Pokemon: Newcomer Ash Is Exposed as the World Champion!

Just as champions from all over the world gathered at Professor Oak's Laboratory to sign an agreement, a ranking video suddenly appeared!

Ranking the Top Ten Rising-Star Trainers!

No. 10! Pushing past his limits with a Mega Sandslash and Akira!

No. 9! The hardest man in the world! Go, Steelix!

No. 4! Mega Charizard, blazing with scorching flames!

No. 2! The boy in the cap, the world's strongest trainer! The true God of Thunder!

As one incredible trainer after another was revealed, people were left in shock and awe, wondering what kind of monsters these trainers were. They also discovered a miraculous boy who traveled with Pikachu.

Professor Oak: "That's a Sandslash? It's a four-legged Groudon!"

Lance: "Big bro? You call that a rookie trainer who's just set out on his journey?!"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.