Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 1 Northward Village

Vehicles slowly drove along a mountain path.

With no protection on the steep mountain walls on both sides, the tires rolled over the fallen rocks that had not been cleared, and the bumpy ride caused the old man in the car to complain.

In the back window seat, Mingyou was awakened by the complaints. He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with confusion and bewilderment as he looked around.

This is a bus in motion. There are fewer than 20 seats inside, and a few elderly people with bad tempers are sitting sparsely.

There were white plastic bags with scallions and tomatoes sticking out of them at their feet; they must have bought them at a shopping mall during a trip to the city.

There was also a bouncy little blue creature nearby, with only a single thorn-like appendage on each of its pale purple antennae on either side of its head; it was a female Upo.

The car seat in front of him was covered with a blackened seat cover with blurry patterns and holes. The occasional engine noise from the vehicle also indicated that the car was quite old.

Looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar scene, Mingyou frowned slightly, her expression showing some discomfort, and subconsciously gently touched her forehead with her right hand.

"pain……"

The sudden, intense dizziness and stinging sensation made his head throb, as if a large number of memories were being awakened from the depths of his mind, and the confusion on his face gradually dissipated.

He time-traveled... or rather, he time-traveled many years ago, but when he was one year old, his parents, who didn't know how to take care of children, accidentally dropped him down the stairs, causing brain injury and amnesia, which has persisted until now...

Now, due to a moment of motion sickness, his memory has returned, but he is not too surprised. The past ten years or so of his life have truly existed. If anything, he was already shocked when he was born.

He remembered working at an orphanage in his past life, taking care of the children and the flowers and plants in the orphanage. He also came from an orphanage and returned home to do this job after graduating from university.

Then one day, while he was sleeping at home, a dump truck that had gone out of control due to a car accident crashed into his house and ran him over...

And here is the world of Pokémon!

He is extremely knowledgeable about Pokémon, having bought almost everything from games and anime to manga, trading cards, and merchandise.

He had always longed for this utopian world, but he didn't enjoy traveling; instead, he preferred living with Pokémon.

Based on his memories of living in this world for more than ten years, it is indeed a relatively relaxed and leisurely place, although it may also be because he has had relatively little contact with the outside world.

For more than ten years, he has suffered from brain injury, often feeling sleepy and confused. His mind is not very sharp, which makes his life somewhat inconvenient. He has tried many methods but has not been able to cure it.

However, people around him, including his parents, care about him and have allowed him to live happily like a normal child until he is 15 years old.

Two years ago, his parents went to the Sinnoh region for work, but they were involved in an aviation accident and passed away, leaving him with a large insurance payout.

Half a month ago, my grandfather, who lived far away in Kitakami Township, also passed away due to illness, leaving his estate there to me. That's why I traveled all the way from my hometown of Niangguang City in the Padiya region to check on things here...

"Suddenly coming from the city to the countryside... tsk... I'm still a little dizzy. Don't I even have motion sickness medication in my backpack?"

Mingyou carefully examined the backpack. Apart from a few bags of snacks, there was only a Rotom phone with a New Leaf Cat phone case and a front door key that his grandfather had sent him before he passed away, lying quietly inside.

Thinking back carefully, he didn't seem to have brought any luggage. He couldn't quite remember what he was thinking at the time, since he wasn't thinking very well then. Maybe he just wanted to wander around and have some fun before going home...

He took out his phone to check the time, only to realize that it had run out of battery and shut down while he was watching videos on the way. He had won this phone in a TV raffle at a Rotom mobile phone company launch event and had been using it ever since.

You could say that fools sometimes have good luck.

"I'm still a little dizzy..."

Holding his forehead, he decided to rest a little longer before arriving in Beishang Township, but he still needed to eat some snacks to tide him over, as he was a bit hungry.

As I took a bag of tomato-flavored potato chips from my backpack and tore it open, my gaze inadvertently swept over a plastic bag of vegetables not far away, and a piece of information suddenly popped into my mind…

[Scallions (C+): Common scallions grown in greenhouses, freshly picked today, retaining all their benefits. They are even more delicious when eaten directly with sauce than as a condiment.]

Hallucination?

Mingyou was slightly taken aback. Just as she tore open the bag, her hand, which was reaching for the potato chips, stopped. In the instant her gaze shifted, another piece of information appeared in her mind!

[Tomato (C-): Greenhouse-grown tomatoes, picked and stored yesterday. They have lost a little moisture and nutrients, but they are perfect for making tomato and egg soup.]

It's not a hallucination!

He snapped back to reality, staring intently at the vegetables in the plastic bag. After carefully checking several times, he was certain that he had indeed seen the information about the vegetables.

What exactly is going on?

"Ooh-pa~"

While Mingyou was still hesitating, her attention was suddenly drawn to Wubo, who had run up to her side and seemed to be staring at the potato chips in her hand.

"Do you want some?"

"Ooh-pa~"

"All right."

Although I've lived in this world for over ten years and am quite familiar with Pokémon, seeing it up close like this... Woop is really cute!

Since Ubo has no hands, he grabbed a handful of potato chips and fed them to it. Ubo swallowed them without hesitation, nodded happily, and then turned and ran away.

"Does this mean thank you?"

Mingyou didn't quite understand, but she couldn't help feeling happy, perhaps because of her love for Pokémon.

But as he watched Wu Bo run away, the information resurfaced in his mind!

[Woopo: A fish-shaped Pokémon with an innocent and kind personality. It seems to like everyone and will be very happy if you give it some food or play with it.]

The next second after this message appeared, faint specks of light drifted out from Ubo's body not far away.

It appeared as blue particles and drifted towards this side, gradually coalescing into the shape of a semi-transparent card.

The card border has incomprehensible curved patterns, the front features an illustration of Wobo, and the back has symbols representing Wobo's water and ground attributes. The overall design is somewhat similar to a tarot card.

"This is……"

Mingyou looked on with curiosity. After pondering for a moment, she reached out and caught the card. The moment she held it in her hand, she seemed to hear a crisp sound of breaking glass.

The blue particles suddenly dispersed in my hand, but the card did not disappear. I could really feel the touch, and the information reappeared in my mind.

[Upo (lv1): After using on a yam bean, the seed type changes to swamp yam bean, and there is a chance that it will learn the move (Mud Throw, Acid Bomb, Mud Shot)]

[lv represents the affinity level. The higher the affinity of a Pokémon, the better the effects of the cards. The same card can be obtained multiple times, but affinity is calculated separately.]

"Seeds...crops?"

Mingyou murmured to herself, wanting to understand her sudden special ability. She felt it was extraordinary, almost like the cheat code of a protagonist in an online novel.

At that moment, the bus had slowed down and slowly stopped, and with a slight sway, the front and rear doors opened at the same time.

The wind blowing in from outside carried the fresh air of the fields. Mingyou snapped out of his reverie, and the card instantly turned into points of light in his hand. He then subconsciously turned his head to look at the scenery outside... Beishang Township, we've arrived!

As Mingyou left the bus with her bag on her back, a cool rural breeze brushed against her cheek. Looking around, she saw several elderly people getting off the bus after reaching the final stop, with Wubo following behind them.

In front of me was a rather simple bus shelter. Under the brown glass canopy, there were only three blue benches side by side, each with a "GG" sticker on its back. The stickers were fresh, so they must have been put up recently.

Next to the bus shelter stands a white bus stop sign with the bus schedule: two trips a day, at 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, with one day off every Wednesday.

The bus departs from Kitakami Village, passing through several village stops along the way, and terminates in Iwate City, where there is a train that goes directly to Cerulean City in the Kanto region.

Mingyou flew from Niangguang City to Cerulean City, then took several buses to get here. Luckily, he knew to ask Officer Jenny for directions, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to find this place even if he had another month...

Once all the passengers had disembarked, the bus engine started up again, and it slowly pulled to the side to find a parking space on the roadside. This was the last trip of the day.

Watching the bus leave, Mingyou picked up her backpack and walked along the northbound street, her gaze inevitably drawn to the scenery on both sides.

In early summer, the countryside is lush and vibrant with greenery, and the rice seedlings display a strikingly different appearance from moment to moment.

The pumped river water irrigates the farmland, and the pufferfish lie on the cool water surface, enjoying the warmth of the sun. With their eyes closed, they propel themselves through the rice seedlings with their tails, creating ripples, completely at ease.

Blending into its environment with the cover of green leaves, the insect-like creature spotted the tender rice seedlings and crawled closer, only to be scared away by the orange pincers that emerged from the water.

The lobster soldiers slowly surfaced, looking around as they hunted small fish pulled from the river and took on the task of guarding the farmland.

A buzzing sound came from afar as dragonflies fluttered their thin wings and darted rapidly above the fields, using their eyes, which could see 360 ​​degrees without any blind spots, to catch insects that landed on the rice seedlings as food.

Beside a small cart piled with sandbags by the field, several mongrels kept their distance, barking incessantly as they watched Mingyou, the stranger, approach, trying to intimidate him.

Hearing the barking dogs, Mingyou paid no attention, or rather, his attention was completely captivated by the scenery of the fields with Pokémon, and he couldn't help but fall in love with the place.

"Is this... Kitakami Township?"

(End of this chapter)