Chapter 415 - 416: Capturing the Giant Claydol

Chapter 415: Chapter 416: Capturing the Giant Claydol

Chapter 416: Capturing the Giant Claydol

After arriving beside the giant Claydol, Super Ancient Gengar unleashed Shadow Claw, delivering a devastating attack to the Claydol.

With two swipes, the giant Claydol was knocked back and slid several meters away.

However, its massive size also meant it had high HP; Shadow Sneak and Shadow Claw did not cause too much damage to the giant Claydol.

After getting back up, the giant Claydol mobilized its power to activate Trick Room, then raised its hands and fired two Psybeams at Super Ancient Gengar.

Since the distance was too great, Ash could only use Aura to issue commands, "Gengar, dodge and then use Dark Pulse with full power!"

Hearing this, Super Ancient Gengar let out a cackling sound, then vanished into thin air before the giant Claydol’s eyes.

The next moment, Super Ancient Gengar reappeared in front of the giant Claydol, blasting its face with a point-blank Dark Pulse.

Boom!

The giant Claydol’s body sank, and it fell straight backward.

"Very good, Gengar. Next, use Hypnosis to keep it under control!"

Just as the giant Claydol was climbing back up, Super Ancient Gengar’s red eyes locked onto the giant Claydol’s eyes at point-blank range, activating Hypnosis. The giant Claydol felt its eyelids grow heavy, and it desperately wanted to sleep.

Once it closed its eyes, Ash pulled out a Heavy Ball and threw it at the giant Claydol.

The Heavy Ball released a capture beam, drawing the giant Claydol inside.

Perhaps because the giant Claydol was sleeping too soundly, the Heavy Ball barely wobbled before the capture was complete.

Seeing Ash capture the giant Claydol, Old Man Shigeshi’s expression was somewhat complex.

After all, this giant Claydol was a legend he had heard about since childhood, but now the legend had been captured by someone, and right in front of him; this was undoubtedly a huge shock to his beliefs.

However, Old Man Shigeshi was still very grateful that Ash had stepped in, as he knew that if the giant Claydol had continued much further, it would have reached his village.

Old Man Shigeshi solemnly thanked Ash: "Ash, thank you. If it weren’t for your help, the village probably wouldn’t have been saved."

"No problem, it was just a small matter. However, since the giant Claydol has been captured by me, to avoid affecting your village’s business, do you need our help to move that empty stone Pokémon ball on the mountain into the Lake?" Ash asked.

He had just taken away the village’s biggest cash cow, so he had to give them some compensation, right?

"Really?"

Old Man Shigeshi’s face lit up with joy.

With the help of Ash and his group, the giant stone Pokémon ball that was originally on the mountaintop was placed in the center of the Lake, in the exact same position as before.

After finishing everything, Ash’s group bade farewell to Old Man Shigeshi and continued their journey across Izabe Island.

The next day.

The outskirts of the forest.

Ash’s group was enjoying the breakfast meticulously prepared by Brock.

"I’m full! Ash, could you please accompany me for some special training?" May invited Ash with great enthusiasm.

Her defeat once again in front of Ash at the Purika Conference successfully stimulated May’s determination to become stronger.

Of course, most importantly, it was because of the upcoming challenge at the Sootopolis Gym; she wanted to perform as perfectly as possible to win Wallace’s appreciation and guidance.

This time, the Pokémon she was training were Swablu, Bulbasaur, and Treecko. Her Treecko was traded for Tyranitar at the Pokémon Center after the Purika Conference.

After all, regarding the Treecko captured at the same time, Ash’s had already evolved into Sceptile, while hers was still in its initial form, which was really hard to justify.

Just as Ash and May’s training was in full swing, Brock’s Lombre seemed to sense a turning point in its life and silently burrowed into the nearby woods.

"Honestly, why does this Lombre run around everywhere?"

Brock frowned slightly and quickly scanned the surroundings.

After not finding any trace of Lombre, he shouted to Ash: "Ash, I don’t know where my Lombre ran off to. Could you please help me find it using Aura?"

"Okay!"

Ash expanded his Aura to search the surroundings, and it didn’t take long for him to detect it.

"Brock, that Lombre is in the forest over there." After pointing out the direction to Brock, Ash looked at May: "May, let’s pause training for today. It seems like Lombre is in trouble."

"Okay!" May nodded.

The group tidied up briefly and headed toward the woods.

Not long after entering the forest, the group saw Lombre standing with a Mawile, and next to it stood a green-haired girl wearing a purple skirt.

"Excuse me, is this Lombre yours?" the girl asked.

"My name is Brock, and I am this Lombre’s Trainer. May I ask your name, beautiful lady?" Brock said with a fawning expression.

The girl replied gently: "H-hello, my name is Sayuri."

"Sayuri, oh, what a beautiful name, like..."

Brock, in his rut, was like seaweed, twisting his body with the waves.

But the next second, the joint Slam from Deoxys and Jirachi barely managed to put a stop to his rut.

Ash and May also introduced themselves to Sayuri.

Through conversation, it seemed that Sayuri’s Mawile had fallen in love with Brock’s Lombre.

However, in the face of Mawile’s brave show of affection, the slow-witted Lombre not only couldn’t pick up on Mawile’s signals but also appeared uninterested in Mawile.

As soon as Mawile hugged Lombre’s hand, Lombre shook it off and walked to the side.

Yet, Mawile was not repulsed by Lombre’s attitude; instead, it actively approached again.

Such a situation made Brock, a lovesick fool craving romance, both angry and anxious.

He was angry about why such a good thing never happened to him.

He was anxious because if Lombre didn’t accept it, how could he make a move on Sayuri?

"Huh? Miss Sayuri, are you also a Pokémon Coordinator?"

At this time, May noticed ribbons for performances in Sayuri’s luggage.

"No, those are props for the ribbon dance that Mawile and I perform," Sayuri replied.

"Wow, that sounds amazing! I really want to see it!" May was immediately excited.

"Okay, then we will perform a piece for you to watch."

Sayuri seemed exceptionally straightforward.

Finding a shady spot, Sayuri and Mawile performed a piece just for Ash and his group.

After watching the performance, Sayuri also invited Ash’s group to the town where she would be performing next.

In fact, this town was a place Ash and his group had to pass through anyway.

As it grew dark, quite a few spectators had gathered under the stage where Sayuri was to perform.

As soon as the performance began, and Sayuri and Mawile had performed for less than three minutes, the stage lights dimmed.

When they lit up again, the figures of the Team Rocket Trio appeared on stage.

"Team Rockets, it’s you three idiots again!" Ash said speechlessly.

"What are you three doing here? Don’t you know this is someone else’s stage?" May also demanded sternly.

"Hmph, we’ve taken a liking to that Mawile. If you’re smart, hand it over quickly!" James clamored.

"Why waste breath on them?" Jessie disdainfully pulled out a Poké Ball, "Seviper, use Haze!"

As Seviper spewed out a large amount of thick smoke, the whole stage turned into chaos.

Ash’s Aura sensed that Meowth was trying to catch Mawile with a net, so he couldn’t help but throw the Lombre from beside him over.

Under the cover of Haze, Meowth felt the net sink and, thinking it had succeeded, quickly scurried away.

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