Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master.

Chapter 13 Pokémon Noble Academy

Deep, deep in the forest, the weather today is strangely foggy, with extremely low visibility.

Ash searched for a long time in the thick fog before finally finding a Rattata in the grass.

"Arbok uses its poison sting! Pidgeotto attacks with its wings!"

Thanks to the snake's ability to control mice, this wild Rattata didn't dare to move in front of the Arbok.

It allowed Arbok's venomous stinger to strike its body, while Pidgeotto's attack followed closely behind.

Rattata quickly lost its ability to battle, and Ash seized the opportunity to throw a Poké Ball to capture it.

After their battle, Ekans and Pidgeotto simultaneously emitted a white light and began to evolve.

"These two are really destined to meet, being captured and evolving on the same day."

Ash looked at them with satisfaction. After so many days of "farming experience", it was finally time for them to evolve.

Ash put his evolved Arbok and Pidgeot back into their Poké Balls and immediately began his training for the day.

"Xiao Zhi, stop for a second. Have you noticed something?" Xiao Xia turned her head and looked at the thick fog around them.

"We seem to be lost. Where are we?"

Ash, who was leading Pikachu in a frog jump, also stood up to observe his surroundings, and then calmly said.

"Yes, that's right, we're lost."

Xiaoxia's soft palm patted Xiaozhi on the back of the head

"Why are you so calm? I clearly said this morning that we should rest at the campsite because of the thick fog."

After looking at the map for a long time, Xiaoxia could only sigh in the end.

"There's nothing we can do but rest here and wait for the fog to clear."

She reached out and grabbed Xiaozhi's ear, who had started doing frog jumps again.

"We've run out of fuel, go find some firewood!"

With no other option, Ash had to take Pikachu and start searching for wood in the surrounding area.

"Sigh, if only I had a Fire-type Pokémon right now."

"Firewood, firewood, where are you? Answer me if you're here."

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

A moment later, Pikachu, who was searching for wood, seemed to have discovered something and ran back to Ash's feet, tugging at his trouser leg.

"That's ahead... Strange, I don't see firewood but I see fire."

Ahead, amidst the thick fog, there was a light. Ash quickly grabbed Pikachu and ran forward to investigate.

To everyone's surprise, Ash saw a group of people with brightly colored hair who looked like delinquents in the light.

They held delicate candles and circled a treadmill.

On the treadmill was a mushroom-headed boy who looked about the same age as Ash, with a submissive and weak aura.

Everyone was wearing the same clothes, which Xiaozhi judged to be school uniforms.

"You good-for-nothing, who gave you permission to get distracted! Look at the picture on this card, what is this?"

A red-haired, spiky-haired boy in the crowd held a bunch of cards, pulled one out, and asked a question to the person on the treadmill.

"Is it a Zubat?"

The card had a picture of a Bobo, but unfortunately, the mushroom-headed boy panting on the treadmill didn't seem to recognize it.

"No, you only have one last chance. Answer one more time!"

"That's Bobo..." Mushroom Head answered timidly once again.

"Then tell me its special move..."

The red-haired boy kept asking questions, and the mushroom-headed boy answered them intermittently.

But the questions became increasingly difficult and tricky, even asking how many feathers Pidgey's evolved forms typically have.

It wasn't just the person holding the card; their accomplices were also constantly fanning the flames.

"Answer quickly, or you'll have to run even faster."

The light from the candles in their hands made everyone's faces appear incredibly sinister.

Xiao Zhi has seen this scene many times; it's clearly school bullying.

Soon the boy on the treadmill ran out of energy and was thrown to the ground behind him.

"Ouch, that hurts! I'm sorry, I forgot about the question."

"You think you can just say you forgot and that's it?"

The red-haired boy in the lead didn't seem to intend to let the mushroom-headed guy off the hook.

"Can you even be considered a student in the Pokémon class? You're so bad that we don't want to study under the same roof with you anymore!"

Seeing this, Ash couldn't stand idly by. "Wait a minute, what are you doing?!"

Redhead was somewhat surprised by Ash's appearance.

"Outsiders should mind their own business; this is our own special training."

"People like that shouldn't stay in our class! This is our friendship, you know."

The sinister green-haired man immediately chimed in.

Xiao Zhi helped the mushroom-headed boy, who was still lying on the ground, to his feet.

"What are you talking about friendship? Bullying is bullying, and I can't pretend I didn't see what you did."

[Ding! Side Quest; Friend of Justice: Help Xiao Chun get rid of school bullying; Activated.]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +1000; Special Defense +1; Regional Reputation +5;]

[Ding! Xiaoxia's favorability +5]

"Ash, you're right, keep it up!" Suddenly, Misty appeared behind Ash.

"I, Xiaoxia, the world's most beautiful girl, will never forgive those who bully the weak."

"Xiaoxia, don't interfere, leave this to me." As soon as Xiaoxia appeared, Xiaozhi wanted to show off again.

"I would never lay a hand on her; girls hate violence the most."

The violent female dinosaur who usually plays around with Ash can actually tell such a lie without batting an eye.

"But there are five of them and you're only one, so you're unlikely to win. If you get killed, I'll collect your body."

Xiaoxia said to Xiaozhi with a smile.

This was obviously a joke, but Xiaoxia is still too young.

Even if those five kids, all around ten years old, released all their Pokémon, Ash, being a physical powerhouse, could still defeat them.

You should know that Ash's current physical body is capable of lifting boulders weighing several tons with both hands.

Ash took a deep breath and released the 'seal'. His originally ordinary body suddenly swelled up, and his muscles burst out.

He picked up a stone from the ground and crushed it into powder.

"Who wants to go first?" Xiao Zhi grinned at the group of energetic young men.

However, Xiaoxia ultimately failed to witness Ash's true power after his physical transformation into a saint, because the other side spoke first.

"That's too barbaric."

"Trying to rely on your fists for everything is like going back to the Stone Age."

"Fighting with an ape-level idiot would damage the reputation of our Pokémon team. It seems we should call it a day."

"Xiao Chun, see you in our class." Before leaving, the green-haired, sinister boy gave the mushroom-headed Xiao Chun a vicious threat.

Unfortunately, this mushroom-headed guy was too weak, and when they said that to him, he could only timidly answer yes.

"Wait a minute, I challenge you, are you too scared to accept?" Ash quickly spoke up to stop them as they were about to leave.

Upon hearing Xiao Zhi's voice, the red-haired leader, a spirited young man, mocked him without turning his head.

"It's the same principle as never accepting substandard goods at the market—it's common sense!"

They were just putting on a tough front; in reality, they were all terrified of Ash.

They left very quickly, practically disappearing into the thick fog at breakneck speed.

After Ash's muscles returned to normal, he said fiercely.

"These people dare to talk to me like that, I hope I never run into them again!"

"So they're the students from the legendary Pokémon class," Misty said thoughtfully, watching the energetic young men leave.

"Team Pokémon?" Ash had never heard of it before.

"The Pokémon Class is the Pokémon Research Class, the elite class in the elite school for Pokémon trainers."

Xiaoxia was still rummaging through her backpack.

"I remember having their flyers. Sakura-nee gave them to me back then, and she even wanted me to study here, but I didn't come... and I found them here."

Seeing Xiaoxia take out the flyer, Xiaozhi quickly leaned over to take a look.

"There are schools like this in the mountains?"

"Of course! It's all boarding school, a Pokémon Trainer's Noble Academy, a Pokémon Research Class," Misty pointed to the slogan on the flyer for Ash to see.

"After graduating from here, you will be qualified to participate directly in the Pokémon League without having to participate in actual battles."

Xiaoxia then explained, "These kinds of schools usually only admit aristocratic children from the upper class, because my family is the original headmaster family of the Cerulean Dojo."

"As the highest military representative of a city, just like the city's administrative head, they are considered a kind of 'aristocrat' in the alliance system, so I have some understanding of them."

"Back then, the school principal even came to our dojo to ask if we were willing to send our children to school."

After rescuing Pikachu from getting stuck on the treadmill by running around too much with one hand, Xiaoxia continued to explain.

"In short, by participating in this research program, you don't need to challenge gyms in various places, and you can qualify without collecting badges. So it's a dream school for people who want to become Pokémon Trainers."

"However, I didn't want to do something so opportunistic, so I refused."

Ash was shocked after hearing this. "You can participate in the Pokémon League without a badge? That's so lazy!"

"Because it's a prestigious academy, the tuition and fees are extremely expensive. It's impossible for ordinary people to get into this kind of school."

"Isn't this just the privileged class?" Ash gritted his teeth as he looked at the Pokémon Academy's flyer.

Xiaoxia added insult to injury, "That's right, it's legendary, this is a prestigious school that only the super rich kids in the whole region can attend."

Unexpectedly, when Xiao Zhi graduated in China, he worked like a slave, and he envied and was jealous of the big boss who was born into privilege.

How did I end up in the Pokémon world? It seems I'm still a nobody.

Moreover, Xiaoxia was richer and had a higher social status than she had imagined.

Miss Xia, is it too late for me to marry into your family now?