Pokémon, Ash is going to become a perfect man from now on.

Upon hearing Ash's reminder, Riolu's eyes flashed with blue light. The ball of light, which had been flying straight, suddenly rose upwards and then crashed down heavily with a wave of Riolu's hand, creating a ring of cracks that spread across the field!

"Oro..." The little beast, having unleashed a powerful attack, stared at its own palms in disbelief, seemingly unsure if it was the one who had launched the attack.

"Riolu, well done!" Ash was overjoyed. "Remember that feeling. Next time, don't use my Aura. Try releasing your own Aura!"

"Oro!" Riolu responded with its spirit, assuming a power-generating stance once more, and began to gather its strength just like before!

“Yong…” Leaning against the side to rest, Riolu was a little stunned. Only then did it realize that Ash didn’t want to control Riolu’s actions at all, but to guide it to learn a new move!

Seeing that Riolu had a new training program, the other Pokémon present also began to train enthusiastically.

This competitive yet encouraging atmosphere during training made Yongjila somewhat envious.

These things did not exist in its past.

From the beginning of Casey, it had been in a deep sleep, and all its memories and emotions came from Lars's indoctrination.

You could say that it, and all the other Psychic Pokémon in the Goldenrod Gym, are just Sabrina's alter egos...

"Oro...Oro!"

puff~

Finally, after countless attempts to improve his skills, Riolu managed to unleash a small, not-quite-condensed ball of light on his own!

Although it is still very unstable, it is now undoubtedly a wave missile!

Chapter Ninety: Jade Rainbow City, Buying Wholesale Perfume (crossed out)

"Everyone, dinner's ready!"

Ash's new day at the Goldenrod Gym begins with feeding the animals in the park in the early morning.

As soon as he set out the food bowl, all the hands rushed forward and began to feast on the square-shaped food in the bowl.

That's right, their food has become square, and it's called 'energy cubes'.

There's something I forgot to mention: Nanami traveled to Hoenn in her early years and was actually a very skilled Coordinator...

They might even be sworn enemies~

She is also skilled at making Energy Cubes, a specialty food of the Hoenn region.

Knowing that Ash was going to train hard in both magic and martial arts, and that all of his weapons would undergo intensive training, Nanami specially created energy cubes with different formulas to provide Ash with the most comprehensive logistical support.

"Kadamia, this is for you." Ash pushed a food bowl to the silent Psychic-type next to him.

Since they were sent to help him train, Xiao Zhi naturally had to repay them.

Kadabra's energy cube is primarily nutritional and can be used to compensate for the physical deficiencies caused by its forced evolution.

While all his friends were having their meal, Ash went to Sabrina's place and explained his decision to head to Celadon City.

"Could you... not go, or at least not go now?"

Surprisingly, Sabrina, who usually doesn't restrict Ash's actions, raised an objection this time.

"Why?" Xiao Zhi frowned, puzzled.

"It's nothing..." Sabrina didn't want to say more and immediately teleported away.

She's conflicted and a little panicked. In her haste to stop Xiaozhi, she's only made him suspicious.

But she had no way to explain the truth, so she could only hide and remain silent…

"strangeness…"

Sabrina's unusual behavior alerted Ash, so after leaving the park, he called Blue.

Recently, Ash has acquired a lot of random things, such as Pokémon Devices for making calls... commonly known as cell phones.

This was a gift from Silver Company, which he and Xiao Lan received together. Along with it came the patent contract for the inspection scope, the appointment letter for the chief designer of the game development department, and a 10% equity transfer agreement.

Clearly, Mr. Silver was trying to curry favor with Ash.

Once the teleportation issue is exposed, Silver Company will not only be infiltrated by the Rockets, but will also likely be purged by the league.

The old man wanted Silver to continue living, and aligning his interests with Ash's was undoubtedly the best option.

Ash was naturally happy to accept this arrangement; as long as the League didn't object, he figured he might as well take the money.

Moreover, we can't just stand by and watch such a great tech giant collapse.

Devon has been trying to penetrate the Kanto and Johto markets in recent years. If Silph, the main force blocking their advance, goes bankrupt, all the money of trainers in Kanto will go to those Hoenn trainers.

"I'm going out now, Kadabra, you stay at the gym." After packing his things, Ash decided to leave the gym.

“Yong…” Yongjira hesitated. Sabrina’s instruction to it was to stay close to Ash as much as possible.

"I'm going out on a date with Xiaolan, are you sure you want to come along?"

Ash rolled his eyes, and Kadabra wisely retreated.

As a single person, it may harbor the ambition to 'burn all heterosexuals,' but it definitely doesn't want to eat this hot dog food (a slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Ash patted Kadabra on the shoulder and walked away leisurely.

...

A moment later, Ash found Blue at the Pokémon Center.

"Honestly, do you have to go through all this trouble?" In the single room, the girl was reluctantly changing her clothes, completely unguarded.

"Sara is acting strange. I suspect something's going to happen in Celadon City. I think we should go check it out, and it'll also be a good opportunity to challenge the Gym Leaders," Ash said seriously. "But I'm afraid of alerting them, so I'm asking for your help."

"So you were just trying to lie to her, you scumbag."

After giving someone a disdainful look, Xiao Lan lightly snapped her fingers.

Suddenly, a purple creature began to expand, and in the blink of an eye, another 'Ash' appeared in the room!

Ditto, the Pokémon that Blue recently caught, possesses superb transformation abilities.

"Then I'll go shopping with this 'Ash'. Have a safe trip~" Leaving Ash alone in the house, Blue took Ditto's arm and left.

"Dragonite, let's go too... Extreme Speed!"

Ash checked around and, finding no one paying attention or being followed by any psychic powers, immediately summoned Dragonite and soared into the sky.

That should be fine.

While superpowers allow for projection of vision over extremely long distances, they cannot identify waveguides, and therefore cannot distinguish Ditto's transformations.

Therefore, whoever is causing trouble will assume that Ash is always in Saffron City!

Of course, this move really cost Blue and Ditto a bit.

The latter can be repaid with energy cubes or items, but as for the former... Ash would rather repay in kind!

Never mind, I'll just bring her a gift back...

With that in mind, Ash commanded Dragonite to land in front of Celadon City's largest landmark—the Celadon Department Store…

Then I plunged headfirst into a perfume shop filled with sweet fragrances~

"Hey, handsome young man, are you here to buy perfume?"

While perfumes can be used by both men and women, this store in Yuhong City is clearly catering exclusively to women.

So when the pretty saleswoman discovered that Xiaozhi had entered the store alone, she immediately came up to him out of curiosity.

"I want to buy a bottle of... uh, some perfume, but I don't know much about it, so I need your help to choose one."

Xiao Zhi listed his needs in detail to the shop assistant... but then he found that his needs were only increasing~

"Two bottles of perfume are a gift for a female elder in her thirties."

I gave one bottle to my older sister, who is a few years older than me.

I also gave three bottles to girls my age…

"Uh, wait a minute... I think it's better to give four bottles of perfume to girls my age."

When it came time to finalize the quantities, Xiaozhi inexplicably added Xiaoxia's share.

After all, they traveled together for a while, and she was the original female lead...

Assuming they do meet again someday, or that she actually makes it into the top eight of the tournament, it would be wonderful for Ash to give her this as a gift.

"Young man, you're buying so much... are you sure there won't be any problems?" The female shop assistant was taken aback; this little brat was quite adept at playing tricks.

Four girls the same age, plus an older sister...tsk tsk tsk~

Fortunately, she didn't try to get involved with her aunt...

"Please pack them up separately for me. I need to mail a few of the bottles... two to Carlos Asaka Town, three to the guesthouse in Pallet Town, and I'll take the remaining two with me."

Xiao Zhi pretended not to hear the question; he had no intention of satisfying a shop assistant's gossipy nature.

"Oh, so they're not in the same place. No wonder you're so at ease~" The female shop assistant clearly had a connection to the situation.

"That's it... wait, what's with that perfume?" Just as he was about to pay, Xiaozhi saw a special perfume bottle with a golden cap and ruby-like liquid, which looked uniquely beautiful.

"That's golden perfume. Besides smelling wonderful, it also has a special attraction for some rare Pokémon."

"Gold...please wrap this up and take it with me, thank you."