Pokémon: All About the Breeding House

Chapter 252 The Past of the Breeding House

As Fang Yan walked deeper into the cave, a large group of scarlet eyes suddenly appeared overhead.

Before Fang Yan could even speak, Miss Goth's eyes lit up with a purple light.

Then, a whole bunch of cross-bats and bigmouth bats fell in front of Fangyan.

Fang Yan glanced at Miss Gothic, who had a cold expression on her face.

Fang Yan was about to speak, but then swallowed the words back.

It was changed to another sentence.

"Thanks to you, Miss Goth."

Miss Gothic raised her head proudly.

However, Miss Gothic did not harm them; she merely applied gravity to them.

Therefore, they simply fell to the ground and were not harmed.

After Miss Gothic canceled the gravity, they quickly flapped their wings and left.

Fang Yan glanced at Gengar, who nodded, then its scarlet eyes flashed.

A powerful aura was conveyed outwards.

Soon, noises came from inside the cave.

A giant steel snake, over ten meters long, emerged from the ground and looked at Fang Yan and his Pokémon.

Upon seeing Steelix appear, Fang Yan smiled and said, "I've come to visit you, Steelix."

Steelix looked at the Pokémon behind Fang Yan, as well as the food he had brought.

He nodded.

Fangyan, along with Gengar and Gothic, distributed the food. Then, Gengar took out a blanket, and Gothic cleared away all the surrounding rocks before spreading the blanket on top.

Fang Yan sat on the blanket with his arms around Monini, and Gengar and the others followed suit. Steelix also crawled over, lowered its body, but still felt uneasy, and finally lay down.

"Steelcore, you're a Pokémon from the nursery too, right?"

Fang Yan asked, "I'm referring to the nursery from my great-aunt's time."

Steelix nodded.

It recalled the moment when it first met that girl.

A giant Onix, who loves to fight, travels all over the Sinnoh region seeking out powerful opponents to challenge. It has both won and lost its challenges.

Later, when they arrived in Twinleaf Town, they encountered a little girl who was teaching a group of Zangoose and Scyther a lesson. A powerful Swampert was suppressing the leader of the Scyther and Zangoose, and a Nine-Tails was sitting next to the girl.

Onix watched the entire battle from a distance, and followed the girl as she left with Ninetales and Swampert.

And taking advantage of the girls' inattention, they used a digging technique to ambush them.

The nine-tailed fox next to the girl reacted quickly, picking her up and escaping.

The giant onix and the swamp monster beside her engaged in a fierce battle.

The Onix, which had been challenging others all the way, was severely beaten by Swampert.

Just as Swampert was about to deliver the final blow to Onix, and Onix closed its eyes, the girl's voice came from behind.

She stopped Swampert's attack, and then, accompanied by Ninetales, she approached Onix.

She said one sentence, and the Onix willingly went with her.

What did he say? Steelix squinted and pondered for a moment.

Oh right, what she said at the time was: "Onix, you must enjoy battling, right? Why don't you come with me to the breeding center and help me with some work? There are lots of powerful Pokémon there, you can challenge them all."

Upon hearing this, the Onix, wriggling its wounded body, followed the girl to the nursery.

The girl specially cleared out a rocky area for it.

Since Onix was already several sizes larger than the others, after settling into the nursery, it challenged the nursery's Pokémon everywhere, thus destroying the nursery's grounds in a terrible state. However, the girl didn't say anything, but instead smiled and asked someone to come and fix it.

Later on, Onix would always choose an open area outside the breeding house for each challenge.

Despite believing itself to be quite strong, Onix is ​​often outmatched in challenges at the breeding center.

Lapras, Kangaskhan, Gallade, Swampert —

The giant onix were defeated one by one.

Finally, Onix challenged Ninetales, who was just sitting quietly next to the girl. Onix, who originally thought it had the advantage in type, was defeated in two moves.

Steelix recalled the flames that had melted its body and suddenly felt a dull ache in its body.

Later, Onix evolved into Steelix, which became even larger.

The girl is already married.

The girl's husband often said that the giant steel snake was too big and he was afraid that something might happen, even though the girl argued with him.

However, Steelix still chose to leave that breeding house.

It didn't want them to argue because of it.

After leaving the girl's later home, the Steelix didn't know where to go. It walked and walked until it realized it had returned to the breeding house.

The breeding shed was now dilapidated, and the once bustling scene had vanished.

Moved by the scenery, it ventured into the forest behind the kennel, found a cave, and began to live there.

After an unknown amount of time, Nine-Tails appeared before Steelix and told it that the girl had left her husband and returned here.

The breeding house has been reopened.

Steelix followed Ninetales back to the breeding center and spent the rest of the time with the girl.

Later, Steelix learned that the girl had traded all her assets for a divorce.

Only this breeding shed remains.

Until that night, Kurama came out of the room.

The Pokémon in the nursery can leave on their own.

The giant steel snake finally realized that its girl, the little girl who smiled at it the moment they met, the girl who would argue with her husband for it, had left.

After Steelix helped Ninetales and the others resolve the aftermath, that night, the Pokémon sat in the incredibly quiet backyard, looking at the bright moon overhead and talking.

Laplace said it would return to the ocean to help those in need; Gallade said it would carry the girl's wish and travel the world; Kangaskhan said it would go to the place the girl once wanted to go; Swampert—

Many Pokémon were talking about where they would go, which made Steelix very angry. Why didn't any Pokémon want to stay?

It threw a huge tantrum at the time.

After Laplace and the others left, Nine-Tails found Steelix.

What was it saying at the time?

It means that when the people are gone, the nursery is gone too.

So it was its choice that made them leave.

Steelix actually understands that every Pokémon is in a bad mood.

But that's just its nature.

To vent its frustration, Steelix once again challenged Nine-Tails.

This time, Steelix was taken down in one hit.

After Steelix regained consciousness, it saw Ninetales's back, looking very lonely.

I was also very sad.

Steelix was surprised.

Even a nine-tailed fox that has lived for over a thousand years hasn't fully gotten used to being apart?

Steelix then asked the question.

It asks why we, with such small and fleeting lives as humans, should create ties with them.

Nine-Tails said at the time that it was because they deserved it.

After that, the Nine-Tails headed deeper into the forest.

It has been guarding this breeding house.

One month, two months, six months, one year, two years —

The giant steel snake also returned to the cave.

Quietly passing the rest of its life, Steelix was no longer as belligerent as it had been before.

Until recently, the Nine-Tailed Fox came in and told it that it was leaving.

Because the nursery has a new owner, who takes very good care of it.

More importantly, the new owners are her descendants.

Steelix didn't say much.

It was genuinely happy for the Nine-Tailed Fox.

It can finally let go of the past.

As for the breeding house, let Steelix guard it.

Fang Yan held Monini and listened quietly to Steelix's memories.

So, my great-aunt went bankrupt because of her divorce?

To be precise, it was a divorce that cost him his entire fortune.

After Steelix finished speaking, Fang Yan pinched the nose of the mannequin in his arms.

"Thank you, Steelix."

Steelix patted its tail nonchalantly.

"Thank you for watching your great-aunt until the very end."

Steelix paused for a moment.

Fang Yan stood up, feeling heavy-hearted but not sad.

I was even a little happy.

"So, Steelix, could I ask you to take care of the Pokémon at the nursery for me for the time being?"

Fang Yan laughed and said, "Just think of it as taking care of your own junior?"

Steelix patted its tail but didn't respond.

I'm quite satisfied with the dialect.

The nursery has some elders now.