Pokémon: Who told him to come out of Pallet Town!

Chapter 24: Rescuing Pipi

When Natsume arrived at the rest area, he was startled.

The entire summit of Mt. Tsukimi was occupied by the injured Pippi.

As he passed by, he saw several researchers bustling about, extremely busy.

Natsume stood there, his memory returning to last night.

It seemed there was some commotion outside, but at that crucial moment when Natsume was working on the circuit, he didn't dare to get distracted and didn't pay much attention.

"I remember now, Team Rocket would steal the Moon Stone here in the original storyline."

Natsume belatedly realized that these injured Pippi were probably the work of the Rockets last night.

"I'll do it."

Suppressing his urge to challenge someone, Natsume stopped a staff member who was carrying an injured Pipi.

Please don't get in my way.

The man's tone was somewhat unfriendly when he saw that Natsume had stopped him.

"I can help." Natsume said, showing his identification.

The man was taken aback, then handed the pippi in his hand to Natsume and instructed him:

"I'll leave this small area to you. I'm going to find the injured Pipi who's hiding."

Natsume took Pipi and held it in his arms. Pipi was unconscious and had many bruises on its body, making it look like one of the more seriously injured ones.

"Rotom, Poké Ball Mode!"

Natsume tossed the special Poké Ball into the air, and a yellow flash merged into it.

"Use a healing ball on this Pippi!"

Natsume named the three [?] skills [Curse Ball], [Healing Ball], and [Extinction Ball] respectively.

As soon as he finished speaking, a green light shot out from the core of the Poké Ball Rotom, enveloping the Clefairy within it.

"Whoosh!"

Like catching a Pokémon, this Clefairy was absorbed into a Rotom-2 Poké Ball by a green light.

The scattered red and white sphere fragments merged together, emitting a faint green light.

A short while later, Pipi was released by a beam of green light.

"Skin?"

When it reappeared, Pippi had woken up and was curiously looking at the Rotom-class Poké Ball floating in the air.

"Let me see how this skill works in real life."

Natsume got excited, squatted down, took out his notebook, and began to carefully observe Pipi's condition.

After all, the main reason Natsume wanted to find someone to fight was to find out what effect these three game rule skills would have in reality.

After all, reality is reality, and a game is a game; its rules state that the battlefield can only be used once a day.

Coupled with the researcher's natural curiosity, Natsume recorded everything in great detail.

"Hmm... the treatment effect, no matter how you look at it, has exceeded the so-called 50%..."

Natsume raised an eyebrow slightly and pointed to Pippi lying on the ground behind him, saying:

"Rotom, use Healing Balls on these Pikachu in turn."

One green beam of light after another appeared, and one Pipi after another was absorbed and released.

Soon, Natsume's back was filled with Pipi, nearly ten of them, big and small.

"Hmm... In reality, it seems that the lower the level, the easier the treatment?"

Based on the severity of the injuries, the extent of the damage, and the effectiveness of the treatment, Natsume drew preliminary conclusions.

"Pipi, Pi, Pipi, Pi..."

It's unclear when it started, but these rescued Pipi began to dance strangely around Natsume.

To be precise, they were dancing around Rotom, the Poké Ball floating next to Natsume, as if they were performing some kind of ritual.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

Natsume looked at them with a puzzled expression.

Pipi does perform certain rituals, but they only happen at night, and only on a full moon night.

"I think these Clefairys mistook your strange Pokémon for the moon god..."

A cheerful voice rang out from behind.

Looking back, the newcomer was wearing a red combat robe, with a head of flamboyant red hair as passionate as fire. Behind him was a large, fat dragon that Natsume recognized quite well.

"Oh...you are, you are that one!" Natsume pointed at Wataru, looking as if he had just realized something.

"Yes, that's me." Watari smiled and nodded.

"That flying-type Elite Four member, Wataru!"

Natsume blurted it out.

Watari: "..."

"Natsume-san, Wataru-san is the Dragon King."

Xiao Zhi's voice followed.

Behind him, Xiaogang and Xiaoxia appeared one after another, each holding a Pipi in their arms, seemingly having also participated in the rescue earlier.

"Oh...sorry, it just came out of my mouth. Let me introduce myself, my name is Natsume."

Natsume nodded to Watari.

There was no other way; before he transmigrated, he had worked as a Pokémon blogger for a while.

As the content creator who respects the Dragon King the most on the entire internet, Natsume Watari pronounces his nickname with remarkable fluency.

"......" Who could casually call him the King of Flight?

Du doesn't believe it anyway.

He gave Natsume a deep look and memorized the young man's appearance.

"Mr. Watari, after rescuing these Pipi, may I challenge you?"

Ash sprayed medicine on Clefairy's wounds while looking at Lance with anticipation.

"Um... this..."

Du seemed somewhat hesitant; he wouldn't hesitate to offer his guidance to a newcomer from the alliance who had challenged him.

When he goes out, Lance will even bring along a few low-level Pokémon that he has just started training.

But this time was different; he was carrying out a mission from the Alliance, and a rather important one at that.

He must be on high alert and maintain peak combat capability.

Therefore, almost all the Pokémon that Lance currently possesses are his trump cards.

Ash... he'll be crushed.

Fearing that Ash's resolve would crumble, Lance pointed to Rotom floating beside Natsume, attempting to change the subject:

"Aren't you curious? Such an amazing Pokémon! Why don't you let Natsume introduce it to us?"

Misty and Brock both turned to look at Rotom, the Poké Ball, while Ash remained fixed on Lance.

Du rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on. Fortunately, at that moment, something unexpected happened.

"Pipi, Pipi, Pi, Pipi..."

The voices of the Pipi grew louder and louder. It was unclear when it started, but Pipi began to gather around Natsume.

These Pippi surrounded Natsume, hopping around in unison in a strange dance, as if they were performing some kind of mysterious ritual.

"Ah, all the Pippi who were hiding have come out!"

Xiao Zhi was overjoyed.

The task assigned to the three of them was to find the injured Pipi who had hidden away.

But after what happened last night, most of these Pipi have become very sensitive and are very difficult to find.

Right now, they've all spontaneously gathered together.

"It seems that, just as Mr. Watari said, these Pippi have come to regard Natsume's Rotom as the moon god."

Xiao Gang's somewhat emotional voice came through the phone.

Rotom.....

Du, standing nearby, keenly grasped the key words in Xiao Gang's words.

But as far as he knew, Rotom didn't have this form... Wait, this person seems to be called Natsume!

"Why would they treat Rotom as the moon god...?"

It can't be as simple as Rotom saving them, can it?

Natsume stroked his chin, his thirst for knowledge making him enjoy pondering the strange events unfolding before him.

"Never mind, Rotom, use Heal Balls on these injured Pippi first!"

With a wave of his hand, Natsume unleashed dozens more green beams of light.