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

Chapter 85 Rainbow City Gym

Chapter 86 Rainbow City Gym (Bonus Chapter for 200 Monthly Tickets)

After cutting off the communication, Natsume walked out of the Pokémon Center.

Rainbow City is too big; land in the central area is extremely valuable.

Even Pokémon Centers, official League buildings that would dominate the central area in other cities, have made concessions this time.

Natsume opened the map and found that he was located in the third ring of Rainbow City.

If you continue walking, you'll reach the suburbs.

Fortunately, major cities have convenient and extensive transportation networks, so even if the Pokémon Center is located in a relatively remote area, getting around is still easy.

Before long, Natsume stepped out of the subway station and arrived at the Rainbow City Gym.

"Wow, this dojo is surprisingly wealthy."

Rainbow Dojo is an eco-museum-like building with a huge transparent dome.

The gym covers a large area, and you can vaguely see a large forest-like area inside, inhabited by many Grass-type Pokémon.

Most importantly, although this is not the central area of ​​Rainbow City, it is still within the first ring road no matter how you look at it.

"Sigh, if only it were like a game, where you could beat the gym leader and get pocket money."

Natsume tossed the Ultra Ball in his hand and walked towards the huge gym.

Below the dojo, there is a long staircase that occupies a considerable area in this valuable location.

Many people were coming and going on the steps.

Natsume noticed that most of the people there were adults with children, so they obviously weren't there to challenge the gym.

Chlorophyll's heartbeat, photosynthesis's smile.

Natsume stared blankly at the sign standing outside the dojo for a moment.

Looking up, he realized that the dojo didn't have a sign like those in other cities.

"An urban oasis?"

Natsume read out the gilded characters on the Rainbow City Gym sign, one word at a time.

"Sir, would you like to bring your children to the eco-tourism center in the urban oasis? Nature is the best educator!"

An employee in uniform walked towards Natsume, enthusiastically promoting his product.

"No need, I'm here to challenge the gym." Natsume waved his hand.

He remembered the last time he came to Rainbow City, about two years ago, when this kind of side business didn't exist here.

"Oh, I see. Please come this way!"

An employee led Natsume inside and pointed to a passageway.

Natsume nodded and walked into the passage.

As soon as he went in, he saw Ash walking out looking dejected.

"Ash?" Natsume waved.

"Natsume-nii! You have to stand up for me!" Satoshi suddenly grabbed Natsume's leg.

"What's wrong?" Natsume looked down at him, puzzled.

"The gym leader has blocked me and won't accept my challenge!" Ash said, his eyes brimming with tears.

"Why did I block you?" Natsume's expression became even stranger.

"The Gym Leader of Celadon City, she... she's Natsume, the owner of that perfume shop, you probably don't know—um."

Natsume covered Satoshi's mouth.

"I understand." Natsume stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

This dojo has quite a few side businesses; no wonder they were able to buy such a large plot of land here.

"Natsume-nii, what should I do now?" Satoshi squatted on the ground, dejected.

"Where are Pikachu and the guy with the middle part?" Natsume noticed that Pikachu and his own guy with the middle part were not following Ash.

"Oh, Pikachu and Misty are visiting inside, and Pikachu with its middle parting is sleeping on the solar-powered light."

"Where do you want to sleep?" Natsume was taken aback.

"Clang!" The sound of shattering glass came from the other end of the passage.

Before the two could react, at the end of the passage, the door opened, and a Pikachu with a middle parting hairstyle was thrown out along with its little blanket.

"Pikachu?"

The man with the middle parting got up in a daze, rubbed his eyes, yawned, then lay back down, covered his belly, and small bubbles started to appear on the tip of his nose.

Natsume sighed, feeling increasingly sleepy ever since his middle-part hairstyle merged with that fragment of divine authority.

Xiao Zhi stepped forward, picked up the boy with the middle parting, and looked at Natsume with a pitiful expression:

"Natsume-nii, what am I going to do without the Rainbow Badge?"

"Here you go, the rainbow badge."

As Natsume spoke, he handed Ash a colorful badge shaped like a flower petal.

"Heh, Natsume-nii, where did you come from?" Ash exclaimed in surprise.

"It's fake, where else could it come from?" Natsume said, pulling out a black bag from somewhere.

The bag was opened, revealing all sorts of counterfeit badges, incredibly realistic.

Xiao Zhi: "."

"Natsume-nii, why are you carrying so many fakes?"

"When you're out in the world, you give yourself your own identity," Natsume repeated.

"No, no, I want to defeat the opponent and earn the badge through my own strength!" Ash shook his head, a resolute look in his eyes.

"In that case, let's break in!" Natsume said, changing into his Team Rocket officer uniform and handing a smaller Team Rocket member outfit to Ash.

"???"

"Wouldn't that get me permanently blacklisted?" Xiao Zhi was speechless, increasingly feeling that this was unreliable.

"Bang!" The door opened again, and three more figures were thrown out.

"Gentlemen, you're not specially invited, please buy tickets and come in!"

"Damn it, meow!" Meow got up angrily, then stood there dumbfounded.

"It's all your fault, Musashi! Who told you to let it slip!"

"It's all your fault, Kojiro! You should have just gone in and stolen it!" Musashi suddenly shut his mouth.

"Natsume, and you brat, what are you doing here?"

All three eyes turned to Ash and Natsume.

"Wait a minute, how did you get this outfit!"

Upon seeing Natsume's clothes, the three reacted strongly.

"I found it at the arcade," Natsume said casually, making it up.

"Arcade?" The trio were taken aback, then their eyes lit up.

"Meow, did you hear that?" Meow quickly pulled the two closer.

"I heard it, I heard it, it's the officers' uniforms over at the arcade."

"Maybe... that unknown, idiotic executive that Boss Sakaki has been hunting down for throughout the organization might just be that guy from the arcade, Nyan!"

"Yes, yes, this place is very close to Golden City, it must have been left behind when they were fleeing in a panic!" Musashi's eyes gleamed as he analyzed seriously.

"And what's more, I heard that the biggest prize ever won at the arcade—Dragonite—was actually that executive's Pokémon," Kojiro added.

"It matches perfectly, meow! It matches perfectly, meow!"

"But the perfume here..." A hint of hesitation appeared in Musashi's eyes.

"Oh, who cares about perfume, meow!"

"If we find that bad apple in Team Rocket, Giovanni will definitely praise us a lot, meow!"

"Get promoted and given a raise, put on your cadre uniform, meow!"

"Okay, let's go right away!"

Fearing that someone else would steal the credit, Kojiro immediately grabbed the two of them and ran away.

"Natsume, don't tell anyone that you found those clothes, meow."

"Just say it's a fake, please, meow!"

When passing by Natsume, Meow Meow didn't forget to ask him to keep it a secret.

"What on earth are they doing?"

Ash tilted his head in confusion as he watched the Team Rocket trio suddenly rush off.

Natsume shook his head. All he knew was that there was a Team Rocket base in an arcade in Rainbow City.

But he couldn't understand why the trio had suddenly become excited.

"I don't know, but I've come up with a good idea that might help you sneak in, Xiaozhi."

Natsume looked down at Satoshi.

(End of this chapter)