The Silver Conference had now finally concluded successfully, and for Ash specifically since he got his first Conference Championship.
That night, Molly reluctantly hugged Latias one last time, "Latias, I will miss you very much!"
These two young girls have become very good playmates and friends along the way, and now that they have to separate, so naturally they are reluctant to part with each other.
Ash and Professor Hale stood together, and behind them were Professor Oak and Delia.
Now, Molly will go home with Professor Hale, so Molly will felt very sad at this moment, hugging Latias and refusing to let go of her.
Professor Hale stepped forward, squatted next to Molly and comforted her with a gentle smile, "Molly, be good, we can invite Ash to our home in the future, okay?"
Molly turned around, "Is that okay?"
"Of course it is," Professor Hale looked back at Ash and invited him, "Ash, come to our place for now. It just so happens that I have made new progress in my research on Unown's during this time. Maybe it will be helpful to you too. You can help me in this!"
After hearing this, Ash has immediately became much more interested, and in this way, they could take Professor Hale's car, which would save a lot of time than going back on foot by themselves the whole time.
"Great, Big Brother is going to send me home!" Molly burst into tears and smiled!
Ash looked back at the Eon siblings with a smile, "Is it almost settled with you two?"
The two siblings nodded, Latias transformed into her true form, rubbed Ash's face, Ash crushed Latias's regular old Poké Ball with a strong grip, and then he threw the last two Ultra Balls he had with him at them.
Early the next morning, Ash and his team said goodbye to Gary and Harrison.
"Ash, Grandpa, I want to take a detour to Mt. Silver to have a look, and then return to Pallet Town from there!" Gary decided his own itinerary, still choosing to not go with Ash and his group, and no one forced him too either.
Harrison also said, "I want to go to Indigo Plateau to have a look!"
He decided to attend the Kanto Regions Indigo Plateau Conference that hasn't finished yet, and then he will then embark on a trip to the Kanto Region in his own!
The three young Trainers, each holding their own dreams and beliefs, are separated here, but they will definitely meet again somewhere in the future!
Ash and his party followed Professor Hale back to his home on the beautiful grassland.
Because of the Crystal Tower Incident, they had not been able to have fun on the beautiful grassland like they wanted to, so they definitely could not miss the opportunity this time.
Misty and Brock took Molly to have fun, and Ash followed Professor Hale to his home laboratory.
Unlike Professor Oak, although Professor Hale is also a crazy person like his mentor, his research room is very well organized compared to Professor Oak, which honestly does not say much.
The most conspicuous thing in the entire room was the wall of bookshelves that were filled with various books and research reports.
At this time, Professor Hale took a book from his desk that obviously had a long history with him. The pages were very big, and the book had the thickness of an ordinary dictionary. When he opened it, it was filled with strange words and symbols.
He don't know it, but it feels inexplicably familiar to him!
"Later I went to the ruins again and found this book!" Professor Hale introduced, "Ash, you should know that Unown has the ability to host ancient texts!"
Ash just nodded. It was because John, Professor Hale's assistant, brought the pages with the ancient text back to Professor Hale house that Unown, who was staying in it, sensed Molly's heart and triggered the Crystal Tower Incident.
But after that, these pages no longer have the ability to host any Unown, and had just become a pile of ordinary waste paper.
But now, Professor Hale seems to have found something more interesting in it.
He handed the book to Ash, "Ash, I know that you had caught many Unown and can use their abilities. I will give this book to you so that you can use Unown without needing their Poké Ball. Take it with you!"
Hearing this, Ash's eyes lit up. Unown's mysterious power can allow him to become somewhat of a Green Lantern himself and enhance his abilities to its greatest extent with all his Aura and Psychic mixed in with it. If he can get rid of the limit on the number of Poké Balls, by taking these Unown with him, Ash's abilities could be maximized.
On the journey to the next Region, Ash thinks that he will definitely be able to go further in his power mastery!
Seeing Ash's surprised look, Professor Hale smiled and said, "Ash, just go forward in a way that will represent yourself!"
After resting for a night on Molly's giant home, Ash finally recovered from the exhaustion accumulated from his long journey.
"Big Brother, when I turns 10 years old, I will go on a trip with you like this!" This was the agreement the two made when Molly said goodbye to Ash!
Molly was also sent home, and now there were only the three of them left. They took a plane ride to Viridian City. After all, Pallet Town is a small town, and a plane of this size can't reach there.
"We're back in Viridian City!" Misty missed it especially after returning back to her home region after such a long trip.
She and Ash's trip started all the way back here in Viridian City. At that time, Pikachu was seriously injured. Ash had borrowed her bicycle and came here to the Pokémon Center. Since then, they have become partners and have been traveling together for years.
She has undoubtedly a very strong affection towards Ash.
After all, she saw him transforming form a small Rookie Trainer to a handsome Champion Trainer with her very own eyes.
"Since we came to Viridian City from such a distance away, we should definitely go to the Pokémon Center and meet up with Nurse Joy to check up on our Pokémon's!" Brock suddenly became very enthusiastic.
However, before Misty could pull his ears, Ash said, "We could do that later. Before that, I still have something to do here."
"There's something you have to do? What's the matter?" Misty worriedly looked back at the serious face that Ash made, curious about what happened to him suddenly.
Ash smiled and said nothing. After such a long time, he don't know if that guy is still living in Viridian Forest. If he meets him, he doesn't know if he will be even willing to come back with him.
Without rushing into downtown Viridian City, Ash turned around and walked into the Viridian Forest with many people looking at him after noticing that he is the one who had just won the Silver Conference.
Viridian Forest is an extremely giant area, the area he went to before was actually only a small section between Viridian City and Pewter City. At first, because Misty was afraid of the Bug-type Pokémon's here, the two of them passed here quickly without exploring deeper. And even if they did, this section would only be around a single percent of the whole Viridian Forest.
It was also here that Ash captured the first and second Pokémon on his journey, a Catterpie and a Pidegeotto.
His Catterpie finally evolved into a beautiful Butterfree, and flew away with a pink Butterfree as his mate. Now she may have given birth to a large group of Catterpie babies and started a colony somewhere.
And his Pidegeotto also finally evolved into a Pidgeot, and was released by his past self inside of the Viridian Forest, letting him take care of the weak Pidgey's and Pidegeotto's in the outer area of the forest.
It was agreed at the beginning that Ash would come to pick up Pidgeot after his journey.
Now, it's time to fulfill the promise he made!
Here is the extra chapter because we hit 150 Power Stones.
Thank you all for this.
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Inside of the Viridian Forest, the leafy trees make it difficult for light to pass through its foliage, making the entire forest look very dark from the inside.
During this period, the Alliance has strengthened exchanges between its regions, especially in the Viridian Forest. The Trainers affiliated with the Alliance have captured many Bug-type and Flying -type Pokémon from other Regions and released them here, allowing them to integrate into the forest.
Therefore, Ash has seen many Bug-type Pokémon from other regions settle here along the way.
Not to mention the Pineco, Ledyba, and string balls that are common in the Johto Region, there were even some Wurmple from the Hoenn Region. Ash had already seen several of them along the way, and they are also mixed in the local Catterpie groups, and they also seem to be very gregarious.
Not only that, he also found several Noctowl and Hoothoot. This Viridian Forest is dim and almost lightless, even dimmer than the dim forest where Ash caught his Shiny Noctowl, so they can fly freely here even in the daytime.
"Noctowl, come on out! I need your help right now!" Looking like this is obviously not the the right place to send out his Charizard, Ash decided to send out his Noctowl to find the tribe of Pidgey's, hoping to find his own Pidgeot from there.
Noctowl tilted his head and flew away after listening to Ash's commands.
Although he doesn't have high hopes, if Ash can find him, he will get a very powerful Flying-type Pokémon in his arsenal, and this is someone who had already traveled with his past self from the beginning. The Bond Value and compatibility should definitely both be very high.
Ash should be able to complete their Bond Evolution with just some simple training!
"Ash, can we really still find him after such a long time?" Misty pulled Ash clothes and looked at the surrounding environment warily, fearing that some random Bug-type Pokémon would suddenly jump out and attack her.
Ash shook his head and just wrapped his arm around her waist to comfort her, "Let's look for him as much as possible. I don't know if we will find him, but at least I have to try it, right? After all, I did promise him."
When Ash traveled into thsi world, they had already almost arrived at New Bark Town, so the matter of picking up his Pidgeot was put on hold by him at that time.
Now that he is back in Viridian City, of course he wants to come over and fulfill his promise!
"Goo!"
At this moment, Noctowl suddenly flew back, and it looked like it had gotten something!
"Did you find him?" Ash quickly called for the group to follow Noctowl.
Sure enough, after going deeper into the main Viridian Forest that they had never ventured to, Ash and his group came to a area with relatively sparse trees. The sunlight penetrated through the canopy, making the place much brighter than most of the forest around this place.
Then further they walked inside, the fewer the Bug-type Pokémon became. Misty gradually relaxed and held Ash's hand while Brock just looked at the two holding hands from the back.
'Ash sure is working his magic with Misty. I hope they become a real one.' Brock said to himself while also complaining to himself that he hadn't yet found a girl for himself yet.
However, Brock's expression became increasingly wary, "Ash, this seems to be the territory of a very powerful Pokémon. Should we still go further inside?"
Many Pokémon have a strong sense of territory. Just like the Sneasel that was caught by Harrison not long ago, it regarded the area near the Ho-Oh Shrine as its territory and treated all the humans there as intruders.
If they go further inside, they might be caught in some unnecessary danger.
However, Ash insisted, "Lets keep going forward, nothing will happen to you as long as I'm here!"
Ash said so, and Brock and Misty had no reason not to support him.
As the three of them walked forward, they saw a lot of Pidgey's appearing around them. It looks liek they seemed to have broken into the territory of the Pidgey Clan.
This is what Ash's Noctowl found!
Pidgey as a Pokémon has a very docile character, so even if Ash and his party broke into their territory, they chose not to attack.
But after Pidgey evolved into a Pidegeotto, they have a much more ferocious character. Moving forward, Ash and his group were surrounded by five Pidegeotto's, and they seemed to be ready to flap their wings and attack the group.
"Pika pi!"
Sparks flashed on Pikachu's cheeks, and when he was about to attack, he was stopped by Ash himself. They were here to find his Pidgeot, not to hurt them. If they fought back, the whole situation would become much more complicated.
A blue light flashed in Ash's eyes, and several Pidegeotto were immediately trapped inside of it and were unable to move.
But even Ash couldn't trap the more and more incoming Pidegeotto. Although they didn't launch attacks, it was obvious that they were ready to launch an attack when they wanted to!
"Ash, what should we do?" Surrounded by so many Pidegeotto's, including two Pidgeot's eyeing them from the sky, Misty and Brock were at a loss.
Ash's whole body was shining with blue light, which became more and more intense, and then it came out of his body and spread towards the depths of the forest!
"Pidgeot! I'm here to pick you up!"
"Pidgeot! I'm here to pick you up!"
Ash called out like this multiple times, and on the third call, he clearly heard the sound of loud wind coming from a specific area!
Misty and Brock also heard it, and quickly looked up in the direction of the sound, and saw three large Pidgeot's flying towards here under the bright sunlight.
The appearance of Pidgeot is very majestic, its sharp eyes and wide beautiful wings give it a kingly aura!
The first Gym that Ash challenged in the Johto Region was the Flying-type Gym. Gym Leader Falkner in that Gym also had a Pidgeot of his own. At that time, Ash even praised that this Pidgeot was a little bigger than his own!
But the three he saw now are clearly much more bigger than the one Falkner owned!
Especially the one in the middle, with its wings folded, stood in front of Ash, and seeing him, all the surrounding Pidegeotto's and Pidgey's immediately moved back. This one's height reaches more than 2.3 meters, and the kingly intimidation it released was particularly powerful!
The other two big, but smaller compared to the one in the middle, Pidgeot seemed to be his underlings and fell behind the bigger one, their bright eyes staring straight at Ash and his party!
However, Ash slowly approached the giant Pidgeot in the middle and said, "Pidgeot, I'm here to pick you up. I'm sorry that I was so late!"
He instantly recognized his once Pokémon at a glance. The huge Pidgeot in front of him is the same one that was released by his past self! They have a very high Bond Value, so it was even easier to recognize him!
"Pika pika chu!"
Pikachu also recognized him and said hello very excitedly!
Pidgeot looked at Ash and Pikachu for a while, then suddenly got angry, flapped his huge wings and created a huge storm, and pressed towards Ash and his Pikachu.
"ASH!" Misty and Brock exclaimed, more so Misty than Brock.
"Stand back!" Ash's whole body flashed with blue light, and he held out an empty Poké Ball, "Pikachu, you're up against our old friend!"
This was a challenge for recapturing him!
Ash wants to catch his Pidgeot back again and wants to see them became stronger together!
Pidgeot rode the wind, and swung its huge wings towards Pikachu with a huge Air Slash! If such a powerful force were sent with someone as strong as Ash's Noctowl, it would be a tough fight win in.
However, Ash and Pikachu were not afraid at all, and did not even chose to use all their Electric-type skills, "Iron Tail!"
Facing the huge Air Slash, Pikachu wielded his the Iron Tail and slashed at it!
"Pidgeot, let me see how strong you have become!"
Ash saw it, his Pidgeot became the King of this group of Pidgey's in the Viridian Forest, and also became a Totem of the Viridian Forest, standing as one of the pinnacle of all Pokémon living here!