they are for just by going out and chatting in a group.

[Non-European Xiao Zhi: What the heck?! Restriction bypass! Are you kidding me?! How can this thing even appear in the prize pool?!]

[Ash the Breeder: The restriction has been broken! I can't believe you managed to pull this. You truly deserve the title of "Unparalleled Lucky One"!]

[Ash the Aura: Tsk tsk, this will save you a lot of hard training. Looks like you can really show off your skills before even reaching Hoenn.]

[Newbie Ash: What does this mean? What exactly is this thing? It says it's a unique ability, but it doesn't say who it's unique to.]

Xiao Zhi saw that everyone in the group was exclaiming in surprise, but they were all talking in riddles and no one got to the point, so he couldn't help but ask.

[Breeder Ash: Let me explain.]

[Champion Ash: Okay, you're the expert in breeding, you tell us.]

[Ash the breeder: You've probably noticed that Pikachu's level and strength haven't seemed to increase recently. And after so much training, apart from the fixed stats from the ability extraction, Pikachu's other abilities are still fluctuating, right?]

[Newbie Ash: Yeah! Yeah! Pikachu's level hasn't changed in over half a month, and no matter how much he trains, his strength and stats won't increase, and there's no sign of him breaking through. Why is that?]

Ash remembered that the experts in the group said that they would tell him when the time was right. Now it seems that the special ability is somewhat related to Pikachu's current situation, so he plans to tell Ash about it while raising him.

[Ash the breeder: Because your Pikachu has reached the limit of the current region, you can only improve it after you leave Kanto.]

[Newbie Ash: Huh? What do you mean?]

[Ash the breeder: Simply put, Pikachu's potential has been exhausted; the professional level is Pikachu's current limit.]

(End of this chapter)