Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 241 The Collapse of the Middle Part Hair
"Mr. Natsume, are you sure there are only two poachers here?"

Beside the swamp, Officer Jenny asked Natsume a question.

"Yes, you can ask them if you don't believe me."

Natsume pointed to Ash and the others standing to the side.

"But why did we find three different fingerprints on the firearms?"

Officer Jenny looked down at the report in her hand, her brows furrowed.

Judging from the traces on the site, it appears that three poachers had a falling out over the division of the loot.

However, the victorious poacher had vanished; when they arrived at the scene, all they found was a triumphant Suicune, and—

A heartbroken Pikachu, rolling around frantically in a swamp.

"Pikakakakakahahahahahaha—"

"Pikachu pikachu pikachu aa ...

The person with the middle parting looked like a mudfish, wriggling around in the swamp, as if they had just experienced something that drove them crazy.

“Miss Officer Jenny, there are two guns with fingerprints that look like Pikachu’s.”

A police officer leaned closer and said incredulously.

"Ok?"

Officer Jenny paused for a moment, but didn't say anything more.

"Alright, come with me!"

Officer Jenny showed no mercy, and with a wave of her hand, she subdued the two poachers.

"Where will these poachers be sent?" Xia asked curiously.

"A prison, of course. Where else could it be?" Ash asked curiously.

“Miss Officer Jenny, my Pikachu suffered severe mental trauma while trying to stop those two poachers.”

As Natsume spoke, he lifted up the middle-parted hair.

Its body was covered in mud, and tears streamed down its face, washing away the mud and leaving two clean lines on its dirty face.

"Pikachu hahahahahahahaha!"

The rabbit with the middle-parted hairstyle was jumping around and thrashing about in Natsume's hands.

Natsume let go, and it plunged back into the swamp, desperately burrowing into the mud.

Mud and water splashed everywhere, and Miss Officer Jenny's eyes reddened.

"These people are truly despicable! I will petition the League to award this Pikachu additional honors!"

As she spoke, Officer Jenny gave a solemn salute to the man with the middle-parted hair who was rolling on the ground.

As they watched Officer Jenny leave, everyone slowly lowered their heads and focused their attention on the person with the middle parting.

Completely unaware, it continued to cry its heart out.

"What's wrong with your middle parting? Whatever happened, cheer up!" Xiao Zhi encouraged.

"That's right, you're clearly the great hero who saved everyone, especially Suicune!"

Xiaoxia chimed in.

Upon hearing the name "Suiki," the man with the center-parted hair visibly froze for a moment.

It immediately started rolling even harder.

"What's wrong with it?"

Natsume had already noticed that there were signs of poaching activity in the area.

Adhering to the principle that one should do work in front of officials and have witnesses to claim credit, Natsume immediately went to find Officer Jenny.

In the end, the two poachers were dealt with in less than an hour!
When he and Officer Jenny arrived, they only saw Suicune leaping away.

Based on the signs of a battle at the scene, Natsume could vaguely guess how the two poachers were killed.

But he really couldn't see what was so distressing about having a middle-part hairstyle.

Sunlight shone on Natsume's bald head, reflecting off the surroundings, and mist rose up in swirling wisps.

"Tell me, what's wrong?"

Natsume grabbed the middle-parted hair and lifted it up.

"Pikakakakakakaka!"

The woman with the middle parting cried even louder.

"Uh, we don't know either. The guy with the middle parting used a healing potion on Suicune, and that's how it ended up."

Xiao Gang spoke up.

"vulnerary?"

Natsume looked at everyone with a puzzled expression.

"I filmed a video, and this is what happened."

Ash took out his Pokédex and handed it to Natsume.

After reading it, Natsume suddenly understood.

The guy with the middle parting ground the fragment of divine power he had given it into powder and gave it to that Suicune!

The effect was visibly good; the Suicune immediately recovered from its injuries and stood up energetically.

It even purified the swamp along the way!

The guy with the middle parting had been rolling around in this for at least two hours; normally, he should have been marinated by now.

But now, Natsume and the others can't smell any stench at all!
"You, you were so kind, but now you're reluctant to part with it. What's the meaning of this?"

Natsume reluctantly lifted up his middle-parted hair.

Judging from the other party's serious preparations and the way they changed the cartridge cases.

Clearly, this wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather a well-thought-out plan to give these divine fragments to Suijun.

“Pikachu.” Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at him with her middle-parted hair.

"Pikachu pikachu pikachu."

After listening to the man with the middle parting, Natsume fell silent.

It wasn't out of kindness, but rather because it couldn't find a way to absorb the divine authority.

Looking back on the past few days, the guy with the middle part had been holding the small fragment of divine power he had given it in his mouth, soaking it in water, and even grinding it into powder every day, but not a single bit of it had been absorbed.

So the man with the middle parting had an idea.

If one's own divine authority is incomplete, one may not have the ability to independently convert fragments of other divine authority.

So it decided to use the divine power within Suicune as a converter, and eventually absorbed it itself.

As a result, their attempt to steal a chicken backfired, and the food ended up being fed to Suicune's wounds.

"Wait a minute, you mean, this Suicune is a legendary Pokémon?"

Natsume's expression changed.

"Pickup?"

He spread his hands, his hair parted in the middle.

It absorbed all the fragments of my own divine authority, what do you think?
Natsume catches a glimpse of the mud pit.

He wanted to roll around in the air too.

Natsume had already sensed Suijun's presence beforehand.

I was just thinking that a Suicune that could be driven to this state by two poachers must be an ordinary Suicune.

Without a second thought, he went to find Miss Officer Jenny.

As a result, we missed it!
Damn it, it seems there's a reason why Suicune was always getting solo killed by various poachers in the original storyline.

Natsume pondered, this should be called "if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too".

"Never mind, here's another one."

With a flick of his wrist, Natsume tossed a small, shiny cube, about the size of a fingernail, into the hand of the man with the middle parting.

"Pickup!"

The man with the middle parting was overjoyed and stuffed the fragment of the divine office into his mouth as if it were a precious treasure.

"Let me tell you this first, this is the last piece. You have to figure out how to absorb it yourself. If you lose it, I don't know when I'll get a new one."

Natsume waved his hand, "This is the guaranteed reward for an SSS-level scratch card."

Theoretically, there's a chance to get an S-rank scratch card, but so far, Natsume hasn't managed to get one.

"Pickup!"

With her hair parted in the middle, she stopped crying and nodded heavily.

No one can possibly snatch this fragment of divine authority from its mouth!

It will be held until the end of time!
"Let's go, Wakaba Town is just ahead. Once we hand the GS Ball to Professor Elm, our first mission will be complete!"

Xiao Gang spoke first and took the lead.
"Xiao Zhi, this is for you!"

As Natsume spoke, he tossed a golden rod to Ash.

"Oh, what's this?"

Ash took the golden rod and his eyes widened immediately.

"Natsume-nii, this isn't in that guy's hands."

Ash stared in astonishment at the golden stick in his hand.

"Shouldn't something this dangerous be kept in a laboratory?" Xiaoxia stared in astonishment at the golden rod.

Ash nodded, instinctively reaching to return the golden rod to Natsume.

"Don't worry, the black stick isn't here," Natsume said, returning the golden stick.

"I'll take this opportunity to study this thing now. If you have it, it might make some progress."

Natsume waved his hand.

"Why is there progress when it's in Xiaozhi's hands?" Xiaoxia felt very strange.

"Don't ask, the world is just that amazing."

We had barely entered Chengdu when a divine water spirit came out to welcome us.

The golden rod was in his own hand, and he could hardly tell what its origin was.

If it's in Xiao Zhi's hands, maybe something "magical" will happen.

Perhaps we can take this opportunity to obtain more information about the Golden Bar.

As Natsume spoke, he used his telekinesis to shrink the golden rod and pinned it to Ash's ear.

"If you shout 'big,' it will become big; if you shout 'small,' it will become small. Do you understand?"

"Oh, but Natsume-nii, this is still too dangerous. What if there's something scary in here that bewitches me?"

As Xiao Zhi spoke, he shuddered.

Natsume: "."

Who can seduce you?

"The material of this golden rod is unknown, but it is indestructible. No matter how hard you try, it will not break."

"Think about it, if we had this thing today, wouldn't we be safe from being trapped?"

Natsume patiently guided her, a sacred light emanating from his face.

However, with the bald head, the Rotom phone's lighting angle remained the same, making it somewhat glaring.

"Oh"

Ash squinted and touched the golden rod clipped to his ear, looking bewildered.

(End of this chapter)