Pokémon: Newborn Ash Ketchum, starting from Hoenn

"As expected of you, Xiaozhi. You recognized it at the first sight. I've seen this in a book before. The attribute seems to be..." Although Liliae cannot touch Pokémon, she is a veritable academic master.

“Mimikky, a painted-skin Pokémon with ghost and fairy attributes, is always covered in a cloth that looks very similar to Pikachu. It is a Pokémon with an unknown true form and full of mysteries!” Rotom completed the pokémon reading dutifully and floated over to take a photo.

"It is said that a scholar died of excessive fright after trying to peek inside!" This made Meow Meow, who was hiding nearby, burst into tears: "Scared to death?! I'm so glad I'm still alive!"

However, Xiaozhi smiled excitedly. He was very interested in this Mimikyu because he had seen a real ghost and had entered the spirit world. With such experience, how could he be scared by a small Mimikyu?

Mimikyu has been staring at Pikachu on Ash's shoulder since the group appeared. Its eyes are actually on its belly, and the head on top is fake.

Seeing this, Pikachu immediately jumped off from Xiaozhi's shoulder. Xiaozhi also took out the Poké Ball and pointed it directly at Mimikyu-Q, "Little guy, since you want to challenge my Pikachu, then I will satisfy you! But there is a price to pay, a battle to capture it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lillie and the others became excited. This was their first time witnessing Ash's battle to capture a champion, and it was also Ash's first battle to capture Alola!

At this moment, Mimikyu suddenly leaped up and rushed over like a hungry tiger, its empty eyes that formed the part of its head stared straight at Pikachu, as if it wanted to eat it alive, full of malice.

Faced with this sudden attack, Pikachu seemed unusually calm, with even a confident smile on his face. He nimbly dodged sideways and easily avoided Mimikyu's attack.

"Iron Tail!" Seeing Mimikyu approaching, Xiaozhi immediately gave the order, and Pikachu immediately activated the skill. Pikachu's tail flashed with a dazzling metallic luster, like a sharp blade, slashing at Mimikyu mercilessly.

However, surprisingly, Mimikyu showed no intention of retreating at this critical moment, and directly used its fake head to bear the attack of Iron Tail. After enduring this attack, it was only slightly injured, and its head drooped slightly.

This is its unique feature - Painted Skin. In its transformed form, it can block any attacking moves, including Z moves or damage caused by chaos. It will only suffer minor injuries once, and the fake head will droop down and turn into its current form.

Rotom once again took a picture of it in this state, but Mimikyu took the opportunity to whip Pikachu with its wooden tail that was shaped like Pikachu's lightning tail.

Xiaozhi looked at Mimikyu's movements with a look of surprise, "Is this a playful trick?!"

The fact that it can use this move already shows that this Mimikyu's level is already very high, and judging from its performance in battle, its combat awareness is also very strong. It actually uses the characteristics of Painted Skin to resist skills and finds an opportunity to attack Pikachu.

Moreover, Mimikyu's playful trick can be evolved into its own exclusive Z-trick - Close Combat Smash - with the help of its own Z-Crystal, MimikyuZ!

"But Painted Skin only works once!" Xiaozhi ordered Pikachu to attack again without hesitation, "Iron Tail!"

Pikachu was knocked back by Mimikyu's playfulness, but it quickly steadied itself and rushed out again, its tail shining like a metallic light as it slashed down at Mimikyu's head.

But Mimikyu's real eyes suddenly flashed a fierce light, and the wooden tail was actually shrouded in a strong grass-type energy, waving it and colliding fiercely with Pikachu's iron tail.

"A gavel?" Xiaozhi's eyes lit up. The fighting awareness of this Mimikyu really made him excited.

However, without the protection of Painted Skin, it is not so easy to catch Pikachu's Iron Tail!

"Pika!" As Pikachu shouted, brilliant golden lightning flashed on the metallic tail!

At the same time, Mimikyu was not to be outdone. Just as Pikachu's electromagnet tail was about to hit it, Mimikyu suddenly stretched out a pair of evil ghost claws from its painted skin, and the shadow claws were superimposed on the mallet, colliding fiercely with Pikachu's electromagnet tail!

With a loud bang, the collision of two powerful forces caused a huge explosion. The smoke and dust filled the air, making it impossible to see the outcome of the battle.

When the smoke and dust cleared, Mimikyu was instantly blown away and hit the ground heavily, with its painted skin in tatters. Pikachu, on the other hand, stood there unscathed, with a firm look in his eyes, as if he was full of confidence in this victory.

Seeing this, Xiaozhi threw the Poké Ball without hesitation, and instantly caught Mimikyu-kun in it. The Poké Ball immediately began to shake violently, and it was obvious that it hated Pikachu very much!

But in the end, he was unable to break free due to his severe injuries. With a bang, he was successfully subdued!

"Great, we captured it successfully!" Liliae and the others gathered around and congratulated Xiaozhi.

Xiaozhi smiled at this and immediately released Mimikyu from the Poké Ball to heal its injuries.

But as soon as Mimikyu appeared, although it was covered in wounds, it still managed to hold on and condense a shadow ball towards Pikachu.

Seeing this, Xiaozhi squatted down in front of him and said, "Mimik, I don't know what you've been through in the past, but now we're all friends! Can you get along well with everyone?"

Hearing this, Mimikyu stopped moving.

Mimikyu is actually a very stable Pokémon that is afraid of loneliness, but because of its scary appearance, it is always alienated by others.

In order to change this situation and make people no longer afraid of it, Mimikyu deliberately put on a piece of tattered cloth that looks like Pikachu, trying to reduce other people's fear of it by imitating Pikachu.

However, this made it seem even more eerie and creepy. Despite this, Mimikyu still longed to connect with other Pokémon, so after hearing what Xiaozhi said, it just satisfied its deepest desire.

This invitation was like a key that opened the long-closed door in Mimikyu's heart.

Then Pikachu and the others greeted Mimikyu enthusiastically, which moved it and made it recognize Ash as a trainer.

To be continued…