Chapter 9: Shining
Professor Oak, who had paid a huge price, left with Ash's recorder, his face full of pain.
The video content was of great importance, and the recorder had no protective measures; once lost, information about Mew would be leaked, and Ash, as a witness, could easily be targeted by criminal organizations like Team Rockets.
Therefore, for Ash's personal safety, Professor Oak had to seal the recorder away.
"Wait, I think I forgot to ask about that Pichu just now... But, I feel like I've seen that Pichu somewhere before."
Oak thought back, he always felt like he had seen the Pichu that was with Ash somewhere.
"Never mind, I'll ask tomorrow."
Professor Oak muttered a few words to himself, then very naturally dialed a number.
Soon, the call connected.
"Delia, there's a big matter concerning Ash..."
That's right, Oak had dialed Ash's home phone number.
Before Oak could finish speaking, Delia eagerly interrupted, "Huh?! Professor Oak, did something happen to Ash?"
"Something did happen, but it's a good thing. Your Ash has matured. On the first day of Summer Camp, he found a beautiful girlfriend..."
When talking about Ash's gossip, Professor Oak's face was full of an aunt-like smile.
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — Gorgeous dividing line — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
In a blink of an eye, the Summer Camp was nearing its end.
These past few days, Ash had been almost constantly with Serena, and their relationship had progressed by leaps and bounds. If it weren't for the time limit of the Summer Camp activities and Serena having to leave when it ended, Pichu would have thought he had been tricked by his poop-scooping officer.
"Time passes so quickly, Ash. The Summer Camp is about to end," Serena said with a rather low tone.
"Yes, I know, but separation is for a better reunion next time. Serena, you know, my dream is to become a Pokémon Master, so I've always looked forward to traveling, meeting all kinds of Pokémon, all kinds of partners. In the future, the Kalos region is also a region I want to travel to, so I hope my travel companion in the Kalos region will be you, Serena!" Ash asked with a sincere expression.
Upon hearing this, a smile reappeared on Serena's face: "Okay, then we've agreed, we'll travel together in the Kalos region!"
"Oh, by the way, Serena, I've prepared a gift for you!"
Ash took out the Ralts egg rewarded by the system and Gardevoir's Mega Evolution set (two pendants).
"This Pokemon egg was obtained by me in the forest that day..." Ash casually made up a story.
Serena quickly waved her hand and refused, "This is too precious, I can't accept it. Besides, this egg is more useful in your hands, Ash, than in mine."
"I got two of them, and they're both the same."
With that, Ash also took out his own.
The system's reward was very thoughtful, providing an incubator along with the egg.
"Alright then."
Seeing this, Serena could only accept the gifts from Ash.
As soon as she took the egg, both eggs simultaneously glowed with white light.
Seeing the two eggs glowing with the light of impending hatching, Ash's face lit up with joy. A few days ago, he had taken the eggs to Professor Oak for examination, and they were healthy and fully absorbed energy, with the possibility of hatching at any time. Originally, Ash had planned to give them to Serena after they hatched, but after waiting so many days with no movement, he thought they wouldn't hatch so quickly, but he didn't expect...
"What is this?" Serena looked at Ash with some Telekinesis.
"They're about to hatch, Serena. Professor Oak said that when a Pokemon hatches, it will consider the first person or Pokemon it sees as its closest," Ash reminded her.
As the frequency of the Pokémon eggs' hatching light increased, after a brilliant burst of light, both eggs cracked simultaneously, their shells gradually breaking apart, and two humanoid Pokémon with blue shattered hair appeared before them.
Looking at the two Shinny Ralts in front of him, Ash's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but think: "Holy crap! The system is awesome."
He had originally thought they were just two ordinary Ralts with good aptitude, but he didn't expect them to be Shinny versions.
The two Ralts' gazes were fixed on Ash and Serena respectively, and they curiously examined the two of them.
"Ralts~ Lu."
The two little darlings called out softly, then used Teleport to appear in Serena's arms and on Ash's shoulder, respectively.
Pichu, who was watching the show from Ash's shoulder, was pushed to the ground by Ralts's action.
"Pi?"
Pichu looked at the Ralts that had taken his spot with a bewildered expression.
"Ralts, hello!"
Ash greeted enthusiastically.
"Ralts~"
Ralts happily responded to Ash.
"Pichu~!" (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡) (So love transfers, does it?)
"Pichu, Ralts is also our family now, and your statuses are the same..."
Ash bent down, picked up Pichu, and placed him on his other shoulder.
After comforting Pichu, Ash took out two Luxury Balls, handing one to Serena, "Serena, Ralts is a Mood Pokemon. It can sense human emotions. When it senses happy or optimistic emotions from others, it becomes braver. Ralts's Trainer should remain cheerful for it to grow up happily and joyfully.
The horn on its head can capture the warm feelings of people or Pokemon, and Ralts's body will gradually warm up..."
Ash carefully explained information about Ralts to Serena.
"I understand, thank you, Ash!"
After getting consent from the Ralts in her arms, Serena captured Ralts with a Luxury Ball, but she quickly released it again. Clearly, her Ralts, like Pichu, didn't like staying in its ball.
"Ralts, please take care of me from now on!"
Ash also quickly captured his Ralts.
[Pokémon: Ralts (Shinny)] (Ash)
[Gender: Female]
[Level: 1]
[Abilities: Synchronize, Trace]
[Aptitude: Champion]
[Skills: Growl, Disarming Voice, Telekinesis, Teleport, Psychic, Safeguard.....]
[Description: This is a newborn with extremely high talent.....]
[Pokémon: Ralts (Shinny)] (Serena)
[Gender: Female]
[Level: 1]
[Abilities: Synchronize, Trace]
[Aptitude: Champion]
[Skills: Growl, Disarming Voice, Telekinesis, Teleport, Psychic, Safeguard.....]
[Description: This is a newborn with extremely high talent.....]
Ash looked at the data of the two Ralts and was shocked. The configurations of the two little ones were identical. "System, awesome! There are no two identical leaves in the world, but there are two identical Ralts..."
"Serena, let's go find the Professor to get a health check for the two little ones," Ash suggested.
"Okay!"
Serena nodded.
Although it was the end of the Summer Camp and Professor Oak had a lot of things to do, when Ash and Serena came to him, he still readily conducted the examination for Ralts.
After the examination, Ash also asked Professor Oak to help him and Serena take a commemorative photo.
At this point, the Summer Camp officially came to an end, and most people left with abundant harvests and happy hearts. Of course, one dark-skinned kid was an exception. As the only negative example in the entire Summer Camp, Professor Oak was quite effective in temporarily revoking his qualification to become a Pokemon Trainer.
The dark-skinned kid wanted to regain his Pokemon Trainer qualification, not only needing to undergo stricter theoretical exams but also needing to participate in practical activities at designated locations (the dirtiest and most tiring grunt work), and he couldn't have any complaints about participating in the practical activities. (Friendly reminder: Goh in this book will not be able to become a Trainer.)
Aside from this annoying matter, this dark-skinned kid also successfully became famous in all regions, becoming a notorious negative "star" praised by everyone. His "unlucky" video was accidentally leaked by a temporary Alliance worker and was almost simultaneously designated by various regions as official negative teaching material.