Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 167 Natsume Emerges from Seclusion (1100 Monthly Tickets)

Mewtwo disappeared with a group of cloned Pokémon, and Mew also quietly slipped away at some unknown time.

After sending Miss Joy back to Konoha City, Natsume returned to Pallet Town as quickly as possible.

This round trip took Natsume almost half a month.

There isn't much time left for him to write his paper.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Big Wood Research Institute.

"what--"

Natsume walked out of the room yawning, looking somewhat dejected, with an unshaven beard and dark circles under his eyes.

During this month, he finished writing articles about his Baby Ball, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, and Motorcycle Rotom.

Although the data is complete, it cannot be submitted simply like that. The data also needs to be visualized and plotted, along with an analysis of the results.
It was so troublesome that by the end, Natsume was in a daze and couldn't taste anything.

Fortunately, he has completed all of it and submitted it to the league for review.

Natsume took a deep breath, trying to relax, but suddenly his brows furrowed.

A faint burnt smell filled the air.

[True New Constitution status has been updated!]

Throughout the month, Natsume was under immense pressure, even blocking system messages.

Upon opening it, Natsume discovered that his poison resistance had risen to the level of 1 Intelligence.

That's strange, how did it go up?

Natsume was puzzled.

He spent the entire month writing articles and didn't do anything else.

"Natsume-nii, you've emerged from seclusion!"

The door opened, and Ash and his friends appeared at the entrance with their backpacks.

There seems to be a strange smell in the air.

As she walked in, Xiaoxia's nose twitched.

"Based on my experience, this smells like burnt food." Xiao Gang nodded with absolute certainty.

The group followed the smell and found the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Jiaozi stood in front of a stove, seemingly cooking something.

"Sister Jiaozi, what are you doing?" Xiaozhi asked curiously, peeking out.

"Make breakfast, Mr. Natsume!"

Jiaozi hurriedly turned her back, but it was too late to hide it.

All that could be seen in the frying pan was a dark, charred mass of carbonized material.

"It seems you've solved the problem that coal is a non-renewable resource."

Natsume then left.

He thought some instrument had burned out.

No wonder Natsume has found the food delivered by Jiaozi to him to be bitter for the past month.

However, time was of the essence, so Natsume didn't pay much attention; as long as it was edible, that was fine.

Seeing Natsume leave, Jiaozi dejectedly threw the pile of coal into the trash can.

The breakfasts used to be made by Natsume; they weren't very tasty, but they were still edible.

A month ago, Natsume went into seclusion, and Jiaozi took on this important task.

The moment the finished product was served, half of her heart died.

What if Mr. Natsume likes to eat it?

Natsume devoured the food in front of her.

However, it seems that Mr. Natsume is not a picky eater now.

"Natsume, it's so good to see you out of seclusion!"

Nishino Mori looked at Natsume with tears in his eyes, a ring of black charcoal around his mouth.

"Yes, but Professor Nishinomori, we are planning to head to the Quartz Plateau."

Natsume said, and sat down.

"Quartz Plateau?" Upon hearing this, Nishino Mori was taken aback.
"Speaking of which, I just remembered something."

Nishino Mori took the relief bread from Tsuyoshi and said:

“During the month you’ve been in seclusion, Granny Orange has contacted Oak’s research institute several times. You can go and call her back now.”

"Grandma Orange?" Natsume was taken aback.

"Professor Nishino, was Gengar present when you were making the video call?"

"Gengar?" Nishino Mori's expression turned somewhat strange.

"You can go and see them in the backyard."

they?

Natsume was taken aback, then immediately realized that Nishino was referring to his group of Pokémon.

Apart from the two Rotoms assisting him.

Natsume left the rest of the Pokémon in the backyard.

There shouldn't be any problem if we get together, right?

Come to the backyard.

Then you see a lion with a middle parting standing on top of the giant dragon's head, patrolling its territory.

Not far away, some Pokémon peeked out from the trees and bushes, looking timidly at the man with the middle parting. "Pikachu!" The man with the middle parting patted his chest the moment he saw Natsume.

Call me King Pikachu!
Natsume immediately understood what the other person meant, and his expression turned strange.

The next second, in the middle-parted man's mind, a hundred thousand alpacas galloped by.

"Pickup!"

The man with the middle parting changed his expression drastically, clutching his head in pain as he fell off the top of the giant dragon's head.

Oh no, the trainer's telekinesis seems to have reached an unknown level!

"Hmm?" The Great Dragonite reached out and caught the other party in confusion.

"You haven't had any special training for a month, and you seem to be having a lot of fun, even having time to act like a tyrant."

Natsume grabbed his middle-parted hair and pulled it up; he had just learned quite a bit from Nishino Mori.

As the iron fist of justice fell, the middle-parted-hair trainer dared not use the sleep strategy to resist, because doing so might allow the trainer to summon 100,000 jeeps to rush past.

"boom!"

Her hair was parted in the middle, and her eyes were brimming with tears.

It just wants to rule the entire backyard and make all the Pokémon pay tribute to it. Is it really that domineering?
"Where are Diglett and Gengar?"

Natsume looked around but couldn't find them.

"It should be in the area with the fruit trees, right?"

Dr. Nishino Mori took out an old-fashioned pipe, took a puff, and continued:
"Speaking of which, that Gengar is quite the expert!"

"Huh?" Natsume didn't react in time; Nishino Mori had already returned to the research institute.

Helpless, Natsume could only head to the berry area to search for the two Pokémon.

Under a sour tree fruit, Natsume did not find the little ground squirrel.

"Strange, why isn't it here?"

Natsume frowned and walked towards the area with the horseradish fruit without turning his head.

Surprisingly, Gengar was nowhere to be found here!
However, all the horseradish berries had been picked.

Natsume glanced at the signs of harvesting, which were most likely from about two weeks ago.

Moreover, there were some black sludge residues on the ground.

Could Gengar have used up all these horseradish berries?

Natsume followed the trail and walked into the distance.

The backyard of Professor Oak's lab is very large, extending all the way to the Lower Sky Mountains, and has a variety of ecological environments suitable for Pokémon to live in.

If Natsume wants to receive the Alliance's subsidies and get his own research institute and all the facilities there for free, then he must fulfill certain obligations.

Besides training new Pokémon, they also need to take care of some Pokémon sent by trainers for free.

The location of the research institute is therefore of paramount importance.

On his first attempt, Natsume chose Shinshin Town as the location.

He's been thinking about it for the past couple of days, and the specific location could be built on the other side of the snow mountain.

With a "whoosh," a purple humanoid figure appeared in front of Natsume.

"Natsume, what are you doing here?"

"Mewtwo, what are you doing here?"

The two said in unison.

After a while, Mewtwo was the first to react, remembering what Natsume had said about the research institute that day, and realized that this was the place.

It originally planned to take the cloned Pokémon to find a stable new home, and the snowy mountains were a good option.

"So, have you changed your mind and decided to become a researcher exploring nature, Pokémon, and humans?" Natsume asked.

Mewtwo's ears twitched, and after a long pause, it still shook its head in refusal.
"No, I want to be alone for a while now. I'll take the cloned Pokémon to the other side of the snow mountain."

As he spoke, Mewtwo disappeared.

The other side of the snow-capped mountain... yes, that's my land too.

Natsume remained silent and continued searching for Gengar and Diglett.

In the end, Natsume found the two in a wasteland.

The little ground squirrel is digging a hole, while Gengar uses telekinesis to manipulate it, placing one horseradish berry after another into the hole.

With each horseradish berry buried, a small patch of black soil and a trickle of water are drawn into the pit by Gengar.

According to Nishino Mori, Gengar and Diglett have been mysteriously going out early and returning late these days, apparently doing this.

They seem to be doing a pretty good job.

Natsume leaned closer, took a look, and then froze on the spot.

That's not black soil, it's black sludge, and the water isn't water either, it's Professor Oak's treasured cellar wine.

“Yes, you won’t be able to grow horseradish berries like this,” Natsume reminded him.

"Genga Genga!" Gengar said, unconvinced, and instead danced around excitedly.

"You're saying you didn't grow horseradish fruit, but a spicy mud tree with a wine flavor?" Natsume's lips twitched.

"If you put these things together, they will only grow horseradish fruit."

Natsume shook his head again.

Moreover, given Gengar's planting methods, it would be a miracle if any seedlings even sprouted.

"Gengga"

Upon hearing this, Gengar's excitement vanished completely.

(End of this chapter)