Chapter 8 Three Options, Two Chances? That's Easy!
"Amazing! Awesome!"
"Really? Is that really Pikachu? That final attack changed the very heavens!"
"Coincidence, coincidence! It must just be a coincidence!"
"Yes, yes! Coincidence! It must just be a coincidence!"
A group of trainers were both shocked and desperately searching for excuses.
At this time.
The barrage of messages popping up in the chat room shattered their illusions.
【Drake: Hahaha! This scene is just too inspiring! New trainers need to have this kind of spirit! Especially when he said, "I'm Ash from Pallet Town! I'm going to be the greatest Pokémon Master in the world!" It's so passionate! I'm getting fired up just thinking about it!】
【Agatha: He's right! Young people need to have that kind of dream and courage! If you're afraid to even speak your dreams, then it's impossible for them to come true!】
【Diantha: You two can cut it out. Not every new trainer is like Ash. Courage and conviction are one thing, but Ash lacks a thorough understanding of basic Pokémon knowledge and battling fundamentals. 】
【Diantha: Ash, you have to work hard. We're all waiting for the day you can stand before us and challenge us, twenty years from now, with pride.】
【Drasna: Hey, if you ask this old man, it might not take that long. Ash looks like the kind of trainer who has a natural talent and passion. Maybe he'll even surpass you all sooner than you think?】
As the various regional Champions and Elite Four members began to argue over how long it would take Ash to reach their level.
The ordinary trainers were afraid to speak.
What could they say?
What could they possibly say?
Could they say that in twenty years, they'd be able to reach the level of these Champions and Elite Four?
Then stand proudly before them, issuing a challenge?
No, no, no!
They couldn't!
They had a very clear understanding of their own abilities!
Reaching that level was impossible.
They were just ordinary Pokémon trainers!
瑟瑟发抖.jpg (Trembling with fear)
At the same time.
Trainers all over the world finally realized.
Ash was a trainer with enormous potential!
Even the Champions and Elite Four had high hopes for him!
Jealousy…
Alright.
They were a little jealous.
Mainly because the strength Ash had shown so far wasn't enough to silence them.
Some people even wondered.
Was Ash really that strong?
Why did these Champions and Elite Four have such high hopes for him?
They couldn't understand it!
A certain Hao was one of them.
He grumbled angrily.
"If I wasn't too young to travel yet, I'd be much stronger than him!"
"It's just a Pikachu!"
"My goal is to capture all the Pokémon in the world!"
"And finally, Mew!"
"Once I get Mew, I'll be the strongest Pokémon Master in the world!"
"Ash, regional champions, they're all nothing to me!"
Hao bragged and made big claims.
…
The screen flickered.
The camera shifted from Ash and Pikachu, who were smiling at each other, to the sky.
Vaguely.
Everyone could see a figure with flapping wings flying towards them.
But before they could get a clear look.
The screen suddenly went black.
Everyone: ???
What was going on?
Could it be… that after beating the Pidgey, there were other Pokémon attacking Ash?
Like… a Pidgeotto?
Many people had this thought.
After all.
So many Pidgey, it was clearly a whole flock.
To control a flock like that.
It wasn't out of the question to have a Pidgeotto leading them, right?
Looking at Ash and Pikachu, who were covered in wounds.
Everyone, who had just been filled with passionate excitement, suddenly felt as if they'd been doused with cold water.
Facing a whole flock of Pidgey and then another Pidgeotto…
Could Ash and Pikachu really survive this newbie dungeon?
And.
What kind of ultimate hell-level newbie dungeon was this?!
It was terrifyingly intense!
Even Misty, who had been along with Ash the whole time and thought his badges were all given to him, felt this dungeon was too much.
Now she was starting to think.
Could it be… that Ash's smooth sailing in his gym challenges, always being given badges, was because he used all his luck on this dungeon?
Thinking about it, Misty's gaze towards Ash became complex.
Ash, completely clueless: ???
"Misty, are your eyes bothering you?"
"Why are you blinking so much?"
Ash asked, his mind as sharp as ever.
Misty turned her head away.
She had been worried for Ash, but she was being rash.
Seeing that Ash was perfectly fine, she knew she didn't have to worry about him at all!