Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 145 Sakaki Garden
What will happen to our badges?

At the Pokémon Center in Viridian City, Ash waved his hand and looked at Natsume.

"Go to Xiao Mao and get two; he happens to have ten."

As soon as Natsume finished speaking, Shigeru covered his badge box.

"Hey, hey, hey, these badges of mine have already been linked to my identity information by the Alliance. They're useless to you."

As Xiao Mao spoke, he carefully put away the badge box.

"That's strange. When I passed by the Viridian Dojo, it was closed again."

Xiao Gang, Xiao Xia, and Jiao Zi walked in carrying a large pile of things.

Their next stop was Zhenxin Town, and they couldn't go empty-handed, so they planned to buy something for Aunt Hanako.

"Yeah, and lots of people are going in and out, and it smells terrible inside." Xiaoxia put her things down and waved her hand dismissively.

"By the way, Ash, Jiaozi and I bought your mom two pretty outfits. When are we going back to Pallet Town?"

As Xiaoxia spoke, she held up the lavish packaging in her hand.

"Let's not talk about going home yet, I still don't have a badge."

Xiao Zhi held his head in his hands, slumped dejectedly on the dining table.

No one can beat the leader of the Tokiwa Dojo.

"Hey, kid?"

Musashi's buzzing sound rang out.

"Your badges."

Kojiro's buzzing voice rang out.

At the same time, a green badge shaped like a pine tree landed on the dining table.

Everyone turned around and saw that it was the Rockets trio.

However, Musashi and Kojiro had thick bandages wrapped around their heads, and Meowth's bottom was also wrapped in bandages.

"Were you beaten up?"

Xiaoxia looked at the three of them curiously.

"Let's leave this matter aside for now."

The trio glared angrily at Natsume, who had already picked up the badge.

"Natsume, Boss Sakaki wants to see you, meow!"

As she spoke, Meow Meow handed Natsume an invitation.

Natsume casually opened it, glanced at it twice, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

Although he sensed that Sakaki had ill intentions, he seemed to have no choice but to go.

"Natsume-nii, is this a trap?" Satoshi grabbed Natsume's arm.

"It's okay, if there's a trap, I'll just blow it up first."

The trio trembled and shook violently.

"Mr. Natsume, please!" A figure stepped out from behind Team Rocket.

It was Apollo, whom I had met briefly in Rainbow City before.

Natsume gave everyone a reassuring look and then left with Apollo.

Do you have any badges left?

Ash looked at Jessie, Kojiro, and Meowth with curiosity.

"Ahem, of course."

"We've been highly valued by Boss Giovanni. For the next two months, we'll be the acting gym leaders of the Viridian Dojo!"

Musashi coughed twice, almost letting something slip.

"Alright, I'll challenge you!"

Ash took out the red and white balls.

"No, unless you wager Pikachu!" Kojiro seized the opportunity and pointed at Pikachu.

"Then I won't play."

Ash picked up Pikachu and turned to leave.

“We can file a complaint against you for unjustly refusing a trainer’s challenge.”

A proud voice echoed softly.

The trio were taken aback.

They were initially indifferent, but then they remembered Boss Sakaki's dark expression yesterday.
"Wait a minute, we accept your challenge, meow!"

Meow Meow quickly stopped Ash.

Clearly, the trio didn't want to cause any more trouble.

Natsume followed Apollo to a private plane.

"Ah!" The driver was thrown down by Natsume using telekinesis.

Natsume continuously scanned the entire plane with his telekinesis. "Mr. Natsume, what are you doing?" Apollo asked with a forced smile.

"I'm afraid you'll cause trouble." With that, Natsume sat in the cockpit of the plane.

Apollo was taken aback, and quickly followed.

After a while, the helicopter took off.

The plane hovered in mid-air for a long time without making any move.

"What's wrong?" Apollo asked curiously, peering into the room.

"How do you fly this plane?" Natsume fiddled with the control panel, pressing buttons on it.

"What?" Apollo was taken aback.

"Mr. Natsume, you're really joking. If you didn't know how to drive, how did you get it hovering here?"

Apollo thought Natsume was joking.

"I don't know, I just pressed it twice."

Natsume pointed to the densely packed control buttons.

"Give me the instruction manual quickly. I have a strong learning ability. This should be the launch control."

As Natsume spoke, he pressed a button.

The next second, the two were launched with parachutes.

"boom!"

The helicopter crashed, flashing brightly with fire and then exploding.

Apollo: "."

In the air, two parachutes slowly descended.

The wind howled, and Apollo turned his head, staring intently at Natsume.

"I think the design of this airplane icon is unreasonable. The ejection icon should be changed from an airplane to a little person."

Natsume said earnestly.

He thought it was an airplane launching from a standstill, but it turned out to be a person launching from a standstill.

"Beep beep-"

The communication device clipped to Apollo's ear rang; someone was calling.

"Why is it taking so long? We're still not here?" Sakaki's voice rang out.

“Uh, we lost a helicopter.” Apollo paused, taken aback.

On the other end, Sakaki was full of question marks.

After several twists and turns, the two arrived at a private estate.

"Go away, go away! You won't let Lord Apollo here, what's wrong with you!"

The guard at the gate was terrified.

The man in front of you, dressed in tattered clothes and covered in dirt, who looks like a beggar, is actually Sakaki's right-hand man—Apollo!

"puff--"

Apollo spat out the rotten leaf from his mouth, glaring at the idle Natsume through gritted teeth:
"So, Mr. Natsume, is it safe now? Can we go in?"

Throughout the journey, Natsume acted as if he had paranoia.

The parachute landed, and Natsume threw the driver who came to pick them up out again, taking the driver's seat himself.

Apollo couldn't compliment the other driver's skills.

They fell into ditches three times, crashed into two trees, totaled four vehicles, and took a long detour.

Natsume has telekinesis, so it didn't affect him in the slightest; not a single drop of mud or water splashed on him.

How did you get your driver's license?
Apollo really wanted to ask Natsume a question.

"Driver's license? I don't have one."

A rumbling sound came from behind him. Realizing that Natsume had read his mind, Apollo immediately stopped thinking and turned around with a serious expression.

The moment he turned around, his face froze.

Suddenly, Natsume found himself sitting in the driver's seat of a large tanker truck.

The car is somewhat old overall, with a pair of golden inverted triangular headlights on the front.

Natsume gripped the steering wheel and called out to the gatekeeper:

"Open the door, open the door quickly."

The gatekeeper opened the gate in a daze.

"Rumble--"

Natsume stepped on the gas, smashing through the wall and crashing into the courtyard.

"Apollo, you have finally—"

As soon as Sakaki stepped outside, he saw a large truck running over bricks and hurtling towards him.

(End of this chapter)