PS448

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←PS447:Fortunately for Feraligatr
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
PS449:Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior→
Pleased as Punch With Parasect
The Famous Human Dowsing Machine
VS パラセクト
VS Parasect
Info
Shogakukan full volumeChapter 448 inVol. 41
VIZ Media full volumeAdventure 7 inVol. 1
SeriesPokémon Adventures

Pleased as Punch With Parasect (Japanese:VS パラセクトVS Parasect), titledVS Parasect in theChuang Yi translation, is the 448th chapter of thePokémon Adventures manga, and the seventh chapter of theHeartGold & SoulSilver arc.

It is subtitledThe Famous Human Dowsing Machine (Japanese:噂の千里眼！The Rumor of Clairvoyance!) in theVIZ Media translation andScramble for the Plates in the Chuang Yi translation.

Plot

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The sun is setting, andCrystal is operating aLapras-shaped ferry back to theJohto mainland withSilver, with the help of the latter'sGyarados andFeraligatr. Following the excursion of thePokémon academy pupils to theSafari Zone, Crystal contacts both her mother andEarl. Crystal lets Silver know that she uses the "report, contact, discuss" method of keeping in touch with those she knows and trusts. She offers a blue-colored variant of the newPokégear to Silver, but he refuses.

Silver then feels his left arm start to ache again, and despite being warned not to help him, Crystal decides to use herParasee's spores to relieve Silver's pain. Crystal explains how her Parasee can make medicine out of its spores. Silver apologizes for his earlier behavior, but Crystal reminds him that asPokédex holders, they ought to be companions.

Hours later, at sunrise, Crystal sees theOlivine Lighthouse beacon, and she knows they will arrive atEcruteak City in the morning. She also knows thatMorty, throughEusine, has agreed to help Silver, which makes Silver recall Eusine's eccentricities when he met him - something that Crystal herself is all too familiar with. However, Crystal decided to leave Eusine in charge of the Academy pupils while she went along with Silver to help him, as Crystal also believes in their safety, which would be compromised if organizations likeTeam Rocket were allowed to roam freely. She pulls out a broken shard from her bag as she declares her own resolve, making her recallEmerald.

Silver also feels moved at Crystal's speech, by responding to her smile with his own. Crystal instead thinks Silver is staring at her new clothes, and becomes embarrassed. She breaks into a frenzy about her mother's choice of clothes, and why she should not letGold see her in them. As the boat continues to sail, a shadow beneath the water follows them.

In the morning, Gold is at theKimono Dance Theater at Ecruteak marveling at the performance of theKimono Girls. As the traditional dancers respond lightheartedly to Gold's compliment,Radio Director Hiro shows up in front of Gold, blocking his view of the dancers. Gold knows exactly what Hiro's trying to tell him, and retorts by telling him to look at his Pokémon first. Gold slides open the theater's back door to show Hiro that his Pokémon are training by themselves.

Gold explains thatAibo is learning a new move after being impressed by his teammates' battle againstLance'sDragonite. Gold then knows exactly why Hiro is waiting for him to finish, rather than return toGoldenrod City. Gold claims that Hiro wants exclusive coverage of what is about to take place, and also guesses correctly that Hiro had been spying on him andRed atMt. Silver when they were training. At that moment, Aibo successfully hits bothPolibo andSunbo withDouble Hit, and evolves into anAmbipom. The Kimono Girls also witness Aibo's new Evolution with marvel.

Togebo, however, kicks a stone, and the Kimono Girls can tell that it seems frustrated that it can't evolve. Gold admits that Togebo still hasn't opened up to him yet, and someone walks in to echo Gold's thoughts that the criteria for hisTogepi to evolve are still very much elusive. Gold sees a man with hisGastly andMisdreavus, and asks for his name. The Kimono Girls reply that he is Morty, the city's very ownGym Leader. Hearing Morty's name makes him remember that he was also at theIndigo Plateauexhibition matches sitting next to a pretty lady. Morty, knowing that Gold is referring toJasmine, states that she has moved to theSinnoh region to take part inPokémon Super Contests. This causes Gold to sulk and think about leaving.

Kuni, the Kimono Girl who owns aVaporeon, then asks Morty the reason for his visit. Morty states that he is simply on patrol, but knows that requests for his clairvoyant vision have spiked recently, making him wonder if anything has happened at Ecruteak. While the Kimono Girls also don't spot any signs of danger, Gold is suddenly intrigued at Morty's claim of clairvoyance. After hearing Kuni's explanation of Morty's skill, Gold immediately tugs at the man begging for his assistance in finding someone called Lance.

While ignoring Hiro, Gold searches his pockets for the torn piece of Lance's cape, but hisPokédex falls out in the process. Thinking that Gold was the person he was arranged to meet up with, Morty beckons Gold to his Gym. Inside, Morty confirms Gold's request, but just as he is about to proceed with his clairvoyance, the Gym telephone rings. Morty learns thatFalkner,Bugsy andChuck have stationed themselves outside, and thanks them. Morty explains to Gold that the sudden interest in his abilities meant that theEcruteak Gym was broken into a few times, which was why he hired hisGym Leader colleagues to add further steel to his compound.

Morty surprises Gold by saying that he once used his clairvoyance to locate none other than Gold himself, and then witnessed his heroic actions at the Indigo Plateau. Gold responds by saying Morty knows more about him than vice versa. Finally, Morty begins to use his clairvoyance. Meanwhile, Silver and Crystal are still only atRoute 38 on their way to the location Gold is already at. They discuss about thePlates when suddenly, anArbok charges out of the ground, knocking Crystal down and Silver upwards. Just as Arbok is about to catch Silver with its mouth, hisHonchkrow appears to catch Silver, but Arbokglares to slow Honchkrow down, then fires aPoison Sting to pin Honchkrow and its Trainer to a tree.

Crystal responds by bringing outArchy,Bonee, andMonee, but all three are knocked back immediately. Standing behind them is a chubby woman with herGloom andMurkrow. She introduces herself asExecutiveAriana ofTeam Rocket, points a wooden fan at Crystal and gets her team ready to battle. Crystal decides to divert the battle away from Silver.

Silver eventually sees what Crystal is trying to do, and enough time passes for him to eventually free himself from the Poison Sting. Silver also knows that Crystal is in a hopeless situation, as by then, all three of her Pokémon are already struggling against their opponents. While thinking that he should take over the battle and let Crystal get to Ecruteak first, Silver suddenly sees thetypes of Crystal's Pokémon, and how they match up to the Plates' names, which can only mean that the Plates themselves correspond to Pokémon's types.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see thehistory page.
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Debuts

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Characters

Humans

Pokémon

In other languages

LanguageTitle
Mandarin ChineseVS 派拉斯特
FrenchLe don de prescience
GermanVS. Parasect
ItalianVS Parasect
KoreanVS 파라섹트
European SpanishContra Parasect
VietnameseVS Parasect - Thiên lí nhãn trong lời đồn!
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HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
PS449:Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior→
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