When Karp re-entered the dungeon and entered the palace where Ash was, Ash was sitting on his throne and pretending to sleep, and when Karp entered the main hall, he raised his hand and shook it, signaled for the accompanying guards to go out, and then opened his eyes.

He looked at Karp as he entered the door and was about to say something, when he noticed that Karp spoke first.

"The specific thing must be you, the lightning bird has now calmed down and left, and the mission of this alliance has been completed."

Listening to Karp's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then a little embarrassed.

Karp looked at him and was still in that expressionless state, and the two of them remained silent for nearly ten minutes before Ash sighed.

"You found me?"

Listening to Ash's inquiry, Karp nodded as a matter of course.

"At first, I didn't notice it, but the next night I sensed something was wrong, and after a little investigation, I found that it was you peeking."

Karp's reconnaissance ability is still very strong, not to mention that Karp and Ghost's mental power are linked together to launch spiritual exploration, and relying on the eyesight of a single dragon alone can play a pretty good detection effect, so as long as Karp feels that something is wrong, it is not difficult to find the gray who is secretly observing.

Ash shook his head helplessly at Karp's words.

"Then I know, I'll talk to the speaker about you, and if it's okay, you can leave."

"I have something to ask you."

Before Ash's voice could land, Karp responded.

"If I could, I'd like to ask about the special energy in the Great Steel Serpent's body."

If Ash's response to Karp was a little surprised at first, he is a little surprised now.

"Special energy?"

He glanced at Karp in surprise, although he already had an idea in his heart, but he was not sure about anything for a while, and Karp was much more direct, he took out the Poke Ball from his waist with one hand, and directly released his big steel snake.

As his big steel snake appeared beside him, the ghost also came out of his shadow and directly released hypnotism on the big steel snake.

The ghost's hypnotism is probably the one he is most familiar with and the best at it, so in a normal state, the ghost has no reason to fail. When the hypnosis took effect, purple flames appeared directly in the eyes of the big steel snake, and the effect of hypnotism disappeared without a trace.

First gave an example, and then Karp's gaze fell directly on Ash.

"Your big steel snake has the same ability, if I can, can I ask you some questions about this energy?"

Ash listened to Karp's voice for a moment before speaking again.

"Your Great Steel Snake was also a Crystal Great Rock Snake before it evolved?"

Karp nodded at Ash's inquiry, and although he was very concerned about the 'also' in his mouth, Karp didn't ask about such a thing at this time.

"Since that's the case, then you can come with me, and since you also have this energy, then I really have the obligation to teach you how to use it."

As he spoke, Ash remembered the last nonsensical thing he had said when the Speaker contacted him earlier.

- His Great Steel Serpent has surpassed your Great Steel Serpent in terms of defensive capabilities.

At that time, Ash still felt a little inexplicable, after all, Karp's big steel snake could block the Phoenix King's sacred flame, while his big steel snake couldn't, so if you compare the defense power alone, at least in terms of flame resistance, it really can't be compared.

But defense capabilities are not something that can be compared based on data alone.

After all, no matter how strong your defense is, if you are hypnotized or confused, frozen, and unable to exert your defense, it is no different from nothing.

His big steel snake can rely on special energy to resist several abnormal states, so if you have to talk about defense ability, he really doesn't feel that his big steel snake must be inferior to Karp's big steel snake, at most it is inferior to the other party in terms of hard comparative defense.

But now that he thinks about it, Karp's Great Steel Serpent has also evolved from the Crystal Rock Serpent, and now it has special powers—if you think about it like this, Ash feels that what the Speaker said to him at that time has a little deep meaning in it.

If Karp's big steel snake also has special energy and uses it successfully, then when its big steel snake grows up, it will really surpass its own big steel snake.

Thinking of this、The gray with his back to Karp raised the corners of his mouth。

For him, a trainer who has lived for hundreds of years, it is still worth being happy to get such news.

After all, although there are several talented and potential people in the current alliance, except for the old Ohki and the current masked man and Sakaki, the older generation of them who are still alive always have a feeling that the strength of the alliance is steadily regressing.

Then Ohki is not a trainer, and Kamen Man and Sakaki don't need to say more, such things make them feel that the inheritance of the alliance is a little broken, and they want to sigh every time they think of this. After all, even if they break the lifespan limit, they won't be able to live forever, not to mention the Speaker's question about Arceus, just because the future alliance doesn't even have a champion-level trainer, it's completely reassuring.

But looking at the Speaker's appearance now, he is probably very convinced that Wataru will become a champion in a few more years, and then sent Karp to himself, probably wanting to train him to be a future champion.

With that in mind, Ash led Karp to a private training ground at the back of the main hall.

Ash, who was somewhat speculative about the Speaker's thoughts, looked at Karp, who came here with him, and rarely mentioned a little enthusiasm.

After all, Karp hasn't held a coming-of-age ceremony yet, but several of his elves have reached the quasi-heavenly king or can burst out of the quasi-heavenly king-level ability in a certain period of time. Among them, his big steel snake is the best among them, although the attack ability is a little worse, but when it comes to defense, the defense of the big steel snake may not even be comparable to the king, no, even the champion-level elf.

At the thought of such a trainer inheriting the title of the shield of his city, Ash laughed.

"Since your big steel snake also has this power, then I'll teach you something."

As he spoke, he released his large steel serpent, and then put a rather serious look at Karp.

"Boy, but before I teach you, can I ask you if there is anything you can call a goal in terms of the growth of a trainer?"

Karp froze for a moment at Ash's words, and then looked at Ash with a rather determined look.

"If I have to say something, it's probably one thing I'm sure to accomplish, and it can be counted as a short-term goal-"

At this point, Karp smiled.

"In short, become the champion first."

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