Trainer? I'm just an ordinary hot spring owner.

"Ah... I remembered something happy." The doctor was startled by Jiang Cheng's question and quickly evaded the question. This was not something that could be known by little Jiang Cheng. This kind of thing had to be kept as one's own little secret!

No, why are all the people in your Pokémon world the kings of memes?

Just one word from Xiukou represents half of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, right?

Jiang Cheng tried to answer the second half of the question: "Your...wife is going to give birth?"

"Huh? Hahaha, do I look like a married man? No, no, I don't have a girlfriend yet, hahahahaha wuwuwuwuwu..."

Why are you crying all of a sudden? Dr. Kukui, are you too emotional?

.........

"It's true...seeing is believing..."

Jiang Cheng put his hands on his hips and sighed softly.

Dr. Kukui left soon, saying that he had something important to deal with. Jiang Cheng understood this. After all, it was normal for a busy person with multiple duties to be busy. He could finally have some peace and quiet.

Before, I had only seen Dr. Kukui in anime and even games. When he was on the screen, I just felt he was very interesting. But when I met Dr. Kukui in real life, I can only say that he is really a very charismatic person. Talking and doing things with him makes people feel comfortable in every aspect.

Emotions are often a zero-sum game when interacting with people. When one party gets emotional satisfaction, the other party's emotions must be sacrificed.

So when you feel very comfortable getting along with someone, it means that his emotional intelligence is perfectly compatible with you.

This is a really remarkable thing about Dr. Kukui.

Jiang Cheng considers himself not to be a person with high emotional intelligence, so he specializes in scientific research, does not get involved in academic politics, and actively stays away from those high-powered positions. The core reason is that he considers himself to be a person with a very bad temper.

This is vividly demonstrated in his attitude towards the original owner's parents.

If claiming the body was not a necessary step in inheriting an estate, he would not have cared where the two boxes of ashes would be scattered.

Even after they were brought back, they didn't have a good attitude towards them. They were even pulled out and asked the old couple to continue working to create atmosphere.

It may seem very impolite, cold-blooded or even bad, but for Jiang Cheng, it's good.

Every flawed character comes from a past full of stories.

Jiang Cheng's childhood was slightly better than the original owner's, but not much better. His parents were divorced and his father was an alcoholic. His childhood basically followed the cycle of: guilt → being a good father → couldn't help drinking a few glasses of wine → drinking like crazy → disappeared when he ran out of money.

The mother hates him and doesn't want to see him at all. This is a very standard household configuration for a massage and bath technician.

When receiving the memories of the original owner, he had a somewhat strong sense of immersion, as if the childhood that he had spent half his life trying to heal had come before him again.

Similar, yet not completely similar, because the original owner's parents did not exist in the first two steps of the cycle. They did not know what guilt was, and they did not bother to pretend to be model parents.

The reason they contacted the original owner might simply be that they saw a child outside and then remembered that they seemed to have a child, so they called back to ask. As for the original owner wanting to contact them, it is 100% impossible to contact them, even though they would send some travel photos on WeChat Moments every day.

Jiang Cheng was unable to forgive on behalf of the deceased, and he couldn't even control his own emotions. Upon hearing the news of the two people's deaths, Jiang Cheng felt more joy and relief, without any guilt or psychological burden that came with having such thoughts.

I even feel a little regretful. How come you guys have already fallen down before I even started to exert my strength?

"Send it?" A big green face suddenly appeared in front of him, looking at Jiang Cheng's expression.

You feel a little depressed, what's wrong?

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay, there's good news, Flutter Wings!"

Jiang Cheng shook his head, throwing away those chaotic thoughts, took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket and showed it to Zhen Yifa: "Look, our compensation has arrived! Soon, we can replace you with a nice dark ball! It will definitely suit your color!"

We'll also buy you some more feather cream so we can keep your feathers shiny and smooth...

"Send it!"

Flutterfat waved his wings.

I want strawberry cake too!

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, eat strawberry cake, eat as much as you want!"

If the child loves to eat and you have money, you have to give it to the child! There is nothing else, I just like it and am happy to eat it!

“Ghost———” Gastly’s big face also came closer.

"Oh yes, our Gastly is the hero today. Today is also Gastly's first victory in a battle. We have to celebrate! Is there any flavor you'd like to try, Gastly?"

"ghost----"

Gastly rolled in the air happily. He had envied Flutterbear for being able to eat a big strawberry cake, and he was wondering when he would be able to eat it himself. He didn't expect that this day would come so soon!

Battle is a great thing!

The Magikarp didn't make any sound, but its leaps out of the water became more frequent.

As the sun sets, Jiang Cheng has to hurry out with his Pokémon, otherwise the cake shop will have to close.

Facing the sunset, Jiang Cheng felt extremely satisfied.

This world may not be perfect, there may be many dangers and various crises, but for Jiang Cheng, it is like heaven.

There is a passage in "The Bus Driver Who Wants to Be God" that says, "So if you're really unhappy in this world, if all kinds of people are saying that you have severe cognitive impairment, then find a way to come here. When you find a way to come here, please bring mahjong, because we're tired of playing marbles."

Heaven is not for those who do good things, but only those who cannot feel happiness in this world will go to heaven.

Chapter 40: Training Moves

For Jiang Cheng, Joey's arrival is just a small episode in his life. When the episode ends, he still has to return to his life.

Jiang Cheng's life has been very regular these two days. Since he had just received a huge sum of money, he also went to purchase some daily toiletries and consumables for accommodation.

The decoration of the hot spring center can be left to Golden Finger, but the consumables needed for the accommodation can only be purchased by Jiang Cheng himself.

Jiang Cheng had no experience in running this type of hotel, so he could only rely on his years of experience of staying on business trips to make his purchases based on his experience. He also bought a lot of small bottles to hold shower gel and shampoo.

During the day, I do purchasing. In the afternoon, I train with Gastly and Flutterfat for a while, then go fishing. At night, the haunted house opens, I receive one or two guests, and then take a nap.

Due to the previous battles with Kid in Shorts and Joey, Flutterbear and Gastly tasted the sweetness in the physical sense. And because Gastly, who came later, was also rewarded, the two seemed to have formed a tacit and healthy competition. In their logic, they usually have strawberry cake to eat, but if they win the battle, they can eat big cakes with large quantities and enough to fill them up. So as long as they keep winning, can't they keep eating cakes?

The sudden enthusiasm for fighting made the two of them want to train very strongly, and Jiang Cheng could only cooperate with them reluctantly. Otherwise, if he let them play freely and then demolished the hot spring hall, it would be funny.

Of course, the more important thing is not to make mistakes during practice.

After experiencing the dirty man before, Gastly seemed to have fallen in love with this feeling and was very keen on the transformation moves. Jiang Cheng began to train its key skill - Stand.

As the saying goes, only living people can have output, and only by protecting yourself can you maximize your output. The skill of stand-in can be said to be a skill with great potential. If used well, it will have many possibilities.

In actual combat, the Stand itself can also move, so Gastly can fully utilize the Stand to achieve the effect of a clone or even a shadow clone. Two Gastlys can work together to make a bigger shadow ball, or use will-o'-the-wisp continuously, and Uchiha and Naruto can be satisfied at once.

Or use a substitute to induce an attack, while the real body hides behind to trick and launch a sneak attack.

Even more, after releasing the substitute, the real body can be used as a feint to make the opponent think that his judgment is correct and go straight for the real body, while the substitute secretly releases strange light or hypnosis...

Hehehehehe.......

No, how come I've become dirty after hanging out with Gastly for so long?

"Gars, for now, what you need to do is first improve the reality of your Stand. The more real the Stand is, the more confusing it will be. Secondly, increase your release speed. The faster you release the Stand, the shorter the time it will take for your opponent to distinguish it, and the more room you will have to operate."

Jiang Cheng confronted Gastly and slowly explained some key points about Stand training. He looked at Gastly and pointed at the Stand that looked much paler than the original Gastly. "You see, the reality of this Stand is not strong, because I can tell right away whether this Stand is real or fake. If you meet an experienced trainer, then a Stand like yours will not be able to provide effective protection for you."

Reality is not a game. When you take a picture of a stand-in, a voice message will automatically pop up in the opponent's mind: You must attack the follower with taunting first. He can easily identify the position of your real body and then give orders to command Pokémon to find your real body directly.

"Ghost--" Gastly stared at his Stand thoughtfully.

"So, work hard to make it more like yourself, and don't train too long. If you feel tired, go to the healing room and rest for a while." Although it seemed that Gastly was just a flash in the pan, Jiang Cheng still explained it in detail. This is also a professional habit he has developed as a teacher for many years.

"ghost----"( ???)

Seeing Gastly's excitement, Jiang Cheng was also very pleased. At the same time, he was also considering training Gastly's poisonous move.

As a Ghost and Poison-type Pokémon, poison-type moves account for almost half of Gastly's output. The poison move is a very core skill even when it is used in the Gengar period, so it must be trained.

If you want to train poison-related moves, you have to refer to Little Medical Fairy.

Isn't the evolution of the poisonous body of Xiao Shixian dependent on eating poison? Then as a poison gas Pokémon, Gastly can also follow this route and rely on absorbing the toxins of other Pokémon to strengthen itself. It would be best if it could turn around and become white-haired like Xiao Shixian, but unfortunately it can't do that.

I can only say that Jiang Cheng is indeed an old surfing expert, the ingredients are really very complicated.

After arranging Gastly's training process, Jiang Cheng turned his attention to Flutter Hair.

The training of Flutter Wing Hair was a little tricky for Jiang Cheng, first of all because her attributes were very peculiar, a combination of ghost and fairy.

This is a pair of completely conflicting attribute combinations, which are as heavyweight as the combination of water and fire. The ghost element represents death and the energy of the soul, while the goblin is completely synonymous with life.

Fairy-type elves often represent the embodiment of vitality, the most famous of which is the legendary beast Xerneas.

So according to this logic, Zhenyifa is a very lively ghost...

Jiang Cheng does have a way to deal with the ghost type. After the death of his parents, he has become dependent on them. If he needs ghost energy, he can just let Zhen Yifa go to the healing room to absorb it. However, for the fairy type, he currently does not have a particularly good plan.

How to improve vitality? Add two wolfberries to her strawberry cake?

This is a problem. Secondly, the positioning of Fluttershy is not like Gastly, who is a dirty... transformation master. Fluttershy is an out-and-out attacker. Her moveset can be said to have full attack power. In this case, if you want to train her, you must have a target for her to attack.

In that case, the Winged Hair might turn into the House-Destroying Hair.

If not, why not go to the Pokémon Center? There should be training facilities there, or you can ask Professor Kukui?

Jiang Cheng suddenly found that he had become very busy. He had to do procurement, decorate the rooms in the hot spring center, and in a few days he would go diving with the people from the diving club to collect aquatic plants, move stones, and train two Pokémon.

As expected, those beautiful things, pastoral idylls, and leisurely life of self-employed individuals are completely the fantasy of the petty bourgeoisie.

If you really do these things, it will only be more tiring than working at work, 996?

007!

Speaking of which, the target of entertaining 10 guests is about to be completed. I don’t know what rewards I can get or what I can unlock at that time?

Chapter 41: I conquered Zhen Yifa!

Dr. Kukui acted really quickly. Within a few days, the dark ball that Jiang Cheng asked Dr. Kukui to buy was sent over by a messenger bird. However, the dark ball itself was not a valuable item. Jiang Cheng just couldn't find a place to sell it.

If Jiang Cheng went to Melemele Island, he would be able to buy it quickly because there is a small branch of Devin Company there that specializes in selling Poké Balls and some special balls.

There are some slight differences between here and the game. In the game, the place to buy Poké Balls is at the Pokémon Center on Route 8, but here, you can buy them at the Devin branch.

In the Pokémon world, the Poké Ball sales business is controlled by two major companies, namely Silver and Devon. Silver is a long-established powerhouse. The traditional red and white balls, super balls, advanced balls and master balls are all their products, and they are unrivaled at the moment.

Although Dewen is a latecomer, this small company that started out by mining iron ore and refining steel has in recent years had a feeling of wanting to beat the previous wave to death on the beach. Relying on its strong R&D capabilities, it has successively developed several special balls including dark balls, friendly balls, sweet balls, healing balls, heavy balls... etc. There are many types and obvious effects. They also have red and white ball business, which can be said to have greatly squeezed the operating space of Silver Company's Poké Ball industry.

Fortunately, Silver Company still has a basic base of super balls, advanced balls and master balls, and can basically maintain its business share.

The thriving Devin Company naturally opened branches in various regions. Among the Alola Islands, Melemele Island was the most prosperous, and Devin Company also located there.

So for Dr. Kukui, a special ball was not a problem, not to mention that Jiang Cheng paid for it.

Originally, Dr. Kukui didn't intend to accept the money, but he couldn't resist Jiang Cheng's tough attitude and insisted on giving it to him. He believed that just because he was a good person was not a reason for you to take advantage of him, and Jiang Cheng attached great importance to this point.

It is precisely because he has seen so many scumbags that he is obsessed with being a well-educated person and a good father.

"Thank you, messenger bird, you have worked hard! Come, grab some fruit to eat on the way."

Jiang Cheng took the box containing the dark ball from the messenger bird. The box made by Devin Company was very textured, with a light gold shell and off-white edging, and it felt like a piece of ore.

He handed the orange fruit to the other party, and at the same time, Jiang Cheng touched the white fluff on the messenger bird's head. It felt very delicate and soft, and had the unique smoothness of enchanted feathers.

The call of the messenger bird is very unique. Listening to its call, you would mistake yourself for being from Chengdu: “g/a/y~~”

The messenger bird, which has worked outside for many years, has become accustomed to having its head touched by someone and has no reaction at all. The delicious orange fruit in front of it is real.

After bidding farewell to the messenger bird, Jiang Cheng glanced at the flapping hair beside him. With an excited heart and trembling hands, he slowly opened the package. Inside, on the satin base, lay a dark ball quietly.

Slowly take the dark ball out of the box. It feels cold, like metal, but the sound when knocked is like wood. It is slightly larger than a tennis ball, with a dark green base color and a gray-black H-shaped mesh pattern on the outside. A red line extends from the two ends of the red button on the ball and surrounds the entire sphere.

The packaging box thoughtfully came with a product manual. Jiang Cheng didn’t have this when he bought a Poké Ball before. Maybe it’s because the Dark Ball is a special type of ball and is more expensive?

He opened the instruction manual, which was written in great detail. The Dark Ball could easily capture Pokémon in dark places such as at night or in caves. Jiang Cheng followed the steps in the instruction manual and pressed the button twice. The Dark Ball in his hand quickly shrank to a size less than a ping-pong ball. Jiang Cheng followed the same procedure and took out the red and white ball of Gastly that he had bought before. Sure enough, the operation was exactly the same.

He didn't even know this before!

Pressing and holding the button restored the Poké Ball to its original size, Jiang Cheng excitedly showed it to Zhen Yifa.