Pokémon: The Zen Trainer

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Yoshizawa wiped away her tears and looked at Yukie with red and swollen eyes.

"Of course it'll work!! You didn't see what happened yesterday!!"

A wave of trumpet buds! The Buddha's disciple imagined himself sitting atop that wave!

"Just make a wish! The Buddhist disciple will grant your wish!"

"Hehehe, what is a Buddha? When I get my first Pokémon in my senior year of high school, I'll crush that damn Buddha under my feet."

Beside Yukie, Ohno clenched his fist and said.

"Just shut up."

Suddenly, the entire class fell into an eerie silence.

Everyone's eyes turned toward the doorway.

A man stood there quietly, the morning sunlight shining on him and reflecting a faint halo, giving him a peculiarly ethereal appearance.

"Excuse me, is Yoshizawa in this class?"

"While thinking!! Buddhist disciple!!!"

All the students covered their mouths in unison.

For younger students, the idea of "thinking" is just a legend!

He was firmly in first place before the second year of high school! He was silent for a month in the third year of high school, then angrily challenged the entire school team, was then noticed by Master Guang Sheng, and then came yesterday's parade.

Seeing Yoshizawa stand up looking bewildered, he went outside for a while, then walked back into the classroom with a smile on his face.

Looking at Yoshizawa, who seemed like a completely different person, Yukie asked curiously.

"What did the Buddhist disciple say to you?"

"Bian Xiang said that he would help me find the walking grass, but there are some things he needs to ask me."

Yoshizawa's face seemed to light up with hope, and he answered happily.

As soon as Yoshizawa finished speaking, the surroundings were quiet for a moment, and then suddenly erupted into a commotion.

Will wishes made with Buddhist disciples really be fulfilled?

I wonder when my wish will come true.

Should we write a few more copies for the Buddhist disciples?

Yukie looked at Yoshizawa with envy, "You actually got called out by the Buddha."

Then she saw Ohno writing something next to her.

"What are you writing?"

Ohno blushed and hid the paper tightly behind his back.

"Nothing was written!"

"let me see?"

"Shut up, stop nagging!!"

.....

She walked quietly toward the main gate.

"Brother Xiang, are we really going to skip class?"

Takagi followed behind Bianxiang, asking somewhat uneasily.

“No problem,” he said, shaking the sign in his hand.

"The principal gave me special permission; I spoke to the principal about it."

He said calmly.

Just kidding, who's Bian Xiang right now? The strongest player on the school team!

The principal's precious child, as long as the request isn't too outrageous, the principal will grant it without question.

Of course, I absolutely cannot let Lao Du know about skipping class. At least, I can't let him know beforehand.

Otherwise, someone as responsible as him would definitely have stopped it.

Bian Xiang waved the sign in his hand and walked out of the school gate without any hindrance.

"Alright, Takagi, we're already outside the door."

"I think about it," said Takagi, who was looking down at his head like a little dumpling.

"You're out? This is the first time I've ever skipped class."

"You'll get used to it later."

"Let's go to the Yoshizawa family's house."

Standing in front of Yoshizawa's house, looking at the map, he asked.

"Takagi, do you know the maximum distance a single Oddish can travel in a day?"

"I remember my teacher mentioned it in class when I was in my second year of high school, but I'm not a grass-type specialist."

"One thousand meters? Or was it two thousand meters?"

"It's 300 meters!" Bian Xiang gave the answer directly. Teacher Wei had talked about this kind of Pokémon in the Grass-type special class in the second year of high school.

"Moreover, Oddish is a Pokémon that only moves at night and usually burrows into the ground to camouflage itself during the day."

"And Yoshizawa's Oddish was missing for three days, which means that Oddish's activity range was within a 900-meter radius of Yoshizawa's house."

He looked at the map and drew a circle on it, saying...

"Oddish is also known as Lost Grass. This is the most common type of Pokémon reported as missing."

"They will naturally lose their way. There's a saying that they will naturally seek out the most fertile soil and subconsciously walk in that direction."

He pointed to the circle on the map and said.

"So, where is the most fertile spot within this circle?"

He looked at the map while thinking.

"I know, it's the small park! The soil in the small park must be the most fertile, so the walking grass must be here."

Takagi pointed excitedly at the park in the circle.

Bian Xiang shook his head.

"In summer, the soil fertility in the small park is contested by a large number of plants, and the wild Pokémon in the small park have fixed territories after long-term competition. If an outside Pokémon like Oddish enters this place, it will probably be driven away directly by the Pokémon in the small park with strong territorial awareness."

"So after excluding the small park, the place with the most fertile soil should be here."

He pointed to the small river mouth and said casually.

"If Oddish started walking unconsciously in order to find its owner, then by today, Oddish should have reached this river mouth."

"The soil here should be quite fertile due to the erosion by the river."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned her head and saw Takagi's bright eyes.

"What's with that look? It's weird."

"Brother Xiang!! At first, I was just unconvinced and thought you were just a bookworm. But after our first encounter, I found that your tactical skills were also quite strong. Even now, Brother Xiang! You are kind-hearted and capable. How can there be such a perfect man like you in this world?"

"It's just a simple application of Pokémon knowledge, Takagi. If you can't flatter, you don't have to. Your current level of speaking is no different from your three older brothers..."

Chapter Thirty-Five: The Gaze from the Shadows

Xiaohekou, while taking out a handkerchief, said, "Luckily it hasn't rained in the last three days, so the walking grass should still have a faint scent. Let the wolfhound smell it."

"Woo, woof!"

The wolfhound sniffed the grass and quickly ran towards a five-leaf clover by the river.

It was here after all!

"I miss you, brother!!" At this moment, Takagi looked at Bianxiang with the eyes of a god.

...

"Thank you, senior."

"They were right after all; as long as you make a wish to the Buddhist monk, your wish will be fulfilled."

The girl held a walking grass in her arms.

Her face was flushed.

Looking down at her toes, she spoke gently to the person beside her.

Successfully helping the girl find the lost Walking Grass earns you 50 points of Buddhist virtue.

Looking at the happy girl in the sunset.