svetikya Chapter 152 Shining with electric light...?
Chapter 152 Shining with electric light...?
"Oh my, this is really interesting. I never expected it to end like this."
After making a promise to Chimchar about the future and swearing an oath to be companions, Ash led Chimchar toward the Pokémon Center.
However, before they had gone far, Kaoping emerged from the corner, adjusting his glasses and smiling as he spoke.
It's obvious that he overheard Ash and Shinji's entire conversation.
"I thought Shinji would just release the little Chimchar back into the wild, but I didn't expect him to go through so much trouble, treating the little Chimchar and coming all the way to such a remote place, just so he could rightfully hand it over to you."
Koping didn't give Ash a chance to speak, but continued his analysis on his own. Then he squatted down, touched the little Chimchar, and examined its wounds.
"The treatment itself was fine, though a bit rough, but overall it was acceptable. He treated himself... No wonder I didn't see him at the Pokémon Center. How interesting."
So, what do you need me for?
Although he lost the game, Kaoping seems to be in a good mood.
The night before the final, he clearly expressed his complaints about Shinji, but now it seems...
"No, it's nothing, it was just a sudden idea that I acted on impulse."
Kaoping shrugged and explained casually.
Koppei didn't seem to be lying. Ash had interacted with Koppei quite a few times in the past, and Ash's assessment of Koppei was probably—
An eccentric person who is very good at tactics.
"This is really great. It seems that my participation in this combination competition was worthwhile. I'm lucky to have met two trainers who I'm likely to face off against in the future."
"In the future? Wait, does that mean your purpose in participating in the group competition is..."
"Ah."
Kaoping no longer concealed anything and simply told the truth.
"Of course, it's to find worthy opponents here and gather information in advance. Although Shinji hasn't used any other Pokémon in the Team Battle, as his partner, I've seen his other Pokémon, so we can prepare in advance."
“Analyzing you is easier, since you brought all your members to the battle in the group competition... well, at least all the members you have with you right now.”
Kaoping realized halfway through his sentence that there seemed to be some flaws in his words, so he changed his words accordingly.
"So the reason you only sent out the Hippo King from beginning to end is because..."
"Of course, it's to preserve our strength. We live in the age of information warfare, and it's very important to hide our team's information as much as possible. I wouldn't risk losing the most important league tournament just because of a small group competition."
"..."
Sorry.
Xiao Zhi thought to himself.
I'm so sorry.
Although Koping did manage to conceal his Pokémon information during this team competition, he did indeed glean information about his current team.
But......
Firstly, Ash already knew what Pokémon Kao Ping's team had, and even knew what moves his Pokémon could use and what tactics they would employ.
Secondly, Ash will likely be rotating between old and new teams in this league tournament, so the only useful information Kou Ping obtained today is probably Pikachu's information.
......
Back at the Pokémon Center, Ash explained the situation of Chimchar to Dawn, Brock, and Pikachu, who hadn't been with him earlier.
Of course, they were all surprised by Shinji's decision to hand over Chimchar directly to them, and even found it strange that Shinji had treated Chimchar before abandoning it.
However, Ash couldn't explain anything to them, since even he himself was a little confused about the situation.
Shinji's attitude towards Chimchar didn't seem to change much, so how did the ending change so much?
With that in mind, Ash then re-registered the Poké Ball that originally belonged to Shinji at the Pokémon Center. Only then did Chimchar officially become Ash's Pokémon.
......
Then, Ash and Pikachu returned to the room before Dawn and Brock.
Under Pikachu's curious gaze, Ash emptied everything out of his backpack.
"Pikachu?"
Pikachu tilted its head and crossed its arms, looking at Ash's actions with great incomprehension.
I don’t remember when it started, but Ash developed the habit of organizing his backpack... Not only that, he also organizes it very frequently, almost as often as Brock does, even though Ash’s backpack has far fewer things than Brock’s.
"Pikachu~" (More berries~)
Pikachu casually picked up a sour berry that Ash had found and started eating it.
Lately, every time Ash organizes his backpack, Pikachu can find some new and interesting berries inside, and Ash always lets Pikachu deal with them.
Although this was a good job, Pikachu didn't know why Ash's bag of berries was filled one by one, and he never took more than one at a time. Was it just so that he could test the berries for poison?
Pikachu wondered curiously.
Xiao Zhi was also somewhat helpless about this, since the items that had recently appeared in his backpack were mostly useless.
These are, unsurprisingly, things he collected before he transmigrated.
As his journey progressed, he became fairly certain that there were roughly a few scenarios where random items would appear in his backpack—
The first is when you capture past companions and successfully help them evolve.
Another way is when you successfully challenge and win a gym battle.
Aside from those two scenarios, Ash guessed that when he met Dawn and Brock again, items should have spawned in his bag as well, but since those were one-time events, there was no need to worry about them.
Whether there are other possibilities is hard to say at the moment; we need to continue to observe and record.
"This is......"
"Skin?"
Just as Ash turned his backpack to the bottom, he found the prize that had appeared after catching Chimchar in the deepest pocket, as always.
This time, however, the prize surprised even him a little.
A bead, entirely golden in color and seemingly shimmering with electric light, whose purpose he had never known.
.......
P.S.: Daily request for a gift~
(This is unbearable. I've been feeling incredibly dizzy every day for the past few days, and my cough has made me almost hoarse...)