Pokémon: Who told him to come out of Pallet Town!

Chapter 52: Dragonite Joins the Team

"Can I go back now?"

After Natsume finished pondering, the giant Dragonite was still thinking, so he couldn't help but ask a question.

"Waaah~"

The giant Dragonite shook its head at him.

"She said she was worried there might be more problems, and wanted to keep you here for a while to observe you."

Natsume's expression twisted; he was the kind of person who wanted to be busy when he was free, and wanted to be free when he was busy.

So his favorite thing to do is read books, which gives him a feeling of being both idle and busy.

"Tell her that there will definitely be problems, but I will come back periodically to drain the Dynamax energy."

Meow Meow translated, and the giant Dragonite's expression of struggle deepened.

"Never mind." Natsume rubbed his wrist. "I'll give him a full check-up, just to put your mind at ease."

To Nyan's astonishment, Natsume pointed to the ground, and a whole bunch of instruments appeared in the open space.

Whatever Pokémon Center has, Natsume's system space has; whatever Pokémon Center doesn't have, Natsume also has.

Of course, Natsume didn't have some of the expensive laboratory equipment.

"Make her use the weakest possible discharge." Natsume held up a modified plug.

Meowth told the truth, and the giant Dragonite tilted its head and touched the plug to its own tentacles.

"Beep beep—" Soon, all the complicated instruments lit up.

The giant Dragonite looked curiously at the pile of things on the ground.

"Huh?"

"She's asking us what we're going to do."

"We need to give the little dragon a thorough examination so we can see its physical condition directly."

Natsume turned the computer screen around.

Meow Meow looked over and was taken aback.

"Isn't this just a CT scan, meow?"

"Do you still want to leave?"

Natsume glared at Meow Meow.

"Meow meow meow meow!" Meow meow began to enthusiastically boast about Natsume's equipment.

"Alright, let her put the little Dragonite inside this thing."

Natsume pointed to something that looked like a bed.

The giant Dragonite was clearly intimidated by Meowth, and she carefully used her claws to pull the little Dragonite onto the platform.

Although I don't know why Natsume only used that one of the many instruments he brought out?

Soon, Dragonite's internal view appeared on the computer in front of Natsume.

"Don't worry, your child is healthy..."

Natsume glanced casually at the computer and suddenly froze.

"Huh?"

"She's asking you what's wrong?" Meow Meow leaned closer:

"Natsume, tell me quickly, meow—what is this?!"

When Meowth saw the internal view of the little Dragonite, the cat was completely stunned.

Even a novice like it could tell that something was wrong with Dragonite's body.

"Isn't its heart and lungs... a bit too big, meow?"

Meow pointed to the heart, which was bigger than the whole cat, and the lungs, which looked like horse lungs, and asked in confusion.

Natsume lowered his eyes slightly.

"This is such a hassle." Natsume stood up and stretched.

"Rotom, prepare to record!"

Rotom Mobile has appeared.

Natsume originally thought that there shouldn't be any problems with the little Dragonite.

But now that we've discovered it, we can't just sit idly by.

Soon, Natsume's figure moved among various instruments, fiddling with one thing, drawing blood, then taking out a pot and turning on the induction cooker...

Seeing this, the giant dragon's worry deepened.

Before long, after a flurry of activity, Natsume finally finished making a sandwich.

"How is it, meow meow, isn't it delicious?"

"I think we're going to get attacked." Meow Meow quickly stuffed the sandwich into its mouth; it hadn't eaten all day and was starving.

Who cares, let's eat first.

"Woo—" The giant Dragonite brought its head closer, looking at Natsume suspiciously, its huge vertical pupils exuding a strong sense of oppression.

Even if she didn't understand, she knew that Natsume was definitely not undergoing an examination at this moment.

Tell her that many tests take time, probably about two hours.

Meowth told the truth, and only then did the giant Dragonite retract its head.

Natsume leaned against the machine, chewing on the sandwich in his mouth, and began to miss Tsuyoshi.

Alas, it's all Professor Oak's fault for limiting his cooking skills—every time he uses the lab equipment to cook, Professor Oak makes a sharp popping sound.

Natsume finished the sandwich in a few bites, sniffed, and noticed a strange smell.

He followed the smell toward the cave entrance, and the closer he got, the stronger the smell became.

Upon exiting the cave, Natsume found the outside shrouded in smoke.

In the thick smoke, Natsume found Gengar.

At this moment, the other person's mouth and nose were completely stuffed with spicy paste.

He was puffing out smoke.

Natsume: "..."

This stuff is harmless to Poison-type Pokémon and can even slightly increase the damage of Poison-type moves.

For example, Grandma Kiku's Gengar has a poisonous ability.

This is a way of indirectly training the other party.

Grandma Kikuko probably won't mind... right?

Natsume remained silent, only telling Gengar to stay away from the cave before quietly covering his nose and returning to the cave.

Back in the cave, we sat down and rested for a while. All of Dragonite's stats came back.

Natsume gathered a large pile of documents and began to examine them carefully.

Nearby, the giant Dragonite peeked out several times, but dared not disturb Natsume.

Natsume's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Meow, get ready to translate."

Natsume took a deep breath:

"Your child's physical condition is mainly related to the heart and lungs. The heart volume has increased by 3.2 times, and the number of alveoli has increased by 4 times."

"This situation has both advantages and disadvantages."

The giant Dragonite froze, signaling Natsume to continue.

"First, the good news: Blood and oxygen supply."

"Your child's single blood pump volume reaches 1.8 tons/minute, sustaining a 'reverse scale' state for 17 minutes, compared to a normal limit of 3 minutes."

"When the lungs expand, they can inhale compressed air containing 71% oxygen, extending the 'lightning speed' sprint distance to 12 kilometers, with the normal limit of 1.8 kilometers."

Natsume, fearing that the giant Dragonite might not understand some technical terms, used the term "Amplify" which the dragon was familiar with to explain.

The giant Dragonite nodded. She wasn't concerned about the benefits; she was more interested in the drawbacks.

"Bad news, you should be prepared."

"First: A starchy deposit appears on the aortic wall, and there is an 85% probability that the blood vessel will rupture within three years. Second, the body cannot metabolize excess hemoglobin, and the skin will continuously exude rust-colored sweat, but this is not a big deal."

"Second: Over-promoting oxygen supply leads to the accumulation of free radicals. Each burst shortens cell telomeres by 0.3%, which accelerates aging. But it's not a big deal, because blood vessels will burst before you die of old age."

"Third: The body heat loss is 2.5 times that of similar individuals, requiring a relatively cold environment. This is not a big deal, but it makes you sweat more easily."

"Slow down, meow! How am I supposed to explain these technical terms, meow?!" Meow Meow roared in fury.

After a hesitant explanation, the giant Dragonite finally understood the situation of its child.

The biggest problem is that the blood vessels cannot withstand the blood supply from the heart, and they will burst before long.

"Woo!!!" The giant Dragonite let out a mournful cry.

"She asked you if there was any other way, meow." Meow looked at Natsume with concern.

At this moment, it hopes that this researcher is the world's best Pokémon doctor.

The threatening part in the second half was automatically hidden by Natsume.

"There is a solution..."

"The heart valve's pressure resistance threshold has been broken through 3000 kPa, and it can be equipped with a plasma thruster."

"The alveolar nanofiber structure is perfectly compatible with the fluorocarbon breathing fluid of mechanical lungs."

"Based on the implanted plasma thruster, I can try to use biomimetic materials to build a second circulatory system for your child, relying on other blood vessels. This will greatly reduce the pressure on the original blood vessels and prevent them from bursting."

Natsume offered his own conjecture.

The translator, Meow Meow, was going crazy.

How can it explain "byd"? It doesn't quite understand.

After Natsume gave a long explanation, a strange expression appeared on Meow Meow's face.

The more it sounds, the more it seems like Natsume is making empty promises to the giant Dragonite.

Never mind, they're all in the same boat now.

Nodding, Meowth began translating for the giant Dragonite.

The more it listened, the brighter the giant Dragonite's eyes became.

"Waaaaah—"

The giant Dragonite roared at Natsume.

Below, Meow Meow looked at Natsume with a strange expression:

She said she wanted you to be her child's trainer.

"Huh?" Natsume's expression was strange. He was responsible for proposing the theory and then planned to leave it to Professor Oak and the others to worry about.

"Excuse me, your child's talent is a bit..." Before Natsume could finish speaking, a pair of huge vertical pupils approached him.

"Your child's talent is truly one in a million."

Natsume changed his mind and said, "However, I have one condition."

"You need to cooperate with Professor Oak and the others on their research into Dynamax."

The giant Dragonite hesitated for a moment, then nodded after some consideration.