251. Team Magma Shenanigans Agian

Are you enjoying the extra chapters, cause I'm not.

Anyway, have a raw day.

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The groups first Pokémon Contest was now officially over.

Ash and his team were planning to stay here for another day. Brock was responsible for purchasing supplies needed for the trip, as usual, while May was going to check in the big city and the last bits of various delicious snacks that she could get hands on.

So it has almost become a routine, Max followed around Ash, even though Ash didn't want Max to follows him everywhere.

"Big Bro, where should we go next?" Max suggested, "The most worthwhile place to visit in Slateport City is the Oceanic Museum close to the shore. There are many valuable items on display there. How about we go and check it out?"

"The Oceanic Museum?" Ash nodded along, that definitely sounded like it was indeed a place worth visiting to, and maybe there would be something to gain from there.

Ash's protagonist senses were tingling with something.

Just when Ash and Max went to the Oceanic Museum, they saw it was temporarily closed but it was also being invaded at the same time.

A group of people sneaked into it, looked at the research room of Captain Stern, found a metal box, and opened it to check it out, and found that there was a charred rock inside.

"This is Magma 1. And as we planned, we have successfully obtained the G Research Sample!"

The invader was none other than Tabitha, one of the Admin of the Team Magma. Their organization is doing everything possible to search for information about Groudon, that is to say, this charred rock, they believe is related to their end goal, Groudon.

The door opened, and a stern looking man walked in holding a book, knocking them right into each other, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

He is the one, the only, the legend, the GOAT, Captain Stern!

Knowing that the person who came here were people without any good intentions, he immediately became vigilant towards them, "I understand it now, so you are a member of the notoriously rumored Team Magma. What are you going to do with that stone?"

"I don't need to answer your kind, you won't understand this kind of thing anyway!" Team Magma is not like the Rocket Trio who can't help but feel compassionate when they hear the question and answer almost immediately.

Tabitha threw out his Mightyena's Poké Ball without any explanation, "Mightyena, use your Shadow Ball on the ground!"

The Shadow Ball landed to the ground, and black smoke filled the air, and the Team Magma took the opportunity to retreat from there.

Their actions were principled, disciplined, and extremely efficient.

However, they were not very lucky this time. They happened to run into Ash when they were retreating out of the museum.

"Huh?" Ash frowned when he saw Team Magma's uniform wearing people were hurriedly coming out of the Oceanic Museum, "Pikachu, stop them with a Thunderbolt!"

Ash was even more decisive than them and let his Pikachu shock them directly without any prior warning.

Tabitha stopped while holding the box, and his Mightyena immediately greeted his fangs at Ash and his Pikachu, but Ash didn't pay attention to the threat of the little black dog.

This is the first time Ash had faced Team Magma directly, "Are you one of the Admins ofs Team Magma, Tabitha?"

When he was in the underground ruins, Ash remembered two important Admins from their respective organizations, Tabitha of the Team Magma and Shelly of the Team Aqua.

Hearing that Ash actually knew of him, Tabitha was stunned, "Boy, who are you? And how do you know of me?"

"I am Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. The box you are holding should be from the museum. I kindly advise you to return it!" Ash said directly in a commanding tone without any politeness to it.

These words made Tabitha laugh angrily, "Humph, boy, you speak such loud words!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two other members of Team Magma behind him also threw out their own Poké Balls, and two more Mightyena appeared in front of Ash and his Pikachu.

Their grinning look scared Max, so hid behind Ash for safety.

"Pikachu, Dratini, let's have our daily warm-up on them!" Ash was not afraid of them at the slightest and threw his Dratini's Poké Ball very casually. However, the moment the red light burst, Dratini disappeared in front of everyone.

Ash saw that Tabitha was suddenly knocked out, and the box was also flown to upwards.

Then the box seemed to be controlled or something, but the box suddenly accelerated and flew towards Ash's hand. A pink light flashed in Ash's eyes, and he intercepted it and gave it to Max.

"Damn it!" Tabitha got up from the ground and wiped the little blood from the corner of his mouth. They could all see that one side of his face was very swollen.

"Come out, Houndoom!"

He angrily threw out another Poké Ball, as did the two grunts behind him. Two hungry looking Golbats were summoned, and now a full 6 Pokémon surrounded Ash!

"Team Magma, don't even think about running away!"

Captain Stern finally arrived and was shocked when he saw this scene.

He looked at Ash and noticed the box that Max was holding in his arms, "Great, thank you little child, thank you for helping me get the box back. We have to fight side by side to defeat the vile Team Magma!"

However, Ash handed the box back to Captin Stern, "Just leave it to me, old man!"

"Are you done having your chitchat?"

Tabitha was already impatient. He felt a powerful aura radiating off of Ash's body. There was also the obvious Pikachu and Dratini looking at him with a cold look.

Why did a kid make him feel so scared?

"Mightyena, use a Hyper Beam!"

"Houndoom, use Flamethrower!"

"Golbat, Supersonic!"

The six Pokémon activated their attacks together, but Ash's lips curled up slightly, "This scene seems a bit too familiar!"

As he spoke, he placed the Electric-type Z Crystal on his Z-Ring, and for a moment electric snakes surged around Pikachu's body!

A bright light flashed in his eyes, and Ash's body released a dazzling golden light that merged into Pikachu's body!

The power of electromagnetism made Pikachu levitate into the air, and his tail was constantly condensing terrifying electricity! Countless electric snakes poured out uncontrollably and landed on the lawn outside the museum with a slithering and hissing motion, leaving behind terrifying marks and burns.

"What is that?!" Captin Stern was very shocked by seeing this. This was a powerful trick beyond his knowledge. It was hard to imagine that such a skill could be issued by such a small looking Pokémon like that Pikachu.

Max stood behind Ash at all times for max safety. He looked up at the armored Pikachu, and then at Ash who was shrouded in a golden light. "So COOL. If only I could be half- no, a tenth as powerful as Big Bro!"

But how would he know how much Ash has paid for this power?

He wasn't even there in the Johto Region, where he first used it.

Gigavolt Havoc!

This was the second time Ash will be using the Electric-type Z move. The first time he missed it deliberately from hitting those innocent Pokémon's, but this time, the violent thunder strike hit all the Pokémon's belonging to Team Magma!

"How is that possible?!" Tabitha's eyes widened. The scene in front of him completely shattered all his perspective. Was he still in the world he knew of?

How could such a BUG-level attack exist?

Ash's Pikachu's special move was so devastating that the attacks of the six Pokémon on the opposite side were instantly destroyed in front of his attacks. They were all completely useless and did absolutely nothing to Pikachu.

The violent thunder pushed all six decently strong Pokémon and made them flew backwards, hitting the three members of Team Lava hard. Then the explosion occurred, knocking them all away.

After a while, the dust settled, and a huge crater appeared in where Pikachus attack had fallen.

The power was simply devastating!

Ash helped his Pikachu back on his shoulders with his Ralts and stood, "Captin Stern, I believe that's what your name is, I'm truly sorry for that damage here!"

"No, no, no, it's completely okay!" After the introduction by the three of them, Captin Stern took Asb and Max to visit the museum, then took them back to the research room and opened the box.

"This is important information delivered last night. Thanks to you, Ash, I could still keep it with me!"

Ash did, in fact, take his rightful credit, as he wanted some more money from the League Headquarters.

Ash still said that the thanks from Captin Stern wasn't necessary as he was a member of the League.

"This feels like an ordinary stone, but the color is very strange, it's a strange black, as if it is burnt to crisp!" Max focused on the box and saw ten black carbon-like stones lying inside of it.

"You would be right in your assumption. Although the age is not clear yet, this thing should have been burned at very high temperatures on the very deep seabed for quite some time for it to have that kind of color and texture to it!" Captin Stern told the results of his research.

While talking about high heat deep under the sea, Ash was reminded of one of the strongest legendary Pokémon from the Hoenn Region, Groudon!