Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 117 Ideal
That night, Xiao Mao disappeared.

Natsume and Satoshi quietly followed behind and discovered that the other had arrived at the dam.

Under the moonlight, countless ground squirrels huffed and puffed as they set off into the valley.

They marched in rows, like army ants, moving slowly and steadily, and no one knew where they were going.

"Ash, what do you want to do after the Indigo League?"

Xiao Mao sat under a rock and suddenly spoke.

Behind them, Natsume and Satoshi emerged from the shadows.

"Huh, me?" Ash was stunned for a moment, then found a clean rock and sat down.

"I want to travel to all regions in the future, participate in Pokémon tournaments in all regions, and become the world's number one Pokémon Master!"

The ideal that has been mentioned countless times still comes out of Xiao Zhi's mouth with the same passion.

"Yeah."

Xiao Mao rested his chin on his hand, his eyes reflecting the determined figures of the ground squirrels as they marched forward.

Suddenly, he felt someone moving the Poké Ball on his waist.

It was Natsume; he pressed the button on Squirtle's Poké Ball.

"Sizzle~" A red light flashed, and a sleeping Wartortle appeared.

"Kami?" Squirtle opened its eyes, but before it could react, it was flipped over and landed on its back.

"You two continue." Natsume sat on the tortoise shell and looked at the two of them.

Katsuki: "?"

Xiaomao: "."

"I don't know what I want to do. Before, I wanted to be a Pokémon Trainer and win the championship, because that would be really cool."

As Xiao Mao spoke, his voice lowered.

His passion for Pokémon battles is different from Ash's.

"I think Natsume-san is right, being a researcher is a good fit for me."

Xiao Mao glanced down at the ground squirrels below, his eyes sparkling with interest.

"Huh? Gary, you're not going to the Indigo League?" Ash suddenly looked disappointed.

"Hahaha!"

Xiao Mao laughed loudly.

"Of course not! I'll beat you to a pulp!"

Gary regained his usual composure, stood up, and reached out his hand to Ash.

"Don't you dare lose to some nobody before you even meet me!"

"Of course that's impossible!" Ash stood up, not to be outdone.

In Wartortle's round pupils, the image is frozen on the moment Ash and Gary shake hands.

"Kami!" Squirtle nodded with satisfaction.

Immediately, it turned its head and glared fiercely at Natsume's buttocks.

The moment just now seems to be quite important to the trainer, and it's best not to disturb him.

just now.

"Ouch!"

The next day, on the mountain road.

"Mr. Natsume, why are you floating in the air?" Jiaozi asked Natsume curiously.

The other party used telekinesis to float, with their buttocks facing upwards, lying flat on their back.

"My butt hurts," Natsume said succinctly.

"Why does my butt hurt?" Xiaoxia asked curiously as she leaned closer.

"Because my telekinetic skills are not refined enough."

"???"

Everyone was confused.

Is there a connection between buttock pain and poor mastery of telekinesis?
Natsume replied, "Of course there's a connection."

Last night, Wartortle used its bite skill.

When facing Pokémon moves, using psychic powers on your clothes doesn't provide as much defensive protection.

Natsume's butt hurt all night.

"Everyone, we've arrived!"

Xiao Gang, who had been leading the way, returned, waving the map in his hand.

The group stepped forward and followed Xiao Gang, winding around until a classical courtyard appeared before them.

The green-tiled eaves stretch towards the midday sky, and faded curtains hang from the arched porch.

A very classic traditional house in Kanto.

"Huh? Is this a gym?" Ash stood outside, motionless.

He's usually the first one to rush in from outside the dojo.

But the building in front of us doesn't look like a dojo at all.

"Uh, there's not even a sign here. Did we accidentally wander into someone's house?"

Xiaoxia looked at Xiaogang.

"There's no mistake, that's how it's shown on the map." Xiao Gang touched his hair, feeling a little guilty.

He had never been to the Asakusa Gym because of its inconvenient transportation.

"Xiao Gang is right, this is the Crimson Gym."

Natsume floated over.

"Mr. Natsume, why is there no clue here at all?"

"Because we need to decipher it," Natsume said.

"Decipher it?" the crowd asked, puzzled.

"The Crimson Dojo was founded by a ninja family, and they are rather elusive."

"Bang!"

As soon as Natsume finished speaking, the door in front opened by itself.

As the group entered, they discovered that there were only two passageways inside, and nothing else.

"We should be able to get inside by going through some traps."

"Let's split up," Natsume said, pointing to the right.

"I'll go this way."

"Okay, I'll go to the left!" Xiao Zhi rushed over excitedly.

"boom!"

An explosion rang out, and Ash was covered in soot. His middle-parted hair and Pikachu fell to the ground in fright.

"what is this!"

Ash looked down and saw that it was a Voltorb.

Meanwhile, Natsume had already drifted quite a distance inside.

Perhaps because he was floating, many traps were not triggered.

This is so boring. Natsume landed, wanting to see what kind of tricks were going on here.

Suddenly, a dark figure rushed towards Natsume.

"boom!"

A furry ball collapsed on the ground.

Natsume paused, his gaze shifting back and forth between the brick in his hand and the unconscious fur ball.

With telekinesis activated, the fluffy ball floated into the air.

Before Natsume could get a good look around, an anxious voice called out from ahead.

"Hairball!"

At the corner, a beautiful woman walked out.

"Furry, what's wrong?"

The newcomer was dressed as a ninja, with short, dark green hair with highlights, a half-covering mask, and a sharp, purplish-black ninja outfit. His eyes were piercing, and the talismans and gold ornaments at his waist added to his heroic and dashing appearance.

The beautiful woman looked at Natsume with an unfriendly expression:

"What did you do to our furball? Why is it floating in the air?"

“I saw it sleeping on the ground, and I was worried it would catch a cold,” Natsume said without changing his expression.

"Really?" The pretty woman looked at Natsume suspiciously, but didn't notice anything amiss.

A small bump appeared on Maoqiu's head, probably from running too fast and bumping into something.

“I am Ling Nu, the younger sister of the dojo master. Please come with me.”

As Ling spoke, she hugged the fur ball and turned to walk inside.

"I heard that the Crimson Dojo requires you to pass a challenge?" Natsume asked, tilting his head.

"There are traps in the passage on the left. As a ninja, you need extremely strong observation skills."

Ling Nu stroked the fur ball in her arms, her voice cold.

"I understand. So what's going on here?"

"There are no traps in the passage on the right. As a ninja, luck is also an important factor in survival."

"."

Natsume did not speak.

There were no traps here at all.

He thought it was so clever that it could evade his telekinetic detection.

Following Ling Nu's steps, Natsume soon arrived at an open-air space.

"Alright, there's one more challenger. Once he arrives, we can begin."

As Ling spoke, she stood to the side and began to close her eyes to rest.

Outside, Jiaozi's phone rang.

“Mr. Natsume said that the passage on the right is safe and we can go in.”

Jiaozi reminded the two of this.

"Huh? Should we call Ash back?" Xiaoxia looked to the left, only to find that Ash had disappeared.

"Uh, trust Xiaozhi. He has plenty of strength and power. Let's go inside and wait for him."

Xiao Gang nodded in deep agreement.

(End of this chapter)