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

Chapter 70: Little Fire Dragon Gets a Boost, Aptitude Improves by Four S Levels! Phoenix King's Divine Duty—Rebirth!
Some items can be fused into a Pokémon's body; otherwise, some large items simply cannot be carried by small Pokémon.

However, the Rainbow Feathers, whether placed on Pidgeotto or Butterfree, would not fuse with them; they could only be carried directly on their bodies.

But this time, Charmander fused into Ash's body, which was something Ash found strange.

Ash knows how to remove a Pokémon's held item, but the Rainbow Wing is a bit special. Ash doesn't know if the Rainbow Wing can be taken out of Charmander's body.

If he can't retrieve it, it's as if he lost a legendary item in order to save Charmander, and he also lost his qualification to become the Rainbow Hero.

Ash didn't feel sorry about this. As long as Charmander could be saved, paying a small price was no problem.

Although the cost this time was not small...

Although Charmander's condition has stabilized, he still needs time to rest, so he remains in the ward.

After Ash and his friends went inside to check on Charmander, they returned to the Pokémon Center's lounge.

Regarding the news about Da You and the others, Miss Joy said that she used a Chansey to treat Da You and restore his consciousness. After that, the group of people left in a sorry state.

But before leaving, Daiyu's eyes were filled with resentment, and Nurse Joy reminded Ash and the others to be careful.

Ash didn't take this to heart; even a hundred people wouldn't be a match for that guy.

After seeing Charmander's miserable state, Ash even felt that he hadn't gone too far. He had only knocked out a few of Charmander's teeth. Compared to Charmander, the damage that guy had suffered was negligible.

After nothing further happened, Ash and the others went to sleep. Charmander was fine now, so all that was left was to see how well he recovered.

The next morning, Ash sat up sleepily in bed and found an orange-red Pokémon standing in front of him!
It wasn't until Xiaozhi rubbed his eyes carefully that he could see...

Who else could this Pokémon be but Charmander?

"Little Charmander? What are you doing here? Is your injury healed?"

"His injuries are completely healed!"

As Miss Joy's voice rang out, Zhi turned his head and saw that Miss Joy was already standing at the door of the room.

Miss Joey's voice also woke up Xiaogang and Xiaoxia. The two sleepy-eyed people immediately woke up when they saw Joey.

"Miss Nurse Joy, you're here too?" Ash was a little confused for a moment, wondering why Charmander and Nurse Joy would come to their room so early in the morning.

"Yes... to be precise, this little guy asked me to bring him to you." Miss Joy smiled and said softly to the little dragon.

"Did Charmander ask you to bring him here?" Ash turned his gaze to Charmander, and their eyes met. From Charmander's resolute yet grateful eyes, Ash seemed to understand something.

Although Charmander was seriously injured and even on the verge of death last night, he remained conscious.

He knew who had helped him yesterday, and he was also credited with his current safety. The thing within him that filled him with boundless power and pulled him back from the brink of death was an absolutely rare and precious treasure to others.

But the other party simply gave it to him to use, forcibly pulling him out of hell.

So after Charmander regained consciousness, the first thing he wanted to do was come and find him, to find the human who had sacrificed so much for him!

"Charmander, are you here to thank me? No need to be so polite. It's fate that we met. If I hadn't gotten lost and happened to see you, I probably wouldn't have had the chance to save you later." Ash got off the bed, half-squatted in front of Charmander, and said with a grin.

He didn't say how much he had sacrificed, simply attributing it all to fate.

Upon hearing this, Charmander rubbed its little head against Ash's pant leg and pointed its little hand at Ash's waist, saying "Li!"

Ash was stunned, then overjoyed: "Will you become my Pokémon?"

"Yes!" The little dragon nodded firmly. He had come here for this very reason.

Even the most foolish loyalty has its limits. After yesterday's events, Charmander fully understands that he has been abandoned by his trainer.

His behavior of waiting anxiously for the trainer was completely foolish.

If he had simply been abandoned or deceived, he would probably be heartbroken and devastated.

But at the same time, a ray of light shone into his heart. That was the boy who chose to give him food to fill his stomach when he was about to faint from hunger, and then braved the rainstorm to save him!

He owed his life to the boy in front of him, so he decided to dedicate the rest of his life to him.

This life is in his hands!
"In that case... I look forward to working with you from now on!"

Ash took out a Poké Ball and gently tapped it on Charmander. Charmander entered the Poké Ball without any shaking, and the Poké Ball made a crisp sound.

The little fire dragon he had been longing for finally came into his hands in this way. Indeed, good people are rewarded!

"I've captured Charmander!!"

"Pikachu!"

"La lu~~"

The sound of capturing is inevitably accompanied by Pikachu's cry, and Ralts, who has just woken up and doesn't yet understand what has happened.

No matter what happens, just shout along with Teacher Da Pi.

"Congratulations, Ash, you've caught another powerful and rare Pokémon." "What incredible luck! First, a shiny Ralts fell from the sky, then Bulbasaur, and now Charmander. Pikachu, the starter Pokémon, is no ordinary creature either..." And then you even encountered Ho-Oh.

Xiaoxia didn't say the last sentence, but all of the above is enough to prove just how incredibly lucky Xiaozhi is.

To put it bluntly, this is an opportunity that most people would never encounter in their lifetime, yet Xiao Zhi encountered all of these opportunities in just one month!
Is there no justice left?! Is there no law left?!
Ash released his newly caught Charmander, glanced at its stats to confirm, and thought, "Hmm, it's 4S, that's right... Wait a minute?! 4S!!"
Xiao Zhi rubbed his eyes to make sure the information he had received was correct.

Charmander's aptitude quietly jumped from 3S to 4S, with the extra S being its stamina aptitude.

Yesterday's near-death experience not only left him with no aftereffects, but actually elevated his abilities to a higher level.
Not only that, Charmander's level jumped from beginner to intermediate.

Such a leap in strength and improvement in aptitude is really abnormal. If it's not a mistake by the Eye of Insight, then something magical has happened to Charmander that he doesn't know about.

When in doubt, ask an expert!
Ash first thanked Nurse Joy, then recalled Charmander, went to wash up and brush his teeth, and finally went to the bathroom, closed his eyes, and entered the group chat.

[Newbie Ash: Hey pro, something weird is happening to me.]

[Breeder Ash: What's this strange thing?]

[Newbie Ash: It's about the Charmander I just caught, you know, that Charmander...]

Ash recounted Charmander's situation in detail in the group chat.

Upon learning about Charmander's situation, the experts in the group were not immediately shocked by Charmander's improved aptitude, but rather by Ash's incredible luck.

[Champion Ash: You're incredibly lucky! To encounter a Charmander with a 3S aptitude is a once-in-a-millennium occurrence in the entire Charmander population. My Charizard only had one S aptitude at the beginning.]

[Ash, the Unlucky One: Seriously, why do I keep running into you, you seal, every time I click in? Are you even human?! Can you spare me a little bit of luck?! Just a little bit! At least let me stop catching Magikarp every time!]

As soon as Xiao Zhi, who was unlucky, entered the group, he saw a seal and was so angry that his liver hurt. Why was it that every time he entered the group, he could so accurately encounter a certain seal showing off?

Even if they didn't meet once, he couldn't resist scrolling through their chat history and ended up getting angry at himself all over again.

This behavior can only be described as heinous.

[Newbie Xiaozhi: Um... I don't know why I always run into you, you unlucky pro! By the way, how come you pros always reply to me the moment I join the group? Are you all watching the group the whole time?]

Xiao Zhi noticed that every time he asked a question in the group, someone would answer him in less than five seconds. Did these people have nothing better to do than sit in the group all day?

You have to understand that he's exhausted from traveling every day, and he can only occasionally check the group during his rest and free time to learn some knowledge.

Xiaoxia and Xiaogang are usually around. To join the group, you need to close your eyes and activate the light point in your mind, which Xiaoxia and Xiaogang find very strange.

Therefore, joining the group depends on the time. Sometimes you can pretend to close your eyes and rest before joining, or you can openly join the group when you are sleeping at night. But normally, like now, he can't possibly say he is going back to sleep and then join the group after just catching Charmander, right?

So he had no choice but to run to the toilet.

But the other people in the group seem to be in the group all the time. Are they really that free?
[Aura Warrior Ash: It's not that we're constantly watching the group; it's that we've set you to "special attention." Whenever you send a message in the group, the chat will alert us... But that unlucky guy probably hasn't set it up. He'd rather not see you, but he always manages to pop up right when you're showing off. What a twisted fate!]

[Newbie Ash: Special...Special attention? There's such a setting? Why have you all set me to special attention?]

Xiao Zhi was stunned. This was the first time he had ever heard of a group chat having a special feature setting. Once set, the chat group would send a notification whenever someone logged in and spoke.

No wonder every time he pops up in the group, someone immediately answers, and as soon as the first person appears, others follow suit. It turns out everyone has set him as a special follower... But why?
Is his speech, as a mere newcomer, really that important?
[Champion Xiaozhi: Because you're the only one in the group who hasn't reached the pinnacle in any field, a complete newbie.]

[Nurturer Xiaozhi: Right now, you're like a blank sheet of paper, ready to be painted with any color. We all want to experience what it's like to be a mentor.]

[Ash the Aura Warrior: Theoretically speaking, each parallel universe represents the possibility of change in ourselves, so it's also possible that there's a 'me' in one universe who could possess the knowledge and power of all parallel universes.]

[Aura Warrior Ash: So we want to see if, under our tutelage, you can absorb all the knowledge of those of us who stand at the pinnacle of our respective fields and make it your own, becoming that theoretical being.]

[Champion Ash: If you can do it, you will definitely become the Pokémon Master you've always dreamed of!]

Xiao Zhi looked at the comments from the various experts in the group, his eyes flashing with a strange light.

So the big shots think so highly of me!
[Newbie Ash: You guys think too highly of me... but I'll do it, I'll become a Pokémon Master!]

[Champion Ash: Hehe, that's the kind of confidence you need. Speaking of which, the thing you mentioned about Charmander's HP aptitude becoming S is related to the Rainbow Feather. Let the Rainbow Hero explain that to you.]

[Ash, the Rainbow Hero: The Rainbow Feather, as a core feather separated from Ho-Oh, contains some of Ho-Oh's core power, such as... rebirth!]

[Ash, the Rainbow Warrior: Under normal circumstances, this ability will not be triggered. First, the Pokémon must enter a near-death state, which is not simply a state of losing the ability to fight, but a state that is truly only a hair's breadth away from death. Second, its type must be Fire. Finally, it must have the aptitude and emotions to be recognized by the Rainbow Wing.]

[Ash the Rainbow Warrior: Newbie, you just said the Rainbow Feather doesn't immediately fuse into Charmander's body, right?]

[Newbie Ash: Hmm, I attached the Rainbow Wing to Charmander, and it took about half an hour for it to fuse into his body.]

[Ash, the Rainbow Hero: The Rainbow Wing is different from ordinary items. Under normal circumstances, it cannot be fused into a Pokémon. To fuse it, the Pokémon needs to have unwavering affection for you, the Rainbow Hero candidate, and also need to be of the Fire or Flying type to cooperate with you.]

[Ash the Rainbow Warrior: In other words, Charmander sensed your feelings and sacrifices for him during that time, and his feelings for you changed as well. Ultimately, this led to the Rainbow Feather fusing into his body, resulting in an improvement in his aptitude and a significant increase in his level.]

[Newbie Ash: ...This is just a single feather from Ho-Oh, isn't the effect a bit exaggerated?]

It's unbelievable that a single feather could have so many effects. If the real Ho-Oh were here, it might be able to directly upgrade Charmander to a 6S rank.

[Ash, the Rainbow Warrior: It's no exaggeration at all. The three legendary beasts under Ho-Oh's throne advanced from ordinary Pokémon to legendary Pokémon through Ho-Oh's glory. The original three legendary beasts all have stats of 4S or higher, and the probability of their offspring having S-rank potential has also greatly increased. This is Ho-Oh's divine power—Rebirth.]

(End of this chapter)