Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 502 Information, Another Mechanical Priest

The meeting ended faster than expected.

After almost everyone had left, Rogers remained standing at the entrance to the conference hall.

As the lights dimmed, he suddenly looked up at the figure walking towards him.

Natsume, the newly crowned champion who, upon his arrival, shattered all his plans.

“Mr. Natsume, if you need it, you can keep my three-headed dragon for now.”

Rogers smiled insincerely, thinking that Natsume had come to return another three-headed dragon.

"Thanks, that's what I was thinking too."

Rogers was taken aback when Natsume showed no intention of returning it.

"However, Mr. Rogers, I would also like to get to know an outstanding young man like you."

Before Rogers could even address the previous question, Natsume continued speaking.

In an instant, he realized that this newly crowned champion seemed unwilling to offend either side.

After winning over Shaka, do they also want to win me over?
Rogers' heart skipped a beat, and he immediately put on a slightly ingratiating expression, as if nothing had happened:
"In that case, why don't we chat more nearby?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking. Please follow me."

As Natsume spoke, he glanced at Rogers' assistant team behind him.

"I'll talk to Mr. Natsume. You can go ahead."

Rogers immediately understood and dismissed his entire assistant team.

Due to the current situation, the championship here is still very prestigious.

One of his biggest tasks is to network upwards.

"Mr. Natsume, why did you bring me here?"

Rogers was led into a small alley.

Sensing something was wrong, he decisively stopped in his tracks.

"Hmph hmph hmph." Natsume rubbed his fists.

After a friendly exchange, Natsume, carrying a nearly destroyed robot, jumped into Hoopa's golden ring.

Shuanglong City.

Mayor's Office, City Hall.

"Congratulations, Mayor Schaca."

"congratulations."

The news of Shaka's successful succession had already reached these shrewd individuals, who now "casually" appeared on Shaka's usual route back to his office to offer their congratulations.

"Happy together."

Xia Ka was beaming, feeling like she was walking on air.

This cheerful state of mind, where he was in high spirits after a happy event, lasted until he pushed open the door to his office.

"Natsume, what are you doing?!"

Upon opening the door, Shaka found his office in complete disarray.

A "corpse" was placed directly on his desk, and Natsume, like a murderer, was holding various pliers and saws, seemingly dismembering the body.

If this scene had been captured on camera, his political career could have ended prematurely.

But soon, Shaka noticed something strange—there was no blood flowing from the corpse.

With a sense of doubt, Xia Ka took a closer look and was surprised to find that the so-called corpse was none other than Rogers!

"Didn't you want to keep him until the Eye of the Sky is activated?" Shaka asked curiously, remembering Natsume's previous plan.

"The person in charge of the Eye of the Sky, and members of the Cattleya family."

A simple explanation of Natsume.

Through his conversation with Cattleya at the meeting, Natsume finally understood the activation condition for the Eye of the Sky—a human baby.

I'll sneak in another day and stuff the baby inside.

Of course, this is on the premise that one's own internal psychokinetic energy needs to be quickly restored to its peak level.

As for the big fish behind the scenes, with Kyurem around, all I need to do is wait for it to come out of the academy. It will appear sooner or later.

At this moment, Rogers is no longer of any value.

Of course, that's not entirely true. At least for now, Natsume really wants to figure out what's inside the other person that gives them such intelligence.

After all, Natsume still hasn't figured out the specific function of the divine authority within Rotom-1.

If we can glean some information from the black, activated mist-like substance within Rogers' body, perhaps we can make progress.

"If that's the case, then why did you choose my office?" Shaka looked at him speechlessly.

"I'll make you take the blame." Natsume said bluntly, holding the battery he had pried out.

Shaka: "."

"I understand."

Shaka rolled her eyes, turned and left the office, leaving the space to Natsume.

"Strange"

After exploring for a long time, Natsume subconsciously wanted to call out Loletton's name, but then realized that Loletton was exploring in the ice cave.

Natsume carefully took out a stone slab from his bosom.

That was the stone tablet that came with Rotom the First when he received that divine office, which was like the heart of oil.

Within the stone slab, wisps of black, activated mist were stored.

The telekinetic energy stirred the mist, which slowly flowed into Rogers' body.

He was very curious about what such an intelligent robot would be like if it were brought to life.
As the gray mist was injected, Rogers' body began to move, as if he might open his eyes and be resurrected at any moment.

Natsume picked up the phone remote and left his finger on the power-off button.

Contrary to Natsume's expectations, Rogers' body did not exhibit the subtle deformations seen in other devices that came into contact with the gray mist for the first time.

The gray mist flowed into the other person's body without any hindrance.

Natsume's pupils contracted.

He was very familiar with this situation.

Back in Professor Oak's lab, when I injected the activating black mist into the first AI every day, it behaved like this.

Rogers is a robot that was brought to life by the black mist!
It had already been revitalized before him!

The Rainbow Rockets have another "Rotom-Number One"?!

Natsume frowned.

It's possible that in some technologically advanced world, a mechanical deity was also created, which eventually caught the eye of Team Rainbow Rocket and fell into their hands.

Natsume's mood suddenly turned heavy.

If they had this, wouldn't Team Rainbow Rocket be able to create something similar to Rotom?
Involuntarily, Natsume recalled Hoopa's previous description of the incredibly terrifying combined monster that completely suppressed the demon god Hoopa.

"rub!"

As if some program had been activated, Rogers suddenly sprang up and reached out with both hands to grab Natsume.

"Kacha~"

With a light press of the button, the other person froze in place.

"It can run even without a battery after activation, which is a bit of a hassle."

Natsume stroked his chin, pondering how to deal with the other party.

After all, it is extremely unusual for a living person to suddenly disappear.

However, the next second, another tab suddenly popped up on Natsume's phone.

'Absolutely confidential'

'Absolutely confidential'

'Absolutely confidential'

As if some mechanism had been triggered, all the labels inside Rogers' body disappeared, and were uniformly replaced with 'Absolutely Secret'.

What do you mean?
Natsume was taken aback, and then he felt a terrifying energy rising from Rogers' body.

"boom!!!"

A loud bang came from the direction of the city hall.

When people looked back, all they could see were towering flames and billowing smoke.

From afar, the smell of gunpowder wafted through the air.

After a brief moment of surprise, a belated sense of fear crept into everyone's hearts.

"Terrorist attack! Another terrorist attack!"

"Run!!!!"

"Terrorists have attacked City Hall! Notify Officer Jenny immediately!"

Chaos erupted on the street, and a shadow once again fell over everyone's hearts.

(End of this chapter)