143. Philosophy

This is the extra chapter that I told I will release once we hit 100 Power Stones.

Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart.

New thing, extra chapters will be added when we each 150 Power Stones from now on.

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"Puff... Life sure is good."

Professor Oak had just taken a sip of his ramen water, and then he saw Ash sending back another Ultra Ball, he was so shocked that water sprayed all over the screen, "Ash, what Pokémon did you catch with a Ultra Ball again?"

"Haha, Grandpa, don't be so surprised. This is a basic operation for big brother!" Molly lay next to Ash, giggling and laughing at the look that Professor Oak was making.

Professor Oak wiped his mouth and wiped the screen again, "Molly-chan, you sound more and more like your brother Ash now!"

"Ash, don't bring Molly down with you!" Professor Oak looked at Molly and smiled at her. Now the current Molly is very optimistic and cheerful, it shows that Ash and his team took good care of her along the way.

"This is a Zapdos, it will train with Raikou. Professor Oak, please send my Slowking here. I will send both Phanpy and Rhydon back so that it can train Phanpy's Rollout while I get his Evolution item ready!" Ash made his quick request to Professor Oak.

Hearing that Ash wanted to exchange Slowking, Professor was stunned for a moment.

Slowking and Venusaur are now responsible for managing the entire backyard of his Laboratory, and are also responsible for supervising the training of all Ash's Pokémon. Normally he will not be exchanged unless something is required of him.

"What happened, why do you need your Slowking right now?" Professor Oak asked with concern.

"Grandpa Oak, we passed by Lake Slowpoke just now. Big Brother is going to practice with Slowking at the Slowpoke Temple for a few days!" Molly answered quickly on Ash's behalf.

Lake Slowpoke is also known as the "Lake of Enlightenment" and there are also many Slowpoke calling it their home.

It is said that a long time ago, a monk became enlightened here with his Slowpoke, and later founded the Slowpoke Temple here as a place for Calm Mind practice.

There is also a huge golden Slowpoke statue in the center, which looks very spectacular.

Ash and his group had already deviated from their original direction in order to beat up Team Rocket again.

So after cating his Zapdos, they simply re-planned their route and soon arrived at Lake Slowpoke, whereupon they contacted Professor Oak.

Ash's current Electric-type Pokémon, in addition to his Pikachu, are Raikou and Zapdos. Ash hoped they won't fight when they meet.

"So it turns out to be the Slowpoke Temple. When Gary contacted me before, he said he was also practicing at the Slowpoke Temple!" Professor Oak learned about the situation, and Tracey also sent Slowking's Poké Ball over.

"I got him back, thanks for your help Professor!"

"So this time Ash sent me a Zapdos." Then he felt the world around him began to shake.

"...….." The Professor looked very confused at this moment.

"HE SENT ME A WHHHHHATT?" He finally yelled out loudly, making Tracey almost go deaf.

After hanging up the phone, Ash threw his Poké Ball out, "Blow their minds, Slowking!"

Slowking always looked carefree, with his hands behind his back, calm and composed, "Ash, there seems to be a lot of the same kind of atmosphere here!"

Ash nodded along to what Slowking said, "Yes, I came to Lake Slowpoke to do some practice with you!"

"How about taking me to see that lake?" Slowking was quite interested in that lake.

"Okay!"

Ash took Molly and Slowking to find Misty and Brock again. They were preparing to go fishing at Lake Slowpoke with a lady named Madeleine.

"Slowking?" Madeleine was also very surprised when she saw Ash's Slowking, "I didn't expect you to have Slowking, Ash, it's really amazing!"

This Madeleine was met by Ash and his party at the shores of Lake Slowpoke. To be precise, they first met Slowpoke when she was fishing by the lake. It was also under her leadership that they came to the Slowpoke Temple.

Back to the lake, they didn't expect that Madeleine's Slowpoke was still on the shore, with its tail hanging in the water, looking very leisurely but dumb at the same time.

However, suddenly it lifted its tail, and there was a very large Goldeen biting on the tip of its tail!

"It's amazing, he caught a big fish!" Brock couldn't help but exclaim out loud.

But Slowpoke flicked its tail and threw the Goldeen back into the water.

"He let the Goldeen escape!" Misty exclaimed, it's was such a pity, such excellent one is rare to see in the wild.

However, Madeleine was very calm with what her Slowpoke just did, "This is because Slowpoke's purpose is not to catch something, it's just that fishing is his practice!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Slowpoke caught another huge Magikarp!

"It's amazing. All the Pokémon he caught are big ones compared to their average species size!" Brock was already shocked. The last time he saw something thsi big for their species was with Seaking and their competition.

Misty thought this was a very good opportunity for her, "Even if it's not the purpose, it should be okay to catch them, right?"

As a result, Madeleine replied, "As long as you can catch it, then it's all yours!"

Misty, who was very confident in her fishing skills, immediately ran towards the shore to capture another powerful Water-type Pokémon for her team!

"Big Brother, I'm going too!" Molly was eager to try fishing. This was her first time fishing. The last time she saw Misty and Ash fishing for Seaking, she wanted to try it but couldn't because of her age and height.

After that Brock also left, Ash and Slowking looked at each other, nodded, and found a random position to drop their fishhook.

He doesn't know how to fish, but fishing is not the purpose, cultivating his patience is!

The Water-type Pokémon here seem to be very interesting compared to the outside world. They themselves can sense the desire of the fishermen! So they will not fall for a easy bait.

This is the practice of patience. Being able to catch fish means that the fisherman has no distracting thoughts in his mind, he is just calm.

Ash and his Slowking grabbed their personal fishing rod and closed their eyes. Ash did not use his power over the Aura to check the water below, but slowly let himself go.

"The Champion of Johto Region Silver Conference is Pokémon Trainer Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!"

Slowly, a voice appeared in Ash's subconscious mind, and he curled his lips, "What does it mean to be the Johto Region League Champion? My dream is to become the Pokémon Master. Now, I am determined to win the Silver Conference. That wille be my first step into greatness!"

"Sho!"

Slowking's fishing rod moved very rigidly.

A Lanturn took the bait, but was released back into the lake by Slowking.

"Ash, your heart is boiling!" Slowking warned. The bond between him and Ash has reached its peak. It can be said that they are connected and both can sense each other's heart.

Ash didn't open his eyes to respond, "I know that, but this is a very good practice!"

Slowking nodded and casually threw his road back into the water.

Misty couldn't stand it anymore. She had never tried for so long without a Pokémon taking the bait. When she saw Slowking catching another Chinchou, she quickly came over and said, "Slowking, can you let me catch this Chinchou?"

Slowking slowly turned around and looked at Misty, Ash responded without opening his eyes once again, "Slowking said that since you weren't the one to bait it out, it won't listen to you even if you manage to catch it!"

This is another form of Catching Battle. Without such communication, the Bond Value will be too low and too slow in its future progress. Even if you forcefully capture the Pokémon, the Pokémon will hardly listen to you.

Misty glared at Ash, then turned to look at Chinchou, "Chinchou, fight me, I will catch you!"

Chinchou ignored Misty and jumped back into the lake.

"Let's go!" At this moment, there was movement on Ash's side, and a Magikarp was caught by him.

"Nice!" Madeleine applauded repeatedly, "Ash, you are really amazing. Before, a Trainer from Pallet Town came to our temple to practice. It took him three days to catch a single bite. How can you do it in just a short time?" Apparently catching a Pokémon within ten minutes here is an amazing accomplishment.

Ash gently put Magikarp back into the lake. He was neither sad nor happy. He smiled and said, "It is not hard to believe, Gary has always been impatient since childhood when it comes to this kind of things."

At this time, Madeleine's Slowpoke also had another bite, and a Shellder appeared on its tail.

Everyone suddenly became happy. Everyone knew that when a Slowpoke's tail is bitten by a Shellder, it can evolve into a Slowbro!

"Great, Slowpoke, now you have completely grown up from where we were at!" Madeleine looked at Slowpoke and was filled with joy.

"Grown up?"

Madeleine then nodded, "Yes, only people who really have no true material desire can catch the Shellder in this lake. This is really a rare thing!"

As soon as they finished speaking, Ash and Slowking's fishing rods both moved. When they lifted them up, they saw two Shellders!

Ash opened his eyes and looked at them as he was saying, "What are you talking about? I have too many material things I want and need."