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The Silver Conference had now finally concluded successfully, and for Ash specifically since he got his first Conference Championship.

That night, Molly reluctantly hugged Latias one last time, "Latias, I will miss you very much!"

These two young girls have become very good playmates and friends along the way, and now that they have to separate, so naturally they are reluctant to part with each other.

Ash and Professor Hale stood together, and behind them were Professor Oak and Delia.

Now, Molly will go home with Professor Hale, so Molly will felt very sad at this moment, hugging Latias and refusing to let go of her.

Professor Hale stepped forward, squatted next to Molly and comforted her with a gentle smile, "Molly, be good, we can invite Ash to our home in the future, okay?"

Molly turned around, "Is that okay?"

"Of course it is," Professor Hale looked back at Ash and invited him, "Ash, come to our place for now. It just so happens that I have made new progress in my research on Unown's during this time. Maybe it will be helpful to you too. You can help me in this!"

After hearing this, Ash has immediately became much more interested, and in this way, they could take Professor Hale's car, which would save a lot of time than going back on foot by themselves the whole time.

"Great, Big Brother is going to send me home!" Molly burst into tears and smiled!

Ash looked back at the Eon siblings with a smile, "Is it almost settled with you two?"

The two siblings nodded, Latias transformed into her true form, rubbed Ash's face, Ash crushed Latias's regular old Poké Ball with a strong grip, and then he threw the last two Ultra Balls he had with him at them.

Early the next morning, Ash and his team said goodbye to Gary and Harrison.

"Ash, Grandpa, I want to take a detour to Mt. Silver to have a look, and then return to Pallet Town from there!" Gary decided his own itinerary, still choosing to not go with Ash and his group, and no one forced him too either.

Harrison also said, "I want to go to Indigo Plateau to have a look!"

He decided to attend the Kanto Regions Indigo Plateau Conference that hasn't finished yet, and then he will then embark on a trip to the Kanto Region in his own!

The three young Trainers, each holding their own dreams and beliefs, are separated here, but they will definitely meet again somewhere in the future!

Ash and his party followed Professor Hale back to his home on the beautiful grassland.

Because of the Crystal Tower Incident, they had not been able to have fun on the beautiful grassland like they wanted to, so they definitely could not miss the opportunity this time.

Misty and Brock took Molly to have fun, and Ash followed Professor Hale to his home laboratory.

Unlike Professor Oak, although Professor Hale is also a crazy person like his mentor, his research room is very well organized compared to Professor Oak, which honestly does not say much.

The most conspicuous thing in the entire room was the wall of bookshelves that were filled with various books and research reports.

At this time, Professor Hale took a book from his desk that obviously had a long history with him. The pages were very big, and the book had the thickness of an ordinary dictionary. When he opened it, it was filled with strange words and symbols.

He don't know it, but it feels inexplicably familiar to him!

"Later I went to the ruins again and found this book!" Professor Hale introduced, "Ash, you should know that Unown has the ability to host ancient texts!"

Ash just nodded. It was because John, Professor Hale's assistant, brought the pages with the ancient text back to Professor Hale house that Unown, who was staying in it, sensed Molly's heart and triggered the Crystal Tower Incident.

But after that, these pages no longer have the ability to host any Unown, and had just become a pile of ordinary waste paper.

But now, Professor Hale seems to have found something more interesting in it.

He handed the book to Ash, "Ash, I know that you had caught many Unown and can use their abilities. I will give this book to you so that you can use Unown without needing their Poké Ball. Take it with you!"

Hearing this, Ash's eyes lit up. Unown's mysterious power can allow him to become somewhat of a Green Lantern himself and enhance his abilities to its greatest extent with all his Aura and Psychic mixed in with it. If he can get rid of the limit on the number of Poké Balls, by taking these Unown with him, Ash's abilities could be maximized.

On the journey to the next Region, Ash thinks that he will definitely be able to go further in his power mastery!

Seeing Ash's surprised look, Professor Hale smiled and said, "Ash, just go forward in a way that will represent yourself!"

After resting for a night on Molly's giant home, Ash finally recovered from the exhaustion accumulated from his long journey.

"Big Brother, when I turns 10 years old, I will go on a trip with you like this!" This was the agreement the two made when Molly said goodbye to Ash!

Molly was also sent home, and now there were only the three of them left. They took a plane ride to Viridian City. After all, Pallet Town is a small town, and a plane of this size can't reach there.

"We're back in Viridian City!" Misty missed it especially after returning back to her home region after such a long trip.

She and Ash's trip started all the way back here in Viridian City. At that time, Pikachu was seriously injured. Ash had borrowed her bicycle and came here to the Pokémon Center. Since then, they have become partners and have been traveling together for years.

She has undoubtedly a very strong affection towards Ash.

After all, she saw him transforming form a small Rookie Trainer to a handsome Champion Trainer with her very own eyes.

"Since we came to Viridian City from such a distance away, we should definitely go to the Pokémon Center and meet up with Nurse Joy to check up on our Pokémon's!" Brock suddenly became very enthusiastic.

However, before Misty could pull his ears, Ash said, "We could do that later. Before that, I still have something to do here."

"There's something you have to do? What's the matter?" Misty worriedly looked back at the serious face that Ash made, curious about what happened to him suddenly.

Ash smiled and said nothing. After such a long time, he don't know if that guy is still living in Viridian Forest. If he meets him, he doesn't know if he will be even willing to come back with him.

Without rushing into downtown Viridian City, Ash turned around and walked into the Viridian Forest with many people looking at him after noticing that he is the one who had just won the Silver Conference.

Viridian Forest is an extremely giant area, the area he went to before was actually only a small section between Viridian City and Pewter City. At first, because Misty was afraid of the Bug-type Pokémon's here, the two of them passed here quickly without exploring deeper. And even if they did, this section would only be around a single percent of the whole Viridian Forest.

It was also here that Ash captured the first and second Pokémon on his journey, a Catterpie and a Pidegeotto.

His Catterpie finally evolved into a beautiful Butterfree, and flew away with a pink Butterfree as his mate. Now she may have given birth to a large group of Catterpie babies and started a colony somewhere.

And his Pidegeotto also finally evolved into a Pidgeot, and was released by his past self inside of the Viridian Forest, letting him take care of the weak Pidgey's and Pidegeotto's in the outer area of the forest.

It was agreed at the beginning that Ash would come to pick up Pidgeot after his journey.

Now, it's time to fulfill the promise he made!