The act of relying on mythical creatures to defeat an Elite is almost entirely unrelated to one's own strength.
You can't always count on encountering a mythical creature to help you, right? If it truly happens, then considering Victini's enhancements as part of your own strength might be acceptable.
But obviously, such occurrences can't always happen, and Victini isn't Ash's Pokemon; it's just passing by.
So Ash's miracle can't be replicated a second time.
Even so, Ash's fame is now renowned in Kanto. Wherever he randomly appears in a city, it causes quite a stir.
Now, the trio of Ash, Misty, and Brock have started wearing masks.
Fortunately, thanks to Ash, there has been a Pikachu craze sweeping across Kanto. Many people have started capturing Pikachu and keeping them out, trying to replicate the miracle of Ash's Pikachu.
Many wondered if they underestimated Pikachu's potential, and whether keeping Pikachu from evolving could make it rise from an ordinary novice level to a professional level like Ash's Pikachu in just two months!
However, the miracle of Pikachu only appears with Ash's Pikachu, and those people copying will end up bitterly disappointed.
But because of their imitation, Ash showing Pikachu doesn't seem so out of place, allowing them to use a simple mask to avoid the crowd's attention.
Ash once again realized the troubles of fame, unable to properly train his Pokemon recently.
However, such popularity isn't everlasting, and as the buzz gradually subsides, even if he's still famous, there won't be situations of being surrounded by people asking about Pokemon training.
In these twenty days, Ash and the others passed through many cities, encountering various events and meeting all sorts of people, like the very timid Parasect, a Pokemon sprint contest, a forest full of Pikachu, and a rather peculiar Jigglypuff.
On the road, Ash and his friends arrived at a place called the Wilderness Area, where Ash captured a Tauros with good talent, but didn't capture any more Pokemon.
Misty, on the other hand, captured a rare Pokemon—a Dratini!
Yes, it's the Quasi-God Dratini of Kanto!
This was a Pokemon captured in the Wilderness Area, and even Misty didn't expect to be lucky enough to capture a Dratini.
Dratini did appear in the Wilderness Area back then, but its presence led many Trainers from all over Kanto to flood the area, as this is a Quasi-God. Once evolved into its final form, it can surely reach Gym level.
And the ability values of a Quasi-God are exceptional among Pokemon of the same level, who wouldn't want to capture such a Pokemon?
However, the Wilderness Area was once thoroughly explored to no avail in finding a Dratini, and the area's ecosystem was severely damaged, which led to the later restriction on the number of people and Pokeballs allowed.
In fact, Dratini does exist in the Wilderness Area, but they are hidden, and only the area's administrator, Caesar, knows their whereabouts.
This time, the capture of Dratini was thanks to Team Rocket, who extorted the location from Caesar, and finally, Ash and his friends drove Team Rocket away, with Misty also discovering and neutralizing the bomb hidden underwater, ensuring the Dragon Valley of the Wilderness Area wasn't blown to smithereens.
Because of this, Caesar's favor towards Ash and his friends increased greatly, and the Dratini from back then has evolved into a Dragonair and even has a child—a new Dratini.
The mother wanted her child to see the world outside, so she entrusted Dratini to one of Ash's group.
Ash and Brock both decided to step back, giving Dratini to Misty.
Ash felt that he already had his hands full training his current Pokemon, and adding a Dratini with a long growth cycle would make rotating and training his Pokemon even more troublesome.
The capture of Tauros was because Ash rode it around the Wilderness Area, and Tauros liked him very much, which led to its capture.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have captured any Pokemon on this trip.
Brock also captured a Rhyhorn in the Wilderness Area, making the trip fruitful for him too, while Misty hadn't captured any Pokemon, so ultimately, the Dratini was given to Misty.
Misty was moved to tears at the time.
After all, this is a Quasi-God Pokemon! Usually, Trainers would fight to the breaking point over a Quasi-God, but Ash and Brock chose to give Dratini to her voluntarily; how could Misty not be touched by such friendship?
In the end, Misty accepted the Dratini, bringing her total number of Pokemon to five.
These were the Pokemon Ash and his friends added in twenty days. Besides the increase in Pokemon members, all of their Pokemon naturally improved, too.
Misty's Starmie's level reached Professional Senior, and advancing a level at the professional tier is extremely difficult, achieving even a minor level increment in a month is considered very fast, and yet Starmie only took over twenty days.
Staryu's level reached Professional Middle, Wartortle reached Advanced Peak, Horsea to Advanced Level, and Psyduck... it's quite strange. Its normal level appears to be only Ordinary Middle Level, but during a confrontation with Team Rocket, it unleashed power comparable to Professional Level!
When Team Rocket clamped down on Psyduck's head that time, Psyduck experienced an explosive outburst.
From then on, Misty noticed that her Psyduck was indeed quite unusual, but such explosive strength isn't always accessible, and normally Psyduck remains at Ordinary Middle Level.
Moreover, because it normally acts so cluelessly, Psyduck doesn't even train, only leveling up through regular eating, drinking, and occasional battles.
As a result, even though Psyduck's strength is low, its level progression is very slow.
Brock's Onix reached Elite Advanced Level, and Graveler evolved into a Golem, reaching Elite Advanced Level as well, catching up to Onix.
Zubat advanced to Advanced Level, and Wartortle to Advanced Peak, generally raising two minor levels across the board.
Such progress in less than a month is normally impossible; even if Misty and Brock were in a Gym now, channeling all resources into one Pokemon might not achieve such advancement.
As mentioned before, being around Ash, they seem to experience an inexplicable grace, with the speed of Pokemon enhancement remarkably increased, and Ash even has the coveted Odd Incense that is hard to obtain on the market.
Currently, Odd Incense is extremely popular in Kanto and even the whole League, in high demand and short supply.
But as the provider of the formula, Ash has no shortage of Odd Incense, and with the recovery from Ash's Power of Viridian, coupled with nutritional meals and massages, as long as the Pokemon is diligent, even with the lowest of talents, its level can rise!
At least before reaching Gym level, there's no worry about bottlenecks.
Brock's newly captured Rhyhorn was at Ordinary Advanced Level, a relatively common level for the wild, while Misty's Dratini was at Ordinary Peak, indicating Dragonair likely paid great attention to her daughter's training.
For a Quasi-God to reach this level, the effort required is much greater than that of an ordinary Pokemon.
Finally, regarding Ash's Pokemon levels: foremost is Pikachu—Professional Peak!
After that battle, in just twenty days, it boosted two levels in a row, even Ash felt amazed; how could the great Pikachu master level up so swiftly at the professional tier?
This growth pace isn't much slower than at the elite level!