Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 580 Did you buy a fake mask?
"Hoopa is also a great demon king!"

Beside Natsume, Little Hoopa proudly puffed out his chest.

"This isn't a compliment. Never mind."

Natsume didn't explain, but just like yesterday, he quietly followed behind Danyu and Eguipeng.

evening.

"Sister Joey, I'm here again!"

Danyu's strong voice rang out from outside.

"Wow, are there really that many Pokémon being attacked today?"

Looking at the Pokémon piled up behind Danyu like a small mountain, she covered her mouth to calm down.

"Yes, yes, ghosts are really terrifying!"

Danyu wiped her nose, but there was no trace of fear of ghosts in her words.

"That's really troublesome. It seems like Rotom can't handle so many balls."

"Humph."

Danyu nodded, then realized something was wrong, so she adopted a sad tone:

"What should I do?"

The next day.

"Miss Joey, didn't you say you couldn't handle it?"

Danyu stood in the empty backyard of the Pokémon Center and exclaimed in disbelief.

Another night, another night!
All treatments completed!

"Haha, because Rotom can't handle the red and white balls, but he can handle the Super Ball!"

As Joy spoke, a Rotom Pokémon with a blue background and white cover floated out from behind her.

Danyu's eyes widened.

There's an upgraded version of this?

"Very good, keep it up!"

Suddenly, a pair of large hands touched the top of Danyu's head.

Natsume nodded slightly.

Danyu suddenly became very aggressive yesterday, causing Rotom's workload to increase dramatically, which he was completely unable to handle.

It perfectly simulates the situation where Pokémon Centers are packed after certain disaster events.

It seems that plans to commercialize the Super Ball Rotom, and even the Advanced Ball Rotom, as well as to make it Joey-like or Officer Jenny-like, also need to be proposed.

Otherwise, Rotom might not be enough to handle unexpected situations.

"Humph!"

Danyu slapped Natsume's hand away and stormed out of the Pokémon Center.

In the following days, more and more injured Pokémon came to the Pokémon Center.

But it never broke through the limits of the advanced ball Rotom.

One attempt turned into an "extreme rescue capability test" for Danyu.

As evening fell, Danyu reappeared at the Pokémon Center's restaurant, sat down naturally, and waited for her "dinner".

Miss Joey shook her head helplessly as she saw her coming to freeload again, but still served her a steaming hot meal.

Seeing this, Natsume suddenly understood something.

Perhaps all of this was just a seemingly reasonable excuse to stay and have a meal?

After thinking about it, Natsume felt that something was not right.

There are too many suspicious points.

For example, why would the other party want the entire village to move away?

And that Urgot. Apart from the Water, Fire, and Rock types remaining on the Pokémon that were injured earlier.

In the past few days of fighting, the opponent hasn't used any masks.

Night falls slowly.

Danyu didn't go straight home. Instead, she lingered with Egui Peng at the town entrance for a while before finally parting ways with reluctance.

The elusive creature nimbly slipped into the woods and ran towards the mountains outside the village.

Natsume's eyes flickered slightly, and he decided to temporarily set aside his investigation into Danyu's problem, instead quietly following Egui Pong.

When I passed the village entrance again, the elderly people who were enjoying the cool air were still chatting.

"I've heard that things aren't very peaceful in those mountains."

"Yes, yes, there are always strange noises at night."

"The last time I was chopping wood, I saw a shadow that disappeared in a flash. It scared me half to death!"

"Everyone says there are 'ghosts,' that they only come out at night."

Natsume didn't linger; his figure blended into the night, trailing far behind that small, graceful figure adorned with a pink bow.

Egui Peng was extremely familiar with the mountain paths, nimbly traversing the forest before finally disappearing into a very secluded cave halfway up the mountain, hidden by vines and boulders. This cave entrance was very strange, having evaded Natsume's telekinetic detection many times.

He even discovered this place by "seeing it with his naked eye" every time he returned home.

Natsume silently approached the cave entrance, cautiously extending his telekinetic perception inside.

The cave wasn't deep, and it was very dry inside, yet it exuded an indescribable sense of loneliness.

However, once the telekinesis extends to a certain extent, it's like a computer whose network cable has been unplugged; the screen suddenly freezes.

what happened?

Natsume frowned.

After waiting at the door for a while, he decided to go in and take a look.

During the two days he spent with Danyu, Natsume also took the opportunity to explore Kitakami Township and several nearby islands.

No trace.

Natsume had looked through all the caves, big and small, inside and out. Except for the place in front of him, which seemed to be the boudoir of the evil spirit.

"Stab~"

A flash of red light appeared, and a figure with a middle parting appeared.

"Can you smell something?"

Natsume looked excitedly at the person with the middle parting.

"Pikachu." (This is a rough translation.)

The man with the middle parting covered his nose with a look of disgust.

"Smelly?"

Have it?

According to the system's markings, this Evil Beast is a divine beast.

Given his middle-part hairstyle, shouldn't he be smelling the alluring scent of clergy?
Natsume stood up, puzzled, and sniffed.

The aroma was enticing and lingered for a long time.

A faint floral fragrance wafted from the cave. Looking inside, one could see many fresh flowers, picked by the evil spirits, neatly arranged on both sides of the cave.

On a dark and windy night, I broke into the widow's den.

Natsume secretly followed him and discovered that after Ekipō went inside, he did not rest immediately.

Instead, it took off its light green cloak and carefully hung it on a protruding rock.

She even adjusted the position of the pink bow, as if it were an incredibly precious dress.

Then it curled up in the corner on a makeshift "bed" made of a pile of hay, hugging its knees.

Those big eyes, which sparkled like stars in the daytime, now gazed in the darkness toward the cave entrance, revealing a deep sense of loneliness that seemed out of place with their lively appearance.

It seems to be waiting for something, or rather, anticipating the arrival of someone.

A shadow flickered across the moonlight, scattering the light on the ground into fragmented, shimmering patterns.

"Bonnie!"

Ergui suddenly stood up, looking at the strange man in front of him with extreme vigilance.

Almost the instant he saw the monster, Natsume's gaze focused on the straw mat beneath it.

The place was shrouded in black mist, constantly emitting a strange aura.

"Stab~"

Lollerton arrived without being summoned.

A black and red Pokémon, huge and ferocious, suddenly appeared. Startled, Urquid pulled out a green mask shrouded in black mist from under the straw mat.

It was the Green Grass Mask.

Before Natsume could ask Loletton, who had suddenly appeared, he saw Egui Peng raise the Green Grass Mask.

Egui Peng put the green grass mask on his face.

The black energy instantly boiled, seeping into its skin and leaving dark red cracks. Its skin quickly darkened, and its starry eyes shot out wild green light.

The sound of bones twisting and turning rang out.

It arched its back in pain, its nails digging into its shoulders.

With a tearing sound, the small cloak on his back was ripped open.

Countless ferocious thorns and withered vines burst forth, intertwining to form a menacing armor of thorns.

"Bonnie—!!"

It let out a hoarse roar, and the grass-attribute energy transformed into a raging whirlwind that swept up rubble.

It crouched low, its thorns spread wide and twisted in agony, yet it remained firmly locked onto the intruder inside the cave.

Natsume: "?"

He stared blankly at the grotesque and ferocious-looking Egui Peng, whose body had undergone a terrifying transformation.

Did you buy a fake mask?
(End of this chapter)