Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 110 Lotoon Chip for Motorcycles

Once inside the park, Natsume felt a relief in his nose and his breathing became much easier.

"Phew~" Natsume let out a long sigh of relief.

By the dim light of the streetlights, one could vaguely see many trees standing on both sides of the road.

Warm yellow floor lamps outline the permeable walkway, while the silhouettes of camphor trees sway gently.

Not far away, the artificial lake rippled with a moonlit halo, and the windowpanes of the low-rise buildings shone with amber light. The chirping of insects and the hum of servers resonated in the evening breeze.

"It's like two completely different worlds here compared to outside," Natsume murmured to himself.

“This isn’t a traditional industry, after all,” Officer Jenny said with a smile as she led the way.

Natsume nodded. The park where he was located was invested by the alliance and was responsible for producing high-precision equipment.

All kinds of chips and instruments are produced here.

Fortunately, the industrial clusters here provide a fairly complete industrial chain, saving on transportation costs.

Shortly after, Natsume was led into a building, where a security guard stopped him again at the bottom.

"Sir, please show your researcher credentials (if you hold a doctorate or higher).

Natsume handed Professor Oak the application form he had prepared for him.

The other person took it and searched for information about Natsume on the computer, typing away rapidly.

"You are Natsume, Professor Oak's apprentice, and you have applied for a research lab-level AI chip."

"Please come this way," the staff member said, extending his hand.

Natsume walked by, and Officer Jenny followed closely behind, never leaving his side.

The procedures here are extremely complicated, but there's not much to say about it.

Many advanced research devices are also under the control of the alliance.

Whoever has the strongest technology and can make a breakthrough first will lead the trend.

The most powerful trainers in the league have never been those few Elite Four members or champion trainers.

Its most impressive feature is that the alliance has almost monopolized the world's technological resources.

The alliance boasts the strongest and most comprehensive resources in terms of experimental equipment, experimental data, the number and quality of researchers, and even the review system for training researchers.

Thanks to this, the academic atmosphere and research environment of the major research institutes in the alliance are quite good.

This is also one of the main reasons why Natsume went straight to Professor Oak's lab after becoming self-taught.

This industrial park in Heiyun City is a place where high-precision experimental equipment is produced.

Researchers need a doctorate or higher, or a doctoral degree as a guarantor, to apply for equipment from the alliance here.

Due to some malicious incidents of reselling alliance equipment in previous years, the review process has become much stricter in recent years.

Even if Natsume has Professor Oak as his guarantor, he still needs Officer Jenny to accompany him the whole time.

Before long, Officer Jenny brought Natsume to the outside of a pure white factory building.

A machine outside was humming, and Natsume recognized it at a glance—it was some kind of air purification device.

The fresh air here is due not only to the large-scale green coverage, but also to the significant contribution of air purification devices.

Many machines cannot be in the air when they are in production in the workshop.

For example, the chip manufacturing workshop in front of Natsume.

The purified air needs to be filtered again.

"Mr. Natsume, please wait."

Officer Jenny stood behind her, holding a walkie-talkie, reporting something.

A short while later, a staff member wearing a white coat came out.

He held a white box about the size of a notebook in his hands and handed it to Miss Officer Jenny.

Natsume craned his neck, only to see Officer Jenny take the box and leave.

"Alright, Mr. Natsume, I've got it. Just go fill out a form."

Officer Jenny's voice drifted over from afar.
By the time Natsume finished filling out all those forms, it was already dawn.

"Phew~" Outside the park, Natsume let out a long sigh of relief.

"I'm exhausted. Once I become a PhD, I'll let the elites do this kind of work."

Natsume suddenly realized that Professor Oak was really good to him; he never let him do such tiring work in the past!
Even when Natsume volunteered, Professor Oak's expression would change and he would sternly refuse.

The process was tedious, but it was all worth it.

Natsume lowered his head, his eyes fixed intently on the white box in his arms.

He carefully opened the box, and a huge chip lay quietly in the foam.

This chip is what Natsume intends to use to experiment with the Rotom motorcycle.

Electric toy Rotom - Motorcycle Rotom - Six-in-one mecha Rotom.

As a crucial intermediate project that connects the preceding and following phases, the Rotom locomotive is the most important element in Natsume's experimental design.

Natsume put the chip from the Rotom electric toy into the Rotom Poké Ball.

Moreover, given the size of the motorcycle, it also requires a more powerful chip. Natsume contacted this place a few months before he left Pallet Town, and he came to pick it up today.

Fortunately, his requirement was that the performance must be strong, and the size didn't matter, as long as it could fit into the motorcycle.

The requirements aren't high, and production is quite fast.

Natsume hummed softly as he left the park, feeling incredibly happy.

Chips of this caliber are simply unavailable on the market, and their price on the black market is in the billions, with no upper limit.

Applying to the alliance only requires paying a negligible processing fee.

This is a benefit exclusively for the Alliance Research Institute.

Other research teams, such as those run by established companies, would have to be purchased at a high price.

As for teams like the Rockets that have been blacklisted, the only options are to try and acquire them through the black market or from other shell companies.

After pondering what kind of motorcycle he should buy for his experiment, Natsume returned to the Pokémon Center in Kurokawa City.

"Strange? Why do I keep feeling like someone is following me?"

At the entrance of the Pokémon Center, Natsume shrugged.

Could it be the Rockets?

The telekinetic energy quietly emanated outwards, and behind a wall behind him, Natsume spotted three Pokémon.

A Primogi, a Hypno, and a Zapdos.

"What are you trying to do?" Natsume asked, taken aback.

Natsume vaguely remembered that Incineroar; it was the Incineroar that had stolen Ash's hat and was the one he had dealt with.

How did they end up together?

Natsume's lips twitched as he walked into the Pokémon Center in Black Cloud City.

"Howa, howawa!" On the wall, the Infernal Monkey hung from a tree, angrily throwing punches at Natsume's back.

He wants revenge, but his current bonds aren't strong enough!
"Gah-na!"

Zapdos used its claws to grip the gap in the wall, hanging halfway up, its bald head exposed, staring longingly at the Pokémon Center.

"Grandma~" The hypnotic tapir yawned, appearing much more Zen-like.

It instinctively reached into the fruit basket, only to find nothing.

"Mammy?"

The tree fruits are all gone.

"Gah!"

"Hoohoo!"

Zapdos and Infernape suddenly cried out in surprise and hid.

The hypnotic tapir got up and looked at them strangely.

Turning my head, I saw Natsume's figure appear on the top of the wall.

What are they doing?
Natsume held two plates full of food in his hands, completely bewildered.

A monkey, a tapir, and a bird.

How exactly did they come together?

What kind of new Pokémon social structure is this?

Natsume subconsciously thought of his research topic.

After a while, he shook his head.

It must be a coincidence, and extreme cases shouldn't be approved for funding.

"You guys eat," Natsume said, placing the plate he was holding on the top of the wall.

"Grandma," the hypnotic Baku said to Natsume.

"Thank you." A telepathic message echoed in my mind.
Natsume glanced at it, raised an eyebrow slightly, somewhat surprised.

To be honest, he rarely receives thanks from Pokémon.

Natsume turned and left, not paying any more attention to these three strange combinations.

After leaving, Hypnotic Tapu turned around and found that Primal and Zapdos were looking at him like he was a traitor.

"Grandma—" The hypnotic tapir used its telekinesis to take the food down and put it in its mouth to chew.

Actually, it felt that this human was quite nice.

Both Infernape and Zapdos were taken aback when they saw the Hypnotic Tapu testing the poison on itself.

"Hooray!" Fire Monkey gave a thumbs up.

“Gah-na!” Zapdos nodded in approval.

"Granny?" The hypnotic tapir tilted its head in confusion.

In fact, it always felt that its two companions were even stranger than that human.

(End of this chapter)