Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 610 Go in!
It was exactly the same scene as when he first arrived in the village, and the villagers regarded him as an "ominous person who brings disaster" and tried their best to drive him away.

It seems that people in any world follow the same logic in their behavior.

Fear and misunderstanding once again dominated their actions.

They attributed all the anomalies and disasters to this seemingly weak Pokémon that had been silently trying to protect them.

"No! That's not how it is!" Dantu's eyes were bloodshot as he tried to rush in to explain, but he was stopped by the agitated villagers.

"Danyu! Don't go! It's dangerous!"

"That monster will suck you in!"

"Come back quickly!"

Natsume stood on the periphery of the crowd, his golden eyes calmly sweeping across the entire scene.

He could understand the villagers' fear, but their actions were undoubtedly exacerbating the chaos of energy and might even provoke the black hole to spiral out of control further.

His gaze finally settled on the struggling Egui Peng, and on the familiar passage on its back that belonged to the Reverse World.

In an instant, many clues connected in Natsume's mind.

Ignoring the commotion, he moved with lightning speed, slipping through the gaps in the crowd like a ghost, and appeared inside the encirclement, approaching the agonizing Egui Peng.

The villagers' exclamations abruptly ceased, and everyone stared in shock at the black-haired youth who had suddenly appeared and dared to approach the "source of the disaster."

Natsume crouched down, ignoring the powerful suction, and stretched out his finger to gently touch the edge of the rotating black hole on the back of the Evil Spirit.

A familiar, cold, tearing sensation, belonging to the reversed world, came from my fingertips.

really
He raised his head, looked at the anxious Danyu, then glanced at the villagers with their bewildered expressions, and slowly spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly overwhelming all the noise:

"It is not bringing disaster."

"It has been trying to prevent the disaster from happening."

The villagers were stunned; their anger and fear froze, gradually replaced by confusion.

Natsume pointed to that terrifying black hole:

“This ‘hole’ is the source of the disaster. And the Egui Peng has been using its own body as a ‘plug’ to block it. Now that you are driving it away, you are helping to expand this ‘hole’.”

The simple and direct explanation made the villagers hesitate.

"But... even so, who knows if what you're saying is true or false?"

Clearly, Natsume's champion status isn't very useful to these villagers.

"OK then."

Natsume thought for a moment, then took out a copy of the "Wild Pokémon Protection Law" and slapped it onto Evil-Poke's head.

Suddenly, there was silence.

That's great. Education is much more widespread in the real world; these villagers all know the law.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Danyu rushed in, knelt down beside Egui Peng, and tenderly stroked it. Then, she carefully put the four masks that emitted black energy back onto Egui Peng's face.

"Bang!"

The first mask was put on, but it immediately fell off as soon as Danyu's hand left.

Danyu gritted her teeth, her eyes brimming with tears.

With trembling hands once more, he picked up the green grass mask that exuded a cold, dark aura, and carefully, almost reverently, tried to put it on Egui Peng's painfully contorted little face.

"Click~"

The moment the edge of the mask touched Egui Peng's skin, the powerful, terrifying suction force originating from the black hole suddenly pulled it away.

It felt as if an invisible giant hand was slamming down on us!

"Clap!"

The green grass mask was actually flung away by this brute force, tumbling to the ground, and even a tiny crack appeared on its surface.

"No!" Dan Yu let out a desperate cry, and unwilling to give up, immediately grabbed the second piece—the stove mask with ominous flame patterns.

She practically lunged forward, using her body to block some of the suction, trying to press the mask firmly against Egui Peng's face.

"Om-!"

The black hole spun violently, its eerie light surging. The flame patterns on the stove mask dimmed instantly, as if extinguished by an invisible force, and were then violently thrown away, crashing to the ground with a dull thud.

"How could this happen? How could this be?"

Danyu's voice was choked with sobs, and her knuckles turned white from fear and strain.

She frantically grabbed the third rock mask, which was as heavy as a mountain, yet seemed so fragile in her hands.

She practically hugged the Evil Spirit with her whole body, using her own body as a shield to try and resist the terrible suction force, and to fasten the rock mask onto it.

"boom--"

An even more powerful recoil force erupted from the black hole.

The rock mask let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain, a noticeable crack appeared on its surface, and it was then violently thrown away, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

No! Please!

Danyu completely broke down, tears blurring her vision.

She practically crawled to pick up the last piece, the well mask with flowing black water—her last hope.

She poured all her strength into her arms, let out a blood-curdling scream, and slammed the well mask down hard against the evil spirit.

"puff--"

It sounded like a balloon being popped.

The black water on the well mask evaporated instantly, and the mask itself made a crisp sound as it broke in half. One half was sucked into the black hole, while the other half fell helplessly to the ground.

It’s over.

Last hope was utterly shattered.

Four masks, passed down through generations and imbued with special power, are now cracked or damaged, scattered on the ground, like shattered faith.

The black hole, having lost the last trace of its mask's restraint, suddenly expanded.

The spinning speed soared, and the buzzing sound turned into a piercing shriek.

The powerful suction force raged wildly, swirling up and swallowing up the rubble and dust on the ground.

The Egui Peng let out a weak and painful wail, its body trembling violently. The emerald green light dimmed rapidly, and almost half of its body was already being stretched and deformed. It was about to be completely sucked into the endless darkness.

"Evil spirit—!"

Danyu let out a heart-wrenching cry, futilely reaching out to grab it, but was pulled away by the powerful suction and could hardly save herself.

The surrounding villagers were already pale with fright at the horrific sight, retreating one after another. Their previous anger and attempts to drive them away had been replaced by immense fear and a sense of powerlessness.

An atmosphere of despair enveloped the entire square.

at this time--

Danyu turned her head abruptly, her tear-streaked face filled with a final, desperate plea. She looked at the black-haired youth who had remained unusually calm throughout, her voice broken and hoarse:
"Mr. Natsume! Please! Think of something! Save it! Save the cursed beast—!!"

All eyes instantly focused on Natsume.

The villagers' fear and bewilderment, Danyu's despair and pleas, and the wildly spinning, all-consuming black hole created immense pressure that weighed heavily on them.

Natsume stood at the center of the wind pressure, his black clothes fluttering in the wind, his golden eyes calmly watching the black hole that was about to completely devour the Evil Spirit, and the broken masks scattered all over the ground.

What's the solution?

What did young Natsume know?

Young Natsume knew nothing.

But what he saw was what looked like a factory on the other side of the black hole.

"Since that side is my territory..."

"go in!"

Natsume did not stop them at all, but instead, under Danyu's puzzled and frightened gaze, he did so.

With a swift kick, he sent the freak flying into the reversed world.

(End of this chapter)