Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 130 is complete, and the little groundhog joins the team.
As if anticipated, the little groundhog was frozen in mid-air, unable to move an inch.

Pretend to hand over a tree fruit, then throw a brick at him.

Natsume cannot be defeated by others in his area of ​​expertise.

"Natsume-sensei, what's wrong with this little ground squirrel?" Jiaozi asked in astonishment.

Before Natsume could make a move, the little ground squirrel's paws lit up again.

Crazy, random scratching?

Natsume was taken aback. Groundhogs can do this?
"Beep?" What is that?
Unexpectedly, the little groundhog did not continue attacking Natsume and his companion; instead, its claw strike landed hard on a nearby rock.

"Beep?" Never mind.

Immediately following was a third claw strike.

This time, instead of attacking Natsume or breaking the rocks, it slammed into a pile of tree fruits nearby.

"Crash-"

The fruit fell into the lake like raindrops, leaving behind only sour fruit.

The ripples on the lake gradually subsided, and the little groundhog stared blankly at the pile of tree fruits.

After a while, a little ground squirrel with teary eyes turned around and looked at Natsume and Takako with a pitiful expression.

"Beep beep." Why did you throw my tree fruit into the lake?

"Huh???" Natsume was stunned for a moment.

"Mr. Natsume, what exactly did you hear?" Jiaozi asked curiously from the side.

Natsume took the other's hand. Jiaozi was stunned and lowered her head, but the information in her mind quickly made her raise her head again.

"Fine, I forgive you?"

"You have excellent taste; sour berries are the best."

"Unforgivable! I'll teach you a lesson!"

The little groundhog's voice kept ringing out. Natsume and Takako exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.

"Mr. Natsume, is it schizophrenia?" Jiaozi asked in confusion.

The book Natsume gave her also included a section on Pokémon psychology.

Some Pokémon are also prone to mental illnesses.

Most of them are abandoned Pokémon, as well as some Psychic-type Pokémon that have gone wrong.

The league places great importance on this aspect. For example, to become a Pokémon doctor, in addition to medical knowledge, one must also study Pokémon psychology.

"Hard to say"

Natsume shook his head.

This gopher seems to have more than just a split personality.

The move the opponent just used.
"How did you get here?" Natsume's voice echoed in the little ground squirrel's mind.

"Beep—" I don't know, I woke up here.

"Beep—" because I have the almighty sour fruit.

"Eek—" I'm going to teach that Tauros a lesson.

Three voices simultaneously resounded in Natsume's mind.

The little groundhog has three personalities, but it seems that none of them are aware of the existence of the other two personalities.

Natsume reached a conclusion in his mind.

"Mr. Natsume, what are you doing?" Natsume raised the brick, and Jiaozi exclaimed in surprise.

"What would you do if I smashed this brick on your head?"

Natsume's telepathic connection activated, and Jiaozi was taken aback.

"Beep!" Don't hit me!
"Beep beep!" I won't share a single sour tree fruit with you.

"Eek!" I'll teach you a lesson before I find that Tauros that knocked me away!
Three voices sounded at the same time.

"what?"

At this moment, even the proud young man standing to the side showed a puzzled expression.

The little groundhog's condition is somewhat different from schizophrenia.

Personalities should alternate, but this little ground squirrel has three personalities that can react to Natsume's questions simultaneously.

This was the first time Natsume had ever seen anything like this.

As expected of a little groundhog with an S-level research topic.

After some testing, Natsume had a general understanding of the other party's situation.

[Little Groundhog, LV15, Ability: Sand Burrow.]

[Sandpit: In battle, it prevents the opponent from escaping.]

This little groundhog has three personalities inside it.

However, none of these three personalities are aware of the existence of the other two personalities.

These three personalities can react to external stimuli simultaneously.

All three personalities can function effectively when reacting to external stimuli.

For example, Natsume angered a little groundhog, and the groundhog threw mud at him.

The little groundhog used the mud-throwing attack three times in a row.

Many non-combo moves can actually be used consecutively by Pokémon in real life through training.

However, it is extremely difficult, and most Pokémon cannot do it, and the maximum number of consecutive attempts is only two.

"What's the principle?"

Natsume became interested. This wasn't schizophrenia; how could schizophrenia involve several personalities reacting to external stimuli simultaneously?
Suddenly, Natsume remembered Zygarde, the god of ecological order.

The various forms of Zygarde are formed by the aggregation of cellular-like entities such as "cores" and "cells".

The Zygard cell resembles a green planarian, and a Zygard cell with 10% cellular morphology clusters looks like a Doberman Pinscher.

Zygarde, with 50% of its cells concentrated, resembles a king cobra; at 100%, it becomes the final Gundam form.

These cores and cells are distributed throughout Carlos and the Alora region, acting as the eyes of ecological surveillance.

Of these, only the core possesses its own consciousness.

As one of the few divine beasts that are widely dispersed and have the opportunity to be studied by the Alliance.

The core and cells of the Zygarde have been thoroughly studied by the Alliance scholars.

“Jiaozi, help me find that paper, Dr. Blatano’s.”

Natsume dodged the mud from the little ground squirrel and spoke to the proud child.

Soon, the phone was handed to Natsume.

This cluster of consciousness in Zygarde's work is called a swarm consciousness, and its essence is to generate global order through local interactions.

The 100% Zygarde, having gathered all the cells, is controlled by two cores.

Its ideology was pushed to the opposite extreme—"the core of individual will".

In the general understanding of scholars in the alliance, the core of individual will is highly fragile and far less resistant to destruction than the collective consciousness of a swarm.

It is static and resistant to change, far less dynamic and responsive to the environment than the collective consciousness of a bee colony.

However, at the same time, Zygarde in his 100% form perfectly embodies the core of a single will: absolutely centralized, totalitarian, and with a certain outcome.

This is the strength that must be demonstrated in the face of uncontrollable ecological destruction.
After reading the paper, Natsume turned his attention to the little ground squirrel.

This groundhog is strange. Its ideology gives Natsume the feeling of being a Zygarde cell or a Zygarde core.

It resembles both the swarm consciousness and a single-willed core.

[Ding! S-level project completed! Master Ball Scratch Card +1.]

The system's voice rang in his mind, and Natsume's expression turned strange.

Was his guess actually correct?
"But you only have three personalities, while others have at least a hundred cells."

As Natsume spoke, he grabbed the little ground squirrel that rushed towards him.

With a swift movement, he and Jiaozi appeared on the lakeshore.

"Beep—"

"Beep beep beep beep!!!"

The moment the little groundhog landed, countless groundhogs swarmed up, looking like they were about to confront him.

"Beep! Beep! Eek!" The little groundhog was startled and stood there, at a loss.

"Beep—" The leader of the three ground squirrels stepped forward with a dark face, making the little ground squirrel even more uneasy.

In Natsume's perception, all three personalities of the other person were uneasy.

Actually, it wasn't that the little groundhog intentionally got lost.

The other person is so capable of slapping themselves that they wouldn't even notice. It would be a miracle if they had grown up, let alone gotten lost.

Fortunately, it had always lived in groups of gophers; otherwise, it would have been a lone gopher living in the wild.

Natsume shook his head, expressing his condolences.

Suddenly, he felt someone pulling at his pants.

"Jiaozi, let go of my hand," Natsume said.

"It wasn't me," Jiaozi lowered her head, her face flushed.

Looking down, I realized it was a little ground squirrel.

"Beep-beep-hoo-ee-goo-"

Goodbye, everyone.

The same color as sour tree berries, so classy!
I will become the King of Gophers!
Three voices simultaneously resounded in Natsume's mind.

Amidst countless dark, peering eyes, the little groundhog hooked a field ball from Natsume's waist.

One bump on the head.

"Sizzle~" The little groundhog was caught in the ball.

The menacing swarm of ground squirrels were all taken aback.

Natsume: "."

It's rare that he can also be a safe haven for Pokémon.

The gopher colony had a heated discussion and finally decided that handing the baby gopher over to this human might be a good thing, given his headaches.

"Beep beep beep!" The little groundhog is yours now!
The lead group of three ground squirrels thanked Natsume sincerely and then turned to leave with the swarm.

They still need to find a new home.

"I know, but there's no need to rush."

As Natsume spoke, he released the little ground squirrel.

“You can continue to educate it.”

The little groundhog turned around and looked at Natsume.

"???"

This time, all three personalities acted in unison.

(End of this chapter)