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

As the smoke cleared, the two Iron-Faced Ninjas were blown away, covered in soot, while Pikachu landed safely back on Ash's shoulder, without even a hint of strain.

Han Zuo's face was filled with disbelief.

"This Pikachu's Thunderbolt was actually able to withstand the Solar Beam unleashed by both Iron Mask and Shedinja..."

"Rockets, aren't you going to help at a time like this?"

Higanbana, who was about to sneak away with her subordinates, was exposed to Ash by Hanzo's shout.

"That wretched old man, he only remembers us at times like this."

Upon seeing Higanbana's familiar coarse cloth cloak, Ash immediately grinned mischievously.

"Oh ho ho, I didn't expect to see an old friend here! I was wondering why a waveguide-like thing felt so familiar."

"Hahaha, it's been a long time, Mr. Ash."

Higana gave an awkward smile; there was nothing she could do now that she'd been seen.

She had no choice but to call on her Team Rocket subordinates to come forward and help, while simultaneously unleashing her Salamence to charge towards Ash.

"Respond to my heart, Salamence!"

In an instant, it completed its Mega Evolution. With its extreme speed, Mega Salamence opened its massive jaws, bit Ash's waist, and lifted him into the sky.

"Ash!"

Seeing her leader leave the battlefield, and the guards and Team Rocket surrounding her, May finally stopped slacking off and immediately showed her brave side.

She stepped forward and stood in front of Xia, releasing her Hunting Butterfly and Mushroom.

"Xiaoxia, I'll take care of those three bugs, and you can handle the rest."

"Xiaoyao..., um!"

As long as she doesn't face bugs, Misty is still the reliable big sister she always is, and she immediately unleashes her ace Gyarados and Milotic to wreak havoc.

At this moment, the Super Salamence, which had been flying like a meteor in the sky, finally stopped its flight path.

"Ouch, that hurts! Murder!"

"Xiao Zhi, this level of pain shouldn't bother you much, right?"

"No way! My ribs, leg bones, and joint bones are all broken! You have to pay me back."

Seeing Ash still being held in Salamence's mouth and putting on such a dramatic performance, Higanbana couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Stop messing around, I have something I want to talk to you about."

But to everyone's surprise, after Ash placed the adorable Pikachu with its hair all messed up on top of Flying Dragon's head, he immediately turned his head away.

"I have nothing to talk about with the Rockets."

"I……"

Higana was speechless for a moment.

Ash could tell that the other party had something very important to say, otherwise he wouldn't have cooperated so well and been carried away by Salamence earlier.

But Ash still wanted to annoy this mysterious girl who worked for Team Rocket.

"Hmm, I don't listen to what Team Rocket says, but if it's a beautiful girl who's willing to kiss me, that's a different story."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Xijiana's delicate face flushed red, and she immediately stomped her feet anxiously.

As the leader of the Rockets' operation, she cannot be away from the battlefield for too long.

"Stop joking, Ash. Actually, the one who guided Hanzo to target Misty for Togepi was me."

"Because I know that as long as I lure Xiaoxia to the Kingdom of Miraju, you will definitely come too."

Upon hearing this, Ash finally got serious, and slid straight out of Salamence's mouth, flying onto its back.

"So what exactly is it that you want to say?"

Chapter 417 The World Is Doomed

"Actually... the world is going to be destroyed."

"I know."

"you know?"

After hesitating for a long time, Higanbana finally spoke, determined to tell Ash some earth-shattering news.

But to her surprise, Xiao Zhi's answer as soon as she spoke truly shocked her.

Ash's expression was, "Nobita's really out of touch."

The world is about to end, doesn't the little AI know that?

His source was the Creator God himself, though it was about something as unbelievable as the Creator God's own avatar wanting to destroy the world.

The two exchanged a silent glance, and both seemed to see in each other's eyes a firm determination to protect the world.

They all thought they were the only ones on the road to saving the world, but they never expected to have companions.

A strange feeling welled up in their hearts.

They nodded to each other and immediately spoke in unison the reasons why their respective worlds wanted to be destroyed.

"Arzetus!"

"A massive meteorite!"

"..."

"..."

"Huh? What super-large meteorite?"

"Wait, what the heck is Arceus?"

The two of them immediately realized that they might have misunderstood something.

"So you didn't know Arceus was going to destroy the world." Ash waved his hand dismissively, a hint of disdain in his voice.

"How could I possibly know!"

Higana blushed instantly.

"Of course I know Arceus, but isn't that a creature from the creation myth of the Sinnoh region? Does it actually exist? And what's with it wanting to destroy the world?"

"Well, that should be a few years from now, since I still need to collect the stone tablets."

Although Arceus didn't tell Ash the exact time of the world's destruction, judging from the content of the system mission, Arceus in his own universe wouldn't be able to take action in the short term.

Higanbana, of course, didn't understand any of this, and all she could say to Ash was a big question mark on her face.

"?"

"We'll talk about that later; my current situation is much more urgent!"

Higanbana immediately started gesturing wildly and made a huge circle in front of Ash.

"The crisis I'm talking about is that meteorite that's almost half the size of the Hoenn region, which is going to hit us soon!"

"What?" Ash was immediately shocked. The matter of Higanbana was indeed very important.

"I remember the meteorite that ended the age of dinosaurs on Earth in my previous life was only 10 kilometers in diameter, about half the size of the Hoenn region..."

"Why is the Pokémon world so full of disasters?" Ash couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He immediately looked up and stared intently at Higana.

"Young lady, is your information really credible?"

It's unrealistic to expect others to believe something so significant just by casually mentioning it.

But Higanbana wasn't unprepared. She revealed her anklet and took out a small, colorful meteorite. Ash strangely sensed Rayquaza's presence from that meteorite.

"We, the Meteor People, once built the Sky Pillar to commemorate the two meteorite crises that the Hoenn region suffered in the past."

"A thousand years ago, Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre engaged in an endless and fierce conflict over the excess natural energy in the Hoenn region."

"The earth was torn apart and the sea was boiling; their overwhelming power brought a devastating disaster to this land."

"Until one day, a rainbow meteorite fell into Meteor Falls."

"Attracted by the powerful life energy of the meteorite, Rayquaza descended from the sky and quelled the battle between the two Pokémon."

"1000 years later, a new meteorite struck again, heading straight for Earth."

"This meteorite plunged deep into the seabed, leaving an unprecedented giant crater, which is now the location of Liuli City."

"The impact caused the natural energy hidden beneath Hoenn to leak out again, and Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre reawakened and began to fight for this energy."

"Desperate people can only place their hopes on the savior Rayquaza once again."

"Finally, Rayquaza answered the call of the meteorite in Sootopolis City and descended from the other side of heaven."

"People prayed so that Rayquaza could Mega Evolve, thus ending the battle between the two ancient Pokémon."

"Then came another millennium of peace..."

Ash kneaded Pikachu and Ginny's heads with both hands, listening intently as Higanbana recounted the legend of the Meteor Dwellers.

He had actually heard these heavily censored versions of information from Professor Oak when he was gathering information about the two Hoenn idiots.

I never imagined the real version would be so detailed and terrifying.

"The descendants of those who experienced it firsthand, the wise among the Meteor People, prophesied that the meteorite would fall to earth again."

"To prevent disaster, I, the Meteorite People who are the inheritors, must take on this responsibility."

"That's why they would do everything in their power to summon Rayquaza to stop the third meteor crisis."

"The meteorites that struck during the three meteorite crises were larger than the last, and now the third one is already in a position that can be clearly observed by astronomical telescopes."

Higana looked up at the clear blue sky.

Despite the bright and beautiful weather, the girl's heart was filled with gloom at the thought that she might never see it again.

"It's impossible to keep the impending arrival of the giant meteorite from the League. Both the president of Devon Manufacturing Company and Champion Daigo were aware of it long ago."

"If you still have doubts, you can go to them to confirm."

"No need, I believe you." Ash silently withdrew his aura sensor, which could verify lies.

"So you joined Team Rocket also to awaken Rayquaza?"

"Yes, Rayquaza appeared after the meteorites landed in both historical meteorite crises in an attempt to follow their brilliance."

"And the targets of the pacification are the ancient gods Groudon and Kyogre."

"But this meteorite could destroy the world, so my first plan is to do the opposite."

"First, awaken the two ancient gods to summon Rayquaza to stop them, and finally ask Rayquaza to resolve the meteor crisis."

"Originally, I wanted to choose either Team Lava or Team Ocean to infiltrate and help them achieve their goal of awakening the two ancient gods."

"However, we unexpectedly ran into the Rockets later."

"What an unexpected turn of events..."

"Yes, it was an accident!"

Higanbana didn't notice Ash's strange expression and continued talking to herself.

"Although Team Rocket is a new organization in the Hoenn region, it has allowed me to rise to management more quickly."

"At the same time, the Rockets' technology and intelligence gathering capabilities are very strong, which actually makes it easier for me to provide assistance to the Ocean and Magma teams."

"That's why I stayed with the Rockets in the end."

"Of course, there was also that time when those two idiots, Amado and Captain Kosaburo, piloted a spaceship to recruit soldiers but unexpectedly perished, which reminded me of the sky."

"Team Ocean has submarines to correspond to Kyogre, Team Magma has drills to correspond to Groudon, so Team Rocket has hot air balloons to correspond to Rayquaza!"

"So I felt it was fate, so I took the initiative to join in."

"That's too casual!"

"But it turned out that I really didn't make the wrong choice. With my abilities, I was quickly noticed by Amazon and have now risen to the position of an executive."