Pokémon travel photography: Starting with riding the wave of popularity.

"What's a sealing stake? You think you can cause trouble just by standing there in front of the Pokémon Center?!"

Amidst Xiaoyao and Ziyu's shocked questions, Xia Mu covered his mouth, revealing an embarrassed expression.

"Well, actually..."

Under the earnest gazes of Xiaoyao and Ziyu, Xiamu gave up resisting and revealed all his previous discoveries.

Then, Xia Mu raised his hand and swore an oath.

"Really, and I'm even thinking of calling Wanlong, Gadriya, and Karuni over to help later. After all, who knows when a seal might suddenly become useless? I don't think releasing it early is a bad thing. Legends aren't necessarily true; maybe the Four Calamities were actually victims..."

Chapter 274 The Guiding North Star

That's exactly what Xia Mu thought.

Even the lovable young widow of Kitakami Village, Egui Pong, was tabooed because she was regarded as a "terrible evil spirit" due to the one-sided views of humans, and Absol, who warned humans of disasters, was also hated as a calamity beast.

It is rumored that the Four Calamities, born from curses and desires, may have been destroyed by the wicked and greedy king, who then sealed them away.

Xia Mu spoke with such sincerity that Xiao Yao and Zi Yu, who could see this, fell into a brief silence.

Although they were a little angry because of Xia Mu's earlier concealment, they also felt that Xia Mu was right.

At this moment, Officer Jenny, who had finally gotten a chance to speak, immediately spoke up.

"I'm not trying to arrest Xia Mu, so what's the rush?"

???

Upon hearing this, Xia Mu and the other two immediately fell silent.

At some point, they seemed to have come to the conclusion that Officer Jenny had come to arrest Natsuki.

After making a comment, Officer Jenny continued:

"Actually, I came here mainly to seek Natsuki's help, to find out if Natsuki has any information about the Four Calamities, or if he has come into contact with any related items... Of course, it seems that you do have the information we want!"

Then, amidst the puzzled looks from Natsuki and the others, Officer Jenny proceeded to explain the alliance's plan.

The purpose of arresting Natsuki is not to prevent disaster from occurring, but to prevent disaster from suddenly appearing. Therefore, we seek Natsuki's help, who may be related to the incident, and release the Four Disasters from the narrow shrine under control.

Xia Mu nodded knowingly.

It was all because of Xiaoyao's sudden betrayal that her brain circuits went completely awry. She almost thought she had transmigrated into some kind of dark fantasy world and had to nip the danger in the bud.

However, there is actually a mainstream understanding in the current Pokémon world.

That is... there are no inherently evil Pokémon. Many Pokémon do bad things because their trainers are bad guys.

Rescue, educate, reinvent... this is the League's current policy for dealing with bad Pokémon.

"To be honest, even though there are always people on the internet who clamor that Dark-type Pokémon are 'born evil,' there are actually many members in organizations such as Interpol and police departments who like to breed and use them... I even bred a Dark-type Mastiff Godfather as my partner Pokémon."

As she spoke, Officer Jenny's gaze towards Natsume and the others turned resentful.

"It was just a simple inquiry, but it ended up with me getting a lecture from you all..."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyao and Ziyu immediately lowered their heads in embarrassment.

"Feel sorry!"

"sorry!"

Compared to the two women who apologized with remorse on their faces, Xia Mu still had one more thing to ask.

"What about the code name 'Calamity'? You called me a calamity as soon as you came in!"

"Hmm... Actually, its full name is the North Star of Calamity Treasure, which means we regard you as a guiding star that can find the four calamities, so we call you Calamity Star for short!"

Looking at Officer Jenny's composed expression, Xia Mu had a feeling that this woman wasn't telling the truth.

However, because of the outburst he had just given Officer Jenny, Natsuki didn't dwell on the topic any longer.

At this moment, he had more important things to do. After all, if the Padia Alliance was going to release the Four Calamities, wouldn't he be able to easily obtain those sealing stakes with attributes and sealing abilities?

"Let me make this clear first, asking me for help isn't cheap..."

Seeing that Natsume chose to move on from the previous topic, Officer Jenny immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The thought of casually mentioning a title she'd heard from Officer Jenny of Unova, which led others to believe that Natsuki could be called something like "the Fifth Calamity of Padia, the Walking Calamity," was something she genuinely couldn't bring herself to say.

Therefore, at this moment, she patted her chest and declared.

"It's alright, our Padia Alliance is still quite wealthy! Besides, the person in charge of this mission is Reho, a history teacher at Orange Academy. She's a huge history buff and extremely interested in these legends, so she'll definitely be very generous!"

……

Just as Officer Jenny was confidently assuring Natsuki that he would make a fortune, at this very moment, at Orange Academy in Tabletop City...

A woman with her hair in a ponytail was excitedly packing her luggage.

"I thought I'd be stuck at school for the rest of the time, but I never expected to have a chance to go treasure hunting! Hahaha!"

Reiho recalled her painful experience of being forced to stay at school after being targeted by the principal for skipping class to go on an adventure, and then thought about how she was now able to go out and explore the mystery of the Treasure of Calamity because of Xia Mu...

Even though Leihe had never met Xia Mu before, at this moment, her affection for Xia Mu was rising at an astonishing rate.

"Wow, what a good kid!"

Leihe was eager to head to Shenbo Town to meet Xiamu, but before she could even pack her luggage and leave the house, a man who looked very tired appeared in front of her.

"King Aoki?"

"Hello, Ms. Leihe, I am Aoki, and I am the Alliance staff member who will assist you in this mission."

Aoki's black suit was still ironed so straight, his voice was still so weak, and even the few strands of white hair sticking up on his head were still so unruly.

But in Leihe's opinion, Aoki seemed more irritable than usual today.

And Leihe's intuition was correct.

Aoki originally thought that as long as he asked Hachisaku to change Natsuki's training location to another city, he could never see Natsuki again, who was always energetic and had a lot of strange ideas.

but……

Aoki needed the opinion of Natsuki, the Gym Leader of the City of Awful, who was located at the entrance of the Padia Crater, to apply for permission to go with Natsuki to the Padia Crater. In order to avoid Natsuki and Aoki, these two unreliable guys, causing big trouble in the Padia Crater and adding unnecessary work for him, Aoki rejected Aoki's application.

As a result, Aoki became entangled with the strange tree and was bombarded with information once again.

This reminded Aoki of the time when Natsuki had bothered him for the sake of Taijing's training, and it made him determined not to let Kiju and Natsuki, those two unreliable guys, enter the Padia Giant Pit.

But just when he was finally about to use the alliance's urgent work as an excuse to get rid of Qishu's harassment, he discovered that the work was still related to Xiamu.

Therefore, he is very irritable right now.

He knew he had encountered something sinister in the United States, and that thing had followed him all the way to the Padiya region, but now he didn't know how to deal with it.

"That's life, isn't it? Plans can never keep up with unexpected events..."

Under Leihe's strange gaze, Aoki sighed deeply.

"Let's go, Ms. Leihe, we need to get to Shenbo Town as soon as possible."

"Alright! Let's go!"

The energetic Leihe and the listless Aoki went out.

Chapter 275 Can I subscribe for a month?

Shenbo Town.

Kou Sha didn't quite understand why, even though it was just an ordinary arts festival, it was about to gather two powerful individuals at the level of the Four Heavenly Kings, as well as a history teacher who had previously traveled around as an archaeologist before being recruited by Orange Academy.

Although he had never dealt with Reho, Kosa knew that an archaeologist who could make a name for himself was definitely not weak.

It's important to understand that anything can happen in a ruin, and you might even encounter a powerful Pokémon that has been dormant for thousands of years.

Therefore, to become a famous archaeologist, one needs a wealth of historical knowledge and agile skills; of course, one's Pokémon abilities are also indispensable.

Most importantly... none of these people are interested in art.

Therefore, Kou Sha, a resident of Shenbo Town, sensed an impending storm.

"Damn it, what on earth happened in Shenbo Town?!"

……

What exactly happened in Shenbo Town?

"Shenbo Township, isn't that where the arts festival is held?"

Upon hearing Natsuki's answer, Ms. Kiki revealed a subtle expression.

How could I not know it was an arts festival?

But does an arts festival really require two superstars like Aoki and Wanlong to go out of their way, and so many alliance staff to go to Shenbo Town?

In order to obtain first-hand information and try to rapidly increase her subscription numbers, Ms. Qi Shu also made up her mind.

"No way, I have to join in the fun!"

……

While trying to appease Miss Qishu and monopolize the popularity of "Operation Save the Four Disasters", Xia Mu also took out a Poké Ball, ready to give his Sea Lion a good workout.

Just as Natsuki found a new rival for Sea Lion at the Pokémon Center...

"Natsuki, I think I told you before, if we're talking about Pokémon battles, your opponent should be...this...girl!...right?!"

Nemo was clearly smiling, but Xia Mu inexplicably felt a sense of danger.

However, Xia Mu never takes the conventional path.

"So that's how it is. Is this the micro-expression needed when threatening someone with a smile?"

Xia Mu instantly moved closer to Nemo's pretty face to examine it carefully. Facing Xia Mu so close to her and feeling the heat brushing against her face, even Nemo, who had a strong heart, couldn't help but take a step back at this moment.

The wheat-colored skin couldn't hide the girl's blush.

"Xia Mu... how could you do this!"

"What's wrong with me?"

Xia Mu had a blank expression on his face, looking just like those wooden protagonists in anime.

But in reality, Xia Mu had already begun to laugh wildly inside.

Hehehe, I knew this trick would work!