Chapter 48 A Vast Treasury of Experience
Chapter 48 A Vast Treasury of Experience
After leaving the protected area, Ash and his friends continued their journey and finally arrived at the Pokémon Wild Area.
Unlike before, in the Wild Area, any adult can receive thirty Park Balls to freely catch Pokémon.
Yes, Ash and his friends are adults. In all regions, the law considers someone an adult as long as they reach the age where they can travel alone.
Arriving at the park should have gone smoothly.
However, it seems there's something wrong with the management here.
The administrator, Caesar, is a middle-aged man suffering from neurasthenia.
When they saw Ash and his friends looking at a picture of a Dratini on the wall, they started making a lot of noise and getting nervous.
He even took out a gun from his waist.
Xiao Zhi promptly punched him, knocking him unconscious and letting him calm down.
"Is the uncle awake?"
After being splashed with water three times, Uncle Caesar slowly opened his eyes.
"Ah, who am I? Where am I!"
"Calm down, sir. You're safe. You're the manager here."
"Oh, yes, I'm the administrator."
Seeing the man gradually calm down, Xiao Zhi finally spoke and asked...
"Pistols are dangerous, sir, please don't point them at other people like that."
"If I hadn't been so calm and collected this time, you'd be dead by now, you know that?"
Help the uncle to a chair and let him sit down and have a drink of water.
"Tell me why you get so nervous just from looking at that photo."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Zhi asked the question, the uncle immediately put down the water bottle and started acting strangely again.
His hand quickly reached behind him, as if trying to touch his pistol.
But Xiao Zhi kicked him off the chair with a single leg swing.
"Looks like this uncle isn't cooperating. I hate being threatened, especially with dangerous weapons..."
With his sleeves rolled up and his massive muscles taut, Ash's aura grew increasingly terrifying.
With a light flick of his fist, the sonic boom that cut through the air startled the middle-aged man.
"Xiaoxia, bring the first-aid kit over first. This uncle might have multiple fractures in a moment."
"Stop, stop, stop! I'll talk, I'll talk..."
Under Xiao Zhi's friendly persuasion, the uncle readily recounted what had happened.
It turns out that when he was a ranger here, he became good friends with a miniature dragon and even took a picture with it.
However, the photo was later leaked, and the legendary rare Pokémon attracted trainers from all over the world to try and catch it.
The man regretted his actions, saying he had made a mess of the habitat and even threatened the safety of the dwarf dragons.
Therefore, he was determined to protect this protected area and fight against all kinds of poachers.
However, the prolonged standoff gradually weakened his spirit, leading to his current state.
"Originally, there was no rule limiting the use of only 30 field balls here; I added it to maintain the ecosystem here."
The uncle finished speaking in one breath, looking relieved.
"You should have said so earlier! We're not those bad trainers." Xiaoxia quickly helped Uncle Caesar up.
"Hmph, every trainer who comes here says they're not interested in Dratini, but in the end they all go looking for it anyway."
"With that reason in mind, it's impossible for us to go looking for Dratini again."
Interrupting his incessant chatter, Ash handed him the Pokédex to register.
"Uncle, you can battle and catch the Pokémon here, right?"
"That's right, but the maximum is 30, and for the sake of the park... I won't compromise on that!"
The uncle stared at Xiao Zhi cautiously, his speech becoming somewhat stammering, worried that Xiao Zhi might attack him again.
"Don't worry, we're really not bad people. I'll comply with any reasonable requests."
Ash couldn't hide his excitement as he received the Pokédex and the Park Ball from the man.
"Let's hurry up, Misty Pikachu, there are huge swarms of wild Pokémon here waiting for us to cuddle them."
Ash had been holding back for far too long; he had always lived in big cities and hadn't encountered many wild Pokémon.
Having finally made it out of the city and arriving at the first protected area, he was itching to get started.
Moreover, there are so many wild Pokémon here that you don't even need to search for them. It's practically Ash's dream treasure trove for Pokémon hunting!
"Come out, Clefairy, Eevee, Ralts, Garchomp, Charmeleon, Squirtle!"
Put the egg in your backpack and the long-awaited event to bring warmth to wild Pokémon is back!
"Clefairy's Ice Beam, Eevee's Shadow Ball, Ralts's Mystic Beam..."
As expected of a wildlife park, Ash encountered a large group of Rhinos as soon as he arrived, and immediately began to happily devise a strategy.
First, Clefairy used Ice Beam to seal Rhyhorn's movements, then the other Pokémon took turns using their moves.
Make sure every single one gets experience, and all Clefairy needs to do is keep using Ice Beam.
And another special one
"Go, Squirtle."
Ash grabbed Squirtle's shell and threw it at his opponent like a projectile.
The delighted Squirtle struck a Superman pose in mid-air before using its hard turtle head to strike the armored rhinoceros.
After several iterations, the characteristics have all improved.
[Ding! Squirtle: Affection +2; Intimacy +3]
[Ding! Congratulations, host: Martial God Does Not Die Bare Hands LV1→LV2]
【Martial God Never Dies Unarmed LV2: Learns most weapons immediately; hit rate and power of thrown attacks increased by 15%】
This group of armored rhinos was quickly defeated by Ash's Pokémon.
But then Ash took out the healing potion he had prepared in advance from his backpack, poured it down the throats of the Rhyhorns, forcibly healed them, and then fought them again.
They were treated, then beaten, then treated again, and this process was repeated three times before they were finally healed and released.
"Let's play again!"
Ash waved goodbye as Rhydon left.
The herd of unfortunate rhinos ran even faster upon hearing his voice.
Since Ash already has a Mega Rhyperior, he doesn't try to catch any of these Rhyperior; he just battles them.
"Alright, let's go find some other Pokémon!"
Just as Ash was about to set off, he suddenly noticed that Misty's expression looked a little off.
"What's wrong, Xia?"
When Ash was giving warmth to the Rhydon herd, he asked Misty to release her Pokémon to train together.
After all, there's still the promise I made to the blonde, voluptuous older sister, Sakura.
"It's Psyduck. It can't use its petrification or psychic powers at all."
Misty's tone grew increasingly dejected as she pushed Psyduck in front of Ash.
"Am I a useless trainer?"
"How could that be?"
Ash showed Misty his Pokédex.
[I've been suffering from persistent headaches. When the headache is excruciating, I begin to use my magical powers.]
"As you can see in the encyclopedia, you can only use Nen when you have a headache."
Actually, Misty's Psyduck is indeed a bit weaker than other ducks under normal circumstances, but she still has a lot of potential.
When Psyduck has a headache, the superpowers it uses are significantly stronger than normal.
After comforting Misty, Ash will go on his way to find new Pokémon to bring her warmth.
Suddenly, a huge explosion came from afar. Ash felt the ground shake and quickly gathered Misty and the Pokémon together, activating the Aura to protect them.
"What kind of explosion caused this power?"
After the sound faded away, Xiaoxia peeked her little head out of Xiaozhi's arms and nervously looked around.
"I don't know, it seems to have come from that Dragon Valley area on the map."
Dragon Valley? Ash remembers it; it's where Dratini lives.
"Let's hurry over there and take a look!"
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