"Just take Macho Brace with you while you are in the Lab!"
After capturing Scyther, Ash decided to teleport Houndoom to Professor Oak for some time.
Not only that, he also sent Quilava back with Houndoom to train with him and get used to harder battles while being there.
Training communication with the same typings will be more efficient than if another Pokémon of a different type trains it.
Now Ash lets Houndoom take Quilava, while Slowpoke and Wartortle take Totodile to train alongside them. Occasionally when passing by the Pokémon Center in the forest, Ash will teleport Totodile back for training for a period of time.
The Pokémon around Ash now are Pikachu, Snorlax, Heracross, Scyther, Bayleef, and the special Shiny Noctowl!
Now Bayleef is the one carrying Molly on the trip, for now. The two girls get along very well, and they start chatting about each other in no time.
"Bayleef, look, what a wide river!" Molly pointed to the road ahead and cheered.
It's quite rare to see such a wide river out of the blue!
Ordinarily, there should be a bridge nearby for the crossing of the people. The group of people looked around and only found a bridge under construction. But no real bridge to use.
"Excuse me, is there any other bridge here?" This bridge is under construction, and it is obviously impossible to cross it, so they have to ask about other bridges.
However, the workers replied that all the bridges here had been washed away by the floods due to the previous heavy rain, and work was being stepped up to re-erect the bridges.
It won't be completed until the next month!
"Look, the current is not fast right now. How about I let Snorlax take us to swim there?" Ash suggested while holding Snorlax's Poké Ball.
His Snorlax is very flexible for his species and of his size and weight. Not only is he agile, he can also swim, and he can do butterfly stroke, the very best Snorlax.
"That sounds like a bad idea..." Misty was a little worried.
"Crossing the river on a Snorlax? Yes, yes!" Molly looked very excited by hearing and thinking about that.
Now it's decided!
Ash threw Snorlax's Poké Ball, and it was really awake right now.
After this period of training and feeding, Snorlax has grown in size and become much more powerful.
Not only the system food that Ash exchanged, but also the large can of cheese, Ash also took a lot of it as snacks and fed it to it, finally increasing its bond value to 225/255.
"Snorlax, please!"
With such a high bond value, Snorlax nodded very obediently and jumped into the river.
It actually used a backstroke posture, exposing its round belly to the water, and slowly paddling the water with its two strong arms.
"Oh my God, it can actually do the backstroke?" Misty was once again shocked by Ash's Snorlax. She just thought Snorlax was unreliable just now. This completely changed her outlook of him!
"My Snorlax is not normal by any sense of the way, Misty, you should know this by now!" Ash looked at Misty and smiled slightly, "Boys and girls, let's go!"
The space on Snorlax's belly is big enough for them, even if Ash holds Molly and the four of them squeeze together, there is still some space for a few others to join in.
"Haha, so fun, so fun!" Of course Molly was very happy and cheered all the way.
Carrying the river, Ash and his party soon arrived at the Ruins of Alph.
This is a place where many Pokémon fossils have been found. Many researchers are currently mining here, and mysterious Pokémon fossils are still emerging on the rock walls.
When traveling in the Kanto Region, Ash and his team discovered the remains of Pokémon fossils.
That was the Grampa Canyon. Not only were fossils found, but also a ferocious Aerodactyl also appeared from the depths of the canyon, and Ash was captured as soon as he came out with its talon.
At that time, Charmeleon suddenly evolved into Charizard, soared into the air, and rescued Ash.
"Look, Molly, this is the fossil of an Aerodactyl!" Ash introduced to Molly while looking at the fossils on the rock wall.
"Yeah, I saw it in the drawing book my dad gave me!" Molly nodded.
"Ash, you have really made a lot of progress in your journey and knowledge!" At this moment, a familiar voice sounded from behind everyone, with deep satisfaction and pride in it.
Professor Oak!
"Grandpa Oak!" Molly called out sweetly. Professor Oak is the teacher of her father, Professor Hale, who loves her very much. She always call him grandpa.
Professor Oak rubbed her head, "Molly, is it hard to travel with Ash?"
Molly quickly shook her head, "Not at all. Brother Ash is amazing. Yesterday we swam across the river in top of Big Brother's Snorlax! It was so amazing!" Molly said with stars in her eyes.
"Crossing the river on top of a Snorlax?" Professor Oak also had a new perspective. He looked at Ash with a smile, "Ash, you are still as unexpected as before, aren't you!"
Ash just smiled but said nothing.
Now that Professor Oak is here, Ash and his party must follow him to visit the Ruins of Alph. If they hadn't met Professor Oak, maybe they would have just traveled through this place in a hurry.
Moreover, Professor Oak is coming here, and it seems like he has something good going on here.
"Professor, you said there is something you want us to see, right?" Ash and his group asked as they followed Professor Oak toward the Laboratory at the exit of the ruins.
"My student is here. He said he made an amazing discovery! He asked me to take the time to come over no matter what happens."
Emotions were showing on Professor Oaks face and they couldn't be hidden. He himself did not know what the so-called great discovery was but he was also excited about the discovery.
But in this way, the curiosity of Ash and his party became even stronger!
Arriving at the Laboratory, Ash and his team followed Professor Oak and watched him shake hands with a tall researcher.
"It's been such a long time, Foster!"
This researcher is called Foster. He once took Professor Oak's course at Celadon University, so he is considered his student.
"Professor Oak, who are these kids?"
"You said there was an amazing discovery, so I just took them to see it!" For Ash, Professor Oak took care of him as if he were his grandson.
But Foster panicked, pulled Professor Oak aside, and said mysteriously, "Professor Oak, if this matter is published, it will cause a big disturbance in the academic world! That's why I secretly called you to show it!" He said in a not so loud voice.
"Don't be like that. Ash is just the best young man I have ever seen. Letting them expand thier knowledge of Pokémon is also the only way to become a good Pokémon trainer!" Professor Oak said that Ash and the others can rest assured and be trusted.
When it comes to loving Pokémon, not even Professor Oak can match Ash's love towards Pokémon as a whole!
Since Professor Oak has said so, Mr. Foster can no longer refuse, "Okay, let's make an exception this time!"