Chapter 258: Red's Pallet Town

Chapter 258: Red's Pallet Town

Realizing he had been teleported to an unfamiliar place, Bai Feng instinctively touched the Poké Balls at his waist. Only after confirming they were all there did he breathe a sigh of relief.

He just didn't know where his Mother and Mewtwo had been sent. He was a little worried.

Just as Bai Feng was about to stand up from the Ground, a voice suddenly sounded not far from him.

"Oh! Young man, why are you lying here?"

Bai Feng turned his head and saw an Auntie, probably in her forties, looking at him with a surprised expression.

Seeing someone, Bai Feng felt relieved and quickly said, "I'm fine, thank you for your concern, Auntie."

The Auntie walked over to Bai Feng, helped him up skillfully, and after looking him up and down, asked, "Young man, you're not from our Pallet Town, are you?"

Huh?

Hearing the Auntie's words, Bai Feng froze for a moment. "You said this is Pallet Town?"

"If it's not Pallet Town, where is it? Don't you know where you are?" The Auntie looked at Bai Feng as if he were an idiot. Then she slapped her forehead. "No way, I didn't just pick up a Protagonist with amnesia, like in the TV shows, did I?"

This Auntie was quite humorous.

"Auntie, you've misunderstood. I don't have amnesia."

"Ah? You don't? That's such a shame!" The Auntie said with a disappointed look.

Bai Feng: ...

"Auntie, is this really Pallet Town? Pallet Town in the Kanto region?" Bai Feng asked uncertainly.

"Of course. Is there a second Pallet Town somewhere else?" The Auntie looked puzzled.

"No, no." Bai Feng quickly shook his head. "I was just asking."

"Young man, are you homeless? Do you want to come to my Home and sit for a bit?" The Auntie asked excitedly, still thinking she had met a Protagonist from a TV show.

Bai Feng waved his hand. "No, thank you. I have a place I can go."

"Alright then!" The Auntie looked disappointed again. "Then I'll be going. I'm still rushing to buy groceries!"

Saying that, the Auntie took out a Poké Ball, released an Arcanine, and rode off on it, disappearing in a flash.

Arcanine? It seems this Auntie isn't an ordinary person either!

After the Auntie completely disappeared, Bai Feng used Psychic to fly into Mid-air. From the air, he surveyed the surroundings and his location. He then discovered that this really was Pallet Town. Professor Oak's Laboratory, Ash Ketchum's house, and his Rose Manor were faintly visible in the distance.

The closest place was Rose Manor, so he decided to go there first. Maybe his Mother and Mewtwo would go there too!

Thinking this, he flew towards Rose Manor at high speed.

However, just as he flew above Rose Manor, he saw Mewtwo punch Tom to the Ground.

Seeing this, Bai Feng's face changed drastically. "Mewtwo, what are you doing? Why are you hitting Tom?"

Tom was quite old; he hoped he wasn't seriously injured.

Seeing Bai Feng appear, Mewtwo looked happy, but quickly became expressionless again. It said expressionlessly, "It wouldn't let me enter the Manor."

Bai Feng looked at Tom in confusion. "Tom, why wouldn't you let Mewtwo into the Manor?"

Tom lay on the Ground, looking at Bai Feng warily. "Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter."

Seeing Tom look at him with a completely unfamiliar expression, Bai Feng was stunned. "Tom, who am I?"

Tom shook his head in confusion.

Bai Feng then pointed at Mewtwo. "Who is it?"

Tom still shook his head with an unfamiliar expression.

Something was wrong! Something was very wrong! This wasn't the Tom he knew.

Bai Feng looked at Mewtwo. "You don't recognize me either, do you?"

What foolishness are you spouting?! Mewtwo rolled its eyes at Bai Feng.

Bai Feng understood. Mewtwo was still the Mewtwo he knew. He then said to Mewtwo with a serious expression, "Mewtwo, let's go check somewhere else first!"

Although Mewtwo looked puzzled, it still nodded. It habitually became invisible and silently followed behind Bai Feng.

Bai Feng took Mewtwo and flew towards the direction of Hanako's House.

Tom didn't recognize him, so what about his Sister-in-law? What about Ash Ketchum and Professor Oak? If no one recognized him, then whether this was the real Pallet Town was questionable.

At first, he thought Unown had teleported him back to Pallet Town. Now it seemed the situation might be a bit off.

Just as Bai Feng and Mewtwo flew near Hanako's House, they suddenly heard an Explosion, followed by a Gardevoir and a Charizard flying into the air.

Mother!

The moment he saw the Gardevoir, Bai Feng recognized it as his Mother.

He saw Charizard open its mouth and unleash a Flamethrower, surging towards Bai Ye. Bai Ye quickly put up a Light Screen to block it.

But without the Psychic Link with Bai Feng and Mega Evolution, Bai Ye's Strength was greatly reduced and she was actually no match for Charizard.

With a cracking sound, cracks appeared in Bai Ye's Light Screen, and then the raging Flames engulfed Bai Ye.

"Mother!"

When the Flames disappeared, Bai Ye fell from the air, smoking all over. Bai Feng quickly flew over and caught her.

Charizard was about to continue its Attack, and Mewtwo was also planning to reveal itself and teach Charizard a lesson, when a voice sounded.

"Charizard, stop!"

Hearing this, Charizard stopped its movements. Bai Feng looked in the direction of the voice and saw a black-haired man in his early thirties walking over.

He said apologetically, "I'm sorry, is this Gardevoir yours? I thought it was Wild, so I had Charizard try to Catch it."

Looking at the black-haired man's face, Bai Feng subconsciously called out, "Red?"

No wonder that Charizard was so strong. Although Bai Ye's Strength was greatly reduced without Mega Evolution, she was still strong enough to rival the Ace Pokémon of a Normal League Champion, yet she was easily defeated by Charizard.

If it was Red's Charizard, then it wasn't strange.

Bai Feng had seen Red's photo at Hanako's House, and he had specifically entered the Ruins for Red, so he could naturally recognize Red at a glance.

The man, Red, looked puzzled. "You know me? But you do look a bit familiar. Do we know each other? Or have we met somewhere before?"

Bai Feng did not answer Red's question but fell into thought, looking at Red's face.

Was this Red the missing Red? Or, like Tom, was he a Red that Bai Feng didn't know?

"Gardevoir~"

At this moment, Bai Ye slowly woke up. She was very happy to see Bai Feng and quickly hugged him. She had been extremely anxious when separated from Bai Feng, afraid she wouldn't find him.

Bai Feng gently patted her back and asked, "Mother, are you alright?"

Bai Ye shook her head. "Gardevoir~ Gardevoir~" I'm fine.

With Fairy Aura protecting her, although Charizard's Attack was strong, it wasn't enough to seriously injure Bai Ye.

"Uh, I'm really sorry about earlier. Do you want to come to my Home and sit? I can help treat Gardevoir." Red said apologetically.

Bai Feng wanted to figure out what was going on here, so he nodded and agreed. "Okay, thank you for the trouble."

Red laughed heartily. "It's no trouble at all! It was my rashness!"

Just like that, Red led Bai Feng and Bai Ye towards the direction of his Home. The location of Red's Home was the same as the location of Hanako's House in Bai Feng's memory. However, when they reached the entrance of Red's Home, he still noticed a difference.

Next to Red's Home was another house of a similar style, which wasn't there next to Hanako's House.

As the two of them reached the doorstep, they saw the door of the house next door open, and two elderly people walked out with a small boy.

"Dad, Mom, Ash Ketchum!" Red greeted the three people at the door.

Hearing this, Bai Feng's eyes widened, and he looked at Red in disbelief.

"Father!"

Seeing Red, the small boy let go of one of the elderly people's hands and quickly ran towards Red, throwing himself into Red's arms.

Red picked up the boy and asked, "Were you well-behaved at Grandfather and Grandmother's today?"

"I was very well-behaved!" The boy hugged Red's neck and said, "But Uncle always bullies me!"

"Hey, hey~~ Ash Ketchum, are you tattling on me to your Father again?" At this moment, a teenager about thirteen or fourteen years old walked out of the house they had just come from. He looked at the boy teasingly and said, "That's not very manly of you!"

"Hmph!"

The boy pouted unhappily and buried his head in Red's shoulder, ignoring the teenager's words.

The female of the two elderly people slapped the teenager's back in dissatisfaction. "Zhen Bai, don't bully Ash Ketchum!"

Hearing this, the teenager immediately complained, "Oh dear! Your Grandson is your real Son, but your Son isn't, is that it?"

The two elderly people and Red were all amused by the teenager's comical appearance and laughed heartily.

Seeing this warm scene before him, Bai Feng was stunned. The boy was Ash Ketchum, the teenager was Zhen Bai, and Red called the elderly couple Dad and Mom...

Just as Bai Feng was in a daze, Red suddenly spoke to Bai Feng. "I knew you looked familiar! You look a lot like my Brother, Zhen Bai!"

Of course, he did! Bai Feng looked at the teenager named Zhen Bai and found that he resembled him by at least seventy or eighty percent. It was just that the other person wasn't as tall or as sturdy as he was.

Hearing Red's words, Zhen Bai and his parents also noticed Bai Feng. Zhen Bai ran to Bai Feng in surprise, circled around him, and exclaimed in wonder:

"He really does look alike."

Saying that, he turned his head to look at his Father and Mother. "Father, Mother, I don't have another Brother who was lost outside, do I?"

Zhen Bai's Mother rolled her eyes at him. "Stop talking nonsense!" But she still looked at Bai Feng a few more times. There was nothing she could do; Bai Feng really did look too much like her Son.

"Oh, right, what's your name?" Zhen Bai asked Bai Feng with great interest.

"Bai Feng!" Bai Feng answered concisely. At this moment, his mind was a complete mess. What exactly was going on? If this teenager was Zhen Bai, then who was he?

"Huh? Our names are similar too!" Zhen Bai exclaimed excitedly.

After chatting with the family for a while, Red took Bai Feng and Bai Ye into his Home and treated Bai Ye.

Actually, Bai Ye could have healed that minor injury herself, but in order to get closer to Red and figure out the situation here, Bai Feng secretly let Bai Ye leave the treatment to Red.

At Red's Home, Bai Feng saw Delia again.

After some probing, Bai Feng discovered that neither Ash Ketchum nor Delia recognized him. Here, Red's parents had never traveled, and Zhen Bai had never gone missing.

As for Red, he had retired from the Pokémon League a long time ago and now focused solely on accompanying his family.

Bai Feng fabricated an Identity for himself, saying that he was a Pokémon Trainer traveling here and hadn't found a place to stay yet. Red readily invited Bai Feng to stay at his Home.

For some reason, Red felt a strong connection with Bai Feng.

That night, Bai Feng stayed at Red's Home.

Early the next morning, Bai Feng used the excuse of taking his Pokémon out for Special Training and took Bai Ye and Mewtwo for a stroll around Pallet Town. He wanted to figure out what was going on with this Pallet Town.

After walking around, Bai Feng found that this Pallet Town was similar to the Pallet Town in his memory. The surroundings were almost the same, and the people living there were still the same people.

During his stroll, he even encountered many people he had seen in Pallet Town before, and he also saw Professor Oak, Gary Oak, and Nanami. But without exception, none of them recognized Bai Feng.

Unconsciously, Bai Feng and Bai Ye walked to the edge of Pallet Town. However, when he took a step forward, the scene in front of him suddenly distorted, and he remained at the Original spot, unable to reach the place he wanted to go.

Bai Feng felt puzzled. He took another step forward, but the scene in front of him distorted again, and he returned to the Original spot.

"Mother, Mewtwo, you try too!" Bai Feng turned to Bai Ye and Mewtwo and said.

The two Pokémon nodded and controlled their Psychic to fly forward, but after the scene distorted, they also returned to the Original spot.

Bai Feng, Bai Ye, and Mewtwo looked at each other.

"Espeon~"

At this moment, a Sound sounded behind Bai Feng. He turned around and saw an Espeon standing behind them, which had appeared without him noticing.

"You... are Red's Espeon?" Bai Feng asked uncertainly.

"Espeon~" That's right.

The Espeon nodded.

"Are you looking for me for something?" Bai Feng grew wary.

Something was very wrong here, and he had to be on guard.

"Espeon~ Espeon~ Espeon~" I have no ill will towards you. On the contrary, I need your help!

The Espeon continued.

"Help with what?" Bai Feng asked.

"I know you are outsiders. Since you haven't been assimilated by this Space, it means your Strength is very strong. So, I want to ask you to help me destroy this place together." The Espeon said with a serious expression.

"What do you mean?" Bai Feng frowned and asked. He thought he was about to learn the truth about this place.

As expected, the Espeon explained, "This is not the real Pallet Town. Except for Red, me, Charizard, Venusaur, Blastoise, Snorlax, and Lapras, everything else here is materialized by Red through Unown!

Charizard and the others have already been affected by Unown and completely regard this as the real World. Only I am still struggling to hold on. If Red continues to believe that this is the real Pallet Town, then influenced by him, I will also be assimilated before long."

(End of Chapter)