The Missing Sakaki

Chapter 723 The Missing Sakaki

"What heroic numbers?"

Natsume's lips twitched.

Where is he going to find 108 priests?

There simply aren't that many in the world.

Not just his world, but all parallel universes.

It's estimated that only Team Rainbow Rocket, which plunders everywhere, or the alpaca itself, could possibly have so many divine positions.

Are you suggesting we send him to rob Team Rainbow Rocket?

Are you kidding me!

At this stage, it's good enough that they don't come looking for us.

Suddenly, Natsume thought of the little ground squirrel.

In the spiritual realm of the little groundhog, there are 108 stone statues that can be observed, which are remnants of divine beasts.

This doesn't even include what might be beyond the fog; there could be more there.

"The little groundhog seems to have a lot of appeal to clergy?"

Natsume recalled the land and ocean, space and time, that were swallowed up in a second by the little ground squirrel.

"hiss..

'

Natsume frowned slightly, touching his chin as if deep in thought.

It seems that it's not impossible?

At least, with Diglett around, I have the ability to snatch the divine position from Team Rainbow Rocket.

No, no, no.

Natsume shook his head abruptly, dismissing the unrealistic fantasies from his mind.

Only one anchor is left.

Further contact with Team Rainbow Rocket could significantly increase the likelihood of the world being invaded.

What I lack most is time.

"Let's think of a solution..."

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Natsume suddenly took out the Celestial Flute from his robes.

This item is a token used to summon Arceus.

But Arceus in their world has already died.

Arceus himself should be aware of this world.

As long as the other side pays attention to their world, they will know what Team Rainbow Rocket is doing.

Arceus's true strength is unknown, but it should be a powerful being that could relieve a lot of pressure for me.

What puzzled Natsume was that Arceus had been missing for so long in their world, yet Arceus's main body hadn't come to replenish its clones.

The only explanation is that some kind of signal was intercepted by Team Rainbow Rocket.

And things that can emit signals....

Natsume lowered his head, his gaze fixed on the broken Celestial Flute in his hand.

"System, let me ask first, is Arceus's divine role that of a 'god,' meaning it has the authority to 'rule over the gods'?"

Natsume asked the question to avoid having worked for nothing.

【Yes. 】

All the divine offices of all worlds originated from Arceus himself, and all the stone tablets originated from Arceus's avatars.

This time, the system didn't play dumb; it answered very decisively.

"That's good." Natsume breathed a sigh of relief.

At least for now, the problem of divine authority can be solved by finding Arceus himself... no, perhaps simply by making contact with him.

"Besides Arceus himself, what other beings could offer me divine office?"

Natsume continued to ask.

The system seems to have become much more "active" lately, unlike before when it basically ignored him and had no presence at all.

Only Arceus himself possesses the authority to create the gods.

"Yeah?"

Natsume frowned.

He had originally thought that having more options meant having more paths to take.

"No!" Natsume seemed to have thought of something and immediately denied it.

"You can do it too? I've eaten quite a few of those divine fragments that I was rewarded with."

As Natsume spoke, he lifted up the middle-parted man who was lying on the ground, exhausted.

The other party was shiny and smooth. Every time he ate that small piece of divine power fragment, the white mist in his body would increase significantly. Clearly, the divine powers produced by the system were all of the highest quality.

The system fell into an eerie silence.

But soon, Natsume mentally shouted, "Quick, lend me a thousand or eight hundred dollars for a divine position. I'll wipe out Team Rainbow Rocket and pay you back!"

Natsume seemed to see a shortcut that was "far away yet right before his eyes".

system:【......】

After enduring thirty seconds of the system's cold indifference, Natsume shook his head in disappointment.

None of them are reliable.

We still have to figure it out ourselves.

Natsume shook his head, took out his super-large brick-sized phone, and contacted Sakaki.

He planned to first consolidate the power of the entire world and assemble the divine office.

The legendary Pokémon he knew and the trainers who owned them... plus the little bit of face that Peacekeeper had.

We should be able to gather about twenty or thirty of them to get the three-in-one Rotom mech moving.

The screen on the phone flickered for a while, then a voice message popped up, followed by a black screen.

Seeing that the other party had chosen voice call, Natsume frowned slightly, but still spoke first: "Hey, do you know anything about the Celestial Flute of the Sinnoh region?"

Natsume didn't intend to get straight to the point, but instead asked about the Celestial Flute first.

Sakaki was at least the guy who had seen the Peace Dog before him.

After that, the other party traveled to almost the entire world and visited many underground ruins.

Many of the relics are things that Natsume couldn't see in the original storyline, and can't be found in reality either.

For example, the strange palace underground in the Lalamove was clearly Giovanni's work, but the Alliance had no record of it.

"Excuse me, Mr. Sakaki is out on business. If you need anything, please leave me a message first."

Unexpectedly, Apollo's voice came from the other end.

Natsume was slightly taken aback, then his eyes turned icy cold.

"It's nothing much, I just wanted to talk to him, but since he's not here, we can talk about it another time."

"Beep beep beep" Natsume gently hung up the phone and stared at the custom satellite phone in his hand for a long time.

"Ash, can I borrow your Pokédex for a moment?"

Natsume suddenly threw his brick-like phone into the trash can and picked up Ash's Pokédex instead.

"Okay, here you go, Natsume-nii."

Ash stood curiously to the side, watching Natsume manipulate his Pokédex.

With the support of Rotom Technology, many of the Alliance's older devices have undergone technological upgrades to enable future Rotom connectivity.

This includes an illustrated guide.

The current illustrated guide has almost the same functions as a mobile phone.

The one in Xiaozhi's hand is the latest model he got from Natsume's lab.

"Natsume-nii, my encyclopedia only has my mother in it, you can't find anyone else in it."

Ash leaned closer and saw that Natsume had opened a call and was searching through Ash's contacts.

"It seems so... but it shows three contacts."

Serena leaned over and quietly saved Ash's phone number.

"Three. Besides Natsume and Mom... Oh right, there's another emergency contact, is it Professor Oak?"

With a look of sudden realization from Ash, Natsume dialed the emergency contact number.

Soon, the figures of a cat's face, a mysterious blue-haired man with a hanging rose, and a mysterious red-haired woman with long hair appeared on the lake.

"Team Rocket? Why is their contact information in my Pokédex!?"

Xiao Zhi was greatly shocked.

He had just returned from a trip to another world, to that world's Team Rocket... and they didn't get along very well.

"Hey kid, where have you been? We've got a super big...master's gotta get you something amazing!"

Almost the instant Natsume was seen, Meow Meow immediately stood at attention.

"Executive Natsume, is there something urgent?"

Musashi and Kojiro were wearing lab coats, and there was a noisy commotion behind them, with no one knowing what they were doing.

Natsume didn't care about any of that, and simply asked, "What are you doing? Didn't you go with Sakaki?"

Natsume remembered that after Ash was sent to another world, the trio had nowhere to go, and then Giovanni took them away.

"Boss Sakaki, he's at the base, meow. Why are you asking about that?"

Meow Meow stared at Natsume strangely.

"Go and find Sakaki."

Natsume didn't say anything, but the seriousness on his face made the trio swallow hard.

"Okay...okay!"

"But what exactly are the details?"

The trio asked curiously.

"It's nothing, just checking if he's still alive."

"By the way, the location I gave him... is it in the Wilderness area? You guys go check out the nearby cities."

Natsume yawned slowly and deliberately.

The device that connects me and Giovanni is always with me, and Giovanni should do the same if he's not stupid.

But today... something's really wrong.

The thought that Rainbow Sakaki seemed to have been lurking in their world made Natsume feel uneasy.

"What? Is Boss Sakaki in danger?!"

The trio were shocked and immediately hung up the communication.