Pokémon Farm

Chapter 4 The "Leisurely" Life in Pallet Town (1)

After everyone got off the bus, they saw Professor Oak walking quickly towards them: "Professor Mustard, it's been a long time. I believe this will help you both improve in our upcoming academic exchange."

Mustard: "Me too, so Professor Oak, we'll be counting on you for the next while."

Zhu Lan and Xuan Mingtian said to Professor Oak at the same time, "Hello Professor Oak, we'll be leaving the rest to you."

Professor Oak: "Haha, it's alright, it's alright. Ran has grown up so much and is so beautiful. Whoever marries you will be very lucky. Oh, Professor Mustard, is this your grandson?"

"Haha, Professor Oak, this isn't my grandson, but he's even better than a grandson. This is my granddaughter's fiancé." At this moment, Mustard looked at Professor Oak with a smug expression.

Professor Oak's eyes widened in surprise: "You're really lucky, kid. I haven't even had a chance to ask you for advice yet."

"Hello Professor Oak, my name is Xuan Mingtian."

Professor Oak looked surprised: "Oh, Xuan Mingtian? His surname is Xuan. Is he from the Xuan family of Random Town in the Sinnoh region?"

"Yes, Doctor. And I've come to Guan to study. I'll be enrolled at Quartz College soon. Please take good care of me."

Professor Oak: "Alright, alright, so you're from the Xuan family of Random Town. No need to be so polite with me. Come, come, please come in. I'll show you around the research institute. Hmm, is this your Pokémon? It's been trained very well. Ran, could you please help me out later?"

"Professor Oak, what do you say?"

Professor Oak: "I want to give this Gible a physical examination. After all, it's a pseudo-legendary Pokémon from your Sinnoh region, which we don't have at all in the Kanto region, so I want to collect some data."

Cynthia: "No problem, Professor Oak. I'll have Gible cooperate with you later."

Upon entering the research institute, all the equipment gave one a sense of novelty. The breeding area, physical examination area, leisure area, dormitory, elf restaurant, and so on all featured newly purchased equipment.

Mustard: "Professor Oak, is this a major equipment upgrade? I'm so envious."

Professor Oak: "I just had a small breakthrough in my research recently, so the League helped me upgrade all the equipment. And since Ran has this fiancé, I think your research lab in the Sinnoh region will be better equipped and more secure than mine. Come with me, I'll take you to your dorms, and then we'll go to town for lunch together."

After hearing their pretentious conversation, Xuan Mingtian rolled his eyes repeatedly, determined to find out if his family wanted to support Dr. Jie Zilan's research.

"Professor Oak, are you here for dinner? Please come in," said the restaurant owner, Passerby A.

Professor Oak: "Yes, give me a private room."

Upon entering the private room, Xuan Mingtian approached Professor Oak with a bag of Miracle Seeds: "Professor Oak, this is a specialty of my family. Thank you for your help these past few days."

At this moment, Professor Oak's eyes were shining: "Good, good, good, you've gone to so much trouble. I've tasted your Miracle Seed once before and have always wanted to try it again, but unfortunately I haven't had the chance. This is much better than the one I grow at home. It's refreshing and tastes great. It's practically an essential item for us researchers. Professor Kale is so lucky to be able to taste the seed every day."

"Professor Oak is joking," said the mustard green.

The meal was a success, and both host and guests enjoyed themselves immensely.

Back at the research institute, Zhu Lan came over to me and said, "Xiao Tian, ​​come with me for training."

"Are you alright? I'm only a little over five years old. You want me to train with you?"

"Stop making excuses. Auntie has already told me about your situation. Otherwise, I would have told her you were disobedient." Zhu Lan looked at her with a teasing expression.

"Hmph, if you're so capable, then don't use my mother's name. I'm not afraid of you."

At this moment, Xuan Mingtian looked at Zhu Lan with an arrogant expression.

Zhu Lan, however, didn't seem worried at all. She took out her phone from behind her back and said, "Hey, Auntie, did you hear what Xiao Tian said? He's acting really arrogant right now. He even said he's not afraid. Okay, Xiao Tian, ​​Auntie wants you to answer the phone."

He stared at them, completely bewildered, his face alternating between red, black, and white: "Hey, Mom, let me explain."

"Oh, so this is the guy who's afraid of no one. He's really something. Let me tell you, you better train with Xiaolan before you go to school, or I'll teach you a lesson." After saying that, Xuan's mother hung up the phone without giving Xuan Mingtian a chance to refute.

"You're so clever, using theft and deception to exploit my fragile heart." He looked at Zhu Lan with a face full of grief and indignation.

"Alright, stop pretending. Auntie has already told me all about how you used to bully others when you were little. If Auntie hadn't reminded me, I would have easily been fooled by you, you little rascal. Come on, come with me to the training ground. You can't escape."

At this moment, I felt a sense of helplessness and turned my gaze to Dehua and Xiaota. The two elves could only shrug, looking like they had no choice. After all, the throne of the family had spoken, and they couldn't shirk their duties. (Many people might wonder how Xiaota can shrug without arms. Well, it's simple! It's easy to make a shrug using the leaves on its head, and it's even easier than Dehua's round body, since you can't see Dehua's neck.)

I arrived at the training ground half-drawn and twisted. This place can be used not only for Pokémon training, but also for trainers to practice.

At this moment, Xuan Mingtian is exchanging glances with Dehua Xiaota. The general meaning is: how much effort do you put in during training? Cynthia will definitely ask for a battle later. Should you act like an actor, or should Cynthia's Garchomp (Gible, it's not fair to call it Garchomp) defeat it instantly? Or should you defeat it? (In the anime, Cynthia's Garchomp was defeated by Ash for the first time in the World Championship, so Xuan Mingtian wants to be the first.)

After exchanging glances, the two elves decided to instantly kill the little fat ball.

"Come on, let's have a Pokémon battle!" Cynthia was excited. After all, she couldn't achieve her goal in Goldenrod City, but now that she had the charm, she wasn't afraid he wouldn't agree. (However, the more excited Cynthia was now, the more sad she would be later.)

He was speechless as he looked at her, but she had a protective charm that she could use as a command token.

The battle began, and Cynthia immediately launched an attack: "Gible, use Crunch!"

With a blank expression, he watched the Gible charging towards him and immediately gave Dehua the command: "Dehua, fire a Shadow Ball."

At that moment, a ghostly energy rapidly gathered in front of Dehua, forming a spherical shadow ball which Dehua then threw out. With a bang, smoke filled the air.

Zhu Lan stared blankly at Dehua, who was still in the act of throwing the ball. A moment later, the smoke cleared, and all that could be seen was Little Fatty lying on the ground with his eyes swirling around.

Realizing what had happened, Zhu Lan, with red eyes, picked up Gible and ran outside while crying.

"Dehua, you turned the power down to the lowest setting just now, right?" I asked Dehua with a puzzled look. After seeing it nod in confirmation, I thought to myself, "Is this little fat ball really that weak?" Although I knew that after being nourished by the life essence of these past few years, their strength wouldn't be too weak or too strong, but this is it? If Dehua had gone all out, the little fat ball would probably be reporting to Giratina right away.

Although there was a slight disappointment, it didn't dampen the spirits of the two spirits as they strolled around.

When Grandma Jiezilan saw Zhulan with red eyes at dinner time, she couldn't help but say, "Xiaotian, what did you do to Xiaolan? She's been crying all afternoon."

"No, she wanted me to train with her, and then we had a Pokémon battle. She lost and started crying. I don't know why."

"Ouch, Grandma, he bullied me! I fought him, and he had Jigglypuff use Shadow Ball to one-shot my Gible! He even said he couldn't fight!" Cynthia cried out.

Mustard Orchid: "Xiao Tian, ​​is this true?"

"Yes, I did defeat her, but I won't admit that I can't fight. I just don't have a strong desire to fight."

This left Xuan Mingtian speechless. After hastily finishing the matter, his mother called him while he was resting that night.

"You brat, you're something else, making your fiancée cry. You've got some nerve. Couldn't you have gone a little easier on Xiaolan? Don't argue. Don't think I don't know how strong Dehua and Xiaota are. Do you think I don't know how you've been wreaking havoc on those wild elves in the forest outside the orchard these past two years? Go apologize to them, and be nicer."

"I understand," Xuan Mingtian could only helplessly agree to his mother's words.

Then he looked in his backpack for tools that would be helpful for training Little Fatball.

"Sister Xiaolan, are you there? Open the door, it's me, Xiaotian."

"What are you doing? I won't forgive you." Although his words sounded a bit strange, his body was quite honest, and he slipped into Zhu Lan's room just as she opened the door.

"Sister Xiaolan, don't be angry. How about I help you train Gible for a while? I'll take it to my place tonight." Without waiting for Zhulan's reaction, he picked up the little fat ball and walked towards his room. Unexpectedly, as he turned to go back to his room, a smile appeared on Zhulan's lips.

Back in the room, the first thing she did was brainwash Little Fatball: "Little Fatball, you should know that Cynthia cares about you a lot, but you're too weak right now to protect her. So I'll train you for a while. I'll tell you a secret: Cynthia's wish is to become the Sinnoh champion. You have to help her achieve that wish!"

Because Little Fatty is still young and inexperienced, he was brainwashed and filled with fighting spirit, eager to fight Dehua next to him again.

Although Xuan Mingtian saw the little fat ball's fighting spirit, he couldn't hide the sleepiness in its eyes: "Alright, alright, get some rest now, we'll start training early tomorrow morning."

After hearing his own words, Little Fatball fell asleep immediately, while Dehua and I discussed when to hold a concert at Professor Oak's place.

Jie Zilan witnessed Xuan Mingtian's arrival at Zhu Lan's place and a maternal smile appeared on her lips, clearly satisfied with Xuan Mingtian's actions.