Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 287 Me and My Partner
"I have a feeling things aren't going well."

Mewtwo didn't look at the summoned Ho-Oh; its gaze was fixed on the enormous, demonic figure in front of it.

This is just an ordinary Ho-Oh; apart from being a higher level, there's nothing particularly noteworthy about it.

But this Pokémon named Hoopa is very strange.

"Pika pika!"

The man with the middle parting looked at Huba, drooling.

Unharmable? What kind of divine power is that? It wants that too!
[Cleric traits have been fully recorded.]

The system's voice rang in his mind, and Natsume frowned as he clicked on the details.

Battles against each of the divine beasts, except for the three legendary birds, felt to Natsume like opening a blind box.

Without understanding the other party's divine role, one is completely clueless about how to defeat them.

Taking advantage of his turn, Natsume carefully examined the newly acquired information about Hoopa.

Hoopa (Liberation), Superpowers + Evil

[Celestial Trait: Me and My Companions]

[Celestial Skills: Parallel and Equal Positions]

['I': Hoopa is unique; every isotope is Hoopa. Damage suffered by Hoopa is shared equally among all Hoopas.]

Natsume: “???”

"What's wrong? What did you see?"

Mewtwo keenly noticed the change in Natsume's expression.

"It seems like we can't hit it."

Natsume frowned and told Mewtwo everything about Hoopa's divine characteristics and divine skills without reservation.

"Hiss, what's its origin?"

Mewtwo couldn't help but ask a question.

"Maybe it's a divine beast from a parallel universe, capable of crossing worlds." Natsume rubbed his nose.

"What do you mean by 'that'!"

Mewtwo's pupils contracted slightly.

These Pokémon, which transcend the world, even possess true uniqueness.

Unlike other divine beasts, which are also very rare, with only one individual in each world, their counterparts can still be found in parallel universes.

The Pokémon in front of him reminded Natsume of Arceus.

Every alpaca that can be seen or found in every world is an avatar; Arceus's true form may be hidden outside of all worlds.

Hoopa's way of being is somewhat similar to the other party's.

"What do we do now?"

Mewtwo waved his hand, looked at Natsume, and began to discuss countermeasures.

We definitely can't win in a fight.
And the third round is about to begin.

When the new mythical beast arrives on the battlefield, they will surely be defeated.

Natsume's brain is working at lightning speed.

A numerical victory now seems impossible.

Then let's look at the mechanism.

First, let's talk about offensive tactics:
The ground cracks; the little ground squirrel's level is too low.

A shared fate, a song of the end?
That won't work either; nobody knows how, and there are level requirements.

Defense measures:

Hold the line, provide wide-area defense, almost all of these skills are applicable, and can be rotated to perfectly block attacks.

However, judging from previous reports, this Hoopa has locked onto the move Dimensional Assault, which can ignore Protect.
Zapdos can last a few rounds.
Natsume frowned, going through a mental battle.

"Gudong!"

While Natsume was still pondering, the clever ones had already begun to act.

The man with the middle parting suddenly knelt on the ground and began frantically kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Dong-dong-dong-dong!"

Like a ground roller, his middle-parted hair almost left afterimages.

Natsume: "."

Can't you be a little more sensible?
"Actually, this is not a bad method either."

Mewtwo's lips twitched slightly, then he turned his gaze to Natsume, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Hurry up and think of something, you can't just keep bowing to people with middle-parted hair, can you?
Finally, after careful consideration, Natsume glanced at Alakazam, whose gaze was fixed on the direction Ash had left.

To be precise, it was that nonsense tree.

Natsume frowned; since the battle was pointless...
With a wave of his hand, he disbanded the battlefield.

The production site has been cancelled.

On the other side, Hoopa felt the binding force disappear, and he trembled, instantly transforming back into his Discipline Hoopa form.

Not wanting to linger a moment longer, Hoopa opened the golden ring, sending Shiny Ho-Oh and Shiny Entei away, before disappearing into the ring itself.

"Are you giving up now?"

Mewtwo looked at Natsume in surprise.

"We can't force it; at least for now, we haven't made them hold a grudge."

Natsume waved his hand.

It's impossible to subdue, not even with Master Ball.

Some legendary Pokémon, masters of time and space, cannot be contained by Master Balls.

Even a legendary Psychic-type Pokémon like Mewtwo can destroy the Master Ball that traps it when no one is looking.

If they continue fighting, it's uncertain whether they can beat Natsume, but Hoopa's goodwill will definitely be completely ruined. Although they didn't have much goodwill towards him to begin with.

"Let's go see why this Hoopa is getting into a fight with the Talking Tree."

Natsume looked strange.

In his perception, Hoopa appeared in front of Ash in an instant.

The group is currently in a standoff.

"What are you doing? What have you done to Natsume-nii?!"

"Pickup!"

Xiao Zhi stood in front of the old man and the others.

On its opposite side, the smiling bull-horn hula hoop was none other than the Discipline Little Hupa.

Hoopa ignored Ash and just stared intently at the old man behind him.

The Sudowoodo Tree's Poké Ball had already been handed over to the old man.

A red light flashes, and the Nonsense Tree appears.

"Nonsense, nonsense!"

The nonsense tree instinctively twisted its body, but its form stiffened as it sensed a strong malice enveloping the entire space.

Everyone watched Hupa nervously, as the phantom of a demon god flickered in and out of sight behind him.

"Are you looking for another fight?"

Behind him, the old man's angry voice rang out. He was still holding the bamboo pole, striking the ground with a clanging sound.

Hupa was taken aback and withdrew his imposing aura.

Everyone was taken aback, only to see the old man walk to the front.

"We've got some good news today! We found the Nonsense Tree. If we deliver it to your sister, she'll be so happy!"

The old man pushed the stiff, grotesque tree in front of Hupa.

Hupa looked at the other person with a complicated expression.

"Need the sister of the Nonsense Tree? Isn't that the old man's daughter?"

"Could the son the old man was talking about be this strange Pokémon?"

Xiaoxia whispered.

"What do you mean?"

Natsume's figure suddenly appeared.

Everyone was taken aback, and quietly told Natsume about some of the strange things about the old man.

Upon hearing this, Natsume froze in place.

He reached into his pocket and took out the photo.

"What's this."

Ash curiously peered out to throw something, but for the first time, Natsume pushed him away.

Natsume looked up and found the old man staring blankly. Above his head, Hoopa's sixth golden ring was slowly rotating, emitting a red glow.

She raised the photo in her hand, and the light shone through the gold ring, making the girl's pale face appear rosy.

The hazy circular border and the gold ring are aligned perfectly at the same angle, making it flawless.

"Stab~"

The Sudowoodo was retrieved into its Poké Ball by Hoopa and thrown back to Natsume.

"Clap!"

Natsume caught it steadily and silently watched the other person.

After a long while, the red light on the golden ring disappeared, and the old man looked around in confusion.

After a while, he saw Natsume and his group, and his eyes lit up.

"Young people, have you ever seen a Pokémon called Sudowoodo?"

"what?"

Ash looked at the old man strangely, then glanced at the Sudowoodo Pokémon Ball in Natsume's hand.

"Here's the thing, I really want to see a Sudowoodo Pokémon. If you can find one for me, I'll take you to my house for the night!"

The old man looked at Natsume and his group with hopeful eyes.

"Excuse me, sir, we're in a bit of a hurry and might need to travel at night."

Natsume smiled politely and discreetly put the Poké Ball away.

"But Natsume, don't we have— um!"

Before Xiaoxia could finish speaking, her mouth was sealed shut by telekinesis.

"That's it"

The old man lowered his head in disappointment.

"Then my son and I can only continue searching for Sudowoodo, but every time a Pokémon comes out to cause trouble."

“Let’s go, Hoopa.”

Disappointed, the old man walked into the giant golden ring and disappeared.

"what?"

Ash stared at the golden ring with a puzzled expression, wanting to go forward, but Natsume suddenly pulled him back.

Before leaving, Hoopa gave Natsume a fierce look.

"Maybe I can save her."

Natsume's voice rang out.

(End of this chapter)