Chapter 16

"I'm going out on a journey, Mew." Satoshi said with a smile.

Even though it was a parting, Satoshi didn't want to make it too sentimental.

"Mew."

Upon learning that Satoshi and Pikachu were leaving, Mew's cry was no longer sweet and clear.

Although it had lived in Pallet Town for four years, the only ones it could truly call friends were Satoshi and Pikachu, so upon learning they were leaving Pallet Town, it couldn't help but feel sorrowful.

Seeing the gloomy Mew, Satoshi couldn't bear it either.

"How about you come on the journey with us!"

"Mew?"

"Staying in Pallet Town all the time is boring; don't you want to see other scenery?" Satoshi "coaxed," "The outside world has a lot of fun things."

Fun things? Mew was clearly tempted.

Chat Room.

Diantha: "Is Mew that easy to trick?"

Can he trick Mew onto the "boat" in just a few words?

Cynthia: "Easy to trick? You can go try it. Mew is a Pokémon that can peer into the human heart."

If it weren't for the trust built up over three years, you'd see if Mew would even pay attention to Satoshi.

Lance: "If Mew also becomes Satoshi's Pokémon, wouldn't Satoshi be invincible?!"

Before Mew even joined the team, Satoshi was already being evaluated as a monster by Professor Oak; if Mew joins the team, what will happen then?

Bruno: "Lance, your status as Kanto's number one is in jeopardy. I estimate that in less than a year, Satoshi will be able to kick you off the top spot."

Lance: "Hmph, don't underestimate me, Lance. So what if it's Mew?! Is it shameful to lose to Mew?"

Lorelei: "To be honest, it's not very shameful."

Team Rocket Headquarters Base.

"Mew was just swindled away like that?"

Giovanni couldn't say a word now.

How much effort did their Team Rocket spend to obtain Mew's eyelash, and look at Satoshi, he just swindled Mew into his team.

Truly, comparing people to people, it makes one angry.

"It's okay, Boss, isn't it just Mew? It can't compare to Team Rocket's greatest work—Mewtwo."

Apollo comforted him.

Mewtwo?

Speaking of Mewtwo, Giovanni was even more depressed.

It had only been three months, and he hadn't even fully tapped into Mewtwo's potential before the guy ran off, not caring at all about Team Rocket's grace in creating it; it was simply an ungrateful wretch.

The first ray of morning sunlight shone into the window, and with the help of his biological clock, Satoshi slowly opened his eyes.

Folding the quilt, brushing his teeth, washing up—after everything was finished, Satoshi woke Pikachu up.

After saying goodbye to Hanako, Satoshi arrived at Professor Oak's laboratory.

"Professor, good morning."

"Good morning, Satoshi." Unlike the energetic Satoshi, Professor Oak looked exceptionally listless today.

Professor Oak yawned while handing a package to Satoshi.

Is it just a package wrapped for the Pokédex? Satoshi, filled with doubt, opened the package.

Pokédex, Poké Balls, and besides those, there was an egg with blue patterns inside the package.

?

Satoshi looked at Professor Oak in surprise.

"League regulations state that only 10-year-old boys and girls can receive an initial Pokémon, so there's no way to give you one of the starters; use this egg instead." Professor Oak said with a smile.

"Take good care of him; this is something I went to great lengths to get."

To obtain this special Pokémon egg, Professor Oak had rushed to Vermilion City overnight and retrieved this egg from the Vermilion City Pokémon Center.

Looking at Professor Oak's deep dark circles, it would be a lie to say he wasn't moved, but Satoshi wasn't a person good at expressing emotions; he firmly kept the favor in his heart.

Gary: "Damn it, who exactly is Professor Oak's grandson? Why do I feel like Grandpa treats Black Satoshi better than he treats me!!!"

Professor Oak: "You can remove the words 'I feel like'."

Satoshi: "Accept your fate, Gary; who told you the me in the parallel world is so excellent."

Gary: "Yo-ho, what does the Satoshi in the parallel world have to do with you? You're getting cocky?"

Steven: "Come, come, come, let's guess, what Pokémon is in the egg Professor Oak gave Satoshi?"

Wallace: "Blue patterns, there's a high probability it's a Water-type Pokémon!"

Brawly: "Could it be Kyogre?"

Steven: "Do you even hear what you're saying?! If it really were Kyogre, let alone Professor Oak, even if the Heavenly King himself came, Nurse Joy couldn't possibly give this egg away!"

Diantha: "One thing to say, I have never seen the egg of a Legendary Pokémon."

Cynthia: "If the Pokémon in the egg really were Kyogre, everyone else shouldn't even bother playing; just announce Satoshi as the world's number one trainer and be done with it."

Leon: "Hiss. I feel the pressure."

Lance: "I don't care what Pokémon this egg is now; what I care about most is whether Mew was actually swindled away by Satoshi."

Bruno: "Same here."

(Everyone can guess what Pokémon's egg it is. And by the way, begging for flowers, evaluation tickets, and monthly tickets.)

25: Satoshi's Ambition, Challenging Ho-Oh!

Outside the Professor's laboratory, a petite and cute Ralts was already waiting for Satoshi.

Just as Satoshi walked out of the Professor's laboratory, Ralts couldn't wait to "fly" onto Satoshi's shoulder.

Pikachu was on the left shoulder, and Ralts was on the right; one on the left and one on the right, they looked just like the door gods.

May: "Ralts? When did Satoshi catch a Ralts!"

Max: "That cat-like Ralts, at a glance, it's Mew transformed."

Roxanne: "If that's the case, did Mew really become Satoshi's Pokémon?"

Gary: "Ahhhhh! Kill me! Why does Satoshi have a Mythical Pokémon!"

What made Gary even more painful was that it wasn't just the Satoshi in the parallel world who had a Mythical Pokémon; the Satoshi in their world also had one.

Sob sob sob, this viewing system is simply the nemesis of his life.

After leaving Pallet Town, Satoshi also saw many wild Pokémon, Pidgey, Rattata, Spearow, but he didn't make a move to catch them.

A person's energy is limited, and the number of Pokémon one can care for is also limited; Satoshi didn't want to catch Pokémon casually, so he would only make a move when fate arrived.

On the journey to Viridian City, Satoshi also encountered an interesting event. He saw a group of Spearow bullying Pidgey on the road; Satoshi originally didn't intend to intervene, because this is the law of nature.

Pidgey are bullied by Spearow, Pidgeotto bully Spearow, Fearow bully Pidgeotto, and Pidgeot bully them back; it has been like this since ancient times.

But Pikachu, full of a sense of justice, couldn't bear to see the Spearow bullying the weak, so it directly made a move and beat a dozen Spearow into submission.

According to the usual temper of Spearow, they would definitely bring the old when the young were beaten, and if the old were beaten, the ancestors would come out, but this time, for some reason, the beaten Spearow actually slunk away and didn't go back to find backers for revenge.

Misty: "What's going on? Did the Spearow in Pallet Town change their nature?"

Professor Oak: "Spearow's personality is indeed irritable, but they are actually very smart Pokémon. They only bully the weak and never attack the strong; this is the survival rule of Spearow. The short exchange already made them feel Pikachu's terror, so they didn't choose to go back and find help."

Satoshi: "Hmph, they learned to be smart this time, otherwise the me and Pikachu in that world would definitely have made them look good!"

Brock: "But without the help of the Spearow, can Satoshi still see Ho-Oh?"

Morty: "Hey, hey, hey, are you guys being too greedy? Black Satoshi already has Mew, and you're still thinking about Ho-Oh?"

After teaching the Spearow a lesson, just as Satoshi was about to leave, Mew moved.

It transformed into a giant blue bird with blue dorsal fins and flew into the sky.

On the other side of the sky, a mysterious giant bird shining with seven-colored light and wearing a crown on its head was slowly flying over.

A moment later, Satoshi and Pikachu looked up at "Lugia" and Ho-Oh in the sky, staring at each other.

Satoshi and Pikachu were still in shock, while "Lugia" and Ho-Oh in the sky had already conducted an in-depth exchange; no one knew what "Lugia" said to Ho-Oh, but under "Lugia's" lead, Ho-Oh slowly flew toward where Satoshi was.

"Mew."

The returning Mew turned back into Ralts and returned to Satoshi's right shoulder again.

"Mew." Mew made a sound as if asking for credit, seemingly asking, am I amazing?

Amazing, amazing, amazing to the point of explosion; if it weren't for Mew, Satoshi couldn't have dreamed that he could be face-to-face with the legendary Ho-Oh. At this moment, he was only half a meter away from Ho-Oh, and he could touch Ho-Oh if he reached out.

Morty: "Kill me too!!!"