Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Chapter 114 Ash vs. Cynthia: A Different Plan

The match was over the moment Torterra fell. Under everyone's gaze, Shinji calmly recalled Torterra and then turned to leave without looking back.

"You're still so heartless. Is it really okay to treat the previous Pokémon this way?"

"This is my business, it's none of your concern."

As Shinji passed by Ash, he responded to Ash in this way.

"As long as we can win and achieve our goals, anything is fine."

Shinji maintained his own views and showed no intention of making any concessions.

Seeing that Cynthia and Shinji's battle was over, the surrounding spectators began to leave. When Cynthia noticed that there were fewer people, she brought Garchomp forward.

Cynthia's opinion of Shinji is that he has both strength and ambition, but it's unlikely he'll go far.

After the first round of battle, she still remembered what Shinji said to Chimchar. Although Chimchar was his Pokémon and outsiders shouldn't have too many opinions about it, Cynthia felt she should say something to prevent Shinji from going astray.

"While there's nothing wrong with striving to become stronger, blindly pursuing power can easily lead you astray... It's never a bad thing to take a closer look at your companions."

"...Yes, I will be careful."

Although Shinji never gave Ash and his friends a friendly look and never listened to their advice, he had no choice but to obediently answer like this when facing Cynthia.

"Ah."

Shinji's expression was clear to Cynthia. She hadn't expected that a single sentence from her could change his long-held beliefs. She simply looked thoughtfully at Ash, then casually asked:

"By the way, since this is a rare opportunity, Ash, would you like to have a match with me? I'd also like to see for myself just how strong the trainer that Wusong recommended is."

"Eh?"

"Wu Song..."

When Cynthia said those words, Hikaru, Brock, and Shinji reacted very differently.

The first two were simply surprised that Cynthia had offered to battle Ash, while the latter was simply surprised that Ash had been chosen by Gosho.

Ash didn't care about the reactions of the people around him. When Cynthia asked him a question, Ash simply smiled and said:

"Then I'll trouble you!"

"Well, then let's not delay, let's..."

"However, I have a request."

Just as Cynthia was about to turn around and head back to the place where the battle had just taken place, Ash's words made her stop in her tracks once again.

......

A little over a minute later, the crowd that had been about to disperse gathered again because of Ash and Cynthia's battle.

Xiao Guang had only a few huge question marks in his mind regarding this battle.

"What exactly is Ash planning to do? Why choose an opponent for a battle?"

"have no idea......"

The two stared at Cynthia, who had deployed a Ghost Plant, and Ash, who was holding a Poké Ball, on the battlefield, their faces filled with confusion.

Ash's request to Cynthia wasn't to limit the number of Pokémon she could use like Shinji's, but rather to battle Cynthia's Ghost Plant.

While it's no secret that the champion owns certain Pokémon, why did Ash insist on choosing Ghost Bonsai?

Such doubts weren't limited to Dawn and Brock; Cynthia and Shinji were equally puzzled. However, the latter two were focused on the Poké Ball in Ash's hand, because they knew that the answer to the final question was hidden inside it.

Is it some kind of trump card?

Just as Shinji was having these doubts, Ash finally stopped keeping them in suspense and sent out the Pokémon he was going to use.

"I choose you! Night Patrol Spirit!"

"what?"

"Pikachu?!"

Even though Ash has made his choice, no one, including Dawn, Brock, Pikachu, and even Shinji and all the viewers, can understand it.

However, Cynthia on the other side couldn't help but smile when she saw the somewhat timid Night Patrol, as if she understood Ash's thoughts.

"One-on-one is fine, right?"

"Yes! Thank you for your help!"

Cynthia understood Ash's meaning, and Ash seemed to have anticipated this scene as well. There was no relevant information in their conversation, but everything seemed to be expressed without words.

"...I understand, Ghost Bonsai, remember to use your full strength."

“MI~Ga~”

As soon as Cynthia finished speaking, the expression on the Ghost Bonsai's face began to twist, and wisps of black mist began to drift in the surrounding air, making people feel a chill down their spines despite it being summer.

"DU?"

Clearly, the Night Patrol Spirit, being stared at directly by the Ghost Bonsai, began to panic. Although it had hardly fought in the past thousand years, it could still clearly sense just how powerful its opponent was.

"Don't panic! Show it your strength!"

"DU?!"

strength?

My strength?

Where did I get my strength from?

Night Patrol looked at Ash anxiously, as if trying to calm him down and prevent him from getting angry.

However, Ash completely ignored its meaning and simply issued the first command with a wave of his hand.

"Keep your distance! Will-o'-the-wisp!"

“DU......”

Although it didn't have much courage when facing the Ghost Bonsai, Ash had already given the command, so it couldn't just stand there like that, could it?

The Night Patrol Spirit mustered its courage, and several eerie blue flames flew out from several directions toward the location of the Ghost Bonsai.

Its speed isn't fast, but its trajectory is difficult to predict. This might be effective against a regular trainer, but against Cynthia...

"Silver Whirlwind".

“MI~GA!”

The Flower Rock Monster's smoky head began to spin rapidly, and in just one second, all the will-o'-the-wisps floating in the air were blown away. The emerald green gale then swept directly towards the somewhat dazed Night Patrol Spirit.

"Hide underground."

"?!"

As Ash's voice rang out, Night Patrol Spirit breathed a sigh of relief and vanished into a cloud of mist, the silver whirlwind that had stirred up countless pebbles simply missing its mark.

"Oh?"

Cynthia let out a surprised sound.

Isn't this Night Patrol Spirit's dodging speed a bit...?

And since it can do that, yet it seems so terrified when facing the Silver Cyclone, things don't seem as simple as I thought.

Only now did Cynthia finally understand Ash's deeper intentions and see through everything about Nightwatch.

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