Azalea Town
Although this is just a small town in the Johto Region, in terms of prosperity, it is completely different to Violet City.
The mountains are not too high, the town is quite famous, land is not too bad, just like Pallet Town in Kanto Region.
Even though Pallet Town is just a rural town, it is highly valued because it is home to the famous Pokémon Professor Oak. .
In this Azalea Town, there lives a Mr. Kurt, who can use special apricorn fruits to make Poké Balls with special functions.
Apart from this, it is also the location of the Johto Regions Bug Type Gym.
Ash's destination is exactly here, the Gym. He accepted Professor Oak's commission to send a special GS Ball to Mr. Kurt for investigation and figure out what it is.
But as we left the forest, the sun grew brighter and brighter as we walked closer to the town. As they walked on the road, they could see that both sides of the road were becoming more and more deserted, and the fields seemed to be dying by the lack of water.
It seems that it has not rained in this area of Azalea Town for a quite a long time.
"Bayleef, Quilava, you should also take a rest!" Taking advantage of such a bright sun, Ash of course wanted to train two Pokémon.
In sunny weather, the training effect is very good whether it is Bayleef or Quilava.
Misty, being the water type expert, threw her Poké Ball, "Staryu, please help everyone cool up!"
The Water Gun shot in the from sky brought a lot of coolness to everyone. Bayleef will definitely feel better after being nourished by water after being exposed to the sun.
Ash did not take a break with Misty or Brock, but just took some water for Quilava to drink.
You can't use Water Gun because it will damage the Fire Type, Quilava.
After a sufficient rest, Ash and his party walked into Azalea Town in high spirits.
It hasn't rained for so long that the river has dried up. Moreover, due to the continuous drought, Azalea Town began to implement limited water supply, and most public places were temporarily closed, including the Azalea Gym.
Therefore, Ash and his team decided to go to Mr. Kurt's place.
Slowpoke can be seen everywhere in this small town and seems to have formed a symbiotic relationship with the residents. Ash and the others walked carefully.
"According to the introduction in the travel brochure, people here respect Slowpoke very much and follow this unique tradition that make Slowpoke thier god". Brock read aloud.
According to reports, 400 years ago, Azalea Town experienced a more severe drought than this time. The sun was extremely strong, it was very hot, and there was no rain for a long time.
Just then, one day, a Slowpoke appeared and with a Yawn, which caused the clouds to darken and it rained heavily in an instant, saving the entire town.
Since then, Slowpoke has been worshiped as a god here, and the Slowpoke Well has been opened for the Slowpoke gods to reside in.
If you accidentally step on them, the whole town might rush out and fight you and the others.
But as soon as they reached the door of Mr. Kurt's house after asking for directions, the group was hit by a huge Slowpoke!
"Pikachu, stop!"
Spark flashes on Pikachu's cheeks, which is just a subconscious action when it encounters a sudden attack.
Ash quickly stopped Pikachu and then noticed that this was not a Slowpoke, it was just a person wearing a large Slowpoke costume!
"Ouch, my waist!" Sure enough, an old voice appeared from the doll costume.
Ash and Brock quickly helped the man up. After all, this was the Pokémon world and they were not worried about being blackmailed by the old man because he got hurt.
"Uncle, are you okay?" Ash asked with concern.
This "Slowpoke" shook his head, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't have time to do it now, so I'll say goodbye for now!"
As he said that, he was about to stand up and run out, but the collision just now caused it to reach his waist, and the pain made him unable to move, "My waist..."
"No, I have to go to Slowpoke Well quickly. I just noticed a strange sound in Slowpoke Well!" With that, he tried to run out.
Ash immediately carried him behind him and rushed towards Slowpoke Well.
"Young man, thank you!"
Arriving at the bottom of the Slowpoke Well, Ash and his party met an acquaintance again.
The Rocket trio must have heard that Slowpoke here can ash for rain, so they actually built another machine ,god knows how, and caught several Slowpoke inside!
"Team Rocket, it's you again!"
But this time, Team Rocket had no intention of fighting Ash and the others, so they used Dig with their and escaped.
"Don't even think about running away, bring the Slowpoke's back!"
Ash put the old man down and rushed out in one stride, but Team Rocket's machine Dig was so fast that he disappeared in an instant.
"Shot!"
Just when Ash was about to use his Aura abilities to track them down, a Slowpoke that was slightly larger in size came next to Ash.
After looking at him, Slowpoke suddenly let out a shout, and then all the Slowpoke responded.
Under the leadership of the big Slowpoke, all the Slowpoke began to walk outside and came to a high ground outside the well.
Ash and his party quickly took the old man out of the well, only to see that all the Slowpoke started yawning together.
It looks like it, but this is actually not Yawn, but the move, Rain Dance. It's just that to use them in such a large are, they needed to unite and use it together.
After a while, the weather that was still sunny just now suddenly became dense with dark clouds and heavy rain fell. You could hear the whole Azalea Town laughing and screaming.
The rainwater gathered together, poured into the well, and then poured into the large hole dug by Team Rocket, flushing it out at once.
After all, it is the Rain Dance used by dozens of Slowpoke. The amount of rain is really amazing. If it were not for the Slowpoke Well down here, I am afraid that Azalea Town will face floods just after the drought they were facing.
"Team Rocket, I won't let you off lightly this time!" As Ash finished speaking, Pikachu was already flashing with lightning, and a Thunderbolt could explode at any time.
Just when Team Rocket was panicking, the Slowpoke, which looked a lot bigger, suddenly appeared next to Pikachu.
This Slowpoke was able to command all the other Slowpokes just now, and it looked very different, with particularly bright intelligent eyes!
"Pikachu?"
"Pika!"
Pikachu seemed to have communicated with the Slowpoke, and he suddenly became pleasantly surprised. He looked at Ash and cheered "Pika Pika" again.
Pikachu's bond value was extremely high, and Ash immediately understood its meaning, "Very good, then... Slowpoke use Water Pulse!"
This Slowpoke's reaction was not like a regular Slowpoke at all. As soon as Ash finished speaking, his Water Pulse was activated.
The combined skill of water and electricity blew Team Rocket in to the sky at once!
"Team Rocket is blasting off again!!"
The Slowpoke captured by Team Rocket ran out one after another and gathered around the bigger Slowpoke.
However, the big Slowpoke slowly turned around and looked at Ash.
When the old guy wearing a Slowpoke puppet costume saw this scene, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "I didn't think that I was possible but you young man became recognized by the Great Slowpoke God. It's really amazing! I never thought I would be able to see this with my own eyes!"
"Young man, your name is Ash, right? Please catch this Slowpoke! It wants you to be its trainer!"
Catch Slowpoke?
Ash didn't think much, nodded quickly, and looked at the Slowpoke, "Then Slowpoke, welcome to the team!"
Throw the Poké Ball and it quickly subdued the Slowpoke.
After just a slight flicker, the Poké Ball went out.
Slowpoke: 130/180
Unknowingly, Ash had already captured four Pokémon during his time in the Johto Region.
Heracross, Bayleef, Quilava, plus the newly captured Slowpoke, plus Pikachu, Snorlax, and Squirtle that are now with him, Ash's number of Pokémon once again reached 7.
Therefore, Ash decided to teleport Squirtle to Professor Oak's Lab.
Maybe Squirtle felt something during this period. After all, Ash put a lot of energy into the new Pokémon and rarely trained it anymore. Instead, he used it as a sparring partner to help other Pokémon.
Also, Charizard, who traveled with them and quickly evolved to the final stage, gained new powers after arduous training, which made him envious.
In fact, Bulbasaur had accumulated enough power to evolve not long after being caught by Ash.
In Venusaur's mysterious garden, the elder Venusaur wanted to use his power to help the Bulbasaurs evolve.
However, Ash's Bulbasaur refused. It suppressed the power emerging in the body and gave up on evolution.
It wants to prove that even without evolving, you can still gain great power.
But in Kanto's Indigo League challenge, it got beat quite a lot with Squirtle, and also caused Ash to suffer a big losses. Although it was not a big loss to Ash as he could try again in the future, it was still obvious that if they had a stronger body, they would definitely be able to help Ash achieve better results. achievements.
Squirtle has been silently suppressing and not evolving because of the group of younger Squirtles that had been following before being accepted by Ash.
As a Squirtle Legion, doesn't evolution mean betrayal?
However, for Squirtle who voluntarily followed Ash and became his Pokémon, is this considered a double-minded intention?
Now, there are 6 Pokémon around Ash. Even the big eater who only knows how to sleep all day long is also taken by Ash, but he, a former main battler, is teleported back.
After returning to Professor Oak's backyard, Squirtle and Bulbasaur had an in-depth discussion on the issue of evolution, but could not come up with a result.
In fact, they know in their hearts that Ash is willing to respect them and allow them to choose the life they like even if they are not willing to evolve.
Bulbasaur seems to have found a job that he is qualified for. Before he was taken over by Ash, he took care of the Pokémon there in Pokémon Township. Now he manages the backyard of the Laboratory, which is very suitable for him.
But what about Squirtle?
It was willing to follow Ash, but didn't it want to get stronger for him?
. . . . . . .
Of course, Ash, who was far away in the Johto Region, would not know the thoughts of these two Pokémon's.
He was about to go to the mountain behind Mr. Kurt's house to pick a few Apricorn fruits to create Poké Balls with special functions.
The uncle who helped them at Slowpoke Well was none other than the renowned Kurt.
Not only is he an outstanding craftsman who can turn Apricorn fruits into Poké Balls, he is also responsible for guarding the Slowpoke Well in this Azalea Town.
It's a pity that even he has never seen the GS Ball or has any ideas about what it really is.
But after handing GS Ball to Kurt for investigation, Ash and his team's mission was completed.
In order to thank Ash and his group for saving their lives at Slowpoke Well, he not only gave each of the three people a Fast Ball, but also allowed Ash to go to the back mountain to pick some Apricorn fruits to make special Poké Balls for them.
Ash was of course not polite about this and wholeheartedly accepted this arrangement.
As a Pokémon Trainer, who can resist the temptation of special Poké Ball!
"The Apricorn fruit comes in seven colors: white, red, blue, black, pink, green, and yellow, so each Poké Ball made with the fruit has its own individual characteristics!" Kurt's granddaughter introduced the relevant information of the Apricorn fruits to Ash and his party.
In the backyard of his home, only white fruits are grown, so Ash and his team need to go to the back mountain to pick the Apricorn's themselves.
"This is a pink Apricorn fruit!"
Arriving at the back mountain, she pointed to a tree covered with pink fruits and introduced, "The Poké Ball made from this fruit can be used on Pokémon of a different gender than your own!"
Hearing this, Brock immediately thought, "Maybe it will be effective on Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny!"
'Look at the look in his eyes. . . .'
Misty couldn't stand it any longer, so she twisted his ears and interrupted his thoughts.
Ash also twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that this guy also someone who can distinguish between the Nurse Joy's and Officer Jenny's from different places around the Pokémon world!
It's a pity that these Apricorn fruits are not ripe yet and cannot be picked.
"Also, don't pick too many at one time, otherwise the tree will die." The little girl gave them her knowledge.
Walking a few steps further, you can see the yellow Apricorn fruit. This is used to create Moon Balls for Pokémon that use Moon Stones to evolve.
Unfortunately, this one was still not ripe yet to be picked, Drake wouldn't mind this at all. He likes them young and ripe.
This is a chance. Ash and his party came here at this time. The fruit is not yet ripe, so it can only be said that they have no chance.
In addition to the Apricorn fruits, various Pokémon seem to live here, guarding these trees from dying.
"That's the green Apricorn tree!"
In front of the group, a large Apricorn tree with green fruits appeared, "That fruit can be made into a Friend Ball!"
After looking at it, she said in surprise, "It should be no problem to pick one of the Apricorns over there!"
Upon hearing this, Ash was about to step forward to pick, but a large group of Beedrill suddenly appeared in front of him.
Beedrill has always been a nightmare for Trainers in the wild. One of them is not that scary, but once you attack back, you will attract an overwhelming number of Beedrills .
"I only picked one!"
In the past, Ash would have immediately turned around and ran away with Misty and Brock.
But this time, blue light color flashed in Ash's eyes, and all the Beedrills stopped moving, unable to move any further.
"This is?"
The little girl was shocked by the scene in front of her. She was so scared that she hid behind Misty, but she found that these two elder brothers and sister did not panic at all when facing these Beedrills, as if this already happened before.
Ash picked a green Apricorn, picked it with Psychic, and returned to Misty and Brock, "Are you ready?"
With that said, he took the lead and ran away holding the little girl in his arms.
The Beedrills behind him broke away from his Psychic and immediately chased the whole group.
Misty's and Brock's expression changed greatly, and they quickly ran away.
Fortunately, these Beedrills did not pursue them very far from the tree. The four people who stopped looked at the green Apricorn in Ash's hand and laughed.
"It's was so exciting, this was amazing!" Kurt's granddaughter happily laughed.
Of course since there is a chance, Ash took Misty and Brock to pick two blue Apricorn and one black tangerine.
Blue Apricorn fruits can be crafted into Lure Balls for catching water-type Pokémon.
The Heavy Ball made from the Black Apricorns is aimed towards Pokémon with a relatively large body weight.
After the production of the Balls was completed, Ash got a Heavy Ball, a Fast Ball, and a Lure Ball.
Misty, a water-based trainer, also received a Lure Ball.
Brock wants to become a breeder, a Friend Ball is certainly the most suitable one. He also captured managed to catch a Pineco in the back mountains that fit his personality.
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