Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 370 Red Gyarados

The long-haired pig trained with Ash all night long.

The next day, Ash confidently announced:

"I'm sure I'll get the badge this time!"

"Nonsense, if you send the long-haired pig back, such a big knot in your heart will be untied, Uncle Liu will definitely go easy on you." Xiaoxia shook her head.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Strength? I'll get strength through special training!" Ash retorted.

"Hey, Natsume, Takako, aren't you going down?"

Xiao Gang noticed that Natsume and Jiaozi hadn't packed their things.

"Mr. Natsume plans to take stock of what the middle-parted guy and his crew found."

Jiaozi pointed outside the courtyard.

After being stored overnight, the lost mushrooms, herbs, and various wild fruits were all sealed in ice and snow.

"Go and take stock of what Uncle Liu needs."

After Ash and his friends left, Natsume casually remarked.

He went into the boiler and pulled the sleeping people out one by one.

Go wash yourself!

The man with the middle parting was thrown into the snowdrift, and Natsume turned to count the large pile of seemingly insignificant wild berries.

These things were all marked as dispensable supplies by themselves.

But there are also quite a few interesting little items mixed in.

For example, old-fashioned baby balls from decades ago, and some rare bottle caps.

"what?"

While searching, Natsume picked up an oval-shaped stone.

The stone was only a few inches larger than my palm. After knocking off the blackened outer shell, you could see the blue and white colors inside.

"This is an egg?"

Natsume was slightly taken aback.

Golden light covered his pupils, and his telekinetic powers probed inwards.

After probing for a moment, Natsume frowned.

There were no signs of life inside the egg; it was as if we were probing a rock.

"This is most likely the abandoned, dead egg."

Natsume held up the frozen bird egg in his hand, his brows furrowed.

Not only was it devoid of life, but the egg was also excessively small.

"Do you have a way, Mewtwo?" Natsume asked in his mind.

"No, this egg isn't fertilized at all." Mewtwo waved his hand.

Even if you restore the egg to its vitality, nothing will hatch.

"Is this so"

Natsume was somewhat disappointed, as the research value of the material had been greatly diminished.

It seems its only purpose is for collection.

"Mr. Natsume, what is this?"

Jiaozi looked curiously at the frozen bird egg in Natsume's hand.

"A sapphire the size of a bird's egg, for you."

Natsume casually tossed the dead egg to the other person.

"Given to me?"

Jiaozi blushed, and in the snow, the heat was even more intense than usual.

"Alright, we can go and meet up with Ash and the others now."

As Natsume spoke, he reached out and put everything he needed into his system space.

"Pickup!"

The man with the middle parting suddenly jumped up from the snow and waved his hand in protest.

“I keep it fresh here.” Natsume picked the other person up.

"Pickup?"

"You want to cultivate telekinesis? Why?" Natsume looked at the other person in surprise.

"Pika pika."

"Because you also want to keep things fresh?"

Natsume was taken aback, realizing that the man with the middle part thought he had taken the Lost Mushroom into the Otherworld.

"You can try changing the environment of your dream world. For example, simulate a snowy day."

Natsume said casually.

"Pikachu."

He scratched his head, then lay down and went to sleep.

Kaji City, Kaji Gym. Just as I stepped into the courtyard, I heard Uncle Liu's strange voice coming from inside.

"Is it because you haven't fought in a while and your condition isn't good? It's alright, Long-haired Boar, use Ice Shard again!"

"Cyndaquil, get out of the way!"

"boom!"

The attack missed again.

Natsume stood outside the arena, watching the battle with a strange expression.

This long-haired pig is weak against fire-type skills.

However, due to its thick layer of fat, it has reduced damage from fire-type moves.

Adding to the level difference, it's impossible for Ash to...
"The Wooloo is unable to fight, Ash wins!"

"Yay, I won!"

Ash happily accepted the badge from Uncle Liu.

"Can't this guy see that the long-haired pig is letting him have his way?" Xiaoxia covered her face.

"Anyway, thank you for helping me find the long-haired pig!"

Liu Bo looked earnestly at everyone.

"It's alright, you can come to my academy and serve as the Dean of the Ice Department."

Natsume handed the other person a business card.

Before Uncle Liu could react, he immediately pulled out a contract:
“Your long-haired pigs are already a partner of our school.”

The contract had a small pig's hoof print on it.

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After handing a basket of compensation to Uncle Liu, Natsume and his group left Kaji City.

"Our next stop is the last gym!"

Xiao Zhi exclaimed excitedly.

"The Smoky City Gym Leader is a trainer who specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon, so we have to be very careful!"

Xiao Gang gave instructions.

"I have planned a route."

Natsume showed the map to everyone.

"Strange, why is our route detouring around the power plant in Yanmo City?"

Xiao Gang asked curiously.

"I heard there's a red Gyarados here, let's go check it out," Natsume said casually.

The shiny Gyarados is red, but that Gyarados's red appearance was acquired later in life.

If we investigate further, we might be able to trigger a systematic research topic.

Natsume hasn't tackled any new system topics in a long time.

"A red Gyarados! Speaking of which, I think I've seen this power plant before!"

Ash stared at the map, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly pulled out his Pokédex.

He opened an electronic map on the encyclopedia.

"The King of Light's treasure? What? You still have this?" Xiaoxia looked at the other person in surprise.

I initially thought Ash was just having a fleeting interest, but he seems quite interested in it.

"Of course, seeing more Pokémon is also part of the meaning of the journey."

"I'm getting off-topic. I noticed that this place is also marked on the treasure map of the Shining King!"

As Ash spoke, he handed the Pokédex to Natsume.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the case.

At the power plant next to the city of Yanmo, a distinctly different red dot was marked.

"Hey, that's strange, why is there nothing on this red dot?" Xiaoxia looked at the blank red dot with curiosity.

Unlike other red dots that have records of related shiny Pokémon, this red dot has no record of any Pokémon.

Natsume frowned.

This is too strange. Wasn't this red Gyarados formed later in life?

Even if we count the day after tomorrow, the era in which Shining King lived was more than a hundred years ago.

The Shiny King from a hundred years ago... this Gyarados probably hadn't even been born yet!

Natsume considered two possibilities.

The first possibility is that a hundred years ago, Shiny King released a Pokémon into the lake next to the power plant, which could be considered a coincidence.

Another possibility is that this so-called Shiny King possesses something that can predict the location of Shiny Pokémon.
If it's the latter, it perfectly explains why the League couldn't find Shiny Pokémon released by Shiny King in some areas.

Because many of those Pokémon are just predictions, or may not have even appeared yet.

Natsume suddenly became interested.

"Let's go check out the power plant."

(End of this chapter)