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

Chapter 161 The Savior is Very Hurt Now

Chapter 161 The Savior is Very Hurt Now

"I should have just destroyed it in this situation." Lugia gently used her telekinesis to move the black egg in front of Ash.

"But in the end, I couldn't make up my mind, and now it's almost ready to hatch."

"I hope you can adopt it. Ash, you are an excellent controller with great power and a sense of justice."

"Perhaps you can teach it well enough to prevent it from becoming a threat to world safety—"

"Okay, if there are no problems, leave it to me!"

Oh, so that's what it is. Xiao Zhi naturally agreed and made the promise on the spot.

"I will definitely educate it well."

Seeing Ash's confident expression, Lugia shook its head.

"I must warn you beforehand that this child is likely to be extremely brutal, and the dark aura emanating from him is also a troublesome thing."

"Ash, you need to be mentally prepared."

"Hmm~, I've made up my mind, please leave it to me."

"I will do everything in my power to educate it well!" Ash's words were as strong and convincing as ever.

[Ding! Lugia (God of the Sea): Affection +5]

After all, how could Ash refuse a free legendary Pokémon?

As for brutality, Ash likes brutal Pokémon!

Then we'll see whose fist is stronger. Xiao Zhi is the best at disciplining problem children.

He immediately took out the most luxurious incubator and carefully placed the black egg inside to store it.

Actually, there was another reason why Lugia entrusted its child to Ash: Ash was also someone that Ho-Oh favored and had gained the approval of a Suicune.

It even has a rainbow feather from Ho-Oh on its body. Hopefully, with Ho-Oh's life energy and Suicune's protection, little Lugia won't grow up to be anything but good.

Otherwise, it might really have to personally take action and sacrifice its own family for the greater good.

After carrying Ash back to the center island, Lugia expressed its gratitude to everyone present and bestowed its blessings.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the "Blessing of the Sea God" (First Blessing): When releasing water-type skills, the power is increased by 5%; when taking damage from water-type skills, the power is reduced by 5%; the Lugia race will feel friendly when facing you.]

[Receive "Blessing of the Sea God" (Second Blessing): This blessing will be generated based on your strongest desire related to the sea, increasing your success rate when fishing by +10%]

"Ah, so the blessing I want most is fishing!" Thinking about it carefully, that makes sense.

If my symptoms improve in the future, it will be well worth it!

After finishing these tasks, Lugia bid farewell to everyone and returned to the deep sea once more, heading towards an unknown place.

"Alright, it's time for you guys to leave!"

"Next, I'm going to hide the central island again."

Once the task was completed, the usually quiet and silent Dazed King began to usher everyone away.

"Remember not to mention this island to anyone, or it will be a big problem if someone with ulterior motives finds this place."

"I'll have a real headache then." With a wave of his hand, Slowking sent Ash and the others flying onto the speedboat behind him using telekinesis.

Then, in the blink of an eye, the once beautiful and tranquil central island disappeared from their sight.

"Wow! I can't even touch it, and if we move forward, we'll just pass right through it!" Kojiro tried it out of curiosity and almost fell into the sea.

"Alright, stop fooling around, let's go back to Asia Island."

After a grueling 24-hour battle, all Xiao Zhi wants to do now is go home and get a good night's sleep.

But he always felt like he had forgotten something.

But he really couldn't remember, so he decided to go back and get some sleep first. Meanwhile, on a big tree on Thunder Island, Gilluta, who had been hanging there for most of the day, shivered.

"Is anyone there—please help me, anyone will do—"

He caught a cold after being exposed to the cold wind all night.

Sure enough, some creatures were attracted by his voice.

Ah! It was a huge, yellow, flat-feathered bird with a lewd expression!

"Bar!"

The large bird had piercing eyes and looked like a wolf or tiger; it was determined to repay the humiliation it had suffered a hundredfold!

Little Gillute is going to enjoy life to the fullest!

"Ah! I don't want this!"

Then came a continuous series of crackling thunderclaps.

Ash woke up feeling refreshed and clear-headed. He finally remembered that he had left that bastard Gilluta on Thunder Island.

I was just about to leave to bring him back when I turned on my communicator and thought I was being cyberbullied.

The barrage of communications and the sheer number of missed calls made Xiao Zhi feel somewhat ashamed.

"Oh my god, why are there so many phone calls?"

Xiao Zhi, who was sleeping so soundly, didn't answer any of the calls.

The one he hit the most was naturally his mother's daughter, Hanako.

She quickly called back and was immediately subjected to a barrage of insults.

"Xiaozhi, you actually know to call back! Do you know how worried I was?"

"You said you were going to save the world, which scared me so much that I took a helicopter to the Orange Islands to find you, and then the helicopter crashed halfway there."

"What? Mom, are you alright?" Xiao Zhi was completely confused. What the hell was this plane crash?

"If something happens to you, something happens to me."

Hearing that strong voice, Xiao Zhi felt relieved; his mother should be alright.

It turns out that while Ash was battling the three legendary birds yesterday, Professor Oak and Professor Cynthia were also urgently invited to the Orange League headquarters to oversee things.

At that moment, Hanako also boarded the helicopter that came to Pallet Town to pick up Professor Oak.

Although the plane crashed midway due to extremely bad weather, Dr. Uchigi and Dr. Oak were able to avoid any problems.

After being scolded by his mother for nearly half an hour, Ash first apologized to Hanako, telling her that this was a rare opportunity and she should enjoy herself on Citrus Island.

Then I transferred the last 200,000 Alliance Coins I had to my mother and quickly hung up the phone.

Otherwise, I don't know how long my mom would nag me.

Looking at the other phone numbers, I saw calls from all sorts of people, including Brock, Professor Oak, Rika, Sabrina, and Sundae.

Xiao Zhi could only call them one by one to let them know he was safe.

Among them, Sundae brought him some bad news that almost made Ash unable to recover.

"Master, the extreme weather and power outage have caused our factory heavy losses—"

"Approximately how much was lost?" Although he had already expected it, Xiaozhi's voice still trembled a little when he asked.

"The facilities on Tortoise Island, the mines, and the factories on the outskirts of the city—the total losses are conservatively estimated at nearly five billion."

The Crimson Group had absolutely no experience dealing with such a massive natural disaster.

It was thanks to the emergency coordination by Sundae and the full mobilization of personnel and supplies by the Philosophy Dojo that the losses would have been even more severe.

"Ugh!" Xiao Zhi was so heartbroken he could hardly breathe.

Last night, due to the emergency, he frantically bought the highest-grade healing potions.

However, the universal healing potion costs 1.5 million per bottle, and who knows how many bottles Ash and his Pokémon drank last night.

Anyway, his savings are almost gone, and even if he had more money, he couldn't afford to spend it like this.

Now he only blames himself for spending money recklessly, buying villas and other expensive projects without saving more money.

I regret it, I really regret it.

"Sell off all the remaining sundaes to recoup costs!"

If the Crimson Group suffers losses, then its other competitors will certainly also suffer heavy losses.

"We used to always leave ourselves an out in order to make money together peacefully, but that won't work anymore—"

In short, it's better to die for a fellow Daoist than for me. We can only suffer together, and I, Xiaozhi, will take responsibility!

His heart was broken, and he immediately wanted to call out Suigun and beat him up to vent his anger. (Suigun: How could you be so selfish!)

Exhausted, I made the last call to Professor Oak.

"Feed Ash, the Orange League headquarters already knows the general situation. You've really done a great thing, our savior."

It seems that the residents of Flora and Asia Island reported the matter.

Of course, Ash had given Flurla some important instructions that couldn't be said.

"I'm really proud that someone like you came from our Pallet Town, but why do you sound so down?"

Professor Oak is very happy right now, and his voice is three octaves higher than usual.

Cheer up, you saved the world.

"Although we need to keep the matter of the Three Divine Birds a secret, we can't give you a big reward."

"But I've already suggested to the president and chief of the Orange Alliance that you definitely need to get a reward."

"Just tell me what you want!"

"Money! I want money, Professor Oak!"

"Oh, is it that tacky?"

Xiao Zhi said, "I'm just an ordinary person. All I need is money!"

Although the Orange League isn't a very wealthy league, Ash's contribution is truly immense.

Therefore, the final agreement was to grant Xiaozhi a 50-year tax exemption and franchise rights in some key industries.

He can sell these for money if he needs them.

It seems that Crimson Group will be able to participate in some industries that were originally monopolized by the government within the Orange Alliance in the future.

For example, crafting Poké Balls, mining rare metals, and selling valuable items.

Furthermore, at Ash's request, he also obtained villa properties in the capital city of Citrus Island and Asia Island.

When he received a reply of agreement, Xiao Zhi felt a little relieved.

At least the anchor point task can be completed, but we'll have to endure a period of poverty for the next while.

"It's all that wretched Gilluta's fault!"