Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 131 Fossil Production Area, Isn't This a Kind of Talent? (Bonus Chapter for 500 Monthly Tickets)

At night, everyone gathered together.

Ash caught a total of thirty Tauros.

All the Hunting Balls were transported to Professor Oak's lab via a teleportation device.

"Ah—Natsume, when are you guys coming back?"

On the other side of the screen, Hanako looked haggard, and behind her, a large herd of Tauros galloped past.

"Two badges are still needed. About twenty days." Natsume thought for a moment.

"Twenty days or so?" Hanako was taken aback.

"In that case, you guys are pretty fast. You'll have two and a half months to get back to Pallet Town."

As Hanako spoke, her eyes darted around, as if she had thought of something happy.

"Alright, have a great trip! Ash, remember to come home soon!"

After saying that, the screen went dark.

"By the way, where's our next gym?" Ash asked, bringing over a plate of small rice cakes.

"The Cinnabar Gym on Cinnabar Island is rumored to be a sacred training ground that all League trainers aspire to visit."

"A sacred place for cultivation?" Xiao Zhi's fighting spirit soared.

Then, Natsume touched his nose and suddenly shut his mouth.

The sun was shining brightly; three days had passed since the group left the wilderness area.

"My God, how far is Crimson Lotus Island? It seems like it will never end."

Xiaoxia, holding an umbrella, gazed wearily ahead.

"Weren't we just coming out of the amusement park? Why are you tired again?"

At the very front, Xiao Gang looked back.

"He who has gone a hundred paces is only halfway there at fifty. I think Xiaoxia must be thinking of giving up on going back to Cerulean City," Xiaozhi chimed in.

"Take care of your Charmander first!" Misty roared.

Upon hearing this, Xiaozhi shrank back and turned to look at Natsume at the very back.

"Natsume-nii, what's wrong with my Charizard?"

Natsume held a Master Ball in his hand.

Although the advanced Rotom ball hasn't been made yet, Natsume only needs a safe laboratory.

Along the way, another Rotom was consciously battled by Natsume against other trainers, and its level began to catch up.

Before returning to Viridian City after challenging the Cinnabar Gym, Rotom #2 is expected to take over the research from the Motorcycle.

Then, return to Oak's lab, create the Ultra Ball Rotom, and use the two months or so of waiting for the League Tournament to publish the compiled data in a paper.

While waiting for the Alliance to approve his doctoral degree, Natsume can take some time to go to Quartz Plateau to participate in the Alliance Tournament.

A flawless time arrangement!
"Natsume-nii, what are you thinking about?" Seeing that Natsume was ignoring him, Satoshi reached out and waved his hand.

"What's wrong?" Natsume asked Ash.

"Ever since Charmander evolved yesterday, it hasn't been listening to me much. Why is that?"

Xiao Zhi seemed a little frustrated.

"This?" Natsume suddenly remembered.

Yesterday, they passed by an amusement park where there was a group of crazy Exeggutor trees, which were all driven back by Charmander's fire attack.

It was around that time that Charmander evolved into Charmeleon.

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

Natsume didn't answer, but the boy with the middle parting in the girl's arms spoke first.

"Natsume-san, what did the guy with the middle parting say?" Ash asked curiously.

"Oh, it says Charmeleon owes Jeep." Natsume glanced at the man with the middle parting, who guiltily closed his eyes.

The guy with the middle parting urgently needs a good comrade to help him draw fire.

Its dream defense and evasion abilities are getting stronger and stronger, and the trainer's dream jeep is also showing signs of being upgraded to a semi-trailer.

"You owe a Jeep?" Ash tilted his head in confusion.

"I think the middle parting hairstyle means that Ash and Charmeleon should train more and get to know each other better, right?" Misty chimed in.

"Really?" Ash said, and did just that.

"Come out, Charmeleon!"

A flash of red light appeared, and a bright red Pokémon with a slightly fierce appearance emerged.

"Roar—" The moment it came out, a jet of flame rushed towards Ash, burning him to a crisp.

"Charmeleon, let's train!" Ash exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Hmph!" A wisp of hot air escaped from its nostrils as Charmeleon tilted its head.

"Hmm, I've heard that some Pokémon undergo drastic personality changes after evolving," Misty shook her head.

"Pika pika pika!"

The man with the middle parting was shouting from the side, trying his best to secure a jeep spot for the Fire Dinosaur.

“They don’t need it.” Natsume glared at the man with the middle parting.

The latter, looking dejected, stuck the two wires to its electrical bag and fell silent. On the back of the young man was a battery device resembling a backpack.

This is the upgraded eighth-tier carnival chair for Natsume.

Ash was disappointed and lowered his head when he saw that Charmeleon was completely ignoring him and that training was impossible.

"Natsume-kun, do you have any other ways to improve the relationship between Pokémon?"

“Yes,” Natsume said, handing a book to Satoshi.

"Eight Hundred Poems of Pokémon?" Ash was taken aback, feeling like he'd heard the name somewhere before.

"Ah~ your Pokémon name, my love~ the years of wind and snow," Ash recited it word for word.

"Idiot, at least say it's Charmeleon!" Misty punched Ash.

Before Xiaoxia and Charmeleon could make a move, a strong stream of water swept over them, smashing the book in Xiaozhi's hand to pieces.

"Hey, who is it?"

Ash realized what was happening, but all he found ahead was a Squirtle.

"Kami kami—"

"Is that a Carmitroth just like Shigeru's?"

"What do you mean, just like Shigeru? This is my own Katsuyu!"

From behind a huge rock emerged Xiao Mao and his cheerleading squad.

"Why are you here?"

Ash looked at Gary curiously.

"This is a famous fossil-producing area in the Kanto region, why can't I be here?"

Xiao Mao looked at the other person with a strange expression.

"Everyone, there's a research site ahead!" Xiao Gang's voice came from afar.

"This place is open now; trainers can go in and search for fossils," Gary said earnestly.

"I've been here for several days now, and the fossils I've collected can't even fit in one tent!"

As he spoke, Shigeru moved closer to Natsume:
"So, Natsume-nii, do you think I've studied the sense of smell?"

Natsume raised an eyebrow, realizing that Shigeru wanted him to get it appraised.

"no problem."

Natsume agreed, and soon everyone followed Shigeru to a hillside.

Beyond the hillside, on the other side of the mountain, trainers dressed in mountaineering gear, carrying shovels or pickaxes, were carefully digging something.

"Come, come, everyone look over here."

Xiao Mao clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention.

Behind him was a large green tent.

With a sudden rip, the tent was revealed to be filled with tiny stones.

Xiao Mao rummaged around inside for a while, then came out with a fist-sized rock.

"Natsume-nii, what do you think? This spiral pattern must be from an Omanyte, right?"

Xiao Mao proudly handed over the masterpiece he had found.

"Hmph, how about that? Many people haven't been able to sell anything for days, but I've already found this much in just two days!"

Xiao Mao's nose was practically sticking up to Xiao Zhi's head.

Omanyte?
Natsume was taken aback. Where was there an Omanyte the size of a fist? Could it be some new discovery?

Natsume's expression turned strange upon seeing the fossil that Shigeru handed him:
"This is fossilized feces."

"Wh-what?" Xiao Mao exclaimed in surprise.

"Pfft, hahahaha—" Ash finally couldn't hold back and burst into laughter, clutching his stomach.

"Then what about this one!" Shigeru, skeptical, handed Natsume another relatively intact fossil.

"This must be some kind of prehistoric caterpillar, and it's huge!" Xiao Mao asserted.

“This is long, thin stool,” Natsume nodded.

"Ah—" Xiao Mao clutched his head in despair.

"Shouldn't you be happy?" Natsume looked at Shigeru strangely.

"Poop fossils are relatively rare among fossils, and you found two of them at once."

"What's the use of being rare?!"

Xiao Mao remained in despair.

"Of course it's useful. Fossilized feces can reveal a lot, such as diet analysis, behavioral analysis, and food chain niches."

Natsume rattled off more than a dozen uses in one breath, and the more Shigeru listened, the more he felt that his scientific research intuition was exceptional.

"Natsume-nii, I have a few more here!"

As he spoke, Xiao Mao excitedly pulled several complete fossils out of the tent.

Natsume fell silent as he looked at the fossilized feces scattered on the ground.

Isn't that a kind of talent?
(End of this chapter)