Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 87 Natsume VS Erika

"What method?" Xiaozhi looked up and met Natsume's smiling but silent gaze.

He suddenly trembled.

A women's clothing store in downtown Rainbow City.

"Oh, Ash, this outfit, and this one, you should wear a bow on your head!"

The Rotom phone floated in the air, with Aunt Hanako's smiling face appearing on the screen, giving Ash advice on "clothing matching".

"Haha, so cute. Rotom, could you please take a picture of me and send it to me?"

"Loto!"

Hanako's laughter continued, while Ash's face grew increasingly red.

"Mom, this is the eighth set already! Is it done yet?!" Xiao Zhi shouted.

Natsume plans to have Ash pretend to be his sister, sign Ash up for an eco-tour, and then sneak in to launch a challenge.

The feasibility was very high, so the two went to the women's clothing store. After explaining the situation, Natsume asked Aunt Hanako for advice.

But after wearing the first set of women's clothing, Hanako's role as a reference changed.

She suddenly realized that Ash was quite cute, so she took more pictures and could show them to the girl named Serena when she traveled to Kalos in the future.

"Oh, Xiaozhi, don't be impatient. Mom has come up with a new combination that will definitely look even better."

Hanako half-coaxed and half-tricked Satoshi into changing two more outfits.

"Click, click, click—" After the Rotom phone finished taking pictures from all angles, Hanako's voice rang out again:

"Okay, the first one looks the best, let's buy that one!"

Xiaozhi: "."

“Mr. Natsume, the total is 100860.”

Natsume swiped his card.

Well, the price was cheaper than he expected, considering that prices in Rainbow City are quite high, especially for clothes from a major brand.

But the productivity of this world is so high that nothing is expensive unless it's related to Pokémon.

"Xia Natsume-nii, wait for me!" Xiao Zhi called out as he caught up.

Soon, the two arrived at the Rainbow Gym again.

"Go for it, Satoshi!" Natsume cheered Satoshi, who was mixed in with a group of girls.

Xiao Zhi gritted his teeth, barely able to hold back.

“Mr. Natsume, please leave your sister to us. Go and challenge the gym with peace of mind.” The head employee bowed to Natsume.

"Okay, see you at the gym then." Natsume waved to Ash.

To avoid revealing the other person's identity, Natsume casually lifted the sleeping man with the middle parting onto his shoulder.

Fortunately, before puberty, girls are generally taller than boys. Xiao Zhi, mixed in with a group of seven or eight-year-old children, was quite tall, but not particularly conspicuous.

"We are the fifth tour group! Kids, hold up your signs, this way!"

Several employees led Xiao Zhi and his group towards another passageway.

Natsume stroked the hair on the back of his middle-parted head and walked slowly. Ahead of him, a staff member had already gone to inform the owner.

He looked down and glanced at the middle-parted hair that was fast asleep in his arms.

To be fair, Pikachu that has absorbed divine authority is indeed different; its fur is much smoother.

"You'll be on stage in a bit," Natsume's voice rang out.

The man with the middle parting twitched his ears, pretending not to hear.

The next second, he felt as if the world was spinning around him, and a light flashed in Natsume's eyes.

Whether it could hear it or not, a voice resounded directly in the heart of the man with the middle part.

"Don't tell me you're using your priesthood as a name change card."

"Pikachu—" The man with the middle parting woke up and looked at Natsume with some hesitation.

"Hmm?" Seeing the hesitant expression on the man with the middle parting, Natsume's heart stirred.

"Have you discovered something during this time?" Natsume looked at the man with the middle parting with hopeful eyes.

"Pfft~" The man with the middle parting lifted his hind leg and farted, his conflicted expression turning into one of relief. "Pikachu!!!"

When the challenger's door opened, everyone saw an angry trainer with blue eyes who punched his own Pikachu away.

"Kids, we have a challenger today!" The employee who was giving the explanation suddenly found a Pikachu falling into his arms.

The girl with the middle-parted hair wriggled twice in her older sister's arms, then turned over and fell asleep again.

"Wow, what kind of move is that big brother using?"

"I know, it's an angry punch!"

"Oh, that's a move from an anime."

Inside the eco-museum, a number of children were gathered around a battle arena.

Today, some trainers came to challenge us, and they all clamored to come and watch.

"Ah, it really is Natsume." Outside the battlefield, Kasumi covered her face.

She, Xiaogang, and Jiaozi heard that someone was coming to challenge them, so they came to watch the excitement.

"This challenger seems very energetic."

Behind the crowd, a woman with a gentle demeanor stepped out. She was Erika, the gym leader of Celadon City and the owner of the largest perfume shop in Celadon City!
Erika had long, dark green hair and wore a beige knit sweater paired with a light green long skirt.

She wore a white magnolia hair clip, pearl earrings, and a sandalwood beaded bracelet on her wrist. She had a gentle demeanor and dressed very carefully.

“Miss Erika, I’ll be the referee!” Xiao Gang, his face flushed, stepped forward.

"Then I'll trouble you." Erika smiled at Xiaogang, her smile as gentle as cherry blossoms in early March.

"No trouble at all." Xiao Gang arrived at the center of the field, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

"Challengers, please enter!" Xiao Gang's voice was incredibly loud, as if he had been given a shot of adrenaline.

Not far away, Xiao Zhi, who had just entered the museum, suddenly looked this way.

"Go on, Stinky Flower!"

Erika threw out a Poké Ball, a flash of red light appeared, and a Pokémon with a large red flower on its head and an indigo body appeared in the center of the field.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Erika, and this battle is 3v3."

Erika smiled at Natsume, but he didn't respond, only staring intently at one spot.

Following his gaze, I saw one of my employees.

The employee was holding a sleeping Pikachu in his arms.

Natsume used the Serpent's Gaze!
The middle-parted hairstyle made the trainer immune to the Snake's Glare!

A blue light flashed in Natsume's eyes, and a middle-parted hairstyle floated up out of thin air, heading towards Natsume.

"Wow, this big brother's Pikachu can fly!" the children exclaimed.

"That's... a superpower?" Erika muttered to herself, glancing at Natsume with some surprise.

The man with the middle parting was being manipulated, and he was facing Natsume.

He could clearly see that the man's eyelids were trembling.

Natsume used the Serpent's Gaze at point-blank range!
"Pikachu!" The man with the middle parting suddenly opened his eyes.

Reluctantly, she handed her small blanket to Natsume and went to the battlefield.

The man with the middle parting rubbed his stomach; he was now somewhat regretting lying on that rock.

He could have been content to be a lazy bum, but ever since that stone entered his body, Natsume has been paying extra attention to him.

The man with the middle parting decided that from now on, whenever he encountered any strange-looking stones, he would feed them all to Natsume.

If a trainer has the ability to fight a Pokémon one-on-one, then his Pokémon naturally won't need to be used.

The more he thought about it, the brighter his future seemed.

"Pickup!"

bring it on!

The girl with the middle parting stood in front of the stinky flower, clenching her little fists.

(End of this chapter)