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

Chapter 74 Xiao Zhi, Give Him a Job

Chapter 75 Xiao Zhi, Give Him a Job

Upon entering the Saffron City Gym, you'll find a corridor-like passageway inside.

On both sides of the passageway, there were many small rooms from which soft rustling sounds could be heard, and it was unclear what was happening inside.

"What are the people in these rooms doing?" Xiao Zhi asked curiously, standing on tiptoe to look through the windows outside the rooms.

Everyone else followed suit and looked over.

There were about twenty or thirty people in the room, like a small classroom. Each person held a spoon in front of them and gestured with something.

"Is this some kind of performance art?" Xiaoxia tilted her head.

"It's superpower training, isn't it?" Jiaozi suddenly spoke up.

"I've heard that many beginners in superpowers train by bending spoons with telekinesis."

"Are there any barriers to entry?" Natsume asked, a hint of interest creeping into his eyes as he watched the beginners training inside.

If he could learn superpowers, wouldn't many experimental procedures no longer require the use of instruments?

Moreover, he can operate some large instruments more smoothly and with greater precision.

"Mr. Natsume, would you like to learn?" Jiaozi looked at Natsume and quickly asked.

"I've heard that many people who learn superpowers experience a drastic change in personality after they master them," Jiaozi said with concern, glancing at Natsume.

She didn't want Natsume to become some kind of weird person.

"Yes, we have an example in our Cerulean City. A man learned superpowers and his personality changed drastically!" Xiaoxia suddenly said.

"Tell me about it?" Natsume raised an eyebrow slightly, which piqued everyone's curiosity.

Although he felt it was unlikely to change his personality through external means, it wouldn't hurt to learn more about it.

"Ahem, I don't know if it's the same as the systematic training here, because the other person is an individual practitioner." Xiaoxia paused, then continued:

"That's right, that person learned psychic abilities from their own Psychic-type Pokémon."

"I heard he had a fiancée, but he was always reluctant. Then, the day he learned his superpowers, he suddenly changed his mind!"

"What's the name of that Psychic-type Pokémon?" Natsume asked with a puzzled look.

"Hmm, I think her name is something like Qirulian!" Xiaoxia's voice rang out.

"Has it evolved?" Natsume continued.

"Sigh, how did you know that the day that person changed his mind, his Pokémon also happened to evolve?"

Xiaoxia looked at Natsume strangely, not understanding why he suddenly asked that question.

Natsume: "."

Perhaps they discovered that the evolved Gardevoir carried a large root.

"Xiaoxia, is this true!" Jiaozi suddenly grabbed Xiaoxia's hand, his eyes filled with only four words—"change of heart".

She suddenly wanted Natsume to learn superpowers.

"Hey, don't lump us in with those shady characters!"

A murmur of discontent arose from behind the group.

Looking back, I saw three young men.

The leader was dressed in a suit with his hair slicked back, and the two behind him looked like assistants, dressed similarly to the beginners in these small rooms.

"Sir, are you a teacher here?" Xiao Zhi asked curiously as he approached.

"Yes, I am Shirakawa, the leader of the Psychic Power Club. Sabrina, the gym leader here, is the head of our club."

Shirakawa introduced himself, glanced at Satoshi in front of him, then looked at Natsume, and shook his head in disappointment.

"Give up. You'd be better off getting badges in other cities."

"???"

Xiao Zhi was full of questions.

Why is it that everyone I've met these past two days seems to have a negative view of him?

Does his face scream "weakling"?

Xiao Zhi disagreed and loudly retorted:

"Mr. Shirakawa, how do you know I can't win? My Pikachu is really strong!"

"Pikachu!"

Pikachu let out a loud shout.

"Sigh, I still can't give up." Shirakawa shook his head.

Sabrina's condition has been off lately, and he'll try to save as many of these unfortunate trainers as he can.

Thinking this, Shirakawa took out a soda can, but before he could say anything, the can disappeared from his hand.

"Glug glug—ah!" Natsume drank heartily.

"What are you doing!" Shirakawa glared at the other person, but all he got in return was an empty can.

Shirakawa gripped the jar, his lips twitching.

"Never mind, empty cans are fine too, just take a look."

As Shirakawa spoke, he held the jar upright in his palm and held it up in front of everyone.

The next second, a faint blue light appeared in his eyes.

As the blue light grew brighter and spread throughout his eyes, the can in his hand also began to be enveloped in blue light.

Slowly, the can floated up.

"How is it?" Shirakawa asked, looking at everyone.

"Oh, that's amazing," Ash praised without any enthusiasm.

"But what's the use? I can blow it over with my breath," Xiaoxia complained.

Feeling insulted, Shirakawa gritted his teeth and said:

"Then you can continue watching!"

As he spoke, a creaking sound came from the can.

"Sizzle—sizzle!"

It was as if it had been placed on an invisible hydraulic press, and the can was gradually squeezed into a large pancake in no more than three minutes.

"Wow, that's pretty impressive!" Ash clapped enthusiastically.

"How about it, do you understand?" Shirakawa wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at everyone.

"Understand what?" Xiao Zhi's confusion deepened.

"What I mean is, President Sabrina's superpowers are a thousand times stronger than mine. She could crush you all like she crushed this soda can!"

Shirakawa looked at this group of arrogant trainers. They didn't argue back as before, which meant they must have realized how powerful they were.

Unexpectedly, the trainer who had just stolen his jar, and who looked clean-cut and easy to talk to, spoke up.

"Xiao Zhi, give him a job!"

"Understood, Natsume-nii!"

As soon as Natsume finished speaking, Satoshi took the flattened can from Shirakawa's hand.

"What are you going to do?" Shirakawa asked, puzzled.

But then Xiao Zhi took a deep breath and aimed it at the opening of the can.

"Heh—Pfft!"

Xiao Zhi took a big gulp and blew air into the can.

With a thud, the flattened can instantly springs back to its original shape.

Shirakawa: "???"

That wasn't all; Ash's cheeks were still puffed out.

Xiao Zhi continued blowing air, and the can visibly expanded.

There were even some leaks, but the amount of air leaking was far less than the amount of air Ash could blow.

Just three seconds later, a loud "bang" rang out, and the can exploded from the air.

"Huh? How did it explode?"

Xiao Zhi scratched his head, completely unharmed. The only noticeable thing was the inverted triangle red mark etched on his mouth.

Natsume looked down at the pull tab on the soda can in his hand, then at Satoshi's red lips.

Hmm. Should he keep it as a souvenir and then sell it to Serena?

Natsume's thoughts drifted into the distance again, while the three of them stood frozen in place, unable to react for a moment.

The atmosphere in the corridor fell into a deathly silence.

"Teacher, he's practically a superman!"

Behind him, two assistants pointed at Xiaozhi, their voices trembling.

"Please come in, you will be the greatest challengers."

Shirakawa stepped aside, afraid that Satoshi would give him a mouth-to-mouth kiss.

"Yay, let's go in!" Ash exclaimed excitedly, taking the lead and walking ahead.

Behind him, Shirakawa breathed a sigh of relief; perhaps this was a good thing.

Given Natsumi's condition, there was no point in him trying to persuade her. Every time a challenger came, he had to notify the old master to save the day.

Hopefully, this trainer named Ash can wake the other person up.

(End of this chapter)