Chapter 621 Sudden Attack!

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Riding the Noivern, Natsu leaves Solaceon City once again, and only Kikuya and Linghua know.

Previously, he had to take a ship or plane from the Sinnoh Region to the Hoenn Region.

But not anymore.

Too much trouble for that, maybe no ticket yet, and have to wait.

Latios' power has reached to the (elite) level, he would fly with Noivern out of Sinnoh Region, then he would break through the clouds and switch with Latios in the sky.

With Latios' current straight-line flight speed, regular Gym Leader-level Pokémon couldn't match him.

"Blue Airplane" is not called for nothing.

The Hoenn Region was located on the southwest side of the Sinnoh Region, so Natsu had to cross the Mt. Coronet pass first, then cross the Sky of Jubilife City, and leave the Sinnoh continent towards Lake Verity.

Don't worry about directions.

The tool, co-created by the company Steven and Silph Co, is now even more functional.

The navigator function is still very complete.

Glancing at the veins of Mt. Coronet under the clouds, Natsu, who was standing on Noivern's back, was thinking about something.

For example, his next plans and plans, or this trip to Hoenn, what the "Draconid Tribe" wants.

There are lots and lots of things to think about.

Some may jump to conclusions, while others may just think about it and clear their head.

However.

As it passed through the sky, the tall mountain where Jubilife City was located, something unexpected happened.

He was originally flying in the sky, and was still flying above the clouds. As long as he didn't enter the airspace of some Flying-Type Pokémon with strong territorial awareness, there would basically be no problem.

However, the Noivern that was carrying Natsu flying suddenly stopped mid-flight.

If Natsu hadn't attached himself with Psychic, this jerk wave would have thrown him right out of the sky.

Natsu didn't immediately blame Noivern after stopping.

He must have had his own reasons for doing it.

Noivern flapped his wings, soared high in the sky, his head kept turning, occasionally opening his mouth, making sounds that Natsu couldn't hear.

He turned his head from time to time, and his two big ears seemed to be gathering something.

"What's wrong, Noivern?"

Noivern's reaction made Natsu confused and couldn't help asking.

Only.

What answered him was a low growl from the Noivern and dodged something.

Natsu gripped his back tightly, and saw a purple silhouette sweep away from under the clouds at high speed.

If Noivern had not dodged just now, he might have been attacked by this purple silhouette.

"Veern-!"

After hastily dodging the attack, Noivern moved towards the silhouette and roared after stabilizing his body.

At this time.

Natsu saw what figure it was.

The whole body is dark purple, two pairs of wings one big and one small flapping up and down, eyes yellow and pupils red, with provocation in the eyes, his mouth is grinning, showing a slightly mocking smile.

"Crobat?"

Seeing this Pokemon, Natsu frowned.

Crobat is the evolution of Golbat. It needs to evolve once the intimacy between Golbat and Trainer reaches a certain level, so Wild Crobat is relatively rare.

And Wild Crobat is actually a softer character. Rest often and rarely appear during the day. As long as you don't take the initiative to provoke, Crobat won't suddenly attack others.

It's daytime.

Just now, Crobat was clearly aimed at them, which meant that this Crobat wasn't wild, but from a certain Trainer.

If it's said that Pokémon like Crobat before were relatively rare, it's only occasionally that some Trainers make mistakes and their intimacy with Golbat reaches a certain level before they evolve.

Then with the publication of Natsu and Sakuragi's "Intimacy" paper, and confirmation that some need intimacy to evolve Pokémon, Pokémon Crobat slowly improved.

It's just that Natsu couldn't think of it.

Sakuragi and the papers he publishes will one day become tools used by others against him.

Clear.

Noivern suddenly stopped now, and continued to emit and collect sound waves, to sense Crobat's whereabouts.

They are both Pokémon that can use Supersonic to sense. They may have different sonic frequencies, but must be more or less sensitive.

Wuush

Crobat moved towards Noiven and called several times. He seemed to have greatly underestimated Noiven's evasion.

Natsu, who was sitting on Noivern's back at the moment, could clearly feel Noivern's tense body.

Plus the speed Crobat showed before.

Quasi-Elite!

This is definitely a quasi-Elite Crobat!

Natsu's face sank.

This further confirms that this Crobat is a Pokémon Trainer.

As for why he attacked himself, he didn't know.

Natsu bent down, pat Noiven on the back.

To land.

He was still on Noivetn's back now in the sky, and it wouldn't be good for him if there was a fight.

The Noivern glared at Crobat fiercely, then turned its head and moved under the clouds.

He couldn't run.

Noiverns aren't as fast as Crobat, and with Natsu on board, running away would only make them living targets.

Besides that, Natsu also wanted to see which Trainer attacked him.

Noivern is very fast, after getting out of the cloud, it immediately flies to the high mountain where Jubilife City is located. The dense and lonely forest was also the closest land Noiven could reach at this time.

But.

The Noivern moved first and climbed out of the clouds, but Crobat was only slightly slower, also out of the clouds, and was moving toward them at a faster speed.

With Crobat's speed, Crobat could reach Natsu before Noivern could reach land.

As a last resort, Natsu rubbed his palms around his waist.

Alakazam floated beside him.

Alakazam also knew what to do when he appeared, his spoon bent, and two "Psyshocks" headed for Crobat.

Alakazam is a Gym Leader and Crobat is a quasi-Elite, but Psychic holds his own against Poison-Type Pokémon, so Crobat has to dodge and dodge these two attacks.

Opportunity for Noivern.

It's just that Crobat is indeed faster than Noivern, even if he avoided Alakazam's attack, he quickly caught up with him.

"Gravity."

Natsu pursed his lips and spat out an order.

Alakazam understood and threw one of the spoons, concentrating it, and a "Gravity" force field was instantly formed.

Crobat finally slowed down.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Noivern flapped his wings and flew to the top of the mountain.

However, seeing Crobat being blocked, Natsu didn't relax at all, but instead became more alert.

Since someone was going to deal with him, there should be more than one Crobat, perhaps that person would already be at the High Level by now.

Someone with a quasi-Elite Crobat, at least two or three quasi-Elite Pokémon.

And this Crobat, after Natsu's observation, it can be confirmed that it is not a kind of Formation Pokémon that was conquered in the wild, it must be trained by a Trainer from Zubat.

Natsu doesn't believe that such a Crobat can be trained, and there are no other quasi-Elite Pokémon.

think about it.

Natsu's stern face froze, and his narrow eyes twinkled.

Run?

Do not run!

He wanted to see who was dealing with him.

If this matter is not resolved today, rest will not be comfortable.

Just near the ground, Natsu patted Alakazam.

Whoosh–

This distance, without even leaving the "anchor" point first, is enough for Alakazam to perform a precise "Teleport".

Pat.

Natsu's heart sank slightly when his feet landed.

Outside Jubilife City, there is a dense forest and winding paths that are deep and cold.

Natsu didn't move, just waited in silence.

Fingers lightly fiddled with the Poké Ball at his waist.

Psychic flashed in Alakazam's eyes.

Not long.

"Hold on."

With a soft whimper from Alakazam, a Psychic attack mustered and fired somewhere in the forest.

Zzzt--

The very familiar sound of feather wings shaking.

In the direction of Alakazam's attack, an extremely fast yellow silhouette, propelled by the slender wings of a cicada behind him, flickered to avoid the attack.

But it also loses the best sneak attack opportunities.

"Beedrill."

Natsu spit out Pokemon names.

didn't expect the second attack to be Beedrill, and this Beedrill didn't look weak at all.

This was a bit unexpected for Natsu.

His palm crossed his waist.

At the red light, Natsu's Beedrill and Togekiss appear.

"Beer!"

The moment Beedrill appeared, his gaze quickly fell on Beedrill floating in the forest.

The same is a kind of Pokemon. When you meet as enemies, you must be the most hostile.

Beedrill on the opposite side also saw Beedrill Natsu, the red compound eyes flashed, and the two long needles slowly rubbed together, making a loud sound.

The two Beedrills just looked at each other, and their imposing behavior went uncontrollable.

Quasi-Elite Beedrill!

It was very rare to raise Beedrill to such a level.

"Zaam!"

But listening to Alakazam's scream in a low voice, Togekiss understood, her wings swayed, two arc-shaped milky white blades flew towards Natsu's back.

Tuk Tuk-

The "Air Slash" sank into the tree trunk, making two muffled sounds.

Seen a blue-purple Pokemon, relying on a nimble and agile body, to avoid Togekiss's two "Air Slash".

A cluster of bright red pouches under the chin kept protruding, and drooping Yellow eyes stared at Togekiss with a hint of laziness.

Toxicroak!

The third!

And.

These three Pokémon are all quasi-Elite Pokémon!

Even though Beedrill and Toxicroak's sneak attack failed due to Alakazam's Psychic perception, Natsu felt the pressure.

the other side.

Crobat, who was slightly late, hovered at the other end of Natsu's position, and the three Pokémon formed a stance around Natsu and the others.

They didn't attack anymore, as if waiting for someone.

See you.

Silhouettes walked slowly under the shade of dim trees and visibility was low.

Natsu narrowed his eyes at the incoming person.

A tall and thin figure, wearing black and purple tight clothes, outlines the bumpy and graceful figure clearly and thoroughly.

But everyone looks very capable.

Woman?

Natsu frowned.

Natsu still couldn't see her face as the person came completely out of the shadows.

Because her face is wearing a mask.

Only through the two holes in her mask could he faintly see her dark eyes.

She was holding a piece of yellowed paper that looked like it had something printed on it.

She looked at it then glanced at Natsu before comparing the pictures on the paper to the opponents.

"Natsu?"

Although the cold voice asked, but the tone was very determined.

Natsu didn't answer, just silently watching the mysterious person that appeared before her.

Within the forest, there seemed to be only a few sounds of insects and birdsong left, and every now and then the gentle breeze made a "sha sha" sound.

This kind of clothing, this kind of behavior, made Natsu almost subconsciously match the person with the Bounty Hunter.

Bounty Hunter.

Natsu did a few times when he first went to sea.

Only that all he did was hunt pirates for the Alliance.

And now, it looks like someone has put a bounty on his head?

Or, is someone posing as a Bounty Hunter?

There are people who do this kind of work, but there are relatively few of them.

Because the risk is too high.

Of course, the risk is high and the reward is high.

But a Trainer with quasi-Elite Pokémon to become a Bounty Hunter, isn't that a bit underpowered?

All sorts of thoughts flashed through Natsu's mind.

Finally eliminated by Natsu one by one.

This is the problem.

This is not the time to be thinking about these things.

What follows is a real life and death battle.

The bad one.

The kind whose head moves.

As if confirming Natsu's identity, the woman didn't wait any longer and waved her hand lightly.

Crobat, Beedrill, and Toxicroak each headed towards Natsu from three directions.

Three quasi-Elite Pokemon!

On Natsu's side, whether it's Beedrill, Alakazam or Togekiss, they are just Gym Leaders.

In the case of three against three, the disadvantage is obvious.

Natsu's palms rested on his waist, but he didn't move.

Although it was a bit too one-sided, he still wanted to give it a try and see how big the gap was between the three and the three on the opposite side.

After a month of practice, he wanted to find some suitable opponents to practice their hands with.

Isn't this an opportunity?

And with Aegislash lurking in the shadows for protection, Natsu thought he might give it a try.

Not really.

Dragapult also won't stand still watching him get killed.

Additionally, the quasi-Elite Pokémon he carries on his body reveals that if he fails to kill an opponent, his hunter status is no longer secure.

This is what Natsu was most afraid of.

So.

Natsu's eye sockets are filled with Psychics, connecting telepathically with Pokémon.

When the opponent's Pokémon moves, all three Pokémon move too.

Wouussh –

Alakazam's "Psychic Terrain" live expansion.

Facing three Poison-Type Pokemon, his Psychic was definitely the biggest threat.

Tzzzzzz –

Beedrill's wings buzzed, rushing straight at the incoming Beedrill.

The two Beedrills knew who the opponent was at first glance.

Only.

When the woman saw Natsu Beedrill's speed, there was a hint of surprise in her eyes.

Very fast?

Even though her Beedrill is quasi-Elite, she has to admit that in terms of speed, Natsu's Beedrill is still faster than her Beedrill.

Same Pokemon, Gym Leader is faster than quasi-Elite?

Not only her, even the opponent Beedrill didn't expect it.

"Is it because of the current?" the woman muttered under her breath.

Meanwhile.

Togekiss throws "Air Slash" again, and wants to help Beedrill to see if she can use Beedrill's instant burst ability to deal with the enemy first.

bang bang—

The results are predictable.

Crobat on the opposite side came first, and it was also two "Air Slash", which directly completed Togekiss' attack.

"Croaak--"

Toxicroak walked silently, and with the speed and stealth movement of "Feint Attack", silently approached Natsu.

A cold and severe purple glow on the bright red stinger at the end of the fist.

Just a touch was enough to kill him as a fragile human.

But don't forget.

Now this is happening in Alakazam's "Psychic Terrain"!

Swiink——

Alakazam and Natsu switched positions in an instant, facing Toxicroak's attack, prepared spoons, and a transparent glass-like "Reflect" was placed in front of him.

Bang! !

Toxicroak's attack hits "Reflect".

Alakazam mustered all of his Psychic defense, but still couldn't fully offset the impact, and retreated.

Even though it looked really embarrassing to deal with, this first crash seemed to have been averted.

However.

The truth is

"Underground!" Natsu muttered.

rumble –

The ground shook violently.

A ferocious arbok emerged from under Natsu's feet.

Attack Natsu, who has no Pokémon by his side at the moment.

Whether it was Beedrill, Crobat or Toxicroak, they seemed to have launched a fierce attack, but in fact they created opportunities for this underground Arbok.

"Ouch!"

In the face of the ferocious mouth that shot out from the ground.

Hidden in Natsu's shadow, Aegislash, who was always ready, immediately appeared.

The hard shield held back Arbok's bloody mouth that opened wide like a bowl.

As well as quickly supporting Natsu, avoiding Arbok's attack range.

The fourth quasi-Elite Pokemon!

At this point, Natsu couldn't take it anymore.

Even if it reveals the hunter's identity, if it can't live longer, it's still a waste.

His arms wrapped around his waist, pressing the button on the Poké Ball while the ground shook.

"Chiwa!"

As soon as the Oranguru appeared, he gently fanned his fan and gave Arbok a "Quash".

Aegislash backed away quickly with Natsu.

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(end of this chapter)