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

Chapter 51: The Giant Dragonite's Request

The cave was very large, and it seemed to have been carved out by a giant Dragonite all by itself.

It's very old, and the inside is covered in moss and very damp.

He could even see some stalactites on the top of his head.

"Waaah~"

Faint, labored breathing could be heard coming from inside the cave.

"Woo—" the giant Dragonite responded anxiously.

The dull sound reverberated like thunder within the cave.

Natsume painfully put on the cat-shaped earplugs.

"You bastard, don't you have hands, meow?!"

The echo made the cat dizzy and almost caused it to fall off Natsume's shoulder.

Soon, Natsume reached the innermost part of the cave and realized why the giant Dragonite had brought him there.

At the deepest part of the cave, a rock resembling a bed board had been carved out.

On the rock lay a very large ordinary Dragonite.

However, this Dragonite is quite strange.

Seeing the Dragonite's condition, Natsume's pupils contracted, and Meowth next to him was so frightened that he dared not open his eyes.

The deformed right tentacle drooped down the stone surface like a mutated vine, its end swollen into a translucent cyst, inside which floated a dark red liquid.

The left wing bone pierced the wing membrane, and the deformed, swollen wing bone carved a crack in the cave ceiling. Every attempt to fold the wings would bring down a shower of stalactite fragments.

It pressed its festering abdomen against the cool rock surface, but the tumorous tip of its tail continued to twitch unconsciously, smashing the ancient moss beneath it into radial cracks.

The cave walls were covered with claw marks, the newest one still glistening with a sticky substance—perhaps a remnant left from when it tore at the rock strata in agony last night.

When Natsume's gaze fell upon it, Dragonite's bloodshot pupils suddenly contracted, and its throat bobbed but could not produce a sound, instead letting out a whimper like a rusty gear stuck in place.

Natsume felt uneasy.

"Ugh!"

Above him, the giant Dragonite let out a cry towards Natsume.

A trembling meow sounded:

"She said, she said this is her child, and she wants us to heal it, meow..."

The moment Meowth saw this deformed Dragonite, it had a vague idea. It cautiously crawled to Natsume's ear:

"I said, why don't we run away while she's not looking!"

"Why run?"

"Could it be that you can cure meow?!" Meow was overjoyed.

"No, I'm not a Pokémon doctor." Natsume waved his hand.

"..."

On the system panel, this little Dragonite's stats are extremely poor, as if all its talents are at 0.

I wonder if it's related to the strange changes in him.

With the giant Dragonite's reassurance, the little Dragonite gradually calmed down.

As Natsume moved closer, he could smell a stench similar to rotting.

After observing for a while, Natsume gained a preliminary understanding of the little Dragonite's condition.

The right talon's diameter exceeded the standard by nearly 300%, the left wing's area was almost 2 to 3 times that of the right wing, and stress crystalline formation was observed in the weight-bearing bones of the foot...

Don't ask Natsume how he saw it. The little Dragonite's left leg was the most severely affected. Half of his thigh looked like rotten flesh, and you could vaguely see the bone inside.

"Why do you think I can heal him?" Natsume looked up and asked the giant Dragonite.

From the very beginning of their previous battles, his opponent had shown great interest in him, a fact that Natsume was well aware of.

There must be a reason why he was chosen.

"Roar! Roar roar—"

"Meow, she said that the move you used to absorb her power might be able to save her child," Meow translated.

Upon hearing this, Natsume nodded.

A Dragonite that can maintain Dynamax, a legendary Dragonite, and a small Dragonite that seems to have randomly Dynamaxed body parts but failed.

This is definitely related to Anuttara.

But what about Eternatus? Isn't he in the Galilean region?

How could the other party's divine authority be inside this giant Dragonite?

"Come out, Super Ball Rotom!"

"Rotom, use a Robin Hood-style ball on this Dragonite!"

Natsume was unsure and decided to treat the deformed Dragonite first before asking.

A blue beam of light enveloped the deformed Dragonite.

The giant Dragonite watched this scene nervously, and under her hopeful gaze, the skinny Dragonite was released.

The other party's condition did indeed improve; the tentacles that had swollen like vines had shrunk considerably.

It's estimated that after a few dozen more times, this Dragonite will be back to normal.

In that case, let's begin the battle!

A stirring melody began to play.

"Rotom, one more time!"

Natsume tossed Rotom a PP booster and then said.

"Rotom!" Rotom didn't move, but instead spoke to Natsume.

"He said he can only store it once, and the second time he has to release the first time first, meow," Meow translated subconsciously.

"Release the Robin Hood-like ball at the cat!"

"Meow???"

Meow Meow was stunned. The next second, a blue beam of light struck him.

[Because of the Robin Hood effect, Meowth has Gigantamaxed.]

"What a wonderful feeling, meow!" A meow with its body stretching wildly appeared inside the cave.

"I feel invincible now, meow!" Meow was eager to try.

The giant Dragonite beside it glanced at it, and Meowth became obedient.

"Continue, Rotom!"

......

Thus, with the support of the rules, this mutated Dragonite was captured over and over again nearly a hundred times.

evening.

"Rotom, use Healing Orb!"

"Finally, I don't have to grow bigger anymore, meow." Meow collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

Soon, a green light appeared, and a peacefully sleeping Dragonite appeared on the rock.

This time, the Dragonite is in much better condition.

The swollen whiskers, feet, and tail all returned to normal.

"Your child's wing bones have already grown in, so forget about flying." Natsume pointed to the large and small wings on the Dragonite's back:

"However, if you can afford it, I can install mechanical prosthetics on his little wings, which might make him even faster."

Natsume rubbed his hands together, looking at the giant Dragonite.

"Waaah—"

The giant Dragonite let out two whimpers at Natsume.

"Get up and translate." Natsume picked up the cat and fed it some energy powder.

"She wants to ask you why her child turned out this way..."

Meow Meow was lifted by the scruff of her neck and said weakly.

It never wants to get bigger again.

"Then tell me first, why did you become like this? Your child's deformity is very likely related to you." Natsume went straight to the point.

Upon hearing this, the giant Dragonite paused, a forlorn expression on its face.

Perhaps she had already guessed it, but she just needed someone to bring it to her senses.

"Waaah—"

A giant Dragonite's steady voice rang out as she spoke to Natsume.

She used to be a regular Dragonite.

Many, many years ago, a huge black and red meteor fell from the sky.

A fragment fell from the meteor and landed in front of her; it looked delicious.

After eating it, she became the size she is now...

"What you ate was probably a fragment of Eternatus's divine authority..." Natsume briefly introduced Eternatus to Dragonite, and continued to speculate:

"That shooting star must be the true form of Mugentana. Which direction did it fall from?"

"Woo—" The giant Dragonite pointed.

Natsume looked in that direction and took out his compass.

Northwest...it does seem to be the direction of Mount Tsukimi.

A second Eternatus has fallen into the Kanto region...

A thought suddenly popped into Natsume's mind—was he from a parallel world?

However, this Eternatus doesn't seem to be doing very well; its divine authority has been shattered.

Could it be that the giant agate jellyfish in the original story also had it inside its body?

Natsume speculated.

"Okay, I understand now..." Natsume clapped his hands, and the giant Dragonite stared at him intently.

"You have a fragment of Eternatus's divine power within you, but your child does not. However, for some reason, your child may also generate Dynamax energy within them."

As Natsume spoke, he pointed to the sleeping Dragonite and said:

"It doesn't have any divine fragments in its body. Once the Dynamax energy is born, it will become unbalanced. It needs to be extracted periodically to prevent a relapse. I come here every now and then."

Upon hearing this, the giant Dragonite tilted its head, seemingly lost in thought.

[Ding! S-Rank Project - Giant Dragonite has been completed, and the Master Ball scratch-off ticket has been awarded.]

Natsume's eyes lit up, and he gestured to the system to scratch it open directly.

[Master Ball +1.]

Why is it a guaranteed minimum?

Natsume squatted on the rock, striking a pose like a thinker.

"What are you thinking about, meow?" Meow came closer.

"Nothing, I was just wondering how that male Dragonite managed to do it."

"What male Dragonite? Both of them are female..." Meowth said, then struck a pensive pose.

Yeah, meow? How did you do that?