Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Chapter 116 Clash of Different Ideas

After the battle, Cynthia remained where she was, reading the inscriptions within the ruins, while Ash, Dawn, and Brock went to the Pokémon Center. Duskin, having taken a full Dark Pulse, needed some treatment.

As for Shinji, although he originally planned to go straight back, after the battle he looked at Cynthia and then at Ash, and finally said nothing. He simply walked ahead of Ash and the others and arrived at the Pokémon Center first.

"That's quite a surprise. I thought you'd just leave, given your personality. I didn't expect you to come here and properly treat the defeated Pokémon..."

Since Ash only had one injured Pokémon, Dusty Ranger, while Shinji had four injured Pokémon, Nurse Joy assigned one of their Pokémon's treatment rooms to them. After quickly applying medicine to the Pokémon, Nurse Joy went back to her own business.

"I don't need to report to you what I'm going to do, and you don't need to guess what I'm going to do."

Faced with Ash's teasing, Shinji simply sat in his chair with his eyes closed and arms crossed, looking like he was unwilling to communicate.

Seeing Shinji's expression, and recalling what Ash and Brock had told her about Shinji's method of sacrificing Pokémon during his battle with Cynthia, Dawn was about to have a serious talk with Shinji about it when Brock stopped her.

"Don't worry, Ash will definitely tell you." (whispering)

Xiao Gang whispered to Xiao Guang to calm down a bit.

Although they didn't have much time to interact with Shinji, Gon had a pretty good idea of ​​Shinji's personality.

Although Shinji doesn't speak very nicely and his behavior towards Pokémon is different from that of ordinary trainers, he's not a bad person at heart... it's just that I don't know why he's so obsessed with getting stronger.

From this perspective, we can see that Shinji has more respect for the strong. This can be seen from his attitude towards Cynthia. As for Ash... although he is completely impolite, he is at least better than he was towards Dawn. He probably believes that Dawn is not as strong as him.

"By the way, Shinji... speaking of which, what was that time when you were fighting Cynthia...?"

Are you trying to criticize my actions?

Shinji replied indifferently as always.

Although he usually acts like he doesn't care, he still understands that his methods will be disliked.

No, not in that respect.

Ash waved his hand, unwilling to comment on Shinji's fighting style. After all, Shinji wouldn't listen to anything Ash said now; perhaps only Mr. Kamishiro's sermons could truly awaken him.

"I'm referring to what you said when Chimchar was defeated."

"..."

There was a silence between Shinji and Ash for several seconds, then Shinji slowly opened his eyes and looked at the still-sleeping Chimchar, saying:

"So that's what you meant."

Shinji snorted coldly and said:

"This kind of guy is hopeless. He didn't complete the task he was supposed to do, but he was complacent during the battle. He has no desire to become stronger. Is there something wrong with him?"

Not only was his voice cold, but Shinji's words were also extremely cold.

At this moment, not only Xiao Guang, but even Xiao Gang couldn't help but frown.

They didn't know, but Ash understood why Shinji's belief in becoming stronger had become so distorted. Even though he knew that Chimchar and Shinji's personalities were completely incompatible, he still wanted to...

"The process of becoming stronger is definitely long. You've been through several Pokémon League conferences, and so have I... It's been tough along the way, but both I and my Pokémon have held onto the belief that we must become stronger. However, even if you decide to become stronger, you can't do it by just keeping a straight face and being sullen all the time. Every Pokémon has its own personality, and if you forcibly suppress it..."

"enough."

Shinji stood up impatiently, not intending to give Ash a chance to continue.

"I have my own plans. I won't cooperate with them, especially if the little chimpanzee continues to behave the same way as today..."

Shinji didn't finish speaking, but at the same time, Ash and the others noticed that Chimchar, which should have been "sleeping," suddenly trembled.

".....snort."

Shinji snorted and took out several Poké Balls to recall all the Pokémon on the field. Then he left without saying a word.

Even though he was in a bad mood, Shinji still bowed slightly to Cynthia when he bumped into her outside the door before slowly leaving the Pokémon Center.

.......

"So it was awake after all," Xiao Gang murmured.

"What an annoying guy... Chimchar is really unlucky to be with him..." Hikari sighed for Chimchar's plight.

Unlike the other two, Ash didn't speak. He just silently watched Shinji's departing figure outside the window, lost in thought.

Just then, Cynthia, who had finished her business, walked in. Looking at Ash and the others, she couldn't help but tease them, "It seems your communication didn't go very smoothly."

"It's just a difference in ideas, but I firmly believe that his current thinking is definitely wrong."

Xiao Zhi also stood up and said this with certainty.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu, who shared the same idea as Ash, echoed this sentiment.

Seeing the determined look on Ash's face, as if he was determined to accomplish something, Cynthia nodded in empathy.

"Since you're both Pokémon trainers, then let's settle things on the field. I'm really looking forward to your clash at this year's Pokémon League."

After saying this, Cynthia turned to leave again. Her purpose in coming here was simply to investigate the contents of the inscription, and now that her mission was complete, she was ready to depart.

"Then I'll leave it to you. If you find anything, just let me know via email. It's best not to take any risks unless absolutely necessary."

Before leaving, Cynthia gave Ash a kind reminder.

"Yes, I understand!"

Ash finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Cynthia leave. Just as he was about to go outside to continue his training, Dawn and Brock, who had been silent all along, could no longer sit still.

"Little, little, little... Ash?! What did you promise Cynthia?!"

"You have Ms. Cynthia's email address, right?! Please! This is a once-in-a-lifetime request! Please, please do it! Pfft—!"

Listening to the constant commotion around him, Xiao Zhi decided that it would be best to take a break today.

I'm so tired.

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P.S.: Strange, the rating inexplicably dropped by 0.1...