"How could I not be? I'm absolutely thrilled!"
Ash clenched his fists, trembling all over. Of course, this wasn't a tremble of fear, but one of excitement at encountering a powerful foe!
"Caterpie, use String Shot to restrict her movements!"
Ash waved his hand, instructing Caterpie to use String Shot to block Shiny Gardevoir's movements. Caterpie obediently fired String Shot towards Shiny Gardevoir, aiming to immobilize her.
"Alright, let's just play along with them for a bit."
Yu Feng closed his eyes, crossed his arms, and casually said to Shiny Gardevoir.
"Gardevoir (Understood.)"
Hearing Yu Feng's instructions, Shiny Gardevoir understood his meaning and coldly watched as Caterpie's silk threads enveloped her.
The cold silk threads began to wrap around her legs. As if knowing its threads weren't enough to completely trap Shiny Gardevoir, Caterpie focused on controlling her limbs and mouth.
"Excellent! Just like that, Caterpie, now use Tackle!"
Seeing Caterpie's attack achieve surprising success, Ash excitedly told Caterpie to defeat Shiny Gardevoir with Tackle.
Caterpie, seeing that its String Shot had easily controlled Shiny Gardevoir, mustered its courage and charged forcefully towards Shiny Gardevoir.
Although Caterpie tried its best to hit her head, she was simply too tall. It could only ram into her stomach.
But unfortunately, he couldn't even break through her defense. Caterpie felt like he had hit a hard wall and was instantly bounced back, then lay on the ground with swirly eyes.
"Caterpie!"
Ash exclaimed, quickly picking up the unconscious Caterpie and calling out to him.
"Mao."
Caterpie weakly responded to Ash's call. That last hit had dazed him a bit, and he hadn't fully recovered yet.
"Alright, next up, go Pikachu!"
Ash pulled his hat back, waved his hand, and sent out Pikachu.
"Pika!"
Pikachu energetically leaped into the arena, the electric sacs on his cheeks flashing with golden sparks.
"Good, just like that! While she can't move, Pikachu, use Thunder Shock!"
Golden electrical currents shot through the air towards Gardevoir, but she still didn't move, even closing her eyes.
The Thunder Shock hit her, illuminating the dim forest nearby.
The String Shot wrapped around Shiny Gardevoir snapped from the Thunder Shock. Unfortunately, the damage from the Thunder Shock was negligible for Shiny Gardevoir's immense stamina.
"Gardevoir."
Shiny Gardevoir even yawned during the Thunder Shock out of boredom. Having shared Yu Feng's memories, the current Thunder Shock was barely even a tickle to her.
However, for some reason, when Pikachu saw Shiny Gardevoir's action, his eyes became a little hazy, but he immediately shook his head, forcing himself to perk up.
"If that's no use, then Pikachu, Quick Attack!"
Ash didn't notice Pikachu's abnormality and loudly commanded Pikachu's next move.
Shaking the sleepiness from his head, Pikachu perked up and charged with a white glow towards Shiny Gardevoir, who still hadn't moved.
"Hmm, just a little something, use Confusion... never mind, no need."
Yu Feng had intended to have Shiny Gardevoir use Confusion to stop Pikachu, but after seeing Pikachu's state, he waved his hand and canceled the command.
Shiny Gardevoir looked at Pikachu, who was wobbling and charging towards her, and couldn't bring herself to attack. As expected, Pikachu collapsed at Shiny Gardevoir's feet, falling into a deep slumber.
"Pikachu! Wake up!"
Ash tried to wake Pikachu, but unfortunately, all his efforts were futile.
Shiny Gardevoir gently cupped Pikachu, holding him in her hands, carefully observing this yellow-skinned rodent who had been with her for twenty years.
"Pikachu is unable to battle! The winner is Yu Feng."
Xiao Xia, seeing that Pikachu was no longer able to battle, declared the winner. She then disregarded Ash and ran to Yu Feng's side to observe this giant Pokémon.
Xiao Xia swallowed, asking Yu Feng with a hint of fear: "Is Pikachu alright? And what kind of Pokémon is this?"
She was genuinely curious. The largest land Pokémon she knew of was Onix, but this one looked far more terrifying than Onix. Onix was only a little over eight meters long in total and only five or six meters tall when standing, but this Pokémon was over five meters tall just standing, and looked much stronger than Onix.
"Him? He's just having a sweet dream."
Yu Feng glanced at the bubble on Pikachu's nose, which grew and shrank with his breathing, and said calmly. Ash, hearing that Pikachu was fine, also breathed a sigh of relief. He then looked at Shiny Gardevoir's massive body with curiosity, as Shiny Gardevoir was facing them, and their view was blocked by her enormous form, preventing them from seeing her face.
They could only determine that she was a humanoid, female Pokémon.
"Don't you think she looks a lot like Shiny Kirlia?"
Yu Feng hinted, as it would be less interesting to just state it directly. He wanted to see if Ash could say something astonishing.
"Could it be..."
"Could this be the mother who raised you!"
Ash blurted out his answer before Xiao Xia, completely oblivious to the speechless looks everyone else was giving him.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"
Ash also noticed the strange looks from the others. He was a little confused. If it was related to Shiny Kirlia, wasn't it the mother who raised Yu Feng?
Yes, in a sense, Ash was right, but it must be said that Ash completely disregarded other factors, possessing a kind of wisdom that ignored the well-being of others.
"Ash, do you remember what Yu Feng said about the Pokémon that raised him?"
Xiao Xia strongly suspected whether Ash had ever properly studied Pokémon knowledge. Yu Feng had made it obvious enough, hadn't he?
"Gardevoir, Xiao Xia, are you doubting my memory!"
Ash strongly condemned Xiao Xia for doubting his memory. His memory was excellent.
"Then do you want to look at the color of this Pokémon?"
Xiao Xia sneered at Ash. This blockhead still hadn't realized where he was wrong.
"Blue, what about it?"
Ash scratched his head, still answering Xiao Xia's question, as his eyes weren't blind and he could see colors.
"What about Shiny Kirlia?"
"Blue."
"Hiss."
Ash answered Xiao Xia's question and only then realized what he had said. Yu Feng hadn't used the word 'Shiny' to describe the Pokémon mother who raised him, meaning she was a normal Pokémon, while this giant Shiny Gardevoir was a Shiny Pokémon.
"It seems you're not that stupid after all. As for her... I caught her by chance."
Yu Feng couldn't help but look at Ash in a new light. At least he wasn't beyond saving. As for Shiny Gardevoir, she really was caught by chance.
"Why is she so big? Shiny Kirlia isn't that big, I saw."
Xiao Xia compared Shiny Kirlia's height and then Shiny Gardevoir's. No matter how she thought about it, such a sudden change in height shouldn't occur in humanoid Pokémon.
"Oh, she's a Boss. As for what a Boss is, I'll explain later."
Yu Feng looked at the sky. It was already very late, and he didn't want to explain what a Boss was to Ash.
After recalling Shiny Gardevoir, he didn't give Ash and Xiao Xia time to react, quickly slipping into his own tent.
This scene left Xiao Xia and Ash stunned. Why did Yu Feng have a tent to sleep in, while they only had a sleeping bag?!