Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 607 Acting Administrator
Why pretend you don't know?

"At my waist," Talebagos asked, puzzled.

Why do you need to know?

Natsume didn't answer, but instead asked a question.

It can motivate employees to work overtime voluntarily, and even make them feel like they've "gotten a good deal."

And you don't have to pay anything.

Do you know how many bosses dream of doing this but can't?

However, after walking only a few steps, he stopped and turned around with a sense of helplessness.

The dashing female trainer—the yew of this world—was following him at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

Her chestnut-brown short hair fluttered in the breeze, and her light purple eyes sparkled with undisguised inquiry and stubbornness.

"Why are you following me?"

Natsume looked at her, his voice carrying a hint of barely perceptible helplessness.

Yew quickened her pace, standing shoulder to shoulder with Natsume, her gaze fixed intently on him: "I'm staying."

"reason."

"Find out how that 'workstation' works. Why it can improve the villagers' condition."

Her tone carried the persistence characteristic of a researcher, seemingly without her even realizing it.

"This phenomenon is very unusual and may even overturn our understanding of the world!"

"There's no need." Natsume refused decisively.

"It's working well here, no additional researchers are needed."

"Is that so?" The yew tree narrowed its eyes slightly, a challenging smile curving its lips, and lowered its voice:
"But no matter how I look at it, your factory looks a lot like the legendary 'illegal factory'."

She tried to manipulate Natsume with her words, looking for a weakness.

To everyone's surprise, Natsume, instead of being nervous, nodded, then suddenly turned around and raised his voice to the villagers who were curiously watching from a distance. His calm yet clear tone carried throughout the surrounding area:

"Everyone, this trainer thinks this place is a 'black factory' and plans to report it so that none of us will have a job."

In an instant——

Dead silence.

All the villagers froze in their tracks.

The next second, countless eyes focused on the yew tree.

The gaze was no longer filled with enthusiasm or curiosity, but instantly with astonishment, confusion, and intense vigilance and dissatisfaction!
"what?!"

"Want to report this?"

"You want to make us jobless?"

"Why!"

"We volunteered!"

"The boss is a good boss!"

"No reporting allowed!"

The crowd began to stir, and the villagers excitedly surrounded them.

Although they dared not get too close, the silent condemnation and dissatisfaction almost materialized, making the yew tree instantly feel immense pressure.

She had no idea that Natsume would pull such a stunt.

Seeing the villagers around her, who were originally kind, now glaring at her angrily, she suddenly felt a little flustered, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

"Wait, wait! That's not what I meant!" She quickly waved her hand, trying to explain.

"I just... I just wanted to do some research."

"Is research just about not letting everyone do any work?" an old man muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Exactly! Once the research is finished, is that all?" An old woman looked at her warily.

Yew: "."

She finally understood what it meant to lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot.

She took a deep breath, glared fiercely at Natsume who seemed indifferent to the situation, and had to raise her voice to assure the villagers:
"Don't worry, everyone! I won't report it! I... I just want to stay and experience the job! Yes, experience the job!"

Hearing that she wouldn't ruin everyone's "well-being," the villagers calmed down a bit, but they still looked at her with some suspicion.

Natsume then slowly turned around, a smile on his face.

Yew Tree walked up to Natsume, lowered its voice, and said with a hint of resentment and frustration:

"You won, but I won't give up. I have to figure out how it works!"

Natsume sized her up.

Although this yew tree is a trainer, its curiosity about the unknown and its persistent pursuit of knowledge are exactly the same as those of a research institute doctor in the real world.

Moreover, the fact that he was able to quickly determine that the "healing" effect brought about by the energy extraction was abnormal shows that he has a very keen sense of observation and intuition.

The transformation of the reverse world in Loletton is complete, and the energy reserves far exceed expectations. We are just waiting for Dr. Yew's team from the real world to return so we can attempt to go back.

However, the underground energy plants in this world do need to be managed and maintained, especially to prevent energy overflow or another loss of control. Most importantly, the passage leading to the Padia region definitely needs to be guarded.

Perhaps we could train a local administrator?

A thought flashed through Natsume's mind.

He looked at the yew tree, which still looked unyielding, and suddenly changed his mind.

"You can stay if you want."

The yew tree's eyes lit up.

"But there's a condition."

"What conditions?"

"Follow me to learn how to manage this place and the basic principles of energy flow."

"You are not allowed to conduct any research before you have mastered the skills, and you are even less allowed to interfere with production." Natsume's tone was firm and left no room for argument.

The yew tree paused for a moment, then nodded without hesitation: "Okay!"

Let's leave it here for now and figure it out eventually.

……

Over the next two months, a peculiar sight appeared near the cave factory.

The elite trainer from Hinoki City, Judder, had shed some of the sharpness he displayed in battle and gained a more apprentice-like focus.

She followed the "person" wearing the eerie green grass mask every day, learning how to control that dangerous "production line".

How to perceive and guide that pure and immense energy.

How to maintain the daily operation of the factory.

They even learned how to "print" that special kind of "wage" that contained pure energy.

Natsume's teaching style was concise, even somewhat rough. He would often just demonstrate once, leaving the rest to the yew tree to observe and understand on its own.

But the yew tree demonstrated amazing learning ability and adaptability, and she quickly went from initially stumbling to gradually being able to handle some daily tasks independently.

The way the two get along is quite peculiar.

Most of the time, he is silent. Natsume gives instructions, and Yew carries them out while asking questions, which Natsume answers occasionally.

Sometimes, when the yew tree's "research obsession" flares up and it tries to delve deeper into the underlying principles, it is coldly interrupted by Natsume:

"For now, we don't need to know why, we just need to know how to do it."

But Yew could sense that Natsume acknowledged her growing abilities.

She also began to vaguely sense that the energy principles behind this "factory" were quite simple to operate.

But when you look into it, it's far more complex and profound than she imagined; it's by no means a simple "treatment."

For example, how is the energy generated out of thin air in everyone's body delivered?

This made her even more obsessed with it.

The villagers gradually accepted this "boss's apprentice" and even felt a bit of awe towards her—after all, she seemed to be about to become their "second boss."

Everything seems to be moving onto a new, eerie "track".

Inside the cave.

Natsume calmed down and wrote this.

Two months have passed in the reverse world.

It took a month longer than he expected.

Besides waiting for Dr. Yew's team, the changes in my own main world are also of paramount importance.

"No more noise?"

Natsume slowly opened his eyes.

After two full months of Giratina energy input, the grayish-white and oily-green mist in his main world completely separated into upper and lower parts.

The grayish-white mist formed the original main world, which was no different from the real world.

The oily green mist became a small sapling that took root in the main world and grew upside down.

This sapling has not grown since it was formed, and no matter how much Giratina energy Natsume puts in, there is no reaction.

"It seems like progress has stalled."

at this time--

"Boss! Boss!"

Danyu rushed in in a great hurry.

"At the village entrance, those people you mentioned have returned!"

Danyu grinned and looked at Natsume with a smile.

The other party made her wait at the village entrance every day.

After waiting for more than a month, I finally saw the 'person' today!

(End of this chapter)