Chapter 108: Saffron City

"Pika..." Pikachu bowed his head in frustration and stood beside Ash. The sky had cleared up again and returned to its original blue appearance.

This was because the duration of the Thunder Bomb had expired.

"Okay, don't be frustrated or disappointed, it's pretty good to be able to use the Summoning Thunder , and when your strength improves further in the future, maybe you can control it?" Ash touched Pikachu's head and explained with a smile.

"Pika..." Pikachu looked at Ash, then sighed and shook his head.

It thought that it had become very powerful now, but it turned out that it could not control the inherited energy freely. It seems that it still has a long way to go.

Ahead, Ash's Pokémon were training hard. Their effort at the moment was much higher than before, and Pikachu's power had given them huge pressure.

Although they knew that Pikachu was the strongest among them, they were not willing to fall so far behind, so they could only get closer to Pikachu's strength through more training.

Especially Beedrill and Pidgeotto, they were the closest to Pikachu in strength, but now they were so far behind.

If they didn't work harder, they might only be able to look at Pikachu's back in the future.

Misty was also stimulated to a certain extent. After seeing the power of the Thunderbolt for the second time, she also felt that she needed to improve further.

She didn't have Ash's talent, so she couldn't develop new moves, but she felt that she should be able to raise her Pokémon to the extreme, as a normal Trainer would.

The power of new moves might not necessarily be stronger than the original moves!

Bill was also studying the Thunderbolt that he had just seen. He couldn't analyze it completely, and could only conduct inferential research based on his observations.

Brock wasn't relaxing either; he was trying to absorb the knowledge he got from Bill. He wanted to become a top Breeder, and he couldn't slack off in the process.

Two days later, everyone finally crossed the wilderness, and at noon, they saw the big city near the sea, Saffron City!

Saffron City's area was very large, and its overall area wasn't much smaller than cities like Cerulean City. Because of its proximity to the sea, there was a lot of seafood for sale here, and the prices were always cheap.

"Everyone, let's part here. I'll go buy a ticket and go to Cinnabar Island." Outside the Pokémon Center, Bill didn't intend to go in with the three of them but was going to part here.

"Don't you want to rest here for a day?" Brock asked with some reluctance.

He had learned a lot from Bill in the past two days and felt that Bill was like a brother and a teacher to him. After hearing Bill's words, he immediately asked him to stay.

"No..." Bill shook his head with a smile.

The two days of traveling in the wilderness made him feel a lot, and he had also seen the power of Pikachu's Summon Thunder bomb, which was indeed powerful!

It also made Bill further ascertain that Pikachu and Ash did indeed hide huge secrets!

At noon yesterday, when they were making lunch, a Nidoking whose strength had reached the Gym level appeared. It wanted to attack Ash and his group and get the lunch prepared by Brock.

The Gym level was higher than the Silver level, and the Bronze level was higher than the Ordinary level.

Among Ash and his group, there was no Pokémon that could compete with it, even if everyone's Pokémon were dispatched together.

But Ash and Pikachu stood up, and the Summoning Thunderbolt reappeared. The power of the law was enough to make Nidoking fearful.

The two attacks were fruitless, and Nidoking, who was injured by the Thunderbolt and whose physical strength had dropped considerably, fled.

This also let Bill's group of three once again understand the power of the Thunderbolt.

It was indeed a move that even a giant Dragonite would be afraid of. It let a Gym level Pokémon run, which was across three levels.

Actually, Summon Thunder bomb didn't cause too much damage to Nidoking.

After all, the gap in strength was there. The main reason for Nidoking to escape was the power contained in Summon Thunder bomb!

Not only the power of the law, but also the power of the legendary Winged dragon of Ra, the combination of the two was the ultimate reason for Nidoking to escape.

It's just that Bill, Brock, and Misty couldn't feel it; they weren't Pokémon, and the degree of integration of Pikachu and inheritance hadn't reached perfection, and the released power wasn't much.

"That's it, see you later if you have a chance!" Bill waved his hand, said goodbye to the three, and headed to Harbor.

After watching Bill leave, Ash and his friends entered the Pokémon Center. While Brock and Misty checked into the dormitory, Ash called his Mother and Professor Oak.

"As expected, it is indeed Professor Bill..." After hearing that Bill had gone to the Safari Zone, Professor Oak was not surprised, because he knew that Bill was passionate about research and nothing could stop him.

"Thank you for your hard work. As for the giant Dragonite, I will ask Professor Bill about it. Regarding Marshadow and Ho-Oh's feathers... I hope to see you after you come back!" Professor Oak said to Ash.

"I can't promise about Marshadow, but the Ho-Oh feathers are fine!"

Ash agreed.

There was no need to refuse such a small thing.

After all, Professor Oak had helped him a lot.

If he recovered more than six Pokémon, the extra Pokémon would be placed in Professor Oak's Laboratory and taken care of by the Professor.

Professor Oak did not charge Ash a fee but said he could pay when he was able, which reduced Ash's burden significantly, so Ash would never refuse these small requests.

After hanging up the phone, Ash found Brock and Misty in the lobby. They arrived at the dormitory, put down their luggage, and after a brief tidying up, everyone went to have lunch.

In the afternoon, the three of them left the Pokémon Center, wanting to see the sights of Vermilion City, purchase some supplies, and prepare to take the boat to Cinnabar Island the next day.

"Let's split up here, I'll go shopping." At a fork in the road, Brock proposed the idea of splitting up, and he winked at Ash and Misty.

He didn't want to be the third wheel.

Ash didn't feel anything, but Misty blushed and made plans to meet at the Pokémon Center at night.

After watching Brock leave, she looked at Ash expectantly.

"Let's go too." Ash smiled at Misty, and Misty followed Ash with a blushing face. The only thing that made Misty feel a little regretful was that there was a Pikachu on Ash's shoulder.

Pikachu was indeed cute, and it was just a Pokémon, but Misty wanted to spend some alone time with Ash...

___________

Ara ara ~ ~ Sayo nara ~ ~