Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 392 Shaka, Deceived
After a while, Xiao Zhuang blushed and was pushed into a small grove of trees by Natsume.

"Mr. Natsume, is this really necessary?"

Xiao Zhuang touched her hair, tears welling in her eyes.

"Otherwise, don't you want to get full marks?"

"Okay, then, be gentle."

Xiao Zhuang gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind.

In no time at all, when Natsume and Kojima reappeared, their two bald heads shone brightly on everyone's faces.

"What is this?!" Xiaoxia covered her face, unable to bear to look.

"Mr. Natsume, why do you get a high score if you shave your head?" Jiaozi asked curiously as she approached.

Xiao Zhuang took the hat from Xiao Gang and quickly covered his head, trying to hide his face.

"Because my agreement with them was that I would be bald."

Natsume waved his hand helplessly.

He visited all the dragons that lived on the cliff.

The remaining dragons will then spread the word.

The promised logo is a bald head and a Dragonite.

"Who are they?" Ash asked curiously.

"My people, bathed in the warmth of the sun." Natsume patted Satoshi's head.

"Huh?" Ash stood there dumbfounded.

"But isn't this price too high?" Xiaoxia said, patting Xiaozhuang's head with heartache.

“It’s alright!” Xiao Zhuang’s gaze suddenly sharpened.

"Anyway, I don't like long hair anyway, and I've wanted to cut it for a long time."

"You don't like long hair?" Xiaoxia asked in surprise.

"No... Oh well, that's fine!" Xiao Zhuang covered her face and left, but she couldn't shake off the crowd at all.

"What are you doing following me?"

The other person seemed to regret getting a haircut; despite wearing a hat, Xiao Zhuang's face was still red all the way to the roots of her neck.

“Because the temporary canteen is over there.” Natsume pointed to the smoke rising in the distance as if it were a matter of course.

"Oh," Xiao Zhuang's face turned even redder. She lowered the brim of her hat and glanced away into the distance with a somewhat evasive look.

It was a small open space filled with tables and chairs, and several large boilers were set up. Many people had already sat down to eat.

"Are you afraid Mr. Du will see your bald head?" Xiaoxia asked gossipy, leaning closer.

As they were talking, Watari came over carrying a boxed lunch.

"Are you here too?"

He turned his head and looked at Xiao Zhuang, who was wearing a hat and had his head down.

"Lift your head up, and why are you suddenly wearing a hat?"

Du frowned and reached out his hand.

"Ouch!"

The miniature dragon hanging around the little stake raised its head and rubbed against Du's fingertips with a look of delight.

The latter was taken aback, then stopped what it was doing and touched the Dratini.

"Keep up the good work, you still have a great chance this year."

After Wataru finished speaking, he looked at Natsume, leaned closer, and whispered:

"If you don't get first place this time, I'll lend you my Dragon Cloak."

"How did you know I wasn't planning to take first place?" Natsume looked at Watari in surprise.

Crossing: “.”

He often fantasized about having a face as thick as Natsume's.

This can really avoid a lot of trouble.

"Let's give first place to Xiaozhuang. I have my own plans for the Dragon Cloak." Natsume yawned.

"hehe."

Watanabe's lips twitched, taking it as Natsume joking.

He didn't think Natsume had a chance of winning, and neither did Kozuma.

Du frowned slightly, his gaze unconsciously drifting towards the group of purple-haired figures not far away.

Unlike the other two factions and outsiders, this group of people sat down randomly, but instead formed a very unified group at a table with people from their own faction.

"I want to ask you something."

Natsume took the lunchbox that Ash brought and followed behind Wataru.

"The masters here are Dragon-type Pokémon, so don't ask me those presumptuous questions," Lance predicted. "Don't worry, I'm asking about the private affairs of your Dragon-riding clan," Natsume nodded.

"Go ahead and ask." Du breathed a sigh of relief.

Where are your ancestral graves?

"What do you want to do!" Wataru suddenly turned around and looked at Natsume.

"The Guardian Dragonite would like to visit your ancestral graves."

Natsume touched his nose and told him the truth.

"Is that so?" Watari's expression immediately turned serious.

"However, the burial of every member of the Dragon Clan is blessed by that senior. If he really wanted to go, why would he let you ask?"

Du saw through it in a second.

“Yes!” Natsume narrowed his eyes.

As the two talked, Natsume followed Wataru to the area where the other was dining.

The six old men formed a table by themselves, while the rest were Zhu Lan, Xia Ka, and Ji Ke.

Natsume approached and discovered that the three were discussing something and had started arguing.

"What? Gible, Axew, and Charizard?"

Natsume casually pulled up a chair, sat down, and looked at the three of them with curiosity.

"Mr. Natsume, we are discussing the issue of collaborative breeding."

As Shaka spoke, he tapped the table, causing the papers on it to tremble slightly.

Natsume looked at it and found it to be a map of the Sanctuary.

"It was agreed that this cave would be given to our Sinnoh region for a pilot project to breed Gibles."

Zhu Lan's voice suddenly rang out. She pointed to a certain point on the Holy Domain and frowned.

Natsume sat to the side, eating his boxed lunch, watching the people in front of him haggle over prices as if he were buying groceries.

After listening for a while, he finally understood that Cynthia, Shaka, and Keko had come to discuss cooperation on behalf of Sinnoh, Unova, and Charizard Valley, respectively.

The reason for this is that the pilot program for breeding Salamence in the Hoenn region has achieved great success in the Dragon Sanctuary.

The Flying Dragons that emerged from the Holy Land far surpassed those of other artificially bred individuals.

"So, why are you all fixated on this cave?"

After finishing his boxed lunch, Natsume pointed curiously to the cave where the three were arguing.

There are clearly many other nice areas around here.

Moreover, apart from Gible, other creatures like Teostra and Charizard are simply not suited to living in caves.

When Natsume interrupted, Takeran and Natsuka were taken aback.

However, during their previous conversation with Lance, they learned that the young man in front of them was a prospective Pokémon Professor.

Their tone softened slightly as they explained:

"The dragon Pokémon living in this cave are far stronger than those bred in other parts of the Sanctuary."

As Zhu Lan spoke, she looked at Natsume with a smile:
“Mr. Natsume, with your status, you must know that Pokémon like Gible are well-suited to living in caves.”

Natsume nodded.

"Hmph, I've already negotiated everything, and the contract is signed!"

Unexpectedly, Shaka pulled out a briefcase containing a large stack of paper contracts.

Everyone was taken aback. Ji Ke picked up a contract, looked at it, and frowned, saying:
“That’s not right, Mr. Shaka. The contracts you signed only have one type of Dragon Emblem, while contracts recognized by Dragon Valley all have three types of emblems.”

As he spoke, Ji Ke pulled out three contracts from his small bag.

These are joint breeding contracts for Dragonite, Charizard, and Lisa.

All three contracts, without exception, feature overlapping red, blue, and purple emblems.

In contrast, all of Shaka's contracts only had purple emblems.

"what?"

Shaka was taken aback, then turned to look at Watari.

The latter nodded silently.

The air seemed to freeze.

Shaka, the elderly man in a well-tailored, spotless white suit, looked like a volcano about to erupt.

"Tsk!"

Shaka stared at the contract in silence for a long time, then stood up with a gloomy face, rubbed his fists, his knuckles cracking, and his suit taut and ripped from the strain of his bulging muscles.

He turned around and walked straight toward the table of old men behind him.

Natsume quietly took out his phone.

(End of this chapter)