Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Just as Dawn was basking in the joy of acquiring Piplup and becoming a new trainer, the previously closed door was suddenly pushed open again, followed by a voice that Ash and the others were familiar with.

"Dr. Yamanashi, I've arrived at the agreed time."

"?!"

Ash and the others turned around and saw Shinji standing at the door, someone they had met once before. Shinji was also surprised to see Ash and the others in the research lab.

"It was you guys."

Shinji's tone was devoid of much emotion; it was as if he were simply stating a fact. However, compared to Shinji's indifference, Hikari seemed far less composed.

"I never expected to see you again! Didn't you say you had something urgent to attend to? Why are you only now taking your time to get here?"

Their ideologies differed, and Shinji's behavior was far from likable, so his impression on Hikaru was extremely poor. Naturally, Hikaru's tone when speaking to him was not much better.

"A pointless question." Shinji scoffed dismissively. "I'm a Pokémon Trainer, so my urgent task is naturally to catch Pokémon with potential. I also arrived at the lab at the time I agreed with Professor Yamanashi, so what's the problem, you cowards?"

"you......"

Although it was Hikari who started the trouble, when it comes to the ability to make people angry, even if Hikari were ten years older, she still couldn't compare to Shinji now. Knowing this, Satoshi simply stopped Hikari and signaled her to let it go.

"Poga~!"

Seeing Dawn's sullen expression, Piplup, being a Pokémon, was naturally not happy either. If Dawn didn't seem to want to fight, Piplup would have definitely walked up to her and challenged her.

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

Professor Yamanashi seemed oblivious to the conflict among them, or perhaps had no interest in knowing about it at all. He simply took a document from Shinji and turned to organize it, leaving Ash and the others standing there in silence and embarrassment.

"Speaking of which..." After Dawn's humiliation, Shinji turned his attention to Ash and said, "Now that I'm free, and you guys don't seem bored, how about you have a match between your Pikachu and it?"

As Shinji spoke, he casually tossed Electabuzz's Poké Ball. Upon seeing Ash and Pikachu, Electabuzz became unusually excited, constantly twirling its arms, with bursts of electricity flashing above its head.

"Of course, no problem. As a Pokémon trainer, you shouldn't be able to answer no when challenged, right?"

Ash and Pikachu exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with fighting spirit.

Whether it's to make up for the regret of drawing with Shinji in their first battle, or simply because he's angry about Shinji's current training philosophy, Ash will accept Shinji's challenge without hesitation.

"Let's go to the outdoor court for a one-on-one match."

After Shinji finished speaking, he began to lead Ash and his friends around with practiced ease, as if this were his home turf.

Shinji's casual behavior made Hikari even angrier. She patted Satoshi's shoulder and said slowly in an emphasizing tone, "We can lose to anyone, but we absolutely cannot lose to him! If we lose to him, wouldn't that mean that our ideas have been easily rejected and crushed by him?"

"Don't worry, I won't lose."

Ash waved to Dawn without turning his head, looking quite confident, but Dawn still felt a bit uncertain.

Although Shinji is infuriating, in the novels and manga, such characters seem to be very powerful in the early and middle stages, with no chance of losing. Only in the finale will such characters be punished by the main characters.

Judging from the general pattern, it will probably not be an easy task for Ash to win.

When Xiaoguang turned her gaze towards Xiaogang, she only read one sentence in his eyes—

Trust Xiaozhi.

......

Following Shinji, we arrived at the battlefield located behind the research institute. Shinji was already ready on the sidelines, and it was clear that he took this match very seriously.

"Then I'll be the referee," Xiao Gang volunteered.

“There’s no need,” Shinji said coldly. “We don’t need a referee. In a one-on-one Pokémon battle, the battle ends when one side is unable to battle first.”

"Row."

As Ash said this, he stood opposite Shinji. This battle was an open battle, so there was no strategy involved. Shinji and Ash exchanged glances with their respective Pokémon, and Electabuzz and Pikachu stood on either side, ready to fight with great interest.

"Who goes first and who goes second?"

"I'll let you go first."

Shinji, or rather Electabuzz, was already so good at certain skills that it didn't care much about who went first or second. Ash didn't think much of it either, and simply nodded to signal the start of the battle.

"A flash of lightning!"

Ash intends to seize the initiative in the battle from the very beginning.

Pikachu vanished from the field the instant Ash gave the command, and when it reappeared in front of everyone, it was already standing in front of Electabuzz.

"Break the tile!"

Shinji frowned slightly, as if Pikachu's actions were not as he had expected.

"EL!"

Electabuzz reacted quickly, swinging its right hand the instant Shinji gave the command. A flash of electricity collided head-on with Brick Breaker, and both were forced back a few steps.

"Pikachu has the advantage."

Judging from the distance the two retreated, Xiao Gang roughly determined that Pikachu's power was greater than Electabuzz's. Shinji, of course, also noticed this, and his already somewhat solemn expression became even more serious.

"100,000 volts!"

"Electrical shock!"

In the second round, Shinji wanted to regain the advantage he had gained in the first round, so he quickly had Electabuzz initiate the attack.

Faced with the overwhelming Thunderbolt, Ash did not choose to let Pikachu confront it head-on this time, but instead gave the order to use Electric Shock.

“Pika~!”

Pikachu's body was instantly enveloped in electricity, and with an unstoppable momentum carrying a massive current, it charged straight toward Electabuzz's location.

Electabuzz's Thunderbolt attack, while hitting Pikachu under high voltage, failed to stop Pikachu's movements; instead, the Thunderbolt's power made Pikachu's high-voltage shock even stronger.

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