Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 137 Red Lotus Island

The little hand with the middle-parted hair grabbed the blanket, making a net shape, but then Celebi disappeared in an instant.

"Pica-"

After a while, it threw the small blanket on the ground and sat down to sulk.

Trainers are really more trouble than they're worth!
"You're always thinking about sleeping on someone else; you're still just a child."

Hearing the slander in the man with the middle parting, a fist of justice descended from the sky.

With her hair parted in the middle and her eyes brimming with tears, she nestled into Jiaozi's arms.

"Being able to see the legendary Mythical Pokémon Celebi, this trip was truly worthwhile!"

Xiaoxia cupped her face in her hands, looking very happy.

"Gentlemen, let's continue our journey. It seems that Red Lotus Island has recently developed some hot spring tourism businesses."

Xiao Gang's voice rang out.

"Okay, let's hurry to Crimson Lotus Island and soak in the hot springs!"

Aside from Natsume's unease, everyone else was overjoyed and pressed on without hesitation.

Ash's defenses have been breached on Cinnabar Island.

"Along the way, we helped a Ditto enhance its transformation ability."

"Hmm." The blond old man nodded.

"And we passed through a forest full of Pikachu, and the guy with the middle parting even got beaten up by one of the Pikachu there."

As Ash spoke, he pointed to a Pikachu with a spiky, center-parted hairstyle perched on his shoulder.

“Pikachu—” The man with the middle parting nodded in deep agreement.

Those Pikachus were too savage; I had only eaten their fruit for one season.

In the end, Pikachu and Natsume found out that he had been beaten a second and a third time.

"Oh, you already said that." The blond old man didn't seem to care, and Ash continued to attack.

"We successively defeated the rampaging Exeggutor army and Aerodactyl, and my Charmander even evolved into Charizard!"

"You've said this for the third time, little brother," the blond old man said helplessly.

"We've been through so much, going through so many hardships to get to Cinnabar Island, and you're telling me the gym has closed down!"

Xiao Zhi pounded his chest and stamped his feet, looking like he couldn't breathe.

"But there's nothing I can do about it," the blond old man waved his hand.

"This is the site of the Crimson Lotus Gym. Go inside and search around; you might find the Crimson Lotus Badge."

As he spoke, the old man pointed to a collapsed ruin by the roadside.

"But I checked the League's information, and Crimson Lotus Gym is still registered there."

Xiao Gang walked over with the picture book, his voice filled with doubt.

Upon arriving on the island, Natsume disappeared. Ash led the group excitedly to the Cinnabar Gym.

When they arrived, there was nothing there, only ruins.

"Where's the paradise where trainers get stronger that I was promised?!" Ash said dejectedly.

Not only was the Cinnabar Gym gone, but along the way, few trainers were willing to accept Ash's challenge; they were all on vacation.

I haven’t even seen the battlefield; it’s all hot spring inns!

"This place is so strange, even the Pokémon Center has a hot spring service." Misty came over.

"It's that damned researcher from three years ago!"

The blond old man suddenly clutched his chest, his face filled with anger.

"The researcher? What happened to him?"

The three exchanged glances, and couldn't help but think of Natsume, who had suddenly disappeared.

"Three years ago, a damn researcher came to me. We used the volcano on Cinnabar Island to conduct Pokémon mimicry experiments."

"What did you say? You want to test whether Onix can transform into Crystal Onix in this environment."

The blond old man paused here, then gritted his teeth and said:
"The experiment failed, but the crater was blasted open, creating a bunch of hot springs."

"Three years later, it became what you described. Every household here opened a hot spring inn, and as a result, the Crimson Lotus Dojo rarely had any challengers and gradually went out of business."

"Ah, so that's it."

Xiao Zhi felt sorry for him.

"But grandpa, the tourism industry is very profitable. Shouldn't you be very happy? Why do you look so unhappy?" Jiaozi looked at the blond grandpa strangely.

Judging from the other party's tone, it seems they do not want Crimson Lotus Island to become like this.

"Ahem. Well, of course I'm happy about this. If other hot spring hotels are fully booked, you can come to my place."

The blond-haired old man said, handing out several business cards and coupons to everyone.

The business card has four large characters written on it: "Red Lotus Hot Spring".

"Okay, but grandpa, do you know where Blaine, the trainer at the Cinnabar Gym, is?"

As Ash spoke, he handed the picture of Blaine from the Pokédex to the blond old man in front of him for a look.

"I think Grandpa Blaine should still be on Crimson Island. Defeating him will get me the Crimson Badge!"

Xiao Zhi's excited voice rang out.

"Oh?" The blond old man took off his sunglasses and looked at Ash with surprise.

"Do you really want to challenge Blaine? He's a very skilled trainer."

"Oh dear, as a gym leader, he can't even adapt to opening a hot spring, which led to the gym's closure. His brain must be about the same as Ash's."

Xiaoxia's voice rang out.

"What...what can't be flexible?" The blond old man stammered, his face turning red.

After a while, he realized he had lost his composure and quickly put his sunglasses back on.

"Grandpa, are you Blaine's friend?" Ash asked the blond grandpa curiously.

"Ahem, since you're so eager to challenge Blaine, you should definitely come to my hot spring inn."

The blond old man didn't say much, just left this sentence, and then turned and left.

"What a strange old man, but all the other accommodations are indeed fully booked."

Everyone looked down at the business cards in their hands.

On the other side, Natsume stared blankly at the hot spring inn in front of him.

"Hello, wasn't this the Alliance's research base station on Crimson Lotus Island before?"

Natsume stopped a tourist who was entering or leaving the hotel.

"Oh, this used to be a research base, now it's a hot spring hotel," the tourist replied.

Natsume remained silent.

He came to borrow a dump truck.

Along the way, he tried to fuse with almost every motorcycle on the market using the Rotom-2.

Although I don't have time to work on any transformation process, I can still take a look at the various indicators of the motorcycle Rotom and make a statistical chart by increasing the number of motorcycle types.

Currently, all vehicles and Rotom, after merging, present an electric + fighting style.

Honglian Hot Spring.

No Natsume or dogs allowed.

At the entrance, everyone stared at the signboard, their lips twitching slightly.

In an instant, several gazes fell upon Natsume.

"Natsume-nii, you weren't the researcher who blew up the volcano three years ago, were you?"

Ash's voice rang out from behind.

"It is me. There is a statue of me in the center of Crimson Lotus Island to commemorate my contributions."

Honglian Hot Spring is located halfway up the mountain, offering excellent views and a panoramic view of most of Honglian Island.

Everyone looked in that direction and saw that there was indeed something resembling a statue behind the Pokémon Center.

Moreover, many tourists lined up to set off fireworks and firecrackers in front of the statue, as if in celebration.

"Don't listen to his nonsense."

Then, the blond old man reappeared and tossed several copies of "The Complete Guide to Crimson Lotus Island Folklore" to everyone.

The sixth activity – chasing the volcano ghost:
Legend has it that every three years, the Volcano Demon appears on Crimson Lotus Island, inducing a volcanic eruption.

The volcano ghost is afraid of loud noises, so it will disappear when the volcano erupts.

The hardworking and brave residents of Red Lotus Island erected a statue of the volcano demon and set off fireworks and firecrackers to drive it away.

After reading the introduction, I looked at the "Volcano Demon" statue in the book—it was none other than Natsume!
(End of this chapter)