44 Hidden Power (1/2)

”... Pokemon Master ... Rodriguez ...? Pff, HAHAHAHA!”, Cecile couldn't hold herself back and fell into a slightly mad laughter.

”Errriee!”, Eevette thought they were playing a game and she wanted to play along as well, so she was moving her front paws to Cecile's knees and looked at her with curiosity in her eyes.

Atiqo's smile stuck frozen still on his face at this time and he thought to himself:

”Was it too much, that last part? I thought I acted quite well ...”

It took a minute or two until Cecile was back to normal and she asked a little ridiculed:

”Pokemon Master Rodriguez? Who or what is that supposed to be? Did you watch too many cartoons or what?”

”What?!”, Atiqo's mind got blank for a moment, no even longer because that tiny bit of information was just too shocking for him!

”Y-you don't have a Pokemon Master in this world ...?”, he looked at her with a pale face.

”? What's that? Who could possibly become a Master of Pokemon? This doesn't make any sense, haha.”, she told him him.

”What?! No, Pokemon Master?! Then ... does that mean ... Ash lied to us all this time ...”, Atiqo's world just broke down, or at least a big chunk of it.

The TV Show that moved the hearts of millions of children around the globe was all based on a ... lie?

This was the real Pokemon World after all, if there wasn't a Pokemon Master here, where else could there be one?!

Wait a sec ...

”Ash! He must be real right? Do you know Ash Ketchum?”, he asked Cecile with an almost pleading voice now.

”Huh, Ash Ketchum? Sure I know him.”, that response made Atiqo let out a huge sigh of relieve. His childhood dreams were saved for now.

”Who doesn't know him anyway? He's the next best candidate to become the new Champ and he is my uncle's best friend. Of course I know him!”, she answered with matter of fact-kind of tone.

”This girl ...”, Atiqo realised whom he was talking to again.

Cecile Oak, the daughter of Blue Oak. Blue exists, so does Red, Red Foster to be exact according to what he remembered. The current champ of the Kanto Pokemon region. And Gary exists, but as the little brother of Blue ... was this really a new World? Or the reflection of the game World in some form? Taking all these things into account, it kinda made sense for Ash to exist as well. Suddenly a different random thought crossed Atiqo's mind, random but just as important!

He had a hesitating expression on his face when glancing over to Cecile:

”Is ... is it true? The rumour about Ash?”

”What rumour?”, Cecile asked uncertain.

”Well, ... is Ash Ketchum really ... is he really an Immortal?”, Atiqo gathered his courage and asked the question all fans of the Pokemon franchise wondered about.

”H-he he, hahaha, he, Ash Ketchum, hgahahaha, an Immortal, kkkiiihihihihi ...”, Cecile was caught again in another fit of laughter and trouble speaking or laughing correctly. She was having a hard time deciding to laugh about 'Arthur's ridiculousness or seriously give him an answer to that equally ridiculous answer.

[”Atiqo!”], an angry youthful voice could be heard in Atiqo's mind,

[”Are you trying to ruin my image and my life?”], the real Arthur questioned Atiqo's dubios behaviour.

(”Oh, Arty!”), Atiqo responded in his mind cheerfully,

(”You managed to come see the show, how did you like it so far ?)”

[”Not! Funny! And don't try changing the subject! ”], Arthur replied angrily but with a strained voice as if he he had to speak under a lot of pressure.

(”Hmm, so you're feeling it to ...”), Atiqo's face changed from his previous amused expression and took a more solmn tone.

[”Yes, urgh ... what is this ... pressure?”], Arthur asked, this time more frugal with his words,

[”It feels like ... I'm being pushed ... by a fricking plane ... !”]

(”... I am not sure Arty. I told you, we can't be there at the same time. Either you're the pilot and I have to shut up, or I take the fron seat and you go ... into the trunk, haha, you understand?”)

[”I repeat ... Not. Funny.”, Arthur responded with a big irritated underlying tone in his voice,

[”You ... should have ... warned me ... at least ...”]

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(”Ehh ... yeah, sorry about that. If you just held back, I am sure the pressure would disappear-”)

[”So I can continue ... watching you destroy ... my image, urgh?!”], Arthur stated with imaginary gritted teeth.

(”I guess, I went a bit too far, haha ... ha ... ehm. But I do have a plan, just relax and enjoy the rest. By the end of this, she will voluntarily hand over the solution to our problem.”), Atiqo realized his mistake and assured Arthur of their success.

[Be quick .... then ... ....”), by the end Arthur seemed to have 'logged out' of the conversation, at least that's how Atiqo saw it.

*Sigh*, Atiqo let out a huge sigh and wanted to rest for a little. Arthur's appearance caused a slight literal heachache on his part. Sadly he didn't have anyone to consult about problems related to souls or possessed bodies ... he actually didn't want to have anything to do with people related to these fields. But reality quickly pulled him back on his feet and left him no more time to consider.

”Haha ... ha, haaaaaa. Ok, I am good again. Arthur, I don't know wether you're pranking me, or I should call my aunt again to have you checked up a second time.”, Cecile recovered from her paralysed state. (^^)

”No, Ash is not an Immortal. He got into lots of troubles and adventures, my uncle told me. Sometimes he was also wounded and well, Immortals should be invincible, no?”, Cecile asked with an unsure sweet smile on her face. Inwardly, she thought he had been joking with her all this time.

”Oh ...”, Atiqo got disappointed,

”Well, I haven't met him personaly yet. Maybe he just covered his tracks very well. I will found out one day.”

”Sure, hehe.”

”And to your information, I am really an expert when it comes to Pokemon.”, Atiqo puffed up his chest, as if to further consolidate his so-called position as an expert.

”Yeah, Pokemon Master ... Rom .. dego?”

”Rodriguez! It's Pokemon Master Rodriguez!”, Atiqo stressed out,

”I am known quite well in the ... underworld!”

”You're a criminal, haha?”, Cecile had an obvious unbelieving opinion about this.

”No, of course not. I am talking about the ...Dark Web!”, Atiqo revealed dramatically, but inwardly he was sweating a little,

”But you are still just a child, I don't expect you to know about the Dark Web and the darker side of the internet...”