chsdbacks Chapter 297 "What a lovely unrequited love"
Chapter 297 "What a lovely unrequited love"
Chapter 297 "What a beautiful unrequited love"
Under Deoxys's psychic control, a wisp of blood seeping from Balzac's forehead drifted out, enveloped by the psychic power, and the bloodline aura within it was felt.
After a long pause, Deoxys vaguely gave out a distant coordinate.
"Maya...is west of Unova, probably around the vicinity of Fukiyo City." Based on the location given by Deoxys, Zeki pinpointed a city. "And it's not even in the city center...is it in the suburbs...?"
Because the desert city is too far from Unova, Deoxys cannot pinpoint its location precisely, but the fact that it can provide such accurate coordinates already makes Sawaki think that Deoxys's Nen ability is very strong.
Next, all we need to do is return to Unova, go to Nabi City, and have Deoxys continue to sense Mayari's aura; that should allow us to pinpoint her location accurately.
"Flying Cloud City! Mayali is there!" Hoopa's spirits lifted upon hearing this news. "But Zeju, before we get there, I need to send Balza back to the Valley of Creation to recover!"
Hupa's responsible demeanor as he takes on the burden of duty.
This deeply moved Balza, who was lying on the sand, covered in blood. When did Hoopa become so reliable?
He opened his mouth, then stumbled and said, moved, "Hu...Hupa, saving my sister is the priority...My injuries...are stable...Don't waste too much time because of me..."
Hoopa shook his head, proudly declaring, "Who am I? I'm Hoopa! How could I not save you, Balzad!"
Barza sniffed, moved to tears.
But then Hoopa said, "Besides, saving Balzac won't take much time! Anyway, you don't need to bleed Balzac anymore, and you won't die. So..."
"Barza was standing there when he saw Hupa wave his hand."
"Go for it!"
The ring appeared, enveloping Balzac's vision. In an instant, Balzac felt as if the world had shifted, and he was suddenly thrown from the desert outskirts of Desert City onto what should have been a bed where he was resting with a "bang".
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Although the bed is a bit hard, it makes a metallic clanging sound when you hit it.
This made Balzac, who had already lost too much blood, feel dizzy and lightheaded.
"Hiss... Hoopa really is... Heh, but it's alright, at least..."
Balza was about to remark that at least Hoopa had thrown him back to bed to rest, which, although a bit rough, was quick and didn't delay the rescue, and this action deserved recognition.
But by the time Balzac had regained his senses...
He stared blankly at the metal cage in front of him, the two old men shivering and chattering in the snow next door, and the thin, wiry woman imprisoned next door who seemed used to it.
"Where am I?!"
This isn't his bed!
Moreover, look at the torture those around him are suffering...
Does this look like a place to rest?!
Balzac was stunned.
The slender woman next door glanced at Balzac's blood-soaked appearance and scoffed, "Another newbie in, huh? And he got beaten up pretty badly. Tell me, what did you do to that guy? Let me have a laugh and relieve this boring prison life."
Balzac looked completely bewildered: "Who...who did I offend?!"
"Oops! Hoopa, I accidentally threw Balza into Zeshu's spaceship's prison..." Hoopa rubbed his head in frustration. "It shouldn't be a big deal... anyway, they're both on Zeshu's spaceship..."
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The recent frequent long-distance trips with large groups of people, coupled with the often late-night searches for Mayali, have already overloaded its brain.
"Never mind! Saving Mayali is the priority! Let's rescue her!"
Hoopa summoned the circle again.
Fukiyori City is a city in the Unova region that is both large and small.
It's considered large because Fukiyoshi City has a truly vast area. However, it's also considered small because 70% of its area is occupied by a spacious airport runway, leaving only 30% for residential areas, resulting in a relatively small population.
But now, the entire airport runway looks as if it has been ravaged by wind, rain and thunderstorms. Some of the building walls are crooked, and the smell of the storm lingers. One plane after another is busy landing and taking off.
After arriving here, Deoxys stared blankly at the tall planes coming and going on the airport runway. He took out a meteorite he always carried with him and, with the sight of the planes in mind, started to gnaw on it.
"Are you... interested in these planes?"
After pulling Hoopa away from there, and then helping up Higana who had fallen due to Hoopa's teleportation, Zeki looked at Deoxys's expression and asked this question.
But Deoxys shook his head dejectedly.
"Shh, shh...."
It's not interested in these aircraft.
What it cares about is the scene of these planes taking off and landing, as if due to some kind of connection, one plane flies away to make way, and another plane responds by landing, creating a scene of mutual cooperation.
Once upon a time, it also had companions, just like these airplanes. Although they did not live together, they could sense each other's location through "Nen" and cooperated with each other in a tacit manner.
This means she misses her companions.
Ze Shu was stunned by Deochis's forced association.
Just seeing the planes responding to each other under the control of the command post reminds one of the connection between oneself and one's comrades—this must mean one misses one's comrades terribly.
Zeki remembered that besides the meteorite containing Deoxys that he had obtained, there were two other meteorites, which should be the other two Deoxys companions. And those other two meteorites should be in Team Rocket's possession.
Since Deoxys was "born", Zeki asked it to use its abilities to help, so he didn't really understand or have much contact with Deoxys's inner thoughts.
Although Zeki had considered that Deoxys might have an obsession with his companions.
But now it seems that this obsession ran quite deep.
"Ze Shu, Ze Shu, we have to go save Mei Yali!"
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At this moment, Hupa tugged at Zeshu's sleeve and said worriedly.
Ze Shu came to his senses and nodded. He simply said to Ochisis, "I should know roughly where your companions are. If you trust me, we can go rescue them together in the future."
Then he took out the Balzac blood he had collected before and asked Deoxys, who was invigorated after hearing his words, to locate it again.
Although Deoxys had already memorized Balza's, or rather Mayari's, scent, it was even better to have this blood as a reminder—after all, Balza had already shed so much blood, it would be a waste not to take it.
This time, Deoxys quickly arrived at a clear position.
It gazed at a white tower in the northeast of the city and uttered a resounding "Sigh!"
Those are the Towers of Heaven, like the Mt. Oogway in Hoenn and the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town, Kanto, all places where lost Pokémon are buried in their respective regions.
"Where is Mayali hiding?!" After Ze Shu briefly explained the information about the tower, Hoopa was shocked. An unwilling guess popped into its mind, "Burying death... no, no... Hoopa doesn't want to steal Mayali's offerings like Dream did in the future..."
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Just as Huba was about to feel sad, Zeshu suddenly smacked Huba on the head.
"What are you thinking! Go and see for yourself! This tower is a place to bury Pokémon like Hoopa, not a place to bury people. If you need to eat offerings, it's Melia who will steal your offerings."
Hoopa covered her head and pouted, "Mayali would never steal Hoopa's offerings!"
But it felt a little relieved and obediently floated behind the Ze tree, heading towards the Tower of Heaven.
Walking along the Tower of Heaven, I didn't see many people. Although the city of Fukiyo has a small population, this was an unusual phenomenon.
Not only that, the Sentinel Rats hidden in the tall grass, the kind of Pokémon that appear in the tourist guidebooks on the outskirts of Fubuki City, were also nowhere to be seen, as if they had all hidden away in fear.
After much difficulty, they found a young passerby who claimed to be a local. He stammered, "Recently, the weather in Fuyu City has been changing drastically, with thunder and lightning one moment and strong winds the next. People say it's the resentment of the Pokémon that died in the Tower of Heaven. They advise people to avoid the Tower of Heaven during this time and not disturb those dead Pokémon."
"I see you're heading towards the Tower of Heaven, but you really mustn't get close!"
Finally, this passerby even tried to stop Ze Shu and the others from going to the Tower of Heaven.
It even got to the point where they had to pull out Poké Balls and start fighting.
He sent out two Pokémon, Mt. Dust, which doesn't even live in Fuyuki City, and Bandana.
"I can't let you enter the Tower of Heaven, only to have Fukiyori City suffer from wind and rain, to the point where even the airport is grounded. Do you know how troubled Fukiyori's owner, Fuyu, is about this! I can't let her suffer!"
"Dust Mountain, Garbage Shot!"
"Headband thug, high-five and ambush!"
After summoning two Pokémon, the passerby angrily launched an attack.
It was as if a mountain of garbage had bulged at Ze Shu and the others' cheeks, spewing out a stench-filled ray of garbage; while the hooded thug, with a wicked grin on his face, pulled up his loosely clad "shedding pants" to his waist, then clenched his fist and charged at Ze Shu with black light in it.
Judging from their posture, they didn't intend to stop Ze Shu and the others from going to the Tower of Heaven.
On the contrary, they were going all out.
They might even directly attack the trainer.
Zeki initially intended to deal with the situation casually, dodging the attack and then having Hoopa throw the passerby back to Fuyuki City. However, seeing the extent of the two Pokémon's attack, he changed his mind.
Before he could even speak, Deoxys, with his mind highly focused, instantly understood Zeki's thoughts after sensing the change in his mental fluctuations.
It fired at the garbage in the dust mountain, and superpower waves gathered around its body.
A shield, similar to the one that Zeki remembered being able to withstand Rayquaza's attacks, was erected in front of him, easily blocking all the trash shots.
And it's not over yet.
After deflecting the trash fire, the shield quickly transformed, becoming like a light cannon, mixed with some of the trash left over from the trash fire, and blasted it all towards the dust mountain.
Dust Mountain was stunned by what it saw.
Its size truly resembles a "mountain," plump and robust; judging from that alone, it's no weakling. And its barrage of garbage, which used up a considerable amount of its internal reserves, didn't even cause a ripple under this shield—as if adding ten times the amount of garbage would make no difference.
And now, it's bounced back?!
With a loud "bang," Deoxys's psychic power blasted into Dust Mountain's body. Dust Mountain collapsed within a second of being hit, its garbage-made structure crumbling and it suddenly fell into a coma.
Hoopa and Sidana, who were holding a Poké Ball and preparing to summon Salamence, were both stunned for a moment when they saw Deoxys unleash its power.
How could they remember that this partner who could help it find Maya Li had only just awakened? How could it have become so powerful so soon after waking up? This really frightened them.
The passerby who launched the attack from the dust mountain was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized that he still had a way to win!
It was that hooded thug who gave Ze Shu a high-five!
This Pokémon, which could only be rendered unable to battle by a single blast of its dust mound, is clearly a Psychic-type. Dark-type Pokémon are immune to Psychic-type attacks, so it obviously can't stop the Dark-type Bandana thug's attack. And if Bandana thug can control this trainer, he can turn the tide of battle!
He looked to the other side with expectant eyes, only to be met with a scene that left him stunned.
Despite the bandana thug's surprise high-five, Ze Shu didn't flinch. In fact, he thought that this high-five, which was supposed to be a three-point advantage in the game, was actually rather slow when executed by the bandana thug.
Finally, just as the "high five" punch was about to land, Ze Shu simply turned his body slightly to the side and dodged the first step of the attack.
One attack was dodged, but the turbaned thug, unconvinced, tried to unleash a second burst of fist light.
But Ze Shu didn't give it a chance.
Taking advantage of the space he created by turning to the side, he grabbed the bandana thug's loose "skin-shedding pants" between his legs, lifted the bandana thug's entire body, and then kicked and twisted his waist to throw him at the bandana thug trainer who was stunned by the surprise attack that Misawa had dodged!
With a "bang".
The second burst of light from the bandana-wearing thug, originally intended to attack Ze Shu, actually struck its trainer in the stomach. As a result, the man rolled several times on the ground from the force of the attack, unable to get up, clutching his stomach and writhing like a pitiful little earth dragon.
But Ze Shu didn't pity him.
He stepped forward and pressed the activation button on the Poké Ball that had rolled on the ground. The Poké Ball emitted a beam that sucked the bandana-wearing thug, who had just gotten up and was still unwilling to admit defeat, into it.
"If I'm not mistaken, you're probably not a local of Fukiyo City, right? But rather..." Sawaki looked at the passerby clutching his stomach and slowly uttered a single word, "Team Plasma."
"What...." The man's pupils suddenly contracted.
"What?!" Higanbana exclaimed in shock. "You're Team Plasma?!"
"In that case, all those reasons you gave earlier about protecting Fukichi from the wind and rain, or about being afraid of upsetting the Fukichi Pavilion Master, are obviously false. Your only goal is to prevent us from entering that Tower of Heaven," Zeki continued.
"No, no!" the Plasma Team member retorted with difficulty.
"I...I don't want to hurt the feelings of Master Fukiyaki. That's...that's true!" he said stubbornly.
Ze Shu: "6"
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What a wonderful unrequited love.
"Higana, go and inform the head of the Fubuki Mansion, Fuu-ro. We've captured a wanted criminal from the evil Team Plasma. Have her come and handle the matter; put this criminal in jail."