Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 450 Are you a snake-patterned bear?

Just as the door closed.

The space inside the tower seemed to have been completely activated!
"Thorn--!"

Countless warm but not scorching golden flames suddenly rose up from all directions.

They coil around the thick, ancient stone pillars like living fire serpents.

Leaping and dancing.

Intense flames spread from each stone pillar, rapidly converging and coiling towards the center of the tower.

finally.

In the most sacred place at the heart of the tower.

Weaving together a vast, magnificent, and pure golden nest constructed from sacred flames.

And this moment.

It was lying lazily in the center of this bed of flames.

It was the Phoenix King that disappeared at the top of the tower just now!

Its posture is as if it sits high on a throne or reclines on a brocade couch.

The dazzling tail feathers, like a magnificent robe, lavishly cover the nest bed.

Those phoenix eyes, like molten gold, were half-closed, carrying a languid gaze that scrutinized all things and a majestic aura that looked down upon all living beings.

The heat emanating from him caused the entire space to distort slightly.

"Pickup!"

Natsume was still mentally rehearsing how to explain the origin of the Rainbow Feather.

The red light from the Poké Ball at his waist flickered on its own.

The figure with the middle parting couldn't wait to jump out.

It seemed oblivious to the sacred flames around it, clenching its little fists and taking short, excited steps toward the fire nest.

"Cough cough!"

Natsume's eyelids twitched, and with lightning speed, he grabbed the back of the neck of the man with the middle part and pulled him back.

If you cause trouble, I'll make you fly!
"Go ahead."

A woman's voice, utterly languid yet imbued with supreme majesty and icy coldness, seemed to resonate directly within the depths of one's soul.

It broke the brief silence.

Ho-Oh didn't even fully open its eyes, but casually cast its gaze at Natsume.

Those gazes, however, were like two falling suns, containing a terrifying heat capable of melting gold and iron and piercing through the heart.

Why is that feather in your hand?

The voice still carried that nonchalant languor, but its sharpness was like an invisible whip lashing through the air.

"Um"

Natsume felt a chill run down his spine, but forced himself to speak.

"actually."

He decided to take a gamble.

He raised his left hand, pointing to the golden ring on his wrist that emitted a strange fluctuation.

"His name is Hoopa, he can travel through time, he's my partner!"

"Hupa, don't you think so?"

The voice just fell.

"Om-!"

The gold ring on Natsume's wrist suddenly burst forth with a bright light!

It instantly detached from his wrist and hovered in mid-air.

The space at the center of the golden ring distorted.

Two huge, curved horns, resembling those of a croissant, were the first to emerge.

Followed by.

A small, somewhat comical yet ancient and mysterious body emerged.

The strange expression on his face, a mixture of crying and laughing, was filled with tension.

"Hupa.Hupa"

The little demon Hoopa stammered, pointing his little finger at Natsume, then at himself.

"Yes, yes, he is Hoopa's partner."

Ho-Oh's lazy gaze finally focused entirely on Hoopa.

A clear hint of doubt flashed across those golden phoenix eyes.
"Demon?"

The sharp female voice carried a hint of amusement, but more so a cold scrutiny.

"you mean,"

"You two are in cahoots."

"In the future, they stole the Rainbow Feather that I gave away?"

The last few words, spoken with a slightly rising tone, carried an almost mocking yet chilling sense of oppression.

Natsume: "."

"System, where did you get that Rainbow Feather?" Natsume cried out in his mind.

[Ding.] [Host issue detected.]

[Origin of the item: Three years later, Ho-Oh passed by the summit of Mount Silver and, while resting, naturally shed one of its rainbow feathers.]

The feather drifted down into the mountain stream, unclaimed by any living creature; it was an unclaimed object.

[The system has legally reclaimed the property.]

"Are you a snake-patterned bear?!"

Natsume almost choked.

He always thought that the system rewards were generated out of thin air.

It seems that some of these things might have been "picked up"!
This could have endless consequences!
Natsume fell silent.

The atmosphere inside the tower suddenly plummeted to freezing point.

No, it suddenly rises to the boiling point!
The temperature of the originally warm, sacred flames suddenly rose rapidly, seemingly out of control!
An atmosphere of anxiety filled the air.

Golden flames licked the air, sizzling as they did so.

A strong burning sensation began to assault Natsume's skin.

Sweat instantly soaked through his back.

He could even smell the slightly burnt hair.

How dare those priests from a thousand years ago attack this thing inside the tower?!
These flames were utterly unreasonable and extremely strange. Whenever Natsume tried to use his psychic powers to resist them, the psychic power overflowing from his body would instantly twist and collapse, as if it had its own thoughts and wouldn't obey his commands.

Natsume gritted his teeth, his brain working at an unprecedented speed.

Explanation?

The system's behavior is simply inexplicable.

Perhaps, it's not necessary to explain it clearly.

As long as a sufficiently substantial guarantee can be provided?

Think of this.

Natsume's eyes narrowed.

He suddenly reached into his robes.

Feeling around.

He tightly gripped the transparent bell that Song Ye had just given him, still warm from his body.

No longer hesitate.

He suddenly lifted it high above his head!

The bells reflected a restrained and profound dark gold color under the light of the sacred flames.

There must be a reason why Songye entrusted this to me.

Natsume thought to himself.

"You still dare to take this out?"

The woman's voice turned angry, and with a flash of fire, the transparent bell in Natsume's hand was burned.

Along with him, his left eyebrow was also burned off.

Natsume: “???”

Wasn't Ho-Oh summoned by the transparent bell?

Perhaps the bells on the left and right are different?
Natsume raised his right hand and took out the bell he had previously used to summon Ho-Oh.

"boom!"

The fire shot straight through, turning the bell in Natsume's hand to ashes, and burning away his right eyebrow.

"Hopa!"

Hupa frowned and put gold rings on both arms.

"Don't!"

Seeing that Hoopa was about to resort to force, Natsume quickly stopped him.

They came to ask for a favor. Natsume, Hoopa's sister, didn't know, but the modification of the Great Dragonite required Ho-Oh's full assistance.

If the other party is even slightly unwilling, or deliberately tries to trip you up, then problems can easily arise.

"Hmph, what's your explanation? Or do you not want to explain and will try to convince me with something else?"

The anger in the woman's voice vanished completely, as if nothing had happened.

The atmosphere became increasingly anxious.

Natsume frantically searched his mind for anything related to Ho-Oh.

"Ho-Oh souvenirs from the temple?"

Natsume took out a fortune slip.

"Boom!" Fire descends.

"The fruit basket of the Black Ancestor?"

Natsume took out a fruit basket with a small white flower hanging on it.

"Boom!" Fire descends.

"The boy you were following?"

Natsume holds up a picture of Satoshi.

"Boom!" Fire descends.

(End of this chapter)