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Chapter 4245: Feature Modification Completed!

Ten minutes later.

Ash slightly lifted a corner of the special medicated plaster, revealing that the original yellow and blue plaster had completely turned black.

Sizzle—!

When it was torn off, Pikachu shook its whole body, and an oval-shaped red mark appeared on its back, like it had been cupped.

Beside her, Xiaoyou had already peeled off the special plaster from the back of the head.

"Does this mean we've succeeded?"

Ash looked at Pikachu curiously, while Pikachu was also examining its own body, which seemed to have remained unchanged.

However, when he reached out and rubbed the electric sacs on Pikachu's face, the tingling, buzzing sensation that felt like it was constantly leaking electricity disappeared!

"It must have successfully transformed into a lightning rod!"

Ash quickly turned around, looked for a suitable target, and prepared to test it out.

For the time being, there's no need to worry about the new characteristic of the dual-explosive gas—chemically altered gas—forcibly shielding the characteristics of others.

Currently, the dual-explosive gas has been modified to have a floating characteristic.

Xiao You had already taken out a pre-prepared special ability capsule, intending to wait a few minutes before immediately switching back to the normal special ability.

"Have it!"

Just then, Ash spotted Magearna in the distance and quickly called out:

"Magearna, fire an Electro Cannon at Pikachu's head!"

"Pikachu~!!"

Pikachu nimbly leaped off the table, its eyes gleaming, and waved its paw at Magearna as well.

"Chirp chirp?"

Magia blinked, her mechanical voice tinged with confusion.

However, since it wanted to have a go at the same time as Melmetta, it naturally wouldn't hold back.

Immediately, Magiana raised one arm, and the front of her hand instantly transformed into a precise cannon muzzle hole. The electric current energy rapidly compressed and condensed at the edge of the cannon barrel, emitting a low hum.

The cannon was raised slightly and aimed at the top of Pikachu's head.

Whoosh! Boom!

The next instant, a powerful electromagnetic pulse tore through the air and shot obliquely into the sky!

However, just as the beam of electricity was about to pass over Pikachu's head, a sudden change occurred. As if drawn by invisible magnetic poles, its trajectory was abruptly twisted by more than 150 degrees.

After drawing an exaggerated zigzag line in the air, it crashed down towards Pikachu's location!

"Pickup!"

Pikachu quickly steadied itself, neither dodging nor evading.

Sizzle boom—!!!

The blinding lightning struck the target, exploding into a mighty pillar of lightning that shot straight into the sky with terrifying force!

However, Pikachu, who was at the center of the electric current, seemed completely unaffected, looking down at his little hand with surprise in his eyes:

"Pikachu?"

I didn't feel any pain at all!

Furthermore, a red light shone from its body, indicating that its special attack capabilities had been upgraded to a higher level.

"It worked!"

Ash was overjoyed to see Pikachu moving freely within the pillar of lightning.

It provides a traction shock, is completely harmless, and also grants a +1 Special Attack bonus.

—That’s the complete characteristic of a lightning rod!

The modification was successful!

You should know that in the past, Pikachu could withstand lightning strikes of Zekrom level.

But that's forcibly enduring it, having to grit your teeth and bear it, which will cause some harm.

And now, there is absolutely no damage!

Sizzle—!

After the residual electricity exploded, Pikachu jumped several times in place, and then its whole little face lit up.

"Pikachu!!"

Not only was he completely unharmed, but his body also seemed to have been recharged, and he was full of energy!

This is much more powerful than static electricity, which has the characteristics of a sewer!

So it started testing on the spot.

He tilted his head back, stood up straight, and the electric capsule was filled with electric light.

"Pikachu!!"

A signature 100,000-volt burst shot straight into the air. *Zzzzz boom!*

Then, due to gravity, it fell again, and the lightning struck its crown, trying to see if it could use the lightning rod to recharge itself.

So, not far away, Xiaoyou witnessed a strange scene—

Zzz! Zzz! Zzz!

In the open space, an electric mouse kept blasting out currents, frantically striking itself repeatedly.

Xiaoyou: "."

She silently turned her head to look at her double-barreled gas canisters.

"Whoosh!"

The dual-gas emits a low hiss and nods slightly, indicating that the buffering process has ended.

Xiao You understood and fed it another feature capsule to initiate the second phase of explosive modification.

On the open ground nearby, Pikachu stopped after firing several Thunderbolts at itself, its ears drooping.

"Is the effect not good?"

Ash walked over, squatted down, and patted Pikachu's head to comfort it.

Although it was not injured, the top of its head was now burning hot to the touch, around 70 degrees Celsius, like a high-powered electrical appliance.

Indeed, lightning rods can recharge themselves.

But Pikachu only managed to get a buffing red light after taking five of its own Thunderbolts in a row.

"It seems that the conversion rate for my moves to trigger the lightning rod is rather pathetic."

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but sigh.

However, lightning rods are already very effective, so there's no need to be too greedy.

Over here, Pikachu is still testing its new ability by constantly releasing electricity.

Puff-!

About ten minutes later, Xiao Zhi suddenly heard a muffled exhaust sound.

He instinctively turned his head and saw the top hats, shaped like chimneys on either side of the double-gas tank, suddenly tremble and spew out a large cloud of thin white smoke that quickly spread outwards.

"Hehe, I've also finished my part!"

Xiaoyou's cheerful voice drifted through the mist.

She raised her hand and fanned herself in front of her, a bright smile appearing on her lips.

Now, dual-explosive gas has officially switched to "chemical change gas" characteristics!

As the white mist dissipated, the two met eyes, their gazes growing increasingly intense.

The same thought appeared in their minds—

How about we start a game?

Xiao Youyou's eyes narrowed slightly. Come to think of it, she had known Xiao Zhi for so long, but she had never actually fought him.

Ash's eyes also showed the same eagerness; he had long wanted to test Yu's strength for himself.

"Pickup!"

Having just acquired its new ability, Pikachu was filled with fighting spirit and immediately leaped down in front of Ash, volunteering to fight.

"Uh, Pikachu."

Xiao Zhi immediately frowned and raised his hand to his forehead.

Pikachu's current strength has nothing to do with whether it has a special ability or not.

He knew that Xiao You was very strong, and that even with the Blazing Ace, they could still fight back and forth.

But if it comes down to Pikachu, it seems like there's absolutely no chance?

However, on the other side, Xiaoyou's gaze had already fallen on the electric mouse, and she affirmed:

"That's exactly what I wanted, Pikachu!"

With a single tail strike, it shattered the soaring mist projection.

She had long wanted to test the strength of Ash's ace Pokémon! (End of Chapter)