Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 406 Nihilego Ido Attacks, A Tribute to the Legendary and Resilient Wang Mingyou (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Rosamina had considered why she needed Mingyou's help. She needed someone trustworthy and capable to do this, and the other person fit the bill perfectly.

Although she had only known Mingyou for a short time, she knew very well the courage it took to do that! He sold so many variant crops at low prices with such integrity, even though he could have made a lot of money from it. As the owner of a large company herself, Lusamine knew very well the courage that took to do that!

But that wasn't enough, so she observed for a long time yesterday and tried to understand the situation through conversation before finally deciding to ask for help.

"I hadn't noticed any of this until two months ago when the International Police's Ultra Beast Countermeasures Headquarters contacted me. They mentioned that there had been unusual spatial fluctuations in the Alola region recently. Because they knew I had done research on Ultra Beasts before, they suspected me. Although they eventually cleared up the suspicion, but..."

"You believe that someone from the Aether Foundation is secretly continuing their Ultra Beast research without your knowledge, and that's why you want to find out?"

Mingyou picked up where she left off, and Lusamine nodded: "That's right. After all, only the Aether Foundation in the Alola region has the capability to do this. Although I don't know what their purpose is, we must stop them; continuing like this will be extremely dangerous!"

Listening to their conversation, Lillie raised her little hand and asked like a student asking a question in class, "Um... so what exactly is an Ultra Beast?"

"Passing through the Ultra Slug, Pokémon from another dimension. Their existence is extremely dangerous to our world. They are invasive species and will cause very serious damage to the ecosystem."

Lusamine explained to everyone that she had once been madly obsessed with the research of Ultra Beasts, and even opened the Ultra Cave in the research base in order to see them with her own eyes, but...

The Ultra Beasts were too powerful, and they failed to capture one that emerged from the Ultra Cave. Even her husband died in the disaster caused by the Ultra Beasts while trying to protect her.

"That's why I gave up my research on Ultra Beasts. Silvally was a weapon designed to fight Ultra Beasts, and I shut it down during its development. All of this was buried underground in Aether Paradise."

"..."

After so many years, Lillie and Gladio finally heard the truth about their father's death from their mother. Even though they were old enough to bear it, they still couldn't help but feel sad.

Mingyou listened attentively and had a general understanding of the situation, but she still had a question: "So, those people might be conducting research underground in Ether Paradise? But why not just send the International Police instead of asking me for help?"

"I don't trust anyone else, including the Interpol police, and Ultra Beasts aren't suitable for public exposure. Who knows if more people will come looking for their power?"

"That's true..."

Ultra Beasts are similar to Paradox Pokémon; they are beings that can severely damage the ecosystem. No one can guarantee that there won't be those who want to exploit them, which is why they need to be kept secret.

Mingyou nodded slightly and stood up: "In that case, let's get this sorted out as soon as possible. First, let's capture that guy named Zaobo."

"That's right!"

Having listened for a while, Gladio was fully aware that he had been used by Zaobo. Zaobo was worried that the investigation would reach him, so he deliberately leaked the news that the Aether Foundation would face a crisis in order to get rid of him and put pressure on Lusamine.

Now that I'm back, the other side will definitely seize the opportunity to run away before everyone can react. So I must seize the opportunity and wipe out all these rats that are harming the Ether Foundation!

After saying that, he ran straight out of the mansion.

Mingyou watched him leave, then looked away and asked, "Is there a passage to the underground research base? If I were Zaobo, I definitely wouldn't run away now. Ether Paradise is an isolated island; running away would just expose me. So he's most likely hiding underground, waiting for an opportunity to leave."

"Waaah!"

Then let's go catch him!

Latias couldn't wait any longer. How dare they cause trouble for their friends! He was determined to teach these bastards a lesson they would never forget!

Lusamine nodded slightly, agreeing with what the other person said. She then led Naruto to a closed door in the basement of the mansion and said, "There's an underground passage here. Lillie and the others were injured here. From here, we should be able to get directly to the research base."

"Okay, I'll go take a look."

"Don't you need any help?"

Mizuki wanted to go with them, since no one knew how many enemies they would encounter.

Mingyou smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, whether it's one Ultimate Beast or a hundred Ultimate Beasts, I can handle it."

"Mmm~"

Leave it to us!

Ponpo called out confidently.

Lusamine nodded slightly, then stretched out her slender arm and gently placed her hand on the identification system next to the door. The identity verification was successful, and the door slowly opened to both sides. Perhaps because it had not been opened for a long time, an indescribable smell immediately wafted out from the dim passage behind the door and permeated the surroundings.

"Go down from here, and then..."

"Be careful!"

Mingyou suddenly interrupted Lusamine's words, and Ponpo beside her immediately waved her sleeve, from which a blue vine extended, dispersing the venom spraying from the passage.

Unexpectedly, they were attacked as soon as they opened the door. When everyone looked up, they saw that many places inside the passage, including the walls and the floor, were covered with a layer of purple venom. An indescribable smell was coming from this venom.

"A venom trap? What exactly is it...?"

Mingyou frowned slightly and looked up. From the passage, a swaying figure slowly appeared in everyone's sight, twisting its body.

It was a creature shaped like a jellyfish, with white six-pointed star markings around its translucent upper cap, and bright blue, wavy edges. Its body was like glass, its tentacles were gelatinous, and its overall shape was close to humanoid.

Its several tentacles intertwined to form the appearance of a cloak or long hair, while four shorter tentacles resembled shorter hair and arms, and two long tentacles formed human-shaped legs. Its movements vaguely resembled those of a human girl, and it floated in the dimly lit passage, watching them.

Nihilego: A parasitic Pokémon, an extremely dangerous Ultra Beast that roams the world on instinct, searching for a new body.

Just as Naruto got a clear look at the other person, Rusamine behind him covered her mouth, her pupils contracted, and she stared ahead in disbelief: "UB01: Parasite? Why is it here?!"

UB is short for Ultra Beast, and the code name that follows is what they call Ultra Beasts, since they don't know the names of these creatures.

Seeing Nihilego appear seemed to activate memories that Lillie had been resisting recalling. She subconsciously grabbed Mizuki's arm beside her and said tremblingly, "It's...it's this Pokémon that attacked me and my brother..."

"What?!"

Lusamine's expression turned even more shocked. Did this mean that the Ultimate Beast had already appeared four years ago? And that it had stayed in the mansion's basement for the past four years without leaving?

"No……"

Mingyou shook his head and said, "Nihilego has an Ultimate Aura. If it had really been there for four years, the Ultimate Aura would have dissipated long ago. Obviously, it must have been pulled out recently. As for the Nihilego that attacked them four years ago, it should have been destroyed by Silvally."

"Kujiro Idok..."

Lusamine gazed at Mingyou's retreating figure, murmuring softly. She felt as if she could no longer see through him. She had a strange feeling that this person probably understood Ultra Beasts even better than she did.

However, now is not the time to talk about these things. If this Nihilego only recently came to this world, then its appearance here is most likely to prevent them from going to the research base.

So it must be related to Zaobo!

"Be careful, Nihilego's ability is to control the bodies of other creatures through neurotoxins, so leave this to me..."

As he spoke, Mingyou gestured for everyone to step back, but at that moment, Niohuru Ido launched an attack, targeting his direction, while Rusami was right behind him.

So...

After all, it's common knowledge that Nihilego captured Lusamine as a host. The higher the compatibility, the stronger the control would be. Naruto subconsciously thought that the other party would attack Lusamine, but the next second he suddenly felt a chill on his head and the hat was already on his head.

Found it! The perfect body!

"...Why?!"

Mingyou grabbed Nihilego's tentacle with a puzzled look on his face. He never expected that the other party wanted to capture him as a host. He had no desire to play any tentacle play!

Before he could figure out what was happening, the neurotoxin was instantly injected into his brain, and Nihilego's body seemed to turn black in an instant, continuously staining itself black, and it turned and fled into the passage.

It happened so suddenly that no one had time to react before their own master, Tsukumo, had squandered his life...

"Mmm!"

Ponpo was the first to react, pulling out her thorny vine staff and chasing after it. Although the passage was full of venom planted by Nihilego, she had to find Naruyuu first, then beat up that jellyfish. And why does the other person always seem to run into this bad luck?

Since things had come to this point, everyone had no choice but to follow suit. Originally, they had asked Mingyou for help to solve the problem, but now it had turned into everyone going to rescue Mingyou together...

Deep beneath the Ether Paradise lies a silent and profound stillness.

Zaobo walked back and forth in the lab with his hands behind his back. Nearby were several men and women wearing Ether Foundation employee uniforms, including a Meowth and a Wobbuffet, but no one seemed to recognize them.

"Hey, hurry up and think of something!"

An employee suddenly yelled at Zaobo, clearly indicating that they weren't entirely in cahoots.

Zaobo was also in a bind. He hadn't expected Glagio to suddenly return at this time. The plan had already reached its most critical stage, and now with the International Police on the outside and the Ether Foundation on the inside, it was only a matter of time before they were exposed.

He stopped, rubbed his forehead, and said, "Anyway, don't panic. It's a good thing that the kid is back. That silver-companion beast recorded a lot of combat data; we can collect it all!"

"Then you'll be in charge of this. We've already captured Mingyou. Let him deal with the Interpolice. As long as we create chaos, we can seize the opportunity to escape."

"what?"

Zaobo looked at the group with a blank expression. The leader was named Tetsuji. He wasn't exactly part of the same group as Zaobo; they were just cooperating.

Tetsuji clapped his hands with a smile, and on the screen in the laboratory, a pure black Nihilego Ido that had grown much larger suddenly appeared in everyone's sight. The one that was swallowed into its body was none other than Naruto!

"It's the boss, meow!"

Meow Meow looked surprised, then quickly covered her mouth.

Musashi and Kojiro were both surprised as they watched Naruto being controlled by Niohuru.

Since Giovanni and Ghettoshi were captured while fighting in the Unova region, Team Rocket has been practically wiped out. The three of them escaped that fate and are now working hard to rebuild Team Rocket, which is why they came here to work.

"What should we do? Should we help him?"

Although Naruto is Team Rocket's enemy, he has indeed helped them many times. But if he helps them again, he will lose the job he finally found.

Just as the Team Rocket trio hesitated, Tetsuji continued, "Don't panic. Capturing Naruto is a mission given to me by the higher-ups. He has too many secrets. By using UB01: Parasite to capture Naruto and use mind control, we can find out his secrets."

"Don't you dare cause someone to die!"

Zaobo was terrified. If it weren't for the accident that happened during the experiment with Silvally four years ago, things probably wouldn't have gotten to this point.

The group waited quietly, and they also saw Rusamine and the others chasing after Nihilego Ido in the video. Although they really wanted Nihilego Ido to kill them, they knew that would definitely cause a lot of trouble.

"Let's just keep waiting!"

Tetsuji stood with his hands in his pockets, watching as Nihilego Ido successfully evaded them and finally returned to the laboratory. Everyone else was terrified by Nihilego Ido's current terrifying appearance and instinctively took several steps back.

Nihilego Ido writhed its tentacles, floating in mid-air, and spoke through the controlled Naruto: "I have obtained... the most perfect body..."

"Well done!"

Tetsuji nodded slightly, then said, "You should have already obtained his memories, so tell me everything he knows!"

"..."

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Kyogo Ido remained silent and did not answer, Tetsuji frowned slightly, thinking that something had gone wrong, so he stepped forward. But the next second, a ball of blue flames burst into flames!

Everyone was shocked to see that Xu Wu Yi De's body in the flames began to shrink and return to its original shape, lying shriveled on the ground, while Ming You, wearing a blue flame coat, stood unharmed in the flames, looking at the crowd in front of him with a sinister smile.

"How dare you arrest me!"

……

(End of this chapter)