Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 590 Disaster
Natsume stared at the dark purple singularity that was constantly emitting a suction force, his brows furrowed.

After a "friendly" exchange, Talebagos finally calmed down and answered all questions.

"Why did that crystal bead turn out like this?"

Natsume pointed to the small, black hole that was constantly collapsing and emitting an ominous suction force and asked.

"That crystal bead was something I discarded; I used it as a coordinate for cross-world positioning."

Talebagos's voice was weak and listless, tinged with a hint of grievance.

"But I clearly remember leaving it somewhere else. How did it end up here?" it said, sounding uncertain.

Natsume touched his nose and, without making a sound, kicked the guy with the middle parting who was trying to play dumb.
Let's see if you dare to pick up and eat random things again.

Fortunately, the passage that formed after the discharge was expelled was inside the middle-parted hairstyle's abdomen.
"Even if it's just a coordinate, how did it turn out like this?" Natsume pressed, his gaze sharp.

"To achieve precise cross-world positioning, I need to infuse the bead with my primordial divine power, but,"

Talebagh paused, his tone filled with confusion.
"For some reason, the divine power within this bead is growing on its own, far exceeding its capacity as a coordinate."

"Besides the divine fragment you threw in at the crucial moment, the surge of power inside this bead was also a major reason why my power became disordered and out of control."

Natsume immediately understood.

The various divine fragments that he usually fed to the man with the middle parting probably had some of their energy silently absorbed and stored by this bead, which served as a "coordinate".

It is connected to the Padia region, where Talebagos was originally located.

This accident was probably caused by the accumulated power exceeding the critical point, which not only detonated the bead, but also forcibly tore open a passage to Padia in the Reverse World by accident!

He stared at the black hole that kept spinning, devouring everything around it and crystallizing it into titanium, for a long time.

This—doesn't seem to be entirely a bad thing?
The world he inhabits does not actually contain the region of Padiya.

But now, does this unexpectedly formed passage mean that he can use the Reverse World as a transit point to enter another Pokémon world with the complete Paradis region at any time?

Just as Natsume was immersed in the enormous potential of this unexpected discovery, Danyu's cautious voice came from outside the cave.

"Mr. Natsume? May I come in?"

Before the words were finished, a small head wearing round glasses and looking rather refined peeked into the cave entrance.

However, after just one glance inside the cave, Danyu's curiosity was instantly replaced by extreme terror, and she screamed:
"This, this is—! The evil abyss from the prophecy that will devour everything and bring about the end!"

Natsume: "?"

With his neck being choked by Natsume, Talebagos struggled to turn his head and glared at Danyu with displeasure.

Where is the evil? This is clearly a passage filled with auspicious energy leading to its homeland!

“Here, bright colors often signify bad luck,” Natsume patted Talebagos on the head and casually tossed it to the middle-parted man beside him.

"Black, white, and gray are the safest colors," he explained simply, and walked towards Danyu.

He didn't take the so-called "prophecy" too seriously at first, after all, there are plenty of bizarre and fantastical rural legends in the real world.

But at this moment, the contents of the prophecy seem to be corresponding to reality one by one.

"Where did this prophecy originally come from?" Natsume walked up to Danyu and asked in a deep voice.

"The prophecy is of course—Aaaaaah!!!"

Before Danyu could finish speaking, the suction force suddenly intensified.

Her body was as if grabbed by an invisible hand, and she was uncontrollably pulled toward the black hole. Her head and neck were even stretched out like a twisted noodle.

She was about to be sucked into the titanium crystallization area—

"Pickup."

The middle-parted head reacted extremely quickly, calmly and unhurriedly sitting down at the entrance of the hole, using its round body to firmly block the singularity that was constantly emitting suction.

Almost simultaneously, Talebagos, who had been thrown next to the man with the middle parting, poked his head out of the tortoise shell.

Why did this Pikachu attack it?
Shadows fell.

Talebagos looked up in confusion and saw Danyu pierce through the body of the man with the middle parting, crashing solidly into its hard shell with a "bang," creating a circle of colorful energy ripples before finally being stopped.

"Ouch, that hurts!" Danyu slumped to the ground, rubbing her bruised forehead, still shaken.

"Why is the suction force on you so strong?" Natsume asked, frowning, while kicking the little turtle that was trying to sneak away back over.

"I...I don't know," Danyu shook her head blankly, her face filled with lingering fear.

Natsume seemed lost in thought.

He recalled the black hole in the Evil Cave that had an extremely strong suction force on creatures in the real world.

The passage leading to Padiya seems to have the opposite effect—it has a strong attraction to the "inhabitants" of the reversed world.

If that's the case, it seems he did unintentionally bring real trouble to this peaceful, reversed world.

"You stay here and wait in the traffic."

Natsume pressed his parted hair back down, letting it continue to act as a "plug."

He walked up to the four huge wooden stumps that had been completely titaniumized and were shimmering with a seven-colored light, bent down and picked them up.

Egui Peng used four masks to suppress the passage to the reverse world.

Does this mean that he also needs to make four replicas of the "mask" to suppress the passage to Padiya?

"Mr. Natsume, what... what are you going to do with this evil wood?"

Dan Yu asked in a trembling voice, looking at the four titanium crystal wood blocks in Xia Mu's hand that were emitting an ominous light, and subconsciously swallowed.

Fragments of prophecy flashed through her mind, and she murmured, "The prophecy says that 'man' will hold evil wood and make four masks that bring disaster."

Natsume: "."

Kid, I seriously doubt that you made this prophecy up on the spot.

Although he was indeed planning to create four masks in imitation of the Evil Spirit to test their effectiveness.

"Did the prophecy say what I was going to do with these masks?" Natsume asked, looking at Danyu.

Danyu shook her head violently: "I don't know. The prophecy only vaguely says that there will be a 'person' wearing a mask who will bring endless pain and trouble to our Green Emerald Town."

Her voice grew softer and softer, sounding very weak.

Seeing Danyu's confused and frightened expression, Natsume sighed.

“Take me to your village,” he decided.

“Go to the place where you first heard this prophecy. I need to find out what really happened.”

He stored the four heavy, shimmering titanium crystal wood blocks into his system space and gestured for Danyu to lead the way.

He had another purpose in going to Green Town—to see if the "residents" of this world had any readily available tools or materials that could "save him effort".

When the villagers drove him away that day, they brought out torches and iron tools, proving that there were smelting and fire-making techniques in this world that corresponded to those in the real world.

Perhaps he can find something and try to create a reverse-world version of Loreton, even if it's just a low-budget version.

He needs to prepare a way out for himself so that he can always retreat back to the real world.

The two walked one after the other on the road leading to the village.

Danyu lowered her head, her mood unusually heavy, and her steps were slow.

"You are afraid."

Natsume carried the dejected Talebages behind him, taking in Danyu's unease.

"Of course I'm scared," Danyu replied softly, unable to resist glancing back at the direction of the cave.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered up her courage and timidly asked:

"Mr. Natsume, do you have a way to prevent the disaster predicted in the prophecy from happening?"

Natsume's lips twitched slightly.

"not yet."

He answered truthfully, his gaze fixed on the distant, excessively quiet village shrouded in a light mist.

Green Town is just ahead.

(End of this chapter)