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

Chapter 33 The Great Migration of the Monkey Monster Clan?

The backyard of Dr. Oki's research institute in Pallet Town.

This area is extremely vast, and a large number of wild Pokémon and Pokémon belonging to the trainers of Pallet Town inhabit this place.

Their sheer numbers have even created a small ecosystem.

Professor Oak, having just finished a tiring morning's work, is sitting in the best viewing spot in the backyard, sipping tea and writing his favorite senryu.

In fact, he has been thinking about the meaning of life for the past few days.

Suddenly, a phone rang urgently. Professor Oak strode over to the phone, composed himself, and answered it.

Sure enough, the face of the culprit who caused his current situation appeared on the communication screen.

"Professor Oak, it's been a while since we last talked. Your dark circles are so bad, you need to get some rest."

"By the way, I've already earned four badges. How are my Pokémon doing with you?"

When Ash mentioned his Pokémon, Professor Oak almost choked on his breath.

"You have the nerve to say that? My dark circles are the result of your Pokémon!"

"Your Great Spike has become the leader of the Bug-type Pokémon in the backyard and started waging territorial wars, while Machoke and Rhyperior are also harassing other Pokémon everywhere."

"And your Picoshi, I don't even want to talk about it..."

"Any Pokémon that looks even slightly stronger on my side will fall victim to its attacks."

"It fought Xiao Mao's Arcanine to a draw a while ago, and both are still receiving treatment at the center."

Ash exclaimed in surprise upon hearing Professor Oak's words.

"What? My Pixii has failed?"

"Is that what you're concerned about? Your Pokémon have caused chaos here, and I haven't slept well for several nights in a row."

Professor Oak's face looked like it was about to leap out of the phone screen, and Ash could only sweat and comfort him.

"Dr. Oak, you're an academic giant, I'm sure you'll find a way to solve this."

"Send Bulbasaur back, and I'll forgive you."

"No, this will disrupt my training plan, Professor Oak, please bear with it a little longer."

"Sigh." Professor Oak, who truly doted on Ash, sighed and said nothing more.

"But Ash, you're behind schedule. Your rivals who started with you have already earned at least five badges, and Gary has already earned six."

"That's it, keep up the good work, and remember to catch as many rare Pokémon as possible!"

Before hanging up the phone, Professor Oak made a point of mentioning Gary's situation.

Upon hearing that Gary had already earned six badges, Ash was indeed inspired and left the phone booth, running back to camp to urge Misty to set off quickly.

------------

The route from Goldenrod City to Rainbow City is a long, straight road with very convenient transportation; no normal person would get lost on this route.

Unfortunately, neither Ash nor Misty are normal people; yes, they got lost again!

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have achieved the achievement: Where is the direction of your life?: You have gotten lost 20 times!]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +800; Stamina +5; Speed ​​+5]

"Why can we get lost even when we're walking on a straight main road?"

Xia, holding a map in the forest, looked utterly dejected.

"Don't worry, Xia. I've sent Pidgeot out to scout ahead. It should be back soon."

Ash now possesses level 7 Aura, and his Aura Sensing range has reached an astonishing radius of 2 kilometers.

But they were so lost that even waveguide sensing couldn't find their way back.

It seems that finding your way still requires looking at the birds around your house.

"It's all your fault! You insisted on chasing the monkey monster, causing us to deviate from the straight path."

"We've rarely seen Fighting-type Pokémon along the way, and this one even stole Pikachu's rice ball, so of course I have to catch it."

"Right, Pikachu?"

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

This time, Pikachu is on Ash's side, clenching its little fists as if it hasn't forgotten about the rice ball that was stolen from it.

"The Pidgeot is back."

Ash quickly used Aura to guide Pidgeot to their location.

Unfortunately, when Ash asked if they had found the way, Pidgeot shook its head.

"Compare, compare!"

"Does that mean they've found the monkey monster?"

Pidgeot indicated that it would definitely take to the skies again and lead Ash and his friends toward Mankey.

Before they had gone far, Ash and his friends heard a loud noise, which sounded like many humanoid animals running together.

Ash quickly recalled his Pidgeot and hid in the bushes with Misty and Pikachu, carefully observing the situation.

The sound grew closer and closer, and to Ash's surprise, a large group of monkey monsters rushed past them.

Ash roughly sensed that there were at least a hundred of them; this must be all the monkey monsters in the entire forest gathered together.

"Strange, the bestiary says the monkey monsters migrate in winter, but it's not even summer yet, how could this be..."

Before Ash could figure it out, more and more other Pokémon were caught up in the great migration of the Mankey pack.

This scene, resembling an approaching horde of beasts, forced Ash to make an emergency evacuation.

"What's going on with these monkey monsters?" Misty asked Ash, puzzled, looking at the exaggerated army of Pokémon.

"It's unclear for now, but we should be able to figure it out once we go to the source of their direction of travel."

Ash released Lucario and used Aura Sense as much as possible, and sure enough, they detected something unusual about three kilometers away from them.

That was a plain beside a large waterfall, which should have been the original habitat of the monkey monsters.

At this moment, several strong Mankeys were fighting a giant Venusaur.

"Found it! If I'm not mistaken, it was a berserk Venusaur that accidentally wandered into Mankey's territory and caused all of this."

Having discovered the root of the problem, Xiaoxia quickly told Xiaozhi...

"Let's hurry and help them, otherwise the Mankeys will affect all the Pokémon in the forest."

[Ding! New side quest triggered: Save the Golden Forest: Defeat Venusaur and find the culprit.]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +500; Attack +1; Free Attribute Points +3;]

Without hesitation, Ash immediately set off for his destination, even carrying Misty on his back to save time.

They quickly arrived at their destination, by which time the remaining five Mankeys had already been defeated by Venusaur.

The monkeys' habitat was in a mess, with signs of destruction all around.

"Why did you do that, Venusaur?"

Venusaur is usually a relatively gentle Pokémon, but at this moment its eyes are bloodshot and its calls are extremely hoarse.

Moreover, this Venusaur is twice the size of its kind, which makes it look very dangerous.

"Flower... flower..."

"It seems like Ash can't communicate."

Xiaoxia looked ahead worriedly; Venusaur had already noticed them.

"I have to defeat it first, so I choose you, Bulbasaur!"

Because he remembered a previous mission where he had to defeat Venusaur with Bulbasaur, Ash chose Bulbasaur to fight Venusaur.

"This opponent is very strong, get ready!" Ash stared intently at Venusaur.

"Seeds, seeds!"

Suddenly, the Venusaur on the other side attacked with Vine Whip, and the incredibly thick Vine Whip was also surprisingly powerful.

"Bulbasaur, get out of the way!"

Fortunately, the Mankey had already exhausted Venusaur's resources, so its vine whips were now much slower than usual, allowing Bulbasaur to successfully dodge them.

"Use the leaf-sharp blade!"

Razor Leaf successfully hit Venusaur; it seems that in its berserk state, it can't even dodge.

Bulbasaur easily dodged every attack from Venusaur thereafter.

Bulbasaur has been through countless battles alongside Ash, and it's exceptionally good at dodging damage!

"Bulbasaur, use Tackle now and then quickly create distance."

Perhaps it had been wreaking havoc for too long, then fighting Mankey, and finally Ash's Bulbasaur, its stamina was really running out.

When Venusaur was hit by the charging Bulbasaur, it was knocked over and lay on its side on the ground, unable to roll over for a moment.

A great time to drive a big truck!

"Bulbasaur, keep using Tackle, don't stop!"