Chapter 131: Pikachu’s Parallel World Theory
“Absolutely cannot eat berries randomly in the otherworld.” This was Zuo Hang’s first reaction that appeared in his mind when he saw Pikachu in this situation.
The black electric light, upon encountering the original dual-colored electric light in Pikachu’s body, acted like long-unseen enemies among the three.
However.
The black electric light of Pride didn’t have time to get angry yet, and the pale and dark gold dual-colored electric lights also did not attack it as “native residents.”
Pikachu demonstrated extraordinary lightning control when the three were about to clash.
The black electricity was forcibly retracted into his body.
When three powers of the same attribute meet, it’s not only clashing as a way of survival; if the host is strong enough, they can completely control them before they start fighting.
Pikachu was that sufficiently strong host.
The black electricity didn’t stir up any waves in his body at all.
“Pika~” The Electric Mouse called out to Zuo Hang.
‘See, I told you it’s fine (〃-ω).’
Although there was originally something wrong, Pikachu tried to forcibly explain it away.
“I’m lying down, but I’m not blind yet.” Zuo Hang said.
“Anyway, as long as it’s fine.”
“Pika~” The Electric Mouse’s ears perked up, and it acted cute toward Zuo Hang, looking no different from before.
The Pride in its eyes only flashed for a moment; if it weren’t for Zuo Hang’s sensitivity to lines of sight, he might not have noticed.
Ten minutes later.
Zuo Hang’s body still hadn’t recovered its mobility, and Pikachu was getting a bit bored waiting, so it simply started humming a tune.
“Pikachu~ Pikachu~~ Pi~~ka~~chu~~”
The song could only be heard by Zuo Hang and Pikachu.
This was the humming prelude to the 《Pikachu》 song; in the original world, every Electric Mouse would sing it.
“Mm hm hm~ mm hm hm~ mm~ hm~ hm~~~~”
Zuo Hang lying on the ground also started humming along with Pikachu.
At this moment, Zuo Hang staring blankly at the sky overhead did not notice Pikachu’s abnormality.
——On the surface humming a song, but actually seeming distracted, with lips and throat mechanically repeating the tone.
Pikachu felt like it could suddenly see very far.
Its line of sight passed through Zuo Hang and saw the lake at the end of the castle path that Lilia mentioned.
It was indeed not an ordinary lake there, but a lake completely made of ice.
A previous Pikachu might have wondered why this lake was frozen out of season upon seeing it, but now, the Pikachu fused with the black electricity of Pride sensed the Sloth hidden beneath this lake surface.
Another power among the seven great evils.
Lilia should know that Zuo Hang is someone who wouldn’t be interested in an ordinary lake, so the “lake” in her mouth certainly wouldn’t be ordinary.
If discovering this lake together with Zuo Hang, Pikachu would still have a bit of a sense of surprise in its heart, but now… the suddenly gained super strength made it completely lose any surprise.
Its line of sight extended to the opposite side of the lake, and Pikachu discovered it could see even farther.
Behind the lake were otherworld mountains without a name it could recall, and behind the mountains was a cyberpunk-style city.
Looking up. Pikachu discovered it could see even farther.
Its line of sight pierced through the white clouds and blue sky, seeing a satellite floating in the black universe.
This still wasn’t the limit.
Its intellect felt like it was being stimulated by some kind of power, just like using Nasty Plot, with slight pain accompanied by a bit of numbness.
Pikachu tried to keep looking outward.
“—Bang~~”
Like hitting the Guardian Aura when using a physical attack, its vision was blocked by a layer of transparent thing, unable to extend further outward.
On the other side of the transparent barrier, there were also satellites, also stars, no different from other places in the universe.
This wasn’t a barrier of distance, but a barrier in space.
Something.
It blocked the creatures of this world from peering outward.
“Let’s go. I’m not counting on breakfast anymore. Find that lake, then go back to the castle for lunch.”
Zuo Hang’s voice pulled Pikachu back.
“Pika??” The Electric Mouse called out in confusion.
“Pika~~ Pika~~~” The Electric Mouse jumped onto Zuo Hang’s shoulder and asked several questions in a row unrelated to “running.”
“The world’s barrier? Why are you suddenly asking this? Oh, I’ve said it often before, but that was in the past—who hasn’t had a chuunibyou phase?”
When Zuo Hang first arrived in this world, he was a chuunibyou boy; half of his over three hundred kids knew about it. This naturally included Pikachu, who had been with Zuo Hang ever since.
Zuo Hang had previously said things like—”Sooner or later, I’ll tear apart this false starry sky with my own hands.” “Hey~ Do you know? We’re all children trapped in one world; there’s always something watching us from above our heads—they’re beings from higher dimensions, and killing us is as simple as tearing an A4 paper.”
This kind of chuunibyou talk would seem like a boy’s fantasy to anyone.
But sometimes, what fantasies say might accidentally come true.
Because Zuo Hang had mentioned many things related to “barrier” and “world,” Pikachu felt that Hang Hang must have some understanding of what it saw.
“You say you saw a layer of barrier?” Zuo Hang suddenly became interested.
“Where did you see it? What color… Oh, I get it—was it that fruit from earlier?”
Just thinking about it a little leads to the conclusion.
Zuo Hang had been lying down the whole time. There was more than one tree with blue-purple berries, and this wasn’t a simple forest either.
A berry grove of the same tree species near the Alsteria Family’s residence. The facts corresponding to these two conclusions were easy to deduce.
——This was the Alsteria Family’s orchard.
And this kind of blue-purple, strange berry that resembled a Devil Fruit in Zuo Hang’s cognition was the special berry that the Alsteria Family’s Pokémon used to gain the Power of Pride.
So.
Does Dragonite also have the ability to see that transparent barrier beyond the universe? Or is this a unique ability that Pikachu awakened.
Zuo Hang recalled a certain passage from the Aether archives.
——Alsteria has means against space invasions.
“Pika~ Pika~~” The Electric Mouse interrupted Zuo Hang’s thinking.
‘Stop thinking! Tell me quickly what that barrier is!’
Hearing this, Zuo Hang helplessly shrugged.
“What’s there to say? Some powerful existence sealed off this space, or maybe the people of this world sealed themselves in a space, or it could be the world will—you know what world will is, right? Heck, I don’t know either; there are too many possibilities. Just use Nasty Plot yourself and figure it out—think whatever nonsense you want.”
“Pika?” The Electric Mouse tilted its head.
Use Nasty Plot and think about it itself??
Don’t make things hard for Pikachu; Pikachu is just a cute Electric Mouse.
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