Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 190 The Uncontrollable Black Mist

a few days later.

"Natsume-kun, we've arrived at Dr. Uchiki's lab and gotten the GS Ball!"

On the other end of the communication line, Xiao Zhi's excited voice rang out.

"GS Ball."

Natsume turned his gaze to Ash's hand, to the golden Poké Ball.

Hello, Natsume.

A voluptuous young woman wearing a lab coat appeared behind Ash.

"Well, this is Dr. Uchiki."

As Ash spoke, he handed the GS Ball in his hand to Professor Nino.

"Can't we use a teleportation device?"

Natsume suddenly thought of something and asked a question.

Seeing that the other party was getting straight to the point, Uchiki swallowed all the words he had to say.

She remembered Professor Oak greeting her; his students were rather unconventional.

"No."

Uchiki shook his head and walked to the side.

The other person seemed to have picked up Ash's Pokédex, and walked with a swaying gait.

A moment later, the Pokédex was put down, and a Poké Ball transfer device appeared in front of Natsume's eyes.

Nei Mu placed the GS ball on the device and pressed the button, but the ball did not move at all.

"Look, like this, there's no reaction at all."

As he spoke, Uchiki adjusted his glasses and continued:

“This GS ball is very sturdy. My assistant and I have tried many times, but no matter what method we use, we can’t open it.”

"Even deconstruction machines have no effect on it, as if it were just a rock."

As he spoke, Uchigi handed the GS Ball to Ash again.

"Have you ever considered that this Poké Ball might actually be a rock?"

Natsume looked strange.

He can't teleport, and neither can the Mewtwo Ball he replicated.

Because its internal spatial structure is incompatible with the transmission device, this GS sphere may also be like that.

However, the GS ball's design is clearly a modern invention; how could it not be able to transmit data?

There can't be another Mewtwo, can there?

"Uh, you're joking." Uchiki smiled and said nothing more.

"Alright, Ash, bring your GS Ball with you. Be careful on the way."

Natsume waved his hand and hung up the call.

It seems that no one ever solved the mystery of this GS ball.

Maybe it's not a Poké Ball at all, but some kind of prop?

Judging from the opponent's physical resistance, that's quite possible.

Natsume didn't think about it too much; he had something more important to do now—to find out exactly what had fallen into Rotom's body that day.

In the laboratory.

Almost every instrument was covered by Natsume's telekinesis.

On a huge machine tool in front, an unidentified mechanical object is placed inside.

Judging from the parts and tires that are vaguely visible inside, this appears to be a modified car.

This is a race car, sponsored by a proud individual.

This thing's performance should be considered top-notch.

"At least in terms of speed."

Natsume muttered to himself, while Rotom floated in the air beside him.

"Are you ready, Rotom!"

Natsume turned around and stared intently at Rotom.

"Loto!"

Rotom nodded, his gaze fixed intently on the modified machine before him.

"Okay, let's integrate it in."

Natsume was a little nervous, and his telekinetic powers were frantically pressing down on the surrounding instruments.

These past two days, he's been using the Rotom-2 locomotive for testing.

It would be quite risky to send Rotom-1 to attempt this now.

But Natsume simply couldn't find a way to break through.

Perhaps letting Rotom-1 try it will yield new results.

Prior to this, Natsume showed Rotom-1 many videos of Experiment 2 and had the two Rotoms seriously exchange their thoughts and experiences.

Although it was Rotom's first time working with this machine, he seemed quite adept at it and quickly integrated into it.

"Thorn-"

A golden light flashed, and the black object, like a heart being injected with blood, suddenly lit up.

Amidst a tooth-grinding screech, the black object, modified from a race car, began to transform, its body gleaming with golden light.

Soon, a two-meter-tall, agile motorcyclist stood up.

The streamlined mechanical torso is covered in dark gold scales, with golden light patterns flowing along the joints.

The sleek joints and sharp-angled armor create a swift and powerful stance, like a cheetah poised to pounce. This time, Natsume meticulously refined the transformation lines through trial and error within the Otherworld.

It will absolutely not make the mistake of transforming into a head after the transformation, like before!

However, this also comes at a price.

For example, the original racing car shape cannot be maintained, and it can only be displayed as a square block.

Natsume estimates that he wants to have a Rotom that can be used in both motorcycle and motorcycle human modes.

He also had to spend time figuring out a circuit that could serve two purposes.

For any car model that is available on the market, this is almost impossible.

Unless Natsume designs a motorcycle from scratch.

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

"How are you feeling? Tell me if you have any discomfort."

Natsume quickly spoke up.

"Loto!"

Rotom nodded, indicating that everything was fine and the indicators on the instruments were all normal.

Seeing this, Natsume breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, this time, the Rotom motorcycle did not unleash a massive amount of black mist as it had before.

But Natsume still dared not relax, his gaze fixed on Rotom's chest.

There, a jet-black energy core was embedded in his chest like a black hole vortex.

Natsume clearly remembered that after Rotom No. 2 fused into it and transformed, the energy core here was golden.

This is exactly where Natsume had his AI chip implanted.

Thinking of the black mist that had appeared before, and the black heart crystal that resembled a divine being, Natsume swallowed hard.

Can you sense what's inside?

Natsume asked Rotom.

"Loto—"

Rotom lowered its head, and it immediately noticed the differences between itself and Rotom No. 2 after it merged into the other.

However, it also seems a bit confused.

After a long pause, relying on a vague feeling, Rotom hesitated and nodded.

"Okay, if you can feel it, try to release the power inside."

Natsume quickly turned on all the recording devices, unleashing his telekinetic powers at full power to suppress them all.

"Release gently, very gently, and very slowly."

Natsume's breathing quickened as he watched the mist rising from Rotom's chest.

The fog was very thin, giving it a hazy, grayish appearance.

This level of work should be fine.
A ghostly blue light flickered in Natsume's eyes, and a specially made container rose out of thin air, attempting to collect the gray mist.

But Natsume failed; the gray mist passed straight through the container.

Natsume frowned slightly as he tried to compress his telekinesis, shaping it into the form of a jar in an attempt to collect the gray mist.

However, Natsume failed again.

The mist passed straight through the compressed telekinetic barrier without any hindrance.

"Rotom, could you try increasing the power a bit?"

Natsume thought the concentration might be too low, so he risked having Rotom increase the power a bit.

"Loto!"

Rotom shook his head slightly, seemingly somewhat weak.

You're saying it's uncontrollable?

Natsume frowned slightly.

"Could it be that the chip's performance is insufficient? But this is already the alliance's most advanced chip."

Natsume was very confused; this shouldn't be happening.

Despite his many doubts, he still told Rotom to stop.

"There could be other reasons."

Natsume paced back and forth in the laboratory, talking to himself.

"Do you think it's possible that Rotom's computing power isn't enough to fully utilize the chip's performance?" a voice suddenly rang out.

"Yup!"

Natsume's eyes lit up.

"Rotom can only be integrated into circuits to perform some simple operations, but chips are something that need to input and output a lot of data at any time."

"Rotom isn't good at data processing!"

Like a sudden awakening, Natsume excitedly talked to himself.

"Yes, I think some of the phenomena mentioned in the data, such as the high requirements of the transformation circuit for RoboMan Rotom and the difficulty in controlling it after transformation, may also be related to the inability to fully utilize the chip's performance."

The voice spoke again.

"You're a genius!"

Natsume excitedly hugged a display screen.

Suddenly, Natsume abruptly lowered his head.

"Wait a minute, who are you?"

(End of this chapter)