"Ditory..."
Venusaur immediately looked at Gengar with fear and caution.
And then look at it after it appears on the path he must take to intercept the escaping Bulbasaur.
As it aged and became more intelligent, it seemed to understand something, and then looked at the other Bulbasaur around it that had not yet evolved.
"Ditory"
Venusaur fluttered his eyelids, pretending to see nothing, ensuring that the evolution ceremony proceeded normally.
In this way, Gengar's eye, Celestic Shadow Ball, also slowly sank into the ground.
The other side.
"Dah!!"
Ash's Bulbasaur ran all the way, and finally managed to escape from this mysterious garden without any danger.
It simply doesn't want to evolve with so many Bulbasaur.
It didn't want to be one of the many Bulbasaur, the one that followed the crowd and was just average.
It just wants to be itself, the one and only Bulbasaur!
So, it rejects this so-called team evolution.
Even Bulbasaur could feel that he could gain some benefits from it.
But it still resolutely chose to leave the village.
It is a determined and stubborn loner!!
It won't be affected by anyone, not other Bulbasaur, not Ivysaur, not even Venusaur!
BJ...
"Dah~"
Bulbasaur paused as the image of Ash appeared in his mind.
At this moment, it just ran to the edge of an empty cliff.
I raised my head and looked at the bright moon in the sky.
Bulbasaur's thoughts went back to that time.
"It's understandable to want to protect the weak, but the prerequisite is that you must have great power.
"Otherwise, if you can't even protect yourself, how can you protect others?"
This is what Ash taught it when they first met.
Later, Bulbasaur understood something while getting along with other Pokémon such as Pidgeot, Nidoking, and Ursa Major.
"As long as you evolve, you will gain a stronger body and more powerful skills, and you can protect more people~"
So...if you evolve, you'll become stronger~
Bulbasaur also felt this very clearly from Charizard.
Charmander joined the team later than it, but in such a short time, it has evolved into Charizard.
Furthermore, the power that Charizard possesses is enough to stun all the Pokémon in the team.
It also satisfies all of Bulbasaur's fantasies:
Able to defeat any enemy, able to protect companions, able to serve as a solid backing, able to become the most trusted strongman of Trainer...
Even though Ash didn't say it, Bulbasaur could still feel it.
With the addition of Gengar, the teachings of the thousand-year-old Gastly, and the evolution of Charizard.
Ash's focus is obviously on Gengar and Charizard.
There is also the bear apprentice, who is being trained as much as possible, and Ash has high hopes for it.
On the other hand, it has fewer opportunities to appear on the stage.
Even though Ash had never treated it badly in terms of training and Breeder, Bulbasaur was holding his breath.
It wants to prove itself, prove its strength, and is still getting stronger.
Not inferior to Charizard and Bear Apprentice.
However, Bulbasaur gradually felt that he might be able to compete with his bear apprentice.
But if you were to fight Charizard, your chances of winning would be basically zero.
Charizard and it have both accepted Ash's growth and are becoming stronger.
The only difference is that Charizard has evolved to its final form, and it has gained two more levels of strength than himself due to evolution.
Such an increase in strength is enough to widen the gap in efforts between them.
This is innate growth and development. No matter how capable a child is, he or she is indeed not as good as an adult at the same level.
This is an indisputable fact in nature and in any corner of the world.
So, if I really want to compete with those extremely powerful Pokémon in some aspects...
Maybe only...
evolution.
"Ditory..."
Bulbasaur looked up at the night sky, gazing alone at the bright moon in the horizon.
It resists evolution because it doesn't want to be like the other Bulbasaur and become a slave to the frogs.
It doesn't want to place itself in the so-called festival. It wants to live out its unique life as Bulbasaur...
And it is currently following its own inner thoughts, which is...
"Ditory!!"
Suddenly, above the cliff, under the bright moon, green light shone brightly!
The night passed leisurely.
When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shines into the house.
Ash also slowly opened his eyes.
He slept comfortably that night without being disturbed by Gengar, which meant that everything was fine with Bulbasaur.
As for Bulbasaur's final choice...
Ash sat up from the bed and noticed the figure of An Ran sleeping soundly on the windowsill.
I couldn't help but walk over, without disturbing or touching the buds on the other's back, but just smiled softly and said:
"Welcome back, Ivysaur."
[Pokémon:Ivysaur]
[Gender: Male]
[Trainer: None]
[Attribute: Grass, Poison]
[Ability: Lush (When health is less than one-third, the power of Grass Type moves increases by 1.5 times.)]
[Skills: Vine Whip, Razor Leaf, Leech Seed, Sleep Powder, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sludge Bomb, Energy Ball, Sun Blaze, Giga Drain, Leaf Storm...]
[Carrying things: None]
[Potential: Champion]
[Training suggestions:....
[Entries: Big Brother (gold), Customer from the End of the World (gold), Protector of Homeland (gold), Force of Nature (gold), Stubborn Stamen (purple).]
[Big Brother (Gold): A big brother who has the temperament of a true leader.
He is the leader in the group, and people will unconsciously listen to and follow his opinions.
At the same time, he will also fulfill his duties as a big brother.
Once in a dangerous, critical, or emergency situation, he will take the initiative to charge forward, making the enemy retreat and fear.
His own ability will increase by 50%, while the enemy's ability will decrease by 10%. ]
[Tianya Customer (Gold): Vow to be the unique Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur.
Even if they evolve, they will not be interfered by anyone.
It is up to their will to evolve or not.
They will not evolve in groups like other Bulbasaur and Ivysaur.
After refusing group evolution, the basic strength will increase by 50% (already increased, can be further increased); after evolving by relying on their own strength, the upper limit of strength will increase by 100% (already increased, can be further increased). ]
[Home Guardian (Gold): The best choice for protecting the homeland. When protecting the homeland, the ability of the Pokémon increases by 100%.
The ability limit is increased by 200%, and the training effect is increased by 150%. ]
[Natural Power (Gold): Relying on the great Nature Power, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon to evolve, gaining the favor of nature and the blessing of great power. Fighting in a natural environment will increase your strength by 50%. ]
[Stubborn Stamen (Purple): Even after evolving, it still maintains its stubborn and aloof nature, waiting alone for the day when the bud on its back will bloom. The power of grass-type skills and moves increases by 30%. Note: If it evolves again, it will continue to improve. ]
After Bulbasaur returned after one night, he had evolved into Ivysaur.
And looking at the effect shown in its entry, it is obvious that it is evolving independently relying on its own strength.
He did not participate in that festival, or rather, he escaped from the festival.
Resisting, not evolving as a whole.
Instead, it was a person who, bathing in the Moonlight, completed a full-scale baptism of body and mind, thus achieving the current posture.
"Hey hey hey~"
That's what the returning Gengar said anyway.
In short, after evolving, Ivysaur has made a great leap in strength.
Both the number and effect of entries have been significantly improved.
Not only are there two more entries, but there is also the original entry [Home Guardian (Gold)].
Originally it was purple, but Ash later spent a lot of extra entries and successfully upgraded it to gold.
This way, even if you are teleported back to the research courtyard, you can still make the same progress through training.
It is not inferior to the growth I got from following Ash.
"Beep, Ivysaur, a seed Pokémon, its waist and legs will become stronger to support the flower buds on its back. If it stays motionless in the sun for a longer time, it means that the big flower is about to bloom."
The Rotom Pokédex is broadcasting in real time.
"Da na da na!"
After Ivysaur woke up, Ash was already waiting for it with Xiaogang, Misty and a group of (acba) Pokémon.
In response to this, Ivysaur shook his flower bud like a big brother as usual.
His eyes were calm and his tone was as calm as before, as if this evolution was just a trivial matter to him.
"Fire Roar~"
"Eehee!"
Charizard presented Ivysaur with the Celebrate flame, and Gengar beside him blessed her with a smile throughout the whole process.
Even the bear apprentice looked at Ivysaur seriously and nodded firmly.
Another companion has evolved, so it can no longer fall behind.
Although it also feels that its accumulation and growth and development during this period have already met the conditions for evolution.
But it didn't feel the throbbing of evolution, it seemed that it was missing something important and a medium.
Just like some Pokémon evolution requires some special props and environment, and meets some specific conditions.
Secondly, Ash didn't say anything about it, so the bear disciple was able to be patient.
It felt that as long as the time was right and Ash allowed it to evolve, it would have the conditions to evolve.
Among them, the most unacceptable thing is...
"JennyJenny?!!"
Squirtle looked at Ivysaur as if the sky was falling.
We clearly agreed that they would both be in the Earl Dervish form, but you managed to evolve it first?!!
Doesn't this mean that I'm the only Pokémon in the entire team that is a child?!
Well, Togepi doesn't count. He's just a baby that hasn't officially reached the stage where he can fight.
They just said they wanted to evolve, and now you've surpassed me?
Squirtle was almost in tears, and Turtle was very sad, but he didn't say it.
In this way, the last one in the team will become it~~~
"Pika~Pika."
Pikachu is also there, comforting me, the color of life has turned black
White match, Squirtle looks very lonely.
He also said that evolution is something that cannot be forced. Didn't you see that I myself refused the Thunder Stone and refused to evolve into Raichu?
Squirtle doesn't want to pay any attention to it, don't think you don't know.
Pikachu is already in its first stage of evolution. You have evolved from Pichu to Pikachu and have experienced the taste of evolution.
Only the turtle is left, still dreaming of evolution...
"Anyway, peace and evolution are good things!"
Misty and Xiaogang were also happy about Ivysaur's changes.
"At least it shows that Ivysaur wants to become stronger and fight better for you, Ash!!"
Misty said with a smile, "Today is such a good day!"
"Not only did Bulbasaur evolve into Ivysaur, but we also encountered a good festival!"
"We really should celebrate it properly!!"
"That's right!"
Xiao Gang was also nodding his head, but he was startled again:
"A good holiday? What good holiday?"
"Don't you know?"
Misty looked at him with a look that said, "How could you forget even this?"
"Today is March 3rd, Dolls' Day!!"
Doll Festival, also known as Stephanie's Festival.
According to this festival, it is on this day.
No matter what Stephanie asked for, the men around her got it.
Both Misty and Jessie emphasized it specifically.
Only James stood there with his eyes wide open, expressing his own understanding in confusion:
"I think I'm usually very obedient."
"Why do we need to have a special holiday like this to make demands on us men?"
Well, there are quite a few unreasonable and perverted festivals in our daily life.
On a festival like this, when will men finally stand up?!
If the above happened in the real world, it would definitely lead to a series of crazy exchanges and discussions.
And in this Pokémon world, it is simply to celebrate Stephanie and her children.
Especially the Doll Town nearby.
On this day, they gathered all the strength of the town to celebrate Stephanie's birthday.
There was even a Pokémon Doll Festival.
Taking advantage of the annual Doll Festival to earn a year's tourism income is the tourism plan of Doll Town.
And their marketing strategy is that here, people will tolerate all of Stephanie's willful demands.
"All the willful requests? Tsk~"
Ash looked at the crazy Stephanie girls in the mall and couldn't help but gasp.
"Hey~"
"I smell money..."
Gengar and the thousand-year-old Gastly slowly emerged from Ash's left and right sides.
"It seems like every store has turned into a big auction mall, just to satisfy Stephanie's kids..."
The thousand-year-old Gastly's eyes gradually turned into money symbols:
"In all the years I've lived, the thing that has impressed me the most is that women's money is the easiest to make."
"Hey, kid, if you want, I can work with Gengar to help you make a fortune here!"
The gas-like body of the thousand-year-old Gastly has begun to stir.
"The huge profit you mentioned shouldn't be a legitimate means, right?"
Ash glanced at it sideways.
"I know some hypnotic techniques..."
said old Gastly, animatedly.
"Then you should keep this trick for yourself.
Ash was too lazy to bother with this money-obsessed guy. If he really wanted to make money, he wouldn't go down this path.
I can't let this old Gastly ruin the reputation I have worked so hard to build.
Since today is Dolls' Day, all shopping malls are having discounts and promotions.
Even if Stephanie buys it, she can get an additional discount.
Misty had already rushed into the crowd to grab various goods.
As for the things she bought, she gave them all to Xiaogang and Ash to carry.
To this~
"Thank you for your hard work, Gengar."
Ash easily stuffed all those things into Gengar's mouth.
Well, who makes it the best place to store things?
And not just goods, but also food and drinks.
This small town really takes this Doll Festival celebration to the extreme.
Stephanie's wife ate and drank here, completely free of charge.
Of course, if you are full, you will have more energy to buy.
"I always feel that even with discounts on top of discounts, the shopping malls here still have some profit…"