Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

"boom--!"

The Circly Bear's arm hammer slammed into the ground without restraint, smashing a huge crater into the previously intact ground. The Murkrows and crows that had been perched on the surrounding trees began to scatter frantically after the sound.

Although the arm-hammer was very powerful, the expression on Quan Quan Xiong's face was completely frozen at this moment.

It didn't feel like it had actually hit its opponent, or rather, it simply knew that its attack had missed.

"..."

The bear, which had been howling just a moment ago, fell silent. It could feel the tingling sensation as electricity passed through its back. Pikachu's location had been clearly shown to it, but it—

Unable to resist.

"Electrical shock!"

This was an opportunity that Ash had worked so hard to create, so naturally he wouldn't let it go so easily. If Pikachu were to use its electric shock to collide head-on with Ursaring's arm hammer... it could win, but Pikachu would also lose a lot of stamina.

Right now, Pikachu is in a situation where it can't lose money and can't fail.

"boom--"

"Roar--"

The high-voltage electric shock hit Ursaring squarely in the back. Pikachu's most powerful and impactful move is not something Ursaring can easily block like Thunderbolt.

With an electric current as powerful as thunder, and an impact exceeding the force of a flash of lightning, the circle bear let out a miserable howl, and then knelt down on one knee due to the intense pain.

This high-voltage electric shock was a solid blow, but Ursaring still showed no intention of giving up or surrendering. It roared, struggled, and glared angrily at Ash with its bulging eyes, as if rebuking him for his treacherousness.

However, none of that matters anymore, since the outcome of this battle is already decided.

"100,000 volts!"

Ash gave Ursaring an ultimatum.

.......

A golden flash of lightning streaked across the surface, turning the circle bear's body completely black. It had no strength left to resist and simply closed its eyes, losing its ability to fight.

Although Ursaring had lost its ability to battle, it did not collapse like a typical Pokémon. Instead, it maintained its final posture after being struck by high-voltage electricity, like a warrior who refused to yield.

"That's really rare... For a wild Pokémon to get this far, it must be a very aggressive one, right?"

Ash exclaimed in admiration as he threw out the Poké Ball. Although Ursaring had completely lost its ability to battle, the Poké Ball continued to shake after Ursaring was put inside, giving the impression that it was about to burst at any moment.

However, after half a minute, the shaking finally stopped, signifying that Ash's capture of Ash was finally successful.

"Tsk, too late?"

"Ok?"

Just as Ash picked up the Poké Ball, before he could even perform his signature move after catching a Pokémon, he suddenly heard Shinji's voice behind him. Turning around, he saw Shinji looking at the Poké Ball in Ash's hand with a displeased expression.

"What good luck! They got lost and ended up here, yet they managed to capture the prey they had their eye on before I did."

Shinji didn't go forward; he simply led his Chimchar out of the bushes and said this to Ash.

"So, you've got your eye on this... So your purpose in coming here is to tame this curly bear?"

"Heh, what else?" Shinji retorted.

"The locals said that there is a huge bear that has dominated the forest for a long time in the Forest of Confusion, but no trainer has been able to defeat it, so I came here."

Shinji glanced at the Poké Ball in Ash's hand again, then closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate, saying, "Fine, I guess I was just unlucky this time. I'll just have to look for a backup. Hey! Let's go."

"grumble?!"

When Shinji called out to it so coldly, Chimchar trembled slightly before hurriedly following in Shinji's footsteps.

"Oh, right! Wait a minute!" Ash called out to Shinji as he was about to leave, as if he had suddenly remembered something.

"What?" Shinji turned around and asked impatiently.

"Did you see Xiaogang and Xiaoguang in the forest? They just got separated from me. They must have been under the spell of the Frightened Deer and wandered off somewhere."

Ash had completely forgotten about the two of them because of Ursaring's appearance, and now that everything has settled down, he remembered them.

"Those two idiots?" Shinji sneered. "They were under the spell of the Stunning Deer. They were lying on the ground just now. I chased the Stunning Deer away for now. They should still be near the entrance of the forest."

After saying those words, Shinji left without looking back. Ash watched Shinji's retreating figure with a sense of melancholy.

As expected, this guy has always had this kind of personality...

Is he cold on the outside but warm on the inside, or just all bark and no bite? Although he always speaks harshly and looks down on people, he still shows great impatience when others are in trouble, complaining while offering his help.

Ash doesn't dislike Paul's personality, since he doesn't really care about Paul's trash talk anymore. If Ash had to pick the only thing he doesn't like about Paul right now, it would be his current attitude towards Pokémon.

"Little Flame Monkey..."

Ash felt a mix of emotions as he looked at the Chimchar that was following Shinji with a pitiful and dejected expression.

Although he really wanted to speak up for it, Chimchar was, after all, Shinji's Pokémon.

Shinji saw the power in Chimchar after it unleashed its full flames, but that power was beyond Chimchar's current control.

Every Pokémon has a different personality. Some Pokémon need encouragement from their trainers to improve, while others need constant pressure to improve. Chimchar belongs to the former, which is something Shinji can't give it right now.

If things continue like this, will Chimchar's fate be the same as before, with Shinji releasing it back into the wild?

"Ugh."

Xiao Zhi sighed deeply.

Although Chimchar can make rapid progress under his guidance, the expression on its face when it is abandoned by Shinji is not what he wants to see.

The relationship between humans and Pokémon, or rather, between Pokémon and trainers, should indeed be more harmonious and beautiful; this is the kind of scene everyone would prefer to see.

.......