chsdbacks Chapter 148 The Arrogant Articuno; Meteor Maniac and Poké Ball Maniac
Chapter 148 The Arrogant Articuno; Meteor Maniac and Poké Ball Maniac
Chapter 148 The Arrogant Articuno; Meteor Maniac and Poké Ball Maniac
Mareep's evolution attracted a large crowd of Pokémon on the spaceship.
"one"
The fluffy sheep shrank back in fear.
After all, it has evolved into a fluffy sheep and is no longer the white ball of fur it used to be.
Having stood up, and...
He's bald.
Only the head and the sides of the neck still had fluffy white wool, the rest of the body was "bald", exposing the pink skin, giving Ze Shu the feeling that it was like a pet that had contracted some kind of skin disease and had to be shaved.
Of course, the fluffy sheep will go bald.
The main reason is that the body's electrical activity is too high, causing hair loss.
"Um..."
"Before, the power we generated could supply one-twentieth of the spaceship's electricity for a whole day. Now, it might only supply one-nineteenth!" Ze Shu said. "It feels like it would have been better if we hadn't evolved at all!"
"..."
The fluffy sheep felt very wronged.
How can you say that about it?
If, if it would.
It at least...
It can supply at least one-eighteenth of the spacecraft's power!
"Then why don't you generate electricity..."
Ze Shu smiled helplessly.
He's used to it, that lazy bum.
When I first took Li Yang from Mi Zi, I intended to use it as a "generator." But now, Li Yang spends all day either admiring the scenery or rolling around on the deck, showing absolutely no sign of generating electricity.
Moreover, even though the sheep-like creature worked hard to generate electricity all day, it still couldn't supply the spaceship's needs.
Ze Shu had no choice but to let it come as it pleased.
It's just an extra meal, nothing more.
He can't just abandon them, can he? If he does, not only will he feel guilty, but he'll also likely be "hunted down" by the Chengdu Honey Pavilion owner's "Big Milk Jar Army".
And on the side.
A mischievous glint appeared in Little Blue's eyes as she looked at the messy ball of wool in her hand and grinned at the fuzzy sheep with a wronged expression:
"As for these hairs you shed before you evolved...:"
"Shall I weave you a nest?"
"After all, you'll go bald once you evolve into an electric dragon, so this might be something you can keep as a memento."
The fluffy sheep exclaimed in delight, "One!"
Oh, how could I possibly accept this!
It suddenly realized: Little Blue is a hundred thousand times better than Ze Tree!
Xiao Lan chuckled, "Hehe..."
"I'd like to learn this, so I'll use your wool as my guinea pig. After all, sheep wool is quite expensive in the market, especially since this is sheep wool shed through evolution."
"I won't feel bad if I ruin it, so I'll just knit whatever."
Fluffy Sheep: "..."
You won't feel bad if you ruin the knitting...
My heart aches for you!
Rongrongyang now feels that Xiaolan is only slightly better than Zeshu!
Both the man and the woman like to bully it!
snort.
Even though it has evolved, it's still the easiest sheep to kick.
Even now, kicking it doesn't feel as good as it did before it evolved...
The fluffy sheep squatted sadly in the corner of the deck.
They looked pitiful and helpless.
And easy to bully.
"Oh.
Looking at the fluffy sheep crouching in the corner, Ze Shu shook his head with amusement.
With a wave of his hand, Six-Tailed Fox eagerly brought a plate of Energy Cubes to Moogle Sheep. After all, it had just evolved and needed some nutrition—although half of the Energy Cubes had quietly disappeared after being handed from Six-Tailed Fox to Moogle Sheep.
Sawaki knew Rokuro's character well, so he gave her twice the amount of energy cubes.
But Six-Tails doesn't know that.
Ze Shu raised his eyebrows.
"so.
"You stole your companion's food, so your snacks are gone!"
He said this to Liuwei, whose mouth was still covered with fragments of energy cubes when he returned.
Stealing food from their friends.
It's definitely not okay not to educate them.
The six-tailed fox was a baby that hatched in front of him, so he naturally had to take on the responsibility of educating it.
"Oh, oh, oh..."
Liuwei stared wide-eyed, trying to tug at Zeshu's trouser leg, begging for forgiveness in a coquettish manner.
After all, whenever it did something wrong in the past, it would always get Ze Shu's forgiveness in this way.
But this time...
Faced with Ze Shu's suddenly serious expression, Liu Wei's movements paused, as if she understood something, and her cute head drooped sadly:
"Ou Ming...."
Ze Shu, however, said seriously:
"I haven't skimped on your food, have I?"
I know you like to eat.
"However, we need to distinguish between what's important and what's not. This is an energy cube that the newly evolved sheep urgently needs to replenish its nutrition. It's an important thing for it. What kind of behavior is it to steal it? Although the sheep may be easy to bully, it is still a partner of our spaceship."
"Playing is playing, but you can't actually hurt your friends, understand?"
"Look, although Xiao Lan just told Li Yang to 'weave it however you want, and ruin it however you want,' she is actually seriously looking up and learning about textile techniques."
"It's important to know your limits..."
Although Zeki usually likes to bully Pokémon, such as Vulpix, Woofy, Gengar, and even the Misdreavus from the "Ghostbusters" in Lavender Town.
But that was more like playful bullying.
Sawa not only doesn't get involved with things that truly harm them, but he might even help them; the Pokémon he supposedly bullies won't hate him either—at most, it's Lidlight, that "gluttonous" guy who tries to absorb life energy, and his three companions. Sawa might be going a bit too far.
And clearly, this time, the Six-Tails...
That's gone too far.
This might be something he learned from Ze Shu, so he couldn't help but become a little more serious.
"Ou Ming..."
Liuwei hurriedly and nervously tugged at Zeshu's trouser leg, but didn't know what to say. She just wanted Zeshu not to treat her so harshly.
"throat.."
Faced with the pitiful look on the Six-Tails' face, which was almost brimming with tears, Zeki couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh, and could only speak gently:
"So, this is the snack you traded for the large pearl and star fragments you found on Treasure Beach on Island One. Take it and share it with Fluffy Sheep, and apologize properly, okay?"
"Ooh, oh!"
"Go."
Six-tailed rubbed his eyes and then eagerly went to find Fluffy Sheep.
This time, however, it suppressed its desire to eat snacks and waited anxiously for the fluffy sheep to eat the snacks it had worked so hard to get, while its eyes kept glancing towards Ze Shu.
He clearly cares a lot about Ze Shu's forgiveness.
Ze Shu gave it a smile, which reassured it a little.
"Hmm..."
As Xiao Lan learned to knit, she said with a grin, "I also know a hideout where the Six-Tailed Fox hides its snacks!"
Ze Shu hummed in agreement and smiled:
"Fine, I'll let Six-Tails succeed in hiding the snacks this time. After all, Six-Tails was too scared to eat snacks this time. I wonder if Six-Tails will forgive me for being so strict."
Xiao Lan chuckled, "Is Ze Shu feeling insecure?"
Ze Shu shook his head, then nodded.
Little Blue chuckled.
She looked at Zeki with an amused expression, after all, from her perspective as an "observer": it was probably the Six-Tails that was more afraid that Zeki wouldn't forgive it.
Xiao Lan chuckled, then changed the subject, saying, "By the way, Ze Shu, what are you going to do with that guy who's been following us? He's been keeping his distance and has been following us for quite a while now."
"The guy who's following me..."
Ze Shu paused for a moment, then looked back from the deck of the operating spaceship.
In the black night, the large blue bird with flapping wings and trailing icy tail feathers was so conspicuous. It followed the spaceship erratically, always maintaining a distance that was visible but untouchable.
"That arrogant guy..."
Ze Shu sighed helplessly.
By issuing a command to the Polygon 2 in the captain's cabin through the communication device on the deck, the spaceship stopped, and the big blue bird also stopped after a second of hesitation.
The spaceship began to reverse.
The large blue bird hesitated, wanting to follow and retreat, but its movements faltered, and it ultimately remained where it was, waiting for the spaceship to slowly and gradually approach it.
Zeshu stood at the edge of the deck, staring intently at the Articuno, who was pretending to be nonchalant, and smiled, saying:
"What's wrong? Why are you chasing my spaceship?"
"Chirp, chirp...!"
"Alright, alright, I didn't chase you, I just happened to run into you." Ze Shu said with a smile, "So, this beautiful Articuno who just happened to meet me, why did you fly to this sea area far away from the Seven Islands? Are you not comfortable staying at home?"
Back then, when Zapdos and Moltres flew away after ending their "fusion".
Articuno, after nimbly brushing against the swamp tree like a dragonfly skimming the water, let out a clear "chirp," indicating that its purpose had been accomplished and it should go home to rest as usual. Then, like Zapdos and Moltres, it soared into the sky and flew away.
Zeshu hadn't even reacted yet.
After all, the promise that Zeki made to Articuno was simply to help it defeat Team Rocket, which was destroying its home.
Therefore, Articuno's thought is: after defeating Team Rocket, it's time to separate.
And now...
Why is Articuno following the spaceship so suspiciously again?
"oh."
"Your home on Twin Islands and in the Frozen Cave has been destroyed, so you have no home and are currently on your way to finding a new 'home,' and then, 'coincidentally,' you met me, right?"
Ze Shu said this as if he had suddenly realized something.
Articuno nodded "arrogantly":
"Sound!"
That's right, that's it.
You understand very well!
"Beautiful arthropod, have you found a new home?"
Ze Shu finished asking.
Articuno looked around somewhat awkwardly, but its eyes unconsciously glanced at the spaceship.
Ze Shu smiled and said, "Since that's the case..."
"How about I set up a 'temporary' home for you on my spaceship? That way, if you find a new home during the spaceship's journey, you can move this 'home' there."
"How is it?"
Articuno was silent for a moment.
Then, with barely suppressed delight in his eyes, he nodded reservedly.
"Chirp... Chirp!"
That.
Then it will reluctantly agree!
Yes, as long as I find a new home I like.
It got off the spaceship!
Articuno's nest naturally needs to be special; at the very least, it must be insulated, large enough, and stable during spacecraft operation. After all, Articuno's size would make the spacecraft's cabin feel cramped.
Moreover, these are just the most basic requirements; other aspects such as comfort, ease of entry and exit, and stability must also be guaranteed.
Ze Shu (泽树) naturally couldn't build such a nest.
There were no raw materials to build the spaceship for him.
and so.
On Route 12, east of Koro-ichi and south of Shion-cho, in Kanto, there is a technology factory belonging to the Silph Corporation.
At this moment, the spaceship slowly descended.
Steel Gen, the general manager of Shiruff Company, was also waiting here early.
He glanced with curiosity and admiration at the Articuno stretching its wings on the spaceship deck, bowed to Ze Shu who was slowly walking forward, and then said:
"Lord Zeshu, we have received your request and are working on it as quickly as possible."
"Perhaps we'll have to wait a little longer."
"During this time, what other needs do you have...:"
"We, the Silphs, also urgently collected a portion, but unfortunately, this item is very rare in the Kanto region, and we could only collect..."
Gangxuan's attitude remained respectful throughout.
As he spoke, he took out a well-wrapped box from his pocket. Inside the box was a small, pitted meteorite that, under the refraction of the sun, emitted different magical changes.
It is clearly not an ordinary meteorite.
Ze Shu shook his head and said:
"That's already very impressive, thank you."
Gang Xuan stopped and said, "I'm glad you like it."
Ze Shu smiled and said, "Could you find me a somewhat enclosed room?"
Gangxuan nodded and said, "In order to keep the technology developed by us, Shilv, a secret, we have built many such spaces in this technological project. Please follow me, Lord Zeshu."
Following Gangxuan, after wading through the waterways of Route 12, Sawaki arrived at this room, which contained many different high-tech devices used for testing and experimentation.
"Just turn on this one that can perform an 'energy check'."
Ze Shu looked around at the equipment before saying this.
Then, accompanied by Gang Xuan's "Alright!"
He took out the meteorite he had taken from the Team Rocket base on the Seven Islands and the meteorite that Silph had just collected. Under the illumination of the energy device, Sawaki slowly brought the two meteorites closer together.
At first, nothing changed.
But as time went on, the meteorite that Team Rocket had taken away seemed to stir. It shook, and suddenly, two slender tentacles emerged, reaching into another meteorite and greedily devouring something inside.
Gangxuan reported: "Lord Zeshu, something has changed."
"It's absorbing the energy from the meteorite we brought. And this energy, I... I've researched it in the Hoenn region, it seems to be attached to laser radiation in space."
Unfortunately, the meteorite provided by Shiruff was too small. After only a dozen seconds, no matter how hard the tentacles tried to suck, they could no longer absorb any energy and could only retract in disappointment.
"What exactly is this...::" Gangxuan was still somewhat incredulous.
Because the energy emitted by this laser is probably "highly toxic" to most people.
But Ze Shu nodded knowingly.
Through those outstretched tentacles, Ze Shu confirmed it completely.
The "creature" inside this meteorite
It is Deoxys.
This is a mythical beast that represents the concept of "alien" or "empty virus DNA".
Two Deoxys appeared in the movie "Deoxys the Visitor of Rayquaza" and performed quite well. One of them, a Deoxys with a purple core, even fought against Rayquaza, the so-called "God of the Sky", and beat Rayquaza into an embarrassing green caterpillar.
In the special episode.
Sakaki also controlled two Deoxys.
One of the abandoned Pokémon even created a massive meteorite crisis called "Episode△", capable of destroying the entire Pokémon world.
This demonstrates the immense power and irrationality of his abilities.
Ze Shu asked Gang Xuan, "Zhe recognizes this energy. Does Zhe know of any other ways to obtain it besides meteorites?"
Gang Xuan was stunned for a moment, then replied incredulously:
"I'm afraid it will be difficult."
"This is energy from the occasional laser radiation generated in space. To obtain it, one would probably have to go to space. Even if one went to space, it would be extremely dangerous, because facing this radiation directly is something humanity has never explored before."
Ze Shu nodded and said, "So the only way is to get it from meteorites."
Gang Xuan hesitated for a moment: "These meteorites might be too rare..."
"It turns out that only a very few meteorites that have been exposed to space laser radiation can carry this kind of energy. The probability of this on a space scale is probably one in a hundred thousand or even one in a million. I may be being conservative. The number of people in the denominator may be even larger than I imagine."
"These rare meteorites need to fall onto our planet before we can find them."
Gang Xuan shook his head: "That small piece from earlier was the only one among all the meteorites that our Shiruff Group could obtain throughout the entire region."
Ze Shu said, "Is that so?"
Gang Xuan hummed in agreement and continued earnestly:
"We don't get many meteorites falling in the Kanto region."
"Lord Sawaki, if you want this meteorite, you'll probably have to go to the Hoenn region, known as the 'Meteorite Fall Site,' to even have a chance of finding one. After all, there's even a spectacular sight there—a meteor shower—created by a meteorite impact."
"But fortunately."
"This meteorite contains viruses that are harmful to humans."
"Only those fanatical meteorite or rock collectors, and museums, would be so keen on collecting these. At least in terms of direction, they are very clear."
Ze Shu nodded and said, "Understood, thank you."
Gang Xuan said, "After all, the influence of the Shilf Group is mostly concentrated in the Kanto and Chengdu regions. We are truly humbled that we were unable to help you, Lord Ze Shu, through other channels."
Ze Shu shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing, Zhemen Shiruf has already helped me a lot."
Gang Xuan quickly shook his head: "No, no, no. Lord Ze Shu, you saved our Shiluff Group. No amount of help is too much for us."
He seemed to have made up his mind, then suddenly hesitated and said:
"This is a little secret I know personally, which might be of some help to you, Lord Zeshu, in your search for this meteorite."
"Lord Sawaki, do you know Dr. Solans, the expert on meteorites in the Hoenn region?"
Ze Shu hummed in agreement, indicating that he was listening.
Gang Xuan continued:
"I've worked with his colleagues and know some of his secrets."
"Solans is not only an expert on meteorites and a field operative at the Green Ridge Space Center, but he is also a passionate meteorite collector. I once heard a story about him—"
"When Solans was young, he had an armored dragon, which he took great care of."
"However, when the Shellder Dragon evolved into the incredibly powerful Salamence, he didn't hesitate, even somewhat coldly, to trade the Salamence for someone else's Sun Rock. And the reason he gave was simply—"
"He felt that the evolved Salamence no longer resembled a meteor."
"A meteorite fanatic with fanaticism bordering on the obsession..."
"Naturally, they wouldn't just obediently work as field agents at the Green Ridge Space Center to collect meteorites and hand them over to the Space Center. As far as I know, Solans often takes advantage of his position to secretly collect rare meteorites."
"He even collaborates with some evil organizations in the shadows, all in an attempt to obtain the meteorite."
"maybe...."
"Dr. Solans has what Lord Zeshu wants in his inventory; but as a meteorite fanatic who sees meteorites as his life, he naturally cannot buy his meteorites with money."
"And these secrets I just mentioned, perhaps you, Lord Zeshu, can use them to blackmail Solans and make him hand over the meteorite."
After Gang Xuan finished speaking, he patted his chest somewhat guiltily.
This seems like an act of betraying a former "colleague".
This made him feel quite guilty.
Ze Shu was stunned for a moment. Looking at the righteous and imposing General Manager Shilv in front of him, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, somewhat suspecting that this guy might have a grudge against Solans.
But no matter what, Gangxuan was helping him.
"Okay, I understand. Thank you very much. There shouldn't be anything else."
Gang Xuan smiled innocently:
"You're welcome!
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"Now that things are settled here, Mr. Zeki, what you wanted to make should be ready in about a day, unless there's anything else..."
He looked at Ze Shu with a questioning gaze.
Ze Shu nodded.
But as he watched Gangxuan walk out of the room, Zeshu seemed to remember something.
"etc..."
As Gangxuan turned his head, a somewhat puzzled look in his eyes, Zeshu took out two kinds of refined spheres—a shuttle sphere and a heavy sphere.
This is a Poké Ball that he bought in Xicui, a Xicui specialty.
"Zhe knows..."
"This, this, this is!"
Before Ze Shu could finish speaking, Gang Xuan suddenly stared at Ze Shu's two balls with a fanatical gaze, abandoning all his usual respect and rushing over to grab Ze Shu's wrist.
Then, his gaze turned to Ze Shu with fervor.
"Of course I recognize this!"
"This old-fashioned, chunky zipper, with its rough yet exquisitely crafted matte finish..."
"Yes, yes, it's the oldest series of mandarin orange balls—Sawaki-sama, you, you, how, how did you get it?"
Even, even so suddenly—”
"It feels brand new, like it was just manufactured recently!"
Gangxuan was so excited that he could hardly express himself.
Ze Shu was also stunned.
He hadn't expected that just taking out two balls would elicit such a reaction from Gang Xuan—he'd just called Solans a meteorite fanatic; turns out this guy's a sphere fanatic.
Facing Gangxuan's intense gaze, Zeshu pursed his lips and said:
"Well, I... I obtained these two items by chance, and I intended to give them to the Siluf Group."
A brilliant light suddenly burst forth from Gang Xuan's eyes:
"Really?! Really?!"
He bowed several times, and even felt that it wasn't enough, so he wanted to prostrate himself further.
"No need, no need..." Ze Shu quickly helped him up.
The factory must be going crazy...
This so-called General Manager Shiruff
However, he asked with some curiosity:
"These two flying shuttle balls and the heavy ball—I know about them, but could it be that the craft has been lost? I don't think anyone else besides me has 'found' these two balls."
Gang Xuan composed himself, clutching his wildly beating heart, and forced himself to speak calmly:
"This...this...:"
"I've only seen these two styles of Poké Balls in old books."
"As for the lost craftsmanship... actually, there are still some records of the craftsmanship. As you know, Lord Zeshu, my father was a master steelworker and a great craftsman of the time. My family has records of these two styles of steelwork."
"The more likely reason for the loss of this refined ball is the loss of the original scallion filling."
"In ancient times, people dug up a lot of raw materials used to make these refined spheres, resulting in these raw materials either being buried deep in the ground or having been completely dug up, making them impossible for us to find..."
"The 'Synthetic Sphere' could not be manufactured naturally, and thus it was 'lost'."
Ze Shu asked疑惑地问道：“If that's the case....”
He wanted to say: Since the original recipe has been lost, these two refined balls he brought out should be useless, right?
Gang Xuan suddenly interrupted excitedly:
"but!"
"Lord Zeshu, with our modern technology in Siluf, I have a large part—no, I must say, I can completely replicate the ingredients needed for these two composite orbs by working backwards from the technology!"
"so...."
"These two unique Poké Balls are about to make a comeback!"
"Mr. Ze Shu, you are truly a great hero who benefits the world by selflessly providing these two kinds of synergy balls!"
Zeki: "...—
He was almost embarrassed by the praise.
What is "selflessness"?
Both of these types of synergy orbs can be purchased from the Ginkgo Merchant Guild for a few energy cubes.
Ze Shu hummed in agreement, then took out two more flying shuttle balls and heavy balls, and said:
"In that case, take them and study them. Is this enough? If not, there are more."
"There...there's more?!"
Gang Xuan was stunned, nodding blankly in utter shock.
"Enough, enough, enough!"
He nervously and tremblingly accepted the six ancient essence spheres that Ze Shu handed him, treating them as if they were the most precious treasures in the world. He then carefully stored them in some high-tech storage box that Ze Shu couldn't understand.
"Lord Zeshu, the Siluf Corporation will always be on your side!" After a long pause, he suddenly said, "Please, please don't forget us if anything happens..."
Ze Shu smiled and said, "I know."
He paused, as if remembering something, then took out a flying shuttle ball and a heavy ball, and said:
"You can leave the three synergy balls you just collected at the Siluf Corporation for further research."
"I remember Tetsuya saying that his father was a steel master. I suppose a steel master would also like these two kinds of composite spheres."
"And this one..."
"Please deliver this to the Steel Master on my behalf."
"Hmm, a gift."