"You mean Teacher Ash, right? Of course I know him!"
"Teacher... Ash?"
Seeing Lana's worshipful expression, Tong Hua, who had asked the question, was utterly baffled instead.
Tong Hua blinked, unable to process it for a moment. Ash? Teacher? Putting those two words together was rather beyond his imagination.
"Wait," Tong Hua couldn't help confirming. "Let's make sure we're talking about the same person. This Teacher Ash you mentioned-
"Was he from Pallet Town? And did he always have a Pikachu with him?"
"Yes, exactly!" Lana looked even more excited. Until then, it had been hard to tell whether she was shy or bashful, but her voice suddenly rose an octave.
Like a Primarina singing merrily!
"Teacher Ash is amazing! He's passionate and handsome!
"You must have gotten to know him through video compilations of his championship wins too!"
"Championship videos?" Jessica suddenly remembered something and clapped excitedly. "Oh! Is he the Pokémon Trainer who won the Kalos League Conference several years ago?
"I remember his Greninja was super cool!"
A look of realization appeared as well. "So it was him!
"I read a report about him in a magazine in the Sinnoh Region. I think he won the Sinnoh League's Lily of the Valley Conference even earlier!
"But after winning, he didn't choose to develop his career in the Sinnoh Region's Champion League. Instead, he continued challenging League Conferences in other regions. Eventually, he became the Kalos League Conference Champion too!"
Listening to the three beautiful girls describe him, Tong Hua was dumbfounded-
After a long while, his eyes suddenly filled with tears.
"That's wonderful-truly wonderful-" Tong Hua's voice choked slightly, drawing puzzled looks from everyone.
"So Ash in this world defeated Tobias and Alain. He reached the top of both the Sinnoh and Kalos League Conferences, right?"
Tong