"Are you looking for this?" Sabrina's voice ca.
Natsu turned and saw a chibi version of Sabrina standing on her shoulder.
The instant their eyes t, the little chibi Sabrina instinctively hid in her hair.
"Huh?" Natsu exclaid, quickly pulling out his phone, opening a scanning app, and pointing it at the chibi Sabrina.
**????** The Pokédex showed nothing but question marks.
At the sa ti, the system's voice echoed in Natsu's mind:
**New Pokémon species discovered. Begin system analysis?**
*New species?*
Natsu froze for a mont, then agreed instinctively.
**Scanning this world… 1% complete. Unable to locate data. Scanning parallel worlds… Data found!**
A transparent window appeared before his eyes:
[Mimidoll]
[Type] Psychic/Ghost
[Description] Born within a Psychic's Inner Realm, it likes to inhabit dolls, often taking on the appearance and habits of its trainer.
Natsu frowned.
*Mimidoll?*
He imdiately thought of Banette—a pitiful abandoned doll that, under rare circumstances, becos a Pokémon.
But in most cases, Banette is born from Shuppet evolving.
This so-called Mimidoll sounded very similar to that rare natural occurrence.
"One cos from resentnt… the other from emotion?"
Natsu scooped up the chibi Sabrina, who panicked, shrieking as she bit his finger.
Natsu shoved his finger further, jabbing her throat.
*Cough! Cough!*
*Hah, trying to bite ?*
Did it not realize how many Pokémon bit him daily back at Professor Oak's lab?
"That Pokémon!" Seth Kenshin leaned closer, his eyes filled with shock.
"Old man, you know it?" Natsu asked.
"Nope." Seth shook his head.
Natsu: "…"
"But it does resemble what's written in my family's secret manual about a Psychic manifestation."
"Manual?" Natsu suddenly leaned in, staring suspiciously at him.
"Uh, well… I can't hand that down to outsiders. The one I gave you really was all the Psychic training thods except for the secret manual."
Seth stamred, clearly flustered.
"Let see it." Natsu reached out.
"No way, really… it can't be passed to outsiders." Seth's face twisted in conflict.
He added, "Besides, even if you read it, it's useless. A Psychic manifestation can only be ford at the peak of the Inner Realm stage. Without a manual, you'd still naturally condense it once you reach that level."
"Is that so…" Natsu glanced at Sabrina.
Given her years of cultivation, it wasn't surprising she could form a manifestation.
"Here." Sabrina suddenly spoke, handing Natsu a booklet.
"What's this?" Natsu blinked.
"My family's secret manual." Sabrina smiled faintly at him.
"???" Seth stood frozen, eyes wide.
"Father, didn't you say that if I t the right person soday, I could give them the manual? I think Natsu has great talent."
Sabrina tilted her head, looking at him strangely.
"Little Sabrina, I ant…" Seth was utterly at a loss for words.
"Thanks!" Natsu waved at Sabrina, then recalled Dragonite. Sitting atop Gengar's head, he flew away from the gym.
"Natsu! You fixed everything?" Ash ran up excitedly.
"It's handled. I'll head back to the Pokémon Center first." Natsu nodded to the group.
"Alright, in that case, I'm going to challenge Miss Sabrina again!" Ash declared, dashing off toward the Saffron Gym.
"I want to see what the normal Miss Sabrina is like too!" Brock said excitedly.
"Hey, wait up!"
Shaking his head slightly, Natsu led Giselle back to the Saffron Pokémon Center.
Once inside his room, Natsu imdiately pulled out the so-called family secret manual.
**Telekinesis Incarnation**
The manual was thin; in less than an hour, Natsu had nearly finished reading it.
*So humans really are a type of Pokémon too?*
He sat there, dazed in thought.
A Pokémon born from the human mind… by classification, Natsu felt that Banette should count as a Phantom Beast type.
ITS rarity was far too high!
Among humans capable of reaching the pinnacle of the core realm with psychic powers, wasn't Sabrina the only one?
Natsu dropped the idea of writing a paper on the spot.
A new Pokémon species had to be an entire group, not a lone individual.
Such an extrely rare case could only be classified as a Phantom Beast and recorded in the Pokédex.
*Ding!*
[S-Rank: The Reversed Curse]
[Subject] Sabrina's Doll
[Reward] Master Ball Scratch Card ×1
Just as Natsu sighed, the system's voice followed.
He scratched the Master Ball card.
*Ding!*
**Congratulations, you've opened a Master Ball scratch card and obtained a Master Ball ×1!**
*Another guaranteed prize?*
Well, that was fine. At least he now had two Master Balls. When it ca ti to research Master Ball Rotom, he could afford to scrap one.
For now, his experints with Ultra Ball Rotom already consud dozens daily.
If that were Master Balls instead, the cost would be unthinkable.
"Ugh, I'm beat!" Natsu collapsed onto his bed.
He'd been through a lot these past few days. Now he needed rest to properly digest it all.
As for using psychic power to inscribe advanced Pokéballs—there was no rush. The road ahead was still long.
By evening, Ash and his friends returned to the Pokémon Center.
Seeing Natsu fast asleep, none of them disturbed him and quietly went back to their rooms.
The night passed without incident.
That night, the people of Saffron City all breathed a sigh of relief.
The terrifying Gym Leader had suddenly undergone a drastic change in personality, even hosting a Gym exhibition battle at Central Park.
Reporters, on the other hand, were left frustrated.
*Damn it! No big scandal had happened at all.*
Fine, they would just have to focus on Team Rocket—that was the only way to outcompete their rivals.
Overti, late nights, rush!
...
**The next day, inside Team Rocket's base**
"Phew~" Giovanni sat back on the sofa, sipping his hot coffee.
"Boss!" his secretary entered, handing him a newspaper.
"What is it?" Giovanni reached for it, curious about what major news might have broken, but the secretary quickly lifted it before he could.
An awkward look flickered across her face.
"Uh, Boss Giovanni, I think I just caught a glimpse… this paper has so rather offensive content."
"Offensive? Hmph!" Giovanni sneered, taking another sip.
"I want to see what kind of *offense* this is."
Thinking soone was trying to stir up trouble for Team Rocket through the dia, Giovanni snatched the paper from her hands.
Right there on the front page, in bold headline letters:
**Giovanni Caught Sneaking Into an Old Man's House at Night—The Shocking Reason Revealed!**
"Pfft—!" Coffee sprayed across the pages, staining them yellow.
The secretary tilted her head toward the ceiling.
She had already warned him not to look.
And that wasn't the only one—there were plenty more just like it.
**Team Rocket Executive Caught Robbing Saffron Gym at Night—Rumors Say Giovanni Withheld Wages, Forced Into Desperation!** — Kanto Economic Review
**Sabrina's Lover Turns Out to Be a Team Rocket Executive!** — Kanto Gossip Weekly
**The Real Reason Giovanni Prefers Male Secretaries Revealed!** — Kanto Rich List
Giovanni: "???"
*What kind of nonsense is this?*
Besides, hadn't his secretary always been a woman?
"Utterly deranged." Giovanni lowered his gaze, a chilling light flashing in his eyes.
Though he couldn't ddle with the larger dia outlets, making an example out of a few smaller ones to warn the rest was well within his power.
Suddenly, his eyes froze on one particular photo.
In the image, a Team Rocket executive was bent over, climbing through the skylight of the Saffron Gym.
Giovanni frowned.
So the dia weren't just pulling wild accusations out of thin air.
"Find out which executive this is."
"Yes, Boss."
The photo was blurry, and Giovanni could only make out the general outline.
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