Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 231 Ash vs. Yuji
The next day, Xiao Zhi made an early video call, which Xiao Jian took and pointed at the field.

"I'm sure I'll win!"

Ash suddenly appeared in the frame. After speaking, he walked out of the preparation area and entered the battle arena.
[Rules-based battles, data collection—This battle category is Reality vs. Reality.]

Natsume stared at the screen, watching it intermittently.

After contacting Sakaki yesterday, Natsume stayed in the lab all night.

The information they provided was incredibly explosive!
The existence of parallel universes did not surprise Natsume.

To his surprise, there were organizations that could operate across the globe!

Moreover, the requirement to join this organization is to kill three of your own parallel counterparts.

Moreover, judging from Giovanni's reaction, his world had long been under surveillance.

Even the first parallel universe Sakaki that Sakaki defeated was ten years ago!

Sakaki, Watari, Daigo, Zhulan, Adek
One after another, powerful and renowned figures appeared in Natsume's mind.

He spent the whole night thinking about whether these people might also be targeted by his parallel universe self who wanted to join that mysterious organization.

Or rather, they were already replaced.

After thinking about it for a long time, Natsume felt that the possibility was very small.

Judging from the brutal tests required to join the organization, it is highly likely to be an evil organization.

Although there may be subtle differences in personality between parallel world versions of oneself, such as the crybaby Ash Ketchum from the anime.

However, the vast majority of their traits are quite similar.

Those people I'm considering, even if they live in different worlds, should be lawful and good people, and there's no reason for them to join that kind of organization.

The only people who would be attracted to such an organization and want to join it are probably villainous bosses like Giovanni, who already run a regional evil organization.

Sakaki, Blazing Pine, Water Paulownia
These are the most likely candidates.

Let alone being approached by Giovanni from a parallel universe.

Natsume has reason to suspect that if Sakaki from his own world were chosen by that organization, he would definitely go to other parallel worlds to hunt "himself" without hesitation.

Could there be a parallel Natsume?

A thought suddenly popped into Natsume's mind.

After a while, he shook his head.

Probably not.

He's a time traveler, after all; how could he possibly have a time-space counterpart?

On the other end of the video, Ash's first Pokémon had already been defeated.

Natsume stared intently at the battlefield, wisps of blue smoke rising from above his head as the fighting intensified, steam rising from the air.

Never mind, improving our strength is the only way forward.

Once the most perfect Rotom mech is created, Natsume is confident he can crush whoever you are.

Natsume's pupils focused again, becoming resolute once more.

"Mr. Natsume, why didn't you go back to your room yesterday?"

A pitiful voice came from behind:

"I specially handmade this waterproof pillow."

The original plan was to surprise Natsume, but after answering Sakaki's call, the other person sat in the lab without saying a word all night.

"Ah~ handmade?" Natsume was surprised.

He yawned and continued:
"Then bring the pillow over."

Natsume doesn't dare to lean his head back in the chair now, otherwise, in no time, streams of water will start flowing down, and after a while, it will stick to his body.

Jiaozi happily returned to her room and brought out a white pillow.

Natsume paused slightly, remembering that his pillow wasn't this color.

Taking it from Jiaozi's hand, Natsume then noticed that his pillow was covered with white patches, like piled-up tiles, by Jiaozi.

"what is this?"

Natsume tugged at it and found that it was very light and soft.

"Uh, it's a highly absorbent material. Mr. Natsume, why don't you give it a try?"

Jiaozi's face suddenly turned bright red.

"Oh"

Natsume nodded and placed the pillow behind his head.

I leaned against it and found that, just as Jiaozi had said, the modified pillow was extremely absorbent.

It absorbs the constantly rising moisture and even remains dry and smooth!

"The diapers you bought?"

Natsume thought about it and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the shape of those small pieces looked like a miniature diaper.

"Oh, that's about right."

Jiaozi covered her face and suddenly ran away.

Seeing this, Natsume shrugged and said nothing.

Natsume had long considered using absorbent and supportive materials to cover his head, as the moisture on his scalp caused him discomfort. Diapers were the most convenient and best met his needs.

But that's a bit perverted.

It just so happens that Jiaozi somehow got hold of a highly absorbent material, which must be from her family's pharmaceutical company.

It's very similar to some of the band-aids that Natsume has seen used on Pokémon.

However, it is very thin and light, and its absorbency is much better than that of diapers. It should also be easy to make into other shapes.

Natsume pondered, using the excuse of testing his hands-on skills, to have Jiaozi make him a headgear.

"Snorlax is unable to battle, Dragonite wins!"

On the other end of the video, the battle had already reached a fever pitch.

Aside from an initial setback, Ash made great strides at the airport, defeating several of Yonex's Pokémon along the way, until he forced out Yonex's ace Pokémon—Dragonite!
Dragonite swept through the enemy lines and quickly caught up with the number of Pokémon.

Now, both sides only have one Pokémon left!

Yongci - Kuailong!
Ash—Pikachu!
"That's amazing! That Dragonite is incredible!"

Xiao Zhi was so excited that he was trembling all over.

[Humans and Bonded Divine Classes are being added; please continue to provide battle data.]

In my mind, the system's voice sounded immediately.

It seems that Yuji really can get Ash excited.

Natsume looked strange.

Will there be rules in the future that prohibit challengers from using Pikachu?

"Mr. Yuji's Dragonite is really strong. Is Little Ai already up to the task?"

Inside the preparation area, Jian held up his Pokédex, and a voice came from above. Judging from the frequency of the screen shaking, he was also feeling the same way, sweating for Ash.

"Don't worry, you'll soon find out how powerful you are."

Natsume leaned back against the pillows and casually lay back on the recliner. It had been a long time since he had ever felt so comfortable lying on the chair.

“But Natsume, Pikachu’s level has dropped a lot after he received your anti-current training.”

Xiaoxia's worried voice rang out, and she looked towards Natsume in the encyclopedia.

Yup
Natsume's expression turned strange.

Due to his intervention, Pikachu's level has dropped significantly recently.

Although the purpose is to completely eliminate the hidden danger of periodically losing levels, it seems to be quite disadvantageous for Pikachu at present.

"Fine, you have to believe in the bond between Ash and Pikachu."

Natsume waved his hand.

The Orange League is only considered a semi-official competition; it was organized by Yuji's family in cooperation with the league.

In terms of prestige, it is only recognized by the alliance and dojos in the Kanto and Johto regions.

"Why are you staring at me?"

Natsume suddenly realized that the entire video feed was occupied by Kasumi.

The other person was holding Togepi and pressing their face against the camera, making them look like a giant-headed doll.

"Behind you," Xia stared suspiciously at Natsume's bald head.

"Wow—pervert!"

Xiaoxia screamed and abruptly threw the picture book to Xiaojian.

Natsume: “???”

What's wrong with being bald? That's religious discrimination!
"Squeak~"

The living room door was pushed open, and Jiaozi walked in.

She placed a package that looked like tissues next to Natsume.

The packaging bag is printed with an image of Natsume Lugia.

“Mr. Natsume, if the absorbency is not good, you can replace it.”

"Hmm, although I can use it for a whole day," Jiaozi said thoughtfully.

What do you mean by "you can use it all day"?

Natsume picked up the tissue with a puzzled look, only to realize that it wasn't a tissue at all.

'Lugia's Tide—Guardian of the Deep Sea, Free and Easy'

"Um, Mr. Natsume might not know much about this brand, but it's quite good."

The proud man's face was flushed red like the setting sun, and steam was billowing wildly from his head.

His posture suggested he wanted to challenge Natsume.

Her fingertips turned white as she handed over a package with the Celebi logo printed on it.

'Celebi Grove—A Gentle Care Across Time'

Natsume: "."

(End of this chapter)