Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 38: Meeting, Xiaozhi adds a new general (seeking monthly ticket to follow)
Dawn breaks in the forest, dew condenses on the tips of leaves, and cold mist permeates the morning light.

Natsume walked out of the tent, yawned, rubbed his eyes, and caught a glimpse of a figure lying next to the fire.

He was an excellent student. His hair was messy and he looked like he had been sleeping for a while. There was frost on his eyelashes.

It seemed a bit cold, so she hugged Xiaoxia tightly who was sleeping soundly in the sleeping bag.

"Skin--"

Natsume looked in the direction of the voice and saw Pikachu's figure under a big tree not far away.

The other person held a needle in one of his short hands, with the tip of the needle pointed at the tail. He held the needle while holding a cotton ball in the other hand.

He aimed the putter at the big tree behind him and slammed it hard!
"Pickup!"

In just a moment, Pikachu jumped down, covering his tail, and pressed the cotton ball in his hand on the injection port.

"Pikachu, your dosage control is getting better and better. It's already very close to the theoretical value."

Natsume picked up the steel reagent, held it in the sunlight and looked at the scale on it.

Well, very good. With the training of his forgetfulness skill, Pikachu has learned to dose himself.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu stretched out his short little hand and pointed angrily at the top student who was sleeping soundly by the fire.

Starting from midnight yesterday, the top student fell asleep with his eyelids drooping.

In order to avoid turning himself into a steel butt, Pikachu didn't dare to close his eyes for a moment in the second half of the night.

He gave himself an injection every hour, and even added firewood to the fire.

"You're right Pikachu, she should be covered with a blanket."

"Pikapi?"

"Pika pika!"

Pikachu angrily waved his hands in protest at Natsume's random translation.

"Okay, go find her a blanket in my tent, and I'll go find Xiaozhi and the others."

Facing the angry Pikachu, Natsume touched his little ear.

"Pikachu!" As if he thought of something, Pikachu's eyes lit up and he rushed into Natsume's tent, looking for something inside.

I checked the time on my Rotom phone and it was only six o'clock.

Normally, everyone wakes up around eight o'clock.

So Xiaozhi should be sleeping at this time.

Natsume felt a little embarrassed to go over and disturb Xiaozhi at this time - so he made a phone call.

In a village, by a small river.

Two sleeping bags, one blue and one green, lay like caterpillars on one side of the river.

"Natsume, what are you doing! Natsume, what are you doing! Natsume, what are you doing! Natsume"

"Hmm, what's going on? I think I heard Professor Oak's roar."

In the sleeping bag, Xiaozhi pulled away the middle-parted hair that was lying on top of his head, stood up and rubbed his eyes.

"Ah~ Are you still asleep?"

Xiaozhi felt dizzy and wanted to catch up on some sleep.

"Wait a minute Ash, this isn't an illusion."

On the side, Xiaogang also got out of his sleeping bag and pointed at Xiaozhi's backpack:
"The sound comes from here."

"What?" Xiaozhi rummaged through his backpack with a puzzled look on his face, and soon found the source of the sound inside.

His Pokédex!
"Natsume, what are you doing! Natsume, what are you doing! Natsume, what are you doing!"

On the illustrated book, a large Natsume head appeared, accompanied by Professor Oak's roar.

"What is this? A video call? Xiaozhi, your Pokédex actually has this function. Normal Pokédex doesn't seem to have it."

Xiaogang took a glance and felt a little surprised.

"Isn't it just a phone call? I don't even know it myself."

Xiaozhi rubbed his hair and answered Natsume's video call.

As expected, Natsume's appearance appeared in his Pokémon Encyclopedia.

The other party was adding wood to the fire.

"How's it going, Xiaozhi? Isn't the special Pokédex I gave you pretty good?"

"We?" Xiaozhi grasped the key words.

"Yes, this batch of Pallet Town Atlas is all based on the information I entered into the software. How is it?"

"Oh, now that you mention it, Xiao Mao can also video chat with me."

Xiaozhi's eyes lit up, because he didn't choose the starting Pokémon and was scolded by Xiaomao.

"Okay! I'm going to video call him and show him my new partner Bulbasaur!"

"Of course you can. Go find the instruction manual. The contact information for the trainers in Pallet Town is all there."

Natsume's voice followed.

"Instructions? What is that?" Xiaozhi looked at Natsume with a strange expression.

"The booklet I gave you at the beginning."

"Oh, the booklet." Xiaozhi thought for a moment, but then Natsume's voice rang out:

"I think I forgot to give it to you."

Xiaozhi: "." "But next time you meet Xiaomao, just check his Pokedex and you can both find your numbers."

"Come back soon, Pikachu needs you."

Having said that, Natsume hung up the phone.

Well. The Charmander was abandoned on Route 24. In order to avoid accidents, it is better to go there early.

After all, they wasted some time at the Pokémon Research Institute this time.

If Natsume and the others died before they arrived, it would be a disaster.

As one of Ash's future right-hand men, this Charmander had extremely poor talent at the beginning.

It's even much smaller in size than an ordinary Charizard.

But the fighting power he displayed later was unparalleled.

Natsume had a feeling that there might be something in here that could trigger the system's problems.

"For example, under the influence of Ash's protagonist halo, Pokémon can gradually increase their talents. Is this a system?"

【+1. 】

Natsume made a killing.

"what--"

Suddenly, Jiaozi's exclamation was heard.

Natsume looked back and saw the other person standing up with a look of horror on his face, holding the blanket covering his body in his hand - a view of the interior of the Super Armored Rhino.

"Pi hee hee!"

Next to the tent, the instigator was covering his mouth and laughing.

"Mr. Natsume, did you cover it for me?" The top student looked around, and except for Xiaoxia who was woken up by him with sleepy eyes, there was only Natsume who was adding firewood beside him.

"Yeah." Natsume nodded and took the blame for Pikachu.

He discovered that since he handed over the ten books of "lifelong learning" to the outstanding students.

There is something wrong with the other party's attitude towards me.

Well. Natsume had originally expected that he would exert pressure on them, and the relationship between the two would gradually deteriorate, and it would be best if the other party couldn't stand it and left on his own initiative.

Or maybe when you drive the other person away a month later, you can save yourself some trouble.

Well. This should reduce his favorability a lot. Although it was a prank by Pikachu, he accepted it.

Natsume glanced at the top student, but suddenly found that the fear on the latter's face had disappeared.

Instead, a red line passed by, and smoke began to rise above his head. It looked like the fire was even bigger than the campfire in front of him.

Natsume: “???”

"Thank you for your teachings, Mr. Natsume. While I'm learning, I will definitely not forget to train my own Pokémon!"

The top student tried to carefully roll up the Super Armor Rhino in his hand, then stood up and bowed sharply to Natsume.

Natsume: "."

He suddenly felt that this outstanding student had such imagination and had the potential to become a researcher.

"Natsume-san! We're back!"

Not far away, the voices of Xiaozhi and Xiaogang could be heard.

Natsume looked up, a little surprised.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu jumped onto Ash's other shoulder.

"Natsume-san, I captured Bulbasaur!"

As he said that, Xiaozhi couldn't wait to take out a red and white ball and release Bulbasaur.

"Then Xiaozhi, you really have made your dream come true." Natsume clapped his hands in congratulations.

He remembered that before they started traveling, Ash often came to him to help feed the Pokémon.

Among them, the other party’s favorite is Bulbasaur.

"You're back just in time. I still have the delicious broth I made yesterday. Hey? Where's my broth?"

Xiaoxia heard a strange sound and when she turned around, she saw an empty pot in her hand.

"Pikachu was greedy and ate it secretly at night." Natsume said, winking wildly at Xiaogang beside him.

"Pickup?"

Pikachu scratched his head. He clearly remembered that it was Natsume who got up in the middle of the night and threw the body into the pot of unknown substance.

However, since Natsume took the blame for him, he would also take the blame for Natsume.

"Pika pika!"

Pikachu patted his belly to show that he loved the food.

"Really, Pikachu? I'll make it for you next time!" Xiaoxia was not angry, but very happy.

"Hey, Pikachu, why are you so greedy?" Xiaozhi rubbed Pikachu's head.

"Ahaha, in that case, I'll make breakfast today." Xiaogang understood Natsume's eyes and immediately took over the conversation.

"Okay, let's set off after we finish eating and head straight to the city of Kuye!"

"Idiot, we have to go to Route 24 first!"

(End of this chapter)