Chapter 280: Rainbow Hero (1)
The next day, after bidding farewell to Misty and Brock, Ash embarked on his journey to the Raizen Mountains alone.
Traveling through the forest for two days.
Ash arrived at a Pokémon Center located within the forest.
James asked with an exhausted expression, "Where exactly is the Ash heading?"
"Who knows! The Ash didn't even tell that little girl or the squinty-eyed one where Ho-Oh would appear, Meowth!" Meowth responded, also sounding listless.
"Hey, Meowth, how much money do we have left? We're about to starve to death!" Jessie asked.
They had been exhausted to the point of collapse from tracking Ash over the past two days.
There was no other reason; after Misty and Brock left, in order to speed up his progress, Ash had been sprinting almost like a flash of lightning, covering over a hundred kilometers in two days.
The Team Rocket Trio didn't dare use their hot air balloon and could only rely on their own legs to catch up. There was no help for it, as Ash was traveling through forest terrain, and the woods were too dense; they were afraid of losing him.
Meowth spread his hands, "We're out of money, Meowth."
"What? Didn't we make a huge profit last time?"
"Are you talking about selling bottle cap badges and souvenirs? You were the one who chose a supplier that delayed shipping, and they only arrived after the tournament ended..."
Meowth said, looking like he was about to cry.
Originally, during the Silver Conference, they had been honestly selling food and definitely wouldn't have lost money, but after seeing others make a fortune selling souvenirs, they followed the trend. They managed the business quite well in the beginning.
Especially after the battle between the legendary Pokémon of Ash and Gary, sales soared. However, in the end, the three of them, holding the intention of expanding and creating greater glory, successfully turned their million-asset business into ten million in debt.
Just at this moment.
A Trainer holding a Vaporeon rushed into the Pokémon Center from outside.
"Help! Nurse Nurse Joy, please, save it! My Vaporeon..."
"Let me take a look quickly."
Nurse Nurse Joy quickly examined the Vaporeon.
"How did it get such a severe injury?"
"We encountered Entei just now," the Trainer replied.
"Entei?!"
In an instant, everyone in the Pokémon Center lobby crowded around.
A male Trainer with blue hair asked, "Hey, the Entei you just mentioned, is it the one from the legends?"
"Yes, the legendary Entei. I originally wanted to capture this super-rare Pokémon, but it was just too strong. It defeated my Vaporeon without any effort, and then it disappeared into the forest."
Before the Trainer could finish speaking, some impatient people rushed out to find Entei.
Upon hearing the news about Entei, the Team Rocket Trio instantly revived and rushed out of the Pokémon Center as well.
After seeing this scene, Ash hung up the phone with his mother and called Liza at Charizard Valley to have his Charizard sent over.
This time, he wanted to challenge Ho-Oh and see if he could get anything for free on the side; after all, it would be a pity to just see it once and leave.
After leaving the Pokémon Center, Ash soon encountered Entei again in a clearing in the forest.
Only at this moment, a girl with a Piplup was standing in front of Entei, intending to challenge it.
[Pokémon: Piplup]
[Type: Water]
[Gender: Male]
[Level: Elite Intermediate]
[Ability: Competitive (If stats are lowered, Special Attack will be greatly increased)]
[Potential: Elite]
[Moves: Bubble Beam, Peck, Charm, Water Gun...]
"Piplup, use Bubble Beam!" the girl shouted.
"Piplup~"
That Piplup was clearly overconfident and sprayed a Bubble Beam at Entei.
Entei didn't take it seriously at all and leaped behind Ash.
"Rainbow Hero, you've finally come!" Entei communicated telepathically.
Ash responded with Aura, "Yeah, Raikou told me that Ho-Oh is waiting for me."
"That guy actually did a good deed!" Entei teased.
Just as Ash was about to say something, Charizard suddenly ran out of its Poké Ball on its own.
Charizard looked at Entei with eyes full of fighting spirit.
Seeing this, Ash could only ask helplessly, "Uh... Entei, can you have a battle with my Charizard?"
Entei looked deeply at Charizard; it always felt that the flame on Charizard gave it the illusion of facing Ho-Oh.
After a long while, Entei silently nodded and agreed to Ash's request for a battle.
"Hey, I found it first, okay!"
The girl with the Piplup felt very dissatisfied when she heard Ash declare war on Entei.
Ash felt ashamed and said helplessly, "Uh... beauty, if I may speak frankly, your Piplup has a type advantage, but the level difference is a bit too far..."
The girl said stubbornly, "But I found it first, so I should be the one to battle it first."
"Alright, you go first then."
Ash could only cast a sympathetic look at that Piplup.
Seeing that Ash had conceded, the girl said impatiently, "Piplup, use Water Gun!"
Facing the Piplup's Water Gun, Entei chose to ignore it and released a minimum-power Flamethrower towards the Piplup.
"Piplup~~"
Piplup's eyes rolled back, sticking its burned rear end up in the air.
"Piplup, are you okay?" the girl asked anxiously.
"Piplup..."
Piplup looked as if its soul had been scared out of it.
Seeing that the annoying pet had been dealt with, Charizard couldn't wait to attack Entei.
Ash knew that Charizard wanted to test its current capabilities, so he chose not to issue commands.
He took out a Burn Heal and walked to the girl to apply medicine to her Piplup, "It's fine, just a minor burn. It will be better after a while with this medicine."
"Tha... thank you!" the girl said with some shame.
"Hey, do you guys know who that Charizard fighting Entei belongs to?"
At this moment, a boy with a Lucario walked over.
"He... it's his Charizard," the girl said, pointing at Ash.
The boy looked at Ash with some surprise, "Are you... Ash from Pallet Town, the Champion of the Silver Conference?"
"Eh... you're saying he's the Champion of the Silver Conference?!"
The girl was also shocked.
After observing carefully, the girl became excited, "Mr. Ash, hello, I am Seiko from Twinleaf Town. Please forgive my previous rudeness!"
"Uh..."
This sudden enthusiasm made Ash a bit unaccustomed to it, and he could only scratch his head awkwardly.
The boy also spoke up, "Mr. Ash, hello, I am Souji from Veilstone City. Please take care of me!"
"Hello."
Hearing Veilstone City, Ash thought of Paul, that Sinnoh rival of Ash from the original series.
While the few were chatting.
The battle between Charizard and Entei also reached a stalemate.
Relying on its dual abilities, one of which was Sacred Fire, which not only doubled Fire-type damage but also allowed it to recover health when burned by flames, Charizard managed to fight to a draw with Entei.
Entei was regretting it now; why did it agree to Ash's request to battle this kind of Charizard in front of it?
Its Fire-type moves not only caused no damage but were also TM-helping the opponent recover health. The most ridiculous thing was that it had double resistance to fire, but in front of the opponent's Fire-type moves, it was like it didn't exist.
"Roar!"
Forced into a corner, Entei had no choice but to use the move Snarl to lower Charizard's Special Attack.
Charizard could only switch to physical attacks in response, directly unleashing a wide-range destruction, sweeping its large tail violently at Entei.
Smack!
Entei took the tail hit head-on and was knocked sliding back several steps.
Before Entei could steady itself, Charizard, covered in flames, lunged at it again.
Facing Charizard's Flame Charge, Entei opened its mouth to gather Dark-type energy, unleashing the move Crunch to bite at Charizard's claws.
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