Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 219: It was all Lugia's doing.

Natsume was still unable to leave today.

He returned to the island early the next morning.

"Natsume-nii, wait!"

Natsume stood on the misty dock, but when he turned around, he heard Satoshi calling out.

Looking back, they saw a slender, tall figure following behind them.

"Kona?"

As Ash and the others approached, Natsume recognized them and was somewhat surprised.

But then I thought about it again, and realized that this Ice-type Elite Four member seemed to be in charge of the Orange Islands area.

The damp, cold dock was shrouded in a thin mist, and Kona strode over in her leather boots.

Her long, burgundy, curly hair was slightly ruffled by the sea breeze, and her thin-rimmed black glasses couldn't hide her sharp gaze.

The fitted trench coat hugged her curvaceous figure, and the metal badge twirled between her fingers before snapping onto Natsume's body.

"Alliance Inspectorate".

She exhaled white breath as she spoke, her leather gloves rubbing against the cool Poké Ball chain at her waist, and the slightly taut folds of her shirt collar rose and fell gently with her breath.

"It would be fine to send the banner to Oki Research Institute."

Natsume sensed that the visitor was up to no good, so he mounted Loletta and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, Lollerton sank.

Natsume turned around and saw that Kona had also sat down, with one hand on Natsume's waist and a smile in her eyes.

"You helped me solve a huge problem, and I haven't even properly thanked you yet."

As they were talking, a white sea lion leaped out of the water near the dock.

Natsume glanced around and noticed several Ice-type Pokémon blocking the surrounding waters.

"No need, I never leave my name when I do good deeds, so there's no need for a banner."

Natsume spoke with righteous indignation.

"Hey, hey, hey, Miss Kona has something important to discuss with you!"

Xiaoxia, who was standing by, couldn't bear to watch any longer.

However, the only response she received was Natsume stepping on the gas.

With a "whoosh," Loletton shot into the sky at an incredible speed, appearing as nothing more than a streak of light.

He intended to use the sudden increase in speed to leave Kona behind.

Unexpectedly, the latter was prepared. He put his hand on Natsume's waist and hugged Natsume from behind.

Natsume stopped abruptly, his wine-red hair bursting open, brushing past his ears, and drifting to his front, carrying a hint of the sea's saltiness.

He regretted it a little; he should have brought Jiaozi along.

That way, she wouldn't feel so awkward sitting in the middle.

The engine's vibrations climbed up Natsume's spine, and Kona bumped into Natsume's back.

After a moment, she realized what was happening, abruptly let go and stepped back, her already somewhat frightened face now showing a hint of shame and indignation.

good chance!
Natsume seized the opportunity, grabbed the handlebars of the Lollerton, and in the next instant, the Lollerton fell over.

As she felt weightlessness, Kona realized she was about to fall into the sea.

"what!"

Natsume's pig-like scream rang out, and Kona hooked her legs together, clamping Natsume's head between them in a moment of desperation.

After a while, Natsume obediently returned to the ground.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

As if resigned to his fate, Natsume jumped off Loletton, rubbing his sore neck.

The physical abilities of the people in this world are terrifying!

I can't shake it off!

"Alliance Inspector!"

Kona was somewhat ashamed and indignant, so she threw a disciplinary notice at Natsume, and the disciplinary target was none other than Natsume!

"Wow, Natsume-nii, everyone will be so sad if Natsume-nii goes in!"

Ash rushed over and stood between Natsume and Lorelei, looking at them with teary eyes.

"What great people?"

Xiao Jian looked at Xiao Xia.

"Uh, maybe they're referring to everyone in Pallet Town, since we just celebrated Natsume's birthday recently."

"Xiao Zhi, move aside, I just came to ask him a question."

Kona, exasperated, shoved Ash away.

She looked up and stared straight at Natsume, her eyes glistening with what looked like dew or seawater splashed up when she came down.

"Tell me, Mr. Natsume, how did you get that mining truck?"

Kona breathed a sigh of relief, calmed herself down, and took out her phone, which showed a surveillance video.

Natsume looked closely and was greatly surprised:
"Wow, this car thief looks just like me!"

Kona: "."

“Mr. Natsume, please tell me the truth and I will treat you leniently.”

"Okay, I saw the news here, and with the belief that everyone has a responsibility for the fate of the nation, I felt I had to do something." Natsume immediately began tying things up:
"You know I have a kind heart and can't bear to see so many people suffering, but individual strength is too weak."

"As you know, I've been researching Rotom motorcycles lately."

Natsume said, waving his hand.

"Hmm," Kona bit her lip lightly, her originally aloof face twisting together.

The alliance never intended to blame Natsume; they just sent her along as a formality.

But listening to Natsume's familiar way of speaking, Kana always got the feeling that the other party had done a lot of things.

"I understand. But..."

Kona then changed the subject:
"What about the ore inside the mining card? The Alliance's salvage team spent all night yesterday but didn't find anything."

Kona then revealed the true purpose of her visit.

This is bizarre! An entire truckload of evolution stones has vanished!
"It was eaten by Lugia."

Natsume nodded seriously.

"What?" Kona was taken aback, thinking she had misheard.

“It was eaten by Lugia.” Natsume nodded seriously.

“Mr. Natsume, I’ve only come here to ask about the situation. If you don’t know, you can say you don’t know.”

Kona rolled her eyes at him.

"It really was eaten by Lugia."

As Natsume spoke, he took out his phone and showed a video recording.

It was on the seabed, where a huge white and blue Pokémon was lying on a giant mining card.

When Natsume was filming, Lugia's mouth was stuffed full of Mega Stones!
"???" Kona was full of question marks.

"Look, Lugia even thanked the League for their gift at the end."

As he spoke, Natsume dragged the video progress bar to the end, and the image froze on Lugia, whose wings were raised high and who was making a heart shape with their hands towards the video.

"This video...could it be a composite?"

Lorelei led everyone back to the Pokémon Center and handed over the video.

After receiving the video, the alliance remained silent.

"This video is real."

Kona breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, I did not disturb the gods of ocean currents and monsoons in the interest of the alliance, and the latter clearly felt the goodwill from humans."

As Natsume spoke, he pulled Kona's hand with one hand and picked up his phone with the other. Lugia's comical heart-shaped hand gesture had somehow become Natsume's screensaver.

He said seriously:

"I think the league should reward me!"

"."

"That might not work, but I personally can."

After thinking for a moment, Kona raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at Natsume.

"Oh." Natsume's disappointment was visibly evident.

Lorelei gritted her teeth; after all, she was an Ice-type Elite Four member!

"Here, here you go."

Natsume casually tossed a one-sided sheet to Kona.

"I'm planning to establish an academy in the future. How about you come and give some guest lectures or something when you have time?"

Natsume looked at Kona.

The latter did not reply, but silently put the business card away.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing. What was that purple Pokémon?"

Kona stared intently at Natsume; that purple Pokémon looked remarkably like Team Rocket.
"It was Lugia in disguise."

Before Kona could ask a question, Natsume opened his phone and started watching another video.

It was an island, where Lugia stood, dressed in a giant Mewtwo Y cosplay outfit.

It just looks a bit out of place because of the mismatched body shape.

Kona: "."

She no longer wanted to delve into how Natsume had done it.

"Alright then, Mr. Natsume, could you leave me your private phone number?"

Seeing Natsume turn to leave, Kona called out to him.

Kona recognized the phone number on the business card; it was Oak's lab number!
"no problem."

As Natsume spoke, he tossed the phone to the other person.

He was too lazy to manage interpersonal relationships and left them all to his son.

"Natsume-kun, wait a minute, where did your middle-part hairstyle go?!"

Natsume was about to walk out of the Pokémon Center when Ash called him back again.

"Luggia!" Natsume blurted out, but then suddenly realized what he meant.

Yeah, what about the middle parting?
(End of this chapter)