manynovel Chapter 269 Wow, there's also Rayquaza Maru!
Chapter 269 Wow, there's also Rayquaza Maru!
Chapter 269 Wow, there's also Rayquaza Maru!
In a forest clearing on the edge of Popo Island, a man and a woman and two Pokémon had a simple pot on a makeshift fire in front of them.
It was the pathetic trio of idiots cooking their lunch.
"Kojiro, you're supposed to be a Pokémon professor? You've read so many books for nothing! Why didn't you remember that Pidgeot is afraid of lightning?"
A frantic Musashi was grabbing Kojiro by the collar and shaking him violently.
Their clothes were tattered and they were all covered in dust.
They have been lost on the island for two days now, and have searched the entire area without finding a single person.
"Hey, Musashi!"
Kojiro, who had been fooled for so long, was also very dissatisfied.
"It's all my fault. The flying taxi was clearly designed by Meow Meow."
"Meowth, why didn't you think of protecting the Pokémon that's using the roof for power from lightning?"
"What? In the end, isn't it all Musashi's fault for driving that taxi into the thunderclouds, meow!"
"Sonath!"
"Whose side are you on, Weng? And why do you always run off without permission?!"
But by then Kojiro had already realized what was happening and struck with his hammer.
"What Meow Meow said seems to make sense!"
Seeing that both Kojiro and Meowth were turning their attention to him, Jessie quickly took out a Poké Ball, put Wobbuffet back into it, and waved his hand.
"Okay, okay, now is not the time to argue."
"Thankfully, Pidgeot is alright. We'll fix the flying car later and then we can leave."
"Don't change the subject every time it's not in your favor, Musashi!"
But then, Meow Meow's stomach suddenly made a rumbling sound.
"I'm so hungry, meow! Let's stop arguing. The curry we finally collected from the tree berries is finally ready. Come and have lunch!"
"That's true. I haven't eaten properly for the past two days, and I have no energy to fix the car." Kojiro was also starving, so he quickly sat down with Musashi.
Anyway, it wasn't the first time they'd been tricked by Musashi, Kojiro and Meowth were already used to it, so eating dry rice was the priority.
Just as everyone sat around the black pot, picked up their chopsticks, and eagerly prepared to eat, the surrounding environment suddenly changed. "Ugh, what is this?"
Completely unaware, Kojiro picked up a small pebble from the ground with his chopsticks, while the others fared no better, each swallowing a mouthful of dirt.
"Ah, the lunch I've been looking forward to for so long, meow!"
"The fruits of our hard work!" Musashi deserves a share of all the tree fruits we've painstakingly collected.
"What are you guys doing? What kind of work is this? And why are you all so dirty?"
Ash stood in front of them, looking at them speechlessly. Kojiro and the others finally noticed Ash.
It turns out that Ash snapped his fingers and summoned them to the bushes near the caretaker's house.
"Boss, it's so great to see you!" They immediately rushed over as if they had seen a savior.
He quickly kicked them away with disgust and threw over a few new clothes and some food.
The trio immediately pounced over and wolfed down the food before they finally had the energy to explain.
Actually, the group of them came to Big Bobo Island this time in the company's new flying taxi, which was personally designed and built by Miao Miao.
This was a plan that Ash came up with as an idea for Kojiro and his friends to implement.
After Xiaozhi took over the air routes of Kuoxing, he immediately thought of expanding into a short- and medium-distance flying taxi service between towns, in addition to logistics.
In the Pokémon world, plane tickets are very expensive, and the ground is filled with many unique and complex landscapes.
Aside from large cities, transportation between towns is often very inconvenient, and people often have to travel on foot.
Not only are the journey fraught with difficulties and dangers, but there is also the possibility of encountering wild Pokémon.
Many people keep Pokémon at home, but the proportion of professional trainers is not high relative to the total population of the Pokémon world.
Trainers who own Pokémon capable of carrying people in flight are even rarer.
In this situation, developing the Sky Taxi business is quite promising, especially since there are no competitors in the Kanto-Joto region.
In this purely blue ocean industry, Xiaozhi's dream is to take care of the last few kilometers of the journey home for consumers.
However, not long after the flying car was developed, Kojiro and his friends, being highly skilled and daring, dared to use themselves as test subjects and personally piloted the vehicle.
Even with their extraordinary vitality, they are still quite brave.
Unfortunately, everything was perfect at first, and their journey there went smoothly, but they didn't expect to encounter thunderclouds when they were about to arrive.
Musashi, who was clamoring to be the driver, lacked experience and in a moment of desperation accelerated and rushed into the thundercloud.
Then Pidgeot was struck by lightning, and they unfortunately crashed in mid-air.
"This needs to be noted down. Safety is the top priority in the travel industry. We need to make further improvements in this area."
"Yes, boss!" X3
Ash didn't waste any more time and immediately explained to the three of them the purpose of summoning them.
Building hot air balloons was something Kojiro and his friends were very familiar with, so they immediately patted their chests and guaranteed it.
After introducing them to everyone inside, we immediately began our work.
The trio took a few planks from Ou's warehouse and some equipment from Ash, and then started making a lot of clanging and banging.
In just one afternoon, a brand new hot air balloon was built.
"Heh heh, come and see our latest masterpiece! It has super high ductility, is wear-resistant, puncture-resistant, and even electrical-resistant, meow!"
Meow Meow called everyone over and proudly introduced the hot air balloon she had just built.
"My God, how did they manage to hammer this thing out of my wooden planks?"
Faced with this seemingly miraculous event, Xiao Ou was completely stunned.
Serena, however, was more concerned about something else when she first met the trio.
"Meow can talk!?"
"Don't worry about these details, friends. We have bigger things to do. Let's go!" Ash patted the little head on his shoulder.
"Are you ready, little Bobo?"
"Popo!"
At this moment, Meow Meow also came to Little Bobo's side, took out a microphone and handed it to him.
"This is a specially made communication device used to communicate with the hot air balloon. If anything goes wrong, you must come back immediately."
"Actually, after hearing your story this morning, I really understand you. I used to be a cat who just wanted to become a human."
"It was so tough back then, but I had to do it to fight for my pride. You worked so hard to find the original Bobo here, right?"
"We'll do everything we can to help you!"
"Bobo!" Little Bobo stretched out its little wings and touched Meow Meow's paw.
As fellow outcasts in their respective groups, Meow Meow clearly empathized with Bobo and understood its thoughts. Meow Meow helped leave a large screen and speakers on the ground to play the process and sounds of Bobo flying into the sky for its fellow couch potatoes to watch.
Hopefully, Xiao Bobo's actions will awaken them.
The hot air balloon was quickly debugged, and the radar was mounted on top of the balloon by Meow Meow, who sat on the control panel there.
Among the trio, Meow Meow has always been the most skilled in mechanics and driving.
"Alright, ready to go, meow!"
Everyone boarded the hot air balloon, and Little Bobo also took off from the ground. It was extremely fast, and almost instantly soared into the sky.
"Is the hot air balloon rising too slowly? Will it be able to catch up with Little Bobo?" Xiao Ou was a little worried as she watched Little Bobo disappear from sight.
"Don't worry, we're professionals, we would never overlook something like this." Musashi immediately called out to Meow Meow above.
"Got it, meow!"
With a press of a button on the control panel, a rocket launcher extended from each side of the hot air balloon.
The hot air balloon, which had been slowly rising, suddenly shot upwards rapidly and gradually caught up with Little Bobo.
"Ah! I'm still very curious how they did it, there's no steel in the warehouse!"
Xiao Ou, who was knocked to the ground by the sudden impact, shouted in disbelief.
Don't worry about the details!
Ash didn't care at all about shielding Misty and Serena in his arms before accelerating to reduce the impact on them.
He simply looked up excitedly, staring at the still accelerating little wave.
Little Bobo flew faster and faster, and soon reached high altitude.
"The current altitude is three thousand meters, and Little Bobo's speed is still increasing, meow!"
Looking at the indicators on the radar, Meow Meow happily reported to the crowd below.
"Meow, how are you feeling now, little Bobo!"
"Bobo!" Bobo excitedly responded to Meow Meow through the communication device.
"I see, meow. You feel happy, then fly as high as you want!"
Although Xiao Ou taught Xiao Bobo to fly, he never let it fly like this before for its safety. This was an unprecedented experience for Xiao Bobo. It flew through layers of white clouds and even flew straight through the flock of peacocks circling in the sky.
These were originally Popo's nemesis, but they were all stunned when a little Popo rushed past them like that.
Little Bobo continued to accelerate upwards, its speed seemingly limitless.
"We're 10,000 meters above the ground now, meow!"
"This is already off-limits to most Pokémon." Xiao Ou looked at Pidgey with satisfaction; he hadn't expected Pidgey to be able to fly to such a height.
Just then, a big-billed bird suddenly flew in from the side where Little Bobo was flying.
"Oh no, this height is right in the range of the big-billed finches."
"Kid, this is territory I just seized. Get out of here right now," said the Big-Toothed Sparrow.
"Big-beaked Sparrow, we're just passing through and will be leaving soon."
But the big-billed bird completely ignored Xiao Ou's shouts and continued to relentlessly attack Xiao Bobo with its long beak.
"Ordinary shouts won't work on a fierce Pokémon like this. I can't let you ruin Pidgey's journey!"
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"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
It could only understand this language. After being shocked by Pikachu's electric shock, the Finch's eyes immediately became clear.
It hurriedly fled, while Little Bobo continued to fly upwards.
"Meow, we're already 20,000 meters in the air!" Meow Meow counted again.
"This is the limit that all known Pokémon can reach."
Now that Kojiro has seen a lot, he quickly took out the thermal suit and oxygen mask he had prepared in advance.
By this time, everyone was starting to shiver from the cold, and with each sentence they spoke, they exhaled large amounts of white mist, and their breathing gradually became rapid.
Everyone, quickly put on your oxygen masks. This time, Kojiro and the others are very well prepared. Even Meow Meow has a special oxygen mask.
However, the hot air balloon had already reached its limit and could no longer ascend.
"Mom, I've actually ridden in a hot air balloon to such a high altitude!"
Serena would never have imagined this before; she secretly tugged at Ash's sleeve, curiously looking at the unprecedented scenery around her.
"Is this the kind of scenery you only see when you travel? —"
It was obvious that Pidgey was flying in the highest sky in the world, and Ash was just as excited.
"Meow meow, ask Bobo how he feels."
Upon hearing Ash's words, Meowth pressed the communicator to ask a question, but Pidgey's response was already a bit slow due to the cold at high altitude.
"Whether it's cold or hot, I feel numb, meow." Meow was startled; this was a sign of hypothermia.
Upon hearing this news, Xiao Ou below hurriedly shouted upwards anxiously.
"That's enough, Little Boogie, come down now! You're the number one Boogie in the world, come down quickly!"
Even though his body was covered in ice, Xiao Bobo still refused Xiao Ou's calls, and Miao Miao quickly asked Xiao Bobo to stop through communication.
"What? You worked so hard back then. Even when you were learning to fly and you were bleeding from all the crashes, you never gave up. You wanted to be like the one in that mural, soaring towards the sun."
"Yes, I worked incredibly hard back then to be a good person, and I was luckiest when I was moving towards my dream."
"Meow, just a little bit more, just a little bit more, you haven't reached your limit yet—in that case, keep going, Bobo."
Miaomiao, who was originally going to persuade Xiaobobo to come down, was persuaded by Xiaobobo's words and started cheering for Xiaobobo instead.
Xiao Ou also understood that no matter how she tried to persuade Xiao Bobo, it would be useless at this time. "I think you are the happiest right now, Xiao Bobo, just do your best to fly until you are satisfied."
"
Even at this moment, Bobo's speed decreased slightly, but it continued to fly higher into the sky, and its sound was transmitted to the speakers on the ground through the headphones it was wearing.
The large waves on the ground were all drawn to the screen by its sound.
But its consciousness was already on the verge of collapse.
"Everyone, please stay here for now. Leave the rest to me."
Seeing that the time was right, Ash handed his oxygen mask to Pikachu.
To Xiao Ou's astonishment, he leaped out of the hot air balloon and used his Aura to propel himself upwards at full speed. Xiao Zhi was flying with almost all his might.
The extreme speed caused his body to violently rub against the air, burning Ash's shirt away.
He finally caught up with Little Bobo, whose upper body was covered with a thin layer of ice, but it still hadn't stopped flying upwards.
Ash understood its thoughts from its still-vibrating wings, and went to its side to melt the ice on its body.
"Come on, little Bobo, fly upwards with all your might. I'll be with you from here on out."
"Popo!"
Slightly more lucid, Pidgey happily responded to Ash, and the two continued flying higher into the sky. [Ding! Congratulations to the host for the "Flying" ability: lv6→lv7 (Fly faster, higher, and longer!)]
During this time, Ash's body was covered in frost, and he used all his strength to keep up with Pidgey.
They had reached the ozone layer, and looking down, they could even see the shape of the entire Pokémon world planet.
"So the planets in this world are round after all."
This resolved a major question that had been troubling Xiaozhi.
Little Bobo finally stopped; it had reached its limit.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have achieved the accomplishment "When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut!": Your first time visiting the space of your home planet!]
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +50000; Speed +4; Free Attribute Points +5; "Flight" Trait Level +1]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, your "Flight" trait has increased from lv7 to lv8 (You can now fly with others by holding hands!)]
"The place we live in is round, it's a round planet, meow."
"You said the stars are so close, like you could reach out and touch them, and the moon is right in front of you—"
Meowth relayed Pidgey's words bit by bit, and Pidgey and Ash had already flown to a place where no one could see them.
Ash's Ghost Lungs can keep him functioning normally for two hours without oxygen, so he'll be fine for the time being.
But Bobo was different. Its body was covered in frost, but its eyes were fixed on the scenery of the universe, and it was still content.
It was such a romantic scene, and it was the first time Ash had ever seen such a view.
"The Pokémon universe —"
"It's no good, Ash! You guys have to come back quickly. All your readings on the monitors are dropping rapidly." Misty's anxious voice suddenly came through Ash's earpiece.
"It will be dangerous if you don't come back quickly!"
"Okay, we'll be back soon."
Pidgey is almost losing his will, and Ash is also sore all over; he rushed in too hard just now.
Holding Little Bobo in his arms, he immediately prepared to return to base.
It was his first time in space, and he wasn't used to it yet, so he could only clumsily adjust his direction.
At that moment, the figure of a large, black worm suddenly appeared in the pile of meteorites nearby.
It roamed freely, constantly opening its gaping maw as if feeding on the meteorite.
"That's Rayquaza?!" Ash was shocked to actually encounter it and immediately tried to escape.
But unexpectedly, at this moment, the black Rayquaza was swimming towards Ash and his friends with a look of ecstasy on its face.
Completely oblivious to the people and Pokémon not far ahead, it swallowed Ash and the little meteorites around him with a single bite.