Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 186 The Orange Alliance, Let's Go!
The next day, the sun shines brightly.

The guy with the middle part was the first to wake up after being attacked by Captain Zapdos.

"Pickup!"

The Chinese leader glared angrily at the lightning bird egg not far away.

Relying on the privileges granted by Natsume, the other party would bombard it in its dreams from time to time.

In the past two days, Zhongfentou has been unable to eat or sleep well, and his daily sleep time has dropped significantly.

There are only twelve hours left!
The person with the middle parting strongly suspects that this is a case of settling a personal score!

"You're awake. If you're awake, go and cook for me."

Natsume kicked the man with the middle parting into the dining table next to him with a big kick.

"Pickup?"

The man with the middle parting rubbed his buttocks and looked at Natsume with a surprised expression.

This time should be for pre-breakfast training, but Natsume's intention is that we can go straight to breakfast.

Fearing that Natsume might change his mind, the man with the middle parting happily jumped into the kitchen, where a series of crackling sounds could be heard.

"Get out of here!"

He smashed two eggs in three seconds, and with his middle-parted hair, he was grabbed by the back of the neck by Nishino Mori and thrown out.

"You have completed all the gradients of your charging training, and now it is time for observation."

Natsume picked up the middle-parted hair, walked into the backyard, and placed it on another machine.

“This device will draw in electricity.” Natsume attached two toilet plunger-like objects to the two electrical clips on his middle-parted hair.

"During the electrical training, I had you memorize the changes in electrical current in your body, right?"

Natsume pressed the button on the device without turning his head.

"Pikachu!" The man with the middle parting nodded.

"Now, you need to discharge an electric current into this device."

"The current intensity needs to be strictly followed, according to the pattern of the current change in your body from strong to weak, do you understand?"

Natsume suddenly turned around and looked at the person with the middle parting.

"Pipika?"

The man with the middle parting looked a little confused, but still nodded.

Natsume was further back, and his middle-parted hair had already begun discharging as instructed.

Looking at the data recorded on the machine, Natsume nodded slightly.

He hadn't forgotten that Ash's Pikachu still needed a way to deal with the aftereffects.

Through his own experimentation, Natsume has confirmed that his improved charging training method, which involves extending the time dimension and adjusting the current intensity, should have no side effects.

At least for those with a middle parting, that's the case.

Its Electric-type moves are twice as powerful with the addition of the Electric Bead.

All Natsume needs to do is conduct multiple experiments with the Pokémon in the research institute, and he feels he can publish another article.

However, considering that charging too much can have side effects, and that each Pokémon's constitution is different.

It is necessary to measure on a large scale the optimal time span and current intensity variation for each Electric-type Pokémon.

The sheer volume of work involved made Natsume abandon the idea.

Moreover, to test everything, it would probably take one or two years at the research institute, which Natsume doesn't have the time for.

He'll stay here for a maximum of two months, taking advantage of the time when Xiaozhi returns from the Southern Islands to handle some matters related to his research institute application.

"Forget it, let's see if someone is destined to do it in the future, or if Xiao Mao is willing to do it. This project will be given to him."

Natsume turned around, went back inside, and came out carrying a plate of sandwiches.

“Pikachu—” The man with the middle parting looked pitifully at Natsume.

"Stop pretending. The rat poison that disappeared from the fridge in the middle of the night, you ate it all, didn't you?"

Natsume glanced at the other person.

"Pika!?"

The man with the middle part was startled. Wasn't that a sweet candy?
It would get up in the middle of the night and eat two pills whenever it felt like it.

"That's the medicine used to treat parasites in pangolin populations."

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

So it was rat poison.

“In the wild, parasites easily grow in the crevices of the pangolin's scales, so it was treated with a water-based poultice.”

"Pikachu!!??" What would happen if it were taken orally?
The man with the middle parting immediately tensed up.

Natsume glanced at the parted-faced man's small belly.

Hmm. He should be able to gather enough data before the opponent unleashes their attack.

Just as Xiao Zhi finished his sandwich and put down his bowl, he pushed open the door and entered.

"Natsume-nii, we're ready to leave today!"

Ash excitedly raised his hand.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu raised its hand, and the next second, Natsume pulled it over. "Pikachu?"

"Natsume-san, what's wrong with Pikachu?" Ash asked, puzzled.

"Um"

Natsume scrutinized him for a long time, then shook his head slightly.

Pikachu is currently only level 48.

The player with the middle parting had far fewer battles than his opponent, almost half as many, and was already at LV46.

There is only one possibility: the side effects Wu Neng mentioned have already begun to affect Pikachu.

However, it's only just beginning to show signs of progress; it's not a decline in level yet, just difficulty in leveling up.

"It's nothing. Aren't you planning to rest for a couple of days after the repairs?"

Natsume looked at the two people behind Ash.

Unlike Xiaozhi, who was fully armed, Xiaogang and Xiaoxia were both dressed in casual clothes and beach shoes.

"Hmph, I've heard the Southern Islands are a great vacation spot." Xiao Gang pushed up his sunglasses.

"There's no time like the present, let's set off now!" Xiaoxia looked extremely excited.

"OK then."

Natsume nodded and handed a USB drive to Satoshi.

"Natsume-nii, what is this?" Ash asked curiously.

"You can see the instructions by plugging them into the computer over there. I'm going to take care of something and will be right back."

Natsume pointed to the computer on the workstation next to him.

After saying that, he put on his gloves and went back to the backyard.

In the backyard, the man with the middle parting took a nap.

Natsume glanced at the data on the instrument beside him and nodded slightly.

Article 38: Do not eat food given by strangers.

Article 39: Food stolen from strangers may be eaten.

"What kind of twisted logic is this?"

As soon as Natsume approached, he heard Kasumi's complaint.

"Xiao Zhi, here you go."

Natsume's voice rang out, and Ash turned around to see a middle-parted hairstyle and something that looked like a small helmet.

"this is?"

Natsume picked one up in each hand and placed them in front of Satoshi.

He pointed to the helmet and explained:

"This is a recovery strategy that I deduced by working backward from the charging training of the middle-part hairstyle."

"If you keep this little device on Pikachu's head every day, its level should drop rapidly these days."

"But after that, there shouldn't be any more aftereffects."

As Natsume spoke, he put the helmet on Pikachu, and it fit perfectly.

"Is this so"

Ash was taken aback. He had also heard Natsume mention some of the symptoms his Pikachu was experiencing.

If this problem isn't addressed, Pikachu's level will periodically decrease.

"Hey, Natsume, what's your basis for this?"

Xiaoxia pointed to the helmet and said:
"This thing looks like a device that disconnects electricity; it could be very dangerous."

"Pickup!"

Upon hearing this, Pikachu, wearing a helmet, turned around and looked at Natsume with a nervous expression.

"Do not worry."

Natsume gave Pikachu an encouraging look.

His confident demeanor surprised Pikachu, but it reassured him considerably.

"You're a pioneer. If anything happens to you, I'll apply to the Alliance for the Gold Medal for Scientific Dedication!"

Natsume Chen Kendo.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu pulled the device off his head.

Ultimately, after much deliberation, Pikachu put on the device.

To be on the safe side, Natsume had the guy with the middle parting also accompany Ash on his trip to the Orange League.

If something unexpected really happens, as someone who experienced this device firsthand, the guy with the middle parting can do something about it.

"Pickup!!!"

Suddenly, a scream came from outside from the man with the middle parting.

Soon, Natsume saw the other person clutching their buttocks, staggering in from the doorway and rushing into the toilet.

(End of this chapter)