Pokémon: Ash the New Generation, Starting from Sinnoh

"Gym Leader Melissa's three Pokémon are all unable to battle, so the winner this time is the challenger, Mr. Ash!"

The gym battle ended with Ash's victory, as decided by the referee.

"It's really hard for you!"

Melissa reluctantly put away the Wind Puff, looking at Ash with a bitter expression as he celebrated with Milotic and Pikachu.

I never expected to be beaten so badly by Ash. The score of 0:3 is really embarrassing.

Forget it, I'll just train hard for a while longer so I don't embarrass myself like this again.

Melissa shook her head, reflecting on her actions.

He then walked up to Ash, took a dark purple badge out of his pocket, and handed it to Ash.

"This is the Ruins Badge of the Yu-Ning Gym. We look forward to seeing you achieve great results in the League, Ash!"

"thanks, I will!"

Ash replied politely, took the Ruin Badge, and put it in the collection box.

Now, he has obtained 5 badges, bringing him one step closer to collecting all 8 badges and challenging the Sinnoh League.

Chapter 198 The Nightmare That Envelops the Town

Canal City is a port city in the Sinnoh region, composed of several islands of varying sizes, and is known as the "city reflected in the water".

The city is located in the northeast of the Sinnoh region, some time away from Enoshima City. After discussing it, the three of them unanimously agreed to travel there by airship.

Airships are large flying machines unique to the Pokémon world.

The main reason why airships became popular as a mainstream mode of transportation was to protect Flying-type Pokémon.

Unlike airplanes, airships have the advantage of being spacious and comfortable, but the disadvantage is that they are much slower than airplanes.

However, this disadvantage can effectively protect Flying-type Pokémon.

Even if a Flying-type Pokémon collides with an airship, the relatively low speed will not cause much of an impact.

That's why airships occupy the position of the mainstream flying vehicle in the Pokémon world.

"Ugh, this airship is so slow! When will we get there?!"

On the airship, Ash, who was rushing to Iron Island for training, happened to meet Ash and his friends who were heading to Canal City, and so they traveled together.

"Don't worry, we're almost there!"

Seeing Ash shaking his leg and checking his watch, Ash expressed his understanding and comforted him.

This is the downside of taking an airship; it only takes three or four hours to get there by plane, but it takes a whole day by airship.

Fortunately, it's not far from Eidolon City to Waterway City; it only takes half a day to get there.

Looking down from the airship, you can already see the islands connected by several bridges.

These islands, along with the surrounding ocean, together form the City of Water Veins.

"We've finally arrived! We can finally get off the airship!"

Ah Xun shouted excitedly, seemingly fed up with spending so much time on the airship.

"Yeah, we can finally challenge the gyms!"

To be honest, he felt like he was getting rusty from being in the air all the time, and he really wanted to go out and fight in a dojo match to stretch his muscles.

"Alright, we're not far from Woodlink Town. It's time to start the next phase of training!" Dawn looked at Ash, his fighting spirit rising unconsciously.

"You guys are really..."

The three men's enthusiastic demeanor made Xiao Gang hesitate, feeling like he was the only one who didn't fit in.

……

Ten minutes later, the airship landed at the landing site, and the four of them got off the airship and felt the fresh air of the earth.

"Strange, shouldn't the Rockets' trio have jumped out at this time?"

After getting off the plane, Xiao Zhi looked around strangely and found that there was no sign of the two people and the cat. It was extremely strange.

After all, whenever they arrive in a new city, the Rockets trio will inevitably jump out and loyally become experience points.

Weird! Weird!

"Let's go explore first!" Xiao Guang suggested to Xiao Zhi and Xiao Gang after looking around at the surroundings.

As for Ah Xun, since there was no Team Rocket to bother him this time, he said goodbye to the three of them early and went to Iron Island for training.

"I do not mind!"

Hearing that Xiaogang had no objections, Xiaoguang immediately turned his gaze to Xiaozhi with intense intensity.

"Pica~"

Pikachu shrank back a little, embarrassed by Hikari's gaze.

"Okay, let's go with this!"

Gently pat Pikachu's head, watching its blissful expression, and then grant Hikari's request.

"Great!"

Xiao Guang raised his hand, jumped up happily, and showed unusual excitement.

As expected of a girl, she gets so excited about shopping; Xiao Zhi shook his head at her girlish appearance.

pity……

Ash noticed that the town in the distance was too deserted, with no one on the streets, which was not in line with the style of a tourist city like Canal City.

If nothing unexpected happens, it's highly likely that the three Rockets players were behind it.

"Something's not right, isn't this place too deserted!"

After crossing the bridge, the three walked along the commercial street, only to find that most of the shops were closed and very few were open.

"Oh yeah! Why aren't any shops open?"

Xiao Guang calmed down and realized that something was wrong.

"Looks like we can't go sightseeing today!" Dawn said with some regret. "Oh well, let Ash go challenge the gym first!"

Seeing this, Dawn didn't want to take over Ash's world, so she suggested that they go challenge the gym first.

"Hmm...that works too!" Ash raised an eyebrow and immediately agreed.

He knew that the dojo master, Dong Gang, was not at the dojo at the moment, but he couldn't say it out loud, so he could only go together.

Following the map, they soon arrived at a gym with rocks below and steel above.

Just as he knew, the gym leader Donggang wasn't inside, but on Steel Island where Ah Xun was, where he was training.

Fortunately, the time was not long. The staff told me that I would be back in a few days, unlike Melissa next door, who didn't return to the dojo for a month or two or even longer.

"Hey, what's wrong with that guy's eyes?"

However, Xiao Gang noticed the dark circles under the blue-haired man's eyes.

"Is it a nightmare?"

Seeing the uncle walking towards the dojo, Hikaru immediately guessed the correct answer.

"It could be because..."

As the only one in the know, Xiao Zhi was about to reveal part of the truth when Brock, who seemed to be on steroids, grabbed the two of them and ran away.

"Xiao...Gang, what...are you going to do?"

Xiao Guang, who was being dragged along and was out of breath, asked a somewhat speechless question.

"He's probably going to see Miss Officer Jenny!"

Looking at Xiao Gang's lecherous face, he rolled his eyes and replied speechlessly.

"Uh!"

For a moment, Hikari was speechless at Satoshi's answer.

Soon, the three arrived at the police station and encountered Ms. Officer Jenny, who also had dark circles under her eyes.

"Miss Officer Jenny, could you tell me what happened?" Seeing Officer Jenny's exhausted appearance, Xiao Gang offered his help in a gentlemanly manner.

When Xiaogang asked her question, Officer Jenny told him everything she knew: for some reason, all the residents of the town were having nightmares at the same time.

Therefore, most residents chose to move out for a period of time.

"Ha—I think there's a high probability that Darkrai has come to the island again!" Officer Jenny yawned as she voiced her guess.

Rumors have it that there is a Darkrai near Canal City, which is now an open secret. At this time of year, the island's residents flee to other places for refuge.

She's the only one who has to host the trainers; otherwise, she would have left much earlier.

"Hey, Ash, does Darkrai have this kind of ability?" Dawn pulled Ash aside and asked in a low voice.

“Of course!” Ash affirmed. “You know, Darkrai is known as the Nightmare God!”

"What? The Crescent Feather is fake?"