Seeing that none of the Poké Ball reacted, Roy concluded Poké Ball Ash was indeed a decent human being.
Ash picked up the Luxury Ball from the ground and returned it to Roy.
Roy weighed the Luxury Ball in his hand, deciding to give it to Ash as Present, as payment for Ash's help with the experiment.
But then I realized that this wasn't an anime or a game; the Poké Ball was linked to the Pokémon Trainer's information and couldn't be given away casually.
Since we can't give away a whole Poké Ball, we'll give you half.
Roy remembered that at the beginning of the Original Series, Ash and Gary had fought over Poké Ball that they had caught with a fishing rod.
Seeing Roy preparing to break the Luxury Ball with his bare hands, Ash looked at Gary.
"Gary, is this how you open Poké Ball?"
"This is Luxury Ball. It's about five times harder than a regular Luxury Ball Poké Ball, and can restrict Pokémon below the Pseudo-Elite Four."
No sooner had Gary finished speaking than "crack!" Roy snapped the Luxury Ball in two with his bare hands.
This immediately silenced Gary, who was about to give his explanation, and he began to wonder if this could really restrain Pokémon at the Pseudo-Elite Four level.
Roy gave the broken Luxury Ball to Ash and Gary respectively.
Wow! Luxury Ball!
Ash looked at the half-finished Luxury Ball in his hand, his heart filled with excitement. Although it wasn't a whole Poké Ball, the feeling of it... he felt that he had taken the first step towards his dream.
"I don't want to share a Luxury Ball with that brainless person."
Despite his apparent disdain, Gary still gripped the other half of the Luxury Ball tightly in his hand.
Ash looked at Gary with high spirits.
"Gary, let's make a bet and see who becomes the champion first! The stakes are half of the Luxury Ball we each have. Whoever becomes the champion gets the Luxury Ball!"
"Fine, I'll bet. I don't believe I can lose to a fool like you."
As lunchtime approached, Roy was preparing to have the summer camp children pack up and finish his morning work.
A blue Oran Berry suddenly rolled out of the grass and stopped at Roy's feet.
The Snorunt in Roy's arms jumped off and picked up the Oran Berry. Just as she was wondering how Berry could grow in the bushes...
"Pichu!"
A Pichu darted out of the grass where it had rolled out of the Berry, showing no alarm even when it saw the summer camp children and Roy packing up.
Instead, they were searching for something until Pichu saw the Berry in Snorunt's hand.
Pichu pointed to the Oran Berry in Snorunt.
"Pichu!"
"Snow!"
Originally, Snorunt wasn't interested in Oran Berry, since the Pokéblock and Moomoo Milk that Roy gave her were much tastier than any Berry.
But that yellow-skinned rat dared to call himself Thief!
Snorunt hugged the Oran Berry in his arms tightly and returned to Roy's embrace.
Seeing the Snorunt nestled in Roy's arms, Pichu's little head clicked, and it immediately stretched its face with both hands, making a face at the Snorunt.
"Pichu! Pichu?"
What!?
They actually said she's so big and still needs to be carried?
Pichu turned around, slapping its bottom and making faces as it continued to mock Snorunt.
Snorunt's fiery temper couldn't tolerate Pichu's Taunt, and he jumped straight off Roy's arms.
A small, round Ice Ball materialized in her hand and was thrown at Pichu, but Pichu nimbly dodged it.
"Pichu!"
"Snow!"
"There are battles!!!"
The children who were just about to leave the summer camp instantly formed a circle, surrounding the battling Snorunt and Pichu, watching Snorunt fight Pichu.
Seeing that this Pichu's aura was similar to his own Snorunt, Roy let the Snorunt go its own way.
The two sides will have a battle over the ownership of the Oran Berry.
This is also Snorunt's first battle, not counting the previous one where he used Yukidouji to smash the Hydreigon in Hunter X.
"Snorunt, use Yuki-Shu!"
"Snow!"
A block of ice instantly appeared in Snorunt's round little hand and hurled it at Pichu.
Pichu quickly dodged, narrowly avoiding the last ice block thrown by Snorunt, and then used Thunder Shock on Snorunt in return.
Just as the yellow lightning was about to strike Snorunt, a super-mini energy shield appeared in front of him, blocking the lightning.
"Snorunt, use Ice Beam!"
Snorunt Spit Up a beam of icy blue light from his mouth, aiming directly at Pichu.
Sensing the threat from the icy blue beam, Pichu instinctively dodged, and the grass struck by the Ice Beam instantly froze.
Pichu's disadvantage lies in its skill pool. Roy has been using a lot of Technical Machine he obtained from the System Shop on Snorunt recently, so its skill pool is much richer than Pichu's.
But Pichu stubbornly dodged, occasionally using Thunder Shock to counter Snorunt.
Roy was drawn to the wild Pichu's unexpected agility, and the power of its Thunder Shock move seemed to be much higher than that of other Electric-type Pokémon of the same level.
System Scan
Pokémon: Pichu
Level: 14
Sex: Male
Ability: Static (carrying Static can sometimes Paralysis opponents upon contact).
Skills: Thunder Shock, Baby-Doll Eyes, Tail Whip, Sweet Kiss, Nasty Plot, Thunder Wave
Items carried: None
Egg Move: Charge, Double Slap
Individual Values: 31
Technical Machine /Skill Transfer: None
Pichu with Individual Values!!!?
Wait a minute! This... this Pichu... could it be... Pichu God?