Chapter 307: Ultimate Move and Rock-Solid Will!
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander (Author Name)
"..."
Inside the Soul Space, Blue (manga character) seamlessly connected to Blue's thoughts. Her head throbbed. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she could only fall silent.
This girl, so foolish in other aspects, how did she become so enlightened in this one? Truly a clever little devil.
What's more, this move might actually work. This time, Blue might actually be on a higher level than Bruno.
If it were any other Elite Four member, it might not work; it was full of flaws. But against Bruno, it was possible.
After all, humans can't have it all—both brawn and brains.
But why did she have this strange feeling, as if this girl was gradually drifting further and further down Gary's path of courting death...?
If you're bitten by a dog, don't turn around and bite the dog back, because once you bite the dog, you become the new dog.
The same logic applies to fleas...
Soon, Blue retreated to the back of the group, handing the scene back to Ash and Brock. Her objective was already accomplished.
Bruno didn't blow up on the spot. It seemed he thought this girl was a repeat offender and that he would need to rally the power of the masses to properly teach this arrogant youth a lesson.
"Hey, Ash, I'm heading home first. You guys have fun. I'll come over to your place for dinner tonight. It's been so long since I've had Auntie Delia's cooking~"
The transformed Blue waved her hand, planning to make a run for it.
"Got it, Gary—oh, I mean... Classmate Green."
Ash stopped halfway through his sentence and instantly changed his words, making it seem like it was just an unintentional slip of the tongue.
The transformed Blue also feigned a change in expression, glared hatefully at Ash, and then, not daring to meet Bruno's eyes, immediately scurried off into the Jungle.
"Heh heh heh..."
Hearing this, Bruno's eyes lit up, and a cold laugh escaped his lips. He was now completely certain that this Spiky-Haired Youth was, in fact, Gary.
Brock and the others: "..."
A pair of absolute trolls... so absurd...
"Achoo!"
Far away, at the Power Plant, a Spiky-Haired Youth suddenly sneezed. Despite the hot day, his body inexplicably shivered with cold.
Green: "?"
Gary waved his hand dismissively, saying nonchalantly, "It's nothing, probably just another girl thinking about me. Big Brother Green, you're not a rich second-generation heir, so you wouldn't understand this kind of pain. After all, I have a lot of girlfriends. Hehe."
Green: "..."
Just then, an electric current flared up in the mechanical ruins not far ahead. A dense Electric Terrain began to permeate the surroundings, and the silhouette of a large bird Pokémon covered in spiky feathers could be faintly seen.
Gary didn't dare to be careless. He spoke with caution, "When Zapdos comes out, I'll take the lead. If I can't handle it, Big Brother Green, remember to cover me."
Green: "I'll only help you collect your corpse."
Gary: "?"
Meanwhile, atop Miyazaki Mountain.
Blue had already fled, leaving only Ash's group and Bruno.
"Master Bruno, I'm about to participate in the Indigo League Conference. I beg you to teach me some ultimate moves. I'll steal them—I mean, I'll study them hard!"
Ash bowed sincerely.
"Master Bruno, I also want to witness your Rock-Solid Will. Please!"
Brock also bowed with great sincerity.
Misty and Todd Snap, on the other hand, weren't interested in any Rock-Solid Will or ultimate moves, so they sat in a cool, shady spot, chatting idly.
"By the way, Misty, while Ash is doing his special training this month, can you arrange for me to go take pictures at your Cerulean Gym? Oh, I won't be taking pictures of people, just the environment and the cute Water-type Pokémon there."
"We're besties, you can go anytime you want~ But my three sisters are on a performance tour out of town these past few days, so there's no one at the Gym. How about I take you to our Cerulean Gym to hang out for a couple of days? Ash will be staying in Pallet Town during this time anyway."
Hearing this, Todd Snap put away his DSLR camera.
"Oh, then I won't go for now."
Misty: "?"
On the other side.
"Ultimate moves and Rock-Solid Will, hmm?"
Bruno pondered this inwardly, sneaking a glance at Ash out of the corner of his eye.
His purpose for coming to Pallet Town this time was actually to help a colleague and fellow Elite Four member—the Ghost-type specialist, Agatha—deliver a letter. The recipient was, naturally, the renowned Professor Oak of the Kanto Region.
Agatha was old-fashioned. Especially since the contents of this letter were very important, she naturally wouldn't conveniently send a private message via phone, but instead asked him to make the trip personally.
Having been cared for by Agatha in his youth, he had agreed.
Of course, Bruno had another purpose.
One day, Bruno, who had just learned how to surf the web, came across a particular video:
On a coast, a human youth and a divine bird of ice and snow were engaged in a physical brawl.
It wasn't a special effects film, nor was it a sparring match. It was a true, literal, hand-to-hand brawl. As a Fighting-type Elite Four master, he could naturally tell from the muscle tremors of the person and the bird in the video that this was the sign of an all-out effort.
"Hiss..."
Watching the video, Bruno immediately sucked in a cold breath, thinking to himself that such a terrifying physical cultivator actually existed in this world.
Even he himself wasn't confident that he could brawl with an Articuno using only his physical body!
Then, in the popular comments below, he saw that although the human's face in the video was blurred, some people still recognized him. There was a high probability that he was a new Trainer from Pallet Town named Ash.
So, he wanted to take the opportunity of delivering the letter to come and see this youth whose physical prowess was terrifying to the extreme.
The result.
"That's it?"
No matter how he looked, the boy was completely unremarkable. He couldn't see anything that suggested he could brawl with an Articuno.
"It's probably just a cleverly made special effects film, isn't it...?"
Bruno didn't mind, just assuming that technology was so advanced that even he had been fooled.
Of course, if Bruno were to search for that user's ID now and see the second, newly uploaded video, he probably wouldn't be thinking this way...
"Ultimate moves and the Rock-Solid Will are not things that can be mastered so easily!"
Bruno sat cross-legged on the Rocky Ground, resting his palms on his knees, his expression serious.
"Please, Master Bruno! No matter what, we want to learn!"
Seeing their sincere attitude, Bruno nodded and said, "In that case, go move some rocks and build a High Platform with a hollow center."
"Hai!"
The two immediately turned and began gathering rocks from the surrounding Rocky Area, stacking them up to build a High Platform over a meter tall.
"Now go find some dry firewood."
"Hai!"
"Light a fire."
"Hai!"
"Now catch a fish."
"Hai!"
"*Buuurp~*"
After downing three bowls of fresh fish soup, Bruno let out a burp. His eyes narrowed, and he lay down sideways on the ground, preparing to sleep on the spot.
Ash and Brock: "?"
Bruno: "Zzz..."
Before long, Bruno had already fallen into a deep sleep, letting out a continuous series of snores. The sound was quite loud.
Sleepiness is contagious, especially to mice. Before anyone could do anything, Pikachu, who was dozing off nearby, also fell onto the rocky ground and drifted into a deep sleep, letting out small snores.
Pikachu: "Zzz..."
And so, the snores of one man and one mouse, like a symphony, rose and fell, echoing around the Rocky Area...
Ash and Brock: "?"
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(end of chapter)