Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Chapter 394 Unknown Pokémon Items (4K)

Three days ago, after saying goodbye to Ayako, Hikari's mood became unusually high for some reason. Perhaps it was because she was about to show her skills in Lily Town and have a good competition with Nozomi before the big festival.

Xiao Guang had barely rested these past few days, and even Xiao Zhi's attempts to persuade him were to no avail. After maintaining a high level of concentration for several days, the group finally arrived at a small town not far from Lily Town.

It's called a small town, but it's not small in size.

Looking out from the distant hillside, one can see rows of houses laid out side by side, their colors varied yet harmonious, resembling a real-life oil painting. All the houses are predominantly Western-style, the most common housing style in the Sinnoh region. Aside from the lack of skyscrapers, the town's first impression is one of vitality and energy.

But this is a newly established town, and there isn't even any information about it on the Pokémon chart yet.

The magazine Xiaogang had just bought did contain a few entries about the town, but they didn't contain any information about the town itself; instead, they mentioned—

"It looks like there's a Chengdu celebration going on here."

Xiao Gang read the magazine in his hand and said this to the two of them.

"Wow, it's so lively..."

A group of people strolled through the town center.

Even Xiao Guang, who was under a lot of stress, was infected by the festive atmosphere that permeated the place.

This is a different feeling from the Futaba Festival.

If the Futaba Festival is like everyone agreeing to rent a boat and go sea fishing together, then the Jōchō Festival is like everyone renting a large cruise ship and going sea fishing together on the ship.

Yeah, that's roughly the feeling.

After all, the town of Futaba is relatively scattered, and each household has plenty of space for daily life.

The layout of this area, which leans more towards a modern urban setting, is more conducive to spreading the festive atmosphere throughout the streets and alleys.

"I didn't expect to run into another festival right after leaving the Futaba Festival..."

Xiao Guang wandered around in front of the various stalls, unable to resist making some complaints.

Although he was complaining about it, Xiaoguang seemed to be in a pretty good mood.

After all, this is the Chengdu Festival, and the items sold at each stall are unique to the Chengdu area, many of which Xiao Guang has never seen before.

"What's this? A steamed bun? It looks so interesting~ Hey? Ash, didn't you go there before... Ash?"

Xiao Guang was engrossed in the various snacks and delicacies from Chengdu. Just as she turned around to invite Xiao Zhi to join her in buying some, she discovered that Xiao Zhi had disappeared without her noticing.

"Hey? Xiao Gang too—"

Hmm, Xiaogang is missing too.

Xiao Guang: "......"

Well, now I'm all alone.

Xiao Guang sighed softly.

Although they split up for a while whenever they arrive in a new town, this is a festival after all! Wouldn't it be more fun to wander around here together?

"It's okay! At least I still have Piplup! Let's go, Piplup!"

"Poga?"

Pigasman, who was suddenly called out by Hikari, had no idea what was going on. He only found himself being picked up and carried towards the center of the square.

It's fine if it's just being held.

but--

"Poga~~"

That was too much force!

.......

At this moment, Ash and Brock were of course unaware of Dawn's thoughts.

Xiao Gang was halfway there when he was drawn to a shop that sold Pokémon food.

Ash, on the other hand, was drawn to a shop that made Pokémon sculptures.

"So exquisite."

"Pikachu~"

Ash picked up a chicory leaf sculpture from the stall, examined it closely, and couldn't help but sigh.

Pikachu expressed the same opinion.

"Of course! This is a carefully crafted product! How about buying one?"

Just as Xiaozhi was considering buying one, the seller who made the sculpture couldn't help but come up and say something.

"It's pretty good, let's buy one then."

After Xiaozhi finished speaking, the shopkeeper started packing the items into bags for him.

Just as he was saying this, Ash suddenly caught a glimpse of something round out of the corner of his eye.

"what is this?"

Ash walked forward with a puzzled look and took the item in front of him in his hand.

It was round like a glass ball, but it also emitted a purple light.

It has an indescribable attraction.

"Ah, that thing?"

Seeing that Xiaozhi seemed quite interested in the glass ball, the shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "I dug this up when I was collecting stones in the mountains before. I had it appraised, but they couldn't find anything. It's just something a bit harder than glass. If you like it, you can take it with you. It's not of any use to me anyway."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he packed up the chrysanthemum leaf sculpture that Xiaozhi had purchased.

Thank you for your patronage.

.......

After getting a special "glass ball" from the sculpture shop owner, Xiao Zhi couldn't wait to take it to a corner near the street.

"Pikachu?" (Is there anything special about it?)

Pikachu tilted its head, unable to make heads or tails of it.

Its intuition told it that this thing seemed a bit strange, but Pikachu couldn't quite put its finger on what was so strange about it.

Sensing Pikachu's confusion, Ash replied uncertainly, "It's hard to say, but I have a feeling this thing isn't simple."

Pikachu's senses are just its sixth sense as a Pokémon, but Ash's senses are not that simple. Ash had already used his Aura to examine the item when they were at the stall.

Surprisingly, his wave-guiding power was unable to detect the nature of this thing at first glance.

That's why he decided to explore this "glass ball" more deeply here.

As he spoke, Ash stretched out his right hand towards it, and without anyone else being able to see it, the power of aura surged out like a tide, all gathering around the glass ball.

Finally.

After expending such a huge amount of energy, Ash finally discovered its peculiarity.

"This thing contains half life and half death..."

Pikachu: "???"

After hearing Ash's words, Pikachu tilted its head again.

I can't understand it at all.

Seeing this, Xiaozhi had no choice but to continue explaining: "Just as people can feel life in places full of sunshine, flowers, and trees, they can also feel the breath of death in a barren desert. Life and death each have their own waveguides, but the essence of their waveguides is lost very quickly, unlike this purple glass ball which lasts a long time."

After saying that, Xiao Zhi picked it up and placed it in the sunlight.

Sunlight streamed through its purple glow onto Xiaozhi's face, and he felt a chill.

"This thing must be a Pokémon item."

After understanding its essence, Ash immediately had the answer in his heart.

This is a Pokémon item that has not yet been identified. It is stored in objects in the form of energy, just like the Electric Ball that was previously integrated into Pikachu's body.

Essentially, it requires Pokémon to consume a certain amount of energy to awaken the energy inside the item.

"If we use waveguide power—"

After realizing the true nature of Pokémon items, Ash had a sudden inspiration.

He held the bead tightly in his hand, and then used waveguide power to slowly guide the energy inside the bead.

As expected, Ash was surprised to find that, guided by the power of the aura, the "death power" inside the bead began to gradually wrap around his aura and then gather in his hand.

Within seconds, a wave missile was assembled in Ash's hand.

But that's not the most crucial point.

The key point is—

Almost instinctively, Ash gently tossed the Aura Sphere in his hand toward the stone wall beside the alley.

"boom--!"

Pikachu & Ash: "?!"

No one expected it.

When the missile hit the wall, it produced a huge explosion.

The explosion blasted down the entire wall.

Under normal circumstances, even if Ash uses all his strength, the Aura Sphere he condenses shouldn't have such great power.

Bombing down a wall? What kind of joke is that?

The commotion here naturally alerted more than just Ash and Pikachu.

The tourists, who were still immersed in the festive atmosphere, began to panic after hearing the explosion.

"What was that sound? An explosion?"

"What's going on? Is there a gas leak?! But why is it happening during the day?!"

"Could it be the Rockets attacking?!"

The Team Rocket trio, who were setting up their stall: "???"

The Rockets are coming over?

How come they didn't know?

Because the explosion occurred during the Chengdu celebration, people initially thought the riot was caused by Team Rocket, and the joyous celebration gradually descended into chaos.

Xiao Zhi, the instigator, just stared blankly ahead. Just as he was about to leave, the police, who were usually a step behind, arrived in less than a minute.

"Police! Stop the fighting! Surrender!"

Officer Jenny, who was leading the charge, saw Ash standing still and naturally concluded that Ash was the culprit who caused the current turmoil.

Ash turned around somewhat helplessly, just about to obediently admit his mistake, but Officer Jenny changed her tune.

"Oh my gosh~ It's the famous Mr. Ash Ketchum!?"

Ash's fame in the Sinnoh region is truly immense.

At least those within the League already know Ash.

"So the culprit is someone else? Could it be... that it really was a few people from Team Rocket who did this?"

Miss Officer Jenny suddenly realized.

After all, the entire police station already knew that Team Rocket had been following Ash around causing trouble.

The images of the Rockets trio had already circulated throughout the police station.

Miss Officer Jenny's thoughts were naturally led to this possibility.

So she looked at Xiaozhi.

Ash: "......"

After struggling with my conscience for two seconds.

Xiao Zhi sighed.

"Yes...yes, it was the Rockets!"

Pikachu: "......"

"Is that so? As expected, my deduction was correct! How could Mr. Satoshi, who has left a glorious legacy in various police stations, do such a thing?"

Miss Officer Jenny smiled confidently.

His confidence in his investigative and case-handling abilities has reached a new level.

"Where did the Team Rocket trio go? Have you seen them?"

Miss Officer Jenny is eager to make a big splash.

After all, he had just taken over his sister's job and arrived here to take up his post, so naturally he wanted to make a name for himself.

The Rockets' trio.

If we can catch it, it will be a great achievement.

"Um...it went that way..."

Without thinking twice, Xiao Zhi casually pointed to the central square where the Chengdu celebration was being held.

Ms. Officer Jenny's arrival brought a sense of calm to the scene, which had been chaotic just a moment ago, and now things were back to normal.

"Did they go to the square? Why would they go that way?"

There are so many people in the square; if criminals went that way, they should have been seen by many people.

Could it be that those guys weren't wearing strange uniforms, but instead changed their clothes and blended into the crowd?

Miss Officer Jenny subconsciously guessed in this direction.

wrong!

But she immediately dismissed her own idea.

Disguising yourself and blending into the crowd is such an old-fashioned trick!

Think about what they said when you were observing at Interpol.

That's right, thinking in reverse!

Ordinary criminals would disguise themselves as civilians, but the cunning Team Rocket trio would definitely—

"Quickly! Go check all the booths at the festival! Especially those street stalls, make sure they're all registered! If they're not registered, then it's Team Rocket!"

"Yes—!" *N

The officers responded loudly.

Soon, the operation to capture the three Rockets players at the scene began.

Equally fast.

Several familiar exclamations, which surprised Ash, rang out at the same time.

"What are you doing?! We can't even make a little money by setting up a stall?! This is tyranny!"

"That's exactly what I'm saying! We haven't done anything! We're just earning money through our hard work and sweat! Why are they arresting us!?"

"Meow! This isn't fair! This is targeting us! We need to see a lawyer, meow!!"

"Stop talking nonsense! You're under arrest for endangering public safety! Surrender!"

After the conversation ended, a cloud of smoke quickly rose from the scene.

In less than a minute, the Rocket team trio successfully escaped Officer Jenny's capture. The trio, now in the hot air balloon, looked down at Officer Jenny while muttering curses, which seemed to be quite offensive.

Ash: "......"

Ash wiped the sweat from his brow, surprised that Team Rocket's trio was actually there and had gotten himself blamed.

I'm so sorry! I'll definitely make it up to you next time we meet!

Xiao Zhi silently expressed his apology in his heart.

.......

P.S.: Thank you to the 18th Guard Regiment of Postalan, the name that is not taken, the inspiration capsule that is secretly crying under the covers, and everyone else for the gifts QAQ~!