chsdbacks Chapter 190 This crawling wing is actually...
Chapter 190 This crawling wing is actually...
Chapter 190 This crawling wing is actually...
The lighthouse on the Little Key Path is built high on a cliff face.
He was not far from Ze Shu, and about three minutes after the commotion was heard, he rushed over.
The noise continued throughout the journey.
When Ze Shu arrived at the open space in front of the lighthouse, he saw this scene:
With a loud "bang," the wooden window of the lighthouse shattered, and a large, greyish-brown dog yelped as it was thrown out. It crashed to the ground, rolled several times, and struggled to its feet, looking utterly disheveled.
"godfather!!!"
Then, a boy suddenly rushed out of the lighthouse, frantically rushed to the fallen godfather, and started to shed tears.
Ze Shu recognized him: This was Piper, the son whom Futu and Dr. Orin had asked him to take care of.
As Piper lunged at the godfather and frantically pulled out his healing potion, the chaotic noises emanating from inside the lighthouse continued unabated. Strangely, however, the dangerous Pokémon that had thrown the godfather out of the lighthouse did not chase after him.
Seeing this, Ze Shu stepped forward and tossed several bottles of full recovery medicine to Pai Pa:
"This is a full recovery potion; it should be more effective than the powerful healing potion you used. It should stabilize Godfather's injuries. Tell me, what's going on here? What Pokémon is inside?"
"Woolen cloth.."
Although Pipa was startled by Ze Shu's sudden outburst, he reacted quickly and caught the full-restoration medicine for the godfather to use.
At the same time, he gritted his teeth, and faced with Ze Shu's question, "What's going on?", he was on the verge of an emotional breakdown.
"How...how would I know what happened!"
"This, this is clearly my home! How dare it occupy it without permission!"
After shouting a couple of times, Pipa angrily recounted:
"I... I just got back home from Orange Academy, and that 'monster' has already taken over! And messed everything up! This is my home! I want to get rid of it, but... but..."
Xiao Lan added, "But was he just thrown out by that Pokémon inside?"
Papa paused for a moment before giving a dejected "hmm".
Even his godfather was no match for the Pokémon's brute force!
"That Pokémon inside is very powerful! Don't go in lightly!"
"My phone was just destroyed! Quick... please help me contact the Alliance and report it to the police! No, no, Officer Jenny might not be able to handle the guys in there. Please help me contact Orange Academy and find...:"
At this point, Pipa suddenly stopped speaking.
Because he saw Orin and Futu on Ze Shu's phone screen.
"? Dad... Mom..."
Papa was somewhat bewildered, and then looked at Zeshu in a daze—he never expected that this stranger in front of him had managed to contact his extremely busy parents, and so quickly at that. He knew that even he, as their son, sometimes had difficulty contacting them.
"Pap... Godfather? What's going on?"
On the screen, Orin noticed the godfather's injury and asked him somewhat nervously.
Ze Shu said, "It seems your home has been illegally broken into. Your son thinks we're too weak and would only make things worse, so he's stopped us here."
Pipa: "???"
Did he mean that? Don't misinterpret it!
"Pippa!" Orin said immediately in a reproachful tone, "Mr. Ze Shu is not weak; on the contrary, he's very strong. You must obey his orders and trust him!"
"By the way, you still haven't told me what the Pokémon inside is?"
Hearing the constant commotion inside the lighthouse room, Ze Shu asked Pipa, who was obediently following behind him, as he walked over. Pipa had already put away the Godfather and was holding his parents on the screen in his hands.
Papa hesitated before saying, "It's...it's from the Book of Zhu...the crawling wing!"
As Pipa spoke those words, Zeshu had already pushed open the door of the lighthouse. Inside, it was a mess, and a Pokémon of considerable size was buried in the collapsed debris and documents, seemingly searching for something.
From Ze Shu's perspective, one can see its back covered in white downy fur, with four pairs of wide wings that change from red to yellow, and a small tail with horny texture like a dinosaur.
Soon, as if it heard a noise, it turned its head.
It reveals exaggerated red horns on a moth-like head.
On the screen, Orin exclaimed with satisfaction, "Is it this ground-crawling winged creature?!"
"This is what Zhu Zhishu said: the previous form of the Volcano Moth? Insect and Fighting attributes!" Xiao Lan recalled the book she had read not long ago.
No wonder Piper's godfather was so easily defeated; the Dark type was countered by both of these attributes.
"It seems to be rummaging through something. What is it looking for?"
Piper said, "This is my... and my parents' home. This Mio Pokémon might be looking for some important secret or item!"
As they were talking, the ground-crawling creature suddenly roared:
"Whoop!!"
Upon seeing Pipa enter with Zeshu and the others, it immediately concluded that Zeshu was in cahoots with Pipa, the annoying guy who had been "frequently interfering" with its actions!
So it decisively launched an attack!
It suddenly pounced on Ze Shu and the others like a pig charging forward, with its enormous body sprawling out!
When it got close enough to them, it suddenly stood up, revealing its strong forelimbs hidden under its fluffy white fur.
"This is 'brute force', be careful!" Orin on the screen loudly reminded her of what she had learned in her research: Unlike the Volcano Moth, the Groundwing is not good at energy attacks. Just like its attribute - "fighting", in order to survive in the wild "ancient" world, the Groundwing has unparalleled strength.
The consequences of such a powerful and brute force striking are unimaginable!
At this critical moment, facing the surging power of the crawling wing, Ze Shu suddenly threw the six tails in his arms at it.
"Oh, oh, oh?!"
Six tails: =°口 It was thrown quite unexpectedly.
"Fraud."
Zeshu said to the six-tailed fox flapping in the air.
Although the Six-Tails was terrified, it still firmly carried out Sawaki's orders.
Compared to the brute force that made the upper body of the Ground Wing stand tall, the plump body of the Six-Tails looked much smaller, and the landing point of the throw from the Swamp Tree was just a short distance away from where the Ground Wing could reach it.
However, the six-tailed creature nimbly climbed onto the body of the crawling wing with a quick step and a kneeling motion.
The evil attribute energy of 'deception' caused the crawling wings to become somewhat disoriented. It was then lured by the six tails to turn its body, and the 'brute force' that was about to be released slammed directly into its own tail!
Suddenly, a loud "whoosh" was heard!
The lighthouse floor was smashed with a large, deep crater, demonstrating the immense force of the impact!
The crawling winged creature cried out in pain from hitting itself.
"Whoops!!!"
The brute force of the Ground Wing attack was easily neutralized by a simple Fake Out maneuver executed by Sawaki's Vulpix. This caused Pipa, who had been tense following behind him, to gasp in surprise, finally accepting her mother's earlier words that Sawaki was a very strong trainer.
But the danger was not over yet, and the crawling wings became even angrier because of the pain in its tail.
It stood upright, its aggrieved eyes glaring at Ze Shu. After the pain subsided, it looked silly and tried to use its brute force again, lunging forward as before.
Sawaki commanded the Six-Tails: "Divine Power."
The pink orbs of light, symbolizing superpowers, coalesced and intertwined, then rushed towards the crawling wing.
Although "supernatural power" is highly effective against the ground-crawling wing, this ground-crawling wing is too strong, and Zeshu is not sure if he can stop it.
But it doesn't matter, he still has a backup plan; this supernatural power is just an appetizer.
But right at this moment...
"then!!"
Little Blue beside him let out a cry and threw an item.
Ze Shu was taken aback. The "next" wasn't directed at him. Judging from what Xiao Lan threw out, it was directed at the crawling wing.
However, as soon as Xiao Lan threw it, it drew an arc through the air, and the fragrance it emitted made the 'brute force' of the crawling winged creature twitch its nose and its eyes involuntarily follow the object.
Then, it simply abandoned its attack moves and, with its large body clumsily pouncing like a dog carrying a frisbee, rushed toward the thing that Little Blue had thrown, even ignoring the supernatural power used by the six tails!
The choice was made by the crawling wing in just two seconds.
Ze Shu then saw clearly what Xiao Lan had thrown: an angry steamed bun, it was food.
The winged creature had its back to them, and judging from the "hoo-hoo" sounds it made, it was gnawing on the angry bun with great relish. Even the powerful magic that struck its back only made it sway slightly, but it still couldn't stop it from eating the bun.
So this ground-crawling winged creature is... a glutton?
Even when attacked, they have to eat it all up.
Ze Shu twitched the corner of his mouth.
So the battle between the Six-Tails and this crawling winged creature is... a battle of gluttons?
Little Blue laughed. "Just as I thought!"
She pointed to a small stove that had been overturned in the room.
"Judging from the food scraps in the stove, this is what the ground-crawling wing ate earlier. And if I'm not mistaken, the ground-crawling wing was rummaging through the items here, looking for something similar to what's in the stove."
Piper was stunned and said, "That's my own stove, there should still be some of my breakfast left in it."
Little Blue crossed its arms and declared with the confidence of Sherlock Holmes, "That's right! So the Ground-Winged Crawler wanted your breakfast! So it was your breakfast that attracted this Ground-Winged Crawler!"
"Its purpose is not, as you said, to find some secret...:"
"It's just here to find food!"
Pipa was on the verge of tears.
Just say you want food! Why hurt his godfather and make such a mess of this place? Piper had heard about the wild and untamed nature of the paradoxical Pokémon his mother researched in the past, and only now did he truly understand.
"So that's how it is..." Orin on the screen said in a daze, then seemed to realize something, "No, Miss Xiaolan, perhaps you are only partially right."
"This ground-crawling winged creature likes to hide things in the thick downy feathers between its wings. Could you please check if there's a photo there, a photo of our family?"
Little Blue: "Of course, Espeon, Psychic!"
Using the psychic powers of the little blue sun eevee, they indeed found the photo Orin had mentioned in the thick downy fur of the ground-crawling wings.
"This Groundwing has a docile nature compared to other Paradox Pokémon of the past. It only likes to eat, so I often use food as payment to make it my research subject," Orin explained slowly.
"This...this is what you call docile?"
Pipa was surprised by a certain word her mother said, and also saddened by the dangerous work her mother did.
Orin didn't respond to her son's surprise, and continued:
"And my ability to offer it food that doesn't exist in the wild in Zone Zero as payment might have led this terrestrial reptile to believe I have a 'gourmet haven'—it once expressed this idea. So it might have found this lighthouse by following this photograph."
Zeshu asked, "You found the lighthouse with just a photograph?"
Orin hummed in agreement: "While this might be a bit far-fetched, perhaps Paradoxical Pokémon all possess special abilities!"
Piper exclaimed in horror, "Paranoia Pokémon can find this place directly?! That means...:"
Orin laughed and shook her head:
"Perhaps Paradoxical Pokémon all have special abilities, but they weren't found 'directly' as you said, Pipa. They must have been found indirectly. Mr. Sawaki, could I ask you to find two things in the room?"
Soon, under Orin's guidance, Zeshu found the two things she was looking for in the messy room made of the ground-crawling wings—two empty Poké Balls.
"You remember Pipa, right?"
"Your father and I once brought two Pokémon back to live here at the lighthouse. But unfortunately, they often fought with wild Pokémon on Spoon Path, so we had to bring them back to Sector Zero."
Piper recalled, "Were they those two motor lizards?!"
"Yes." Orin smiled on the screen. "They are 'Iron Serpent' Milton and 'Winged King' Guleton."
"We have discovered that they appear to be unique among their respective future/past paradox Pokémon."
"As fellow Pokémon of the past paradoxes, it makes perfect sense that Groundwing could sense the 'Ancient Pulse' emanating from the Poké Ball that once contained the Ancient Lord."
Piper's eyes widened, cold sweat pouring down his face: "W-Is that so? Then aren't those two Poké Balls in grave danger?!"
"Yes." Orin nodded, a look of lingering fear on her face. She then turned to Ze Shu, "So I'd like to give these two Poké Balls to Mr. Ze Shu. I wonder if Mr. Ze Shu would be willing to grant me this seemingly unreasonable request..."
Ze Shu looked at Orin and asked, "So, are there any other Paradoxical Pokémon on the run?"
Orin: "Yes... a total of seventeen Pokémon escaped. So far, besides the two you caught, Mr. Sawaki, and Chairman Ji who has been working tirelessly, we've also caught thirteen. There are still two escaping. I'm worried..."
Ze Shu: "Then I agree."
He put away the Poké Ball that originally contained Milton and Gulliver. He didn't know what it was for, but he couldn't very well use those two Poké Balls to steal Milton and Gulliver from the two professors, could he?
Orin smiled gratefully: "Thank you!"
After the dust settled, Orin hung up the phone.
Little Blue continued to feed the crawling wing that was crunching away. This crawling wing seemed to have an unusually large appetite, lying on its stomach like a burning insect, crunching away and occasionally making happy moaning sounds.
Little Blue gently stroked the fluffy head of the ground-crawling wing, then touched the exaggeratedly raised corner of the chair.
"Just as Dr. Orin said, this ground-crawling creature seems quite docile..."
"However, there's a condition: it has eaten its fill."
She smiled and said to Ze Shu, "It looks pretty cute, and it feels so nice to rub its fluffy texture."
Ze Shu also smiled at Xiao Lan and said, "If you like it, try to tame it."
Then, he turned to Piper, who looked somewhat bewildered in the messy room overlooking the lighthouse, and said:
"You should come back to Little Key Town with me first. Your godfather's injuries still need treatment, and I have an angelic 'healing master' there."
"This should be able to cure your godfather."
After all, Ze Shu thought the Godfather's injuries weren't too serious—compared to the injuries in the story that required five secret seasonings to heal.
If Ze Shu hadn't come, Pipa's godfather would have had to contend with the Crawling Wings.
Only after being hit by the ground-crawling wings a few more times with brute force or a fierce pounce could the injury require five secret seasonings to heal.
But at least for now, the Godfather's injuries aren't that serious.
Pipa nodded blankly, "Uh-huh... okay! Thank you... Mr. Ze Shu!"
Ze Shu said, "Don't call me 'sir,' call me 'teacher.' I'm a teacher at Orange Academy!"
Pipa: "?!"
He stared incredulously at Ze Shu's young face. He'd become a teacher?!
Ze Shu laughed and said, "Of course, you don't have to call me that. It's up to you. I'm not that strict."
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