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After Ash and the others bid farewell to Clefairy, they continued for a distance in the cave and successfully exited it.
Originally, they were supposed to cross Mt. Moon, a journey they estimated would take at least three days. However, the cave Clefairy led them to seemed to be a shortcut; after passing through the cave, it was a downhill path. They had just been halfway up Mt. Moon!
Based on this route, they estimated they could cross Mt. Moon by noon tomorrow and then, after a short walk, reach Cerulean City.
It must be said that the kindness Clefairy showed them was truly immense. They not only led Ash and the others to the shortcut cave but also allowed Ash to unexpectedly acquire a top-tier Pokémon there, along with three top-grade moon stones. Finally, it cut their travel time in half, allowing them to reach Cerulean City by around noon tomorrow.
All of this was brought about by Clefairy.
"Speaking of which… at first, Clefairy probably didn't intend to take us to the place where the ceremony was held, right? Although Clefairy seemed to like Ash quite a bit and wasn't very shy, no matter what, that was where their tribe held a mysterious ceremony. They shouldn't have casually brought outsiders in. The reason they took us in seems to have been thanks to those three guys."
Sitting by the bonfire, the three of them chatted. Misty recalled the initial encounter with Clefairy and those three guys who left a bad impression on them.
After putting it all together, they realized, hey, they were able to enjoy all these benefits thanks to those three guys.
If those three guys hadn't tried to catch Clefairy, Clefairy probably wouldn't have taken them into that prayer site. In that case, everything they gained today would have amounted to nothing.
Looking at it this way, did those three guys actually do a good deed?
"One can only say that sometimes, an elaborate scheme is not as good as a foolish person's sudden inspiration. Those three guys should be the type who are both bad and stupid, so their elaborate attempts to do bad things actually ended up benefiting us," Brock said with a chuckle.
He was also in a great mood after getting a top-grade Moon Stone. Even if he had no use for it, he could sell it. Millions in income would be enough to free him from worrying about funding his Breeder aspirations for a while.
"But no matter what, bad people are bad people. We can't think they're not bad people just because they intended to do bad things but actually did good things," Misty said righteously, picking up a Pokémon food with her fair little hand and placing it in front of the Ralts that Ash had released.
To build a good relationship with this little one, Misty was extremely fawning, offering Ralts food and joking in front of Ralts to make the little one happy. After a series of tactics, she finally got this newly born, simple-minded little one to accept Misty.
Now, Misty's gentle touches and feeding no longer caused Ralts's displeasure.
As for Brock… due to his rash actions earlier, Ralts still wasn't very fond of him, so Brock was mercilessly excluded.
"That's so nice, I want to feed that little one too," Brock said with some envy. The newly joined Ralts immediately became the group's darling.
Pikachu was demoted from his position as the group's darling, but he didn't feel any imbalance, because he was also a Ralts fan.jpg!
Who wouldn't want to hold such a little sister in the palm of their hand?
However, Ralts was naturally most attached to Ash, because Ash was her Trainer.
After playing with Ralts and learning some Psychic-type Pokémon breeding techniques, everyone got into their sleeping bags and went to sleep.
Pikachu and Ralts slept on either side of Ash. After Pikachu, there was now another Pokémon who permanently stayed outside.
Ash looked like he was asleep, but in reality, he had already gone to the group chat to share his joy of getting a new Pokémon…
[Newbie Ash: Big shots, big shots, I know what that Chosen One's Radiance is for!]
[Champion Ash: Oh? Has it taken effect already? I'm really curious what a one-time S-grade ability can do.]
Even an old member like Champion Ash had never seen a one-time S-grade ability, and that ability was not one he recognized from any other group member, so he was also quite curious what 'Chosen One's Radiance' was for.
[Newbie Ash: The ability description said it would let me encounter a very rare Pokémon within three days, and there was a high probability I could capture it. As a result, today I encountered one that fell from the sky...]
Newbie Ash recounted everything that happened today, from encountering Team Rockets to getting the top-grade moon stone, to the people in the group.
This magical experience also left the people in the group amazed.
[Aura Hero Ash: As expected of a one-time S-grade ability, it can even let you encounter such a one-in-a-million Pokémon. This thing reads as 'Chosen One's Radiance' but writes as 'Destiny's Lucky King'.]
[Champion Ash: Your luck is indeed somewhat heaven-defying. In terms of luck, you can be called the strongest in this group.]
[Newbie Ash: Hehe, I didn't expect my luck to be this good. By the way, what did you big shots say before about the special aspects of S-grade aptitude, besides having a stronger ability limit?]
[Champion Ash: I originally thought you wouldn't be able to capture an S-grade aptitude Pokémon so quickly. I didn't expect you to capture a full S-grade aptitude Pokémon in just over ten days since you left. But even so, the special use of S-grade aptitude is still far from being needed by you.]
[Tactical Master Ash: That's right, you really don't need the special use of S-grade aptitude right now. But it doesn't hurt to tell you. Generally speaking, although a Pokémon's level will be affected by its aptitude, with some leveling up faster and some slower, it won't get stuck at a certain level like ability values.]
[Tactical Master Ash: But there is one level that is different, and that is Divine Realm Grade. To advance to Divine Realm Grade, one needs to meet a condition: at the Champion peak stage, at least three ability values must reach S-grade to have a chance to advance to Divine Realm Grade. This is the conventional way to advance to Divine Realm Grade.]
Divine Realm, as the highest level in the Pokémon World, differs from other levels in one aspect: this level requires qualification for entry, and the entry ticket is S-grade ability values.
Other levels, as long as you put in enough effort and time, will eventually be possible to reach, even Champion is the same, it's just a matter of time.
However, if you fail to reach Champion during a Pokémon's peak, and as the Pokémon's lifespan approaches, its body declines, it will be very difficult to reach the Champion level. After all, while a Pokémon's lifespan is long, it is not infinite.
But Divine Realm is different. To put it plainly, if you don't have at least three ability aptitudes reaching S, then even if you dedicate your entire life and exhaust everything within it, you will never be able to reach that level.
Because this is the difference between god and mortal.