Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 184 The Heart of Competition
Why do I have to go?

Xiao Zhi looked puzzled.

"The Orange Alliance meeting is in two months, aren't you going to attend?"

Professor Oak and Natsume exchanged a glance, and the latter immediately understood and began to offer advice.

"Orange League? What's that?" Ash asked curiously.

"The Orange League is just a small competition held in the Southern Cross Islands. You don't even know that? Are you from Kanto?" Xia complained.

"Held on Citrus Island, although not as large as the Quartz Conference, it is still an official event, and the winners will be able to enter the Hall of Victory."

Xiao Gang pulled out a map and pointed to a small island on it.

"Okay, Natsume-nii, let's go to the Orange Alliance!"

Xiao Zhi immediately became excited.

"I'll pass for now," Natsume waved his hand in refusal.

"Why?" Xiao Zhi immediately slumped down.

He was even hoping to compete against Natsume in the Orange League.

"Because I have already challenged the Orange League."

"Really? How's your record, Natsume-nii?" Ash asked excitedly.

"Yeah, I got blocked by the head trainer on Citrus Island." Natsume rubbed his nose.

Even before going back to his room to sleep, Ash kept pestering Natsume, wanting to know what the other had done.

Natsume did not give a direct answer, but simply explained:

"You'll know when you get to the Hall of Victory there."

"Okay, I will definitely defeat the chief trainer, enter the Hall of Victory, and leave my handprint and that of my Pokémon!"

Xiaozhi clenched his fists.

Although Natsume didn't say much, he learned a lot about the Orange Alliance.

For example, the Orange League challenge is not like the Indigo League, where many trainers battle each other to select the strongest.

Challengers to the Orange League only need to defeat one person—the Chief Trainer of Orange Island.

"This top trainer is just as strong as the Elite Four members, Ash, you'd better be careful."

Natsume instructed.

"Alright, Pikachu, let's go train now—"

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Zhi disappeared.

Speaking of training
A red light flashed, and a Pokémon egg appeared in my arms.

Natsume looked down and examined the Zapdos egg.

During his battle with Ash, Natsume also noticed some peculiarities about the Zapdos egg.

For example, the other person's name is all questions?
However, Natsume has now given it a temporary name and entered it into the system.

Zapdos, LV32

[Attributes: Electric + Fire]

【Characteristic: Competitive Spirit】

The Zapdos egg's attributes changed from Electric/Flying to Electric/Fire.

An unprecedented combination of attributes.

Its characteristics have also changed from a "powerful" sense of oppression to a competitive spirit full of questions.

However, after battling Ash, Natsume can now see the effects of the Competitive Spirit.

[Competitive Spirit: Zapdos marks an enemy Pokémon as a formidable foe that must be defeated. Zapdos will be difficult to defeat until the foe falls. When faced with a fatal blow, it will withstand the attack. The number of times it can withstand an attack depends on its Will to Win, and the current Will can sustain it for six turns.]

[The above results are based on on-site testing and are for reference only.]

Natsume narrowed his eyes.

It's linked to willpower.
"Middle-parted hair, you have a cellmate now."

A flash of red light appeared, and the middle-parted hairstyle was revealed.

"Pickup?"

The man with the middle parting tilted his head and looked at the Zapdos egg with a strange expression.

After a long while, the little brain with the middle parting finally figured out what had happened.

“Pikachu—)”

With tears welling up in her eyes, her hair parted in the middle.

That's great! Finally, someone is sharing the burden with me!

"Hey, you with the middle part, would you like to train with Zapdos Egg?" Natsume asked with a smile.

"Pikachu, pikachu!" The man with the middle parting nodded vigorously.

Yes, of course I'm willing.

How could anyone not want to share the burden?

However.
"Zetsukuyon, dive, dive, keep diving!"

The inner world of someone with a center parting.

On the vast land, a Pikachu is frantically fleeing.

Behind it, a cute little character drove a jeep, roaring towards it.

The man with the middle parting didn't dare to conjure up a small pistol to retaliate.

Because if it dares to stop, the "bombers" overhead will come down to punish it!
In the instant his mind wandered, a "bomb" with flashing flame patterns landed on his head.

"Pica-"

The next day, Natsume woke up feeling refreshed.

He felt like a genius!
A middle-part hairstyle requires cultivating the willpower to face fear and requires nightmares.

Zapdos needs to cultivate a strong will to win and requires challenges.

Why not just turn Zapdos into a nightmare with a middle parting?
Since the middle-parted bird is so fast, it will be very challenging for Zapdos to catch up with it and deliver a good blow.

Once Zapdos hatched from its egg, Natsume felt that all he needed to do was cast a psychic buff on it.

Then, the role of "coach" can be handed over to Zapdos, and the two can have a love-hate relationship in the dream world, so Natsume won't have to worry about anything.
On the road in Pallet Town.

"Pickup!"

A Pikachu with a spiky middle parting leaped high into the air, its tail glowing with a silvery-white light, and smashed straight at a Pokémon egg hopping along the roadside.

It's like a chicken and a dozen eggs!

The man with the middle-parted hair began to contort his expression.

"P-Pikachu!"

Jiaozi grabbed the back of the middle-parted man's neck and rubbed his face with her slender, green hands.

His fingertips brushed across the pocket of his center-parted hair, creating wisps of electricity, and Jiaozi laughed.

"With that middle parting hair, you'll get a warning from the Pokémon Protection Association."

"Pickup!"

With his hair parted in the middle and his arms crossed, he looked utterly defiant.

It's a Pokémon too, don't be afraid!
The man with the middle parting now deeply regrets it; he should have refused outright in the first place.

I originally thought Zapdos could share some of the hardships with me.

In the end, the other party became the biggest storm!

Like a red-eyed demon, he charged forward relentlessly, and the man with the middle parting felt that the other party had some ulterior motives involved.

"If you dare to take action in reality, why don't you dare in your dreams?"

Beside him, Natsume looked at the man with the middle parting with a puzzled expression.

"Pickup!"

The man with the middle parting was furious and glared at Natsume.

Can they be the same? In the dream, Natsume used telekinesis to create a huge body for Zapdos, and it also had telekinetic enhancements for protection.

Stopping means being blown to bits.

"Humph!"

The man with the middle parting turned his head, seemingly somewhat angry.

"As expected, there are no Pokémon that are absolutely lazy and gluttonous. The Pokémon with the middle parting may just not have found its own way yet."

As Xiao Zhi's voice rang out, the man with the middle parting suddenly perked up his ears.

What does it mean to be lazy and good-for-nothing?
That's called a hobby, a hobby!
"Too."

Natsume touched the top of his head with his middle parting.

The amount of white mist produced by a middle-part hairstyle is still too small, and it's not necessarily because the other party is timid.

Rather, their abilities are simply limited.

If enough white mist could be produced, the middle-part hairstyle would be much more powerful than it is now.

However, the production of white mist requires the completion of the divine duties for the man with the middle parting.

Fragments of the divine office of Eterna are not easy to find.

(End of this chapter)