Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master

Touching the scars on the starfish's body, Xiaoxia's face was full of heartache.

This was a rare sight for Ash to see Misty with a tearful expression on her face.

The bullying group arrived shortly after and mocked Xiaoxia as she knelt by the pool holding a starfish.

"This is your favorite swimming pool with water."

"If you're not satisfied, you can bring other Water-type Pokémon to battle."

The uglier the expression on his opponent's face, the more uncontrollably Sundae's smile became.

Xiaoxia glared angrily at Sundae, "So you deliberately used a Pokémon that's afraid of water to battle, didn't you?"

"Of course, the Pokémon I raise are much stronger than that useless woman who likes to be a hero. As long as the level is high enough, even a Pokémon that is afraid of water can defeat a Water-type Pokémon. That's calculation."

"Xiao Chun, do you know what I mean?"

Xiao Chun, whose name was suddenly called by Sundae, looked completely bewildered.

"The key to determining the outcome of a Pokémon battle is not only the Pokémon's type, but also its level."

"Only by learning to calculate this can you become a top-notch Pokémon Trainer. Forget it, you're utterly hopeless..."

"Wait a minute, Miss Sundae, let's have a match."

Ash stepped in front of Misty, interrupting Sundae before she could even speak.

"All you ever talk about is calculations, isn't that all?"

"Who are you?" Sundae asked, turning her gaze to Ash with displeasure.

"I am Ash from Pallet Town, and I currently have two badges."

"So you're a beginner too? How many days have you been a Pokémon Trainer?"

"It's been about two months." Actually, Xiao Zhi wasn't entirely sure either, so he could only give a vague answer.

"Ah!" Sundae pretended to be surprised and covered her mouth with her hand, continuing to speak in an exaggerated tone.

"You spent two months and still couldn't train a Pikachu properly, letting it wander around outside."

"Normally, Pokémon are put in Poké Balls. Can't you even do that right?"

Sundae's words seemed to have a magical power to provoke people; even such ordinary words sounded infuriating coming from her mouth.

After hearing this, even Pikachu's cheeks were crackling with electricity.

Xiao Zhi reached out and touched the electric mouse's head.

“Pikachu is my friend. I won’t put it back in its Poké Ball if it likes to stay outside, and the same goes for my other Pokémon.”

"Is that all you have? Making friends with Pokémon... How naive." Sundae gave a disdainful smile.

"So, you still dare to say you have two badges? You're incredibly lucky."

Why does this woman always speak in such an arrogant tone?

"Based on your experience of encountering Pokémon for the past two months, I think that Pikachu is at most level 25, maybe even lower."

"Sigh, choosing Pikachu, the most difficult Pokémon to train, as your first Pokémon shows a complete lack of understanding of Pokémon."

"No one would recommend Pikachu as a beginner, you know that, right?"

"Oh, you didn't know? You can still get two badges like this? That's hilarious!"

"Your Pikachu is only suitable to be a well-behaved girl's pet..."

A barrage of "taunt" attacks rained down on Ash, while the bullying group behind Sundae joined in with laughter.

Ash has learned something new; he never imagined there could be such an annoying person.

"Alright, I've decided to teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

[Ding! Side Quest: Punish the Brat; Activate! Battle and defeat Yuto Seidai.]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +500; Free Attribute Points +2; Regional Favorability +5; Regional Reputation +5;]

"Teaching us a lesson? What a load of bull!" The red-haired youth was the first to stand up in defense of their leader.

"Didn't you want to have a Pokémon battle? I'll take you on."

Ash simply pulled a Poké Ball from his waist.

"Not just you, but all six of you, I only use this one Pokémon to deal with these pushovers!"

Chapter Sixteen: Bloodthirsty War Maniac Piccolo

The boys looked at each other, and finally Sundae nodded.

"Alright, since you, a commoner trainer, are so courageous, then we have no choice but to accept it. The rules are one-on-one, one match to decide the winner."

"If I win, you promise not to bully Chun anymore," Xiao Zhi said, making his request.

“But if we win, you have to run a lap around the school playground naked,” Sundae retorted, offering the same punishment.

"No problem, who wants to go first?" Ash wasn't scared at all; in fact, he was a little excited.

"I'll go first, go—Charmeleon!"

The red-haired boy released a red dinosaur with flames burning on its tail. Its eyes were very sharp, and it roared at Ash as soon as it appeared.

However, such an opponent posed little challenge to Ash at his current level, so he threw out the Poké Ball without hesitation.

"This is the battle you've longed for most, step onto the field, Piccolo!"

"This is...?" The opponent was somewhat stunned.

Picosi is rarely seen in front of humans in any region, so information about it is very scarce.

"Don't stand there, that's a Fairy-type Pokémon, Clefairy."

As expected of a top student, Sundae recognized him immediately.

But Xiao Zhi wasn't in the mood to argue with them.

"After using the light curtain, charge forward with a million-ton heavy punch!"

After a flash of green light, Picoxis rushed to Charizard at an extremely fast speed.

"Oh no, Charmeleon is using Flamethrower."

Just as Charmeleon's flames gathered in its mouth, Piccolo's fist struck its chin with an uppercut, sending it flying into the air.

Just as Ash predicted, the Charmeleon fell from the sky at the perfect time for Clefairy to recover from the stun phase after using Mega Punch.

"Picoshi, don't give your opponent any time to breathe, unleash a barrage of Comet Punches!"

Before Charmeleon could even recover from its fall to the ground, Clefairy's attack was already upon it.

Glowing fists rained down.

Thump! Thump! Thump! The dull thumping sounds rang out one after another, and soon the dust on the ground dissipated.

The red-haired boy's Charizard was pinned to the ground by Piccolo's fist, its tail flames flickering and foaming at the mouth.

Charmeleon lost its ability to fight.

[Ding! Pixie's affection +1; intimacy +1;]

"My Charizard! Cheer up..."

The red-haired boy quickly moved his Pokémon to the edge of the field.

Seeing his first companion defeated, the treacherous green-haired man immediately took over.

"We underestimated you, but you can't possibly defeat all six of us with just one Pokémon!"

"Go forth, my ace Nidoking!"

Ash ignored what the other person was saying and continued to calmly issue commands.

"Picosie, keep up the million-ton punch!"

“We also use a million-ton punch; in terms of power, my Nidoking cannot lose.”

The two Pokémon punched each other in the cheek almost simultaneously.

Under the powerful impact, both sides retreated simultaneously.

"Pico, Pico!" Unlike Nidoking, who was screaming in pain, Pico simply wiped the wound on his cheek and revealed an excited smile.

It seemed as if he was pleased with the force of the other person's punch.

"Picoxi, charge forward with your life on the line!"

The previous attacks seemed to have no effect on Clefairy, who quickly got up and transformed into a blur as she crashed into Nidoking.

"Damn it, can't I dodge it? Nidoking, defend against it!"

Nidoran immediately crossed his arms in front of his chest as a form of defense.

Unfortunately, it was of no use. When Pico's attack came, its body was knocked down after a loud bang.

"Alright! Piccolo, use the Chain Slap!"

*Smack! Smack! Smack!* ...

This attack was not as terrifying as the previous Comet Fist, but it lasted longer and the number of attacks was more frequent.

During this time, Nidoking tried to struggle to get up, but as soon as he raised his head, he was immediately slapped back to the ground by Piccolo's hand.

Soon after, mosquito coils appeared around Nidoking's eyes, rendering him unable to fight.

[Ding! Pikachu's Affection +1; Intimacy +1;]

Even after losing the ability to fight, the series of slaps continued for quite a while before gradually stopping.

"Hurry up and come on next!"

"Pico, Pico!" Pico also jumped around on the field, waving to the boys on the other side.

Clefairy, which is originally a cute Pokémon, looked both eerie and cruel after the battle, with its eyes filled with bloodshot veins and a smile on its face.

Ash's Clefairy voluntarily followed him because it wanted to see the outside world and experience different battles.

Furthermore, as the most combative member of the Clefairy clan, Clefairy has a particularly high participation rate in Ash's daily "experience-gaining" activities.

Its combat experience and level far surpass those of these academic brats.

Ash would never send Clefairy into battle in a normal situation; it doesn't know how to restrain itself and goes too far.

But this time, Xiao Zhi was serious about making those bullying kids on the other side really hurt.

The remaining three members of the bullying group also took turns entering the arena, releasing their Pokémon to battle Ash.

As expected, they all quickly succumbed to defeat.

Furthermore, Ash did not give Clefairy the order to stop fighting, and all the defeated Pokémon were beaten very badly.

“Then it’s just you left, Miss Sundae.” Ash looked at Sundae standing in the center.

Sundae glanced at the defeated group of five, his face still bearing that arrogant smile.

"Don't think you can be arrogant just because you defeated them. My strength is on another level."

"You're still a long way from beating my ace, Galaga."

Sundae threw the Poké Ball in a pose reminiscent of a magical girl transforming.

Ash looked at the brownish-brown Pokémon, which was as tall as a person and resembled Charmander, like a standing dinosaur.

However, its body is thicker than Charmander's, and it has a tough bone helmet on its head.

It's a very rare Pokémon, and it looks like it's been bred quite well.

"That's what I've been waiting for! Piccolo, unleash your full power and fight to your heart's content!"

However, the first attack was won by Galaga.

"Garagara attacks with its bone club!"

The huge white bone club struck Pixi's head squarely; this Crawling Crawling was quite fast and had impressive attack power.

The attack left Piccolo somewhat disoriented, causing significant damage.

"Hahaha, this is the power of my vast knowledge! Gara gara, keep using the bone boomerang."