svetikya Chapter 176 Dr. Empty loves playing with eggs!
Chapter 176 Dr. Empty loves playing with eggs!
Chapter 176 Dr. Elm Loves Playing with Eggs! (Two-in-One)
The loud noise outside startled Yamato and Kosaburo.
"Could it be the Alliance police catching up with us?" Yamado immediately pressed the activation button for the defensive weapons in the room.
"Kosaburo, I told you to activate all the concealment devices outside, didn't you?"
"I did everything right, this shouldn't be happening!"
But they soon realized they had worried too much; it wasn't the Alliance members who arrived, but rather the familiar faces they had been longing for.
Ash easily destroyed all the large mechanical arms outside the house used for defense, and kicked the door open with one kick.
"Ah, you little brat, it's you!"
"Of course I'm recruiting you guys. I knew it was the Rockets who did it."
Seeing the Yamato duo, Ash's face was filled with an excited smile; as expected, his premonition in this direction was correct.
"You two dared to attack Dr. Kongmu's research institute? You're incredibly audacious."
"Give back the Pokémon you stole!" Ash and Misty immediately surrounded them from the front and back in perfect unison.
"Damn it, don't think we'll just surrender willingly!"
Yamad quickly hid the sack behind his back and activated the mechanism, which immediately launched the device from the bottom of the wooden house.
A hot air balloon immediately appeared, carrying Amado and the others into the sky.
In contrast to Kojiro and his friends, this hot air balloon is not shaped like a meow but like a pot.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu immediately leaped from Ash's shoulder, unleashing a powerful electric shock at the Shuttle Balloon.
But the hot air balloon was completely unharmed; several hidden conductors diverted all the current to the energy storage device next to Yamado.
"Hahaha, you little brat, of course we've taken all the precautions against electric shocks, you can't catch us!"
The balloon carried them rapidly into the air; it seemed these guys had planned their escape route well in advance.
In terms of the rigor of their plan, Uchiha Tomokazu said they were better than the three idiots!
"For our wages, let's do everything we can to hold off that brat, Baladara! Use Angry Fangs!"
"You come up to the pot too, and use the mud cannon!"
The two of them put in 200% effort to pay for their meals next month.
Of course, these Pokémon are just weaklings to Ash, but they are indeed good training grounds for the little guys.
"It's you two I choose! Eevee and Ralts!"
The two adorable little creatures were still confused when they came out and were trying to jump into Ash's arms.
Xiao Zhi could only give them a good rub on their little faces.
"It would be terrible if we faced a really strong opponent, so focus on the battle now!"
"Eevee attacks Radamanthys with Swift Strike!"
"Ralts used its psychic powers to deflect Shuckle's mud projectile attack!"
Although they like to act cute and affectionate, they can quickly get into character when Ash gets serious.
Eevee and Ralts are still a bit lacking, but they're enough to deal with Rattata and Shuckle.
Before Rattata, grinning with its two large front teeth, could pounce, it was blasted away by the starlight screen released by Eevee wagging its tail.
Meanwhile, Ralts used her psychic powers to hit Yamato in the face with a wave of her hand as Shuttle's mud projectile.
Then Shuckle was also knocked away by Eevee's Swift, and Eevee and Ralts successfully gained experience.
"Ugh, you wretched brat!"
This is where Amad's superiority over Musashi, despite his mud-covered face, becomes apparent.
If it were Musashi at this moment, he would have already shouted that the face is the life of a female star and jumped down to fight the enemy to the death.
Although Yamato also cared about his appearance, he was able to restrain his impulse and simply kept raising the hot air balloon.
He was completely focused on his escape objective.
They quickly flew out of Eevee and Ralts' attack range.
"Hahaha, you little brat, you're two thousand years too early to catch us!"
But that silly, laughing look really does resemble Musashi and the others.
Ash could only say that they were celebrating too soon; Kojiro and Jessie would never have said such a thing.
"I need to teach him a lesson!"
He picked up two stones of suitable hardness from the ground and swung his arms around them twice in a windmill motion.
It suddenly hurled itself towards the direction of Amazon and his group's hot air balloon.
With a soft "poof".
The balloon was pierced through by the rock that Ash threw.
"What?! They could still shoot through our reinforced hot air balloon from this distance?"
"Ah!"
The deflated hot air balloon tumbled rapidly through the air and was about to crash back to the ground.
"Ralts used her Nen to hold the sacks off the hot air balloon!"
Because Shiny Ralts is still a child, its psychic power is not as strong as Gardevoir's.
It was extremely difficult for it to accurately support the sack containing three Pokémon.
However, in order not to disappoint Ash, Ralts gritted her teeth and activated her psychic power.
"Ralu~ Rasu~!" In the end, they barely managed to protect their target.
"Well done, you worked very hard, little one."
After praising it, Ash gave it its favorite delicious energy cube as a reward.
[Ding! Ralts: Affection +1]
Meanwhile, Kosaburo and Yamato were covered in dust and dirt from the exploding hot air balloon.
Xiaoxia quickly went over and skillfully tied the unconscious people up with ropes.
Congratulations on completing the side quest: Do a good deed today: Defeat Team Rocket and stop their plot (55/)
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +100; Regional Favorability +5; Regional Reputation +2]
"Not bad, you completed a mission so quickly." As expected of a member of Team Rocket, the ultimate reputation-farming tool.
"Thank you so much, Yamato and Little Three."
"It's Kosaburo!"
Under the influence of the grand rules of the universe, Kosaburo was forced to wake up and replied to Ash.
"It's outrageous! Everyone mispronounces my name; it's definitely on purpose."
But he soon regretted waking up early.
"Ouch, it hurts! Little girl, don't tie me up like that, it's so embarrassing! And could you be a little gentler?"
There's nothing Xiaoxia can do except use the turtle shell bondage technique, but she won't indulge them.
"Prisoners shouldn't talk so much!"
Kosaburo was tied up even tighter.
After tying them up, Ash dragged them back to New Leaf Town.
Ash entrusted the three Pokémon in the sack to Misty's care since they were still asleep.
Back outside Dr. Elm's lab, Officer Jenny was still racking her brains trying to find her disciple.
Ash has already dragged the culprit back.
This stunned the surrounding police officers.
"What?! Is this really the murderer? How did you find him so quickly?"
If she could quickly arrest the culprit, she would be scolded less harshly, and Officer Jenny suddenly found Ash more agreeable.
"This is just what we, as righteous trainers, should do." Ash began to exude charm again.
[Ding! Junsha of Ruoye Town: Affection +2]
They were handed over to Miss Officer Amaral, and later identified by Joey and Dr. Hollowwood.
The culprits have been successfully identified as Yamado and Kosaburo from the Rockets.
Officer Jenny, along with the entire staff of the Wakaba Town Police Department, saluted Ash.
"Mr. Ash did such a great deed on his very first day in New Leaf Town! He truly deserves our respect!"
[All members of the Wakaba Town Police Station: Affection +5]
[Ding! Congratulations on completing the side quest "A New Beginning, A New Start!": Please complete your first act of punishing evil in the new area!]
【获得奖励：联盟币+3000；体力+2；自由属性点+2；地区威望+10；地区好感度+10
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Unfortunately, Officer Jenny and the others had to quickly bring Amado and Kosaburo back to the police station for questioning.
Otherwise, they really wanted to continue having a heart-to-heart talk with Ash, about topics like techniques for quickly catching criminals.
Unfortunately, they could only bid farewell with tears in their eyes.
Inside the repaired laboratory, Ash took out a sack and returned the three Pokémon inside to Dr. Elm.
At this moment, the little ones finally woke up and rushed out of the sack.
The first thing to emerge from the sack was a cute little fireball mouse with a dark blue back, a creamy yellow belly, and a hedgehog-like appearance.
Then followed by a small blue-skinned crocodile that could walk upright, a small saw-alligator.
The last one to emerge had a body resembling a large green radish with four short legs, its entire body resembling a chrysanthemum leaf.
"Oh, the starter Pokémon here are so different from those in Pallet Town." Ash looked at the unfamiliar Pokémon with curiosity.
"You're from Pallet Town, huh? Do you know Professor Oak?" Professor Oak picked up the three little guys so Ash and his friends could have a good look at them.
"Of course I know him. I got my Pikachu from him."
Pikachu immediately raised its little hand to greet Hiroto Kuma.
"So, Professor Elm, you know Dr. Oak too?"
"Of course, he's my mentor. Back when I was studying at Rainbow University, I wrote a paper on information transmission and individual differences between Pokémon."
"Dr. Oki not only recognized my work, but also did his best to recommend it to the academic community, which is why my report was eventually published. He can be considered my great benefactor."
When talking about his research, Dr. Kongmu becomes very talkative, which is quite different from his seemingly dull and unassuming image as a science and engineering man.
Even with her hands still in casts, she was still gesturing excitedly as she described her achievements.
"The most important thing for you right now is to get some rest!"
"Honestly, if you hadn't been so busy burying yourself in your research, Team Rocket would have broken in so easily!"
Miss Joy came over and quickly pulled Dr. Kongmu back to his chair, then couldn't help but scold him with concern.
"Can't you at least think about the new trainers? If Ash and his friends hadn't gotten their Pokémon back, I don't know what we would have done tomorrow!"
"I'm sorry." Dr. Kuroki, feeling embarrassed after being scolded, scratched his head.
However, Ash also learned that Professor Elm, like Professor Sakuragi, was once Professor Oak's student.
The academic giant is truly remarkable; he has countless students.
Ash also learned about Professor Elm's achievements.
His research topic was "Pokémon breeding and Pokémon eggs," and he was the first to discover that Pikachu actually had a pre-evolutionary form.
He even researched the egg system. In addition, Dr. Elm is an expert in Pokémon characteristics and evolution.
He's a truly remarkable person.
What surprised Ash the most was that Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy from the Johto region really did look very similar to those from the Kanto region.
It seems they are still from the same family.
What two powerful families!
But now is not the time to talk about this. Ash quickly grabbed Nurse Joy and headed back to the center. He still needed to register to challenge the Johto League.
Unfortunately, Nurse Joy said it might take a while longer, as she needed to help adjust the condition of those three Pokémon.
Since it's for the new trainers tomorrow, everything has to be ready today.
Only then can he return to the Pokémon Center, but she also told Ash not to worry, as he could be registered at the research institute.
With no other option, Ash and Misty could only wait at Elm's lab. Just then, Elm came to Ash's side with an exquisitely decorated incubator. "Thanks to you for helping Ash this time, it would have been more appropriate to give you a Pokémon, since you are a trainer."
"Unfortunately, I don't have enough Pokémon prepared right now, and I don't have much to thank you for. Here is my latest research result, so I'll give it to you."
As soon as Ash received the device from Professor Elm, the system notification sounded immediately.
[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the "Latest Egg Incubator": Using it to hatch Pokémon eggs will reduce the time required by 10%, and the hatched Pokémon's affinity with the user will increase by 5% (Professor Elm's latest research result, not available for purchase on the market)]
"Thank you, Professor Elm!" Ash accepted the gift without hesitation. Speaking of which, Professor Elm is an expert in egg research. Waiting for Nurse Joy here was quite boring.
Ash planned to take out his little black egg and give it to Professor Elm to study.
"Doctor, I've had this egg for almost a month, but it still hasn't hatched."
"Could you help me find out why?"
"Oh, this egg is very peculiar!"
"The incubator you're using is clearly the most luxurious one available in the store right now, so its effectiveness should be quite good."
"A full month has passed. Generally speaking, Pokémon eggs don't take that long to hatch."
Since it was Ash's request, Dr. Elm naturally wouldn't refuse.
They helped place the small black egg into the laboratory equipment for a detailed scanning examination.
Unexpectedly, Dr. Kongmu became more and more surprised as he looked at the research, and immediately became completely absorbed in it.
"Professor Elm, Professor Elm!" Ash called out to him from the side, but he completely ignored him.
"That's just how he is; once he starts researching, he becomes completely absorbed and ignores everything else."
"It's precisely because of his personality that Team Rocket was able to invade so easily this time." Nurse Joy appeared beside Ash at some point.
Because Dr. Kongmu's research institute is fully equipped, and it also has a communication device that can connect to the Alliance's central processing unit.
So Ms. Yang directly used the equipment here to enter her key and register Ash's Pokédex.
[Congratulations, Trainer Ash! You have successfully completed the Johto League Challenge!]
"Alright, you're now officially logged into the Johto League system and can start challenging gyms."
Welcome to the Johto region!
With a sweet smile, Nurse Joy waved goodbye to Ash and the others and returned to the center first.
Ash and his friends have to wait for Professor Elm to finish his research on the black egg.
It wasn't until evening that Dr. Kumo finally snapped out of his daze and shouted twice.
"This is amazing, this is amazing—"