Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 509 What the heck is this green orb?

The chibi version of Natsume urged Ash to walk to the edge of the crater.

Looking down at the dark red lava below, which was engulfing the machine and churning with bubbles, a subtle, unnoticed smile curled at the corner of his sinister face.

It became.

Just before the machine plunged into the lava, taking advantage of the chaos and the moment when everyone's attention was drawn to it, the green-glowing meteorite was "scooped out" by an invisible force one-hundredth of a second before it hit the lava.

It traversed space and appeared silently on his desk at the Pokémon Center in Unova's Odd Dragon City.

"Hupa has been caught!"

Hupa happily twirled the ring in his hand.

On the table, a stone glowing with green light shone brightly.

"Mr. Natsume, what is this?"

Joey leaned closer, looking somewhat worried.

She only just realized that this newly crowned champion was actually a Pokémon professor?

The other party always likes to tinker with strange and unusual things.

"I don't know, it might be some kind of radioactive material."

Natsume glanced at the green meteorite.

"what?"

Joey was taken aback, but then she saw the man with the middle parting on his head rushing toward the green meteorite with lightning speed.

"Get started!"

A glint of light flashed in Natsume's eyes.

A center-part hairstyle with certification guarantees quality.

Natsume grabbed the green meteorite and his form vanished.

When it reappears.
"puff!"

Shaka held up his teacup, spraying tea onto the newspaper in front of him.

"Could you please say hello when you show up?"

"How confidential is this?" Natsume looked around and couldn't help but ask.

"Confidentiality? Haha!"

As if Natsume had hit the nail on the head, Shaka laughed heartily, slapped his hand, and a button appeared on the custom-made desk.

Press the button, and in an instant, the entire office began to undergo a dramatic transformation.

The surrounding walls began to peel back, revealing a metallic sheen.

Natsume looked closely and suddenly realized that the office seemed to have shrunk in size after Rogers's self-destruction.

The walls have become thicker.

The squeezed space was cleverly concealed by a thick metal deck.

"See that, Natsume? This is the final design I came up with after consulting several designers!"

Clearly, Shaka was also taken aback by the commotion Rogers had caused last time, and took advantage of this opportunity to renovate the office to make some minor "modifications."

Natsume nodded slightly.

He could tell at a glance that all these metal walls were constructed using the same materials as those used in his laboratory.

Its ability to absorb and buffer explosions is extremely strong; even if ten Rogers were to self-destruct inside, no one outside would notice.

It can be called the number one tool to assist the enemy in assassination, and it can even save you money for your own coffin.

When Natsume revealed this, Shaka's smug expression suddenly froze.

"Um"

Shaka stroked his chin, silently squatting in the corner, lost in strange contemplation.

Seeing this, Natsume shook his head slightly. He took out the blue meteorite and placed it unceremoniously on Shaka's office.

Gently stroking it, feeling the obstruction from the stone surface, Natsume nodded slightly, his expression extremely focused.

The power of thought permeates.

Since it's a middle-part hairstyle verified, it must contain good stuff; we can't afford to miss anything.

"Keng~"

Natsume took out a small hammer and hit the predetermined point of force with perfect precision. With a soft, crisp sound, a piece of stone peeled off.

"9999999 does not include shipping."

Natsume aimed at the stone skin, took a picture, and then sent it to Bamboo Orchid.

This is the contact information I casually added when Zhu Lan left last time. The other party claimed that they wanted to have more contact with Hu Pa and do some research.

"?"

"I am not Daigo."

Almost instantly, Natsume received a reply.

Daigo?

Natsume raised an eyebrow.

I almost forgot about him.

In the Hoenn region, where meteorites are a rare occurrence, a meteorite has unexpectedly fallen this time.

Daigo estimated that he would receive the news soon and head back.

Thinking of this, Natsume reached out and picked up the meteorite shards that had been swept into the trash can.

"Clang~"

The sound of metal clashing rang out one after another as Natsume carefully peeled off pieces of stone skin and placed them into a storage bag that had been prepared beforehand.

Why did you get such a fancy storage bag?

Nearby, Shaka, who was questioning his existence, came over.

At this moment, the blue meteorite in Natsume's hand had been separated into seven or eight parts.

Beneath the thick, pitted outer layer of the meteorite lies a bluish-green gemstone that resembles jade.

The gemstone was unusually round, but only half of it was hidden under the meteorite; the other half had vanished without a trace.

A faint blue light emanated from it, and Shaka couldn't help but reach out and touch the half of the green gem.

"Huh!" A clear look of surprise flashed across Shaka's eyes.

"Don't be surprised. Do you know any antique appraisers who can issue a certificate for this bag?"

After Natsume packed the stone skin, he tossed the luxurious bag to Shaka.

"Why are you doing this? Don't you researchers value practicality the most?" Shaka asked, taking the paper with a puzzled look.

Natsume didn't explain, but simply focused his gaze on the semi-circular green bead.

[Half a green gem]

Before Natsume's eyes, the system's identification results clearly appeared.

Green jewel?

Natsume's eyebrows lifted slightly.

Hold this half of the green gem in your hand.

"what?"

In an instant, Natsume understood why Shaka had been so surprised.

This green bead, which looks heavy and has a great texture, feels like holding a balloon when you hold it in your hand; you can't feel any weight at all!
Natsume's scholarly nature made him instinctively curious about the green orb. Couldn't the blue and red orbs correspond to Groudon and Kyogre's green orb, respectively?

Soon, an even bigger question arose in my mind.

If the green orb corresponds to Rayquaza, then why haven't I seen it in the original story?
Just as I was pondering this, a message from Jiaozi arrived.

"Something's wrong, Mr. Natsume!"

Jiaozi's face showed obvious panic.

"what happened?"

As Natsume grew curious, the perspective of the proud child suddenly swayed.

As the other party refocused, the image was now focused on two Pokémon battling at the Pokémon Center.

It's a middle parting hairstyle and a hoodie.

The two fought fiercely, while the surrounding trainers watched in stunned silence.

Because of Natsume's agreement, the two Pokémon tacitly refrained from using any special moves and relied solely on melee combat.

Even so, Hoopa was still the one who got beaten up.

Its head was pinned down by the big, fat buttocks of the person with the middle parting, the golden ring was snatched away by the other party, and its two little short arms were flapping incessantly in the air.

"Pikachu! Pikachu! Pikachu!"

The man with the middle parting raised the gold ring and slapped Huba's buttocks repeatedly.

"What are you doing?"

Natsume's voice suddenly rang out, and the hair on the back of his middle-parted hair stood on end.

It looked up and gazed intently at Natsume:
"Pickup!"

It controlled me to beat him with an evil golden ring, do you believe it?

"boom!"

A big foot flew up, and the middle-parted hair flew up.

what happened?

Natsume turned around and looked at Takako with a questioning gaze.

"Uh, it's like this." Jiaozi was halfway through her sentence when she saw Hupa cover her head and stand up.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Hupa rubbed her swollen buttocks.

Clearly, the man with the middle parting hadn't held back at all and had gone all out.

Natsume frowned slightly.

Despite his playful antics, he's usually quite sensible when it comes to his middle-part hairstyle.

Furthermore, the other party is the type who, once they achieve something, will absolutely not expend any effort.

They can punch someone hard. In some ways, they can't even do that if they anger the other person.

"Hupa, what have you done?"

Natsume turned to look at Hoopa, only to find that the latter also looked angry.

"Hoopa hates it!"

Hupa crossed her arms, seemingly very resentful.

"Skin~"

After the man with the middle parting was kicked away, he lay dead on the spot not far away. Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but raise his hind leg.

"Pfft~"

A slight sound came from inside.

"Why do I hate it?" Natsume rubbed his head.

As expected, once there are many Pokémon, with their various personalities and habits coming together, conflicts are almost inevitable.

"Hoopa hates it!" Hoopa turned its head to the side, its face bruised and looking quite comical.

But Natsume could tell that most of the injuries on the other person's face were not caused by the middle-part hairstyle.

Hoopa seems to have been going to the academy these days to battle those Dark-type Pokémon.

"Hoopa hates it. It has such great fighting talent, but it's wasting it."

As Hupa spoke, he turned around, his back to the person with the middle-parted hair.

"Um"

The hardworking little Huba couldn't stand the middle parting hairstyle.

Natsume wondered to himself.

But clearly, this is only a superficial reason.

"Hupa Hupa must tell you."

Hupa leaned closer to the man with the middle parting, mustered his courage, and said in a tone of deep regret unique to someone who had been through it all:

"If you don't strive to acquire great strength, the people you want to protect in the future may be beyond your control."

Upon seeing this, Natsume suddenly realized what was going on.

He then realized that when Hupa looked at his current middle-parted hair, which he was doing slacking off every day, it was like looking at his former self.

Feeling ashamed and embarrassed, yet unable to resist the urge to persuade the other person to get on the right path.

“PihuhuZzzzz”

Hupa was met with a long, drawn-out snoring sound from the center-parted hair.

His middle-parted hair had long since fallen silent, but his ears twitched.

"Why can't it listen to what Hoopa is saying?"

Hupa lowered his head in disappointment.

The next second, it felt a pair of large hands stroking its head.

Looking up, Hoopa stared blankly at Natsume.

"Your intentions were good."

"But the methods of persuasion are problematic."

Natsume spoke up and decisively pointed out Hoopa's mistake.

"Is there a problem with the way you're trying to persuade me?" Hupa pondered for a moment, somewhat puzzled.

"We must win people over with virtue." Natsume nodded in confirmation.

Upon hearing this, the light in Hupa's eyes shone even brighter.

"Hupa understands. Hupa went too far. She should first befriend the man with the middle parting, and then slowly and gradually change him!"

A fighting spirit ignited in Hupa's eyes.

"What are you talking about? How could this method possibly work on a middle-part hairstyle?"

Natsume stared at Hoopa with a puzzled look and handed him a brick.

Hupa took it curiously and found a large "德" (virtue) character printed on the brick.

Hoopa: "???"

"When you can use this brick to beat the middle-parted shot, it will listen to you and change."

Hupa stared blankly at the brick in his hand, lost in thought.
It has gained another reason to become stronger.

(End of this chapter)