Chapter 72 The Incredible Garden
Not long after, Ash walked out of the cave with Pikachu.
Seeing Ash, Misty breathed a sigh of relief, "Phew, Ash, you're finally out!"
"I said I'd be up soon. The cave below is stable, but just in case, it's best to have Jenny guard it. Brock, I'm entrusting this to you. I need to send the data I just collected to Professor Oak and discuss the follow-up matters of this cave with him."
"No problem!"
Brock didn't know how happy he was to go find Jenny.
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Two days later, Ash's group finally extricated themselves from the Grampa Valley incident.
Grampa Valley was eventually designated as a key research area for ancient Pokemon. The Alliance even assigned Rangers to be stationed there and specifically set up a police station, hospital, and so on.
As the discoverer, Ash naturally received credit. Given that he currently doesn't lack resources and doesn't plan to claim his reward so quickly, he can simply ask the Alliance for it when he needs it in the future.
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Time flew by, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Ash engaged in a Pokemon battle with an uncle in the forest.
"Bulbasaur, Solar Beam!"
"Rhyhorn, use Take Down attack!"
Bulbasaur fired a Solar Beam at Rhyhorn, but Rhyhorn had barely charged two steps before being hit in the head by the Solar Beam and losing its ability to battle.
"Uncle, your Rhyhorn is very well-trained, its strength is truly impressive!" Ash said to the uncle.
"Your Bulbasaur is even better trained. Not only is its body large, but its strength far surpasses Pokemon of the same level. I didn't have any strength to fight back at all." The uncle patted his head and praised.
At the end, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Oh right, little brother, are you here for the legend of this forest?"
"The legend of the forest?" Ash asked in confusion, "Uncle, is there anything different about this forest?"
"Aren't you here to find an evolutionary opportunity for your Bulbasaur?" The uncle was a little surprised.
"Evolutionary opportunity? What do you mean?"
Ash was even more confused. His Bulbasaur had indeed reached the brink of evolution, but there had been no reaction. He asked the system, which said that after taking the Overlord Essence, evolution required more battles and energy accumulation, and then there was no further information.
However, Squirtle had evolved into Wartortle a few days ago when fighting a Blastoise.
"This forest has an incredible garden where many Bulbasaur gather, along with quite a few Ivysaur and a large Venusaur.
Every year around this time, these Bulbasaur gather in the garden to hold an evolution ceremony. I'm not very clear on the specific process. Anyway, there's such a legend around here, but not many people have seen it.
Little brother, if you're interested, you can go to the Pokemon Center up ahead and ask the Nurse Joy there. She's been working here for quite some time, and she might know some inside information."
After the uncle finished speaking, he waved goodbye to Ash and the others.
"Ash, should we go take a look?" James asked.
"Let's go. It's getting late anyway. Even if we don't find out anything, we can stay for a night." Ash said.
"That's great, no need to camp!" Misty exclaimed happily.
"I estimate that soon, even when we're in the wild, we'll be able to live in houses." Ash smiled mysteriously.
A few days ago, Professor Oak told him that the Team Rocket Trio had already realized capsule technology, and soon the assembly line production would be completed. And the gravity bracelet, as well as the smart phone, were almost ready.
To be honest, Ash even felt that the journey was a bit too monotonous without Team Rockets causing trouble.
"Really?" Misty's face also showed Nurse Joy.
She and James both knew about capsule technology. After all, they were traveling companions, and Ash had no intention of hiding it.
"Yeah, and we have to thank those three guys from Team Rockets for that."
"I really don't understand why those three guys are so talented but still want to do bad things." Brock said, puzzled.
"Everyone has different pursuits. Didn't we see a missing person's notice that looked a lot like James the other day when we passed by? To be honest with you, that notice was indeed looking for James. His family's wealth is so vast that they couldn't spend it all in several lifetimes." Ash said with a smile.
"Really? James is actually a rich master?"
The two were greatly shocked.
"Of course."
Just like that, the three chatted about Team Rockets while hurrying on their way, and soon arrived at the Pokemon Center located in the forest.
"Hello, Nurse Joy. I'm Ash from Pallet Town. I heard people say that there's a garden in this forest where a large number of Bulbasaur gather, is that right?" Ash asked.
"Ah! It's Mr. Ash!" Nurse Joy saw Ash as if she had seen an idol, her heart excited, her breathing rapid.
"Waaah... Ash, why isn't that damned charm on me!" Brock raised his hand to cover his eyes and cried.
During this time, whenever he saw Nurse Joy or Jenny, he couldn't confess to them like before. The reason was naturally Ash's reputation, which seemed to have spread throughout all the Pokemon Centers and police stations in the Kanto region. Those Nurse Joys and Jennys would completely ignore him as soon as they heard or saw Ash.
"It should be the aftermath of the Grampa Valley incident!" Misty was also very helpless.
Originally, she thought she had the advantage of being close, but she didn't expect that the people of the Nurse Joy and Jenny families also had similar ideas to hers, rushing to build a relationship with Ash. The uniform temptation, this was simply cheating!
Not long after, Ash inquired about the relevant information.
"Misty, Brock do you want to go see that garden?" Ash asked the two.
"Is there really such a garden?" Misty asked curiously.
"There should be. Nurse Joy's information is very accurate. I've already sensed many grass-type Pokemon gathered deep in the forest. And, look outside....."
Ash pointed out the window and said.
Outside, what was originally a scene of lush green grass instantly turned into a beautiful landscape of wildflowers everywhere.
"So beautiful!" Misty exclaimed.
"Bulbasaur, let's go, we'll find your evolutionary opportunity!"
Ash said to the Bulbasaur beside him.
"Bulbasaur!"
Bulbasaur also longed for evolution. After all, having witnessed Charizard's power and Squirtle's evolution, his desire for strength made him long for evolution.
The only pity was that his body size would probably become much larger after evolution, which greatly troubled Bulbasaur.
The group braved the night and ran deep into the forest.
After entering the forest, the group saw many Bulbasaur walking in a line towards the interior.
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