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

Chapter 181 Battle against the Ice King, an exhibition match: Charizard vs. Glaceon!
Her voluptuous figure and charming face instantly made Xiao Gang's eyes fill with huge hearts!

When Xiaoxia saw the other person, her slender fingers trembled as she pointed at him, her face showing shock and surprise: "Master Kona!!"

"King Kona!"

Xiaoxia and Xiaogang read out the name of the sexy woman who suddenly spoke up behind them.

Ash then looked as if he had just woken up from a dream. He had said that this person looked familiar, and it turned out to be Lorelei, the Ice Elite Four member of Kanto!

"Lorelei!!" The passerby was also extremely shocked when he saw Lorelei. He obviously did not expect to meet one of the Kanto Elite Four here. This was too lucky!
"Hello~ Hello everyone, you must be Ash, right? I've heard so much about you in the League, and now I'm finally meeting you in person." Lorelei gently rested her chin on her hands, leaned forward slightly, and showed a look of great interest on her pretty face.

“Miss Kona! I have long admired you for a long time. The moment I saw you, I felt that I had no regrets in this life!” Xiao Gang said stammeringly as he bowed to Kona.

This is the highest level of etiquette Xiao Gang would use when facing a woman of high status and great beauty.

Ash and Misty exchanged a glance and shook their heads helplessly. Brock was beyond saving; they should just bury him somewhere.

"Hehe, your friend is quite interesting. Thanks for your admiration. But putting aside my status as one of the Elite Four, I'm just an ordinary person. Don't be so reserved. If we're talking about special people, I'm not as special as him." Lorelei said, her gaze fixed on Ash.

The special person she was referring to was none other than Xiao Zhi, no explanation needed.

"No, I just have a little bit of special ability. As a trainer, I'm still far behind you, Lorelei... What did you say just now, Lorelei? Prove it?" After recognizing the other person's identity, Ash turned the topic back to what Lorelei had mentioned at the beginning.

Kona greeted them because she overheard what the passerby was saying about things on the internet.

Now, it's not just Ash whose reputation has been damaged, but also the Kanto League. As long as Ash doesn't step forward to dispel the doubts, the online situation will escalate and eventually become uncontrollable.

Therefore, Ash has to step in, and it has to be a battle that matches his strength.

This is also why Kona made the suggestion earlier—to have a battle to prove their strength.

“That’s right, prove your strength right here at the Cerulean Gym. How about a battle with me?” Kona leaned back slightly, resting her head on the chair, her charming face full of smiles.

"At the Cerulean Gym?!"

"Battle!!!"

Xiaoxia, Xiaogang, and the passerby all gasped in surprise. The passerby, in particular, never expected that the person who casually struck up a conversation with him was not only a famous celebrity online, but that Kona had overheard their conversation.

After hearing this, Lorelei chose to battle Ash to clarify the rumors circulating online... In other words, he was the one who basically orchestrated this battle!

Good heavens, he actually orchestrated a battle between two world champions?!

……

An hour later, a huge event occurred in Cerulean City: Lorelei, one of the Kanto Elite Four and the Ice Elite Four member, appeared at the Cerulean City Gym!

That's fine, but the main issue is the uproar online that Ash, who is being called a cheater, has also appeared at the Cerulean City Gym. Moreover, in order to prove herself, Lorelei and Ash will have an exhibition match!

The exhibition match was a one-on-one event, mainly to clarify the false rumors circulating online that Ash's Pokémon were all rendered useless after their potential was fully unlocked.

Ash doesn't need much; he just needs to show one Pokémon to prove that it's his own strength, not something achieved through methods with severe side effects.

Regardless of the purpose, the announcement of the exhibition match immediately caused a sensation throughout Hualan City!
Although the news spread only for a short period of time, just one hour, almost half of Cerulean City's population came to the Cerulean Gym.

That's the influence of a superstar!
Of course, Ash might have had some influence, but compared to the influence of the Elite Four, Ash's impact was negligible.

Most people came for Kona, the King of Pop.

In front of the Clarence Dojo, the three Clarence sisters, who are also acting dojo owners and synchronized swimming performers, stood directly at the entrance of the Clarence Dojo, collecting tickets from those who came to watch the competition.

Normally, a ticket for synchronized swimming costs around 100 yuan, which isn't expensive, considering the dojo owner will be performing synchronized swimming for you!
The venue can accommodate about seven or eight hundred people. If it's full, a single performance can generate about seventy or eighty thousand yuan in ticket revenue. After deducting minimal expenses, a single performance can yield a net profit of about sixty thousand yuan.

However, recently, Hualan Dojo has been deserted. Let alone generating revenue, it would be considered a success if it didn't lose money.

The Hua Lan sisters have never seen anything like this before – a place that's packed to this extent in just one hour, with even standing room tickets sold out!

Sakura initially set the price at 500 yuan per seat, and she was worried that it might be too high. However, 100 seats were sold out in the blink of an eye, so she immediately set the price at 1,000 yuan per seat, and 300 seats were still sold out very quickly.

In the end, she set the price of the remaining seats at two thousand yuan, and the first and second row seats that she had specially reserved were priced at five thousand and six thousand yuan respectively!
Even so, all those spots were snapped up in just half an hour!
The few remaining standing tickets were priced at 800 yuan each, but they were still in short supply. The people standing in front of the Cerulean Gym were all clamoring to get in, even if it cost 10,000 yuan for a seat!
Sakura smiled bitterly as she stopped the many trainers who wanted to go in, while sighing inwardly, "If I had known, I should have set the price at five thousand per seat, and sold the first and second rows for twenty or thirty thousand!"
Damn, these people really don't value money! It's just a game, just one seat, how could they possibly spend so much money to buy a single spot!
Their water ballet performance costs 100 yuan per seat, and 200 yuan for the front row, and they still can't sell out!
Is the allure of a superstar really that terrifying?

To put it bluntly, today's revenue is probably equivalent to their monthly income, and that month refers to a full month!

When the calamus and peony saw the ever-increasing amount of money, their eyes practically lit up with envy.

They'd love for the superstar to come and perform every day; isn't that easier to make money than synchronized swimming?
"Sorry everyone, standing room tickets are sold out. If you want to see the exhibition match, you'll have to wait for the next one... When is the next one? I don't know either, it depends on Elite Four member Lorelei's mood." Sakura blinked and stuck out her tongue, speaking in a nonchalant manner.

She also wondered when Kona would come again. If Kona could come for a week in a row, they would never be able to perform synchronized swimming again. They would only need to fulfill their duties as gym leaders, and their lives would be basically worry-free.

Inside the arena, Ash and Lorelei stood on the water field of the Cerulean Gym, surrounded by a blue energy barrier. This was a wave barrier Ash had set up beforehand, and although time and energy were limited, it could withstand a battle between a Champion or even a Champion-level opponent.

This battle is just a one-on-one match and won't last too long. Ash set up the barrier beforehand so as not to get distracted during the battle.

"Is this your ability? It's such a convenient power!" Kona put her hands on her large chest, looked around with her beautiful eyes, and said with undisguised amazement.

She originally wanted to apply to the League for a machine specifically for Elite Four battles to be brought to the Cerulean Gym.

In any battle involving a King-level player or higher, protective measures must be in place; otherwise, even the aftershocks can have a significant impact on the surrounding audience.

Therefore, Lorelei's idea was to apply to the League for the machine first, and then hold the exhibition match the next day. However, Ash said that it was not necessary to go through so much trouble, as his ability could act as a human shield.

At least the aftershocks of a champion-level attack can be blocked, as long as the champion-level attack doesn't directly bombard the barrier.

As a result, tomorrow's match was shortened to one hour, which is right now.

However, even in just one hour, the entire Cerulean Gym was packed with people. It could be said that the entire population of Cerulean City gathered at the Cerulean Gym within that short period of time.

Otherwise, such a grand occasion would never have occurred.

Moreover, all these individuals paid money to get in, just to watch a performance by a superstar.

This is the Heavenly King of Kanto, whose status is much higher than that of a prospective Heavenly King like Aki. Moreover, Kona is not just an ordinary Heavenly King; she is the Heavenly King of the Kanto region!

As everyone knows, the four Elite Four of the Kanto region are all champions. If you could see them fight, as long as they are evenly matched, it would be a real championship battle!
Although Lorelei's opponent today is just a rookie trainer, this rookie trainer's experience is extraordinary.

Judging from the online promotions alone, this rookie trainer who has been around for just over three months is actually a super rookie who can rival the Elite Four level trainers, and is also known as the Kanto Supernova!

However, this supernova has recently been embroiled in a cheating scandal, and this battle with Lorelei is also to clarify that cheating rumor.

Anyway, being able to see the legendary Kanto Ice Queen Lorelei battle up close, even if it's against a newcomer, is definitely worth watching!

Moreover, this newcomer is quite extraordinary; perhaps he can bring them some surprises.

If Kona can personally come forward to clarify, then those rumors online... must all be false, right?

On the field, Ash smiled noncommittally at Lorelei's praise, with a hint of pride in his smile. It was fortunate that he had been training outside for more than three months. If he had been praised like this by Lorelei when he first arrived at Cerulean Gym, Ash would probably have been so proud of himself!

"Let's begin, Lorelei, shall we both bring out our Pokémon?" Since it's a one-on-one match, or rather, an exhibition match, there aren't many rules. Ash thought it would be fairer for both sides to bring out their Pokémon at the same time.

But Lorelei shook her head: "If I, as the Elite Four member, don't even give you this much leeway, I'll be trending on social media. I'll go first with my Pokémon."

As she spoke, Kona gently swept her hand across her waist, and a red and white ball silently appeared on her fingertips before she tossed it out.

"Click!" A flash of light, and an elegant-looking sprite, resembling a little fox, appeared on the floating platform of the water arena.

This elf is light blue overall, with a slender and elegant body. It has large, pointed ears, and its head is decorated with blue diamond shapes that hang down on both sides like ribbons.

His deep blue eyes held a gaze that seemed capable of freezing everything.

"Glass Eevee!" Ash exclaimed, as this Pokémon is rarely seen in Kanto.

Upon hearing this, Lorelei's face showed a hint of surprise: "Ash, you know quite a lot, you even know about Glaceon."

Glaceon doesn't appear often in the Kanto region. Many people in Kanto know Eevee, but not many know Glaceon.

Ash recognized Glaceon because when the experts in the group were explaining Eevee, they also went over all of Eevee's evolutions, which is why Ash was able to identify Glaceon.

However, he possesses the Eye of Insight, and he knows the names of most elves; whether he recognizes them or not is another matter entirely.

"Miss Lorelei even has a Glaceon... But this Glaceon shouldn't be your main force, right?"

"Oh? You even know that? It seems the rumors in the League that you have the power to see through Pokémon levels aren't just rumors." Lorelei raised an eyebrow, saying something that made Ash's heart skip a beat.

Does anyone in the League know he can tell a Pokémon's level? Who is it? How could someone know something like that? Has he been too high-profile?

"It's just some insignificant application of the power of aura, nothing serious." Ash shrugged, attributing everything to the power of aura.

Lorelei didn't dwell on the matter, but instead answered Ash's question: "You're right, this Glaceon isn't my main force, but she's still one of the best in my second tier, reaching the peak of the Elite Four level. Underestimating her will come at a price!"

The pinnacle of the Elite Four... Although not the champion, he is still an insurmountable wall for Ash. It seems that apart from Pikachu, the other Pokémon would have a hard time dealing with him!
However, this was originally just an exhibition match, so winning or losing wasn't important. What was important were two things: clarifying the rumors circulating online and using this battle to improve the level of one's Pokémon.

So Ash's choice is...

"The decision is yours, Charizard!"

(End of this chapter)