Pokemon: This Ash Is Too Versatile-Chapter 663 - 356: Seven Days Later, Encountering the Lapras Herd Again, Lapras’s Choice
But if you have Elite Level Pokemon, you can also capture Elite Level Pokemon in the wild. Of course, this is just an example, encountering Elite Level Pokemon in the wild is not so easy.
However, it’s relatively easier than training your own, and in reality, many Trainers do this. Someone like Ash who trains all their Pokemon from scratch is extremely rare.
Ash’s achievement generally means he can become a renowned Trainer, similar to the Elite Four and the Champion of the League Region.
As for Serena, she should follow the routine steadily for now. Think about future directions after evolving Braixen to its final stage.
Additionally, during these seven days, Ash and his companions encountered some unexpected situations. One such situation was that Team Rocket, which had been missing for almost a month, showed up again!
Considering the huge mistake they made, it’s unlikely they’d be bailed out quickly, let alone within a month. Besides, their backer Giovanni has already disappeared. The high-ranking officers of Team Rocket should have no feelings towards those three members.
In this situation, who would bail them out? Who could bail them out?
Ultimately, Ash wasn’t able to get any answers out of the Team Rocket trio. Subsequently, Serena, seeing Team Rocket for the first time, witnessed them performing a "flying in the air" trick!
Seeing such a scene for the first time, Serena worriedly asked, "Won’t they get hurt from falling like that from the sky?"
Not just Serena, anyone witnessing this for the first time might think the same thing.
Falling from such a height, it’s okay for Pokemon, but won’t the people be in trouble?
From that height, estimating it might be over a thousand meters, and they flew off to who knows where. According to physics, they’d be dead for sure!
But Ash mentioned that those two people and one cat have bodies tougher than iron. Falling from just a thousand meters, or even from outer space like a meteor, would only slightly dirty their clothes. Team Rocket’s trio may be lacking in other areas, but in terms of inventiveness and resilience, they’re top-notch in the world.
Apart from encountering Team Rocket, the trio also met an even worse group of people.
Although the Team Rocket trio did many bad things, those were only directed against Ash after they met him, and they never succeeded once.
To Ash, those three are no longer even bad, just dumb!
But the group they encountered after sending those three flying were truly bad beyond description.
They were the ones responsible for Ash’s Lapras being separated, a sea poaching group in the Orange Archipelago, simply called pirates.
This group of pirates had a whole ship of people, about twenty in number, all looking extremely rugged and not nice to deal with.
When Ash and his friends encountered this group of pirates, they happened to see them hunting Lapras’ family. Ash immediately intervened, having Gardevoir hold them all back.
However, the strength of these pirates was somewhat beyond Ash’s expectations, as the leader had a Gym Level Pokemon. It’s little wonder they’ve rampaged in the Orange Archipelago for so long.
On one hand, capturing them at sea is difficult; on the other hand, the pirate leader’s strength almost surpasses most Trainers in the Orange Archipelago.
Even if some Trainers wanted to stand up against them, they simply couldn’t match these pirates.
Let alone well-meaning Trainers, even most Miss Jun Shas aren’t a match for these pirates.
The Pokemon used by Miss Jun Sha are usually Growlithe or Arcanine, which are Fire Attribute. It’s challenging to fight at sea, and the pirates’ Pokemon are mostly Water Attribute, giving them an advantage over Growlithe and Arcanine.
Under such circumstances, even if Miss Jun Sha found the pirates’ whereabouts, capturing them would be exceedingly difficult.
Thus, this group of pirates continued to run amok in the Orange Archipelago, and rare sea Pokemon had little chance when encountered by them.
When Lapras’ family encountered the pirates back then, they narrowly escaped, but this incident led to one of the Lapras getting separated, which was the one Ash captured.
And now, they once again encountered these pirates, but coincidentally, Ash was here too!
With Gardevoir’s help, no matter if the pirate leader ordered everyone to attack collectively or used the cannons on the pirate ship, none had any effect.
A single Telekinesis from Gardevoir could block them all.
The Gym Level Gardevoir could already control part of the Power of Heaven and Earth. For her, anything below the Elite Level was just insignificant. Even potent human attacks like shells and missiles couldn’t threaten her anymore.
Other Pokemon might be manageable, but Elite Level Psychic Type Pokemon have countless ways to deal with missiles and shells.
Cross-level fighting for Psychic Type Pokemon is challenging, but in the same level’s versatility, they are undoubtedly the strongest, without exception.
Ultimately, the previously invincible pirate group succumbed to Gardevoir’s prowess, and all twenty-two members were captured without exception.
Lapras was finally reunited with her family.
When Ash saw the joyful smile on Lapras’ face while she was with her family, he instinctively felt that perhaps his first goodbye was imminent.
Lapras was forcefully separated by the pirates, and for her entire life cycle, she was like a newborn.
During this time, under Ash’s training, Lapras’ size, battle ability, and temperament all grew rapidly. But she still hasn’t left her infancy.
In this situation, the probability of Lapras returning to her family is very high...
Ash had no intention of stopping Lapras from returning, as he always respected the choices and will of Pokemon. If Lapras chose to return to her family, he absolutely wouldn’t interfere.
Real parents or a human whom she’s only been with for just over a month, any normal Pokemon would know what choice to make.
However... it seems that Ash’s Lapras isn’t quite normal.
After a passionate reunion with her parents and family, Lapras gradually moved on the water, slowly distancing herself from the family. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
In the stunned gazes of Ash, his companions, Lapras’ biological parents, and her family, Lapras eventually returned to Ash on the shore.
Indeed, Lapras chose to stay with Ash. Although she had only been with Ash for a month, this month had brought a transformative change.
Lapras firmly believed that this progress, within the family, would take a year or more to achieve.
Apart from her own advancement, Ash’s attitude towards her was key. The way he treated her as his own allowed Lapras to feel the warmth of home, even without being in her family or with her parents.
Although Ash wasn’t her biological family, on her path of growth, he became as close as family.
To repay Ash for saving and nurturing her and for her own future, Lapras ultimately didn’t choose to return to the familiar comfort of her family but decided to stay with Ash and fight for the future together!
