chsdbacks Chapter 270 The Meaning of Punishment
Chapter 270 The Meaning of Punishment
Chapter 270 The Meaning of Punishment
"Hoopa, Hoopa said... your spaceship is so big! It can't fit!"
"Can't we just force it in and see?"
"How can you do this! It won't fit! It just won't fit! Hoopa's hole is so small, it really won't work!"
Hupa puffed out her cheeks, holding up the ring in one hand and pointing to the hole in the center of the ring with the other, looking aggrievedly at Zeshu who had made such an outrageous request.
Ze Shu's request is truly "a black with many colors," it's really putting Hoopa in a tough spot!
But Ze Shu laughed and said, "Didn't you say that your original form could fit an entire city? Just change back and you can fit it in."
Hoopa was extremely aggrieved: "I can't change! I just can't change! Grandpa sealed me away! You're making things too difficult for Hoopa!!"
It swung its little fists wildly at Ze Shu like a whirlwind, but unfortunately, they were easily blocked by Ze Shu and didn't hurt it at all.
It was as aggrieved as a working person having a mental breakdown due to the client's outrageous and insane demands.
However, the difference is that the worker can only swallow his grievances, while Hoopa can vent his anger with his little fists: "If you keep making things difficult for Hoopa, Hoopa won't work for you anymore! Anyway, careless Zeshu left the ring in Hoopa's hands and didn't ask for it back, so Hoopa can just leave!"
Hupa puffed out his cheeks, and the ring beside him enlarged slightly under his control.
After saying that, it burrowed straight into the ring to the side, and in an instant, half of its body was already inside.
Higana curiously leaned closer, but could only see half of Huba's buttocks sticking out.
"Like this!" Hoopa's muffled voice finally came from the other end. "If you keep making things difficult for Hoopa, Hoopa will just run away like this... Huh?!"
But just as Hoopa was trying to go further inside the ring, it could no longer "go in".
The ring suddenly jolted, ejecting Hoopa, who had already burrowed halfway into its body.
"If you're going to run away, then run away, but don't throw things at me!"
Hoopa's spinning figure, propelled by the impact, grew larger and larger in Higana's vision, causing her eyes to widen instantly. She sensed something was wrong and tried to dodge.
But then there was a loud "bang".
Hoopa was thrown back quite fast. Before Higana could dodge, her forehead collided with Hoopa's head, and both of them fell to the ground, seeing stars and dazed.
Neither of them was feeling well.
Higana was just an unlucky person who joined in the fun.
But Hoopa began to question the meaning of life.
It scrambled to its feet, staring blankly at the ring that had so mercilessly sent it flying, and stammered, "How... how could this be..."
"Didn't Hoopa understand the meaning of 'punishment'...?"
Long, long ago, the "Grandpa Who Hates Hoopa" who sealed Hoopa away told Hoopa, "Unless you can understand the meaning of punishment, you will not be able to regain your power and pass through the rings on your own."
"But Hoopa came to this spaceship by passing through the rings himself! Doesn't that mean Hoopa has grasped the meaning of 'punishment'?"
Hupa puffed out her cheeks, covering the bump on her forehead that had long since subsided—it was from when Zeshu threw a ring at her when they first met.
"Why was I able to get beaten up by Zeqi last time... but I can't escape this time?!"
Could it be that this ring was deliberately designed to let it pass through, just so that Ze Shu could beat it up?!
No matter how you look at it, it absolutely cannot be like that!
"What do you mean by 'run away'? You bumped into me! You bumped into me!" Higana finally got up, and seeing Hoopa's dejected appearance, she covered her forehead and puffed out her cheeks, complaining, "It hurts so much! And you're acting all down!"
Hupa retorted without thinking, "You're the one who bumped into me! What right do you, a woman, have to come over and look at Hupa's butt? Is Hupa's butt really that good-looking?!"
Higanbana: "Ugh!!!"
She wanted to teach this foul-mouthed Hoopa a lesson.
But after casually retorting to Higana, Hoopa slumped to the ground in disappointment, muttering, "What exactly is the meaning of punishment...? Does this punishment mean that Hoopa is teleported here to get beaten up by Zeju?! I don't want that!"
It sniffed inexplicably, clearly feeling dejected and discouraged.
Suddenly, a banknote it had been longing for, worth one hundred Union Coins, appeared in front of it.
"Huh?" Huba was taken aback.
It looked up from the 100 Alliance Coins.
But then I saw Ze Shu's face.
He was the one who handed me the Alliance Coins.
"Hoopa is already on the path of 'punishment'."
Ze Shu whispered something that Hoopa couldn't understand, and then put one hundred Alliance Coins into Hoopa's hand.
Hoopa, bewildered, reached out and took it: "Hoopa is already on the path of 'punishment'? Really? Why?"
Ze Shu glanced at Hu Pa, whose eyes were filled with confusion.
For Hoopa, the meaning of punishment is nothing more than the words "restraint" and "protection".
This is a concept completely foreign to both the greedy "Little Demon God" and the "Super Demon God with Halo" who only knows how to destroy and has super destructive power.
"Hoopa, don't you feel the energy within you gradually awakening? This means you're on the right track."
Ze Shu didn't say anything more, he just pointed to the hundred Alliance Coins.
"This is the payment I received for selling the Victini, which I promised on the subway, Hoopa. Give it a try, see how you use those 100 Alliance Coins."
"Should we use Hoopa in a different way...?"
"Yes, use it differently."
The spaceship has been traveling for an hour; it's lunchtime.
Hoopa sat blankly on the table, staring at the hundred Alliance Coins in its hand for almost an hour. Even the Six-Tailed Fox, who was eating heartily next to it, couldn't affect it in the slightest.
Ze Shu made it think of another way to use Alliance Coins besides buying desserts.
But after thinking it over, Hoopa realized he couldn't buy desserts, so he decided to buy pastries, soda, berries, and sausages instead.
"Ugh! No, no! What other uses are there?! Zeqi must have a reason for saying that!"
Hupa looked worried and distressed.
Not far away, Ze Shu leaned against the spaceship's railing, aimlessly browsing the scenery below as the spaceship passed by, along with the electric dragon and the Evil Barrier beside him.
He didn't concern himself with how Hoopa spent his Alliance coins.
If you really want to know what his purpose was in getting Hoopa to "think of a way to use 100 Alliance Coins".
Of course not.
But as long as Hoopa is thinking about how to use those 100 Alliance Coins, that's Ze Shu's intention.
The once-powerful and greedy "Little Demon God of Food" who had devoured all the food in Feiyun City is now frowning over how to spend Zhang Xiaoxiao's 100 Alliance Coins.
Isn't this enough "moderation"?
Since Hoopa cannot use the rings to teleport, they can only travel to Hoenn by airship.
Fortunately, Unova is not far from Hoenn, and the speed of the spaceship has been upgraded. In addition, the helmsman, Porygon, has also been patched after returning from the Greenery and evolved. The journey can only be described as smooth.
Ze Shu was still holding a small purple cloud in his hand.
This was something he'd scavenged from that dark trio on the subway—something that summons tornadoes. It was soft and cool to the touch, and felt like you could squeeze water out of it when you squeezed it. It was like a slightly chewy marshmallow, and actually, it felt pretty good.
It must be part of the tornado's power; it must be a cloud that it split off from.
Hmm, perhaps there are other uses as well...
For example, it was used as a "towel" to wipe the body of the commander.
After all, after evolving from a lowly soldier, although the number of blades on its body did not increase, its sharpness reached a new level—ordinary rags would be torn to shreds after just a touch, so this tornado cloud was just in time.
Seeing that the view below had changed from the cityscape of Unova to the blue ocean, Zeki looked away, picked up the small cloud of tornado cloud, and walked toward the commander of the cleaver sitting cross-legged on the deck.
Ze Shu felt that although cleaning the body of the cleaving commander was dangerous, it was not an uncomfortable thing. On the contrary, it was a pleasant thing to watch a samurai armor gradually become shiny again in his hands.
"Always so quiet, sometimes I really feel like you're a suit of armor."
Ze Shu's gaze swept over the gleaming axe blade of the Commander-in-Chief, which he had just wiped clean, and he pinched the tornado cloud that it had cut in two back into one piece.
Commander Pi Zhan did not respond.
It still looked like the "Dark Pokémon" of the past, its eyes lowered, motionless.
But actually...
"
Ze Shu's hand bypassed the sharp blade of the Commander and lightly tapped its cold armor, producing a sound unique to steel.
He said softly but firmly, "You've been aware of it all along, haven't you?"
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Commander Pi Zhan looked up stiffly, seemingly surprised and stunned.
Their eyes met, and Ze Shu smiled happily.
"As your trainer, I'm only now realizing how incompetent I've been. I'm sorry."
"but....
""
Ze Shu changed the subject.
"I may have made a mistake, but were you not wrong in beheading the commander?"
'
Why are you pretending to be unconscious even though you've clearly regained consciousness?!
Commander Pi Zhan's body trembled almost imperceptibly, and for the first time, his eyes, which were usually devoid of any emotion, revealed an emotion called "tension."
Its trembling was naturally felt by Ze Shu's hand as it touched its cold shell.
"I understand, I get it."
Ze Shu pursed his lips.
""
He also figured out the reason why the commander was disguised.
Bisharp, a "dark Pokémon" that has been a battle weapon devoid of emotion for a long time, has gradually regained its consciousness. However, it is like a timid child who is afraid of being abandoned and is at a loss as to how to get along with its trainer after regaining consciousness.
So it chose to continue disguising itself as a cold "Dark Pokémon," silently carrying out its commands day after day.
This is truly a dereliction of duty on my part as a trainer.
Ze Shu pursed his lips and smiled at the Commander: "You are my sharpest blade. You have helped me so much. You can ask more of me, this incompetent trainer, otherwise my heart will be uneasy."
"————"
Commander Slash still couldn't speak, but it struggled to raise its forearm.
Ze Shu also reached out and gently pinched the sharp blade that it had raised.
"Regardless, please guide me from now on, Commander Pi Zhan."
On the other side...
The table on the spaceship was bustling with activity.
"Ooh, ooh..."
'
"Nimi nimi!"
[Waaaaah~ Hooray! Hooray!]
Seeing a table full of foodies, the two sisters were a little at a loss, as this was the first time they had faced such a situation.
"Ah... Vulpix ate all the food again! Sister, what should we do!"
"That's all we can do..."
'
Today is Barbena and Helena's first day on the job as "waiters" on the Ze Shu spaceship.
As the adopted daughters of Ghetsis, the older and younger sisters of N, and the "Goddesses of Love and Peace" of the evil Plasma Team, Barbena and Holena were actually quite content with being waitresses.
After all, their role in Team Plasma since childhood was to take care of Pokémon that Team Plasma recruited from various sources who were disappointed with humanity...
But they never expected it to be this exaggerated!
Looking at the six-tailed fox with its bottomless belly, the mummies gulping down milk and burping, and Victini, whose belly was bulging from her first meal but still wanted more...
And in the distance, Urshifu and Arcanine are feasting, while Psyduck keeps picking up an Orange Berry as it passes by...
These little guys can eat so much!
Barbena and Holina looked at each other in silence, focusing solely on cleaning and moving food.
Send off the God Volcano.
The Hoenn region is the final resting place for spirits, where the "Crimson Orb" and "Azure Orb," imbued with ancient power, have been worshipped for generations.
This is also the hometown of Fuyou, the Ghost Elite Four member of the Hoenn region. Rumor has it that Fuyou possesses the ability to communicate with—
Her abilities are similar to those of psychics; she can communicate telepathically with ghost Pokémon.
After traveling for more than ten hours, Ze Shu and the others were finally able to see the Songshin Volcano from the spaceship.
"Ze Shu, Queen Fu Rong invited us to Songshen Volcano back then. But so much time has passed, isn't it a bit like we stood her up?" Xi Jiana said, propping her head up on the deck.
Ze Shu: "Hmm... how about bringing a gift?"
"What gift?" asked Xijiana curiously.
Ze Shu thought for a moment and said, "Hibiscus King is a king, after all, a member of the alliance. So how about I throw you, this 'wanted criminal' of the Hoenn Alliance, down there?"
"In this way, the Heavenly King Hibiscus can still receive the bounty offered by the Meteor People for your inheritance."
"Hmm, I'm increasingly convinced that this is a great idea."
Higana's eyes widened immediately, and she puffed out her cheeks: "No good! Absolutely no good! Give her a different gift!"
Ze Shu pointed to a corner of Mount Osaka below: "Look, that 'gift,' what do you think?"
Following the direction Ze Shu pointed, Xi Jiana saw a sneaky little red dot.
She squinted hard to see and just then noticed that the "little black dot" was wearing a red dress and hiding in a maple forest where almost no one could see it. It was clearly using camouflage and was taking out something that looked like binoculars to look around.
Higana recognized those clothes.
After all, it was the uniform of the organization she had infiltrated.
"Team Lava?!"
"Hmm, they must be scouts from Team Lava... gathering intelligence."