Chapter 39 Power outage (rewrite)

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Look up.

With a cloak on his back, a smile on his face and a hint of surprise.

"Lance?" Natsu was also a little surprised.

Even though he knew that Lance had been staying at the Pokémon Center in Saffron City during this time, he just didn't expect to find him out of the blue.

Lance was actually a little surprised. He had just returned from outside when he saw Natsu sitting in the corner reading silently.

Natsu's current attire, it was hard not to notice it. In Lance's opinion, he was much more handsome than Natsu in the audience.

Sitting beside him naturally, "Reading?"

"Yes." He nodded, closed the book, and put it away.

He not only wanted to gain experience in Pokemon cultivation, but also wanted to publish some Pokemon papers unknown to the world by combining advanced Pokemon knowledge with information from different books.

And gathering information is his professional habit.

"What's wrong with Weedle? injured?" Lance kept asking.

"No, it's just a slight increase, come over to the Pokémon Center to check it out."

"Oh?" Lance narrowed his eyes, lowered his voice a little closer, and whispered: "Is that?"

Natsu nodded again.

His bloodshot eyes dimmed, and his expression became a little complicated, "That's how it is."

Natsu glanced at him and explained: "The process is not what you think, I obtained the materials through other channels."

He knew that Lance might have misunderstood that he wanted to cultivate Weedle's Poison-Type Attribute and was deliberately hunting Poison-Type Pokémon.

Even if he didn't reject it, it would be too time consuming and the poison might not be strong enough for Weedle's needs.

"Hah-"

Hearing Natsu say this, Lance heaved a sigh of relief, he was really worried that Natsu would slaughter innocent Pokemon.

Lance doesn't exclude Pokémon from killing each other. After all, not a few Pokemon that died in his hands. He simply resisted some indolence.

A smile appeared on his face again, "Looks like Weedle shouldn't be as simple as a small increase this time."

Not going any further at this point, Natsu changed the subject, "You have already challenged the Saffron Gym? How?"

Then Natsu saw a hint of helplessness on Lance's face.

Slightly embarrassed, he pulled his robe back, "Cough cough. I."

Click!!

This has not been completed.

Suddenly, the lights throughout the Pokémon Center went out at once, and the various instruments in the Pokémon Center also stopped working.

For a while, there was panic at the Pokémon Center, where there were a lot of people.

For a while, there was panic at the Pokémon Center, where there were a lot of people.

"Hah?" Lance frowned and suddenly stood up, stepping towards Nurse Joy.

Natsu couldn't help frowning, and walked behind him.

Weedle is still being checked.

"Nurse Joy, what's wrong?"

Nurse Joy and Lance should know each other, and while comforting Trainer who was waiting in the hall a bit confused, she whispered to Lance: "Mr Lance, it must be a power outage."

"Power outage?"

Natsu, who was following Lance, also heard Nurse Joy's words, and was slightly surprised at the same time.

How did the Pokemon Center, the most valued medical facility by the Alliance, experience a power outage?

"No backup power?" Natsu asked at this point.

Yes, even in the event of a power outage, a major institution like the Pokémon Center will definitely have a backup power supply, which should suffice for a day or two until the circuit is repaired.

Nurse Joy glanced at Natsu with some doubts, but answered helplessly: "The power backup ran out two days ago."

Natsu and Lance looked at each other, both seeing doubt in each other's eyes.

Nurse Joy explained: "The power outage at the Pokémon Center occurred two days ago, and at that time, the backup power was used until the power supply was restored. I thought it would be okay, but I didn't expect the power to go out again today, it is not expected that there will be a lot of dots in the backup power box at all, so."

"So Pokémon Center is really running out of power!"

Power outages, so some require emergency treatment. Pokemon may not recover due to lack of timely care, and may even die as a result.

Natsu suddenly thought that when he returned to the club a few days ago, the club that had never been out of power had also experienced a blackout, so he had to close the door as a last resort.

And when he came here, he also saw many places that seemed to be experiencing power outages.

So, this power outage wasn't due to a problem with the power supply line somewhere, but

at the source?

"Did things get so serious?" Lance suddenly said in a deep voice.

"You know what?" Natsu looked at him.

Lance said dryly, "It's a long story."

It seemed that he had come to Saffron City not only to challenge Sabrina's Gym.

Natsu pursed his lips secretly, thinking to himself.

"Nurse Joy, is my Pokemon done?"

Nurse Joy remembers who Natsu is, after all, his Weedle is quite special.

"This is just the most basic check, it's over, and I'll let you know."

He handed over a Poke Ball.

Through the red glass, Weedle could be seen dutifully living inside, in good shape.

Weedle was unaffected by the blackout, and Natsu breathed a sigh of relief.

And seeing Nurse Joy's appearance, Weedle should have no problem checking his out.

"That's right, Natsu, will you come with me to take a look?" Lance saw Natsu take back the Poke Ball, he suddenly said.

"Look?"

"I suspect the problem may be the power plant in the east." Lance's expression was a little serious.

The power outage in Saffron City was investigated immediately, and several line problems were identified, but with such frequent blackouts, Lance suspected that the biggest problem might lie with the power plant.

"East." Natsu lowered his head, his eyes blinked, and he muttered.

Immediately raised his head, nodded and said, "Okay."

Lance was overjoyed.

"Come on!."

The two of them walked out of the Pokémon Center through an increasingly lively and restless crowd.

Take a taxi and head straight to the far east of Saffron City.

As the largest city in the Kanto Region, Saffron City could also be said to be the most prosperous city, its daily power consumption was a frightening number.

But luckily, Saffron City's power supply was also there. To the east of Saffron City, in the forest far from the city, was the famous Saffron City power station.

The reason why it is not built in the city is because the power station will inevitably be accompanied by more or less radiation, and also to prevent large-scale accidents at the power station.

With the scale of Saffron City's power station, if one of them exploded out of control, the terrifying destructive power would definitely cause a devastating blow to the entire Saffron City, possibly even destroying half of Saffron City.

Natsu and Lance remain silent until they reach the eastern end of Saffron Town, and then leave the outskirts of town and enter the forest where Wild Pokémon are active.

Ready, neither of them hesitated and headed into the forest.

Natsu let go of Weedle and Lance summoned Dratini.

Dratini is more like a snake Pokémon, with pale blue scales all over his body, a bright white belly, purple eyes, small white bumps on his forehead, and white flippers on the sides of his head. His face has a large round white nose.

This was Natsu's first time seeing a Quasi-Legendary Pokemon from the Kanto Region. As soon as Dratini appeared, he revealed a lively aura and surrounded Lance.

"I just caught this kid, and I plan to let him fight your Weedle." Lance introduced Dratini while stroking the fine scales lightly.

Natsu looked at Dratini deeply.

He had to admit, the name Quasi-Legendary Pokémon alone made Dratini look even more alluring.

From the current perspective, there really was a shadow of the Dragon-Type Elite and future champions.

Suppressing the strange thoughts in his heart, he looked at Lance, his expression becoming a little serious.

"Lance, you didn't come to Saffron City just to challenge the Saffron Gym, right?"

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(end of this chapter)