Animation, Pokémon Adventures, Reality (Three-in-One)

"I lost."

Ash accepted his defeat quite calmly.

However, Xia Yan had indeed seen the exceptionally deep bond between Ash and Pikachu.

Xia Yan had seen before how Trainers influenced Pokémon.

That had been during his battle with Gardenia.

It was just that Gardenia's Fire-type Pokémon were more easily affected.

It was indeed rarer among Electric-type Pokémon.

And Xia Yan admitted that Ash and Pikachu possessed considerable strength.

At this point in time, Ash really had gone on to win the Alola League Pokémon Tournament.

However, the competition Ash and the others had entered was not the Masters Tournament, so Champion was merely a title and did not mean he had become the Champion of the entire Alola League. They were competitions of two different meanings.

To be honest, aside from Guzma, who carried a little weight, most of the other contestants in that tournament had been kids around Ash's age.

And Guzma's Golisopod's Ability had truly screwed him over.

It directly made Scizor, which was four times weak to Fire, face Litten's Fire Blast.

Then there was Pikachu's sudden burst of power against a half-health Golisopod, along with the type advantage. It would have been harder to lose.

Just think about Charizard in the previous tournament. The difference was obvious.

Xia Yan walked up to Ash.

"Hand Pikachu over to me?"

"Hm?"

Ash froze for a moment.

Xia Yan did not explain. He simply took out some healing spray, then used his special massage techniques and supplemented Pikachu with an Energy Cube. Before long, Pikachu had recovered.

"Mr. Xia Yan, are you a Breeder? I know several excellent Breeders too," Ash said.

"More or less." Xia Yan did not look up.

After treating Pikachu's injuries, he tapped its head. "All right."

"Pika!"

Pikachu moved its limbs and discovered that