Chapter 720
The Hat is the Real Body
Chapter 720 The Hat is the Real Body
Time slipped away quietly as Natsume made his attempts one after another.
Even Ash has ended his journey and contacted him to return to the world.
"Natsume-nii, that area is full of crowns... Hello, I'm looking for Natsume-nii."
Ash rushed to Natsume's lab after hearing the news, only to find an "old man" with a stubble beard and an obscured face.
"That's me."
The "old man" took out a razor and slowly began to groom himself.
The familiar voice caused Xiaozhi's expression to change drastically, and he immediately hugged Natsume and cried bitterly.
"No! Natsume-nii, please don't die of old age!"
Natsume's lips twitched, and he pulled Satoshi away.
"I just haven't taken care of it for a few months."
"Oh... I thought time just passes faster here, like in the movies," Xiao Zhi exclaimed, though it was unclear what he was describing.
Natsume yawned, tidied himself up, and then returned to his spot not far away.
"Wow, Natsume-san, how long have you been in here? Mushrooms are growing here."
Ash stared in astonishment at Natsume's chair.
"How could there be mushrooms here? This place is sterile..."
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Natsume looked down and found that there were many suspicious stains on his seat.
These stains faintly emit a variety of smells—fried chicken, Shu Kingdom (a type of ancient Chinese cooking), and various energy cubes...
Without a doubt, this is definitely a middle-parted hairstyle.
"It's been washed."
Natsume threw the chair behind him and smashed it towards the sleeping man with the middle parting.
"Skin?"
The man with the middle-parted hair sleepily raised his eyes and glanced at the chair.
The next second, the chair disappeared, and I was taken into the dream space.
Immediately afterwards, a lot of white mist surged out and actually condensed into a brand new chair!
"Huh? What kind of function is this?"
"Pikachu!"
Ash stared curiously at the new chair that materialized from his middle-parted hair, his eyes brimming with undisguised curiosity.
"It can now bring things from dreams to reality."
Natsume said casually.
Ever since the guy with the middle parting absorbed the Nightmare God's authority, Natsume has noticed that the other guy always seems to pull out some strange things out of nowhere.
There are many things that Natsume forbids it from eating, such as its dandruff.
But the man with the middle parting, adhering to the idea that you are what you eat, has been collecting Natsume's dandruff.
It must learn Natsume's telekinesis to make its statue even more magnificent!
Recently, Natsume's hair became so oily that he couldn't even bring himself to part it in the middle, so it started recreating Natsume's dandruff in his dreams.
To Natsume's surprise, the other party actually managed to build it.
Therefore, Natsume specifically asked the other party to participate in the construction of the Rotom mecha, and had the person with the middle parting to build the mecha.
Unfortunately, aside from working hard for things that the other person is interested in, the person with the middle parting has an "anything goes" attitude towards everything else.
The other party did not advance the structure of the Rotom machine in any way.
Thinking that its fist-sized head probably couldn't hold that much knowledge, Natsume didn't force it any further, but simply forgot to kick it out of the lab.
"Wow, that's amazing!"
Xiao Zhi stared at the middle-parted hair with shining eyes.
"Skin...
The guy with the middle part yawned, glanced at Ash, and then started calling out "Pikachu, Pikachu!"
"Natsume-nii, it seems like the guy with the middle part wants me to give him something?" Satoshi understood the gist of it.
"It makes you surrender the divine authority within you to it."
Natsume's lips twitched. The system probed over and discovered that the progress of the divine authority between humans and bonds within Ash's body had actually reached 99%.
Indeed, traveling to different regions and witnessing all sorts of stories were beneficial to the development of this clergy.
Natsume was curious about what use this thing would be once it reached 100% completion.
"You want me to give this to you?"
Xiao Zhi paused for a moment, then took off his hat and put it on his middle-parted hair.
"Pikachu?"
The man with the center-parted hair strangely took off his hat and held it in his arms.
Why are you giving me this?
"Pikachu!"
Seeing this, Pikachu jumped off Ash's shoulder and demonstrated for the middle-part hairstyle.
The other person picked up Ash's hat and immediately put it on their own head.
"rub!"
In an instant, the hat turned into a dazzling gold.
From a distance, it looks like Pikachu has a huge, glowing golden crystal on its head.
"How could that divine finger exist?"
Natsume stared blankly at this scene.
Could it be that the hat is Ash's true form?
"I found this while I was traveling in the Parthian region."
Xiao Zhi rubbed his nose and recalled.
"I don't know why, but during a battle, that divine finger suddenly jumped out."
"I've returned that stone slab to you, Natsume-nii."
Xiao Zhi paused for a moment, then continued, "Immediately afterwards, this divine title fell into my hat."
"It's...strange, the hat didn't work at all when Hikaru put it on Piplup."
"But if I give it to my Pokémon, they'll become incredibly powerful!"
As Ash spoke, he pointed to Pikachu, who seemed to have activated Super Saiyan mode, and said, "Just like this, but there are differences. My Pikachu's light is the brightest!"
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Natsume's eyes lit up.
The divine power within Ash's body already has a boosting effect on his Pokémon.
It now appears that, with the continuous improvement of the clerical system, the amplification effect has materialized in this form.
"Natsume-kun, why is the light on my Pikachu's head the brightest?"
Ash approached curiously.
"Because its increase... is so huge!"
Natsume's eyes widened.
On the system panel, Pikachu's base stats soared to 800.
What is this?!
Natsume was greatly shocked.
"Could it be that the deeper the bond with you, the greater the bonus?"
Natsume looked at Satoshi with curiosity.
"Yeah?"
Ash thought for a moment, then threw out the remaining Pokémon, put them on one by one, and had Natsume appraise them.
Pikachu had the highest increase, followed by Charizard... and then Ash's Winged Beast, which he raised from an egg.
"If it's related to bonds, can I lend it to someone else?"
Natsume looked at Satoshi with curiosity and explained, "For example, how about I try it with the guy with the middle part?"
"Pikachu!"
The man with the middle parting nodded, and without thinking, took the hat off Zhenyi's head and put it on Natsume's head.
Natsume:
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"This? I don't think I've ever tried it before."
Ash scratched his head, his wise eyes fixed on Natsume.
Natsume nodded slightly.
That makes sense. Given Ash's personality, he probably wouldn't actively develop any divine abilities.
"In that case, you can experiment with me for two days and see if you can let other trainers and your own Pokémon enjoy the boost."
Natsume clapped his hands, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
The Rotom unit, which is only a three-in-one unit, has already reached the standard for the world's racial stat limit, making it difficult to increase the number of units further.
Now that Ash's special ability has the effect of boosting his base stats... can he use this as an excuse to skip class?