Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 317 Deep in the Reserve

"Is this spoils of war?"

Natsume strangely held up the can in his hand and asked Laden.

"No."

Bin Laden glanced at him and shook his head.

"Ugh, this tastes awful! No matter how much I try to convince myself, it still tastes terrible!" A voice filled with despair rang out.

Jae-yong, who had been smiling and stuffing canned food into his mouth, finally couldn't hold back anymore.

He took the water cup from Xiaozhi and kept drinking the cool spring water, trying to wash away the greasy feeling in his mouth.

"Uh, Grandpa Bin Laden, how did you manage to get your hands on this canned food?"

Xiaoxia stirred the can of food in her hand, finding it really hard to eat.

"Yes, Grandpa Laden, did some unscrupulous merchant cheat you?" Xiao Zhi said indignantly.

"do not talk."

Zaiyong was helped to his feet by Xiaogang.

He gulped down the rest of the canned food and mumbled indistinctly:

"Just think about it, how could bin Laden hold out in the protected area under such harsh conditions!"

Unable to boost his own morale, Zaiyong leaned against the window and vomited downstairs.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

The angry roars of the Arcanines rang out.

It's one thing to lack public morality, but can't you at least eat something decent?
"Hoohoho!"

A speeddog jumped up and clung to the windowsill, whimpering.

"Uncle Zaiyong, your Gyrocopters seem angry."

"No, they mean there isn't enough food."

Zai Yong skillfully walked behind the counter, rummaged through the drawers and cabinets and took out a large bag.

"Pokémon food? Specifically for breeding Camel. What is Camel?"

Ash curiously took out his Pokédex:
[Fire-breathing Camel, the evolved form of the Dullfire Camel]

"Wow, can Arcanine eat this?" Xiaoxia exclaimed in surprise.

"What's edible or not? That's the condition." Bin Laden rolled his eyes.

Natsume watched silently as Zaiyong carried a large bag of fire-breathing camel food downstairs.

When Zai Yong stepped forward, Laden threw the bill at him.

"Um, could you make it a little cheaper?"

Zai Yong chuckled awkwardly.

"No!" Bin Laden stood up and glared at the other man.

"Uncle Zaiyong, I'll pay!" Xiaozhi took out his Pokédex and accepted the bill.

Three seconds later.

"Um, could you make it a little cheaper?"

Xiao Zhi chuckled awkwardly.

"Wow, 100,000 for a can of food, that's so expensive!" Xia glanced at the bill and covered her mouth.

“Brother Laden, I’ve been buying things from you for over ten years, I’m a long-time customer!” Zai Yong rubbed his hands together.

"Nonsense, I'm the only shop within a hundred miles!"

Bin Laden glared and puffed out his cheeks. He hung his pipe on the wall, lay down on the bed, and looked like he was about to go to sleep.

"Uncle Zaiyong, this..." Xiaozhi and the others looked at Zaiyong with difficulty.

"Don't worry, just put it on the tab. Bin Laden is easy to talk to, he's just blunt and outspoken. We bothered him and made him unhappy."

Zaiyong explained in a low voice.

“I heard you,” bin Laden suddenly said.

Everyone fell silent, each took a glass of water, and began to make their own beds on the floor.

Natsume grabbed the person with the middle parting and fed them some water.

"Pickup?"

The moment it entered his throat, the man with the middle parting suddenly brightened up.

"Gudong Gudong——"

Natsume drank the water in one gulp without worry.

The moment he drank it, Natsume sensed something was wrong.

"This water is so sweet, and it feels so warm and comforting to drink."

Xiao Zhi exclaimed in surprise.

"Could this be... the water from the Lake of Life?"

Xiao Gang stared in shock at the large barrels of bottled water.

"Yes, legend has it that the waters of the Lake of Life have healing properties, but that's just a legend."

Jiaozi subconsciously started looking up information.

"What are you all yelling about? That water was what I drank when I went out. It had X reagent added to it."

Bin Laden's impatient voice rang out.

"Oh, so it was an oral stimulant." Xiao Zhi nodded thoughtfully.

"What is an oral stimulant? How do you know that?" Xiaoxia looked at Xiaozhi strangely.

"Didn't I tell you last time, during our trip to the Orange Islands, the guy with the middle parting kept dragging me to see that... you know what?"

Xiao Zhi thought for a long time but still couldn't remember the name of the online class.

It wasn't the water from the Lake of Life.
Everyone stared silently at the water glasses in their hands.

sleepless nights.

The next day, everyone except Bin Laden had black eyes.

When it went out, it startled all the Gyrocopters.

"Alright, alright, you guys hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave, don't linger in the protected area."

Bin Laden impatiently chased the crowd away.

"Ugh, I'm so sleepy, I need to catch up on some sleep."

Xiaoxia fell asleep instantly while holding a Growlithe dog.

"I'm so sleepy too."

Jiaozi climbed onto Natsume's Growlithe without realizing it, and then fell asleep while hugging the dog.

Natsume scratched his head, realizing he had no choice but to trade Arcanine with the other party.

As they set off again, as if sensing something, Natsume looked up and saw a Pidgeot circling in the sky.

It was the same one-eyed Pidgeot from last night.

The eagle followed them for a very long time, until dusk, when Zaiyong arrived at his destination.

"Okay, let's get down."

The highway had long since disappeared, and in front of them was a rather sparse forest.

"Where is this?"

"There are many strange stones, decorated with colorful ribbons."

Ash and Misty jumped off Arcanine and looked around curiously.

“These are not stones, they are shrines.”

Natsume casually glanced around and discovered that there were quite a few shrines in this area.

"let's go."

Zai Yong removed the two bags from the neck of the speed dog.

Under Zaiyong's leadership, the shrines became increasingly densely distributed, eventually lining both sides of the road and forming a roadside area.

At the end of the road was a house built in a tree.

Three large trees clustered together support the house, and outside the house, colorful flags flutter in the wind, each painted in three different colors: red, yellow, and blue.

"Miss Miku! I've brought what your mother-in-law asked for!"

Zaiyong arrived at the foot of the wooden house and shouted loudly.

"coming!"

A crisp, melodious sound came from inside the wooden house.

"Uncle Zaiyong, please let me deliver this to the other party."

Xiao Gang suddenly stepped forward.

"what?"

Before he knew it, the package was in Xiao Gang's hands.

"Hello, beautiful little grandma, this is your package."

An elderly woman with long green hair and wearing a headscarf opened the door.

"Who are these people?"

The old woman looked at Natsume and the others with a strange expression.

“They are my clients, and they will be leaving soon,” Zai Yong explained.

"In that case, please come in. Miku has prepared some snacks and tea."

"Thank you so much, Mother-in-law!"

Zaiyong wanted to say a few more polite words, but then he saw Xiaozhi and Xiaoxia rush inside.

"Let's go." Natsume smiled and patted the other person's shoulder.

"Middle parting," Natsume suddenly said.

"Pickup?"

A macroscopic flash appeared, and a middle-parted hairstyle appeared on Natsume's shoulder.

"If you smell the scent of a divine beast in a moment, remember to remind me immediately."

Natsume's telepathy.

The man with the middle parting paused for a moment, then tilted his head to the left and right, like a tail standing upright, gazing into the distance.

"Pikachu?" No one's here.

Everyone went inside, while Natsume stood alone at the doorway.

“It will happen,” Natsume said confidently.

From the moment he saw the green-haired old woman, Natsume knew exactly where in the protected area he was.

If all goes as expected, we'll be able to meet Professor Oak Mini in a few days.

(End of this chapter)