In fact, when Ash mentioned this and said those words, May's body was already tense. Especially the last three words, "I will wait for you," said from Ash's mouth, caused May's face to turn beet red.
"Alright, alright, I know! Honestly, Ash, why have you suddenly changed so much?"
May was at a loss for where to put her hands; this was the first time she had been embraced like this by a boy her age. Of course, she didn't mind it. It just felt a bit overwhelming.
So, she shyly responded to Ash.
Max watched the two of them together, pushing up his glasses with a thoughtful look.
He couldn't believe this was still the same Ash who used to be so clueless about such things!
"It seems Ash has finally come to his senses, but where's my girl now?" Pikachu and Brock, looked at Ash and May, confused about why Ash's changes were so significant.
After making an agreement with May, Ash released her from his embrace but placed his hand gently on her head, giving it a light press.
Head pats!
Sure enough, May, whose face had just started to return to normal, turned red again.
Just like that, May and Max temporarily took their leave.
But whether it was May or Ash, both felt a mixture of emotions in their hearts...
"Ash, you finally figured it out! Haha, this is how a man should be!"
Brock suddenly interjected. Ash didn't say anything to invite May back, knowing that Brock would come over on his own.
They continued on their journey!
"Ash, but the Battle Frontier in Kanto you mentioned, I didn't expect you to know about it already. I just learned about it from my dad." Brock expressed his curiosity.
He could feel that Ash had indeed changed a lot!
Usually, Ash didn't care about such news at all.
"Yeah, I heard about it from others before."
Ash casually replied while feeling a bit proud.
"Looks like after regaining my memories, things have changed a bit. Is this the butterfly effect?"
Finally, as Ash and Brock walked along, they arrived at a fork in the road.
There weren't as many sentimental words exchanged between them; after parting, Ash looked at Pikachu on his shoulder and said, "Pikachu, now it's just us! Alright, let's head to Viridian City, and then we can make our way home!"
"Pikachu!" (Yeah, it's been a long time since we've been home, and I miss everyone!)
I know you miss everyone too, but before that, I still need to introduce a new companion to you."
Now that May, Brock, and Max had left, it was time for Ash to choose his guardian Pokémon.
"Pika?" (A new companion?)
Pikachu, perched on Ash's shoulder, perked up its ears.
"System, I choose Mewtwo to be my guardian. Choose from those I've encountered during my journey! It has to be strong and not just any special status Pokémon. That's Mewtwo!"
"Guardian choice successful; Mewtwo has become your guardian."
Suddenly, in the system space, Ash felt a Poké Ball materialize in his hand.
With a thought, the Poké Ball appeared in his hand.
And it was a Master Ball!
Pikachu stared in awe as Ash seemed to pull the Poké Ball out of thin air, not understanding how Ash managed to do that.
But that wasn't important; what mattered was that Ash opened the Poké Ball!
"Come out, Mewtwo!"
In the next instant, as Mewtwo appeared, Ash took all the Pokémon he was carrying!
"Everyone, come out
"Glalie!"
"Torkoal!"
"Corpshih!"
"Grovyle!"
"Swellow!"
Meet our new partner!"
At the same time, Mewtwo appeared.
However, Ash felt a bit nervous; he didn't know how the Pokémon Sign-In System had brought Mewtwo into his system space.
But would Mewtwo completely obey him?
The five main Pokémon from Hoenn, along with Pikachu, six Pokémon in total, all stared at Mewtwo.
Especially Pikachu, who recognized Mewtwo!
"Um... Ash, are these your companions?"
Mewtwo used its psychic ability to communicate directly.
Its voice wasn't spoken aloud, but it resonated directly in the minds of Ash and the six Pokémon.
Upon hearing this, Ash realized that the system had indeed solved this problem for him!
To be honest, he had always felt sorry for Mewtwo.
Created by Team Rocket, only to be deceived by Giovanni.
But now!
Mewtwo had become his partner!
"That's right! Everyone, say hello! Next, I'm heading to Viridian City, Mewtwo, you remember this place, right?"
"Viridian City? Isn't that the place where the man who deceived me was?"
Mewtwo couldn't help but recall Giovanni.
"Yeah, don't worry. We'll meet Giovanni again someday."
--------------
T/N:
Access 30 Chapters in Advance on my P@treon: p@treon.com/PokePals(Replace '@' with 'a')