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"The next battle will be between Contestant Shishi and Jumpluff, making their first appearance, against the mysterious Trainer K, who came from unknown origins, and his Victreebel!" After Ash's overwhelming victory, it was Shishi's turn to enter the arena. Shishi's opponent was James, dressed in a strange outfit. His Victreebel and his bond value were very high! Although he fell into a tough battle, Shishi still won. Shadow Clone's speed was getting faster and faster, and he skillfully utilized Jumpluff's advantage of being very light.
Ash's next match, surprisingly, was against Jessie, who came with Meowth to participate. This elder sister was also sensible. Seeing that her opponent was Ash, she voluntarily forfeited, saving Ash the trouble of having to reveal her true form. After enduring a tough battle with James, Shishi surprisingly also calmed his mind and advanced through the rounds, reaching the final battle against Ash.
"Shishi, you've done very well, but I still have to take the championship!" Ash could see that Shishi and Jumpluff were progressing rapidly through their continuous battles.
"I won't lose to you!" The string of victories also made Shishi confident. "Jumpluff, use Shadow Clone!"
"Still that move?" Ash wanted to see how he would respond. "Magical Leaf!" Unexpectedly, Magical Leaf did hit all the shadows, but the moment one shadow disappeared, Jumpluff immediately added a new Shadow Clone. By the time Magical Leaf's attack was over, there were still dozens of Jumpluff on the field, surrounding Bayleef.
"Jumpluff, use Leech Seed!" Dozens of Jumpluff launched Leech Seeds together, but only one of them was real!
"Vine Whip!" Bayleef, without hesitation, extended its Vine Whip and returned all the Leech Seeds. The one real seed was, of course, among them.
"Good speed, Sweet Scent!" Ash praised. Sweet Scent drifted towards Jumpluff again.
"Oh no!" Seeing Jumpluff stumble slightly, Shishi immediately knew the situation was dire! He never expected to be defeated by Ash's Sweet Scent again!
"Jumpluff, it's not over yet! We won't give up until the very last moment!" Shishi's voice reinvigorated Jumpluff. From the flower on its head, it began to gather solar energy! Ash's Aura, of course, sensed this. "I never expected it to learn a new move at the very last moment!"
"But Shishi, I've also worked hard all the way to this point!" Ash smiled slightly. "Bayleef, we'll use Solar Beam too!" Bayleef had, of course, learned Solar Beam long ago. The massive scythe-like leaf on its head gathered sunlight even faster!
"Bloom! Solar Beam!"
The Solar Beams of both Pokémon collided and erupted in this small battle arena, shining brilliantly like a miniature sun. All the Grass-type Pokémon cheered excitedly.
"Jumpluff is unable to battle! Bayleef wins! Therefore, the victor is Ash from Pallet Town!"
"Contestant Ash is truly amazing! Even though Jumpluff suddenly learned a new move, it was still defeated by Bayleef's overwhelming power! Contestant Ash has won the championship!"
"Yay! Ash big brother and Bayleef won!" Mei was the first to rush out from the waiting area, throwing her arms around Bayleef's neck. These two little girls indeed had a very good relationship.
"Ash, thank you, but I won't give up! I'll continue to work hard with Jumpluff!" Shishi had a very positive attitude.
The prize for winning the Grass Pokémon Tournament was very generous: besides the championship trophy, there were a full 20 Leaf Stones. These were, of course, very valuable Evolution Stones, capable of evolving Gloom into Vileplume, Weepinbell into Victreebel, Exeggcute into Exeggutor, and so on. But the problem was that Ash had a system that allowed him to exchange for Leaf Stones of extremely high quality. These Leaf Stones were practically useless to him. Therefore, he gave 5 to Shishi's family, who nurtured Grass-type Pokémon and would definitely find them useful.
But what to do with the rest?
"System, recycle?"
"Ding! Detecting that the host has obtained 15 lower-quality Leaf Stones. The system can consume exchange points to purify them into high-quality Leaf Stones!"
So, Ash consumed a small amount of exchange points and obtained one System-produced Leaf Stone. Just one, but it was a good item. He didn't need it for now, so he kept it.
"Bayleef?"
Bayleef, who was celebrating its victory with Mei, suddenly let out a cry of surprise and began to emit a dazzling light all over its body!
"Ash big brother!" Mei quickly jumped down from Bayleef.
"Don't be scared, it's evolving! Bayleef, it's going to bloom!" Ash comforted Mei's excited heart, but in fact, he was even more excited than Mei. Bayleef was the first of the six starter Pokémon he had caught so far, besides Charizard, to complete its final evolution. This also meant that he had completely surpassed his former self, Ash. Next, the remaining four would also all complete their evolution!
Bayleef's body continued to grow, eventually reaching 2 meters. The leaf on its head disappeared, becoming two pistil-like protrusions, and the flower bud on its neck finally bloomed, opening into beautiful pink flowers. Instantly, the entire venue was filled with the fragrance of flowers!
"Mom and Dad, it's Meganium!" Shishi could barely contain his emotion; he had personally witnessed Meganium's evolution!
The newly evolved Meganium came to Ash's side, lowering its head to affectionately rub against Ash's face and hand. Ash gently stroked its neck. "That competitive and stubborn little girl has finally grown up!"
Name: Meganium (♀)
Type: Grass
Ability: Overgrow
Bond Value: 244/255
Moves: Petal Dance, Petal Blizzard, Razor Leaf, Magical Leaf, Synthesis, Sweet Scent, Body Slam, Solar Beam...
As Ash expected, Meganium's bond value was already very high during its Bayleef stage. After evolving, its compatibility greatly increased, reaching its peak directly. Its bond value also rose accordingly, reaching 244 points. Just one more point, and it would enter the transitional stage of bond evolution. When compatibility reaches its peak and the bond value has only 10 points left, transitional evolution stages like Charizard's huge fireball, Houndoom's black flame fireball, and Greninja's vortex water shuriken will appear. These last 11 bond points are very simple!