Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 92 Rainbow City Mystery

In the evening, the middle-part hairstyle's special training ended.

It staggered off the table, feeling as if the sky had fallen.

Zhou Song was as if he were looking at the scene, and the world was as black as lacquer!
With his middle-parted hair, one could already imagine Natsume leading a group of people in a go-kart race in his mental world.

No, no!

It has to do something.

"Phew~" Jiaozi breathed a long sigh of relief at the dining table.

She opened her eyes and felt something warm on her hands.

Looking down, I realized that I was holding Natsume's hand tightly, and my palms were covered in sweat.

"You don't seem to be adjusting well?" Natsume looked at Takako with a puzzled expression.

Jiaozi's face was covered in sweat, which trickled down his chin, and his wet hair clung to his flushed face.

She looked down and clenched her hands; her palms were warm, but her fingertips were icy cold.

"Ah!" Jiao Zi suddenly withdrew her hand, her eyelashes trembled, and she stood up abruptly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Natsume, you must have found this amusing." A blush crept up her fair neck as Jiaozi took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from Natsume's hands.

"I'm going to take a shower first." With that, Jiaozi lowered her head and quickly went back upstairs.

"Pikachu!" After Jiaozi left, the man with the middle parting tugged at Natsume's sleeve.

"Why aren't you getting some rest? What are you doing?" Natsume looked at the other person, somewhat surprised.

After training, when does the guy with the middle parting never fall asleep immediately?

"Pikachu, Pikachu!" The man with the middle parting stretched out his short hand and gestured in the air.

Seeing that the other person seemed to have something to say to him, Natsume activated his telepathy.

Enveloped in a blue glow, the man with the middle parting was startled, but for the sake of his grand plan, he quickly regained his senses.

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

"You want a complete encyclopedia of mythical beasts?" Natsume asked, puzzled.

"What do you need that thing for?"

"Pikachu, Pikachu!" The man with the middle parting clenched his fist.

"Interested in mythical beasts, wanting to find relatives on them?" Natsume's lips twitched.

"Here you go."

Although he felt that the guy with the middle parting was deceiving himself, no matter what his purpose was, Natsume, as a trainer, wouldn't refuse this lazy guy's desire to learn more.

Natsume took out a small booklet from the system space.

It contains the League's basic records of almost all legendary Pokémon species.

The man with the middle parting took it as if it were a priceless treasure.

Upon opening it, the man with the middle parting was taken aback.

It seems... to be illiterate?
No problem, let's memorize what these mythical beasts look like first!
Natsume observed silently from the side, unaware of what the man with the middle part was planning to do.

However, the other party displayed a seriousness completely different from usual.

Even when Natsume took out the leaf-shaped pancakes that the guy with the middle parting liked to eat and waved them in front of it, it still...
"Awoo!" The man with the middle parting turned his head and downed the food in one gulp.

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Well, anyway, it's a good thing.

"Ah—" Natsume stretched and prepared to go to the front desk to order food.

"Natsume-nii, something terrible has happened! Kasumi has disappeared!"

Ash rushed in through the entrance of the Pokémon Center.

"Who's missing?" Natsume asked, chewing rice and handing Satoshi a bottle of water.

"Xiaoxia, she's gone."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, explain yourself first." Natsume noticed that Officer Jenny was following behind Ash.

"Didn't Xiaoxia go to the aquarium?"

"It's like this, Natsume-nii," Ash said slowly, taking a sip of water.
"I ran into Misty on the way, but she disappeared as soon as I turned around. I only found her Pokédex nearby." Ash said, taking out a Pokédex with a Magikarp plushie attached.

"Maybe she doesn't want to be with you?" Natsume tilted his head.

“That’s not how it is, Mr. Natsume,” Officer Jenny said from the side.

She took out a stack of papers, all of which were missing person notices.

“Children have been going missing in Rainbow City recently,” Officer Jenny’s voice was heavy with exhaustion.

"Yes, I ran into Officer Jenny, and since Misty is missing again, I came to find you," Ash explained.

"Oh, I see." Natsume didn't waste any words and took out his Rotom phone.

"I've found Xia's location, let's go." A moment later, Natsume located her.

“Mr. Natsume, please let me see!” Officer Jenny’s tense expression suddenly relaxed.

Upon hearing from Xiaozhi that Natsume had a tracking method, she immediately followed him.

Natsume waved his hand, and Rotom turned around, allowing Officer Jenny to see the red dot on the map.

"This is the First Arcade?" Officer Jenny was slightly taken aback, then asked:
"If I remember correctly, that's Rockets property."

"What? Team Rocket? Isn't Misty in big danger now?" Ash clutched his head.

"Anyway, let's set off first. Jiaozi, please take care of the middle-part hairstyle."

"Oh? Okay."

As Natsume spoke, he handed the middle-parted hair, which was engrossed in reading, to Jiaozi, who had just come downstairs and was wearing a towel.

As they left the Pokémon Center, Officer Jenny called out to Natsume and his companion.

"What's wrong, Officer Jenny? It's extremely urgent!" Ash exclaimed anxiously.

"Don't worry, since it involves the Rockets, the three of us are definitely not enough."

As she spoke, Miss Officer Jenny raised her wrist and checked the time.

"Officer Jenny, did you call for help?" Ash asked curiously.

"Yes, this case has been going on for almost half a year and it still can't be resolved. I reported it to the alliance last month, but the alliance is short-handed right now."

Officer Jenny shook her head and remained silent on the matter.

The alliance is indeed short-handed; they have dispatched many inspectors to the Moon Mountain and Mysterious Island areas.

In addition to protecting researchers, we also need to be wary of illegal immigrants smuggling themselves in.

“Miss Officer Jenny, could you tell us some information about this case?” While waiting for someone, Natsume spoke up and handed over his researcher's badge.

“That’s right. Six months ago, children started going missing in Rainbow City.” Officer Jenny nodded slightly as she took Natsume’s identification.

“At first we thought it was a kidnapping, but more and more children went missing, and what’s even stranger is that they would suddenly come back every month.”

At this point, Miss Officer Jenny paused:

"You might not believe it, but all the children who came back are perfectly normal."

"Huh? What's Team Rocket's motive for kidnapping those kids?" Ash asked in surprise.

Officer Jenny shook her head: "We don't know either."

"Interrogating the children yielded no useful information."

All I know is that they say they've transformed into all sorts of Pokémon over the past month, living freely and happily.

As she spoke, Officer Jenny's voice trailed off:

"It sounds ridiculous. We discussed it for a long time and could only conclude that a Pokémon with hypnosis had lured these kids away. But we never expected it to be related to Team Rocket."

Natsume stood to the side, lost in thought.

I feel like I've turned into all sorts of Pokémon.
Moreover, the Rockets provided good food and drink to these kidnapped children.

"Do these children like Pokémon?" Natsume suddenly asked.

Officer Jenny paused, then nodded:

"This is a common point: the missing children all had Pokémon living with them at home."

(End of this chapter)