Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 581 Counterfeit Masks?

Nine p.m
Natsume calmly took out his phone and glanced at the time.

With only a few hours left until the next day, he waved his hand without any hesitation.

"Battle field, open!"

【The rules battle area has been opened.】

Their gazes refocused on Egui Peng, whose trembling body visibly stiffened for a moment.

The stirring war song rang out.

[This battle is a God-level battle: Trainer Natsume vs. Curious Phantom.]

You can send out multiple Pokémon.

【Evil Spirit, LV40】

A series of notifications were sent out, and Natsume glanced at the other party's level, immediately getting a sense of the situation.

"Hupa, come here."

As soon as Natsume finished speaking, a golden ring appeared in the center of the battlefield.

[Hupa, LV39]

"Wow, are they really going to bring Hoopa? I'm so excited!"

From within the golden ring, Hoopa's small body emerged, his face, which always wore a big smile, now radiated excitement.

"Of course, you and she are not far apart in level, so you are a very good opponent."

Natsume's gaze lingered between Little Hoopa and Evil Pon.

Such opportunities are rare, and the other party is also a divine beast.

"Wave"

Suddenly, Egui Peng knelt down on one knee.

Immediately afterwards, the green box representing her stamina bar above her head suddenly dropped significantly.

It dropped by almost a third.

"what?"

Natsume looked at the other person in surprise.

[Evil Spirit's stamina has decreased!]

The system notification tone arrived as expected.

"What's wrong with her?"

Hoopa tilted its head, feeling that the arena Natsume was having it fight in this time seemed different from where it usually trained.

But surely it shouldn't be the case that the other party gets hurt before you even make a move, right?

"I don't know."

Natsume shook his head, his gaze finally focusing on the face of the evil spirit, on the green grass mask that emitted black smoke.

The top of the other person's head showed signs of poisoning.

Could this Evil Spirit Poison possess properties similar to poison healing?
However, I didn't see any improvement in her abilities; her stamina was simply deducted.

"Alright, Hoopa, use Mind Hammer!"

Natsume thought for a moment and then made a trial move.

“Okay, but Hoopa wants to call a friend over.”

Hoopa nodded, choosing not to heed Natsume's advice in its first round.

“Okay.” Natsume was taken aback, thinking that Hoopa had made a new friend in this world.

Seeing that Natsume agreed, Hoopa happily raised a golden ring above his head, and a thunderous sound came from it!

Hoopa has summoned his companions!

[Pikachu Ramon has joined the battle!]

Natsume: "."

He stared at the middle-parted hair lying on the ground, snoring loudly, and paused for half a second.

"Get up, get up!"

The man with the middle parting was shaken awake.

"Pickup?"

It rubbed its eyes groggily, and when it opened them, all it saw was an evil croissant.

There was also a guy not far away who looked menacing, emanating black energy, and the incessant, rousing battle music.

"Friends, let's fight side by side!"

Hupa crossed his arms and pointed at the opposing Egui Peng.

"Pickup!"

The man with the middle parting jumped up, wanting to give Hoopa a Iron Tail.

When did we become friends?
Also, did you know that it has an inverse property?

"Skin"

With its middle-parted hair drooping, it looked back at Natsume, wanting to jump up and bounce the red and white balls, but found that this was a battle arena with rules.

Helpless, it had no choice but to accept its fate.

"I didn't realize you and Hoopa got along so well, you've even become friends?" Natsume raised an eyebrow slightly.

His other Pokémon, however, could not be summoned by Hoopa.

"Pickup."

The man with the middle parting rolled his eyes.

It also knew first how it had been "identified" by Hoopa.

Even the mouse itself had no idea what was going on. "Hmph, now the middle-parted guy has no choice but to hone his skills."

Hoopa smugly crossed her arms and whispered to Natsume.

Natsume's lips twitched.

Hoopa seems to still be struggling with the painful conclusion he drew from his own experience: "He clearly has great potential but is wasting his life every day, and he will definitely regret it in the future."

"Middle-parted hair, iron tail!"

Natsume spoke up, letting the person with the middle parting try it out first.

"Pikachu."

[Iron Tail has struck the Cursed Pagoda!]

"boom!"

Although the guy with the middle part was acting like he was giving up, his opponent's level of 70 was undeniable.

In just a moment, Egui Peng's stamina bar was depleted.

"Huh?" Little Huba covered her mouth in surprise.

It didn't expect that the middle-part hairstyle would be so effective.

"Don't worry, that's not the real stamina bar of the Evil Spirit," Natsume said.

Divine beasts and divine beasts all have a second stamina bar.

however.

[Evil Spirit's stamina has decreased!]

The situation at the very beginning of the game repeated itself.

The Egui Pong made no move. After being struck by the iron tail from the man with the middle part, the green stamina bar above its head suddenly dropped.

Cleared instantly.

"Ok?"

Natsume stood there, stunned.

"Hoopa, get ready."

Natsume took out the red and white ball, intending to put away his middle-part hairstyle and let Hoopa face the upcoming Evil Phantom alone.

But something unexpected happened.

[E'gui Peng has lost its fighting ability; E'gui Peng has fallen!]

"Bony~"

There is no second health bar at all.

The mask, emitting black smoke, crashed to the ground, and Egui Peng swayed and fell to the ground.

"boom!"

The mask rolled to Natsume's feet, accompanied by the sound of the battle arena in his mind automatically dissolving.

[Cleric class collection progress 1%, please provide more battle data.]

[The battle has ended, and the battlefield has automatically closed.]

Looking at the unconscious Evil Spirit, Natsume's lips twitched.

I should have given the other person some medicine.

He thought that the reason why the evil spirit would lose health on its own was because of the special ability of the priests, and that it would unleash a powerful attack at the end.

Unexpectedly.
"Counterfeit or substandard products?"

Natsume raised an eyebrow and picked up the green grass mask at his feet.

If I remember correctly, this mask should have had a lush, crystalline appearance, and it certainly wouldn't look like this now.

The site was pitted and shrouded in black mist, resembling a bronze mask just unearthed from an ancient ruin.

Moreover, the mask of the Evil Spirit seems to have been made for it by its first companion.

It is unclear whether the strange creature before us has also experienced something similar.

But at least for now, it seems that the other party is in greater trouble than the Egui Peng I remember.

"It's all your fault, your middle-part hair."

Natsume casually placed the mask on the head of the man with the middle parting.

"Pickup!"

Just as the man with the middle parting was about to go to sleep, Natsume threw a smelly mask at him.

Immediately afterwards, everything went black before its eyes, and its vision was completely filled by the mask.

Clearly, the mask of the Evil Spirit does not suit it.

"Pikachu. Pikachu Pipi"

With his hair parted in the middle, he leaned against a rock and kicked the mask stuck on his head with all his might, as if he had returned to that afternoon when his face was slammed against a plunger.

"What a pity. How about we heal it up and then have another match?"

As Little Hoopa spoke, he pulled out a handful of sacred ashes from somewhere.

"That's very impolite."

As Natsume spoke, he picked up a wooden stick hanging beside the cave.

"boom!"

With a sudden slam, a stick mark appeared on Evil Phantom's face, just like the other Pokémon that were attacked.

"oops!"

Hupa was startled and circled around Natsume once before stopping.

"Alright, Hoopa, take it to Nurse Joy and tell him it was also attacked by that horrible Pokémon."

(End of this chapter)