Ash was not surprised that Gary knew that he was going to the Orange Islands. After all, the whole world probably knew the news about his battle with Lorelei.
That was not only a battle to challenge the Elite Four, but also a battle that showed that he had a mythical beast. Lugia, the legendary God of the Sea, although the size and posture were somewhat different from the one in the legendary image, it was definitely the real Lugia.
Lugia is a first-level god that is more rare than the three divine birds and the three holy beasts. Even if he does not have a priesthood, he has a high probability of being promoted to a god-level Pokémon. If he is the leader, he can even reach the peak of the god-level, a level that only exists in legends.
Ash's Lugia obviously cannot have a priesthood, let alone reach the divine level, but this does not deny the infinite possibilities of Lugia!
With Ash's ability and Lugia's talent, it can be said that Ash will definitely have a god-level Pokémon in the future. What Ash lacks now is just time.
That battle with Lorelei directly brought Ash's fame to a whole new level, but at the same time, it also caused Ash to be targeted by many people.
After all, it was a first-level god who had not grown up. Although Lugia defeated Lorelei's main Pokémon, in fact, the level of that Lugia was only the Elite Four level. It was able to defeat Lorelei's main force only with the help of Ash. It is no secret that Ash has special means to increase the strength of the Pokémon.
Therefore, with Lugia's current power, if you really want to grab it, there is no chance.
In addition to Team Galactic, there were also many others who peeked at Ash, but only Team Galactic could see that the most unusual thing about little Lugia was, but it was fine.
Whether it's Team Galactic or anyone else, if they dare to take advantage of Ash, who has Mewtwo, it's no different from seeking death.
Ash suppressed the thoughts in his heart and said with a smile on his face: "I have some business going to the Orange Islands, so I stopped by for a trip. Gary, where have you been for more than a month? Have you attended the Silver Conference?"
Ash would not talk nonsense about what happened on the Orange Islands. After all, it involved four divine beasts with divine responsibilities. Although it was okay to tell Gary, it was still too troublesome to explain.
This is also a sign of Ash's growth. In the past, he wouldn't have cared so much, but started showing off to Gary directly. After all, what happened to the Orange Islands would become something that anyone could brag about for a lifetime!
Not to mention showing off in front of his childhood friends. Being able to resist this temptation, how could this not be a sign of growth?
Gary also saw that Ash had something hidden. Since Ash didn't tell him, he wouldn't ask any more questions.
"During this period, I went to Special training. I felt that if I participated in this Silver Conference at the previous level, I would just become cannon fodder. Whether it is the trainer level or the Pokémon level, I am still far behind, so I went to settle down."
Special training ? It was hard to imagine that these two words would come out of the mouth of the arrogant and domineering Gary, but when I saw Gary again this time, judging from the completely different aura exuding from him, this was really no joke.
Let's not talk about Pokemon, but at the trainer level, Gary now is completely different from the one at the Quartz Conference.
Not only is he more calm, but he can also vaguely feel a Elite Four-like aura from his body, which is an aura that can only be exuded from a senior champion trainer.
Gary's current aura is not yet mature, but it already has a prototype.
"Want to have a show?"
"That's what I meant, but you didn't come here to find me first, right?" Regarding Ash's request for a battle, Gary accepted it without hesitation, but he did not lose his mind because of the battle, but calmly reminded Ash of the reason why he came to Oak Research Institute.
Ash obviously didn't know that he was back, so Ash probably came here not to find him, but to find Dr. Oak.
Ash reacted instantly when he heard this, and then scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "Yes, yes, I'm here to find Dr. Oak. After I finish looking for Dr. Oak, I will come back to fight you!" As he said that, Ash took Pikachu and rushed directly into the Oak Research Institute.
In the Oak Research Institute, Dr. Oak was studying the Crystal Onix with a magnifying glass. After the battle, Ash teleported the Crystal Onix back and exchanged other Pokemon.
After all, it was a vacation, and he also wanted other Pokemon to enjoy the feeling of vacation, so within a week, Ash exchanged all the Pokemon in the Oak Research Institute.
Dr. Oak had already known about Ash's subduing of the Crystal Onix. In fact, he also wanted to study the structure of the Crystal Onix. However, Ash wanted to train the Crystal Onix, so there was no chance of returning it to the Oak Research Institute.
After the game, he finally had time to relax, so Ash teleported the Crystal Onix back first.
Dr. Oak has also been studying the structure of the crystal Onix day and night in the past few days. It can be said that apart from the same appearance as the ordinary Onix, the crystal Onix is considered a brand new species in other aspects.
This situation is somewhat different from the Pokemon in the regional form. In addition to different attributes, the Pokemon in the regional form also have other differences in appearance besides color. However, the Crystal Onix is like a heterochromatic Pokémon with changed attributes.
Except for the different colors and attributes, the appearance is exactly the same.
How this structure is formed, Dr. Oak has not figured out the reason until now.
"Hey, Ash, you're back." Hearing the noise coming from the door, Dr. Oak raised his head, and after realizing that the person who came was Ash, he also smiled and said hello to Ash.
"Dr. Oak, you are still studying the Crystal Onix!"
"Yes, after research, I found that there are more mysteries in the crystal Onix than I thought. Even if I study for three days and three nights, I still can't finish it!" Dr. Oak said with emotion.
"Then you can study it later. Let's take a look at this GS ball first." Ash said, taking the GS ball out of his backpack and giving it to Dr. Oak, and also handed him Dr. Ivy's USB disk information.
Dr. Ivyonly used machines to investigate the composition of the GS balls and analyze the GS balls. In terms of professionalism, Dr. Oak was more professional.
Dr. Oak took the GS ball and information from Ash, put them aside, and sighed: "Thank you for your hard work, Ash, in every way."
The hard work mentioned here is obviously not just that Ash took the GS ball and got it back, but that Ash's trip was hard.
Dr. Oak is one of the few insiders who knows why Ash went to the Orange Islands. He also knows what happened. With his relationship with the Four Elite Fours and the alliance, it is easy to know these things.
The danger of this incident made him, a veteran champion, lament the danger.
Including Ash's Mewtwo, there are five God-level battles, which are battles that even the top human trainers can't intervene at all!
Even the Sinnoh champion Cynthia, who is ranked second in the world, can only be a piece of wood when she gets there. The divine realm level is still too far away for humans.
Precisely because she knows her own powerlessness, it is said that Cynthia has now begun to look for power that can enhance her combat power.
In order to prevent herself from being a fool when encountering such a thing again, Cynthia began to actively pursue the power of God. With her temperament and ability, the possibility of success should be very high.
If you want to gain the power of gods, in addition to defeating the beast head-on, you can also gain the recognition of the beast and let its power be temporarily used by you.
For mythical beasts, even if they stay with humans for a lifetime, it is only a snap of their fingers. A hundred years of human life is nothing to them. Therefore, even if mythical beasts identify with humans and stay with them until humans grow old, it is not impossible.
It seems that something like this has happened before in human history.
It's just that there is no way to prove whether that kind of history is true or false, but Dr. Oak believes that with Cynthia's ability, if she really finds the mythical beast, it shouldn't be difficult to get his approval.
"It's not very hard. I don't care about this battle."
'It was a very good experience for me and for Mewtwo. Mewtwo also became stronger because of this battle. If we want to say it was thrilling...it wasn't actually that thrilling."
Ash scratched his head and said a little embarrassed.
In Dr. Oak's opinion, this may be Ash's modesty, but in fact he is really embarrassed!
Because the risk in this battle is indeed almost non-existent. If the champion Ash takes action, as long as it is not Arceus, the God of Creation, there is no danger at all.
Therefore, when Ash said that it was not very hard, he was not being modest, but it really was not that hard!
What operations, what strategies, it's better to have a numerical value!
Champion Ash + Mewtwo represent the number one value under Arceus in the Pokémon world!
Only the Mega Evolution of Rayquaza with the Godhood has the possibility to rival Mewtwo.
Therefore, even if faced with the blackened Lugia, there is no danger at all. Not to mention that the blackened Lugia is weaker than the normal one. Even if Yveltal's power completely erodes Lugia later, it can only barely reach the level of weak normality, and still cannot be compared with Lugia in its heyday.
Moreover, Lugia does not know how to use the power of the priesthood. In the blackened state, the people of Team Galactic have not found a way to let the divine beast use the priesthood. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome just to face the three divine birds with the priesthood.
To sum up, with the help of Tong Tiandai, what was originally a very dangerous trip turned directly into an experience that purely improved oneself.
It's just that Dr. Oak doesn't know this.
"If there's nothing else to do, I'll leave first. I also made an appointment with Gary to fight. "After handing the things to Dr. Oak, he didn't have anything to do next, so he just took advantage of this free time to have a fight with Gary.
He was still very curious about what Gary had experienced in the past month and why he had changed so much. Everything would be revealed in the battle.
"Gary? Oh, by the way, Gary said he was coming back today, but I forgot about it. Let's go. That kid has gone nowhere this month. I thought he went out to Johto, but there hasn't been a single call for a month. Even when I called his cell phone, no one answered. If he hadn't called me back yesterday, I would have been ready to call the police. "
Dr. Oak reacted belatedly after hearing Ash's words. His grandson Gary also came back today.
Unlike Ash who clearly wanted to go to the Orange Islands, Gary had no idea where he was going. He originally thought that the Silver Tournament was about to start and he was going to Johto to get the medal.
But generally speaking, Gary would send him a message or call him every seven days. Now that he has a mobile phone, it is much more convenient to report that he is safe and so on. However, Gary did not call him for a whole month, and no one answered his calls to Gary.
Later it was shut down directly.
If Gary had called him later, Dr. Oak would really have called the police. In the past, it was nothing if he could not be contacted for a month or two without communication means. But now that he has a mobile phone and cannot be contacted for ten and a half months, it is a problem.
As for where Gary had been this month and why he didn't answer the phone, he explained it all in one sentence: he went to do Special training.
Gary didn't reveal too much about the others, and Dr. Oak didn't ask too much. Anyway, as long as Gary was fine, it would be fine.
And today when Gary came back, he didn't see Gary at all. Instead, he saw Ash first.
"He didn't can't contact you for a month, is that an exaggeration? Where did he go to special training? "Ash said with emotion.
"Who knows, anyway, it will be good if you can come back safely. If you want to fight, remember to ask Mewtwo to build a barrier, otherwise the aftermath will blow away my research institute. "Dr. Oak reminded him solemnly.
Regardless of whether it is Ash or Gary, both of them are already trainers with gym-level Pokemon. The aftermath of the battle at the gym level is no joke. Let alone the gym level, even the professional level, I am afraid they can directly destroy his research institute.
Therefore, precautions must be taken during the battle. He does not want to rebuild the Oak Research Institute.
"I know, I know! "Ash took Pikachu and ran out without looking back, leaving Dr. Oak standing there helplessly shaking his head.
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Outside the Oak Research Institute, Ash and Gary stood facing each other on a flat ground, with Mewtwo standing floating in the middle of the two.
'The rules of the competition are one-on-one. If there is no problem, just take out your Pokemon. ' Mewtwo's voice sounded in the hearts of both of them, and she also had a strange expression on her face.
Who would have thought that she, a majestic god-level Pokémon, would one day be a referee.