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he knowes pokemon more than i know _Chapter_075_en
Chapter 75
Chapter 75: Mutation, Cubone (Third Update!)
Author: Samsung Charmander (Author Name)
"Kid, what other tricks are you trying to pull?"
A sinister smile once again spread across Lambda's face. With a flick of his finger, Golbat understood and watched menacingly.
Now, if Ash dared to make a rash move and throw a Poké Ball, his Golbat would sever one of his arms.
This wasn't just a threat. To Lambda, taking off someone's arm was a trivial matter.
The pressure was back on Ash.
Ash: "..."
The fourth floor of the Pokémon Tower was completely devoid of mist at the moment, vast and empty. There were only a few scattered tombstones and wooden planks, with nowhere to hide.
He couldn't take out his Poké Balls, and the situation seemed desperate.
But the most crucial thing was that Brother Red hadn't said a word.
That proved he could still turn the tables with his own strength.
So where was the key to turning this around!?
Ash's eyes darted around, surveying his surroundings as sweat dripped down. He desperately thought of any way to break the deadlock.
*Swoosh!*
Seizing the opening, Golbat struck like lightning. Its black-and-blue body appeared like a phantom behind Ash's head.
*Chass!*
Immediately after, it bent one of its wings, the edge aimed at Ash's neck like a sharp blade.
Only when a bone-deep chill spread from his neck did he shudder violently and snap back to his senses.
Damn it!
Has Brother Red fallen asleep!?
"It's over, kid." Lambda slowly walked in front of him, a vicious glint in his eyes. "Whatever secrets you have, you can take them with you to hell."
"Wait! Hear me out!"
Ash shouted hastily, buying himself another second.
Lambda raised an eyebrow, pondered for a second, and finally signaled for Golbat to delay the execution.
Ash cursed inwardly, panting heavily, and could only test the waters by saying:
"Ahem, well, actually, Archer is a good friend of mine..."
"What a coincidence. I'm his mortal enemy. I make it a point to kill all his friends." With that, Lambda started to turn his back.
Ash quickly shouted again, stopping him from turning away. "Wait, Brother Lambda, I'm actually not that close with Archer..."
"Even more of a coincidence. I also make it a point to kill nobodies."
Ash shouted again:
"Wait, I actually just joined Team Rocket this year."
Hearing this, Lambda's face was filled with even more disbelief. The great Team Rocket would allow a 10-year-old brat to join?
"It's true, it's true! Uh, uhm, Jessie, James, Meowth! I trained with them in the same batch! They can vouch for me!"
Seeing that Lambda was still unconvinced, Ash's mouth fired off like a machine gun: "To protect the world from devastation! To unite all peoples within our nation! @!￥#*&）% That's our team's debut motto! You can definitely find our audition video on the Team Rocket official website!"
There should be something like that, right?
Lambda's brow slowly furrowed. Although he still didn't believe it, this gaudy and annoying opening monologue—the kind that makes you want to strangle the speaker—was indeed the style of the fodder members in Team Rocket.
But the next second, a red glint appeared in his eyes. His killing intent had surged.
"However, you seem to have misunderstood one thing... I just want to know your secret. I don't care who you are."
Even if it were Giovanni who was captured like this, Lambda would absolutely chop his head off with a single strike.
Team Rocket colleague?
Just a stepping stone.
Just as he was about to turn away, the situation changed once again.
"Oh, it seems you've misunderstood something as well."
At some point, Ash's expression had regained its calm and confidence. His tone shifted as he said with a smile, "Lambda, feel free to turn around now."
He finally understood where Brother Red's key to turning the tables was...
Lambda whipped his head around. The Cubone, which had been down and unable to move, had somehow gotten back on its feet. Its body was now shrouded and covered in a dense dark aura.
He hurriedly looked toward the stairs; sure enough, the ghost Marowak was gone.
The dark aura grew denser. Cubone's skin had changed from brownish-yellow to a dark brown. With a *keng* sound, the skull on its head cracked, a fissure opening in the very center of its forehead, gradually forming a star-shaped mark.
Instantly, Cubone's aura became incredibly sinister, thick with a ghostly presence.
But it seemed to be missing something, which prevented its body from fully transforming, and its expression was pained.
"Ash."
A voice suddenly sounded in Ash's mind.
At once, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he shouted, "Charmander, use Flamethrower on it with maximum power!!"
Somehow, the Charmander that had been unable to battle had struggled back up. Without a moment's hesitation, the flame on its tail erupted with terrifying heat, blazing as it shot a Flamethrower straight at Cubone.
*BOOM!!*
The flame became a pillar of light that shot toward the sky. The blaze filling the air left Lambda stunned in place.
What's happening? What's happening? What's happening?
"Cula!"
A low cry came from within the flames, and then the fiery red flames suddenly compressed toward the center. In the blink of an eye, the sky-filling flames vanished without a trace.
The atmosphere was terrifyingly eerie.
*Fwoosh!*
The next second, blackish-azure flames suddenly ignited on Cubone's body, like ghostly fire.
They didn't radiate much heat, but they were sinister and chilling—truly bizarre.
Even the tip of its Thick Club was now burning with those same sinister azure flames.
"Cula!"
Cubone scraped its Thick Club violently across the ground, and the flames on it flared up. Immediately after, it forcefully threw the blue flame-wreathed Thick Club.
Although Lambda didn't understand what was happening, he could tell it was formidable. But Bone Club was a Ground-type move; it was impossible for it to hit a Flying-type...
The next second, the blue flame-wreathed Thick Club slammed into Golbat's face, sending it flying several meters away. The eerie azure flames crept over its body, and after a few ghastly shrieks, it was unable to battle.
"How is that possible!!"
Lambda's eyes went wide as he stared at the Cubone in utter shock.
Is this a mutation?
How could a Pokémon possibly undergo a mutation?
"Why wouldn't it be possible!?"
A furious shout suddenly rang out by his ear. Lambda whipped his head around, only to see a paper fan held up in front of his face, growing larger and larger before his eyes.
*Smack!*
One hit wasn't enough.
*SMACK!!*
Ash landed a two-hit combo, knocking Lambda flat on the ground. He didn't even have time to take out his ace, Crobat. His entire head felt like it had been struck point-blank by a massive bronze bell, his ears ringing explosively.
...
Soon, he too collapsed onto the floor, his tongue lolling out.
Then, for some unknown reason, his Substitute, Little Black, also collapsed on the spot.
Ash sneered, saying disdainfully, "Hmph! In the end, I'm the one who has to take out the trash!"
A paper fan might not be effective against non-ghosts, but with enough force, you could even slap down Arceus!
"Finishing blow, finishing blow..."
Ash didn't even look at Cubone's transformation at first. Instead, he called out Bulbasaur and had it tie up the real and fake Lambda in a tortoise-shell bondage style.
He didn't dare to kill anyone, but when it came to bondage play, his Bulbasaur was an old pro.
After dealing with everything, he eagerly turned to look at the Cubone.
At this moment, its form was still the same as before—it hadn't grown larger or changed shape—but its skin had changed color. There was now a crack-like mark in the center of its skull, and a wisp of eerie azure flames clung to the Thick Club in its hand.
Its body was also shrouded in a faint, sinister aura of death.
"This could be considered a semi-Alolan form Cubone, I suppose."
In his mind, Red spoke slowly.
He had once traveled to the Alola Region with Green and Blue (manga character), and had seen the special Marowak there, which bore some resemblance to this one.
It was precisely because of this connection that he had Ash command Charmander to use Flamethrower.
The Marowak of the Alola Region are Ghost and Fire-type. It had the ghostly energy, but it was missing the flame, so naturally, it lacked that little catalyst for transformation.
What he found strange, however, was that even in Alola, the Cubone there were no different from the native Cubone, both being earth-yellow. They only changed after evolution.
It was said that this was because the people of the Alola Region were rather superstitious and passionate about totem worship, which caused the area to be saturated with ghostly energy.
Red could only sigh and reflect that the game world was perhaps truly different from this real world...
At this moment, the Pokédex also made a sound.
"Beep. Cubone (Mutated). The Lonely Pokémon. Through the final gift of its mother's soul, it has completed a special mutation, changing from a Ground-type to a Ghost and Fire-type."
As the Pokédex finished, the dark aura covering Cubone suddenly detached from its body, forming the phantom of a Marowak.
Tears streamed from the eyes visible through the cracks in Cubone's skull. It dropped its Thick Club, wanting to hug its mother.
The ghost Marowak, for its part, no longer held its previous crimson resentment. It had become incredibly peaceful and opened its arms, wanting to embrace the Cubone.
*Huuu...*
The dark aura dissipated.
Having fulfilled its obsession, its figure would never again appear in this world.
Leaving only Cubone, all alone, hugging its Thick Club and crying on the spot.
(end of chapter)
Author: Samsung Charmander (Author Name)
"Kid, what other tricks are you trying to pull?"
A sinister smile once again spread across Lambda's face. With a flick of his finger, Golbat understood and watched menacingly.
Now, if Ash dared to make a rash move and throw a Poké Ball, his Golbat would sever one of his arms.
This wasn't just a threat. To Lambda, taking off someone's arm was a trivial matter.
The pressure was back on Ash.
Ash: "..."
The fourth floor of the Pokémon Tower was completely devoid of mist at the moment, vast and empty. There were only a few scattered tombstones and wooden planks, with nowhere to hide.
He couldn't take out his Poké Balls, and the situation seemed desperate.
But the most crucial thing was that Brother Red hadn't said a word.
That proved he could still turn the tables with his own strength.
So where was the key to turning this around!?
Ash's eyes darted around, surveying his surroundings as sweat dripped down. He desperately thought of any way to break the deadlock.
*Swoosh!*
Seizing the opening, Golbat struck like lightning. Its black-and-blue body appeared like a phantom behind Ash's head.
*Chass!*
Immediately after, it bent one of its wings, the edge aimed at Ash's neck like a sharp blade.
Only when a bone-deep chill spread from his neck did he shudder violently and snap back to his senses.
Damn it!
Has Brother Red fallen asleep!?
"It's over, kid." Lambda slowly walked in front of him, a vicious glint in his eyes. "Whatever secrets you have, you can take them with you to hell."
"Wait! Hear me out!"
Ash shouted hastily, buying himself another second.
Lambda raised an eyebrow, pondered for a second, and finally signaled for Golbat to delay the execution.
Ash cursed inwardly, panting heavily, and could only test the waters by saying:
"Ahem, well, actually, Archer is a good friend of mine..."
"What a coincidence. I'm his mortal enemy. I make it a point to kill all his friends." With that, Lambda started to turn his back.
Ash quickly shouted again, stopping him from turning away. "Wait, Brother Lambda, I'm actually not that close with Archer..."
"Even more of a coincidence. I also make it a point to kill nobodies."
Ash shouted again:
"Wait, I actually just joined Team Rocket this year."
Hearing this, Lambda's face was filled with even more disbelief. The great Team Rocket would allow a 10-year-old brat to join?
"It's true, it's true! Uh, uhm, Jessie, James, Meowth! I trained with them in the same batch! They can vouch for me!"
Seeing that Lambda was still unconvinced, Ash's mouth fired off like a machine gun: "To protect the world from devastation! To unite all peoples within our nation! @!￥#*&）% That's our team's debut motto! You can definitely find our audition video on the Team Rocket official website!"
There should be something like that, right?
Lambda's brow slowly furrowed. Although he still didn't believe it, this gaudy and annoying opening monologue—the kind that makes you want to strangle the speaker—was indeed the style of the fodder members in Team Rocket.
But the next second, a red glint appeared in his eyes. His killing intent had surged.
"However, you seem to have misunderstood one thing... I just want to know your secret. I don't care who you are."
Even if it were Giovanni who was captured like this, Lambda would absolutely chop his head off with a single strike.
Team Rocket colleague?
Just a stepping stone.
Just as he was about to turn away, the situation changed once again.
"Oh, it seems you've misunderstood something as well."
At some point, Ash's expression had regained its calm and confidence. His tone shifted as he said with a smile, "Lambda, feel free to turn around now."
He finally understood where Brother Red's key to turning the tables was...
Lambda whipped his head around. The Cubone, which had been down and unable to move, had somehow gotten back on its feet. Its body was now shrouded and covered in a dense dark aura.
He hurriedly looked toward the stairs; sure enough, the ghost Marowak was gone.
The dark aura grew denser. Cubone's skin had changed from brownish-yellow to a dark brown. With a *keng* sound, the skull on its head cracked, a fissure opening in the very center of its forehead, gradually forming a star-shaped mark.
Instantly, Cubone's aura became incredibly sinister, thick with a ghostly presence.
But it seemed to be missing something, which prevented its body from fully transforming, and its expression was pained.
"Ash."
A voice suddenly sounded in Ash's mind.
At once, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he shouted, "Charmander, use Flamethrower on it with maximum power!!"
Somehow, the Charmander that had been unable to battle had struggled back up. Without a moment's hesitation, the flame on its tail erupted with terrifying heat, blazing as it shot a Flamethrower straight at Cubone.
*BOOM!!*
The flame became a pillar of light that shot toward the sky. The blaze filling the air left Lambda stunned in place.
What's happening? What's happening? What's happening?
"Cula!"
A low cry came from within the flames, and then the fiery red flames suddenly compressed toward the center. In the blink of an eye, the sky-filling flames vanished without a trace.
The atmosphere was terrifyingly eerie.
*Fwoosh!*
The next second, blackish-azure flames suddenly ignited on Cubone's body, like ghostly fire.
They didn't radiate much heat, but they were sinister and chilling—truly bizarre.
Even the tip of its Thick Club was now burning with those same sinister azure flames.
"Cula!"
Cubone scraped its Thick Club violently across the ground, and the flames on it flared up. Immediately after, it forcefully threw the blue flame-wreathed Thick Club.
Although Lambda didn't understand what was happening, he could tell it was formidable. But Bone Club was a Ground-type move; it was impossible for it to hit a Flying-type...
The next second, the blue flame-wreathed Thick Club slammed into Golbat's face, sending it flying several meters away. The eerie azure flames crept over its body, and after a few ghastly shrieks, it was unable to battle.
"How is that possible!!"
Lambda's eyes went wide as he stared at the Cubone in utter shock.
Is this a mutation?
How could a Pokémon possibly undergo a mutation?
"Why wouldn't it be possible!?"
A furious shout suddenly rang out by his ear. Lambda whipped his head around, only to see a paper fan held up in front of his face, growing larger and larger before his eyes.
*Smack!*
One hit wasn't enough.
*SMACK!!*
Ash landed a two-hit combo, knocking Lambda flat on the ground. He didn't even have time to take out his ace, Crobat. His entire head felt like it had been struck point-blank by a massive bronze bell, his ears ringing explosively.
...
Soon, he too collapsed onto the floor, his tongue lolling out.
Then, for some unknown reason, his Substitute, Little Black, also collapsed on the spot.
Ash sneered, saying disdainfully, "Hmph! In the end, I'm the one who has to take out the trash!"
A paper fan might not be effective against non-ghosts, but with enough force, you could even slap down Arceus!
"Finishing blow, finishing blow..."
Ash didn't even look at Cubone's transformation at first. Instead, he called out Bulbasaur and had it tie up the real and fake Lambda in a tortoise-shell bondage style.
He didn't dare to kill anyone, but when it came to bondage play, his Bulbasaur was an old pro.
After dealing with everything, he eagerly turned to look at the Cubone.
At this moment, its form was still the same as before—it hadn't grown larger or changed shape—but its skin had changed color. There was now a crack-like mark in the center of its skull, and a wisp of eerie azure flames clung to the Thick Club in its hand.
Its body was also shrouded in a faint, sinister aura of death.
"This could be considered a semi-Alolan form Cubone, I suppose."
In his mind, Red spoke slowly.
He had once traveled to the Alola Region with Green and Blue (manga character), and had seen the special Marowak there, which bore some resemblance to this one.
It was precisely because of this connection that he had Ash command Charmander to use Flamethrower.
The Marowak of the Alola Region are Ghost and Fire-type. It had the ghostly energy, but it was missing the flame, so naturally, it lacked that little catalyst for transformation.
What he found strange, however, was that even in Alola, the Cubone there were no different from the native Cubone, both being earth-yellow. They only changed after evolution.
It was said that this was because the people of the Alola Region were rather superstitious and passionate about totem worship, which caused the area to be saturated with ghostly energy.
Red could only sigh and reflect that the game world was perhaps truly different from this real world...
At this moment, the Pokédex also made a sound.
"Beep. Cubone (Mutated). The Lonely Pokémon. Through the final gift of its mother's soul, it has completed a special mutation, changing from a Ground-type to a Ghost and Fire-type."
As the Pokédex finished, the dark aura covering Cubone suddenly detached from its body, forming the phantom of a Marowak.
Tears streamed from the eyes visible through the cracks in Cubone's skull. It dropped its Thick Club, wanting to hug its mother.
The ghost Marowak, for its part, no longer held its previous crimson resentment. It had become incredibly peaceful and opened its arms, wanting to embrace the Cubone.
*Huuu...*
The dark aura dissipated.
Having fulfilled its obsession, its figure would never again appear in this world.
Leaving only Cubone, all alone, hugging its Thick Club and crying on the spot.
(end of chapter)
