area51novel Chapter 208 The Shining Night Hawk
Chapter 208 The Shining Night Hawk
Chapter 208 The Shining Night Hawk
After the battle, Ash and Blossom cleaned up the area, dragging the numerous Ursaring "corpses" to one side and arranging them neatly.
"That damn Satoshi is making me do manual labor again." Pear struggled to pull away a huge bear.
Ash has now returned both Pokémon to her, and Blossom is thinking of running away.
However, after thinking about it, Rika decided to stay with Ash a little longer.
It's not that I'm reluctant to part with Satoshi, I just think it would be quite fun to be around him.
And there's that sweet ball that can subdue her; Rika must find it and smash it.
This is the biggest black mark on her life, it absolutely cannot be left untouched!
But Xiaozhi is unaware that Rika is going through a fierce internal struggle; watch as she quickly completes the task.
I casually walked over, patted her head, and praised her, but unexpectedly, my hand was slapped away by her.
"Hey, don't treat me like a child!"
[Ding! Pear Blossom: Affection +1]
"?" Girls' thoughts are hard to understand.
After cleaning up the Ursaring's "corpse," Ash felt a great sense of accomplishment seeing the huge pile of remains.
But he hesitated when considering whether or not to treat the bears.
"Even if they're cured, they'll probably attack again. It's better to just let them recover naturally."
With a wicked sense of humor, they built a small mound of earth for the circle bear "Jingguan" and even bought three incense sticks from the system shop and lit them.
Ash clapped his hands, thanking them for their great contribution to making his Pokémon stronger.
The group then left immediately.
Only after leaving the forest did Ash finally understand why these Ursarings were so ferocious.
"It's currently Ursaring's breeding season, and the Pokémon will be extremely stressed and prone to aggression —"
"Please keep your distance and absolutely do not approach or disturb the Circle Bears in the Forest."
Looking at the large notice board in front of them, Ash and his friends fell into deep thought.
"—Ash, could the forest where we got lost yesterday be the territory of the Ursarings?"
Finally, feeling really bad, Ash and his friends immediately went back to treat the bears that had been brutally beaten.
Then he left a large bag of food before leaving again.
However, the legend of the bear-slaying hero remained in the Circle Bear Forest after that.
Although it's unclear why, trainers can avoid being attacked by Ursaring as long as they wear a baseball cap when passing by.
Later, at the entrance to the Circle Bear Forest, a similar business of renting out cuckoos, similar to that in the Bewildering Forest, was developed.
However, what's being rented here is Pikachu.
Suddenly, she pounced. "Speaking of which, Xiaoxia, how far are we from the maple forest that Mr. Steel mentioned in Goldenrod City?"
After leaving Ursaring Forest, Ash and his friends continued their journey along the road for another day.
Hearing Ash's question, Misty took out a map.
Thanks to Ursaring Forest as a guide, Ash and his friends finally managed to escape their confusion and find their current location.
"Hmph, after passing through the forest ahead, and then via Highway 9 or the green meadows, we'll reach Golden City."
"Then, if you keep going forward from Manjin City, you'll soon reach the Maple Forest!" Xiaoxia happily patted the map and put it away.
It feels so good to have the route planned out; it gives me a warm sense of reassurance.
"Green grassland!" Pear Blossom suddenly exclaimed excitedly.
"This is the number one must-visit travel destination for girls in the Johto region!"
"Yes, it's a green grassland."
Xiaoxia had been so focused on Xiaozhi's words that she had forgotten about this, and she became happy as well.
"Let's go see the scenery together then!"
"It must be beautiful!"
Xiaoxia and Lihua happily held hands and jumped around.
Although Ash wasn't interested in such things, and there weren't many Pokémon on the green grasslands.
But seeing how much they liked it, we thought, "Since it's on the way, let's head that way first."
With little time left to travel, Ash was soon to reach Goldenrod City and challenge the next gym, and his mood improved.
But the forest ahead sounded so unsettling.
"Ash, it's time we caught another Pokémon that can fly."
Xiaoxia always misses Pidgeot whenever she gets lost.
Unfortunately, that guy has now become the leader of the clan and is currently waging a clan war against the big-billed sparrows in the mountains and forests behind the research institute.
When Ash sent it over for training, he was always distracted, worried that Finch would sneak up on him.
So they put it back in the research institute and never took it back.
There was originally another Charizard that could fly up and see the way, but Ash put it in Charizard Valley for special training.
Now only Ash can fly.
"We contacted Charizard before, and it has already made it into the top ten in the valley."
"It shouldn't be too long before we can dominate the entire valley—"
"What do you mean by 'not too long'? Two or three days is enough time for us to get lost three times, Ash!"
Xiaoxia's words were so convincing that Xiaozhi was speechless.
Although I can fly, I can only fly eight meters, which is not enough to see far.
"Damn it, why is it so hard to upgrade the Flying ability!" Ash thought to himself that he had tried his best.
I've never had this much difficulty when I was cultivating the power of waveguides before.
"Groudon, I finally understand the difficulty you face when you fly—" (Groudon: crying—)
"Catching new Flying-type Pokémon sounds simple, but it's not something you can just come across easily."
Ash already has Pidgeot, so he doesn't want to catch Pidgey-type Pokémon again.
"Ash, look! There's a little wooden house in that tree. Did someone build it for the Pokémon to live in?"
"There might be a Flying-type Pokémon nearby."
Upon hearing Xiaoxia's words, Xiaozhi quickly turned around and indeed spotted the peculiar little wooden house on a tree branch not far away.
"Hmm~, this size is a bit too big for a Pidgey, and a bit too small for a Pidgeot—"
Just then, a large brown owl flew down from the sky.
"This is the evolved form of Noctowl!" Ash just happened to not have it.
"Alright, let me tame it!"
Just as Ash was about to grab the ball and throw it, a clear, crisp "coo" sound suddenly rang out.
The nightjar instantly became alert and flew away.
"What?"
The sound actually came from another nightjar perched on a branch not far away.
Moreover, its color is completely different from the previous one, with a red and yellow main color scheme and a smaller size.
Seeing that Xiaozhi's plan had failed, it immediately turned its head 180 degrees.
It then let out another clear chirp.
"This is a shimmering nightjar."
Ash was immediately excited to find a shiny path.
Just as Ash was holding the ball, preparing to challenge Shiny Noctowl.
Suddenly, another middle-aged man threw down the camouflage cloth from the tree and jumped down.
"Wait a minute, boy, this is my prey!"
"Who are you, sir?" Are all the people in this forest so prone to making a fuss?
Damn it, even if it gives me a headache, Ash is going to keep Aura Sensing on the whole time.
"What uncle? My name is A-Qiu and my dream is to collect all kinds of Shiny Pokémon in the world."
"I've been hunting this rare nightjar for two years; I'm determined to get it!"
"Look at that bird's nest trap in the tree over there. That's the one I set, but unfortunately it only attracted an ordinary nightjar."
It turns out that the little wooden house was set up by him.
"This special individual is no ordinary one. Ordinary night owls are already quite intelligent, but this one is even more intelligent."
"Especially its hypnotic technique is terrifying; countless skilled hunters have been outwitted by it, and all its traps have been dismantled!"
"Only I could outwit it for two years; now we've almost come to respect each other!"
For some reason, the uncle started talking non-stop about the three stones.
The night owl not far away looked at him and let out a few more mocking cries.
"This Pokémon is indeed extraordinary." Even Ash didn't notice that Aqiu had already been hypnotized.
It's a different approach from Ash's hypnotic Baku; in fact, its silent and stealthy nature is even more terrifying.
"So you're no match for it. Get out of here before you suffer a crushing defeat!"
"The rare nightjar will be left to its formidable rival; I, Ah Qiu, will tame it!"
The uncle burst into laughter and patted the large rock in front of him.
"Hmm, why am I hitting a rock?"
The cold touch of the stone finally brought Ah Qiu back to his senses.
"Ugh, I've been hypnotized again. When?"
"This isn't a formidable opponent, it's just a toy to be played with," Rika complained bitterly.
"Ugh~" The uncle immediately collapsed to the ground, deeply shocked.
While the old man was rambling on, Ash had already reached the base of Noctowl.
"Wait a minute, kid, its hypnotic abilities and mental power are really amazing—"
The Noctowl confidently used hypnosis on Ash.
Unfortunately, it had no effect, and Ash simply took out five Poké Balls and used them as Stone Attacks to launch them.
With a whooshing sound, it glided past.
It knocked the cat's eye out in one hit and stunned it. The last one flew away and was put into the Poké Ball.
With a thud, it was successfully subdued.
This is the skill of a seasoned hypnosis expert!
"What?!"
The uncle was so surprised that his jaw dropped when he saw how easily Ash captured Noctowl.
He was brimming with confidence today, bringing with him the mechanism he had painstakingly developed over the past few months, ready to settle the score with the Night Hawk.
"Damn it, Night Hawk, you bastard—"
"How useless! Didn't we agree to love and hate each other for a lifetime?!" Large tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
The uncle now felt like a victim who had discovered that his childhood sweetheart, with whom he bickered every day, had been easily taken away by a strong, athletic student who suddenly appeared.
He lay on the ground, heartbroken.
"If only I had confessed sooner, if only I had confessed sooner—" (If only I had activated the mechanism sooner—)
"Is this some kind of exaggeration?" Xiao Zhi looked at the uncle who was playing the role of a "useless childhood friend" and felt embarrassed.
"Uncle A-Qiu, you've been able to outwit and outmaneuver the Night Hawk for two years, could it be because you're just too useless?"
"Ah, you said something you absolutely shouldn't have said!"
The hypnosis session took place in a luxurious villa on a green meadow.
A large number of unknown totems suddenly appeared in the room of a poor little girl who had just learned of her father's tragic death.
The powerful energy generated by the resonance between the unknown totems, guided by the girl Xiaomei, instantly transformed the entire villa into a crystal tower.
The old butler and Xiaomei's father's student tried to rush in to rescue her, but were forced back by the ever-spreading crystals.
This powerful energy continued to spread outward uncontrollably, and most of the green grassland was covered by unknown crystals overnight.
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