Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master.

Chapter 204 Pokémon Exchange Tournament and Brock's Reunion

Chapter 204 Pokémon Exchange Tournament and Brock's Reunion

After leaving Azalea Town, Ash and his friends continued their journey towards Goldenrod City, the location of their next gym.

Of course, this was accompanied by constantly getting lost.

However, getting lost also means that they will have no shortage of opportunities to battle wild Pokémon in the forests of the Johto region.

Taking advantage of this "rare" moment, Ash had Cyndaquil and Chikorita battle more to train them properly.

Is it really that rare?

"Stop talking!"

Ever since Rinka discovered Ash's Absol, she's been hogging it and petting it all day, refusing to let Ash train it.

Now she's criticizing him again; this bad woman really needs to be taught a lesson.

However, they don't always get lost; occasionally, they find a way out of the forest and into a big city.

It sounds like they're savages fleeing famine.

Anyway, Ash and his friends finally escaped their lost route and arrived at a seaside city.

However, there's something odd about the atmosphere within the team right now.

A few days ago, Rika finally realized that Ash seemed to have known her true identity all along.

In the past few days, people have even been calling her by her real name, Rika, instead of Yurika.

What an amazing discovery! (Ash: You just discovered that?)

Rinka simply stopped wearing makeup, since putting on makeup every day was not only tedious, but also very uncomfortable to have a thick "mask" covering her face.

Now she's just wearing sunglasses and staying by Xiaozhi's side as before.

However, when she thought about how she had worked so hard to perform in front of Xiaozhi in order to avoid revealing her identity, she was overwhelmed.

To Xiaozhi, it was like watching a monkey show, and she felt incredibly angry and ashamed.

Finally, unable to swallow any more, she went to Xiaozhi with her face flushed red to breathe on him.

And then—and then it was left in Ash's bed as a body pillow.

This morning, when Xiaoxia came to wake Xiaozhi, Lihua didn't sneak away beforehand as usual.

An awkward situation ensued, and now Pear Blossom is too afraid to face Xiaoxia.

Although Xiaoxia appeared calm and indifferent, Lihua became increasingly nervous the more she acted this way.

Now, she gets startled whenever Xiaoxia speaks, and she even tries to do the dishes herself when Xiaoxia does.

In terms of getting Rika to do chores, it seems that Misty is more useful than Satoshi.

However, she was indeed overthinking it; Xiaoxia really didn't care.

This is what it's like when you're with Ash; you even have to lie down next to Misty occasionally.

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Of course, Misty would occasionally bite Ash harder as a form of punishment, but that was about it.

"Look everyone, we've finally arrived!"

"A grand Pokémon trading and riding event is being held here tomorrow—oh, I mean, a Pokémon exchange event!"

He pointed out the location to Xiaoxia and Lihua behind him, where there was a huge GG sign advertising something very eye-catching.

"What's wrong, Ash? Do you want to trade Pokémon?"

"Of course not, have you forgotten why we came to this city?"

They were able to escape getting lost this time thanks to Xiao Gang they met earlier.

Thanks to his directions, we were able to get here smoothly, and the peat blocks that Ash asked Brock to help him find have finally been found.

At that time, Brock had run ahead with an older girl and hadn't picked up the peat block's package yet, so they agreed to meet at the Pokémon Trading Conference here.

"I've also got my eye on the Strongest Kentauro Tournament, which will be held concurrently with the Exchange Tournament!"

The one-on-one "Who's the Real Bull" battle tournament, only for Kentaro!

Just now, when Ash was training in the city with Pikachu and Cyndaquil, they were almost hit by a large group of Tauros.

At that time, they were blindfolded and undergoing a training mission to master "Observation Haki," a technique that shields the five senses.

Essentially, the weekly mission requires Ash to dodge 500 ranged attacks consecutively while keeping his senses closed.

He was training with Cyndaquil and Pikachu when, unexpectedly, a large group of Tauros barged into the park where they were training.

If it weren't for Absol being placed outside and thus able to sense the impending disaster, it would have been a different story.

They pulled Ash and his friends aside, otherwise Cyndaquil and Pikachu would have gotten hurt.

Xiao Zhi later learned that today and tomorrow were the city's annual Running of the Bulls festival.

Today, large herds of cattle will be randomly and legally roaming around the city, though it's unclear why they'll deviate from their intended path.

But Ash couldn't teach them a proper lesson.

"I can't let this go like this, since it almost hurt my Pokémon."

After learning that all these Tauros would be participating in tomorrow's Tauros Tournament and battling against the trainers' Tauros, Ash had an idea.

"In tomorrow's match, I'm going to utterly defeat and humiliate you arrogant fools!"

A petty, muscular man.

"It's decided, I'll go to the Kentaro tournament tomorrow!"

"And you, Cyndaquil, will put on two horns and pretend to be Tauros to participate. You must win, Cyndaquil!"

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Ash picked up the mouse at his feet and excitedly pointed to the GG badge from the strongest Tauros tournament.

"Nino?!" Cyndaquil glanced at the muscular Tauros on the GG card, swallowed hard, and shook its head frantically.

"Nino, Nino————" (No, no————)

"What? You don't want to go?"

"That won't do. After all, you've always lacked motivation. Maybe participating will ignite your competitive spirit."

"Let's persevere to get stronger!" Ash said resolutely.

Fireball Rat shook its head even more dramatically.

If I, a little mouse, were to be hit by that big horn, I would really die.

At the same time, in order to prove that it would still be motivated even if it didn't go, it immediately adopted a posture as if it was straining due to constipation.

They actually managed to summon the flames of fighting spirit.

"Nino!"

"Hmm, not bad. With enough effort, it's possible to summon the flames of fighting spirit even in normal circumstances!"

Ash happily put Cyndaquil down and gently patted its head to encourage it.

"Remember this feeling, then Cyndaquil won't need to participate in the Tauros Tournament."

Upon hearing this, the mouse finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, Ash was just kidding Cyndaquil. He had already asked Professor Oak to teleport the Tauros leader from the Pokémon Center.

I'm just here to scare the cute little hamster.

I didn't expect it to actually ignite the flames of its fighting spirit; it seems I'll have to scare it more often in the future.

Ash's Tauros charged headlong into the second day's Tauros Battle Tournament, becoming a true god of war and dominating the battlefield.

Although it is usually kept at the research institute, it is thanks to Professor Oak's care.

Moreover, they are properly fed and have plenty of open space to run around freely, so they are all plump and strong.

In particular, the leader Tauros that Ash sent out had an amazing amount of muscle mass, which Ash loved very much.

With Ash's repeated shouts of "Bullman, then use Rash!", he easily defeated his opponents one after another on the battlefield.

It left behind the shameful hoofprints of Nunu, a defeated foe of Ash and Tauros! (Just kidding!)

Who can stop this powerful bull? And who can stop it?

In the end, Ash's Tauros successfully won the championship, completing his revenge against those Tauros who weren't watching where they were going.

After the match, Ash happily rode his Tauros around the city for a fun lap, a privilege reserved for champions.

He also accidentally knocked Xiao Gang, who was standing on the side of the road, to the ground, and rescued a young woman who was being harassed!

That's amazing!