chsdbacks Chapter 271 Butt-Stabbing
Chapter 271 Butt-Stabbing
Chapter 271 Butt-Stabbing
There is a maple forest on the mountainside of Songshin Volcano.
The leaves were grayish-red, withered, wrinkled, and curled up. They were nothing like the vibrant, bright red leaves of a normal maple forest.
At that moment, a peephole cautiously peeked out from the maple forest and bushes.
He was quite annoyed as he peered through the binoculars at the people around him.
"When will this end...?"
"Three months, then another three months! I've been hiding here for six months! Even though this is supposed to be the most important mission, when is Boss Crimson Pine going to call me back?!"
"I don't know when he will recall you, but your days... are probably coming to an end."
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,,"Um?!"
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The peephole in the maple forest suddenly trembled.
Then the binoculars suddenly turned towards the source of the sound, and suddenly discovered that someone had appeared behind them at some unknown time!
"Who are you?!"
The guy wearing a camouflage suit woven from fallen maple leaves over his Lava Team uniform widened his eyes in astonishment. He couldn't believe someone had managed to get behind him so silently without him noticing!
Ze Shu shrugged and laughed, "That's what I should be asking you. What are you doing hiding here so suspiciously?"
However, there was no need to ask. Just from what this person was muttering to himself, Zeki could tell that he was a member of Team Lava, or a scout sent by Red Flame Pine to observe Mount Okami.
"I...I came here...to visit my dead Pokémon!" Team Magma scout argued.
"Visiting for three months and then three more?" Ze Shu asked in confusion.
"Mind your own business! Mount Kami is a public place. I'm here to commemorate my dead Pokémon, and I can commemorate them for as long as I want. What's it to you... uh!"
The lava team scout was about to say something righteous and eloquent, but when he saw Ze Shu suddenly take out a badge, he was instantly speechless, and his eyes revealed a lot of helplessness.
"It seems you recognize this."
Ze Shu tossed the investigator badge he had taken out with his fingertips and then caught it.
The lava team scout dared not speak, and instead took two steps back, his legs trembling.
"You're even afraid of this thing." Seeing his behavior, Ze Shu added with a smile, "You're hiding something."
"You, you... Investigator!"
The lava team scout practically spat out those words through gritted teeth, and as he finished speaking, he suddenly pulled out his hand from behind his back and threw it.
A spiky cactus, its round but thorny body propelled by a thorn, suddenly charged toward Ze Shu.
"Spiky Cactus! Pin Missiles! Shoot that damned investigator... riddled with pincushions!"
Upon hearing the trainer's command, the spiky cactus was about to stretch out its arms and shoot all the spikes on its body at Ze Shu in the gap as it charged towards him, turning Ze Shu into a "cactus" covered in spikes as well.
But Ze Shu simply raised his foot and kicked.
It "coincidentally" kicked the spiky cactus right on the head.
In an instant, with a "bang," the spiky cactus was kicked into the air.
The "missile needles" that were originally meant to be launched at Ze Shu were instead scattered in the sky like a shower of flowers by this kick.
But it just didn't hit Zeshu.
Instead, the lava team scout accidentally got pricked in the shoulder by a needle.
This made him clutch his shoulder and cry out in pain. His eyes, as he looked at Ze Shu, revealed a pie chart of three parts resentment, three parts disbelief, and four parts fear.
He didn't give up easily; he wanted to fight back.
"Spiky Cactus! Hold on, aim at that damn investigator..."
Ze Shu's kick wasn't very powerful. Although it sent the cactus flying, it didn't faint. Now, hearing its trainer's command, it snapped out of its daze and retracted its wildly flailing arms that were launching spikes. It tried to control and aim.
In an instant, another volley of missile needles was launched toward Ze Shu.
A person can kick a spiky cactus away with their bare body, but they can't kick away these fast-moving pin missiles. This time, the careless investigator who didn't summon his Pokémon should be riddled with pins!
The lava team scout was secretly delighted.
But all I heard was—
"Hoopa! Laolao!"
As the missile needle hurtled towards Ze Shu, a ring suddenly appeared and stood within it, its center radiating a strange blue energy. Then, in an instant, the scene shifted to something else...
As the lava team scouts watched this scene, they suddenly felt that the image presented by the ring looked somewhat familiar.
He thought about it...
Isn't that his butt?!
He stared wide-eyed as the spiked cactus missile pierced the center of the circle, shooting into the rounded buttocks depicted in the circular image.
then...
He also felt sharp, needle-like pains in his buttocks.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh," "Hehehe~~" Watching the Lava Team scout roll around on the ground like Talking Tom, covering his butt, Hoopa, who had appeared out of nowhere, grinned mischievously and happily circled around Zeki.
"Hoopa's fishing is amazing, isn't it! Ze Shu, why don't you hurry up and pay Hoopa a usable salary!"
Ze Shu: "Two hundred Alliance Coins?"
Hoopa cheered, "Yay!!"
Ze Shu:
However, the "two hundred Alliance Coins" is only the portion that Hoopa can spend himself. It was agreed that there would be another portion of Alliance Coins that Ze Shu would save to "pay off" Hoopa's debts.
"Tie him up."
Seeing that the Lava Team members had rolled around enough, Ze Shu said something.
Hupa responded positively upon receiving his salary.
"Hoopa, scoop some more!"
It raised the ring, and suddenly several ropes, seemingly from nowhere, emerged from within it, instantly covering the lava team scouts like snakes. The scouts, who were rolling around on the ground, didn't even need to bind themselves; the ropes automatically wrapped tightly around their bodies as they rolled around.
As for the spiky cactus, after falling from the sky to the ground, its round body, despite its spiky body, still couldn't stop itself. It was about to roll down the mountainside when Zeshu managed to find its Poké Ball in time, retrieve it, and lock it in place, preventing it from rolling down the mountainside and wandering at the bottom of Mount Okami.
While searching for the Spiny Cactus Poké Ball, in addition to finding a detailed hand-drawn map of Mount Oogiri, the best route to the summit, and survey maps of each mountain from the Magma Team scout, Zeki also found a small item.
"A communication device?"
Ze Shu chuckled and put the device away.
Then, dragging this lava team scout whose buttocks were covered in spikes, he walked up to the top of Mount Oshin.
Mount Okami is divided into several parts. The interior of the mountain and some areas on the mountainside are memorial graves for dead Pokémon, where many ghost Pokémon also roam. The summit is not open to the public.
But Ze Shu had already given prior notice.
After meeting up with Xiao Lan and Xi Jiana, they hadn't gone far when they saw a woman with the Night Demon.
"Sawaki-san! You're finally here! Eh!" Fuyou waved excitedly, then noticed the Lava Team scout that Sawaki was holding. She paused for a moment, then said, "This is..."
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Zeki: "A member of the lava team who has been observing this Oshin Volcano for six months just caught it on the mountainside."
Furong was stunned for a moment, then realized something: "Six months?!"
People who usually come to the Songshin Volcano to offer sacrifices usually stay for four or five days at most because of the yin energy of the volcano. But this person actually stayed for six months, which obviously means he has another purpose!
When Ze Shu showed Fu Rong the detailed maps he had found on the lava team's scouts, Fu Rong's eyes widened, confirming her suspicions.
This isn't just ulterior motives; it's downright sinister!
"They actually stayed for six months and drew such a detailed map..." Furong was shocked. "I didn't stay at Mount Oshin most of the time. Usually, only my grandparents stayed at the summit. If it weren't for your message, Zeju-san, I wouldn't have come back so soon... I'm afraid..."
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"Thanks to you, Sawaki-san!"
Furong solemnly expressed her gratitude to Zeshu.
Ze Shu still couldn't get used to Fu Rong's habit of always adding "Sang" to her name, so he just smiled and said, "It's nothing. I came here to ask Fu Rong for your help."
Furong: "Of course I can't refuse Zeshu-san's help! Hey! Don't stand here! Come with me to the top of the mountain, my grandparents and I will take good care of you!"
The summit of Mount Songshen wasn't particularly luxurious; it was just a simple wooden temple. Furong's grandparents were kind-looking old men and women. On the low table, they had brewed several cups of tea, which were steaming.
Upon hearing Furong's words about the treacherous Lava Team, the grandparents were also surprised. They slowly sighed, "What do we have here at Mount Sumeru that would allow others to spy on us..."
Upon hearing this, Ze Shu, who had just taken a sip of tea, couldn't help but look at the two blue and red jewels enshrined in the center of the temple.
Crimson and indigo orbs, legendary magical beads said to be able to control "flyless" and "fathead fish"...
Yet it is enshrined here in a grand manner.
After thinking for a moment, Ze Shu pointed to the two jewels: "They're most likely these two things. If possible, perhaps we should collect them..."
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But he hadn't finished speaking.
Grandpa Furong exclaimed "Ah!" and slowly said, "These two beads... are fakes we made!"
Grandma Furong also exclaimed "Oh!" at the opportune moment, and slowly said, "The real thing... it's already disappeared!"
Ze Shu: "—
No, aren't these important beads that your family has worshipped for generations? How can you so casually say they've disappeared? No wonder they said earlier that there wasn't anything good for anyone to covet...
Where is the real product?
After a moment of silence, Ze Shu nodded, indicating that he understood.
As soon as Ze Shu nodded, before Fu Rong had even finished her tea, she eagerly asked, "Ze Shu-san, what kind of help do you want me to do is..."
Ze Shu: "It's a Cursed Doll with a bit of a problem. We don't know much about Cursed Dolls, so we'd like to ask you, Flush, to take a look..."
Upon hearing this, Furong patted her chest and said, "Zeshu-san, you've really found an expert! Many vengeful spirit dolls and cursed dolls inhabit Mount Songshen; I grew up with them! Furong can diagnose almost any ailment..."
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Ze Shu: "That's good..."
With a "bang," Little Blue, who was standing nearby, opened a Poké Ball.
A cursed doll with uneven limbs and even mismatched eyes appeared on the table, swaying back and forth.
Ze Shu recounted the cursed doll's ordeal to Fu Rong.
Furong stared blankly at the cursed doll for a long time before muttering, "Furong has never seen anything like this before..."
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She looked at the dazed-looking cursed doll with pity.
"It was torn to pieces by the collision of two Dark-type Pokémon... This situation, this kind of situation..."
Zeqi: "Can we save him?"
Hibiscus said seriously, "I can try! Night Demon, take this cursed doll to my room!"
"The Night Demon, who was also holding a cup of tea, immediately chuckled."
Furong underwent treatment for a full day and night.
Halfway through, she came out of the room once more, saying she wanted to borrow a Dark-type Pokémon. Zeju lent her Bisharp and let Bisharp follow her into the room.
When she reopened the door, her face was etched with exhaustion.
But in her arms she held out a cursed doll that was "not so stupid"—it was still the same ugly, patched-up doll, with its uneven eyes glowing red, timidly looking around.
"Did it work?"
"He's more than half cured!"
Furong said to Zeshu and Xiaolan at the door, "I used the power of the Night Demon to activate a small-scale Spirit Gate, hoping to use the energy within the Spirit Realm to heal this cursed doll—that's why I asked Zeshu to borrow a Dark-type Pokémon from you, after all, the Spirit Realm—"
When the door opens, some small ghosts might try to emerge, but Dark-type Pokémon can scare them back.
"The Slashing Commander is truly amazing! Just its mere presence was enough to keep those little ghosts from even stepping outside!"
"And the energy of this gate to the spirit world has had a pretty good effect. Look at this cursed doll," Hibiscus picked up the cursed doll, "it's not so silly anymore!"
Cursed Doll: 0-0
Furong: "Okay... I'm still a bit silly..."
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Xiao Lan asked curiously, "What did you mean by 'half of the treatment is done' when you, Hibiscus Heavenly King..."
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Furong said, "The energy of the spirit realm can only replenish part of its energy; it also needs another type of energy to fully recover..."
Ze Shu asked, "What kind of energy?"
Furong said, "It's similar to... the energy of resentment and hatred. Cursed dolls evolved from vengeful dolls, and their bodies inherently possess this kind of resentful energy, which the spirit world cannot replenish..."
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"But it's okay!"
Furong puffed out her chest and said, "I've already thought of a way!"
"Sawaki, do you know about the Hoenn Weather Institute?"
Ze Shu was taken aback: "I know, but..."
He didn't understand what this weather research institute had to do with the energy of "resentment."
Furong: "That place was destroyed a while ago!"
"The Hoenn League blocked the news. A huge fire completely destroyed the Weather Research Institute, and the floating bubbles that lived there disappeared overnight... The world's weather forecasting system was also paralyzed."
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