Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 169 Quartz Plateau
The following day, everyone gathered at Oak's Research Lab.

After some preparation, they set off on their journey to the Quartz Plateau.

Natsume has a total of six Pokémon on him: two Rotom, a middle-parted dragon, a giant dragonite, a small diglett, and a Gengar.

Ash carries six Pokémon with him: Charizard, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Pidgeotto, Gastly, and Pikachu.

"Professor Nishino, if we need to exchange Pokémon during the competition, I'll be counting on you!"

At the entrance of the research institute, Nishino Mori saw everyone off.

Quartz Plateau, located in the western part of the Kanto region.

Starting from Pallet Town, the journey is not far, and the two are even adjacent, just passing through the entire Low View Reserve.

The main time was spent on its winding mountain roads.

"Seriously, wasn't the Alliance headquarters supposed to be here? Why don't they build a cable car line or something?" Xiaoxia panted as she climbed the stairs.

Ahead of them stretched an endless series of steps leading straight to the mountaintop, the latter half disappearing into the clouds and out of sight.

"We need to hurry and get to the hotel we booked before dark so we can get a good night's sleep and be full of energy to watch the torch relay ceremony tomorrow."

Xiao Gang's voice came from ahead.

"That's easy for you to say." Xiaoxia glanced weakly at the crowd in front of her.

At the very front, Pride sat atop a Rotom Poké Ball, while Natsume was being held high by Gengar and fast asleep.

"Xiaoxia, what are you doing!"

Ash, who was at the very front, couldn't take it anymore. He rushed down, grabbed Misty's hand, and started sprinting like crazy.

"Stop it!"

Xiaoxia paled, and then a feeling of weightlessness washed over her.

Ash really stopped, and due to inertia, Misty was suspended in the air and fell heavily onto the steps in front of her.

"Huh, has Natsume-san's Rotom improved again? What kind of Poké Ball is this?"

Ash stared in astonishment at the Rotom-class Ultra Ball under the Prodigy's bottom.

Although the stripes on its body are somewhat similar to those of a high-level ball, its base color has turned into a light purple.

"What's different? It really is! Rotom seems to have grown a mouth?" Xiaoxia rubbed her bottom and looked at Rotom with curiosity.

At the center of the Dream Ball, the button with its vertical pupil shape, paired with Rotom's eyes, looks exactly like a huge mouth.

"Sister Jiaozi, do you know what this is?" Xiaozhi and Xiaoxia looked at Jiaozi curiously.

"Uh, I'm not quite sure either," Jiao Zi said, scratching his head sheepishly.

She was just tired from traveling, so she called out Mr. Natsume's precious Rotom to rest for a bit.

The prodigy also noticed the changes in Rotom, the advanced ball.

However, Natsume seemed very tired. He called out Gengar from the beginning of the climb and slept from beginning to end.

"Pica-"

On one of Xiao Zhi's shoulders, a man with a middle part yawned, his head drooping like a chick pecking at rice.

It wanted to sleep, but it knew it couldn't.

Trainers are getting more and more twisted.

Natsume put something into his head.

Now, whenever someone with a middle parting closes their eyes, a "Natsume" will inevitably appear in their mental world.

However, this Natsume is in chibi form.

Once you close your eyes, what awaits you with your middle-parted hair is a special test of willpower.

And this chibi version of Natsume is really elaborate.

Not only does it drive a Jeep to create its own path, but it also leaves various kinds of small pancakes along the way.

These little pancakes will automatically fly into his body whenever the man with the middle parting has the urge to eat them.

Then, the middle-parted hairstyle will experience all sorts of strange states, such as slowing down, moving in the opposite direction, or feeling weightless.
One wrong move and you could get hit by a jeep and sent flying.

The chibi version of Natsume claims that resisting temptation is also a manifestation of willpower.

Now, the man with the middle parting is too afraid to sleep.

Because once you fall asleep, it's inevitable that you'll wake up covering your head.

But nothing can stop it from sleeping with its head parted in the middle, not even itself.

"Phew~" The guy with the middle parting didn't even realize that he had already fallen asleep.

next second.

"Pikachukakaka!!!"

It covered its head, looking dazed, and suddenly fell off Xiao Zhi's shoulder.

"Thorn-"

A green beam shot out from Rotom's huge mouth, sucking the creature in. A moment later, the creature, now fully recovered, was expelled and returned to Ash's shoulder.

"Come here, Rotom." The proud one sat on Rotom's lap and smiled as he fed the other a small sip of PP supplement.

"What a perfect virtuous cycle!" Xiaoxia exclaimed, stunned.

I never expected that Natsume could also train his middle-part hairstyle.

His middle-parted hair and expression of utter despair were captivating.

It felt it was getting further and further away from its goal of daily training.

The performance of the Dream Ball Rotom seems to be much stronger than that of the Ultra Ball.

Even if I complete my divine duties, the other person might just need a few more treatments.

"Pikachu!" No way!
He made up his mind with his middle parting.

I must complete the Divine Role before the Trainer creates the fully evolved Rotom-class Poké Ball!

"Pikachu!" Pikachu tilted his head, looking at the middle-parted hair with a strange expression.

The latter pulled out a small notebook.

On the small notebook was a large bird engulfed in flames.

In the evening, the group finally reached the mountaintop.

"We made it up! We finally made it up!"

Xiaoxia's legs went weak, and she leaned helplessly against the large stone pillar at the end of the steps.

A banner hung between two large stone pillars, with words of welcome written on it.

"This is Indigo Plateau, a free hotel provided by the League for participating trainers and spectators."

Xiao Gang, holding the map, took the lead.

"We'll go to the Pokémon Center, and then we can check the hotels we've booked."

"Gengar, come back."

Natsume's voice rang out.

"Natsume-nii, you're awake!"

Ash turned around and looked at Natsume with surprise.

On his shoulder, with his middle-parted hair, he held the illustrated encyclopedia of mythical beasts, reading it with great concentration.

Bathed in the glow of the setting sun, the man with the center-parted hair wore an expression of unwavering determination.

"Ah~" Natsume yawned and turned to look at the Dream Ball Rotom.

The internal circuitry of the Mewtwo Ball is almost identical to that of the Ultra Ball.

Natsume could easily develop it to a level that Rotom could integrate into.

However, time was running out.

I spent a month working on my thesis, and on the first night after leaving the country, I stayed up all night again.

Natsume didn't have time to look closely before he fell asleep.

All he remembered was that the Dream Ball Rotom seemed to have gained new functions.

Open the system identification panel.

Rotom (Dream Ball Form), LV56

【Attributes: Electricity + Super Power. 】

【种族值：600(生命：200、物攻：20、特攻：40、物防：160、特防：160、速度：20)】

[Skills: Curse Ball, Heal Ball, Extinction Ball, Robin Hood Ball, Protect]

[Ability: Mewtwo Ball (has a predatory and powerful suppressive effect on Pokémon).]

Upon seeing this, Natsume was stunned.

No changes?

No, it seems there are a few extra words in "characteristics".

Predatory nature...that does fit the characteristics of the Dream Ball quite well.

In Natsume's mind, the scene of Mewtwo Ball absorbing everyone's Pokémon flashed by; it was practically no different from being a bandit.

However, Natsume still needs to verify the purpose of these three extra words through battles.

Fortunately, the Quartz Conference is full of battles.

Gengar carried Natsume and followed the others, soon arriving at the Pokémon Center in Indigo Plateau.

As soon as they entered, Natsume and the others saw someone they had expected.

"Grandma Orange!?"

(End of this chapter)