Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 17: Conversation with Wu Neng, S-level project completed

[Ding! Today's battle data collection is successful, and you received a scratch-off lottery ticket x1.]

Natsume thought about it, and a scratch-off ticket with red and white balls printed on it appeared in his hand.

"System, why not Super Ball?"

[Combat data collection tasks will give you random quality scratch cards.]

"Okay." Natsume threw the red and white ball scratch-off lottery ticket back into the system space indifferently.

It’s better to save up some of these lowest quality scratch-off tickets and scratch them all together when the time comes.

"Rotom, open the map."

"T--"

The Rotom mobile phone floated in front of him and showed Natsume a map of Nibi City in detail.

After observing for a while, Natsume clicked on the map and followed the navigation.

In order to prevent him and Xiaozhi from getting lost at certain moments, he stuck micro-locators on each other's clothes.

Soon, according to Rotom's navigation, Natsume found Satoshi and his group.

It is a small power house by a small river in the suburbs.

When Natsume arrived, there were already faint flashes of lightning in the power house.

There is an extremely huge roller on the part of the power house closest to the river.

It is the dry season now and there is no water flow in the river to drive the roller.

Xiaozhi stood on the roller, which was only two baffles high, and pedaled the roller like he was riding a bicycle, making it fly up.

Looking at Xiaozhi, whose size was in stark contrast to the roller, Natsume's mouth twitched slightly.

He is worthy of being the new Ultraman.

At the door, Xiaoxia held her backpack in front of her, as if she was a little afraid of the lightning that flashed from time to time inside.

"The lightning will be even brighter later."

Natsume walked by and reminded him.

"Huh? Do you want me to leave right away?"

"No, you can also choose to stand behind a reliable man, like Xiaozhi."

Natsume shrugged.

"What do you mean by that?"

Xiaoxia blushed slightly and jogged back with her bag in her arms.

"squeak~"

Natsume pushed the door open and the wooden door of the cabin creaked.

Inside, Pikachu sat upright on a stool, with a wire extending from a generator tied to each of the power-storing cheek pouches on his face.

"Natsume, you're here."

Wu Neng didn't seem to be surprised at Natsume's arrival at all. He said without turning his head.

"I'm curious, where did you learn this method?"

Natsume squinted his eyes and looked at the value on the generator screen. It was Pikachu's average current tolerance limit. It was obvious that Wu Neng was not messing around.

"Well, when I was a gym trainer, I was also a Pokémon breeder. The Nibi City gym also had a Pokémon breeding business."

Wu Neng's tone was filled with melancholy as he began to recall:

"I discovered this method by accident. By passing a specific electric current through the body, the moves of Electric-type Pokémon can be greatly enhanced."

"Some Electric-type Pokémon with good talents can even be strengthened to more than three times their original strength!"

Wu Neng's tone became more serious, and Natsume beside him was also a little surprised.

three times!
Although Pikachu's racial stats are generally low, if its moves could be tripled, its attack power would be close to that of a legendary beast!
No wonder alpacas have to use slate to block Pikachu's 100,000 volts.

If this is the case, you can also give me an electric bead. Tsk tsk tsk tsk.

This was the first time Natsume had heard such a statement. He quickly suppressed his inner thoughts and continued to ask Chao Wuneng:

"and then?"

"Then," Wu Neng suddenly became disappointed, "I promoted this method to the trainers who came to my breeding house to foster Electric-type Pokémon."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Natsume was stunned after saying this.

No, if this were a good thing, this method would have been known to everyone.

"But the good times didn't last long." Wu Neng's voice suddenly choked.

"These electrical-type Pokémon that have been enhanced by electric current will suddenly drop in level after a period of time, and many trainers have abandoned them because of this."

".I am guilty. I am unworthy of being a gym trainer in Nibi City."

Natsume: “???”

Hearing Wu Neng's words, Natsume was stunned for a moment, then he reacted.

So in the original storyline, Pikachu's levels are reset every time he changes regions. This is all your fault! ?
"Then you also use it on Ash's Pikachu?"

Natsume asked a soul-searching question.

Wu Neng, who was sobbing softly, froze. After a while, he wiped away his tears and looked at Natsume:
"After spending the past few days together, I've also discovered that this kid has a deep bond with Pikachu. He's definitely not the type to abandon his Pokémon!"

Hearing this, Natsume was stunned. Following Wu Neng's gaze, he looked at Xiaozhi outside the window.

At this moment, Xiaozhi was completely unaware and just pedaled the roller.

"Yeah." Natsume didn't say anything, based on his understanding of Xiaozhi.

Even if Wu Neng told Xiaozhi the truth, he would just laugh and say, "What's the big deal? We just need to get stronger, right, Pikachu?"

Ash never measured the bond between himself and Pokémon by strength.

But this is not a good idea either. I don’t know if there is any way to solve this problem.

"Come on, Pikachu!"

From outside, Xiaozhi's passionate voice was heard.

"Pickup!"

Inside, Pikachu's face showed a look of patience.

"Pikachu is reaching his limit, let's get out first."

Wu Neng suggested.

Natsume nodded silently.

He was actually a little unhappy with Wu Neng's unauthorized decision-making.

If he had been informed in advance, he might have been able to find a way to solve the side effects of these problems, and by the way, publish a paper.

The moment he stepped out of the wooden house, a flash of lightning shot up into the sky. In Natsume's mind, the system's voice followed one after another:

[Ding! S-rank project - Decoding Ash's Pikachu has been completed. Rewards have been distributed. Subsequent projects have also been distributed.]

[S-level project - "Creating an Electrical Enhancement Training System with No Side Effects" has been issued!]

There was a scratch-off ticket with a Master Ball pattern printed on it in my backpack, and another S-level task came.

Natsume raised his eyebrows slightly.

But soon, he felt his body go numb.

"mound--"

The lightning behind him grew stronger and stronger, and the roof of the entire wooden house was blown off.

There was no sound of people or birds around, leaving only the crackling sound of lightning shooting into the sky.

After a long time, the lightning gradually dimmed.

"Eh? Is it over?"

Behind Xiaozhi, Xiaoxia held up her shield, carefully exposed her head, and looked around.

It didn't matter that she saw it, Xiaoxia was shocked.

The entire wooden house had turned to charcoal, and the surrounding pebbles were pitch black.

At the door of the wooden house, there stood two dark figures - Natsume and Takeno, both of them exhaled a puff of black smoke from their mouths.

"Pickup!"

A yellow figure rushed out of the wooden house.

"Pikachu!"

Xiaozhi was facing the wooden house, and the area in front of him was also dark due to the electric shock, but he was still as calm as ever. He took two steps at a time and picked up Pikachu.

"Xiaozhi, let me check."

On the side, Natsume came to Xiaozhi with a dark face.

"Okay, Natsume-san, check it out."

Ash raised Pikachu and aimed it at Natsume.

Mobile Rotom flew over on his own accord and aimed at Pikachu.

After scanning for a while, Natsume touched his chin, and a look of as expected appeared in his eyes.

Pikachu's attack and special attack reference racial values ​​have doubled.

Racial value has been improved!

This means that Pikachu received more than just a one-time boost to his dual attack, but in every subsequent upgrade, Pikachu's dual attack stats increased more than any other Pikachu.

At this time, if Mewtwo uses the electric ball that can double the special attack and attack ability values, followed by Pikachu's 100,000 volts, the shield will have to be opened.

"Natsume-san, how's Pikachu?"

Seeing Natsume in front of him being silent, Xiaozhi became a little panicked.

"No, Pikachu is in good condition."

"I was so scared, I thought something happened to Pikachu."

Xiaozhi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately returned to his previous energetic self:
"Okay, without further ado, I'm going to challenge the Nibi City Gym now!"

"Wait a moment!"

Wu Neng called out to Xiaozhi.

"It's getting late now, the Nibi City Gym is closed."

"Yeah, Xiaozhi, we're all covered in dust and dirt right now. It's best to go back and rest first."

Not far away, Xiaoxia came over with a bag on her back and also made a suggestion.

"Come on, let's go back to the Pokémon Center and rest up."

Natsume made the final decision.

(End of this chapter)