Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 172 Zapdos Joins the Party (1300 Monthly Tickets)

The next day.

"Natsume-san, we can go register the Pokémon we'll use for the competition now!"

Early in the morning, Xiao Zhi's voice rang out from the doorway.

Natsume opened his eyes groggily. He hadn't slept well because he had been helping the middle-parted hairdresser until midnight last night.

"coming."

Turning his head, Natsume looked at the computer desk.

With his hair parted in the middle and his head resting on the keyboard, he was already asleep.

As Natsume approached, he discovered that the other person had only watched half of the online class.

"Pickup?"

In a daze, the man with the middle part felt himself being lifted up.

"Come with me to register for the competition."

Upon hearing this, the man with the middle parting breathed a sigh of relief.

The next second, Natsume handed it a cell phone.

Incidentally, I connected the two wires to the clips on both sides of the middle parting.

"The computer is too big. You'll use your phone to watch online classes from now on. You'll need to charge yourself. The 'I' in your mind will answer the specific questions."

"Pikachu, pikachu!" The man with the middle parting shook his head vigorously, indicating that the screen was too small and would hurt his eyes.

"Ok?"

Natsume unleashed the power of a trainer, and a powerful engine roared in the mind of the man with the middle parting.

"Pikachu!" The man with the middle parting nodded, indicating that the screen was small but the picture quality was excellent, and it was just the right size to hold in his arms.

"By the way, I've also downloaded the electronic version of that booklet about mythical beasts to my phone, so you can look at it anytime."

Natsume's voice came from the table. The person with the middle-parted hair, who looked utterly hopeless, suddenly raised his head, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Squeak~"

The door opened, and outside stood Xiaozhi and his group.

"Natsume-nii, let's hurry to the competition venue. After registering our competition information, we can also participate in the torch-passing ceremony!"

Ash's voice was filled with excitement.

He had heard that the league officials would select some lucky trainers from among those present to participate in the torch-lighting ceremony!
"Ah—don't be in such a hurry. Many Miss Joeys were transferred here during the competition. The process is quick, so it doesn't matter when you go."

Indigo League, Pokémon Center #1.

"Sorry, you have fewer than six Pokémon registered."

Miss Joey looked at Natsume apologetically.

Two Rotom, a middle-parted head, a giant Dragonite, a small Diglett, and Natsume's Pokémon are only five.

"Ash, can I borrow your Pikachu?"

Natsume brought Pikachu over.

"Natsume can only use Pokémon he caught himself." Nurse Joy's lips twitched, a forced smile on his face.

"Mr. Natsume."

Jiaozi blushed and stuffed a red and white ball into Natsume's hand.

“I saw it all.”

Joey's eye twitched slightly.

Don't treat her like she's just for decoration!

"That's strange. I remember in previous years, it wasn't limited to six Pokémon; any random few Pokémon could participate, right?" Natsume scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

Having six Pokémon in the competition will guarantee your maximum strength. If you are confident enough in your abilities, you can also try having five or four Pokémon.

"That's right, but Grandma Orange gave us a lot of suggestions for revision yesterday, so we must follow the rules."

Joey explained with a smile.

Many rules are known to those who understand them, so we turn a blind eye and do whatever is convenient for us.

Unfortunately, this year, the meticulous and old-fashioned Granny Orange is serving as the prosecutor of the Quartz Conference.

Moreover, Grandma Orange seemed very worried about the hygiene here, especially the air quality.

Early this morning, she teamed up with the other Joeys for a thorough cleaning.

“Natsume, you can go to the research institute where your Pokédex was issued and select a Pokémon to come here.”

As Joey spoke, she started to urge people on, as there were still quite a few people queuing behind her.

"That's it"

Natsume frowned slightly.

"We're doomed. All those Pokémon at the research institute ran away the moment you showed your face, Natsume."

Xiaoxia recalled the scene she had seen in the communication equipment at Yuejian Mountain.

However, most of those Pokémon were captured by Natsume for breeding and raising new Pokémon for his team. They belonged to Professor Oak's lab, so it's understandable that they weren't close to Natsume.

“There are also wild Pokémon around the Quartz Plateau, why don’t we catch one?” Brock suggested.

Natsume shook his head and refused.

Although he disliked trouble, he didn't want to catch Pokémon casually.

Subduing a creature means you must raise it responsibly and carefully; you can't do it casually.

In the future, we will also capture four Rotoms.

As for other Pokémon, Natsume's idea is that the fewer the better.

"What should we do?" Ash hung his head, he was in a hurry to attend the Fire Linking Ceremony.

But now it seems that Natsume-san has encountered some problems.

"Let's go to the fire-passing ceremony, and we'll register this afternoon."

Natsume waved his hand.

"Oh, what about you, Natsume-nii?" Ash asked with some concern.

"It's not a big deal."

Natsume walked ahead.

If all else fails, hire some cats to make a total of six.

Knowing the Rockets' usual behavior, they've definitely been secretly following them. Given the importance of the Link's Heart Festival, the trio will surely cause trouble, and we'll finally meet then.

However, just to be on the safe side, Natsume contacted Professor Oak's lab before heading to the Fire Linking Ceremony.

A flash of light appeared on the communication device, revealing Dr. Nishino Mori's figure.

The other person was covered in sweat, and the research institute behind him was in complete disarray, with many documents scattered on the ground and electric shock marks on the walls, as if it had just been robbed.

Even Dr. Nishino's face is covered with familiar, quirky graffiti.

"What's wrong, Dr. Nishinomori?"

Natsume looked at the other person strangely.

"Don't even mention it. Just yesterday, after you left, a bunch of Pokémon broke in," Nishino Mori said weakly.

"Oh? Are you alright, Professor?" Ash asked with concern.

"It's nothing serious, it's probably a misunderstanding. Those stray Pokémon were probably just too hungry."

"I've already settled them in the backyard. By the way, Natsume, what brings you here this time?"

Nishino Mori then remembered the important matter.

"Is such that."

Natsume gave a brief explanation of the situation.

"I see. This year it might be a bit stricter. It's lunchtime now, let me go ask for you."

As he spoke, Nishino Mori walked towards the backyard.

"Professor Nishino, you'd better put on protective gear," Natsume kindly reminded him.

"Why wear protective clothing? That's something only a young kid would do!"

Nishino Mori smiled and shook his head.

The Pokémon here are all very docile, so why would they need something like that?
The Pokémon at Professor Oak's lab and the Pokémon fostered by trainers live in two different areas.

The former is housed in a dedicated small building and managed according to standardized procedures.

The latter lives in nature, stretching all the way to the snow-capped mountain region.

Nishino Mori walked into a breeding base, where all sorts of Pokémon were busy eating.

Charmander, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Pikachu, and Eevee are the most common.

There are also many others such as Gardevoir, Onix, and Ditto.

Upon seeing Nishino Mori enter, the Pokémon that heard the noise instinctively looked up, but only glanced at him before quickly looking away.

"Is anyone willing to join Natsume at the Quartz Conference?"

Nishino Mori held up his phone, on which Natsume was beaming with a big smile.

"Hi--"

The next second, everything spun around, and all vision went black.

"What's wrong?" Xiaoxia asked curiously.

"Is the signal bad?" Xiao Gang looked over curiously.

"That's strange, it's so noisy over there, what's going on, Natsume-nii?" Ash asked Natsume.

"Um"

Natsume remained silent.

It's possible that Professor Nishino is being subjected to free-fighting.

"Gah-na!"

After a while, the other side was finally no longer completely dark.

The phone that Nishino Mori dropped seemed to have been flipped over by something, revealing a blue sky.

On either side of the field of vision, there were several tall blades of dry grass, which looked like they had fallen into the haystack.

Suddenly, a comical bald bird's head popped out.

"Gah—na?"

The bald bird head stared intently at the phone, then suddenly tilted its head and looked at Natsume with agitation and anger.

However, before it could make a move, Dr. Nishino picked it up.

"Ahem, alright, I see this child is willing to go, so let's go with him!"

When Nishino Mori's voice rang out, Zapdos was taken aback, and then a sharp glint flashed in its eyes.

At this moment, Nishino Mori looked extremely miserable.

His entire face was bruised and swollen, his glasses were all broken, and one of the temples was missing.

He grabbed the Zapdos as if it were a lifeline and hurriedly fled towards the research institute.

"Ah—how can you generate electricity? Is it because you're a bald, giant electric seagull, please don't shock me!"

Over there, came Nishino Mori's wailing, and everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Would Zapdos agree to help Natsume in the competition?" Brock felt it was a bit difficult.

However, the next second, a red and white ball was passed over by Nishino Mori.

"Alright, alright, don't come to me with this kind of thing next time."

“Zzz—” Nishino Mori hung up the communication.

At the same time, the red and white balls flashed, and a bald chicken appeared.

"Gana!!!"

Zapdos cried out excitedly, challenging Natsume.

It just instinctively spread its wings, looking exactly like a plucked chicken carcass.

"That's strange, two months have passed, why hasn't the hair on your body grown back yet?"

Natsume looked at Zapdos with a surprised expression.

Honestly, even if this Zapdos followed Magma and went hungry for three days and nine meals a day for two months, it would still grow a few feathers!

But now, the other person is still completely naked, with nothing on them, which is extremely ridiculous.

Zapdos was stunned for a long time after hearing Natsume's words.

It was actually a little confused as to why it didn't grow hair.

No, this isn't the time to think about that!
"Gah!" Zapdos continued to glare at Natsume, its eyes darting around, searching for a certain Pikachu.

(End of this chapter)