Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 416 Phantom Crystal Ball

With no one around, Natsume threw the captured Poké Ball.

"Stab~"

A sound like static suddenly appearing on an old-fashioned television screen rang out, and the crystal ball floated in the air.

The red beam of light did not flash by and release the Pokémon inside like a normal Poké Ball.

These red beams, emitted from the button, scanned the air like a printer, constructing Kyurem's enormous body.

"This is!?"

Xia Mulu's hand trembled slightly.

A moment later, a colossal, iron-gray beast appeared, as if cast from ice and steel.

Its heavy feet are firmly planted on the ground, and its thick neck is connected to a sharply angled mechanical head that rotates as Natsume moves.

Its wings resembled shattered ice blades, and its tail, adorned with a massive, low-hanging drill, emitted a sluggish, gear-like creak as it moved, exuding a cold, oppressive, and clumsy aura.

What kind of technology is this?!

Despite the extremely fast scanning speed of the light, Natsume could still see it clearly at such close range.

The Kyurem before me is not a living being at all.

This is like a 3D model printed by a printer.

Natsume was stunned.

He raised his hand and, under Kyurem's dazed gaze, pointed to the distant forest:

"Run over there."

"Boom boom boom!"

The earth began to tremble slightly, and the enormous creature, following instructions, gradually approached the vicinity of the forest.

Natsume silently looked at the crystal ball in his hand, then stored it in his system space and beckoned:
Look at me.

Kyurem remained unmoved.

With a flash of light, the Crystal Baby Ball reappeared, and the enormous creature immediately turned its head stiffly to look at Natsume.

"Freeze the world," Natsume ordered.

"Hooo~"

Kyurem roared to the sky, and a chilling white mist began to emanate from his body.

The flowers, plants, and trees that came into contact with the white mist all turned into ice sculptures.

Natsume remained silent, his footsteps crunching on the frozen earth as he walked straight toward Kyurem and reached out his hand.

Natsume's arm plunged directly into the Kyurem's head.

Like a bubble, it was illusory; I could vaguely see my own palm in the cold, white light of the carapace.

After another round of testing, Natsume retrieved Kyurem.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Natsume stared wistfully at the crystal Poké Ball in his hand, where the mini Kyurem, refracted by the light, remained unchanged.

"Ding~"

Natsume's phone rang, and when he answered it, he found it was Sakaki calling.

"How about we work on it tonight?" Sakaki's voice rang out.

"I don't know the principle behind it, but these crystal balls should be mass-producible."

Upon hearing this, the opponent immediately fell silent.

An eerie silence fell over the room.

It can be mass-produced.

"Can we crack it?" Sakaki asked gravely.

From just a few words, he understood the seriousness of the matter.

If this thing could be mass-produced, the organization's strength would be terrifying.

If the Three Dragons of Unova can do it, then what about the others?
"I don't know, I've never been exposed to this kind of technology before, so I might have to start from scratch."

Natsume said casually.

On the other end, Sakaki paused slightly, then slowly spoke:
Aren't you anxious at all?

Natsume's tone was unexpectedly relaxed.

"Anxiety in advance? What's the difference between that and taking out a loan from Akashi?" Natsume was astonished.

"."

Sakaki remained silent for two minutes before finally changing his tune:
"To put it another way, it's about being prepared for a rainy day."

"Actually, there's no need to rush. I have some ideas."

After thinking about it, Natsume decided to tell Sakaki.

"There is a similar technology in our world."

"Who!" Sakaki was overjoyed.

“However…” Natsume’s expression turned strange. The phantom crystal ball in his hand immediately reminded Natsume of Mirage Mewtwo.

That was after Gilluta captured the three legendary birds in the Orange Islands, he set his sights on Mewtwo, and eventually created a phantom Mewtwo using some unknown technology.

Mirage Mewtwo possesses abilities somewhat similar to its original form, and is very similar to the crystal ball that Natsume obtained, which can summon Kyurem.

However, in their world, Gilruta is already in prison because of Natsume.

"Never mind, there's someone in the prison, Gilluta. After you find Quixes, try to negotiate with him and see if you can find out anything."

Natsume said.

"That guy who was eyeing the Three Sacred Birds and causing such a ruckus in the Orange Islands?" Sakaki exclaimed in astonishment.

“Yes, it’s him,” Natsume confirmed.

Upon hearing this, Sakaki remained silent for a long time before finally hanging up the call.

"The best solution is to hand it over to me first."

Mewtwo's voice suddenly rang out.

"This precious, single experimental material, I can experiment with without limit in your underground laboratory, regardless of the risk of damage."

Natsume nodded; that was his plan too.

However, before Natsume could throw the crystal ball to Mewtwo, the system's announcement sounded in his mind.

[Congratulations, host, on solving the SSS-level challenge "Phantom Pokémon" and successfully developing Phantom Technology!]

[SSS-level scratch card +1]

"what?"

Natsume was taken aback, but quickly realized that the system had malfunctioned again.

In his first reaction, Natsume reacted quickly and immediately used the SSS-level scratch card he had obtained.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a large Divine Fragment!]

The next second, a fist-sized, milky-white lump appeared in Natsume's hand.

"Pickup!"

Just then, the man with the middle parting returned to Natsume's room with a group of Pokémon.

The moment they entered, the man with the middle parting, Zapdos, and Loreton all turned their heads sharply, their eyes fixed on the divine fragment in Natsume's hand.

Before the eyes could react, the man with the middle parting suddenly lunged at Natsume.

"thump!"

It kneeled down and then slammed down heavily.

"Get out of my way, this is not the time to worry about these things."

Natsume's lips twitched, and he tossed the man with the middle parting onto the bed beside him.

Immediately, Natsume stored this fragment of a high priesthood into his own inner world.

Having received the reward, Natsume began to examine the system's assessment of his solution to the problem.

He clearly didn't do it.

The system hadn't even published this topic.

While there isn't a detailed process for solving the problem, there is a general outline.

"I collected all the activation tablets and disassembled them one by one."

The ending also includes a diagram of the structure of the phantom crystal ball.

Without a second thought, Natsume extracted the structural diagram and tossed it directly to Mewtwo in his mind.

"How did you get it?!"

Mewtwo was shocked.

Natsume touched his nose and didn't reply.

He originally thought that this kind of thing was something that Gilluta from some world had been living freely, and that after creating Mirage Mewtwo, it was absorbed by that organization.

With the support of the organization, further research was conducted, and this thing was finally developed.

But the system insists that he was the one who did it.

"Wait a minute, this crystal ball is just a device to stabilize and seal the phantoms. How the phantoms are generated is not explained at all."

A moment later, Mewtwo's voice rang in my mind.

"We'll have to wait for Sakaki's news."

Natsume yawned.

From the few words in the project introduction, Natsume only knew that the appearance of the phantoms was somewhat related to the activated stone slab.

That's good news.

The number of stone slabs is also limited. Even if that organization has the technology, it cannot produce such things on an assembly line indefinitely.

On another note, does Gilluta still possess the Dream Stone Tablet?
To boost Sakaki's enthusiasm for his work, Natsume sent the message.

(End of this chapter)