Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 89 Natsume's Test

Celadon City, Pokémon Center.

"Miss Joey, how's the middle-part hairstyle?"

"Hmm, this Pikachu is acting strangely." Nurse Joy's face showed a hint of embarrassment.

Between the two, on a tray, lay a Pikachu, unconscious and twitching occasionally.

"The body was not injured at all, but the mental state was very unstable. I have never seen this before."

Miss Joy sighed. She had actually seen this situation before, but it mostly involved Pokémon that had suffered psychological trauma.

If Natsume hadn't pulled out his researcher's badge, she would have almost called Officer Jenny to come and take Natsume away.

"Pikachu—" the man with the middle parting yelled, sprang to his feet, and suddenly woke up.

It sat blankly on the tray, its unfocused pupils slowly focusing.

"It's awake!" Miss Joy's eyes lit up, and she called over Chansey.

"Choly Egg, use the Healing Bell."

"Laki!"

Chansey emitted a melodious bell sound, and the man with the middle parting was in better condition and able to communicate with Natsume.

"Pikachu, Pikachu pikachu!"

With its middle-parted hair, it gestured wildly, telling Natsume about the events it encountered in its dream.

"You said you had a terrible nightmare?"

"Did you dream that your favorite honey leaf pancakes came to life and were whipping you with a rattan whip?"

"Pikachu, Pikachu!" The man with the middle parting nodded, Natsume's telepathic abilities were fully activated.

"Not only does it use vine braids, but it also pelts you with honey leaf muffins and forces you to eat stinking mud muffins?"

Natsume was stunned.

This description sounds so much like that hour-long attack on the guy with the middle parting hair by the guy with the big mouth.

Based on the description of the middle-parted hairstyle, the attack from the mouth-blown flower was not as simple as just dissipating.

It seems that I was transported into the dream of the person with the middle parting.

What kind of ability is this?
Natsume had never heard of such a thing.

If there were any records, Natsume would surely be able to find some clues.

Those that cannot be found are probably only divine beasts and divine positions, things that people in the world only know the tip of the iceberg of, or even just the names of.

Natsume narrowed his eyes and picked up the man with the middle parting.

"Miss Joey, may I borrow the battlefield in the backyard?"

"Okay, no problem."

Soon, Natsume arrived at the backyard.

"Pikachu?" The man with the middle parting tilted his head, looking at Natsume with a puzzled expression.

There's hardly anyone here, what kind of battles can we have?
"Gengar!" A Gengar with spicy mud in its mouth appeared opposite the man with the middle parting.

"Pi?" The man with the middle parting turned around and glanced at Natsume.

You want me to type this?

[Battlefield, open!]

Natsume decisively opened the battlefield.

Trainer Natsume dispatched Pikachu with his signature "middle-part hairstyle"!

As the rousing music began, the man with the middle part knew he had no choice but to step up.

“You’ve definitely done more than just change your name. With such a large position in the clergy, your body must have undergone some changes.”

That's right, Gengar didn't make a move.

Natsume told him that this was a "check-up" in cooperation with the middle-part hairstyle, not a real battle.

"With her hair parted in the middle, she fell asleep just like before."

The trainer's command brought tears to the eyes of the man with the middle parting.

Without hesitation, it fell asleep immediately.

[Pikachu's Divine Authority Trait: The Land of Eternal Rest is activated!]

The characteristics of divine authority?
Natsume was taken aback, then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"As expected, I knew it. Such a large fragment of divine authority couldn't possibly be just a simple name change card!"

Natsume was in tears.

"Gengar, beat it up!" Natsume said.

"Gengar!" Gengar stretched out its chubby little hand, and a dark purple ball began to condense.

"Boom—" The shadow ball flashed by and hit the middle-parted hair.

[Due to the effect of the Eternal Rest Land, Gengar's attack was redirected!]

The health bar on the top of the man with the middle parting remained unchanged.

"Pikachu!?" The man with the middle parting suddenly woke up.

[Due to weak willpower, the man with the middle parting woke up, and the Land of Eternal Slumber vanished!]

"Is it related to willpower?" Natsume stroked his chin. "Try falling asleep again with your hair parted in the middle?" Natsume suggested.

[The person with the middle-parted hair is asleep.]

This time, the so-called divine authority did not take effect.

"Gengar, Psychic!" Natsume had Gengar use a low-power move.

"Pikachu!" The man with the middle parting was hit and jumped up.

Its head was left with only a sliver of health, and after the rounds, the healing effect commonly found in clerical roles did not appear.

"Looks like it's the same as last time," Natsume thought to himself.

After the last test, Natsume had a hunch that the fragment of divine authority inside the man with the middle parting was not like the giant Dragonite and the giant Tentacruel, which remained inside the body to continue to exert their effects.

The fragment of divine authority within the man with the center-parted hair was indeed absorbed by him.

The moment this idea came to mind, Natsume wondered if it was possible for the center-parted hairstyle to manifest its own divine authority.

Currently, this priesthood appears to be in its early stages and is related to sleep.

With a wave of his hand, Natsume deactivated the rules of the battlefield.

[Ding! The SSS-level long-term project—"The Great Compendium of Clerics"—has been released!]

In my mind, the system's voice sounded immediately.

Natsume was taken aback. He clicked on the topic and found that there were many images of mythical beasts in it.

These profile pictures have been categorized by region by the system.

Each profile picture contains a text box for users to edit.

Natsume casually clicked on the first Mewtwo.

Mewtwo

[Theocratic characteristics: ???]

[Cleric Exclusive: ???]

It was very brief, but enough for Natsume to see that behind those who possess divine authority, there is an additional divine power characteristic and an additional divine authority-specific skill.

Natsume continued scrolling down and discovered that each divine office had its own unique divine authority and exclusive characteristics.

Other features like a second health bar, damage increase, damage reduction, and automatic health regeneration are standard.

Soon, Natsume found the profile picture of the person with the middle parting in a special section that did not belong to any region.

【Pikachu Raymond】

[Divine Authority Trait: Land of Eternal Rest]

[Exclusive Divine Authority: Insufficient Divine Power]

Is the authority of the clergy insufficient?

In other words, the priesthood of the center-parted head was only half-formed.

Natsume was slightly taken aback, but then he understood.

Indeed, the person with the middle parting only swallowed a fragment of divine authority, and to be able to give birth to a divine power characteristic is already extremely lucky.

Natsume curiously clicked on the divine characteristics of the middle-part hairstyle.

【Eternal Sleeping Place】

[The first time Pikachu falls into a deep sleep during each battle, it activates the Land of Eternal Slumber.]

[During the duration of the Eternal Slumber, all attacks received will be transformed into nightmares, and all buffs received will be transformed into sweet dreams. Pikachu will be awakened, and the Eternal Slumber will cease to exist.]

[The above effects are based on battlefield testing and are for reference only in actual combat.]

"Hiss—" Natsume's eyelids twitched.

This characteristic makes him another rising star in the team.

If a half-born deity has such incredible abilities, what about the real deities and divine beasts?
No wonder even the seemingly overpowered Rotom-Pocket was powerless against legendary Pokémon; the system could only say, "It's no match for it."

Moreover, they also possess their own unique divine abilities.

Some studies have documented skills that can only be used by mythical beast species.

But that applies to divine beast species; divine authority is exclusive to individual divine beasts that possess divine authority.

Natsume estimates that the exclusive skills of the priests and the skills of the divine beasts are not the same thing; the former will only be more powerful.

"Pikachu?" The man with the middle parting looked up and glanced at Natsume.

The other person remained stunned for a long time, not coming to their senses.

Suddenly, Natsume lowered his head, his middle-parted hair standing on end.

Because a "Natsume" appeared in its mind!
"Middle-parted hair, you need to work on your willpower, understand?"

“I just stepped into the Otherworld yesterday, and I need a sparring partner.”

"From now on, I will 'spar' with your will every day, understand?"

"Pikachu—" The man with the middle parting looked utterly dejected.

It originally thought that since it had mastered the skill of taking a nap anywhere, the trainer's iron fist would no longer pose a threat to it.

But now it seems that Natsume can directly beat up its "brain".

(End of this chapter)