Chapter 249 The Dog That Doesn't Bark
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A middle-aged man came, dressed in black cloth, looking a little embarrassed , but the expression is very confident, with a little contempt and rebelliousness.
Look past Natsu and Absol and land on Jirachi, who is glowing purple behind them.
The eyes glow.
"I thought it was useless, no magic cultivator anymore," says the middle-aged man.
Wandering around Normal, moved towards them.
Absol's hostility towards the man was obvious, and he fell to the ground, making a low "hu hu" sound.
This is a symptom of its imminent attack.
But the middle-aged man turned a blind eye to its demonstrations.
Just looked towards Natsu, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Listen to my advice, leave now, maybe it will give you a way to survive."
As for his words, Natsu A word will not be believed.
It's not the first time he's faced this kind of situation before attacking suddenly on the pretext of giving him a life.
Natsu just looked at him silently.
The middle-aged man chuckled when Natsu didn't move, "Oh~ sorry, haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Clay. You may or may not have heard of it, but It doesn't matter, I'm a hunter, not only hunting Pokémon, do you understand what I mean?"
The tone and tone of his speech were full of unabashed contempt, even contempt.
The hunter.
'So, the one Tomatoma was looking for who entered the Meteor and stole was also him?'
"Forgot to mention, my patience is limited, and I don't have much time and opportunities for you."
The middle-aged man lifted his windbreaker, revealing The Poké Ball on his waist, take one off at will.
With the flickering of red light, a huge purple monster appeared in the cave.
"roar!!"
The roar shook some small rocks in the cave.
Nidoking!
Natsu squinted his eyes. He had a deep understanding of Nidoking. The strength of the Nidoking in front of the bronze drum, the gloss of the appearance, the length of the sharp horn and the degree of the tail can roughly judge the strength of this Nidoking.
Qualifying level!
Also known as Gym class, or Gym Leader class.
The existence above the (elite) level!
If a man has three or more Gym Leader-level Pokémon, he has the qualification to challenge a Region Gym Leader in the Alliance, so this type of Pokémon is also called the qualification level.
Of course, the Gym Leaders of the towns appointed by the Alliance are definitely much stronger, and even some towns' Gym Leaders are comparable to the Elite Four.
To be eligible, and just to be eligible.
But that's compared to others. For Natsu, this Nidoking alone puts a lot of pressure on him.
All of his Pokémon combined, no matter how good they are, may not be this Nidoking's opponent.
However.
Beedrill They're not opponents, but that doesn't mean there's no Pokémon here to serve as his opponent.
For example, Absol, who was crawling beside him, waiting for an opportunity.
Natsu lowered his face slowly, and approached Absol, hesitantly extending the hand slowly.
At the end, it will be placed on Absol's body, stroking lightly, feeling its soft hair and the constant agitation of the chest.
"Ugh."
Absol glanced back at Natsu almost reflexively when he touched him.
But she didn't show much resistance to Natsu's touch after all.
Even, in the heart, Absol faintly throbbed, and some strange feeling rose from the bottom of his heart.
It seems
In the face of this situation, it's not bad to stand behind this person and face it with yourself.
Absol Rage's breath gradually calmed down, and his eyes were still sharp, but he no longer exposed his fierceness to Clay's line of sight.
The real power is not shown on the surface.
Because the more vicious you appear, the more you say to the other party "how good I am", in fact, the more fear and jealousy you feel inside.
Seeing that instead of leaving, Natsu comforted Absol, the expression on Clay's face slowly subsided.
Natsu stood up again and looked him straight in the eyes.
"Give you three seconds, leave now."
Natsu's tone was flat, but his words were full of indulgence.
Clay's eyes widened, and then he laughed angrily.
"Hahahaha – boy, are you telling me a joke? Who do you think you are? Have the guts to talk to me? With those most (elite) Beedrill, or with this It only looks fine on the surface, but in fact Absol, who is not seriously injured?"
"Then why do you? With your only Nidoking who is still in good condition? Or, with your few recovering? Less than half of Pokémon?" Natsu snapped back, not to be outdone.
Hearing this, Clay's expression finally sank.
"How do you know?"
Natsu knew he was right when he heard the question.
"Do you know what kind of dog is the most dangerous?"
Before he could answer, Natsu said to himself:
"Dog that doesn't bark."
A smile appeared on his face, and then he said, "Do you know why I want to appease Absol? Because the more obvious you are, the more guilty you are, a dog that barks like you, Stop showing me your bottom line without reservation."
Just kidding.
Natsu can't believe that a person who stole something in a circle in "Meteor" can still maintain his strength after a fight with Absol.
Besides, Jirachi's natural phenomenon just appeared a little while ago, and he appeared here, indicating that he simply didn't leave too far, and was still wandering in the vicinity, then he didn't leave Meteor Falls, no To fully restore the Pokémon state.
The most important point is that Jirachi's crystals are still here.
This shows that he had a fight with Absol at that time, but he didn't get a bargain, but only caused the destruction of Jirachi's crystal, which injured Absol, but was unable to take the crystal.
In other words, Natsu brings himself into him, as a hunter, if he can beat Absol, it is impossible to put such a valuable prey here.
So, summing up the points, the conclusion is that
He is pretending!
"Dogs?"
Clay's expression was a little grim, but he was quickly controlled.
As Natsu guessed, he came to Meteor Falls for Jirachi.
It's just that Jirachi hasn't been found yet, but for some reason, he advanced into the "Meteor's Land" and stole a batch of valuable Dragon Type Pokémon cubs.
And a fight with a few Draconid Tribes, of course.
The result was a serious injury.
After leaving "Meteor's Mile", he was lucky enough to find Jirachi's location.
But Absol showed up and had another fight with Absol.
The results are predictable.
Not only destroyed Jirachi's sleeping crystal, but also failed to beat Absol.
The reason why he is back now is because he knows that Absol, who is Wild Pokémon, is not so easy to recover from his injury, and although he is not fully recovered, he is undoubtedly much better than Absol.
What he said before, whether it is to pretend to be strong or to test Absol, the purpose is similar.
Just judging from Natsu's current attitude, I'm afraid a fight is inevitable.
Listen to their uncompromising exchange.
Absol was hesitant to turn back.
It understands the truth and understands that Natsu is talking to the other party.
But I don't know why, it just felt that when Natsu said that it was a dog just now, it seemed that he unconsciously also said it.
In the end, Absol chose not to move.
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(End of this chapter)