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

Chapter 10: Battle Domain, Open!

"Hey kid, what are you doing!"

"Damn it! We, Team Rocket, are always the ones stealing other people's Pokémon; no one else has ever managed to steal a Pokémon from us!"

"Who are your Pokémon? We're teammates, teammates!"

Even while being lifted high, Meow Meow doesn't forget to correct Musashi and Kojiro's mistakes.

"I can't worry about that now, let's teach this brat who came out of nowhere a lesson first."

After Kojiro finished speaking, he and Musashi jumped out of the hot air balloon and chased after Natsume.

They asked their superiors, and the organization said they hadn't sent any cadres to inspect the work.

As for why the other party knew that his Poké Ball contained a gas bomb.

Kojiro simply assumed the kid was just guessing.

"Stop! We won't stand idly by!"

Xiao Zhi pulled Xiao Xia aside and stopped the two of them.

"You hold them off, I'm going to save Meow Meow!"

Musashi waved his hand, signaling Kojiro to go after Natsume.

Team Rocket's Pokémon was stolen... I mean, their teammate was stolen. It's an absolute disgrace.

With both new and old grudges combined, Kojiro quickly caught up with Natsume.

"Meow! There's a pervert here! Meow! Come save me!"

Just as Kojiro stopped Natsume, he heard Meow Meow's mournful howl.

Looking ahead, Natsume was pawing at Meow Meow's hind legs, staring intently at something.

"Hmm... judging from the remaining feces at the steel gate, this cat's diet doesn't seem to be very good."

"Moreover, in terms of size, strength, and coat luster, it seems to be below the average for cats of the same bone age."

"This shouldn't be due to the food..."

Natsume muttered to himself, then finally took out his Rotom phone, opened the review app, and tapped on Meow Meow.

The above shows the cat's appalling individual stats.

"You're the worst cat ever!"

Natsume drew a conclusion and carefully wrote it down in his notebook.

"Meow, what nonsense are you talking about, meow!"

Meow Meow was furious. This lunatic not only came up and touched it randomly, but also flipped its hind legs, and now it was going to attack it with its body.

"Whatever you're trying to do, let meow go!"

Kojiro arrived just in time to stop Natsume from taking out a syringe to give the cat a blood test.

"Um?"

Natsume turned around in confusion and looked at Kojiro.

"Go, gas bomb!"

Without hesitation, Kojiro threw the Poké Ball.

Want to battle?

Natsume's eyes lit up as he looked at the gas bombs floating opposite him.

I almost forgot, I haven't even used that so-called game battlefield yet.

Instead of doing this, we might as well take this opportunity to get to know each other better.

"Domain Expansion!"

With Natsume's loud shout, a rapid and powerful background music began to play.

"What? What's that sound?"

Kojiro looked around in bewilderment, but couldn't see any sound system anywhere.

"Go on, middle-parted hair!"

Natsume threw out the Poké Ball.

With a flash of red light, a Pikachu with a spiky middle parting and hair wax appeared on the field.

【LV20.】

A string of numbers was visible on the top of the center-parted hair; that was its rank.

"What is that?"

Kojiro had never seen anything like this before, and he couldn't help but become curious.

He discovered that his gas canister also had a string of numbers above its head.

【LV32.】

In that instant, Kojiro realized that it probably represented the Pokémon's level.

How can you actually visualize Pokémon levels? What kind of technology is that?

Kojiro was astonished.

This technology doesn't exist in the current timeline.

Trainers can only roughly know their Pokémon's level based on its status characteristics.

If you want to know a Pokémon's level, you need to go to the research lab and undergo a series of tests.

"No matter what kind of technology it is, snatch it and present it to Boss Banmu!"

Kojiro was full of energy.

My gas bomb is a full ten levels higher than the Pikachu on the other side.

"Gas bomb, use ramming!"

"gas!"

At Kojiro's command, the gas bomb slammed into the man with the middle parting.

Although it was an unremarkable attack, the middle-parted-hair man's health was still almost depleted due to the huge level difference.

Off the court, Meow Meow stared thoughtfully at the long red line that had instantly disappeared above the center-parted hair.

"Meow? Is it like a health bar in a video game, meow?"

"This technology is so interesting, meow! It would be amazing to dedicate it to Boss Giovanni, meow!"

"Kojiro, this kid seems to be a researcher. He must know what kind of technology this is. Grab him and hand him over to Boss Itagi!"

Meow, having broken free from the clutches, found a Pokémon researcher's ID in Natsume's backpack.

Meow Meow was overjoyed and immediately used Loud Encouragement on Kojiro.

"Don't worry, taking down this brat is no problem for me!"

Kojiro glanced at the nearly empty health bar above the middle-parted man's head. The visible Pokémon health bar boosted his confidence.

"Go, gas bomb, use ramming again."

"gas!"

Just when Kojiro thought the Pikachu was about to fall in front of him, Vastan stood there strangely, without moving.

"What's wrong with the gas bomb?"

Kojiro looked at his Pokémon with a puzzled expression.

"Gas, gas!"

Gas Tank seemed a little anxious and hurriedly turned around to shout at Kojiro.

"He said there was a strange force binding it, making it unable to move, meow!"

Meow Meow acted as the translator from the sidelines.

A strange power?

It seems it really is turn-based?

Natsume heard what Meow Meow said and raised an eyebrow slightly.

In that case...

Trainer Natsume used a good healing potion, and his "middle-part hairstyle" has recovered!

As the system's voice echoed in his mind, a ball of light emerged from Natsume's body and entered the body of the man with the middle parting.

Visibly, the middle-parted hairstyle was in much better condition, and the health bar on the top of his head was instantly restored.

"What on earth is going on?!"

Kojiro also noticed the change in the health bar above the opponent's Pokémon's head.

Can you use drugs in Pokémon battles?

No, wait, this medicine works way too fast!

Looking at the lively Pikachu, Kojiro realized the crux of the problem.

In real-world Pokémon battles, no one would give a Pokémon a drug during a battle.

In reality, it takes time for a drug to take effect.

Obviously, your opponent won't give you that time.

However, Natsume stated...

Reality is reality, what does it have to do with my game?

"Middle parting, a flash of lightning!"

After gaining a general understanding of the rules of the game's battlefield, Natsume no longer hesitated and immediately issued the command.

"Pikachu!"

The middle-parted hair transformed into a white light and slammed into the gas bomb.

"gas!"

The gas bomb cried out in pain, but only a thin layer of blood fell from its head.

About one-fifth.

Seeing this, Kojiro was not happy at all; instead, he felt an ominous premonition growing stronger.