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Some held items can be integrated into a Pokémon's body; otherwise, some large held items would be impossible for smaller Pokémon to carry.
However, the rainbow wing, whether placed on Pidgeotto or Butterfree before, would not integrate, only be carried directly on their bodies.
But this time, Charmander integrated it into its body, which was what Ash found strange.
Ash knew how to remove a Pokémon's held item, but the rainbow wing was quite special, and Ash didn't know if it could be removed from Charmander's body.
If it couldn't be removed, then it would mean he had directly lost a legendary item and the qualification to become the Rainbow Hero, all to save Charmander.
Ash didn't feel regret about this; as long as Charmander could be saved, a small sacrifice was no problem.
Even though this sacrifice wasn't small... Although Charmander's condition had stabilized, he still needed time to recuperate, so he remained in the ward.
After the three of them—Ash, Misty, and Brock—went to see Charmander, they returned to the Pokémon Center's lounge.
Regarding Damian and the others, Joy said that she had used Chansey to treat Damian, and after he regained consciousness, the group had scurried away.
But before leaving, Damian's eyes were filled with resentment, and Joy reminded Ash and the others to be careful.
Ash didn't take it to heart; such a guy, even if a hundred of them came, would not be his opponent.
After seeing Charmander's tragic state, Ash even felt he had gone too easy on them, only knocking out a few of their teeth; compared to Charmander, the damage that guy sustained was simply not worth mentioning.
With no further issues, Ash and the others went to sleep. Anyway, Charmander was fine now; it was just a matter of how he recovered.
The next morning, Ash woke up groggily from his bed and found an orange-red Pokémon standing in front of him!
After Ash rubbed his eyes carefully, he realized that this Pokémon could only be Charmander!
"Charmander? Why are you here? Are your injuries healed?"
"His injuries are completely healed ~"
Joy's voice rang out. Ash turned his head and saw that Joy had appeared at the door of the room at some point.
Joy's voice also woke up Brock and Misty. The two, still sleepy, immediately became alert upon seeing Joy.
"Joy, you're here too?" Ash was still a bit confused for a moment, wondering why Charmander and Joy had come to their room so early in the morning.
"Yes... To be precise, this little one asked me to bring him to you," Joy said softly, smiling at Charmander.
"Charmander asked you to bring him?" Ash turned his gaze to Charmander. Their eyes met, and from Charmander's firm yet grateful gaze, Ash seemed to understand something.
Last night, although Charmander was severely injured and even on the verge of death, his consciousness was clear.
He knew who had helped him yesterday, and he knew whose credit it was that he was safe now. And the thing inside him that filled him with infinite power, pulling him back from the brink of death, was undoubtedly a rare treasure for anyone else.
But the other party had directly used it for him, pulling him out of hell itself.
So, as soon as Charmander woke up, he immediately wanted to come and find him, the human who had sacrificed so much for him!
"Charmander, are you here to thank me? No need to be so polite. Meeting is fate. If I hadn't gotten lost and happened to see you, I probably wouldn't have had the chance to save you later." Ash got out of bed, knelt in front of Charmander, and said with a smile.
He didn't mention how much he had sacrificed, simply attributing it all to fate.
Charmander, hearing this, rubbed his little head against Ash's pant leg, and his small hand pointed to Ash's waist, "Lee!"
Ash froze, then was overjoyed: "You want to become my Pokémon?"
"Lee!" Charmander nodded firmly. He had come here precisely for this.
Even the most foolish loyalty has its limits. After what happened yesterday, Charmander fully understood that he had been abandoned by his Trainer.
His bitter wait for his Trainer was completely idiotic behavior.
If he had simply been abandoned and deceived, he would probably be heartbroken and in a state of utter despair now.
But at the same time, a ray of light shone into his heart: the young boy who, when he was about to faint from hunger, chose to give him food to fill his stomach, and later rescued him in the pouring rain!
His life was given by the young boy in front of him, so he decided to dedicate the rest of his life to the young boy.
This life, he entrusted to him!
"In that case... let's work together from now on!"
Ash took out a Poké Ball and gently touched Charmander's body. Charmander entered the Poké Ball without the slightest wobble, and the Poké Ball made a crisp sound.
His long-awaited Charmander had finally come into his hands in this way. Indeed, good deeds are always rewarded!
"I caught Charmander!!"
"Pikachu!"
"La Lu~~"
The sound of capture was inevitably accompanied by Pikachu's cry and Ralts, who had just woken up and didn't understand what was happening.
No matter what happened, just follow Teacher Pikachu and shout, and it'll be fine.
"Congratulations, Ash, you've caught another powerful and rare Pokémon."
"What kind of crazy luck is this? First, a Shinny Ralts and Bulbasaur falling from the sky, then Charmander, and his starter Pikachu isn't simple either..." And he even met Ho-Oh.
Misty didn't say the last sentence, but all of the above was enough to prove how incredibly lucky Ash was.
To put it bluntly, these were opportunities that a normal person would hardly encounter in a lifetime, yet Ash had encountered them all in just one month!
Is there any justice? Is there any law?!
Ash released his newly caught Charmander, then checked its aptitude again to confirm. Hmm, it was 4S, right... Wait?! 4S!!
Ash rubbed his eyes, making sure the information he received was correct.
Charmander's aptitude had silently risen from 3S to 4S, with the extra S being for stamina.
Yesterday's near-death experience not only left him with no sequelae but also elevated his aptitude to the next level?
Not only that, Charmander's level had also jumped from Novice to Intermediate.
Such a leap in strength and improvement in aptitude was truly abnormal. If it wasn't for Insight Eye being wrong, then something magical he didn't know about had happened to Charmander.
When in doubt, ask the experts!
Ash first thanked Joy, then recalled Charmander, went to wash up and brush his teeth, and finally went to the restroom, closed his eyes, and entered the group chat.
[Newbie Ash: Experts, experts, something strange has happened to me.]
[Breeder Ash: What strange thing?]
[Newbie Ash: Well, I just caught a new Charmander, and that Charmander...]
Ash recounted Charmander's situation one by one in the group.
After learning about Charmander's situation, the experts in the group were not shocked by Charmander's aptitude improvement at first, but by Ash's luck.
[Champion Ash: You're really lucky! To encounter a Charmander with 3S aptitude, this level of aptitude is probably a once-in-a-millennium occurrence in the entire Charmander population. My Charizard only had one S aptitude at first.]
[Non-Chief Ash: No, why do I always run into you, this show-off, every time I enter? Are you human?! Can you share a little luck with me?! Just a little! At least let me not always catch Magikarp!]
Non-Chief Ash saw the show-off as soon as he entered the group, making his liver ache. Why did he always manage to encounter a certain show-off bragging every time he entered the group?!
Even if he occasionally didn't, he would foolishly scroll up through the chat history, infuriating himself all over again.
This kind of behavior could only be described as self-inflicted misery.
[Newbie Ash: Uh... I don't know why I always run into you, Non-Chief. By the way, how come you experts always reply to me as soon as I enter the group? Are you all always watching the group?]
Ash noticed that every time he asked a question in the group, someone would answer him in almost less than five seconds. Were these people always watching the group with nothing else to do?
He knew he was exhausted just from traveling every day, and only had time to occasionally check the group during breaks to learn some knowledge.
Normally, with Misty and Brock nearby, entering the group required closing his eyes and activating the light spot in his mind, which would undoubtedly seem very strange to Misty and Brock.
Therefore, he had to pick his time to enter the group. Sometimes he could pretend to be resting his eyes to enter, and he could also openly enter the group when sleeping at night. But normally, like now, he couldn't possibly say he was going back to sleep after just catching Charmander and then enter the group, could he?
So he could only come to the restroom.
But everyone else in the group seemed to be in the group all the time. Were they that idle?
[Aura Hero Ash: It's not that we're always watching the group, but we've set you as a special contact. As long as you send a message in the group, the group chat will remind us in our minds... However, that Non-Chief guy probably hasn't set it. He'd rather not see you, but he just happens to come in every time you're showing off. It can only be called a fated encounter.]
[Newbie Ash: Sp-special contact? There's such a setting? Why have you all set me as a special contact?]
Ash was stunned. This was the first time he had heard that the group could set special contacts. If you set a special contact, the chat group would notify you as long as they came online and spoke.
No wonder every time he popped up, someone in the group would immediately answer, and as the first person appeared, others would also pop up one after another. It turned out everyone had set him as a special contact... But why?
Was his message, as a small newcomer, that important?
[Champion Ash: Because you are the only one in the group who hasn't reached the peak in any field, a pure newcomer.]
[Breeder Ash: You are like a blank sheet of paper now, on which any color can be dyed. We all want to experience what it's like to be a mentor.]
[Aura Hero Ash: Theoretically, each parallel timeline represents a possibility of our own change, so there's also a possibility that a 'me' in one timeline could possess all the knowledge and power from all parallel timelines.]
[Aura Hero Ash: So we want to see if, under our guidance, you can absorb all the knowledge of us, who stand at the peak of various fields, and make it your own, becoming that theoretical existence.]
[Champion Ash: If you can do that, you will definitely become what you dream of — a Pokémon Master!]
Ash looked at the messages from the various experts in the group, his eyes gleaming with a strange light.
So the experts think so highly of me!
[Newbie Ash: The experts think too highly of me... But I will do it, become a Pokémon Master!]
[Champion Ash: Haha, that's the kind of confidence we need. By the way, what you said about Charmander's stamina aptitude becoming S is related to the rainbow wing. Regarding this, let the Rainbow Hero explain it to you.]
[Rainbow Hero Ash: The rainbow wing, as Ho-Oh's separated core feather, contains part of Ho-Oh's core power, such as... Nirvana Rebirth!]
[Rainbow Hero Ash: Under normal circumstances, this ability would not be triggered. First, the Pokémon must be in a near-death state, which is not merely losing the ability to battle, but truly being on the verge of death. Second, its attribute must be Fire. Finally, it must have the aptitude and emotion recognized by the rainbow wing.]
[Rainbow Hero Ash: Newcomer, you just said the rainbow wing didn't immediately integrate into Charmander's body, right?]
[Newbie Ash: Yes, I put the rainbow wing on Charmander's body, and it took about half an hour to integrate into him.]
[Rainbow Hero Ash: The rainbow wing is different from ordinary items. Under normal circumstances, it cannot be integrated into a Pokémon's body. To integrate, the Pokémon needs to have an almost unwavering devotion to you, the Rainbow Hero candidate, and a compatible Fire or Flying attribute.]
[Rainbow Hero Ash: In other words, Charmander felt your affection and sacrifice for him during that time, and his feelings for you also changed, ultimately leading to the rainbow wing integrating into his body, which then caused the aptitude improvement and also boosted his level significantly.]
[Newbie Ash: ...This is just a feather from Ho-Oh, isn't the effect a bit exaggerated?]
Just a feather could have so many effects; this was simply incredible. If Ho-Oh itself came, wouldn't it be able to directly boost Charmander to 6S aptitude?
[Rainbow Hero Ash: Not exaggerated at all. Ho-Oh's Three Legendary Beasts advanced from ordinary Pokémon to legendary-level existences by Ho-Oh's grace. The original Three Legendary Beasts all had ability values above 4S, and the probability of their descendants having S-rank aptitude also greatly increased. This is Ho-Oh's divine power — Rebirth.]