Chapter 43
The Road to Xiao Gang's Disappointment Begins

Late at night, when everyone was fast asleep, cries for help came from the sea.

"Help! Can anyone hear me?! Help!"

Ash, who was sleeping with Kirlia in his left arm, Squirtle in his right, Pikachu on his face, and a Houndoom lying on his stomach, woke up. Ash's Pokémon also woke up, but Ash still told them, "You guys go back to sleep, I'll go take a look."

However, the other Pokémon shook their heads at Ash's suggestion, indicating they wanted to go with him. So Ash took them outside in their pajamas, and the same went for Misty and the others.

"Misty, May, Dawn, you guys continue sleeping. The staff here will handle it. It's a big enemy for girls to not get enough sleep."

"Are you sure? Yawn..."

Seeing Misty yawning, Ash said, "You're still yawning! Go back to sleep. Look at Dawn, she's swaying all over the place."

Hearing Ash say that, Misty and May noticed that Dawn was indeed dazed and confused. So, under Ash's persuasion, they went back to sleep. Ash then walked towards his subordinates.

"Are the guests alright?"

"Don't worry, boss, we've already talked to the guests and asked them to continue resting. We'll handle the rest."

"Good, then let the rescue team get the Water-type Pokémon moving. Then ask the mainland hotel in Hoenn to teleport over a few Wailord, prepare warm clothing and hot drinks, and I don't need to tell you the rest, right? I'm going to sleep."

Ash had already made clear arrangements, how could his subordinates have any questions?

"Understood."

The next morning, when the passengers of the "Eissen" woke up, they found a few Wailord around the ship, and on top of them, a bunch of people, seemingly survivors of a shipwreck, were resting.

"Yesterday, the "St. Anne" encountered a robbery by Team Rocket members wearing black uniforms. A battle broke out, and the "St. Anne" sank because of the battle. These people are all from the "St. Anne".”

In the morning, Ash was eating fried dough sticks and drinking soy milk while listening to his subordinate's report. After confirming the whole incident, he couldn't help but say, "That's terrible. So, not paying attention to monitoring is like this. Send them to Lumiose City, it's on the way anyway."

"Yes, but boss, some people want to get on board to rest. How do we answer them?"

"If there's space, let them on, if not, then forget it. As for who gets to come on, let them draw lots or play rock-paper-scissors themselves."

"Yes."

Misty couldn't help but complain after hearing Ash's method, "That's a really simple and brutal way..."

"Well, it saves a lot of trouble."

Later, after a while of sailing, the "Eissen" and the Wailord finally arrived in Lumiose City. The medical staff who had been contacted beforehand also began to act, checking the health of the people on the Wailord.

Of course, these things didn't need Ash and his companions to worry about.

"Ah, what a nice voyage!" May felt that this voyage on the "Eissen" was very good, and Misty agreed, "Yeah, it was a really great voyage."

"I suddenly feel grateful for following Ash-kun onto the "Eissen." Dawn was thankful that she was on the "Eissen," otherwise, she might have had to spend the whole night in the cold wind.

However, Brock was crying and said, "I slept with a bunch of bros all night, it was so terrifying! So scary!"

Just as Brock was crying, he suddenly noticed a goddess-like figure in the distance.

"That's! Ms. Camilla! Ms. Camilla, I'm your fan... uh-oh!"

Before Brock could finish his words, Chansey slapped him in the face.

"Don't shout so loud, you idiot! Do you want to cause trouble for her?!" Misty understood that celebrities don't like this kind of thing when they're out and about.

"I was too excited, sorry..."

Just as Brock was feeling a little down, he suddenly discovered that his goddess, Ms. Camilla, was actually looking happily towards him and even waving her hand as she ran over.

"Could Ms. Camilla know that I'm her number one fan?! I'm so touched! Ms. Camilla! This humble one..."

However, before Brock could finish his self-introduction, his goddess Camilla directly ignored him and ran past, then jumped into the arms of Ash behind him.

"Long time no see, Iris."

"Long time no see, Ash."

Click! Click! Click!

Brock turned his head stiffly towards Ash, who was hugging Iris, and asked with tears in his eyes, "Ash, this wouldn't be..."

"Ah, let me introduce you, Iris, the Gym Leader of Unova, also the professional model Camilla. Of course, she's also my fiancée."

And Iris timely said, "That's right, I'm Ash's fiancée, Iris."

Accompanied by the sound of a sword piercing the heart, Brock turned to stone.

Misty and Dawn looked at Iris curiously, after all, this was someone Ash had always mentioned.

However, before Ash and Iris could say anything else, Ash was restrained from behind by a woman in a black dress with golden hair.

"Ash, make me a May!"

"Cynthia! Didn't we say we'd call it the 'New Earth'?! Why are you still calling it 'May'!"

May was a little crazy seeing her best friend bring this up again, but Cynthia smiled and said, "Because the name 'May' sounds better, right? Okay, Ash, make me a May!"

Iris looked at Cynthia who was clinging to Ash's back and said, "Cynthia, let go of Ash! He's not your chef!"

"No! Now I'm going to snatch him!"

"Let go!"

"No!"

Brock saw Ash being fought over by two goddesses and completely broke down. Ash wiped the blood from his nose and thought, "Such a good feeling!"