At that moment, Professor Oak suddenly received an email. The email had no sender address and no signature, appearing in his computer as if out of thin air. This greatly surprised him. As a Pokémon Professor, his computer had high-level security encryption, making it impossible for an ordinary person to hack into it.
Even a hacker couldn't do it so stealthily.
After a moment's hesitation, he moved the mouse and opened the email, only to find that it was a video clip.
When he played the video, a little girl of about six or seven appeared on the screen. In the video, although the girl had a childish face, she spoke to the camera with a very serious and calm voice: "Dad and Mom are back. Molly is very happy. Everything is fine as it is now. Please, no one come in and disturb us!"
As her voice fell, the video ended. But the short, dozen-or-so-second clip was astonishing.
Misty asked in surprise, "The 'Mom' she's talking about must be Aunt Delia, who was taken away, right? But why is she calling Aunt Delia 'Mom'? And what's strange is, she said her dad is back too? But isn't Professor Hale already missing?"
As she spoke, she cast a suspicious look at Ash.
Could it be that this girl named Molly is Delia and Professor Hale's secret love child? Is that why Entei snatched Delia and why she calls her 'Mom'?
It wasn't that Misty had a dirty mind, but the word 'Mom' was just too suggestive. However, this also indicated from another angle that Delia was in no danger after being taken away.
Unfortunately, besides Natsui, no one could answer Misty's question. Even Ash, amidst his shock, looked completely baffled.
…
After leaving the room, Ash looked worried, just sitting in a corner of the restaurant without saying a word, a clear contrast to his usual optimistic and upbeat self.
Seeing him like this, Natsui knew what he was thinking. He was undoubtedly trying to figure out how to rush off to the rescue immediately without being stopped by anyone.
He remained distracted until noon. After having lunch with Natsui and the others, while no one was paying attention, Ash finally made up his mind. He took Pikachu and snuck out of the Pokémon Center, running towards the crystal petals.
Originally, he thought he had left silently. However, before he had run a few hundred meters, he suddenly heard Natsui's voice from under a nearby tree.
"What? You don't want to wait until tonight? You're going to rescue Aunt Delia now?"
Hearing his voice, Ash turned his head in surprise to look at Natsui and saw him sitting quietly on a rock, looking at him with a smile, as if he had already anticipated his actions and had been waiting here for a long time.
Although Ash was very surprised to see Natsui here, he still nodded.
"Natsui? What are you doing here? Are you here to tell me not to go?"
He had great respect for Natsui, seeing him as both his greatest rival and his role model. He couldn't help but think that if Natsui had really come to tell him to go back and wait until night to act, although he would be reluctant, he would definitely go back with him obediently.
"I understand how you feel," Natsui said, standing up and walking to his side. "But it won't do to just rush over there so recklessly."
As I thought, Natsui really is here to persuade me to go back… Ash sighed inwardly and was about to turn and go back to the Pokémon Center with him, but at that moment, Natsui's tone suddenly changed.
"But in fact, I'm not here to stop you. I plan to go with you."
"What!?" Hearing this, Ash's eyes widened.
"You seem surprised?" Natsui smiled. "I can't let you go on such a dangerous adventure alone. So I have to go with you."
"Natsui's right!" Just then, Misty's voice suddenly came from further away. The two turned to look and saw Misty and Brock also running over, panting.
When they reached them, Misty was breathing heavily, her chest heaving. "I'm going too!"
Brock was naturally not one to be left behind. "Me too!"
Looking at the two of them, Natsui smiled and shook his head. "I knew I couldn't leave you two out of something like this. Now that everyone's here, we can set off together."
"Of course!" Misty smiled smugly. "How could we possibly let Ash go alone?"
Ash was deeply moved. "Everyone…"
Just then, Misty looked around and asked in surprise, "Huh? Where's Ms. Erika? Didn't she come with you?"
Natsui shook his head. "She and Lisa are staying there to deal with Professor Oak and Officer Jenny. If they found out that Ash had snuck away, they would definitely stop him. So I had Erika hold their attention there."
"As expected of you, Natsui!" Hearing Natsui's arrangement, Misty's eyes lit up. "So you had it all planned out? So thoughtful!"
"Stop with the flattery," Natsui said, lightly tapping her on the head. "Alright, there's no time to lose. Let's get going."
After the group had gathered, they continued towards the crystal forest. It had to be said, as expected of the number one place girls wanted to visit, the path was covered with sunflowers, a beautiful sea of golden yellow.
If it weren't for the large, out-of-place crystal forest on the other side, the view would have been even more breathtaking.
They hurried across the field, and when they reached the edge of the forest, since it had been confirmed that the crystallization wouldn't affect them, Natsui and the others didn't stop but stepped directly into the crystal forest.
After entering the crystal forest, the surroundings fell silent, as if all life forms had disappeared, leaving only the sound of their running and heavy breathing.
The ground under their feet was all hard crystal, and the surroundings were also covered in it, forming various strange plant crystals, like amber.
Natsui stomped hard but couldn't break the crystal. Brock also kicked it, and the hardness of the crystal, combined with his excessive force, nearly fractured his toe.
"It's so hard! It would be terrible if we also got covered in crystal by accident!" As they ran, Misty suddenly asked, "By the way, how are we going to deal with that Entei? It's a legendary Pokémon."
Before Natsui could speak, Ash, as if he already had a plan, looked at Pikachu and said with a voice full of conviction, "As long as we give it our all, we can definitely defeat it."
"Ash is right," Natsui agreed. "We're trainers. It doesn't matter if it's Entei or not. As long as it's a Pokémon, there will be a way to deal with it."
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