r18novel Chapter 6: Game Rules and Venue
Chapter 6: Game Rules and Venue
Natsume, clutching the small jar in his arms, ran back to his room.
He closed the door, took a bath, changed his clothes, and burned incense—a series of actions performed with fluid grace.
Soon, a faint, misty smoke filled the small room.
Amidst the smoke, Natsume excitedly pulled out the ten scratch-off lottery tickets.
This is the result of his hard work over the past five years in Pallet Town, racking his brains and working with the selfless Pokémon in the town to come up with and complete ten entry-level challenges.
These ten scratch-off lottery tickets are extremely valuable.
Looking at the scratch-off lottery ticket with red and white balls printed on it, Natsume felt his eyes redden and tears flow uncontrollably.
A light mist hung in the air, and Natsume's tears flowed like a spring.
"Ahem... Alright then, let me see what this extraordinary reward you mentioned is, System!"
Natsume isn't greedy; ten alpacas would be enough for him.
Immediately, with the right timing, location, and people, and the ceremony proceeding smoothly, Natsume did not hesitate at all. After taking two deep breaths, he directly scratched off the red and white ball prints on the first scratch-off lottery ticket with his fingernail.
In an instant, a fierce golden light burst forth, and at the same time, a melodious voice resounded in Natsume's mind:
[Ding—Congratulations, host, for opening the Pokémon Red and White Ball scratch card and obtaining 1 Pokémon Red and White Ball!]
"Um?"
Natsume was stunned for a moment when he saw the red and white ball that appeared out of nowhere.
Immediately, he scratched off another scratch-off lottery ticket.
[Ding—Congratulations, host, you have scratched the red and white ball scratch card and obtained 1 Pokémon Red and White Ball.]
Natsume's expression subtly changed, and he stubbornly scratched off the third card.
Red and white balls +1.
Chapter Four.
Red and white balls +1.
......
Up to the tenth card, all of them were red and white balls.
"Clatter!"
A tear fell onto the red and white Pokémon scattered on the ground. Natsume suddenly realized that the bond between him and the Pokémon of Pallet Town might not be as deep as he had imagined.
As he scratched off the last lottery ticket, the same sound as before echoed in his mind. Whether it was from anger or not, Natsume felt dizzy.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have scratched the red and white ball scratch card and won Pokémon Dreamland...]
"System, is this the extraordinary reward you spoke of...?"
Natsume felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and collapsed onto the bed beside him.
Silent all night.
The next day, early in the morning.
Natsume woke up to Satoshi's worried voice.
"Miss Joey, Natsume-san is awake!"
Natsume's vision was a little blurry, but he could vaguely see Ash shouting and running out.
Ash ran out, and the room immediately became quiet.
Natsume stared straight at the ceiling, the image of his happy ten-pull last night flashing through his mind.
Is Natsume really that dark-skinned?
Five years of hard work, and all you get are ten red and white balls!
Only ten!
Before he even set off, things went much better at Oak's lab.
Hmm? That's strange, I don't seem to be in my usual room.
Natsume suddenly realized that the ceiling seemed a little different from his own room.
Before Natsume could think further, the door next to her opened again, and Miss Joey, dressed as a nurse, walked in.
Looking at Natsume who had just woken up, Joey covered his face with a headache and couldn't help but say:
"Seriously, how did you manage to get gas poisoning in a Pokémon Center room?"
Last night, this place was attacked by the Rockets, and this morning, another person was found to have suffered gas poisoning in a room on the second floor.
Ash and Misty joined them from the side.
"Yeah, Natsume-nii, your eyes are all swollen from the smoke, didn't you notice?"
Natsume's head was spinning, but after listening to their conversation, he came to his senses.
He was poisoned by gas?
Oh?
Natsume raised an eyebrow slightly, opened his system panel, and after scrolling down for a while, he finally saw a topic.
[SSS-level project—Research on the artificial Shin Shin superhuman physique, experimental subject: Natsume.]
Clicking on the topic revealed Natsume's current state:
[Strength: 0.05 Intelligence]
[Wisdom: 100 Intelligence]
Agility: 0.05 Intelligence
Electrical resistance: 0.5 Intelligence
[Fire resistance...]
This project was triggered by the system when Natsume first came to Pallet Town and met Ash, and the counting unit was Ash.
For several years in a row, although he didn't make much progress, he did make some significant discoveries. For example, by being attacked by Pokémon from weak to strong, his resistance in all aspects could be improved, and resistance below 0.5 would slowly and naturally decrease.
Among a long list of resistances, Natsume found poison resistance.
[Poison Resistance: 0.2 Intelligence]
Hmm? His poison resistance decreased from 0.3 Intelligence to 0.2 Intelligence.
No wonder he kept wanting to cry last night; it turns out the gas was bothering him.
Natsume thought he had a deep bond with the Pokémon in Pallet Town and was about to awaken some kind of power against his will.
Sure enough, it wasn't that he was unlucky, nor that his bond with the Pokémon he was working on was bad; it was simply because the "fragrance" was wrong!
Natsume thought to himself, "I can't use the gas bomb's 'fragrance' anymore. No, my luck is bad."
I wonder how the Coal Turtle is doing?
Natsume fell into deep thought.
Seeing Natsume's dazed expression, Ash covered his face.
"Pikachu!"
Perched on Ash's shoulder, Pikachu mimicked him, covering its face in unison.
At this moment, Ash, the ten-year-old boy, fully understood why everyone was telling him to keep an eye on Natsume.
If he hadn't discovered it early this morning, Natsume might have died without him noticing.
Turning his head, Natsume looked at Pikachu standing on Ash's shoulder and nodded slightly.
It seems that after last night's training with Team Rocket, Ash and Pikachu's bond has grown considerably.
"that!"
Under Natsume's gaze, Ash suddenly turned to look at Misty, who was standing to the side with a shocked expression, and said:
"Um, Kasumi, you've seen Natsume's condition. We might need to rest here for a day. If you're in a hurry to go to Cerulean City... ah!"
Before Xiaozhi could finish speaking, Xiaoxia grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up:
"What, do you think you can get rid of me and avoid paying for my bicycle?!"
Seeing Natsume and Nurse Joy looking at her together, Misty released Ash, curled her lip, and snorted coldly:
"Hmph, I have plenty of time to waste on you!"
"Well, alright then, in that case, Natsume-nii, where are you... um, Natsume-nii?"
Ash scratched his head and looked at the bed next to him, only to be surprised to find that Natsume was gone.
They were right here a second ago!
"Oh dear, this patient needs to rest and recuperate!"
Seeing this, Miss Joey also expressed her concern.
Truly abandoning it and disappearing without a trace.
Fearing that Natsume might have accidentally died in some deserted corner, Ash hurriedly ran out and began searching.
Natsume's original room.
"Loto!"
As Rotom's phone rang, a faint light appeared in the room.
"Whoosh—"
A flash of light appeared, and Natsume's figure materialized.
Using Rotom's teleportation, Natsume returned to his room.
He came to retrieve those ten red and white balls.
Natsume was already feeling down; if he lost all ten red and white balls, he would feel even worse.
"One, two...nine, huh?"
Natsume's hand, which was picking up the ball, froze in mid-air.
Strange, where's the tenth one?
Looking left and right, Natsume still couldn't find the tenth red and white ball.
It's impossible for them to have been robbed. Although Team Rocket did come last night, Ash and Misty chased them away.
Even if someone gets robbed, they can't just take one red and white ball.
Could it be that my tenth reward isn't a red and white ball?
A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in Natsume's heart.
He vaguely remembered that he didn't seem to hear what the tenth reward was before he passed out.
With excitement, Natsume opened his system inventory.
红白球X10086、板砖X88、定製特色睡服X12、环卫工人制服X3、火箭队高仿干部制服X3，火箭队普通队员制服X3......
Apart from the things I had prepared beforehand, there were no new items inside.
Could it possibly be that you can drive it into the air?
Natsume refused to believe it and opened his system panel.
The moment the panel appeared, Natsume froze.
On the originally clean and tidy research institute panel, in addition to the saved research topics, a small module has been added.
[Pokémon Game Battlegrounds]
[During battles, you can choose the battlefield, bringing both players into the Pokémon game's battle arena. All battle rules follow the game's rules!]
"oh--"
Seeing this, Natsume narrowed his eyes.
So, does that mean Natsume, the Medicine King, could solo a divine beast?